DWM 403

The 403rd issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current from 11 December 2008 through 7 January 2009. It humorously lampooned the magazine's tradition of announcing a new actor as the Doctor by billing that David Morrissey "is the next Doctor", referring to the title of the 2008 Christmas special, The Next Doctor. This also subtly disproved him as the Tenth Doctor's actual successor, since Morrisey played only a pastiche of the Doctor in the special, Jackson Lake.

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David Morrissey is The Next Doctor! - Stand by for the one, the only... and the best! The new Christmas special previewed - inside!

Special Christmas features

 * 2008 Season Survey Results - It's time to announce the winners at last! What were your favourites from the last series of Doctor Who? Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present the DWM Awards... (Results compiled by Peter Griffiths)
 * 2008 Review of the Year - Jason Arnopp looks back at the year when Donna Noble boarded the TARDIS full-time, Davros guest starred at the proms and Doctor Who became even more popular than it is already. Impossible you say? Well have a read of this...
 * Special Christmas Toy Reviews (see Reviews)
 * Space-time Telegraph (Compiled by Sorvad)
 * Christmas Quiz

Articles

 * Who's Next? - If you've bought this DWM promptly, there's only two weeks to go until The Next Doctor! To get us exited, the special's guest star David Morrissey tells David Bailey why he was so thrilled to play the Doctor's next incarnation...

The Time Team

 * Delta and the Bannermen (episodes 658-661)
 * - Compiled by Michael Pritchard
 * - Illustration by Adrian Salmon

Comic content

 * The Stockbridge Child - Part One
 * - Story: Dan McDaid
 * - Pencil Art: Mike Collins
 * - Inks: David A. Roach
 * - Colours: James Offredi
 * - Letters: Roger Langridge
 * - Editors: Tom Spilsbury and Scott Gray

The Fact of Fiction

 * Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel - What are the Cybermen doing on a parallel Earth? David Bailey finds out... from beyond the grave!

Reviews
All the latest Doctor Who DVDs, books and CDs reviewed...
 * - Reviewers: Vanessa Bishop, Gary Gillatt and Matt Michael

DVDs reviewed

 * Doctor Who Series 4 DVD box set (Pick of the Month)
 * - Illustration by Ben Willsher

Books reviewed

 * Doctor Who: Space Travels

Audios reviewed

 * AUDIO: Home Truths
 * AUDIO: Doctor Who The Stageplays: The Curse of the Daleks (audio story)
 * AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks

Special Christmas toy reviews

 * Plush Adipose
 * Exterminate Buzz Wire Game
 * Action Figure Toy Range (The Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Tenth Doctors, Adipose, High Priestess, Ood, Sontarans, Zygon, Daleks, Robots of Death)
 * Remote Control Supreme Dalek and Davros and The Stolen Earth Gift Set (remote control Supreme Dalek, Davros, Daleks)
 * Micro Universe Figures (The Tenth Doctor, Ood, TARDIS, Chula Ship, SS Madame De Pompadour)

TV previews

 * TV: The Next Doctor

DVD previews
David Darlington tells us what to expect from the DVD of this 1989 story featuring the Seventh Doctor...
 * TV: Battlefield

Book previews
David Darlington chats to the authors of the latest BBC novels...
 * PROSE: Beautiful Chaos
 * PROSE: The Eyeless
 * PROSE: The Story of Martha

Audio previews
The Sixth Doctor meets an old friend in his latest adventure on audio... David Darlington investigates.
 * AUDIO: The Raincloud Man
 * - Illustration by Rob Davis

Issue previews

 * Issue 404

You Are Not Alone

 * The Pip Torrens Factor
 * - Neil Harris curls up on the sofa to play a festive game...

Regular features

 * Letter from the Editor
 * Production Notes - Showrunner Russell T Davies writes exclusively for DWM - and presents his annual Twelve Days of Christmas!
 * - Illustration by Ben Morris


 * Gallifrey Guardian - All the latest news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe...
 * Who On Earth Is... - Russell Tovey - He's been tipped as the Eleventh Doctor! Will the real next Doctor please stand up?
 * Galaxy Forum
 * Letters
 * And You Texted Us To Say...
 * Doctor Whoah - by Baxter
 * On This Month 15 years ago - Tom Spilsbury fishes out his copy of DWM 208, from December 1993

Competitions

 * Win Robot Santa mask and Roboform head!
 * Win The Sarah Jane Adventures CDs! (The Time Capsule, The Ghost House)
 * Win Battlefield on DVD!
 * Win Short Trips: Christmas Around the World!
 * Win Doctor Who: Space Travels

Credits

 * Editor - Tom Spilsbury
 * Assistant Editor - Peter Ware
 * Designers - Peri Godbold, Michael Yeowell, Caroline Dunk
 * Head of Production - Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor - Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director - Mike Riddell