DWI 3

Doctor Who Insider #3 was the July 2011 issue of the short-lived North American Doctor Who Magazine sister title. Like many North American magazines, its cover date was misleading. It was actually made available for purchase a month earlier, on 2 June.

News

 * Geronimo!
 * Monsters Past and Present – Summer releases
 * The Doctor takes Manhatten

Features
Darren Scott talks to Arthur Darvill about Rory Pond being tougher than he looks… Darren Scott talks to Mark Sheppard who played Canton Everett Delaware lll in The Impossible Astronaut Darren Scott talks to Stuart Milligan who played Richard Nixon in The Impossible Astronaut Phillip Hamilton talks to Murray Gold composer of the last six years of Doctor Who. “I Was Anat.” (Day of the Daleks)
 * Arthur Darvill
 * Future Histories
 * Mark Sheppard
 * Stuart Milligan
 * Murray Gold
 * Anna Barry

Nexus Point
An examination of an important moment from one of the Doctor’s adventures
 * The Three Doctors – “We’re not just Time Lords. We’re the same Time Lord!”

Data File

 * Time and the Rani – an annotated photo-montage of this adventure by Lee Binding.

Time Scoop

 * Silurians

Merchandise

 * DVD Insider
 * Time and the Rani story overview includes interview with Wanda Ventham (Faroon)
 * Frontios story overview includes interview with Lesley Dunlop (Norna)


 * Audio Insider
 * BBC Radio Episodes: The Paradise of Death, Exploration Earth, The Ghosts of N-Space, Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?, Slipback and AUDIO: Doctor Who and the Pescatons.


 * Books Insider
 * The Way Through the Woods Writer Una McCormack talks about the new Eleventh Doctor novel.

Fan Zone

 * The Recreation Generator (fantastic fan costume feature)

Main team credits

 * Editor: John Ainsworth
 * Sub-Editor: Mark Oliver


 * Designers: Alex Foot


 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine


 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe


 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell

Interesting bits from within

 * The working title for Time and the Rani was Strange Matter.
 * The working title for Frontios was The Wanderer.
 * The Ara Jecks of Heiradi hollowed out a huge subterranean city during the Twenty Aeon War.
 * Tractators have highly refined senses of abstract reasoning, and knew of the Doctor at least by reputation. But without the Gravis they are harmless burrowing earth creatures. (Frontios)
 * Doctor Who and the Pescatons (1976) was the first ever Doctor Who story written for audio by Victor Pemberton.
 * Gallifrey wildlife includes Plungbolls small, furry, thumbnail-sized creatures that attach themselves to any source of heat.

Further information

 * This issue, dated July, was sent out to UK subscribers at the same time as Issue 2 dated June on 5th May!
 * This issue had a cover price of $6.99 (US and Canada) with a subscription offering a 10% discount.
 * While printed for a North American market, Panini UK Ltd offered UK readers the chance to subscribe to this title, which was very much seen as a sister title to their long running Doctor Who Magazine.
 * This issue came with a free double-sided poster featuring the Eleventh Doctor and Rory Williams cover photograph and the Time and the Rani double page Data File photo-montage on the reverse (but without the annotated text)