DWA 197

The 197th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures

Free Gift

 * Bumper Christmas pack

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * FACT FILE: Christmas Catastrophes! – Christmastimes past
 * PREVIEW: A Christmas Carol

Comic stories

 * Red Christmas (4 pages)

Mega Moments (favourite scene told as a photo-feature)

 * None

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

 * SJA Alien Files: Robot Santa

Posters

 * A3 Kazran, The Eleventh Doctor and Abigail
 * A4 The Eleventh Doctor
 * A4 Dalek Drone on a snowy street corner

Behind the scenes

 * None

Interview

 * Matt Smith (The Eleventh Doctor) on filming A Christmas Carol
 * Matt Smith (The Eleventh Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) and Arthur Darvill (Rory Williams) give an insight to their characters' Christmas presents to each other.

Also featuring
featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
 * Welcome and news
 * Puzzle page and Quiz (2010 Monster Quiz)
 * Joke Time ‘Festive Funnies!’
 * Make-it: The Eleventh Doctor in Santa-hat mask
 * Search and Find: Christmas with the Ponds (illustrated by Ben Willsher)
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload
 * Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win A Christmas Story DVD
 * Competition Goodies (Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphiles audio book, Bakugan toys and Walace & Gromit sets. sets)

Credits

 * Acting Editor: Paul Laing


 * Production Editor: Liza Millett


 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies

Facts included

 * Matt Smith got pyjamas every year at Christmas as a present when he was a kid.
 * The Cybermen stalked London at Christmas in 1851.
 * Christmas 2010 the Master created the Master Race.
 * Karen Gillan (Amy Pond) imagines that Rory Williams would be really into comics (or graphic novels)

Further information

 * The subscription offer for this issue is a copy of Series 5: Volume 4 DVD and a saving of 25% (UK).
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.99 (UK) and the free gift was bagged.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as ten Amazing Gifts! (TARDIS Tidy box, labels, light-switch cover, name plaque, door hanger, notebook, pencil, badge set, Dalek wristband and Cyber key ring).

External link

 * The official BBC magazine site with cover gallery and news of the latest available issue