DWM 312

Special Report - 50 Essential Questions

 * TV: 'It has to be something very special' - 'When's it coming back?' Can Doctor Who still cut it in 2002? Jonathan Blum asks a panel of people who work in TV the questions (panel includes Dan Freedman, Matt Jones, Gareth Roberts, Mark Gatiss, Lance Parkin).
 * Marketing: 'It's an increasingly hard sell' - Elaina Marks asks Anthony Utley (Director of Television Distribution), Joe Mahoney (Senior Commissioning Editor), Piera Honson (Managing Editor, BBC Spoken Word), Mark Ayres (producer) and James Gosee (Lead Producer, BBC Cult) about the marketing side of Doctor Who leading into the future.
 * Audio: 'I don't want to use the word "exploit", but...' - Benjamin Cook asks Big Finish audio producers; Jason Haigh-Ellery (co-producer) and Gary Russell (co-producer) about Big Finish's work.
 * Books: 'You're always going to upset people': David Darlington asks questions of Justin Richards (Range Consultant) and Jacqueline Rayner (Project Editor, Eighth Doctor range) about the BBC's range of novels.

Comic Strips

 * Children of the Revolution - Part One
 * The Witches - Part Five (reprint, originally published in TV Comic)

Archives

 * DW: The Power of Kroll by Andrew Pixley

Profiles / Interviews

 * none

The DWM Review

 * EDA: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street
 * BFBS: The Infernal Nexus
 * PDA: Instruments of Darkness
 * BFA: Colditz
 * REF: Doctor Who On Location
 * Product Enterprises Ltd: Talking Daleks
 * BBC Worldwide: Radio Times Guide to Science Fiction

Previews - 'Coming Up...'

 * BFA: The One Doctor
 * EDA: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
 * PDA: Relative Dementias

Regular Features

 * Gallifrey Guardian
 * Timelines (Letters)
 * The Time Team
 * It's the... ...Christmas quiz!

Credits:

 * Editor: Alan Barnes
 * Assistant Editor: Clayton Hickman
 * Design: Peri Godbold
 * Production: Mark Irvine
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell

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