DWM 484

Doctor Who Magazine  was the issue of the magazine cover-dated April 2015.

Articles

 * Loving the Alien
 * The Watcher questions the fact that the Doctor actually is an alien...


 * Dark Matter
 * Dark Eyes 4 is previewed, with additions by Paul McGann and Nicola Walker.


 * The Historic Journey of Marco Polo
 * In the second part of this story, director Waris Hussein is interviewed on what makes a good Doctor Who story...

Profiles / Interviews

 * Steven Moffat
 * The Doctor Who showrunner tells DWM how things have evolved over his time on the show.


 * Bonnie Langford
 * The former companion recalls her Doctor Who days...

Comic strip

 * Space Invaders!
 * Story: Mark Wright
 * Pencils: Mike Collins
 * Inks: David A Roach
 * Colours: James Offredi
 * Letters: Roger Langridge
 * Editors: Scott Gray & John Ainsworth

The Fact of Fiction

 * The Time Monster

The DWM Review

 * Talking book: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Audio: Mistfall, The Exxilons, The Romance of Crime & The English Way of Death

Competitions

 * Win Lethbridge-Stewart: The Forgotten Son book
 * Win A Space Helmet for a Cow book
 * Win Corpse Marker CD
 * Win The Deadly Assassin talking book
 * Win Dark Eyes 4

Coming soon

 * Audio: Requiem for the Rocket Men, The Entropy Plague, Time Tunnel
 * Talking books: The Deadly Assassin, Corpse Marker

The Time Team

 * Torchwood: Children of Earth

Galaxy Forum

 * DWM readers discuss Clara Oswald and the idea of a female Doctor

Production notes

 * Head writer Steven Moffat answers questions from DWM readers

Special features

 * Loving the Alien
 * The Watcher tries to figure out the answer to Steven Moffat's prior question: "When did the Doctor Who production team stop hedging their bets and make [the Doctor] an alien?" The question posed earlier by Steven Moffat could be a hint to the series 9 arc The Hybrid.


 * Dark Matter
 * Actors Paul McGann, Nicola Walker and Alex Macqueen discuss what to expect in the audio anthology Dark Eyes 4


 * The Historic Journey of Marco Polo Part Two
 * Director Waris Hussein shows DWM documents showing how he made the lost television story Marco Polo

Credits

 * Editor: Tom Spilsbury
 * Assistant Editor: Peter Ware
 * Art Editor: Richard Atkinson and Peri Godbold
 * Editorial Assistants: Mark Wright, Nicholas Pegg
 * Assistant Designer: Paul Vyse
 * Panini UK Ltd


 * Managing Director: Mike Riddell
 * Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
 * Head of Production: Mark Irvine
 * Production Assistant: Jez Meteyard
 * Marketing Controller: Rebecca Smith
 * Head of Marketing: Jess Tadmor
 * Marketing Executive: Jess Bell
 * BBC Worldwide, UK Publishing


 * Director of UK Publishing: Nicholas Brett
 * Head of UK Publishing: Chris Kerwin
 * UK Publishing Co-ordinator: Eva Abramik

Note
Although the magazine's comic story Space Invaders! is a single part story, the table of contents incorrectly calls it "Part 1".