DWA 201

The 201st issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures

Free Gift

 * Inflatable shark

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * FACTFILE: How to catch a Shark
 * FACT FILE: The Master’s Minions!

Comic Strips

 * Rory's Story (4 pages)

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

 * From: DW: A Christmas Carol


 * The Doctor, Kazran and Abigail take to the skies!

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

 * SJA Alien Files: Royal Robots
 * Classic Creatures: Mandrels

Posters

 * A3 The Doctor
 * A4 Daleks
 * A4 Amy, The Captain and Rory from A Christmas Carol

Behind the Scenes

 * Backstage secrets: Toby Haynes Director

Interview

 * see behind the scenes features

Also Featuring

 * Welcome and news (What’s inside?’)
 * Find the: Raston Warrior Robot to win SJA Wraith World audio story
 * Gossip: Spoilers, Things they’d never say, separated at birth, and Mon+erma+hics
 * Big Picture Puzzle: Search and Find Wedding montage (2 pages)
 * Make-it: Cryo-cylinder cut and past model
 * Puzzle page and Quiz
 * Readers contributions, Who and You Upload
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Who Knows! (Q&A)
 * Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win Merlin Series 3 DVD boxset
 * Competition Goodies (Doctor Who: Series Five DVD boxset and DVD Player, The Eleventh Doctor: Matt Smith book, PSP, FIFA game and book sets)
 * Web Watch (DWA website news)

Main Team Credits
Acting Editor: Paul Laing

Production Editor: Liza Millett

Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies

No Designer credit is given for this issue.

Hidden Away / Facts

 * A team at Bristol University led by Professor Bruce Drinkwater, are researching the use of sonics (sound waves) to separate diseased cells from healthy ones to gently push delicate cells into position.
 * Toby Haynes explained his job as ‘Director’ as being “responsible for everything you see and hear on screen. You’re called a director because you’re there to give direction”.
 * Toby Haynes operated the puppetry used for the Cyber-head (The Pandorica Opens) with a green sock on his arm that was taken out later with CGI.
 * The tone of A Christmas Carol was inspired by the Harry Potter films and the Star Trek movie according to Toby Haynes.

Further Information

 * The subscription offer for this issue is 4 issues for £1 and a saving of 25% (UK).
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.20 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted
 * Next issues free gift is promoted as a mystery gift!