DWA 159

The 159th issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures.

Free gift

 * Cover warning suggests several variants magnets, stickers, head frame, beret set, Slime, dress-up squirty glasses, and notepad set

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * NEW SERIES SECRETS: New Who trailer and episode titles 1-6
 * TOP TEN: Amazing Endings
 * STORY GUIDE: DW: The End of Time (5 pages)
 * FACTFILE:
 * WHERE ARE THEY NOW? :

Comic story

 * Lucky Heather (4 pages)

Tales from the TARDIS

 * None

The Doctor’s Data (Collectable Fact File)

 * None

Posters
featuring Davros flanked by Daleks featuring the Tenth Doctor at the TARDIS door montage featuring the Tenth Doctor, Jenny and Hath
 * A3 Stop this at ONCE! Davros from DW: Journey's End
 * A4 “I don’t want to GO!” Tenth Doctor from DW: The End of Time
 * A4 “Hello, DAD!” Jenny from DW: The Doctor's Daughter

Behind the scenes

 * Time to Change – filming the Tenth Doctor’s regeneration

Interview

 * None

Additional features

 * Welcome and news
 * Find in this issue hidden somewhere Tenth Doctor to win a new set of Time Squad figures featuring collect and build mini-Master figure.


 * Activity / Make-it
 * “Whos’s Where?” 2-page interior TARDIS illustration by Christopher Cooper (Find the data disks)
 * Make-it: Create your own


 * Puzzles and Quiz
 * Readers contributions: Time Agent Upload / Doctor You
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Competition Goodies (Battle strikers, How to train Your Dragon books, Bionicle sets)

Credits
Also listing: Their favourite character from a Tenth Doctor story

Editor: Moray Laing, The Doctor himself

Deputy Editor: Paul Lang Yvonne Hartman – I could watch Army of Ghosts every day. And often do.

Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies Captain Jack

Production Editor: Liza Millett, Donna Noble

Designer: Melanie Caine, Wilf

Hidden Away / Facts
This magazine can be recycled: Stand back as Doctor Who Adventures starts to glow … The regeneration is beginning … Whoosh!


 * During the regeneration scene in The End of Time, when the TARDIS exploded Matt Smith nearly swallowed some TARDIS dust – if you look closely at the scene, you’ll see him spit it out.
 * David Tennant found it “curious” to see Matt Smith walk into the TARDIS wearing his suit!

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue with a saving of 40% (UK)
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK) and its free gifts were bagged.
 * The next issue is a new-look issue with the free gift promoted as a TARDIS clock.
 * This issue's comic strip story follows the theme at the close of The End of Time, with the Tenth Doctor silently visiting former companions. For Heather and Wolfie it is four years later.
 * Once again, this issue sees some previously released free gifts being reused before the new logo and reboot kicks in.

External link

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