DWA 298

Doctor Who Adventures # was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 6 December 2012.

Free gift

 * Set comprising of; badge, stickers, bouncy ball, magnet, mini-stamp and keyring

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * STORY GUIDE: The Great Detective (Christmas minisode)
 * FUN FEATURE: The Doctor’s Christmas wish list!

Comic content

 * On the Cards

Fast Facts

 * None this issue

Posters

 * A3 Christmas Creatures
 * A4 Eleventh Doctor (in Santa hat)
 * A4 ULTIMATE MONSTER Sontaran

Behind the scenes

 * Filming Weeping Angels for The Angels Take Manhattan

Interview

 * None this issue

Also featuring

 * Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
 * Geronimo: News, Monster Companions!, This Week in Who History, Mixed-up Episode Titles, Hot or Not
 * Big Puzzle: Wordsearch (2 pages)
 * Jokes, Puzzle page and Quiz
 * Mega Moment
 * Activity: Make Your Own Dalek Christmas Tree
 * What's on the Doctor's phone messages.
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.
 * Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
 * Competition Goodies (Doctor Who games – Electronic Q.L.A. Anti Time Device and Cleric Wars App from Character-online, Lemony Snicket Books and Kindle Fire HD, Doctor Who Calendar 2013 and Diary)

Credits
Favourite bit of the Christmas trailer
 * Editor: Natalie Barnes The TARDIS in the clouds!
 * Deputy Editor: Annabel Gibson Strax – back from the dead!
 * Production Editor: Liza Millett The return of Vastra and Jenny
 * Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies The Doctor’s top hat
 * Writer: Craig Donaghy Clara!
 * Designer: Phil White The Snowmen’s teeth!

Hidden Away / Facts

 * WHO SAID: "Incidentally, a Happy Christmas to all of you at home!" First Doctor in The Daleks' Master Plan.
 * Sontarans first appeared in the Third Doctor adventure The Time Warrior (1973).
 * The Cybermen will return to the screen in 2013.
 * Madame Vastra (a Silurian female) lived on Paternoster Row in London. Along with Jenny Flint (human) and Strax (a Sontaran), they were known as the Paternoster Gang.

Further information

 * The subscription offer for this issue was four issues for £1 then a saving of 10% (thirteen issues for £30.42) (UK).
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.70 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as 2013 Calendar, pack of Monster Invasion Cards, 92 stickers, all-new bowtie AND a mystery gift!