DWA 162

The 162nd issue of the BBC's weekly Doctor Who Adventures.

Free gift

 * Bumper bag of 11 free gifts! (Stickers, 3 badges, door hanger, wallet, keyring and 4 postcards)

Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)

 * NEW SERIES PREVIEW: Episode 3 Victory of the Daleks
 * FACTFILE: Earth Invaders

Comic story

 * Madness on the M1! (4 pages)

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

 * From: DW: The Beast Below


 * Episode 2 highlights

Fast Facts (Collectable Fact File)

 * 003 Cyberman

Posters

 * A3 Hooded and angry Smiler
 * A4 Amy, Liz Ten and the Eleventh Doctor


 * from DW: The Beast Below


 * A4 Prisoner Zero
 * A4 Peter the Winder from DW: The Beast Below
 * A4 SPACESHIP COLLECTION: The TARDIS

Behind the scenes

 * My Diary by Matt Smith featuring a reader’s ‘Ask Matt!’ question
 * Filming: The Beast Below

Interview

 * None

Additional features

 * Welcome and news (featuring Who’s Who? And Monster Alert!)
 * CODE ALERT: to win a new Character Options: sonic screwdriver


 * Picture Puzzle: I-Spy! Star Ship UK
 * Puzzle page and Quiz (The Beast Below)
 * Readers contributions: Who and You Upload
 * featuring reader’s letters, photos, and art.


 * Picture Puzzle: Spot the Difference to win Elemental Fusion toy figures.
 * Competition Goodies (32-inch LCD TV, Merlin goodies)

Credits
Editor: Moray Laing

Deputy Editor: Paul Lang

Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies

Production Editor: Liza Millett

Designer: Melanie Caine

Hidden Away / Facts

 * Starship UK has lots of different places all joined together – including the Queen Vic from Eastenders
 * Filming of The Beast Below featured Karen Gillan and her stunt double on wires outside the TARDIS.
 * The ‘goo’ in the Star Whale’s mouth included cabbage and bits of potato and stunk. “It was brutally smelly, really grim.” According to Matt Smith
 * Onboard Starship UK, London is on floor 207
 * Filming for The Beast Below on 10th September 2009 for the scene where Amy saves the day and Liz Ten abdicates, took place at Neath Abbey, Wales – about an hour’s drive from Cardiff.
 * Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of Great Britain around 70 years ago, during World War Two. He became a national hero for the work he did.

Additional details

 * The subscription offer for this issue with a saving of 30% as well as Doctor Who: The Ultimate Monster Guide book
 * This issue had a cover price of £2.10 (UK) and the free gift was cover bagged.
 * Next issue's free gift is promoted as ten Dalek gifts (Notebook, folder, eraser and seven pencils)

External link

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