The 247th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was released on 19 December 1996 and had a cover date of 15 January 1997.
Contents[]
Articles[]
- The mourning after...: A Gallifrey Guardian Special Feature - Part Two Come on Grace, we've got work to do... Gary Gillatt concludes our thought-provoking and exhaustive look at the current status of Doctor Who, and considers the hurdles the series must overcome before it can return to our screens...
- Includes interview with Philip Segal
- The Celestial Toymaker's Game of the Year! A frantic race through 1996 for 2 to 4 players, age 5 and up!
- Readers' Survey
- 20 distressingly common misconceptions about Doctor Who... - By Steve Lyons and Chris Howarth
Comic content[]
- Endgame - Part Four
Archives[]
Interviews / Profiles[]
- Out of the TARDIS! - Sylvester McCoy played the Seventh Doctor for the series' last three years on BBC television in the 1980s, and briefly reprised the role in the 1996 TV Movie/ DWM visited the Doctor's longest-serving incarnation to present him with perhaps the greatest challenge - the TARDIS tin...
- Send in the Clowns! - The John Nathan-Turner Memoirs: Chapter Eleven - Season Twenty-Five
Shelf Life[]
Reviews by Dave Owen
- VIDEO: TV: The Leisure Hive
- PROSE: Burning Heart
- REF: The Nth Doctor
- MERCHANDISE: The Official 1997 Calendar Doctor Who Heroes & Villains
Regular features[]
- Gallifrey Guardian
- Timelines (Letters)
- Crazy Caption!
- Fluid Links - Kid's stuff? by Matthew Jones
Credits[]
- Santa: Gary Gillatt
- Santa's little helper: Alan Barnes
- Christmas cracker: Paul Vyse
Additional details[]
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