DWM 400

The 400th issue of Doctor Who Magazine was current from 18 September through 15 October 2008.

It was the four-hundredth regular issue of the magazine. To mark this, it featured several celebratory articles. The cover's photo shoot took place on the TARDIS set during the shooting of Journey's End.^[1]

Contents Edit

Articles Edit

• The Sheer Brilliance of Doctor Who as told by Gary Gillatt
• World of Adventures! - Series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures report.
• Four Hundred DWMs! - If you haven't already noticed, DWM is 400 issues old this month. The Watcher takes a nostalgic look back over the last four centuries.

Profiles / Interviews Edit

• In The Midnight Hour - In his most candid interview ever, Russell T Davies invites DWM into his Manchester home to reveal the truth about the 2009 Specials, lying in interviews, the darkest corners of fandom, and "twisty-turny, timey-wimey"...Words by Benjamin Cook, Photo: Rex
• Who on Earth is David Tennant - Who's better, William Shakespeare or Russell T Davies?

Comic content Edit

• Thinktwice (Part 1) - For the first time since The Flood, Doctor Who Magazine comics introduces a new companion, namely Majenta Pryce. (The character had, however, debuted in an earlier story.)

Previews Edit

• AUDIO: Time Reef
• AUDIO: The Forever Trap

DWM Review Edit

DVDs reviewed Edit

• TV: The War Machines
• DOC: Flight Through Eternity: The Sixties Volumes 1-3

Books reviewed Edit

• DWAN: Doctor Who Storybook 2009
• PROSE: Short Trips: Transmissions

Toys reviewed Edit

• Sonic Screwdriver Pen Set/Interactive Sonic and Laser Screwdriver Set

Audio adventures reviewed Edit

• AUDIO: The Great Space Elevator
• AUDIO: The Doomwood Curse
• AUDIO: The Vengeance of Morbius
• PROSE/BBC Audio: Doctor Who and the Pyramids of Mars/Doctor Who and the Dæmons

The Time Team Edit

Stories reviewed by the Time Team:

• TV: Terror of the Vervoids
• TV: The Ultimate Foe, with special guest reviewer; Colin Baker, for his last story and Issue 400

Competitions Edit

• Chance to visit the set of Doctor Who
• Win an exclusive DWM framed print
• Win Torchwood Series Two DVD boxset
• Win The Forever Trap
• Win The War Machines on DVD
• Win The Ultimate Adventure on CD

Regular features Edit

• Letter from the editor
• Production Notes by Russell T Davies
• Gallifrey Guardian
• Galaxy Forum
• You Are Not Alone - Why DWM made me the fan I am - Neil Harris wallows in his pile of DWMs...
• Who On Earth Is... (David Tennant)

Credits Edit

• Editor: Tom Spilsbury
• Assistant Editor: Peter Ware
• Designer: Peri Godbold
• Head of Production: Mark Irvine
• Managing Editor: Alan O'Keefe
• Managing Director: Mike Riddell

Additional details Edit

• The free poster included featured every previous Doctor Who Magazine cover on one side and that issue's cover on the other.

Footnotes Edit