Highlights include:

  • Previews of the new Doctor Who Specials The Star Beast and Wild Blue Yonder.
  • Tête-à-Tate – Catherine Tate is interviewed (with interruptions from David Tennant!)
  • A preview of The Daleks in colour.
  • Madness in the Air ­­– an extensive set report from the recording of The Star Beast, with contributions from cast and crew.
  • 60th-Anniversary poll results ­– the top 10 revealed.
  • Neil Patrick Harris is the Toymaker – the man behind the returning villain.
  • Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies on the Great Seismic Shifts in Doctor Who­.
  • Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock files his latest report, direct from Doctor Who’s HQ.
  • Taster Before the Feast – a look forward to tales of Tales of the TARDIS.
  • Liberation of the Daleks Part Fourteen – the adventures of the Fourteenth Doctor conclude in the epic comic-strip adventure written by Alan Barnes and illustrated by Lee Sullivan.
  • The Fact of Fiction unlocks the secrets of the acclaimed Twelfth Doctor episode Heaven Sent.
  • 60 Objects, 60 Years – the final instalment of the series that tells the story of one object from every year of Doctor Who’s history.
  • Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news.
  • Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
  • Previews, reviews, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser and more.

Doctor Who Magazine Issue 597 is on sale Thursday 9 November from panini.co.uk and WH Smith priced £8.99 (UK).

Also available as a digital edition from pocketmags.com priced £7.99.