Doctor Who Magazine 620 will feature an in-depth exploration of The Collection – Season 13, a Fourth Doctor Blu-ray box set. Details include a documentary on Ian Marter who played companion Harry Sullivan, producer Phillip Hinchcliffe visiting the locations from the series, and the creation of new monster effects including Zygons, Sutekh, Kralls and Krynoids.
Also in DWM 620:
• Enter the Black Archive: Join Doctor Who brand manager James Page in San Diego as he takes us behind the scenes at this year’s Comic-Con
• Props art director Michael Van Kesteren talks on the creation of various gadgets for this year’s season, including: colour variants of the sonic screwdriver, the “Polish! Polish!” robot Scoot, and the Rani’s time ring bracelet
• The Seventh Doctor in Ukraine: Dalek and Cyberman performer Mickey Lewis recounts how he joined Sylvester McCoy on a journey to entertain fans in war-torn Kyiv
• TV writer Robin Mukherjee talks to DWM about working on Doctor Who in the 1980s and how his lost Seventh Doctor adventure Alixion has finally been realised as an audio drama
• A royal audience with Mary Renyolds who starred as the late Queen Elizabeth II in the 25th anniversary serial Silver Nemesis
• After Image: Simon Guerrier looks back at Lucky Day, The Story & the Engine, The Interstellar Song Contest and Wish World/The Reality War
• Find out how students across the UK’s universities are testing their Who knowledge with a challenging quiz league
• Back to 1975 (and 1963): Giving life to the Loch Ness Monster
• The Randomiser : Gary Gillatt looks into the heroics of the first three Doctors during the Second World War
• Fact of Fiction Part one of a feature on the finale to the Twelfth Doctor’s first season examining the hidden depths of Dark Water
• The Fifteenth Doctor and Belinda’s adventures continue in the comic strip
• Gallifrey Guardian: News round-up including the announcement of a new range of adventures – across books, comics, audio and the web – that will reveal more about the Fugitive Doctor
• Reviews – Featuring the latest audio and book releases
• Other Worlds: the essential guide to new stories in the Doctor Who expanded universe
• Prizes to be won, including the new Monster Makers Comic Collection from Panini
Doctor Who Magazine 620 is on sale Thursday 14 August from Panini and TGJones priced £7.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £6.99.