Doctor Who Magazine celebrates the Blu-ray release of Season 13 with a special issue about the show’s classic Gothic horror episodes to be released in August 2025.

Every copy includes a new and exclusive compilation CD from BBC Audiobooks.

Highlights of the all-new content include:

• Behind the scenes on the shoot that brought the monstrous Skarasen back to life, for the new Special Edition of Terror of the Zygons
• An exclusive interview with Anna Ridley, the designer of 1977’s Image of the Fendahl – including previously unseen photos from her collection
• A visit to the picturesque East Hagbourne – the location for The Android Invasion
• The late-night TV horrors that inspired some of the greatest Doctor Who stories ever made
• The surprising story behind The Brain of Morbius – revealed by recently discovered documents in the archive of director Christopher Barry
• A fresh look at the campaign Mary Whitehouse waged against Doctor Who in the mid-1970s
• The unmade Robert Holmes stories that would have taken Doctor Who even further into the dark side
• A guide to the Fourth Doctor’s friends and foes during the Gothic horror years
• A new and exclusive short story by Louise Jameson, who played Leela

Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition 70: The Gothic Horror Issue is on sale Thursday 28 August 2025 from Panini, TGJones and other UK retailers. Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags.