Doctor Who Magazine 598 includes an in-depth interview with new Doctor Ncuti Gatwa.

The bumper edition includes a 32-page mini-mag of the original Star Beast comic strip and double-sided poster. It also includes a special offer to download a free audio drama featuring the Fifth and Seventh Doctors.

Doctor Who Magazine 598’s other features include:

• Exclusive previews of new episodes The Giggle and The Church on Ruby Road with Russell T Davies.
• Mum and grandma of new companion Ruby (alias Michelle Greenidge and Angela Wynter) on joining the show in this year’s Christmas Special.
• The final interview with much-loved national treasure Bernard Cribbins.
• The Diary of the Meep! A minute-by-minute account of the irrepressible Miriam Margolyes’ journey to becoming the Meep.
• Further Than We’ve Ever Been Before ­­– DWM’s Emily Cook on the set of Wild Blue Yonder to discover its VFX secrets.
• A very special comic strip adventure featuring the Fourteenth Doctor and Donna…
• 80s director Andrew Morgan remembering his time on Doctor Who.
• A glimpse behind the scenes on 60s Doctor Who.
• Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies is in the festive spirit, and even lets a few secrets about the next series slip.
• Production Diary – script editor Scott Handcock on how production on Doctor Who has reached its busiest point yet!
• The Fact of Fiction – all you could ever want to know about the 2015 series finale Hell Bent.
• Gallifrey Guardian – all the latest official news.
• Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in the Doctor Who expanded universe.
• Reviews – The Underwater Menace animation, Frazer Hines’s Evil of the Daleks and action figures!
• The fiendishly festive DWM Christmas quiz!

Doctor Who Magazine 598 is on sale Thursday 7 December from Panini and WH Smith priced £10.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £9.99.