The actors who play The Beatles Chris Mason (John), George Caple (Paul), Philip Davies (George) and James Hoyles (Ringo) in the second episode of the Doctor Who 2024 series The Devil’s Chord are interviewed in Doctor Who Magazine 603.
Ed White, who plays The Beatles’ producer George Martin, is also interviewed and Jinkx Monsoon discusses her role as the malevolent Maestro. The magazine will also look back at the relationship between The Beatles and Doctor Who over the years.
Also in DWM 603:
• Russell T Davies talks about the first two 2024 series episodes; Space Babies and The Devil’s Chord
• A preview of the episodes to be broadcast in May
• A quick peek behind the scenes of Boom with writer Steven Moffat and executive producer Joel Collins
• DWM tries to get answers from Anita Dobson about her character, the mysterious Mrs Flood
• They also speak to the equally intriguing Susan Twist about her roles in last year’s episodes and her involvement in the forthcoming season
• Letter from the Showrunner – Russell T Davies considers the scheduling of the new episodes and welcomes new readers
• Script to screen: discover the intricacies involved in bringing ‘Jimbo’ – the robot from Wild Blue Yonder – into being
• A tribute to the work of the late Sid Sutton who, among many other career highlights, designed the Doctor Who titles in the 1980s
• We test the memory of Matthew Waterhouse, who played companion Adric
• Time-Space Visualiser – how second Doctor Patrick Troughton made a partial comeback in the late seventies
• Loose Ends – tying up some dangling threads from the 1960s
• The Fact of Fiction – a scene-by-scene look back at an earlier opening night: 2007’s Smith and Jones
• The concluding part of the Mancopolis comic strip featuring the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby
• An exclusive comic strip supplement featuring TIMESLIP – the memorable multi-Doctor comic strip by former DWM editor Paul Neary. This also includes an essay on the story by Gary Gillatt and a chat with Dez Skinn who came up with the original idea for the strip.
• Two art cards to celebrate the new season!
• The usual regular features including the latest news, reviews and competitions
Doctor Who Magazine Issue 603 is on sale Thursday 25 April from Panini and WH Smith priced £9.99 (UK). Also available as a digital edition from Pocketmags priced £8.99.