Doctor Who Magazine 617 Discussion thread

A thread to discuss the newest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.


Features include:
A free paperback copy of Doctor Who: The Wheel in Space
The Fact of Fiction: Evolution of the Daleks
A preview of Wish World/The Reality War
His Mad Pranks: Part 2
and more!

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What’s interesting is the comic strip promises a third part, which seems to suggest that 15 will be staying beyond the finale, as if I’m not mistaken, DWM comics tend to feature the incumbent Doctor (see 13’s tenure ending just before the transmission of PotD, and Untitled being released just before the Giggle)

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Great idea for a thread - I’m surprised we haven’t done this before. I haven’t had my copy through the post yet but hopefully it will be there when I get home.

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Don’t normally buy DWM any more but I want the novel! So guess I’ll get it from the shop next chance I get

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If I remember rightly, 10 and 11 both stuck around in the strip until series 5 and series 8 started, respectively. I don’t know how it was handled with 12, then 13 was a special case, given RTD worked closely with DWM to have the strip be 14’s first story starting immediately after 13’s regeneration. I don’t think 15 remaining in the strip after next month indicates either way, personally.

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It might also be if we get a regeneration with no new Doctor. Then it is logical to have more stories with 15.

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I should have my copy later today!

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Picked up a copy in WHSmiths today and they undercharged me :flushed_face:, really excited to read The Wheel in Space novelisation

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Exactly same thing happened to me!

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Reading the letters right now, and some of them are interesting

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Tell us more!

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Well we have

Do you remember the day Doctor Who died? I do. It was 19 April 2025. Today the Doctor jumped the shark - dragged us right out of the narrative and punched is in the face with an in-joke. I love this show in all its forms. I hope millions disagree with me because I want more. But I want better, because this was risible.

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It’s restitution for you having to go in WHSmith.

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Plus, even if Ncuti does regenerate at the end of the season, if no replacement has been cast, there’s no new face for DWM to use. Thus, they’ll either keep doing Fifteen comics or feature stories with past incarnations.

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I went to three different Tescos AND a Scotmid Co-Op and not one had this !! >:(

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I’m surprised they printed that because it’s the sort of pointless, self-righteous drivel I avoid like the plague online. The ‘I hope millions disagree with me’ bit is dripping with sarcasm and it’s horrid.

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5th Tesco was a try! All it took was the big one that’s about an hour walk away to find and buy the magazine!

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That’s devotion!

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least melodramatic doctor who fan

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I was going out for a walk anyway so made sense to do two birds one stone :flexed_biceps:

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