I have three bits in the new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, available now from all good newsagents and as
a kind of deluxe special edition from WH Smiths.
My three bits; the answers to last issue’s Christmas quiz,
the 27th instalment of The Blogs of Doom (some people thought it had been
dropped; sorry!) and an article on the ten greatest Master reveals. It’s to tie
in with recent events in the TV series; except, I didn’t know this when I wrote
it. I just thought the magazine was celebrating 49 glorious years of the Master
or had uncovered a new interview with Roger Delgado or something. I don’t
question these things! The other challenge with writing about the ten greatest
Master reveals is that there are only really four or five of them; every ‘surprise’
appearance of the Master during the Pertwee era was blown by the character
being listed in the Radio Times. Looking
back at it, I kind of wish I’d mentioned The
Mutants somewhere, as I am convinced the build-up to the arrival of the Earth
Council Investigator in part five is there to make viewers think it’s gonna be
the Master.
