{"id":35605,"date":"2022-05-26T00:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/?p=35605"},"modified":"2022-05-24T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T10:23:53","slug":"out-now-doctor-who-magazine-578-debuts-ncuti-gatwa-as-the-new-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedoctorwhocompanion.com\/2022\/05\/26\/out-now-doctor-who-magazine-578-debuts-ncuti-gatwa-as-the-new-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Out Now: Doctor Who Magazine #578 Debuts Ncuti Gatwa as the New Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div>\n<p>Ncuti Gatwa gets his first <em>Doctor Who Magazine<\/em> cover today, in the latest issue, which features a behind-the-scenes exclusive on his casting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No, this isn&#8217;t the classic &#8220;&#8230; is the Doctor&#8221; cover; that generally comes after a regeneration. For now, Jodie Whittaker is still the current Doctor. Nonetheless, Gatwa gets his first cover, with a photo taken at the BAFTA event which he and showrunner, Russell T Davies, attended on the day Ncuti was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s inside the latest DWM:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>An exclusive from Russell T Davies, <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s incoming showrunner, on the casting of Ncuti Gatwa.<\/li><li>The story of Ncuti Gatwa\u2019s life and career to date.<\/li><li>A 1991 interview with Gordon Flemyng, director of the 1960s Dalek movies, published in full for the first time.<\/li><li>Jill Curzon, who played Louise in <em>Daleks\u2019 Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.<\/em>, answers questions from the TARDIS tin.<\/li><li>Assistant director Anthony Waye recalls working on <em>Dr. Who and the Daleks<\/em> and <em>Daleks\u2019 Invasion Earth 2150 A.D<\/em>.<\/li><li>Inside the 4K restoration process for the Dalek movies.<\/li><li>CGI recreations of the Dalek city from <em>Dr. Who and the Daleks<\/em>, revealing how the Shepperton Studios sets were put together.<\/li><li>Exclusive previews and disc breakdowns of the forthcoming <em>Doctor Who: The Collection \u2013 Season 22<\/em> Blu-ray box set and the Blu-ray\/UHD Blu-ray releases of the Dalek movies.<\/li><li>Ruth Madeley talks about playing Hebe Harrison, the new companion in the Sixth Doctor\u2019s audio adventures.<\/li><li>The Fact of Fiction reveals the hidden secrets of <em>Daleks\u2019 Invasion Earth 2150 A.D<\/em>.<\/li><li><em>Dr. Who &amp; The Mechonoids<\/em>, a brand-new comic strip adventure for Dr Who and his granddaughter, Susan.<\/li><li>Apocrypha revisits <em>Doomcloud<\/em>, the first <em>Doctor Who<\/em> adventure that was told twice!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PLUS: <\/strong>Previews, reviews, news, prize-winning competitions, Time and Space Visualiser, Sufficient Data, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Who &amp; The Mechonoids<\/em> sounds like a particular treat. And how great to see an issue basically devoted to the often-overlooked Peter Cushing movies!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Doctor Who Magazine<\/em> #578 is on sale now, priced \u00a36.99 (in the UK).<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, a deep-dive into the 1960s Peter Cushing Dr Who movies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"Out Now: #DoctorWho Magazine 578 Debuts Ncuti Gatwa as the New 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