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Issue FOURTEEN is finally complete. Huge apologies for the lateness of this issue, life generally gets in the way of these things, but I hope you'll enjoy the stories featured. A big thanks to all those who have contributed to this issue: Ashley Myles, Al Dickerson, Sean Bassett, Meg MacDonald, Nathan Mullins, Michael Falino, Joe Ford and Michael Baxter

The migration of early issues of INFERNO FICTION are continuing. Issues ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE and SIX have now moved to a new server as will further issues, again, I hope this doesn't ruin your enjoyment of the site.

You may find some new artwork popping up here and there amongst already existing stories as I find the time to cobble some new pieces of artwork to freshen up some of the pages. I've already made a start as you'll see in parts one and two of 'Where Dead Men Slumber'

'The Boys Upstairs' is a Doctor Who Novella from Al Dickerson which you can view here (or click on the banner below) as a special release from Inferno Fiction....hopefully one of many.

'Oracle' and 'The Doctor Who Review' from 1979 and 'The Web Planet' from 1980 have all entered the FANZINE VAULT with more fanzines of old entering soon.

If you're new to the site, then welcome. I hope you enjoy what you see and are inspired to contribute in anyway. If so, then please, contact me at the email address: infernofiction@gmail.com

Hope everyone has enjoyed Series 7 of Doctor Who. 'Cold War' by Mark Gatiss was my favourite with 'The Name of The Doctor' coming a close second followed by 'Hide'. The internet is full of speculation as to who or what John Hurt's Doctor is. Well the date 23.11.13 is the date when we should have the answers - we hope!

Sorry to see Matt Smith deciding to leave at the end of the year. I've enjoyed watching him as the Doctor and hope that whoever succeeds him will be equally as good. I'd love to see who takes over the role on Christmas Day, the day the episode goes out, but with all the usual speculation in the tabloid (gutter) press, the production team will have no choice but to announce the candidate early - and put an end to all those "woman Doctor" headlines!

Enjoy!

COLIN-JOHN ~ Editor

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CELEBRATE PETER CUSHING'S CENTENARY
WITH THE NEW ISSUE OF DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE!

"I only saw one episode of Doctor Who on TV, but I felt the character was unnecessarily harsh. I see him as a jolly old fellow – not sour at all!"

To mark the centenary of the legendary PETER CUSHING’s birth, as well as the release on DVD and Blu-ray of Dr Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD in which he starred, DWM takes a look at the life of the man who was the big screen Dr Who…

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

THE CYBER-PLANNER
“I thought the coolest thing in the world would be writing Batman, and it absolutely was… until the point that I wrote Doctor Who.” NEIL GAIMAN tells us about writing the recent episode NIGHTMARE IN SILVER!

AND THE WINNER IS…
The votes are in for the 2012 Season Survey and the winners are revealed, including: Favourite Story, Best Director, Best Writer, and what was top of your wish list for the forthcoming 50th anniversary – as well as a chance to vote in our 2013 poll.

COUNTDOWN TO DESTRUCTION!
The TARDIS takes the First Doctor, Vicki and Steven to a doomed alien world where a conflict rages between the survivors of two crashed spaceships, the Drahvins and the Rills in GALAXY 4. This overlooked serial from 1965 is the subject of this issue’s FACT OF FICTION, which reveals new and fascinating facts about the production.

GOOD TIMING
Doctor Who’s top man STEVEN MOFFAT answers questions from DWM readers, including how he times the length of episodes, and how would he feel about an American version of Doctor Who?

NOBLE COMPANION
DWM’s journey through the history of Doctor Who reaches 2008 and the show's thirtieth series in COUNTDOWN TO 50. Donna Noble becomes the Doctor’s travelling companion and together they encounter Sontarans, crazed Ood, Davros and Agatha Christie, and visit ancient Rome, parallel worlds, and the Shadow Proclamation.

YOUTH TODAY!
Chris, Emma, Michael and Will roll back the years when they sit down to watch THE LAZARUS EXPERIMENT from 2007. What will our trusty Time Team make of Professor Lazarus’ quest for eternal youth?

FINAL RECKONING…
The Promethians have won, mankind has been reduced to a state of barbarism and the Doctor and his friends Ian and Barbara are at the mercy of the Tribe of Gum. All hope is lost. Or is it? The Doctor has a plan, but is it already too late? Events reach a staggering climax in the sixth and final instalment of the epic comic strip adventure HUNTERS OF THE BURNING STONE, written by SCOTT GRAY, with pencils by MARTIN GERAGHTY.

IT’S THE END…
Columnist Jac Rayner recalls how she helped her children face the reality of death – both fictional and in reality in this issue’s RELATIVE DIMENSIONS.

THE REASON WE'RE WRITIN'…
The Watcher tackles the thorny subject of Doctor Who mispronunciations in A History of Doctor Who in 100 Objects; presents a Grecian themed challenge to readers with The Six Faces of Delusion; outs another hapless Supporting Artist of the Month; and goes Wild with a list of Top Ten Westerns. All this and more in this issue’s hilarious WOTCHA!

PLUS!
All the latest offical news, reviews and previews from the worlds of Doctor Who, prize-winning competitions and crossword, and, much, much more.

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DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL

Doctor Who Magazine have released a special magazine devoted to the surviving images from the missing episodes of the William Hartnell era:

Sadly, 106 Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s aren't currently held in the BBC's Archives. The original videotapes were erased, and although film recordings for many early episodes were retained, others seem lost forever.

Fortunately for fans, some of these missing episodes survive in telesnap form – these are photographic images that were taken of television screens as the stories were originally broadcast. This 100-page Special from Doctor Who Magazine presents all of the lost episodes from the First Doctor's era that still exist in telesnap form, featuring the stories MARCO POLO, THE CRUSADE, THE SAVAGES, THE SMUGGLERS and THE TENTH PLANET.

There's also a fascinating feature on the man who took these telesnaps, JOHN CURA – and a look at how and why these classic pieces of television were lost from the archives.

Fill the gap in your collection, with Doctor Who Magazine: The Missing Episodes – The First Doctor!

A PODCAST EXPLORING THE WRITTEN

WORLDS OF DOCTOR WHO

Independence Day

Our review of Paul Magrs' The Scarlet Empress can be downloaded here. We were tickled pink to hear that Mr. Magrs actually listened to our podcast and described us as "camp". That's an in-joke that you may or may not get, but we'll just leave it at that.

For April of 2013 we go back to a traditional Seventh Doctor and Ace story (as opposed to the grumpy manipulative Doctor and the angst-ridden Ace we know from the Virgin New Adventures). It's the BBC Past Doctor Adventure Independence Day by Peter Darvill-Evans. From the back cover:

'Danger is my middle name,' Ace said, 'or it would be if I had more than one. I can look after myself these days, you know.'

Freedom. Liberty. Free will. Independence. Choice. Everyone wants to be free. But at what point does freedom become irresponsibility? What happens when one person's choice causes another's oppression?

The Doctor's on a simple mission to return a communications device he borrowed years previously. Being a Time Lord, he can return it before anyone misses it.

But events in the Mendeb system have moved more quickly than the Doctor estimated, and he lands in the ruins of a civilisation devastated by mysterious invaders.

Darvill-Evans is arguably the single most important person in the history of Doctor Who novels. In 1989, he oversaw the Target novelizations of the televised stories, and then went on to work for Virgin, where he created launched the New Adventures (he even wrote one himself, Deceit). Aside from that book and Independence Day, he also wrote the BBC Past Doctors Adventure Asylum, featuring the Fourth Doctor and Nyssa.

Asylum, published in 2001, was the last thing Darvill-Evans published. However, you can catch him on the DVD extra, "Doctor Forever! -- Love and War" on the recently-released special edition of "The Ark of Space"

Feel free to email us dwbcpodcast@gmail.com look for us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter via @dwbcpodcast. Also, feel free to follow Erik via @sjcaustenite and Sean via @tardistavern.

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