The brand new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is now on sale and it is dedicated to the Paternoster Gang who are gearing up for their return in Series 8.

The Doctor’s ever-faithful allies Jenny, Vastra and Strax will be back to aid the Twelfth Doctor in his new adventures and their real-life alter egos have spoken exclusively to the mag about what lies ahead for their time-defending trio.

Inside there’s also the latest news, reviews and more!

Doctor Who Magazine (475) is out now at the usual price of £4.99 – miss it and miss out!

Also in this issue:

• DWM pays tribute to the life and times of the Kate O’Mara, the actress who played the Rani in Doctor Who during the 1980s.
• Former script editor Andrew Cartmel talks to the writers he employed on Doctor Who’s silver anniversary season back in 1988: Ben Aaronovitch, Graeme Curry and Stephen Wyatt.
• Terrance Dicks – script editor, writer and novelist supreme – talks about his work on Doctor Who in the 60s and 70s.
• Showrunner Steven Moffat answers readers’ questions in his regular column.
• The Fact of Fiction takes a detailed look at the 1977 Fourth Doctor adventure, The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
• The Crystal Throne ­– a brand new comic strip adventure starring Vastra, Jenny and Strax.
• The Time Team watch the Tenth Doctor and Donna meet Agatha Christie in 2008′s The Unicorn and the Wasp.
• Jacqueline Rayner and her family take a trip to see a new police box in Relative Dimensions.
• The Watcher poses more questions and reveals dubious secrets from the archives in Wotcha!

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