Radio Times celebrates 50 years of Doctor Who with an interactive special issue with a choice of 12 collectible covers – one for each of the Doctor’s incarnations over the last 50 years.
The special edition is the 5oth Radio Times Doctor Who cover since the programme first appeared on the magazine’s front cover in 1964 and includes a feature on each of the actors to have played the role.
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Access the interactive content by downloading the free Blippar app (iOS/Android) to a smartphone or tablet, then open the app and hold over the cover of the Radio Times to reveal an exclusive video message from the current Doctor, Matt Smith, and the opportunity to create and star in their own Radio Times Doctor Who cover to share on social media.
There’s also further Doctor Who content to be unlocked inside where readers see the Blippar logo including:
- A comprehensive episode-by-episode guide for each Doctor
- Animated and video Doctor Who content
- Over 100 pictures from the Radio Times Doctor Who archive
- Gallery of all Radio Times Doctor Who covers
- Exclusive 3D content
Inside the issue there are 26 pages of Doctor Who features, including interviews with Matt Smith, David Tennaant andJohn Hurt, as well as authored pieces by showrunner Steven Moffat and BBC Director General Tony Hall, a guide to all the Doctors, a gallery of all 50 Radio Times Doctor Who covers, celebrity fans on what makes the iconic programme so special to them, and a chance to win Matt Smith’s bow-tie.
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The rival listings magazine TV Times has also released four souvenir Doctor Who covers this week.
All the incarnations of the Time Lord are featured and are joined by several companions and monsters from the last fifty years.
Both magazines are available in shops now.