Doctored questions

Cast grill crew.

Producers Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson have been given a grilling - by their own colleagues.

They reveal to Doctor Who Magazine whether Michael Sheen is going to be the Eleventh Doctor, why Julie Gardner's windows have been nailed shut, and what the bathrooms are like in the TARDIS. Plus this from a certain David Tennant: "Are the Zarbi coming back?"

"Phil, you'd better take that one!" laughs Julie.

"Well, we have agonised, actually, whether or not to bring back the Zarbi." Phil replies.

"Which ones were the Zarbi?" asks Julie.

"The Zarbi were in a story [The Web Planet] in like 1965 or something," Phil explains. "They were great big giant ants, which were actually ballet dancers in black tights, with a fibreglass ant on top of them. They would look rather marvellous in colour, it's true to say, but I can exclusively reveal that we are not going to be bringing back the Zarbi, I'm sorry David. He's lobbied hard for them, but we just think they're going to be too frightening for young children."

Perhaps they could feature in Torchwood?

"Yes, I'll take them!" pipes up Julie. "Phil, hand me your Zarbi!"

Also this issue, there's a full preview of Smith and Jones, and David Tennant and Freema Agyeman discuss recording vocals for the new Doctor Who cartoon, The Infinite Quest, whilst trying to draw themselves.

Doctor Who's longest-serving crewmember, director Graeme Harper, series script editor Terrance Dicks and writer Stephen Greenhorn also make tme for interviews and comic strip The Warkeeper's Crown wraps up.

On top of all this, there's a free CD from Big Finish and a Space Cake in Production Notes. Yummy!

DWM 380 is on sale from Thursday 1 March 2007, priced £3.99.