Doctor Death

Writers pick their most memorably morbid moments.

The Doctor Who writing team, led by executive producer Russell T Davies, have revealed their favourite (if that's the right word)deaths from the series to Doctor Who Magazine.

Speaking about the battle between the Raston Warrior Robot and the Cybermen in 1983's The Five Doctors, Russell enthuses, "Best. Massacre. Ever. Heads go flying! Arms! Guts! On Children in Need night! We should really bring those Rastons back one day, they were brilliant..."

"I hope so," laughs Terrance Dicks, the writer of the story, "there'll be a few quid in it for me!"

Meanwhile, writer Steven Moffat is full of praise for Pete Tyler's death in 2005's Father's Day ("just chilling, and tragic and unforgettable") while fellow scribe Paul Cornell raves over Harrison Chase's grisly demise in 1976's The Seeds of Doom – "Just gorgeous. Apt and relishable. One of the absolute best Doctor Who deaths."

Other highlights of the new issue include: 30 Reasons to be excited about Series 30; Freema Agyeman answering questions from the dreaded TARDIS tin; Gareth Roberts reveals how the Doctor and Donna are set to meet Agatha Christie in The Unicorn and the Wasp and Russell T Davies extolling the new-found virtues of an oft-neglected Tom Baker tale.

There's also a brand new audio adventure, Cuddlesome, featuring Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, free on CD with the mag.

DWM 393 is out today, 6 March 2008, priced at £3.99