Doctor Who Adventures #279 was the issue of the magazine for the week beginning 26 July 2012.
Contents
Free gift
- Doctor Who playing cards and a packet of Doctor Who Monster Invasion trading cards
Information / Fact File (Photo feature and Essential Info)
- None this issue
Comic content
Fast Facts
- FACTFILE: DOCTOR'S COMPANIONS: Liz Shaw
Posters
- Tenth Doctor carrying the Olympic torch.
- Rory and Amy's Best Moments: from The Wedding of River Song
- ULTIMATE DALEK Gold Taskforce Commander
Behind the scenes
- Matt Smith on carrying the Olympic Torch with the Doctors Sporty moments.
- Filming Auton Attacks for Rose
Interview
- FUN INTERVIEW: Anti-bodies readers questions
Also featuring
- Welcome and news (Hello Time Travellers!)
- Geronimo: News, Happy Families in Who!, Joke, Hot or Not
- Activity: Who Card Games (2 pages)
- Puzzle page and Quiz
- Mega Moments
- Big Puzzle: Word Puzzle (2 pages)
- What's on the Doctor's phone messages.
- Sporty Who-lookalikes
- Jokes
- Readers contributions: Who and You Upload - featuring reader's letters, photos, and art.
- Doctor, Doctor! (Q &A)
- Competition Goodies (Monsuno toy, Gross Magic set and Plush TARDIS )
Credits
With which card game and alien to play with
- Editor: Natalie Barnes Pontoon with a Judoon
- Deputy Editor: Paul Laing Old Maid, with Grandma Gelth
- Production Editor: Liza Millett Snap with a Macra
- Senior Art Editor: Nikki Davies Happy Families, with the Family of Blood
- Writer: Craig Donaghy Go Fish, with a Saturnyne
- Designer: Phil White Trumps, with a Slitheen
Hidden Away / Facts
- WHO SAID: "Come on, use your eyes, notice everything." TBA
- Liz Shaw left the Third Doctor to return to her research work in Cambridge but later went on to work on the UNIT Moonbase.
- Older Canton Delaware was played by the real-life father (William Morgan Sheppard) of Mark Sheppard, who played the younger Canton.
Further information
- The subscription offer for this issue was four issues for £1 then a saving of 10% (thirteen issues for £29.25) (UK).
- This issue had a cover price of £2.99 (UK) and the free gift was cover mounted.
- Next issue's free gift is promoted as cool travel-set, ultra rare Doctor Who Monster Invasion Trading Card and a 16 page pull-out puzzle mag!