Tom Spilsbury is a British

United Kingdom

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 writer, magazine editor and journalist. He is the editor of Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine

Doctor Who Magazine is a magazine devoted to the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

, having taken over from previous editor Clayton Hickman

Clayton Hickman

Clayton Hickman is a British writer, magazine editor and designer. Born in Bristol in 1977, he first worked in publishing as Editorial Assistant on Film Review magazine from 1999-2000, and went on to become the longest-serving editor of Panini Comics' Doctor Who Magazine, overseeing the...

 in August 2007, with Issue 387. He first joined the magazine in 2003, on Issue 330 as deputy editor, and became the first person to clock up 100 consecutive issues on staff with Issue 429 in December 2010.

Prior to this, Spilsbury was editor of TV Zone

TV Zone

TV Zone was a British magazine published every four weeks by Visual Imagination that covered cult television. Initially, it mostly covered science fiction, but branched out to cover other drama and comedy series.-History:...

magazine between 2001 and 2003. He has written for and contributed to many publications including the British magazines Starburst

Starburst (magazine)

Starburst is a British science fiction online magazine published by Starburst Magazine Limited. The magazine is published every month on the 14th, with news and reviews being published daily.-History:...

, Shivers

Shivers (magazine)

Shivers was a UK-based magazine that began publication in 1992. It was dedicated to horror movies, television shows and literature.-History:...

, Film Review, Ultimate DVD, and Cult Times, and for DWM has interviewed subjects such as Freema Agyeman

Freema Agyeman

Freema Agyeman is a British actress who is best known for playing Martha Jones, former companion of the Tenth Doctor in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, and itsspin-off series Torchwood...

 (Issues 392 and 393), Nicholas Courtney

Nicholas Courtney

William Nicholas Stone Courtney was an English television actor, most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Early life:...

 (Issue 402), Graeme Harper

Graeme Harper

Graeme Harper is a British television director. He is best known for his work on the science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he is the only person to have directed episodes of both the original run and revived run of the programme...

 (Issue 380), and Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat

Steven Moffat is a Scottish television writer and producer.Moffat's first television work was the teen drama series Press Gang. His first sitcom, Joking Apart, was inspired by the breakdown of his first marriage; conversely, his later sitcom Coupling was based upon the development of his...

 (Issues 417 and 418), amongst others. He also writes the regular Public Image column, which reports on the series' ratings, as well as being co-editor of the magazine's comic strip.

He is also a contributor to BBC Worldwide

BBC Worldwide

BBC Worldwide Limited is the wholly owned commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation, formed out of a restructuring of its predecessor BBC Enterprises in 1995. In the year to 31 March 2010 it made a profit of £145m on a turnover of £1.074bn. The company had made a profit of £106m...

/2 entertain Ltd's Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

DVD range, appearing as a talking head on the Region 2 DVD releases of The Androids of Tara

The Androids of Tara

The Androids of Tara is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 25 November to 16 December 1978...

and The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor

The Armageddon Factor is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 20 January to 24 February 1979...

in 2007, The Rescue, The Deadly Assassin

The Deadly Assassin

The Deadly Assassin is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 30 October to 20 November 1976...

, The War Games

The War Games

The War Games is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in ten weekly parts from 19 April to 21 June 1969. It was the last regular appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and of Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines as companions Zoe...

and Enlightenment

Enlightenment (Doctor Who)

Enlightenment is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was originally broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from March 1 to March 9, 1983...

in 2009 and Doctor Who (Doctor Who: The Movie) in 2010.

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