SFX (magazine)

SFX is a periodical which covered science fiction- and fantasy-related media. It was launched in the UK in May 1995 by Future Publishing.
As a genre magazine, Doctor Who featured regularly in its previews/reviews and news pages, as well as being included in more generic features.
Of note to collectors is that subscribers of this title received copies that featured no words on the cover other than the SFX logo.
Although launched in 1995, it was not until SFX issue 13 that Doctor Who first graced the cover, having been off air for a few years. This marked Paul McGann's turn at playing the Time Lord. with the cover caption quote of "I thought I was going to look like a tosser!"
Doctor Who has also featured on the covers of:
* SFX Issue 46 (SFX exclusive Tom Baker interview),
* SFX Issue 128 (Marking a new look for the magazine and the return of Doctor Who to the screen. The Ninth Doctor and Rose "Look Who's Back! "We've come to put you back behind the sofa!",
* SFX Issue 129 (Cover features Billie Piper "Times are Changing! Billie Piper heads up a whole new look for Doctor Who"),
* SFX Issue 132 (with a Dalek cover "Who's next? The future of Doctor Who. Russell T Davies talks Season 2"),
* SFX Issue 136 (a Tenth Doctor and Rose cover against a union flag heralding "Doctor Who leads our TV revolution HOPE & GLORY The new wave of British SF shows: we predict a riot!"),
* SFX Issue 139 (The Christmas Invasion - where Russell T Davies talks exclusively to SFX revealing his plans for the new Doctor)
* SFX Issue 142 (Tenth Doctor and Rose Series 2).
* Indeed, such was the popularity of the new series that by SFX Issue 150 (which incidently featured a Torchwood cover and article), included a huge double sided poster, on one side showing all one hundred fifty covers, and the reverse being given over to a wallchart that showed "Doctor Who is connected/ separated from Everything (in the sci-fi fantasy world) - without resorting to actors!"
* SFX Issue 152 (Catherine Tate joins the Doctor for The Runaway Bride)
* SFX Issue 155 (Freema Agyeman joins the Doctor for Series 3)
* SFX Issue 168 (Catherine Tate re-joins the Doctor for Series 4 and Win a life-size Dalek competition)
* SFX Issue 176 (Ten commemorative covers commemorating 45th Anniversary, feature all the Doctors)
* SFX Issue 181 (Easter special Planet of the Dead)
* SFX Issue 189 (Previews the Tenth Doctor Specials. Russell T Davies "I can't wait to kill off the Tenth Doctor!")
* SFX Issue 194 (UK editions featured a 3D cover to mark the Eleventh Doctor's first series)Spine quote: "I shouldn't Google myself ... it's too weird for the head!" - Karen Gillan
* SFX Issue 196 (Karen Gillan new companion interview)
* SFX Issue 199 (Looking ahead to New Torchwood, Russell T Davies interview)
* SFX Issue 208 (Looking ahead to New Doctor Who, Steven Moffat interview) and the World's first TARDIS sound effect cover!
In addition to the regular issues, a further SFX Collection title is released six times a year. This focuses on a specific theme and is often packaged with "extras". Doctor Who has has had a number of these special editions, often including premiums and at a higher price. Initially, issues collected together a range of previously released material, supplementing it and updating where possible, before establishing a tradition of 100% all-new material. The publishers take pride in its independence, often using a cover flash of 100% unofficial and unauthorised.
In 2010, the SFX brand was extended with the launch of a new title, Comic Heroes, although this later ceased publication.
The magazine made a special 60th Anniversary logo to coincide with the anniversary and to put on magazines that covered ithttps://twitter.com/darren_scott/status/1677615430502957056. It featured on the cover of SFX Issue 360 to SFX Issue 368. 
== Gallery notable covers ==
SFX 13.jpg|SFX Issue 13 Future Publishing Limited
SFX 46.jpg|SFX Issue 46 Future Publishing Limited
SFX 128.jpg|SFX Issue 128 Future Publishing Limited 
SFX 129.jpg|SFX Issue 129 Future Publishing Limited 
SFX 132.jpg|SFX Issue 132 Future Publishing Limited 
SFX 136.jpg|SFX Issue 136 Future Publishing Limited November 2005
SFX 139.jpg|SFX Issue 139 Future Publishing Limited January 2006
SFX 142.jpg|SFX Issue 142 Future Publishing Limited April 2006
SFX 136 plain.jpg|SFX Issue 142 (plain cover) Future Publishing Limited April 2006
SFX 150.jpg|SFX Issue 150 Future Publishing Limited December 2006
SFX 152.jpg|SFX Issue 152 Future Publishing Limited January 2007
SFX 155.jpg|SFX Issue 155 Future Publishing Limited April 2007
SFX 168.jpg|SFX Issue 168 Future Publishing Limited April 2008
SFX 176a.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (1 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176b.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (2 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176c.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (3 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176d.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (4 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176e.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (5 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176f.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (6 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176g.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (7 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176h.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (8 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176i.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (9 of 10) December 2008
SFX 176j.jpg|SFX Issue 176 Future Publishing Limited (10 of 10) December 2008
SFX 181.jpg|SFX Issue 181 Future Publishing Limited April 2009
SFX 189.jpg|SFX Issue 189 Future Publishing Limited December 2009
SFX 194 05 2010.jpg|SFX 194 Future Publishing Limited May 2010
SFX 196.jpg|SFX Issue 196 Future Publishing Limited July 2010
SFX 199.jpg|SFX Issue 199 Future Publishing Limited September 2010
SFX 208.jpg|SFX Issue 208 Future Publishing Limited June 2011
SFX 360.jpg|SFX Issue 360 Future Publishing Limited December 2022
== Gallery of notable Who themed specials ==
SFX SE 2008.jpg|Doctor Who: Past! Present! Future! Future Publishing Limited (With free exclusive CD)
MAG SFX 22a.jpg|Best of British: The Top 50 Greatest UK SF and Fantasy Shows Ever Future Publishing Limited
SFX SE 24.jpg|Doctor Who: Your Ultimate Unofficial Guide to all 10 Doctors! Future Publishing Limited
SFX SE 28.jpg|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide Future Publishing Limited (With free Doctor Who Target novelisation)
SFX SE 33.jpg|Doctor Who: Ultimate Guide (2008) Future Publishing Limited
SFX SE 35 cover.jpg|Sci-Fi's Greatest CGI Special FX Future Publishing Limited (With free Doctor Who SFX Magazine)
SFX SE 2009.jpg|Doctor Who (2009) Future Publishing Limited
SFX 47 Collection.jpg|Doctor Who: A Celebration Future Publishing Limited (With free bowtie, badges and exclusive CD)
SFXC 49.jpg|Best of British Sci-Fi 2011 Future Publishing Limited (With free Red Dwarf car sticker, Primeval coasters and double-sided poster featuring Misfits and Doctor Who The Impossible Astronaut)
SFX SE 51a.jpg|The top 100 Icons of Sci-fi and Fantasy of the 21st Century Future Publishing Limited (With free Buffy travelcard holder, lenticular Optimus prime key ring and double-sided Firefly poster)
SFX SE 51b.jpg|The top 100 Icons of Sci-fi and Fantasy of the 21st Century
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== Footnotes ==
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