| Category | Item | Remarks |
| Editor's Letter | Letter From the Editor - "This new Doctor is not a conman… so why don't they recognise each other?" | |
| Production Notes | Showrunner Russell T Davies writes exclusively for DWM - and presents his annual Twelve Days of Christmas! "Steven and I muttered to each other, 'He or she! Let's say he or she!' That gag must be 28 years old now…" | |
| News | Gallifrey Guardian | News Items:- |
| Preview | TV Preview: 2008 Christmas Special The Next Doctor | |
| Merchandise | In the Shops (December 2008 - January 2009) | |
| Cast and Crew | Beyond the TARDIS | |
| Merchandise | DVD Preview Battlefield | |
| Merchandise | Book Preview | |
| Merchandise | Audio Preview The Raincloud Man | |
| Letters | Galaxy Forum | |
| Mini Comic Strip | Doctor Whoah! by Baxter | Colour |
| Facts | On This Month 15 Years Ago | |
| Article | Who's Next? David Morrissey | |
| Comic Strip | The Stockbridge Child - Part 1 | Colour, Story: Dan McDaid, Art: Mike Collins, David A. Roach and James Offredi, Editor: Tom Spilsbury and Scott Gray, Featuring: The Tenth Doctor, Majenta |
| The Time Team | Episodes 662-664 Delta and the Bannermen | |
| Survey | Doctor Who Magazine 2008 Season Survey Results | |
| Article | 2008 Review | |
| Blog | You Are Not Alone The Pip Torrens Factor | |
| The Fact of Fiction | Rise of the Cybermen The Age of Steel | |
| Merchandise | The DWM Review | |
| Fun | Space-Time Telegraph | |
| Fun | The Watcher's Fiendishly Festive Christmas Quiz! | |
| Who On Earth Is | Russell Tovey | |