Tom Spilsbury
| Tom Spilsbury | |
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| Born |
12 February 1976 Swindon, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor |
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Notable works
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Doctor Who Magazine TV Zone |
Tom Spilsbury (born 1976 in Swindon, England) is a British writer, magazine editor and journalist. A former pupil of Bristol Cathedral School, he was, for ten years, editor of Doctor Who Magazine (DWM).
Spilsbury first joined Doctor Who Magazine in March 2003, on Issue 330 as deputy editor to Clayton Hickman. He eventually took over from Hickman as editor in August 2007, with Issue 387. He redesigned and revamped the magazine with Issue 390, persuading Kylie Minogue to pose with a Dalek for the cover of the new look magazine in December 2007. Spilsbury successfully negotiated with The Sun newspaper to run the photograph over a full-page on the day of the magazine's publication.
Spilsbury later became the first person to clock up 100 consecutive issues on DWM's staff with Issue 429 in December 2010, and later became the longest-serving editor of the title, overtaking Hickman in May 2013, and editing his 100th edition with Issue 486 in April 2015. He also oversaw the 500th issue of the magazine, and recreated the cover of the very first issue, explaining that he wanted 'something which somehow paid tribute to the past, as well as celebrating the present.' Reflecting on his long tenure on the magazine, Spilsbury said that "I just enjoy being a magazine editor. So I'd happily be a magazine editor for a different magazine! I don't suppose I'll be editing Doctor Who Magazine for the rest of my life" and noted that "you must never get complacent about it. Never ever think that these are the only people buying it."
As well as editing the magazine, Spilsbury has interviewed subjects such as Freema Agyeman (Issues 392 and 393), Nicholas Courtney (Issue 402), Graeme Harper (Issues 380 and 392), and Steven Moffat (Issues 417/418, 447, 468/469 and 484), amongst others. He also writes the regular Public Image column, which reports on the series' ratings, as well as serving as co-editor of the magazine's comic strip with Scott Gray.
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