MINDCANDY

A weekly rummage in the attic of sci-fi

How could we resist? As a nation prepares to gasp at this Saturday's unveiling of the spanky new TARDIS interior (well, the percentage of the nation that hasn't bought the Radio Times, at least) here's how it looked on the back of a packet of Weetabix in 1975. The breakfast cereal drafted Tom Baker's Time Lord for a savvy promotional campaign, dispensing free cardboard avatars of the Doctor's friends and foes (mainly foes) with every pack. Some of us still have long-term addiction to the stuff. For more of this kind of thing head here

Nick Setchfield
Editor-at-Large, SFX Magazine

Nick Setchfield is the Editor-at-Large for SFX Magazine, writing features, reviews, interviews, and more for the monthly issues. However, he is also a freelance journalist and author with Titan Books. His original novels are called The War in the Dark, and The Spider Dance. He's also written a book on James Bond called Mission Statements.