29 Facts About Tom Spilsbury

Tom Spilsbury was born on 1976 and is a British writer, magazine editor and journalist.

Tom Spilsbury was then promoted to editor of TV Zone in 2001, which he edited for two years until 2003.

Tom Spilsbury joined Doctor Who Magazine in March 2003, on Issue 330, becoming deputy editor to Clayton Hickman.

Tom Spilsbury later took over from Hickman as editor in August 2007, with Issue 387.

Tom Spilsbury 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.

Tom 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.

Tom Spilsbury 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.

Tom Spilsbury served as co-editor of the magazine's comic strip with Scott Gray, and wrote the regular Public Image column, which reports on the series' ratings, which he has continued to provide since his departure as editor.

Tom Spilsbury has admitted to being greatly influenced by Radio Times, paying tribute to covers of the listings magazine on several occasions.

In 2015 Tom Spilsbury appeared on BBC Worldwide's Doctor Who: The Fan Show, where he was complimentary about the episode The Witch's Familiar, and confirmed that the story he first remembered watching was Destiny of the Daleks A further episode in 2016 saw Tom Spilsbury and his team appear as themselves in a spoof documentary, showing the production of Issue 500 of DWM.

On 12 July 2017 Panini UK announced Tom Spilsbury was stepping down as Doctor Who Magazine's editor after Issue 515 and would be succeeded by Marcus Hearn.

Tom Spilsbury's first freelance work for Inside Soap magazine was an interview with director Graeme Harper in November 2010, about the tram crash seen in the 50th anniversary episodes of Coronation Street,.

Since leaving Doctor Who Magazine in 2017, Tom Spilsbury initially contributed to Inside Soap as an occasional writer, before joining the full-time staff in 2018 as a regular writer and sub-editor, contributing stories on EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.

Tom Spilsbury left Inside Soap in July 2021, and since then he has been a regular feature writer and interviewer for sister listings magazines TV Choice and Total TV Guide, published by Bauer Media Group.

Tom Spilsbury has occasionally contributed freelance articles to other magazines, including SFX features on Jean-Luc Picard of Star Trek in issue 324 and an interview with Carole Ann Ford in issue 327.

Tom Spilsbury has often been called on as a Doctor Who expert, appearing on BBC News and BBC Breakfast on several occasions.

Tom Spilsbury was called on to comment on the departure of Matt Smith by BBC News on 1 June 2013, where he was asked about the controversial 'regeneration limit' of only 13 Doctors being allowed.

Tom Spilsbury quipped that the reveal of a new Doctor was "like the Royal baby for sci-fi fans," with all the same speculation as to whether it would be a boy or a girl.

When pushed who he thought would be cast, Tom Spilsbury confirmed that he was as in the dark over the new Doctor's identity as everyone else.

Tom Spilsbury stated that he wouldn't be surprised if a woman was cast in the role in the future, but doubted it would happen on this occasion.

When Jodie Whittaker was cast as the Thirteenth Doctor in July 2017, Tom Spilsbury appeared on numerous BBC local radio programmes to talk about her casting.

Tom Spilsbury was challenged by Nicholas Pegg to include a William Hartnell-era episode title into each interview without the presenter noticing.

Tom Spilsbury accepted the challenge, culminating with the unlikely observation on BBC Radio Suffolk that Whittaker was like a Rider from Shang-Tu.

On stage, Tom Spilsbury hosted the Doctor Who Night at Cine Lumiere on 19 January 2013, interviewing Toby Whithouse about his writing career.

In May 2018, Tom Spilsbury hosted the first ever on-screen joint interview with former Doctor Who showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat for the BBC's official Doctor Who YouTube channel, as the two writers talked about their book adaptations of Rose and The Day of the Doctor.

In May 2012, Tom Spilsbury accepted the Eagle Award for Favourite British Comicbook for his editorship of Doctor Who Magazine.

In May 2016, Tom Spilsbury accepted the certificate from the Guinness Book of Records, on behalf of Doctor Who Magazine, of World Record for the longest-running magazine based on a TV series, which it had been since 2010.

Tom Spilsbury assisted Nicholas Pegg on his book The Complete David Bowie, and was thanked for his contribution in the book.

In September 2017 Tom Spilsbury recorded a short audio contribution to mark the official 11th YouTube anniversary of colourisation artist Stuart Humphryes.