From the
'Doctor Who' News Page
Speaking at the GallifreyOne convention in Los Angeles, Patrick Troughton's son Michael said that he had recently recorded a commentary on the life of his father to be included as a feature for
The Ice Warriors. There are no details as yet over whether the incomplete story will be an individual DVD release or form part of a boxed set.
On the subject of incomplete stories, Nicholas Pegg reported on Twitter that he was "into the final furlong of the
Shada DVD production subtitles, and still unearthing previously unknown trivia bombshells!«" Earlier he said: "Researching the full facts and events of the Shada cancellation for the DVD info text. It's awfully sad. They so nearly made it!«"
The latest edition of Nothing at the End of the Lane reports that some 90 seconds of behind-the-scenes footage had been captured on 8mm film during the recording of
Robot on location at Wood Norton Hall by an extra in the story, Roger Squires; the material may appear on a future DVD release.
DVD range producer Dan Hall updated Doctor Who Magazine on the status of the recently rediscovered episodes of
Galaxy 4 and
The Underwater Menace: "There's one release that hasn't been announced yet which will provide a home for one of them. And there's a potential release that will provide a home for the other one as well. People aren't going to see them out on DVD in 2012, though. But they are on our schedule."
Hall also indicated that other special editions might be on the way: "I'm hoping that
Vengeance on Varos will be the first of our single Revisitations imprint. So we'll see how Varos does and I've certainly got my sights on some future titles. (on choosing the titles) It's a mixture of things. I'll sit down with the Restoration Team and say 'What do you think could look a lot better now than it did on its first release?' Another consideration is looking at the extras that are on the existing DVD, and seeing if there's really basic stuff missing. I'm very proud of the idea that the DVDs form a kind of encyclopaedia."