[Susan Foreman]

#11: The Aztecs

Release date - October 2002



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS takes the Doctor and his companions back in time to fifteenth century Mexico, the centre of the Aztec civilisation. But when Barbara is mistaken for the reincarnation of the High Priest Yetaxa, the time travellers find themselves caught up in a vicious political power struggle which could cost them their lives.."

Special features:

• Commentary with William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman) and Verity Lambert (producer)
• Subtitle Information Text
• Episode 4 with an option to watch with an Arabic Soundtrack
• Remembering the Aztecs (dur. 28.18)
• Designing the Aztecs (dur. 24.33)
• The Story of Cortez and Montezuma (dur. 5.55)
• Restoring the Aztecs (dur. 8.05)
• Making Cocoa (dur. 2.29)
• TARDIS Cam #3 (dur. 1.05)
• Photo Gallery

Easter Egg
Special Features - Highlight 'Intro Sequences' - Press 'Left' for logo - Enter for BBC Globe

The story was later re-released as a 2-disc Special Edition

Release date March 2013



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS materialises in Mexico in the 15th century, where the Doctor and his companions soon discover that it is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place. With Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an Aztec high priest called Yetaxa, she thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?"

Special features:
Disc 1

• Commentary with William Russell (Ian CHesterton), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman) and Verity Lambert (producer)
• Information Text Subtitles
• Episode 4 Arabic Soundtrack
• Remembering The Aztecs (dur. 28.20) - Feature about the production of the story, and of television production in the sixties in general
• Designing the Aztecs (dur. 24.40) - Designer Barry Newbery talks about his work on the story
• Cortez and Monezuma (dur. 5.56) - An extract from a 1970 ‘Blue Peter’, introduced by Valerie Singleton on location in Mexico, giving historical background to the Aztec belief in human sacrifice
• Restoring the Aztecs (dur. 8.10) - A short featurette demonstrating the restoration and videoisation effects used for the release
• Making Cocoa (dur. 2.30) - An animated guide to making cocoa the Aztec way, voiced in character by John Ringham as Tlotoxl and Walter Randall as Tonila, with both characters animated and presented in ‘South Park’ style…!
• TARDIS-Cam no.3 (dur. 1.06)

Disc 2

• Galaxy 4 (dur. 64.43) – a shortened reconstruction of the missing story ‘Galaxy 4’, using off-screen stills, audio recordings and animation plus the complete rediscovered episode three
• Chronicle: The Realms of Gold (dur. 49.50) – John Julius Norwich’s 1969 retelling of the story of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and the Aztecs
• Doctor Forever: Celestial Toyroom (dur. 22’ 34”) – Looking at Doctor Who toys
• It’s a Square World (dur. 7.20) – Potentially the very first Doctor Who skit, featuring Clive Dunn (in full First Doctor costume) as a scientist demonstrating his new space rocket to Michael Bentine
• A Whole Scene Going (dur. 4.31) – an excerpt from an episode of the 60's music and arts programme, featuring a behind the scenes look at filming of the movie 'Daleks’ Invasion Earth: 2150 AD' and an interview with director Gordon Flemyng
• Coming Soon Trailer - The Ice Warriors (Dur. 0.55)