#88: Day Of The Daleks
Release date - September 2011
Back cover info:
"On Earth in the 22nd century, Daleks have enslaved the planet and humans live in fear of their masters. Meanwhile, back in the 20th century, a peace conference is urgently needed to prevent World War Three. When reports reach UNIT of a ghost at Auderly House — the site for the conference — the Doctor and Jo decide to investigate. Danger is waiting for them there, including a trip two hundred years into the future without the TARDIS..." Special features:
Disc 1
- Commentary with Anna Barry (Anat), Jimmy Winston (Shura), Barry Letts (Producer), Terrance Dicks (Script editor) and Mike Catherwood (Vision Mixer)
- Subtitle Information Text
- Blasting the Past (dur. 30.34) - The making of 'Day Of The Daleks'
- A View from the Gallery (dur. 20.00) - Producer Barry Letts and vision mixer Mike Catherwood talk about the art of vision mixing on a multi-camera studio show like Doctor Who
- Nationwide (dur. 3.25) -A report from a primary school on the day they took delivery of a Dalek, first prize in a Radio Times competition
- Blue Peter (dur. 4.49) - Peter Purves remembers his time as a companion to William Hartnell’s Doctor and is joined in the studio by a trio of Daleks
- Coming Soon Trailer: Colony In Space (dur. 1.37)
- Photo Gallery
Disc 2
- DAY OF THE DALEKS: SPECIAL EDITION *
- The Making of Day of the Daleks: Special Edition (dur. 13.35) - Producer Steve Broster guides us through the creation of his Special Edition of this story
- Now And Then (dur. 5.23)
- The UNIT Family: Part 2 (dur. 31.23) - The second part of the series looking at the Doctor’s years on Earth as scientific advisor to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, and the strong family bonds created during that era **
- The UNIT Dating Conundrum (dur. 9.04) - Over the years, many fans have tried to rationalise the chronological setting of the UNIT stories from clues within the narrative, despite the obstacles seemingly put in their way by the production team. Narrator Toby Hadoke explains why dating the stories is so difficult
- The Cheating Memory (dur. 8.27) - Special Edition producer Steve Broster tries to discover why the reality of 'Day of the Daleks' doesn’t quite live up to the memory he has of first seeing it, aged six
- Teaser Trailer (dur. 0.19)
* NOTE - The Special Edition version of 'Day Of The Daleks' is a brand-new version, featuring new visual effects, sound effects and Dalek voices by Nicholas Briggs
** NOTE - The first part of this feature was included as an extra feature on the release of 'Inferno' (both standard and special editions) post #38 on page # 4