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Old 18th April 2017, 04:52 AM
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#81: Box Set - Mara Tales
i) Kinda



Release date - March 2011

Box info:
"The Fifth Doctor and Tegan must battle the evil of the Mara in these two classic 1980s adventures!"



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"The Doctor arrives on the paradise planet of Deva Loka to find a colonial mission on the verge of collapse. Several of its members have vanished into the jungle without a trace, leaving the survivors suspicious and paranoid. The mystery deepens as it becomes clear that the planet's native inhabitants, the Kinda, possess hitherto unsuspected powers that challenge human understanding

Meanwhile the Doctor's companion Tegan becomes possessed by the Mara, a force of pure evil that lives in dreams and preys on fear"


Special features
  • Audio Commentary with Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) and Nerys Hughes (Todd)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • New CGI Version
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Dream Time (dur. 24.07) - The Making Of 'Kinda'
  • Peter Grimwade: Directing With Attitude (dur. 23.00) - A Look At Peter Grimwades Directorial Work On 'Doctor Who'
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes (dur. 14.38)
  • CGI Effects Comparison (dur. 1.37)
  • Trails And Continuities (dur. 4.16)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Revisitations 2 (dur. 2.21)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 18th April 2017, 05:02 AM
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#81: Box Set - Mara Tales
ii) Snakedance



Release date - March 2011

Box info:
"The Fifth Doctor and Tegan must battle the evil of the Mara in these two classic 1980s adventures!"



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS makes an unplanned landing on Manussa, where preparations are underway to celebrate the defeat of the Sumaran Empire five centuries earlier. But the ancient evil of the Mara lives on, and Tegan, who has been haunted by disturbing dreams since her time under the Windchimes on Deva Loka, is now a pawn in its plan to re-enter the physical world and subjugate the Manussan people.

Only the Doctor can stop the Mara — but first he must convince the authorities that he is not just a deluded fool who believes in children's fairytales."


Special features
  • Commentary with Peter Davison (the Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan) and Sara Sutton (Nyssa)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Snake Charmer (dur. 24.40) - The Making Of 'Snakedance'
  • Deleted Scene (dur. 3.07)
  • In Studio (due. 6.51) - Behind the scenes during the recording of the effects sequences
  • Saturday Superstore (dur. 14.18) - Peter Davison guests on the Saturday morning children’s show, playing cricket with Mike Read and John Craven and also taking questions from callers
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Revisitations 2 (dur. 2.21)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 18th April 2017, 10:49 AM
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#82: Planet Of The Spiders

Release date - April 2011



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"At a Tibetan retreat in the English countryside, a group of men are using ancient meditation rituals to tap into a mysterious alien power. They unwittingly create a bridgehead between Earth and Metebelis 3, a planet where the "Two Legs" are oppressed by giant spiders. The creatures are desperate to recover the blue jewel that the Doctor gave to Jo Grant as a wedding gift. Now the Doctor must risk everything and return to Metebelis 3 to face the awesome power of The Great One, who plans to use the crystal to enslave all of human kind."

Special features:
Disc 1 - Broadcast Version
  • Commentary with Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah-Jane), Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier), Richard Franklin (Mike Yates), Barry Letts (Producer/Director) and Terrance Dicks (Script Editor)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Mannequin Mania (dur. 1.34)

Disc 2
  • The Final Curtain (dur. 37.47) - The Making Of 'Planet Of The Spiders'
  • John Kane Remembers (dur. 12.46) - Interview with the actor who played Tommy
  • Directing Doctor Who (dur. 14.43) - Barry Letts is perhaps most famous as producer of Doctor Who, but he was also responsible for directing some of the show’s best-loved stories. The documentary looks back on his career as a director of the show
  • Now and Then (dur. 7.10) - Comparison between filming locations then and now
  • Planet Of The Spiders: Omnibus Edition (dur. 105.18) - Feature length, edited version of the story, broadcast on 27th December, 1974
  • Planet Of The Spiders: Omnibus Edition: Trailer (dur. 1.41)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 18th April 2017, 03:40 PM
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#83: Box Set - Mannequin Mania
i) Spearhead From Space *
ii) Terror Of The Autons



Release date - May 2011

Box info:
"The Third Doctor must face terrifying plastic Autons and the evil Master in these two classic 1970s adventures!"



Back cover info:
"The Doctor is still trapped on Earth and unable to use the TARDIS, but the Time Lords are looking out for him. They send warning that the Master has come to Earth, and the Doctor soon discovers that the dangerous Time Lord is also working alongside the Nestene Consciousness, controller of lethal Auton creatures.

Once again, the planet is in terrible danger. Can the Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant save it before it's too late and the true terror of the Autons is revealed?"


Special features
  • Commentary with Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Nicolas Courtney (The Brigadier) and Barry Letts (Producer)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Life on Earth (dur. 33.40) – The making of 'Terror Of The Autons'
  • The Doctor’s Moriarty (dur. 18.53) – Featurette about the enduring appeal of The Master
  • Plastic Fantastic (dur. 11.01) – How did the writers of Doctor Who and other programmes take something as everyday as plastic and turn it against us?
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Frontios (dur. 1.02)
  • Photo Gallery

* NOTE - The other disc in this set was the special edition release of 'Spearhead From Space' which has already been mentioned in post #3 on page #1 of this thread
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#84: Frontios

Release date - May 2011



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"An irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spacecraft. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realize that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor attempts to leave, but is thwarted when the unimaginable occurs: the TARDIS is utterly destroyed.

All the while, burrowing undetected below the planet's crust, sickening alien parasites prepare a gruesome and final fate for all humanity."


Special features:
  • Commentary with Peter Davison (the Doctor), Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet), John Gillett (The Gravis), Eric Saward (Script Editor) and Dick Mills (Special Sounds Designer)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Driven To Distractation (dur. 32.53) - The making of 'Frontios'
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes (dur. 15.38)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Earth Story Box Set (dur. 1.46)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 19th April 2017, 05:15 AM
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#85: Box Set - Earth Story
i) The Gunfighters



Release date - June 2011

Box info:
"The First Doctor must survive the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral while the Fifth Doctor faces an ancient evil threatening an English village in these two classic Doctor Who adventures!"



Back cover info:
"Tombstone, Arizona, 1881. The air is filled with the sounds of shooting, cussing, and toe-tapping tunes knocked out on the battered piano at the Last Chance Saloon. And then there is something less familiar: the wheezing, groaning sound of a Police Box materializing.

The Doctor and his companions aren't the only newcomers in town. The Clanton brothers have ridden in to settle a grudge with Doc Holliday, the notorious gambler, drinker, and dentist. In the Wild West, tempers are short, guns are swift, and a moment's hesitation on the draw can mean death..."


Special features
  • Commentary with Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), Shane Rimmer (Seth Harper), David Graham (Charlie), Richard Beale (Bat Masterson) and Tristan de Vere Cole (Production Assistant). Moderated by Toby Hadoke
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • The End Of The Line (dur. 43.28) - Documentary looking at the turbulent third year of Doctor Who
  • Tomorrow's Times: The First Doctor (dur. 14.17) - Looking at the newspaper coverage of Doctor Who during the William Hartnell era
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Paradise Towers (dur. 1.21)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 19th April 2017, 05:26 AM
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#85: Box Set - Earth Story
ii) The Awakening



Release date - June 2011

Box info:
"The First Doctor must survive the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral while the Fifth Doctor faces an ancient evil threatening an English village in these two classic Doctor Who adventures!"



Back cover info:
"Little Hodcombe, 1984. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in a small English village, looking forward to spending some time with Tegan's grandfather. They soon discover that all is not well — Tegan's grandfather is missing and the locals are reenacting dangerous war games from 1643.

With the past mixed up with the present, can the Doctor stop the games before an evil entity hidden in the village church awakens?"


Special features
  • Commentary with Michael Owen Morris (Director) and Eric Saward (Script Editor). Moderated by Toby Hadoke
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Return to Little Hodcome (dur. 19.59) - The making of 'The Awakening'
  • Making the Malus (dur. 7.16) - Visual effects designer Tony Harding and model maker Richard Gregory are reunited with the Malus prop they built for the story. Current owner Paul Burrows describes the reality of living with a giant stone monster on the lounge wall…
  • Now And Then (dur. 7.27) - Location report from the villages of Martin, Shapwick and Tarrant Monkton
  • From the Cutting Room Floor (dur. 9.31) - Extended and deleted scenes
  • The Golden Egg Awards (dur. 2.23) - The accidental destruction of a prop lychgate by a horse was the winner of 'The Late Late Breakfast Show’s' Golden Egg Award. Peter Davison collects the trophy from host Noel Edmonds
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Paradise Towers (dur. 1.21)
  • Photo Gallery
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Old 19th April 2017, 11:29 AM
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#86: Paradise Towers

Release date - July 2011



Back cover info:
"According to the sales brochure, Paradise Towers is a utopian blueprint for community living, with its fabulous architecture and state-of-the-art facilities. The perfect place for Mel to take a leisurely swim, in fact. But when the TARDIS arrives, the Doctor and his companion discover that the futuristic tower block has fallen into ruin, and a series of unexplained disappearances have the tenants living in fear. As gangs of teenage girls run wild in the hallways, a squad of bureaucratic Caretakers struggle to regain control. To keep the citizens of Paradise Towers safe, the Doctor must confront the resident evil lurking in the basement."

Special features:
  • Commentary with Judy Cornwell (Maddy), Stephen Wyatt (Writer) and Dick Mills (Special Sound Designer). Moderated by Mark Ayres
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Alternative Soundtrack - Option to view the story with an unused music score
  • Horror on the High Rise (dur. 34.05) - The making of 'Paradise Towers'
  • Alternate and Extended Scenes (dur. 7.55)
  • Continuity (dur. 3.51)
  • Girls! Girls! Girls!: The Eighties (dur. 21.45) - Sophie Aldred, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton discuss the trials and tribulations of being a 1980's Who girl *
  • Casting Sylvester (dur. 3.48)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: The Sunmakers (dur. 1.11)
  • Photo Gallery

* NOTE - A previous episode in this series, looking at being a Who girl in the 1970's, was included as an extra feature on the Special Edition release of 'The Three Doctors', post #19 on page #3
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#87: The Sun Makers

Release date - August 2011



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS, along with the Doctor, Leela and K-9, arrives on Pluto in the distant future. The time travelers discover the planet has a breathable atmosphere and enjoys heat from six small suns, but the humans who live there are taxed and exploited heavily for the privilege.

When Leela is captured and sentenced to death, the Doctor must save his companion, as well as stop the ruthless Company, before it is too late."


Special features:
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela), Michael Keating (Goudry) and Pennant Roberts (Director)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Running from the Tax Man (dur. 24.51) - The making of 'The Sun Makers'
  • Trailer (dur. 0.43)
  • The Doctor's Composer: Part Two (dur. 18.04) - Composer Dudley Simpson looks back as his work on the show during the 1970's *
  • Outtakes (dur. 0.34)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Day Of The Daleks (dur. 1.23)
  • Photo Gallery

* NOTE - The first part of this feature was included as an extra feature on the release of 'The War Games', post #85 on page #9
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#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
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