The Classic 'Doctor Who' DVD Release Guide

[Susan Foreman]

#61: Image Of The Fendahl

Release date - April 2009



Back cover info:
"A sonic time scan draws the TARDIS to the Fetch Priory on Earth. There, the Doctor and Leela discover an impossibly old human skull that is the key to a nightmare from the Time Lords' past.

A murderous monster stalks the priory grounds; and within, someone is intent on unleashing a malevolent creature that feeds on death itself."

Special features:

• Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela), Wanda Ventham (Thea Ransom) and Edward Arthur (Adam Colby)
• Subtitle Information Text
• After Image (dur. 26.20) - The Making Of 'Image Of The Fendahl)
• Deleted & Extended Scenes (dur. 11.27)
• Trailer (dur. 0.22)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Deadly Assassin (dur. 0.57)
• Photo Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

#62: The Deadly Assassin

Release date - May 2009



Back cover info:
"Gallifrey. Planet of the Time Lords. The Doctor has finally come home, but not by choice.

Summoned by a vision from The Matrix, he is drawn into web [sic] of political intrigue and assassination. Nothing is quite what it seems, and in the shadows lurks his oldest and deadliest enemy..."

Special features:

• Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Bernard Horsfall (Goth) and Philip Hinchcliffe (Producer)
• Subtitle Information Text
• The Matrix Revisited (dur. 29.16) - Cast, crew and critics look back at the making of this story, featuring the founder of the National Viewers and Listeners Association, Mary Whitehouse
• The Gallifreyan Candidate (dur. 10.22) - A look at Richard Condon's novel 'The Manchurian Candidate', a major influence on the plot of The Deadly Assassin
• The Frighten Factor (dur. 16.38) - What exactly is Doctor Who's 'Frighten Factor'? A diverse panel of experts try to answer the question
• Coming Soon Trailer: Delta And The Bannermen (dur. 1.02)
• Photo Gallery

Easter Egg:
Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Photo Gallery' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Trailer

[Susan Foreman]

#63: Delta And The Bannermen

Release date - June 2009



Back cover info:
"The time: 1959. The place: the Shangri-La Holiday Camp, South Wales. The Doctor and Mel want time out. The hedonistic alien Navarinos wants to catch some vintage rock and roll. And two CIA agents want to know what happened to their country's missing satellite.

When the beautiful Chimeron princess Delta shows up on the scene, the murderous Bannermen soon follow in hot pursuit. The stage is set for a fiery showdown that will decide the fate of an entire civilisation..."

Special features:

• Commentary with Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sara Griffiths (Ray), Chris Clough (Director) and Andrew Cartmel (Script Editor)
• Subtitle Information Text
• Episode 1: First Edit (30.30) - The original edit the first episode, extended but without music and sound effects
• But First This (dur. 6.02) - Andi Peters presents a contemporary children's TV feature on location with the cast of Delta and the Bannermen
• Wales Today (dur. 2.17) - A BBC Wales news report on the making of the programme
• Interview Rushes (dur. 13.33) - Additional material from the 'But First This' interviews with Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford (Mel) and Ken Dodd (Tollmaster)
• Hugh and Us (dur. 7.05) - An interview with Hugh Lloyd (Goronwy)
• Clown Court (dur. 5.42) - Noel Edmonds and Sylvester McCoy present out-takes from Delta and the Bannermen
• Stripped For Action: The Seventh Doctor (dur. 21.34) - A look at the comic strip adventures of the Seventh Doctor
• Trails and Continuity (dur. 3.19)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The War Games (dur. 1.37)
• Photo Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

#64: The War Games

Release date - July 2009



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS has materialised in a world of trench warfare, barbed wire and poison gas: the Western front, 1917. In the chaos and paranoia of the First World War, the Doctor and his companions are separated from their ship, captured and court-martialled. The death sentence swiftly pronounced.

But all is not as it seems. As the Doctor finds himself increasingly out of his depth and facing impossible odds, the only solution is the truly unthinkable. He must seek help from those he most fears — his own people, the Time Lords..."

Special features:
Disc 1 - Episodes 1 - 5

• Commentary with Frazer Hines (Jamie), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Philip Madoc (The War Lord), Jane Sherwin (Lady Jennifer), Graham Weston (Russell), Terrance Dicks (writer) and Derrick Sherwin (producer)
• Subtitle Information Text

Disc 2 - Episodes 6 - 10

• Commentary with Frazer Hines (Jamie), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Philip Madoc (The War Lord), Jane Sherwin (Lady Jennifer), Graham Weston (Russell), Terrance Dicks (writer) and Derrick Sherwin (producer)
• Subtitle Information Text

Disc 3

• War Zone (dur. 36.23) - The Making of 'The War Games'
• Shades of Grey (dur. 21.45) - Just how did the technical and artistic constraints of black and white television effect the unique look and feel of early productions?
• Now and Then (dur. 9.35) - Contrasting the locations of 'The War Games' forty years on
• The Doctor's Composer (dur. 17.32) - Composer Dudley Simpson looks back at his first five years of work on Doctor Who
• Sylvia James: In Conversation (dur. 8.27) - Make-up designer Sylvia James talks about her work on Patrick Troughton's Doctor Who stories
• Talking About Regeneration (dur. 24.12) - The concept of regenerating a show's main character into an entirely new physical form proved to be both a lifesaver for the show and an increasingly important part of its mythos. This feature explores the ideas involved and takes a look at each of the Doctor's regenerations
• Time Zones (dur. 15.21) - Historians discuss the reality behind the various time zones featured in 'The War Games'
• Stripped for Action: The Second Doctor (dur. 13.46) - Looking at the comic strip adventures of the Second Doctor
• On Target: Malcolm Hulke (dur. 20' 00") - Feature on the Target range of Doctor Who novelizations, looking at the work of writer Malcolm Hulke
• Devious (dur. 12.15) - for over a decade, a group of friends on England's south coast met on weekends to shoot an amateur Doctor Who film entitled 'Devious', which takes place between the events of Patrick Troughton's swansong 'The War Games' and Jon Pertwee's introduction in 'Spearhead from Space', featuring their own previously unknown incarnation of the Doctor. To segue back into 'Spearhead', the team decided to put up the money to employ Jon Pertwee for a day… in what was to become his last ever appearance as the Third Doctor. This feature also has a commentary from the production team
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Guardian Trilogy (dur. 1.10)
• Photo Gallery

Easter Eggs:
1) Disc 1 - Highlight 'Subtitles Menu' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For 'On Location Audio Clip' (dur. 19.00)
2) Disc 2 - Highlight 'Information Text' - Press 'Right' For Logo - Enter For The Trial Scene With Sock Puppets!
3) Disc 3 - Highlight 'Subtitles MENU' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Nasty Hypnotic Psychedelic Headf*ck Pattern

[Susan Foreman]

#65: Box Set - The Black Guardian Trilogy
i) Mawdryn Undead

Release date - August 2009

Box info:
"Turlough arrives, Nyssa departs and the Black Guardian returns to wreak his revenge in these three classic Fifth Doctor adventures!"



Back cover info:
"Turlough may look like a normal pupil at a boys' boarding school, but he's actually an alien from another planet. And when the menacing Black Guardian asks him to kill the Doctor in return for a trip home, the boy quickly agrees

By coincidence, Turlough's maths teacher is an old friend of the Time Lord's. But why doesn't the Brigadier remember that? The Doctor, with his friends Tegan and Nyssa, is about to find out..."

Special features

• Commentary with Peter Davison (The Doctor), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier) and Eric Saward (Script Editor)
• Subtitle Information Text
• New CGI Version
• Isolated Music Score
• Who Wants to Live Forever? (dur. 24.30) - The making of 'Mawdryn Undead'
• Liberty Hall (dur. 7.19) - A new drama in which a Journalist travels to Brendan School to interview Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (dur. 5.14)
• Film Trims (dur. 3.31)
• Out-takes (5.33) - The producer's blooper reel
• Continuity (dur. 0.55)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Twin Dilemma (dur. 1.03)
• Photo Gallery
• Set Photo Gallery

Easter Eggs:
1) Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Deleted And Extended Scenes' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter for Story Trivia
2) Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Set Gallery Pictures' - Press 'Left' FOr Logo - Enter for Floor Plans

[Susan Foreman]

#65: Box Set - The Black Guardian Trilogy
ii) Terminus

Release date - August 2009

Box info:
"Turlough arrives, Nyssa departs and the Black Guardian returns to wreak his revenge in these three classic Fifth Doctor adventures!"



Back cover info:
"Still under the malign influence of the Black Guardian, Turlough sabotages the TARDIS, placing the Doctor and his companions in grave danger. Nyssa disappears through an unstable interface with a nearby space liner, and the Doctor begins a desperate search for her aboard the ship

When the liner docks at Terminus, a space station at the exact centre of the universe, the horrific truth starts to emerge. It may already be too late to save Nyssa's life, and the existence of the entire cosmos is now in peril..."

Special features

• Commentary with Peter Davison (The Doctor), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Sarah SUtton (Nyssa) and Stephen Gallagher (Writer)
• Subtitle Information Text
• New CGI Version
• Isolated Music Score
• Breaking Point (dur. 22.32) - The Making of 'Terminus'
• Origins of the Universe (dur. 6.28) - Sir Patrick Moore and, Dr. John Mason take a look at the science behind the Big Bang and the origins of the universe
• Original Storyboards (dur. 1.17) - production storyboards for the spaceship sequences, plus how the shots were realised on screen
• Unused Model Shots (dur. 3.29) - a selection of unused takes from the model effects shoot
• Continuity (dur. 1.51)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Twin Dilemma (dur. 1.02)
• Photo Gallery

Easter Egg:
Extra Features Menu - Page 2 - Highlight The Word 'Menu' At The Bottom Of The Page - Press 'Down' For go - Enter For Story Trivia

[Susan Foreman]

#65: Box Set - The Black Guardian Trilogy
iii) Enlightenment

Release date - August 2009

Box info:
"Turlough arrives, Nyssa departs and the Black Guardian returns to wreak his revenge in these three classic Fifth Doctor adventures!"



Back cover info:
"Materialising on an Edwardian sailing yacht, the Doctor and his companions find themselves caught up in a mysterious an deadly race. The prize is Enlightenment - the wisdom to find your heart's desire - and it quickly becomes clear that one of the crews will net nothing and no-one stop them claiming victory. As the Black Guardian pressures Turlough to complete his side of the murderous pact, it seems that the Doctor may not survive to cross the finish line..."

Special features
Disc 1 - Transmitted Version

• Commentary with Peter Davison (The Doctor), Mark Strickson (Turlough), Barbara Clegg (Writer) and Fiona Cumming (Director)
• Subtitle Information Text
• Isolated Music Score
• Winner Takes All (dur. 11.11) - The Making of 'Enlightenment'
• Casting Off! (dur. 10.33) - an actor's view of working on Doctor Who
• Single Write Female (dur. 5' 12") - writer Barbara Clegg looks back on her career and the writing of 'Enlightenment'
• The Story of the Guardians (dur. 11.53) - the Guardians have appeared in Doctor Who as far back as Tom Baker's era… but who - or what - are they?
• Storyboards: Original (dur. 5.56)
• Storyboards: Model Shots (dur. 5.59)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Twin Dilemma (dur. 1.03)
• Photo Gallery

Disc 2 - Special Edition

• Enlightenment: Feature Length Version (dur. 74.10)
• Re-Enlightenment (dur. 14.30) - the production team responsible for the new version of 'Enlightenment' discuss how they are going to approach the task in hand
• Original Edit Comparison (dur. 2.34) - a comparison of the original opening of episode three compared to that eventually seen on transmission
• Film Trims (dur. 5.32)
• Finding Mark Strickson (dur. 8.28) - Mark Strickson looks back over his acting career
• Finding Sarah Sutton (dur. 7.45) - Sarah Sutton looks back over her acting career
• Russell Harty Christmas Party (dur. 3.31) - Peter Davison and his then-wife Sandra Dickinson perform a song and dance routine on Russell Harty's 1982 Christmas show
• Continuity (dur. 2.09)

Easter Eggs:
1) Disc 1 - Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Single White Female' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Story trivia
2) Disc 1 - Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Coming Soon' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Janet Fielding Interview
3) Disc 2 - Highlight 'Finding Mark Strickson' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Box Set Photo Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

#66: The Twin Dilemma

Release date - September 2009



Back cover info:
"The Doctor has regenerated and all is not well. Confused, angry and acting strangely, the new Doctor decides to become a hermit, so takes his concerned companion Peri to a desolate asteroid where he plans to live for several centuries.

The time travellers soon uncover a plot that threatens the entire galaxy. But why has an alien Gastropod kidnapped twins and will the Doctor recover in time to find out?"

Special features:

• Commentary with Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri) and Kevin McNally (Hugo)
• Subtitle Information Text
• The Star Man (dur. 6.05) - Interview with Doctor Who title sequence designer Sid Sutton
• Look 100 Years Younger (dur. 11.47) - Looking at the Doctor's costumes over the years
• Stripped For Action: The Sixth Doctor (dur. 17.47) - A look at the Sixth Doctor's comic strip adventures
• Breakfast Time (dur. 9.55) - Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant interview
• Blue Peter (dur. 10.03) - Colin Baker interview
• Continuity (dur. 3.14)
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Keys Of Marinus (dur. 1.12)
• Photo Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

#67: The Keys Of Marinus

Release date - September 2009



Back cover info:
"On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population — the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet.

The TARDIS crew arrives to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last line of defense — and its only hope — is the Conscience machine. The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the keys of Marinus..."

Special features:

• Commentary with William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman), John Gorrie (Director) and Raymond Cusick (Designer), moderated by Clayton Hickman
• Subtitle Information Text
• The Sets of Marinus (dur. 9.24) - Designer Raymond Cusick recalls his work on the story
• Coming Soon Trailer: Dalek War Box Set (dur. 1.22)
• Photo Gallery

Easter Egg:
Special Features Menu - Highlight PDF Material - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For 8mm Footage

[Susan Foreman]

#68: Box Set - Dalek War
i) Frontier In Space

Release date - October 2009

Box info:
"The Third Doctor and Jo Grant face the combined might of the Daleks and the Master in these two classic 1973 adventures!"



Back cover info:
"It is the year 2450, and a fragile peace exists between the great empires of Earth and Draconia. The TARDIS materialises aboard an Earth cargo ship which comes under attack. Arrested and accused of espionage, the Doctor is sentenced to life imprisonments on the Moon, but salvation arrives in an unexpected form. Can the Doctor and Jo stop the Master's plans to provoke a galactic war and reveal the deadly enemy waiting for the chance to destroy both empires?"

Special features
Disc 1

• Commentary with Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Barry Letts (Producer), and Terrance Dicks (Script Editor), moderated by Clayton Hickman.
• Subtitle Information Text

Disc 2

• Perfect Scenario: Lost Frontier (dur. 30.04) - Part 1 of a 2 part feature. In the far future, the remaining population of an oxygen-depleted planet Earth lies in enforced stasis in The Field of Dreams, their minds kept active through the work of scenariosmiths. Looking for ideas to help him re-connect to his captive audience, Zed, a young scenariosmith, turns to the world of Doctor Who for inspiration… Written by David Harley.
• The Space War (dur. 17.57) - The Making Of 'Frontier In Space'
• Roger Delgado: The Master (dur. 32.35) - A biography of actor Roger Delgado, most famous for playing the Doctor's arch-nemesis The Master from his introduction in 1971 until his tragic death two years later. Featuring previously unseen photographs, rare excerpts from his many BBC TV appearances and interviews with those who knew and loved him
• Stripped for Action: The Third Doctor (dur. 16.05) - The 3rd Doctor's comic book adventures
• Coming Soon Trailer: The King's Demons'/Planet Of Fire (dur. 1.18)
• Photo Gallery