DWDVDF 47

The Doctor Who DVD Files –“The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia” in fortnightly issues.

Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * PART 47 Spiders, Cats and Witches! The Tenth Doctor and his new friends encounter toil and trouble.


 * Allies
 * Hath Meet one of mankind’s oddest allies – and fiercest enemies!
 * Amelia Rumford This early archaeologist battled the ‘Stones of Blood’!


 * Enemies
 * Time Lords Discover the rogues gallery of misfits behind the legend!
 * Sky Silvestry A trip to Midnight changed this poor woman’s life for ever …


 * Behind the Scenes
 * PART 47 Mad World The second part of our chat with writer Christopher H Bidmead.


 * Flashback
 * Double Trouble Find out how the Doctor got rid of his evil doppelganger …


 * Technology
 * Torchwood Telescope This Victorian device did much more than just stargaze …


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Castrovalva Can such a tranquil place as Castrovalva really be a deadly trap?

DVD Release (with cover blurb)

 * Each issue came with a DVD release.
 * Reversible DVD sleeves enabled the collector to display one of two designs featuring either the Doctor and his enemies or his companions.


 * Castrovalva
 * "Don’t you understand? The regeneration is failing! "
 * While the Doctor recovers in the TARDIS Zero Room from his regeneration, the Master kidnaps Adric and sends the ship back through time to the beginning of the Universe! The Doctor is forced to jettison a quarter of the ship to provide the energy to escape, and the time machine materialises near Castrovalva, a town reknown for its tranquil and recouperative atmosphere. The Doctor slowly recovers but the Master is hiding there … Once the town starts collapsing in on itself, it’s clear that the terrible Time Lord means to destroy the Doctor once and for all!

Notable Information

 * All of the Hath's dialogue was scripted, even though viewers couldn’t understand it. It is believed that, when in water, the Hath communicate via bubbles.
 * Buses have featured in the following television stories; The Chase, Terror of the Autons, Delta and the Bannermen, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and Planet of the Dead.
 * The Enemy of the World was the only story in the fifth season not to feature a monster. It also saw Patrick Troughton's son David featured as an extra.
 * Castrovalva's design borrowed from the drawings of the artist MC Escher based on a village in the Abruzzo region of Italy in 1930.
 * The first recorded telescopes were created by Dutch-German lensmaker Hans Lippershey in 1608.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: James King
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Neil Corry, Kieran Grant, Poppy Kemp
 * Designer: Maurico Beltran, Carly Giles, John Singh
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writers: Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik, Jacqueline Rayner, Eddie Robson and Oli Smith
 * Illustrators: Tom Connell, Peter McKinstry, Lee Sullivan