DWDVDF 43

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 43 Earth in Danger: The Ninth Doctor faces his final challenge in the year 200,100 …


 * Allies
 * The Keeper of Traken Was this elderly guardian of untold power a match for the Master?
 * Shadow Architect Meet the protector of the Holy Writ of the Shadow Proclamation.


 * Enemies
 * Lord President Discover the secret history of ‘Rassilon’, the mad Time Lord.
 * Commander Linx The first Sontaran ever seen on screen was also the most cunning!


 * Behind the Scenes
 * ‘Sci-fi Serious!’ Meet Bob Baker, one half of the writing team that created K-9!


 * Flashback
 * ‘Dead in the Water’ The Sea Devils swim into action and attack a Navy submarine!


 * Technology
 * Bowie Base One Take a closer look at this infamous human outpost on Mars …


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Hand of Fear Sarah Jane’s travels with the Fourth Doctor come to an end …

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.


 * The Hand of Fear
 * "Until we meet again, Sarah … "
 * The Doctor brings Sarah Jane back to Earth with a bang when the TARDIS lands in the middle of a quarry – and a controlled explosion! Things go from bad to worse when the Time Lord discovers that the blast has unearthed the severed hand of Eldred, a criminal from the planet Kastria who was supposedly executed long ago. Is the stone hand really alive and hatching an evil plan? Can the Doctor prevent the nearby nuclear power station from becoming Eldred’s first meal in centuries? And is this the end of the line for Sarah Jane Smith?

Notable Information

 * In The Hand of Fear, Sarah Jane Smith gives her home address as Hillview Road, South Croydon.
 * The Krotons are grown from elements of the crystal Tellurium.
 * Lord President’s have included; Rassilon, Pandak, Borusa, Romana and the Doctor himself.
 * Actor Denis Carey’s Doctor Who roles have included; The Keeper of Traken, Professor Chronotis (Shada) and as the Old Man in Timelash.
 * The Sontaran, Lynx’s first name (Jingo) was revealed in the target novelisation of The Time Warrior.
 * The Tenth Doctor bid farewell to Jack Harkness in an alien space bar on the planet Zog.
 * The home planet of the Graske is called Griffoth.
 * The Third Doctor phrase “reverse the polarity of the neutron flow” was only ever used once during his era – in The Sea Devils.
 * The Fendahl came from the original fifth planet of the Solar System, a world located between Mars and Jupiter. The Time Lords removed ‘Sol 5’ from time in an effort to destroy the Fendahl.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: James King
 * Designer: Carly Giles, Terry Sambridge
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Neil Corry, Kieran Grant
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writers: Gary Gillatt, Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik and Oli Smith.
 * Illustrators: Tom Connell, Shaun Williams and Lee Sullivan