DWDVDF 135

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

Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into nine categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * Allies
 * Isaac
 * This United States Marshal fought the Gunslinger.
 * Val
 * This shop assistant gave the Doctor a job!


 * Enemies
 * Black Daleks
 * Beware the commanders of the Daleks!
 * The Master: Cheetah World
 * The renegade Time Lord went wild on an alien planet.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Jenna Coleman
 * Read our profile of the actor who plays Clara Oswald.
 * Suited and Booted!
 * Discover more about the Tenth Doctor’s costume.


 * Technology
 * Validium
 * The Time Lords invented this deadly ‘living metal’.


 * Flashback
 * Silent Scream!
 * Welcome to Area 52 – lair of the Silents!


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * “Time-Flight “
 * The Fifth Doctor takes flight on a supersonic jet.

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.


 * Time-Flight
 * "This is the 1980s, Nyssa. Police boxes went out with flower power…” "
 * The Doctor finally manages to deliver his companion, Tegan Jovanka, to Heathrow Airport, where he gets drawn into an investigation into the disappearance of a supersonic jet. The Time Lord discovers that the plane has been transported back millions of years into the past through a time corridor. Who is Kalid and what is his insane plan? What has happened to the Xeraphin? And will Tegan ever get back home?

Notable Information

 * In the 1980’s, following the Brigadiers retirement in 1977, [UNIT was run by a secret Whitehall office named Department C19. (“Time-Flight“)
 * The turbo-powered supersonic passenger jet from Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde was launched in 1976 and retired in 2003.
 * Validium was a living metal created by the Time Lords. It could be fashioned into any form and was capable of making its own tactical decisions.
 * Actress Jenna-Louise Coleman was born in Blackpool on 27th April 1986.
 * Mark Gatiss used the psydonym ‘Rondo Hoxton’ when he played the role of Gantok.
 * Val worked at Sanderson & Grainger department store in Colchester – home town of Craig Owens. The actress Lynda Baron had previously appeared as Captain Wrack in Time-Flight.
 * The Tenth Doctor’s first pair of white trainers actually belonged to David Tennant. Red versions were introduced to be worn with his blue suit.

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: not credited this issue
 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Pete Byrne
 * Designer: not credited this issue
 * Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Contributing Writers: not credited this issue
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue