DWDVDF 23

The twenty-third issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 18 November 2009.

Contents
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 23 Shipwreck and Skulls. The Doctor finally meets the Sontaran's mortal enemies — the Rutans.


 * Allies
 * Novice Hame Read about the bad cat who came good in the end...
 * UNIT Roll call of the bravest members of this special organisation!


 * Enemies
 * Cyber-Leader meet all the brutal Cyber-bosses the Doctor has faced...


 * Flashbacks
 * Cold War! (Attack of the Cybermen) See the explosive results of a Cyber-encounter...


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Who's behind the Ood? Find out some script secrets from the writer of Planet of the Ood


 * Technology
 * Sontaran Battle Pod Step inside the spherical ship for short, stocky aliens!


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Planet of the Ood
 * The Sontaran Stratagem

DVD release (with cover blurb)

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


 * Planet of the Ood
 * "The Ood were nothing without us, just animals roaming around on the ice."
 * Arriving on the Ood-Sphere, the Doctor and Donna stumble on a dying Ood. Recognising its red eyes as something to be cautious of, the Doctor decides to investigate what's going on. Will his discovery of commercial corruption reveal exactly how the Ood became enslaved?


 * The Sontaran Stratagem
 * "There is an enemy of the Sontarans known as the Doctor. A facechanger."
 * When they last saw each other, Martha Jones promised she would call the Doctor if she needed him and, true to her word, she does. Very soon the Doctor and Donna are working with UNIT to investigate ATMOS, not realising that child genius Luke Rattigan has teamed up with an old enemy of the Doctor's to produce the advanced technology...

Notable information

 * Ood-Sphere and Sense Sphere are both planets of the Horsehead Nebula.
 * For series three alone, some forty-four prosthetic and animatronic monster creations were made.
 * Actor Michael Kilgarriff played the Cyber Controller in both The Tomb of the Cybermen and again eighteen years later in Attack of the Cybermen.
 * The Rutans, enemies of the Sontarans, originated on Ruta III.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Designer: Carly Giles
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writer: Neil Corry, Jason Loborik,Jacqueline Rayner and Oli Smith.
 * Illustrators: Tom Connell, Peter McKinstry and Lee Sullivan.