DWDVDF 149

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
 * Angie Maitland
 * The Doctor took this stroppy teenager to an alien planet.
 * Colonel Crichton
 * This officer led UNIT in the 1980’s


 * Enemies
 * Harvey
 * The Daleks turned this space pilot in a Puppet
 * The Master: Bodysnatcher
 * The evil Time Lord would do anything to survive.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Questionable Taste!
 * Take a closer look at Seventh Doctor’s costume.


 * Technology
 * Tritovore Translator
 * Discover the secrets of [[Titovore technology.


 * Flashback
 * Check-Mate
 * The Doctor becomes the pet of a Victorian girl.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * “ The Creature from the Pit “
 * The Fourth Doctor and Romana answer a distress call.


 * Alien Worlds
 * The Matrix
 * Venture into a virtual-reality nightmare world …

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 Creature from the Pit
 * "Why do you call it the Place of Death? "
 * A Time Lord homing beacon sends the TARDIS to a jungle on the planet Chloris. There, the Fourth Doctor, Romana, and K-9 face the wrath of Lady Adrasta, who controls Chloris’s supply of precious metals. Adastra’s subjects live in fear of the creature in the Pit, an alien being known as [[Erato. But is the creature as deadly as it seems?

Notable Information

 * Actor Geoffrey Baylon (who played Organon in Creature from the Pit was once considered as a potential Doctor when Jon Pertwee left.
 * The Matrix was part of the Amplified Panatronic Computer Network (APC Net) and contains the memories of billions of dead Time-Lords as well as their bio-data extracts.
 * Before Clara Oswald, writer Steven Moffat considered a a companion called ‘Beryll’- a Victorian governess.
 * In White Darkness a new look costume for the Seventh Doctor was imagined. It comprised of a cream linen suit, green silk tie, white fedora hat, two-tone brogues and a question-mark umbrella. The new ‘look’ was adopted by Doctor Who Magazine.

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: not credited this issue
 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Jon Barrrett
 * Designer: not credited this issue
 * Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Illustrator Lee Sullivan
 * Contributing Writers: not credited this issue
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue