DWDVDF 44

The forty-fourth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 8 September 2010.

Contents
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 44 Friends and Foes The Tenth Doctor's adventures in time and space begin.


 * Allies
 * Jake Simmonds This member of the Preachers helped to save two worlds.
 * Zoe Herriot Was this companion really as clever as the Second Doctor?


 * Enemies
 * Morgaine Meet the evil sorceress from another dimension!
 * Voc Robots Discover creepy mechanical men with murder in mind …
 * Jagrafess This blobby monstrosity ruled the Human Empire!


 * Behind the Scenes
 * PART 44 Getting into character! Actor Christopher Benjamin has worked with three different Doctors!


 * Technology
 * Yeti An exclusive glimpse beneath the fur of these alien robots …


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Inferno The Third Doctor faces death in a parallel universe …

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.


 * Inferno
 * "Listen to that! It's the sound of a planet screaming out its rage!"
 * Professor Stahlman's drilling project is going to crack open the Earth's crust and release a gas that will provide the planet with a new source of power. At least that's the plan. When the drill unearths a mysterious green slime that transforms them around it into snarling primitive monsters, it's clear something has gone wrong – but Stahlman keeps on drilling! As people start to die and UNIT loses control, all eyes turn to the Doctor. But the Time Lord is trapped in a parallel universe where freedom is an illusion and the end of the world is just around the corner …

Notable Information

 * The parallel world plot in Inferno was added to fill the story out.
 * The Doctor has a normal pulse of one hundred seventy per minute (Inferno).
 * In an alternative world, the legendary King Arthur ruled a technologically advanced England in the eighth century. (Battlefield)
 * Other names for Morgaine included the Sunkiller, Dominator of the Thirteen Worlds and Battle Queen of the S'rax.
 * In the novelisation of Battlefield, Merlin is a future Doctor with curly red hair and an Afghan coat.
 * In The Robots of Death, fear of robots is called Grimwade Syndrome and is named after the programme's production manager.
 * Production documents give Zoe's age as fifteen. She first appeared in the second episode of The Wheel in Space.
 * The sound of a Yeti roar is that of a toilet being flushed played backwards.
 * Although the Editor could understand the Jagrafess, the TARDIS was unable to translate the noises (or those of the Judoon).

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
 * Designer: Carly Giles
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writers: Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik, Jacqueline Rayner and Oli Smith.
 * Illustrators: Peter McKinstry