DWDVDF 119

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.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 89: A Special Year
 * Welcome to the ‘Planet of the Dead’ …


 * Allies
 * Timmy
 * This little boy was fed to the Beast Below…
 * Vicki
 * Meet the First Doctor’s young companion.


 * Enemies
 * Mummy
 * What is the secret of the Rings of Akhaten?
 * Millington
 * This British soldier thought like a Nazi …
 * Skaldak
 * Beware the Vanquisher of the Phobos Heresy…


 * Technology
 * Silurian Ark
 * This huge, prehistoric starship was going to crash into Earth.


 * Flashback
 * “Don’t Blink!”
 * The Weeping Angels are closing in on Amy Pond…


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Happiness Patrol
 * The Doctor battles the smiling villain Helen A.

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 Happiness Patrol
 * "Remember, when you smile I really want to see those teeth …” "
 * The Doctor brings Ace to Terra Alpha, a human colony world ruled by the cheerfully tyrannical Helen A. On Terra Alpha it is a crime to be sad, and ‘killjoys’ are sent to face the Kandy Man, a homicidal robot made of sweets. Who are the Pipe People and why do they live beneath the streets? What is the secret of Gilbert M? And can the Doctor bring down Helen A’s empire of happiness before another sun rises over Terra Alpha?

Notable Information

 * Kate Stewart, daughter of the Brigadier and his first wife Fiona, was born in 1965.
 * The parallel world Cybermen were aware of the Doctor’s ability to regenerate from information held on infostamps taken from the Daleks in the Void.

Credits

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