DWDVDF 86

The eighty-sixth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 18 April 2012.

Magazine content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 62: River Revealed
 * The mystery of Dr Song is finally solved. Or is it?


 * Allies
 * Craig Owens
 * Meet the Eleventh Doctor's reluctant landlord ...
 * Amy Pond: The Married Years
 * There was no settling down for "Mrs Rory Williams"...


 * Enemies
 * Gantok
 * Dare you challenge this fiend to a game of Live Chess?


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Mars Attacks!
 * Find out how the Flood managed to look so scary.


 * Technology
 * Roboforms
 * Beware of alien robot mercenaries bearing Christmas gifts.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * State of Decay
 * The Fourth Doctor takes on a trio of vampire lords.


 * Alien Worlds
 * Sarn
 * The Master meets a grisly fate on the Planet of Fire.


 * Who On Earth
 * Dalek Invasions (c. 2100 AD – 2493 AD)
 * The invaders from Mars turn their eye stalks towards Earth ...

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.


 * State of Decay
 * "There are vampire legends on almost every inhabited planet ..."
 * Still trapped in E-Space, the Fourth Doctor, Romana, K-9 and their new friend Adric stumble across a medieval world ruled by a trio of dark lords. Why do blood-sucking bats swarm through the forests of this twilight planet? What is the secret of the castle that dominates the village? Why do Camilla, Aukon and Zargo need a regular supply of "volunteers"? And has the TARDIS really landed on a planet of the undead?

Notable information

 * Romana once worked in the Bureau of Ancient Records on Gallifrey, and had heard of the "Record of Rassilon" – a record that was routinely fitted to all Type 40 TT Capsule TARDIS.
 * The Chess Pits of Vegas 12 hosted Live Chess matches – an arena sport in which the pieces on the board carried an electric charge that increased with every move.
 * The Seventh Transept was a sealed crypt where the Headless Monks kept their "leftovers".
 * Sarn was a colony world of the Trions once used as a prison planet for political rebels.
 * The set used for Bowie Base One was formerly used as the Torchwood hub at the Upper Boat complex in Cardiff because it already had a special water drainage system. Afterwards it was used as the Eleventh Doctor's TARDIS control room.

Credits

 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Designer: Jon Barrett
 * Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Contributing Writers: Jason Loborik
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue