DWDVDF 78

The seventy-eighth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 28 December 2011.

Magazine content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into 7 categories that could be filed accordingly.


 * Allies
 * Idris
 * What connects this scatty woman with the soul of the TARDIS?
 * General Sanchez
 * Meet UNIT's head of operations in New York


 * Enemies
 * Nephew
 * This lost Ood was a servant of the mysterious House.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Time Lady!
 * Exclusive interview with Kate O'Mara who played the Rani.


 * Technology
 * Raston Warrior Robot
 * Discover the secrets of the perfect battle machine.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Cold Blood
 * The Doctor and his human friends take on the Silurians ...
 * Vincent and the Doctor
 * The Doctor meets a great artist and a terrifying monster.


 * Alien Worlds
 * Traken
 * Take a trip to the most peaceful place in the universe


 * Who On Earth
 * Cyber Plans 1984 - 1989
 * The 1980s were a dangerous time to be alive ...

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.


 * Cold Blood
 * "We're in the centre of the Earth. And there's lizard men ... "
 * A war for possession of planet Earth is raging beneath the tiny Welsh village of Cwmtaff. The future of humanity hinges on an exchange of hostages, but can the Doctor trust his human friends? Or will Restac have a reason to unleash the full might of the Silurian army upon mankind?


 * Vincent and the Doctor
 * "Is this how time normally passes? Slowly, in the right order?"
 * The Doctor and Amy travel to Provence in 1890 to solve the mystery of an alien face that has appeared in a painting by Vincent van Gogh. What is the Krafayis? Why can only Vincent see it? And will the time travellers be able to save the artist from himself?

Notable information

 * Traken was located in the system of Mettula Orionsis before it was destroyed by a wave of entropy released by the Master from the planet Logopolis.
 * The word Melkur was used to describe anything of malice or evil that found its way to the planet of Traken. It translates literally as "a fly trapped in honey".
 * The TARDIS scanner used by the Eleventh Doctor is an old TV set made by Magpie Electricals, the company introduced in The Idiot's Lantern.

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Designer: not credited this issue
 * Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Contributing Writers: Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik, and Andrew Weston
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue