DWDVDF 112

The one hundred twelfth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 17 April 2013.

Magazine content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into nine categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 82: The Sound of Fear
 * Doctor Who spent the Millennium conquering a new medium ...


 * Allies
 * Captain Price
 * This UNIT officer helped avert a nuclear missile crisis.


 * Enemies
 * Kahler-Jex
 * Was this alien refugee a friend or foe?
 * Mechanoids
 * Meet the metal monsters that took on the Daleks.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Directing Daleks
 * Read the penultimate part of our Michael E. Briant interview ...


 * Technology
 * Crystal ball
 * The Carrionites used witchcraft to threaten the Earth ...


 * Flashback
 * "Rose Returns!"
 * The Doctor's old friend saves Wilf and Sylvia from the Daleks.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Pirate Planet
 * The Doctor searches for the second segment of the Key to Time


 * Alien Worlds
 * Dalek Asylum
 * Dare you set foot on the planet of the insane Daleks?

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 Pirate Planet
 * "You don't want to take over the Universe do you? You wouldn't know what to do with it beyond shout at it."
 * The Doctor, Romana and K-9 are searching for the segments of the Key to Time. Having found the first one on the planet Ribos, the time travellers head for Calufrax – and end up on Zanak. A vast space-hopping "pirate planet" that plunders other worlds, Zantak is ruled by a cyborg pirate captain with a robot parrot. But are things really as they seem?

Notable information

 * The crystal ball of the Carrionites contained another dimension, much like the outer shell of the Doctor's TARDIS.
 * Back in 1999, Richard Curtis (a writer later to pen Vincent and the Doctor) approached Steven Moffatt (writer and also Executive Producer of the show) to write a sketch for Comic Relief that became The Curse of Fatal Death.
 * Inspiration for the concept of the alien Vogan species was drawn from Shakespearean-style characters with the aliens carrying "sticks and proclaiming things!" according to director Michael E. Briant.
 * The planet Calufrax was crushed by the planet Zanak and the planet Calufrax Minor was for a while moved by Davros to the Medusa Cascade.

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: Peter Griffiths
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue