DWDVDF 26

The Doctor Who DVD Files –“The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia” in fortnightly issues.

Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into 7 categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 26 Davros Revived! The Fourth Doctor discovers how Davros survived.


 * Allies
 * Charles Dickens Read all about the famous author who helped the Ninth Doctor.
 * CAL Discover more about the girl at the centre of the Library.


 * Enemies
 * Davros: Decent into Madness How the Dalek creator’s plans got even crazier…
 * Pyrovile Meet the mighty volcanic monsters from Pompeii.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * K-9: Old Dog, New Tricks Find out how K-9 was rescued from a skip for his TV comeback…


 * Technology
 * Crusader 50 Step inside the ill-fated space bus on Midnight…


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Midnight Who will save the day if the Doctor is helpless?
 * Forest of the Dead Will the Doctor Work out why he’ll give River his sonic screwdriver?

DVD Release (with cover blurb)

 * Each issue came with a DVD release covering two episodes.
 * Reversible DVD sleeves enabled the collector to display one of two designs featuring either the Doctor and his enemies or his companions.


 * Forest of the Dead


 * Midnight

Notable Information
Pyrovile were originally to be called pyrovillaxian, then Pyrovellian then finally Pyrovile.
 * Midnight is the first story since Genesis of the Daleks in 1975 not to feature a mention of the TARDIS.
 * In early storylines CAL was a young boy.
 * The children (Josh and Ella) in CAL’s dream world were named after writer Steven Moffat’s son and his friend.
 * Other names considered for K-9 were ‘Pluto’ and ‘FIDO’. The rust effect in School Reunion, on K-9 was actually a sprinkling of cocoa powder.
 * Midnight featured a craft called the Crusader 50 as this was originally planned to be the 50th new Doctor Who story shown on TV.
 * Crusader rescue vehicles travel approximately twice as fast as the speed of the coaches, travelling an average of 250 kilometres per hour, judging by the estimated arrival time of ‘half an hour’ according to Driver Joe.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Designers: Carly Giles, Terry Sambridge
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writer:David Bailey, Neil Corry, Gary Gillatt, Jason Loborik and Eddie Robson.
 * Illustrator:Shaun Williams