DWDVDF 97

The ninety-seventh issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 19 September 2012.

Magazine content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 70: A New Face
 * Tom Baker joins the series as the Fourth Doctor.


 * Allies
 * Danny Llewellyn
 * Meet the doomed director of the British Rocket Group


 * Enemies
 * The Visionary
 * The Time Lords used this mystic in their sinister schemes ...


 * Sontarans: Top Moments
 * Relive past glories and defeats with the clone warriors.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Sylvester McCoy
 * Read all about the actor who played the Seventh Doctor.


 * Flashback
 * Goodbye Rose
 * The Tenth Doctor bids a heartbreaking farewell ...


 * Technology
 * Chula Ambulance
 * This medical transporter did more harm than good.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Claws of Axos
 * The Third Doctor and UNIT must beware aliens bearing gifts ...


 * Alien Worlds
 * Exxilon
 * Take a trip to the planet that disarmed the 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 Claws of Axos
 * "The claws of Axos are already deeply embedded in the Earth's carcass ..."
 * UNIT faces another extraterrestrial threat when a UFO crashes in England. Aboard the strange, organic spaceship are the Axons, a group of golden skinned aliens who say they need humanity's help. In exchange, the Axons offer the human race a "miracle mineral" that will solve many of the Earth's problems. Can the strangers be trusted? What is the secret of the Axos?

Notable information

 * The British Rocket Group was formed in the early 1950s by Professor Bernard Quatermass.
 * William Hartnell died on 23 June 1975 in Maidstone, Kent following a long illness.
 * The Great City of the Exxilons was listed as one of the 700 Wonders of the Universe (along with Siralos, a planet composed of psychic energy).
 * Doomsday was the first story to be televised featuring the Cybermen and Daleks together.
 * Southerndown beach in Wales was a filming location used for Bad Wolf Bay and the surface of Alfava Metraxis.
 * Actor Sylvester McCoy's full name is Percy James Patrick Kent-Smith and he was born in Dunoon, Scotland on 20 August 1943.

Credits

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