DWDVDF 98

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

Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Part 71: Going Fourth
 * Discover the secrets of the Fourth Doctor’s Era


 * Allies
 * Verity Newman
 * This writer told the world about Joan Redfern
 * Bowie Base Crew

The first off-Earth human colony met a tragic end.


 * Enemies
 * Fadros Pallukijaa
 * Beware the electro-whip of this fearsome Sycorax!


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Robo Roles
 * Part two of our exclusive interview with Michael Kilgarriff


 * Flashback
 * Macra Trap!
 * Something sinister lurks in the fog of the Motorway …


 * Technology
 * Prison Ship
 * Learn all about a dark secret from the Time War …


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Leisure Hive
 * The Fourth Doctor’s old age catches up with him …


 * Alien Worlds
 * Apalapucia
 * Visit the second most beautiful planet in the universe.

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 Leisure Hive
 * "I am a child of the generator… "
 * The Doctor, Romana and K9 abandon their holiday on Brighton Beach to visit the planet Argolis. The Argolians are survivors of a nuclear war and the surface of their world is uninhabitable – except for the Leisure Hive. When the TARDIS arrives at the Hive, the Doctor discovers that a new war is in the making and its effects could be devastating. Is the Tachyon Recreation Generator really a weapon? Who are the Foamasi and what do they want? And what is the secret of the West Lodge?

Notable Information

 * Argolis was all but destroyed in 20 minutes by 2,000 nuclear warheads in 2250.
 * The character Verity Newman (author of A Journal of Impossible Things and great granddaughter of Joan Redfern, was named in a sly reference to Doctor Who creators Verity Lambert and Sydney Newman.
 * The Time Lord Prison Ship that housed the Daleks could only be open by what the Daleks didn’t have – the ability to touch.

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: not credited this issue
 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Contributing Writers: Peter Griffiths
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue