DWDVDF 48

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 48 Genetic Horrors The Tenth Doctor meets the Daleks once again!


 * Allies
 * Eddison Hall Guests Meet and greet the unfortunate party-goers who faced the Vespiform
 * River Song The intriguing woman from the Doctor’s past … and future!


 * Enemies
 * Sil Introducing the foul slug-like alien who was obsessed with money.
 * Kess This brutal guard took pleasure in wrecking violence on the Ood.
 * Field Major Styre Take a look at the Sontaran who experimented on humans …


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Part 48 Jo Goes! Find out why Jo Grant actress Katy Manning left Doctor Who.


 * Technology
 * Who-mobile Get behind the wheel of the Third Doctor’s amazing vehicle!


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Green Death While investigating an eco disaster the Doctor’s companion finds love!

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 Green Death
 * "It’s exactly your cup of tea: the fellow’s bright green and dead. "
 * When the Doctor and Jo Grant investigate the mysterious death of a miner in South Wales they discover an ecological disaster in the making. Together with their colleagues from UNIT and Professor Clifford Jones, they tackle a computerised threat hiding behind the façade of Global Chemicals. Is pollution from a nearby factory causing these deaths and strange mutations? Why is Captain Yates behaving so strangely? And who or what is BOSS?

Notable Information

 * Stewart Bevan, who played Clifford Jones, was Jo Grant actress Katy Manning’s boyfriend.
 * Nabil Shaban, who played Sil, was nominated Best Actor in Scottish Theatre in 2005. He was beaten by David Tennant!
 * In The Sontaran Experiment, Kevin Lindsay played both Sontarans Styre and Marshall.
 * The Third Doctors flying craft was never called a Whomobile on screen, it was a name coined by its owner Jon Pertwee (the Third Doctor himself), who commissioned its construction.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: James King
 * Designer: Maurico Beltran, Carly Giles
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Neil Corry, Kieran Grant
 * Junior Sub-editor: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writers: David Bailey, Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik Jacqueline Rayner, Eddie Robson and Oli Smith.
 * Illustrators: Peter McKinstry