DWDVDF 133

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

Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into nine categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * Allies
 * Rapunzel
 * In the Land of Fiction, fairy tales were real …
 * Jenny Flint
 * One third of the Paternoster Gang was a karate-kicking maid!


 * Enemies
 * Tricky Van Baalen
 * This ‘android’ was not all that he seemed …
 * Spoonheads
 * The Great Intelligence used robots to take over London …
 * Dinosaurs
 * The Doctor has encountered several prehistoric beasts.


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Russell T Davies
 * A profile of the writer who saved Doctor Who.


 * Technology
 * Time Scoop
 * Discover more about this forbidden Time Lord device.


 * Flashback
 * “Nightmare!”
 * Welcome to the Minotaur’s hotel of horror.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Invisible Enemy
 * The Fourth Doctor embarks on a fantastic voyage.

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 Invisible Enemy
 * "We are all predators, Doctor. We kill … we devour … to live. "
 * The TARDIS is attacked by the nucleus of a virus called The Swarm and lands at the Bi-Al Foundation, a space hospital in the 51st century. With the Doctor in a coma, it’s up to scientist Professor Marius and his robot dog, K-9, to help Leela]] save the Time Lord’s life. But will Marius’ outlandish plan really work? And are they too late to prevent the Age of the Virus?

Notable Information

 * The Bi-Al Foundation (or Centre for Alien Biomorphology), was located at galactic co-ordinates 7438007.
 * The ‘van Baalen Brothers’ were called Tricky, Bram and Gregor.
 * Russell T Davies was born in Swansea on 27th April 1963 his full name is Stephen Russell Davies.
 * Russell T Davies’s 1995 Doctor Who novel Damaged Goods was set on a council estate that featured a family called the Tylers’ - some years before Rose Tyler made her television appearance in 2005.
 * In 1812 the Brothers Grimm published a collection of fairy tales.
 * The notorious pirate Blackbeard who terrorised the West Indies in the 18th century was actually called Edward Teach.
 * Jenny Flint was a Victorian Match girl rescued from an attack by a Chinese gang by Madame Vastra who she later married in 1892 and along with Strax formed the Paternoster Gang.
 * Operation Golden Age was an eco-terrorist group in the early 1970’s.
 * The Time Scoop was a relic from the Dark Times in Gallifrey’s history known as the Age of Chaos.

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: not credited this issue
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue