DWDVDF 17

The seventeenth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 26 August 2009.

Contents
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
 * The Doctor
 * Draconians and Daleks
 * The Fourth Doctor (fold out)


 * Allies
 * Tallulah


 * Enemies
 * Sycorax


 * Flashbacks
 * Cave Monsters! (Doctor Who and the Silurians)


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Mark Gatiss Writer and Actor (Fold out)


 * Technology
 * Genetic Manipulation Device


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * Evolution of the Daleks
 * The Lazarus Experiment

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.


 * Evolution of the Daleks
 * "He's a genius, and we can use him. The future of the Daleks may well depend upon the Doctor."
 * The Cult of Skaro finds it hard to deal with change when their leader becomes more human and rather less Dalek. The Doctor, Martha and their New York friends have a fight on their hands if they're going to save the planet from the Cult and a new kind of foe — humans that have had their DNA spliced with Dalek genes!


 * The Lazarus Experiment
 * "Did he say he was going to change what it means to be human?"
 * The Doctor is immediately suspicious of Professor Lazarus, so he and Martha get dressed up to investigate what's going on at a grand scientific launch. Neither of them could have guessed, however, that the "mad" professor has the power to turn back the clock...

Notable information

 * On the contents page the Fourth Doctor is identified under "Enemies"! It even tells you to file it under the purple section after DOC 4.
 * The Empire State Building is 443.2 metres tall to the mast tip.
 * Sycorax is the name of Caliban's mother in William Shakespeare's The Tempest
 * Actress Miranda Raison's father, Nick Raison, plays jazz piano for the show song "My Angel Put the Devil in Me".
 * Lazarus was a biblical character raised from the dead.
 * The Fourth Doctor's scarf was apparently knitted by a "witty little knitter", the wife of 16th century astrologer Nostradamus.
 * One Dalek Rel is roughly equal to one second.
 * The Doctor's car on Earth, Bessie, first appeared in Doctor Who and the Silurians.

Credits

 * Project Manager: Ben Robinson
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Designer: Carly Giles
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
 * Contributing Writer: Clayton Hickman, Jason Loborik and Jacqueline Rayner.