DWDVDF 138

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
 * Clyde Langer
 * Meet this member of Sarah Jane Smith's gang
 * Cryons
 * These natives of Telos were enslaved by the Cybermen...


 * Enemies
 * The Great Intelligence: Snow Storm
 * This alien entity came to Earth in a blizzard.
 * Zygons: Tudor Terror
 * Queen Elizabeth I was attacked by alien shape-shifters!


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Alex Kingston
 * Read our profile of the actor who played River Song.
 * Dressed to the Nines!
 * Discover the wardrobe secrets of the Ninth Doctor.


 * Technology
 * Anti-grav bike
 * The Doctor's motorcycle had a very special feature ...


 * Flashback
 * Jurassic Ark!
 * The Eleventh Doctor encounters dinosaurs in space.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Chase
 * The Daleks send an execution squad after the First Doctor.

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 Chase
 * "Advance and attack! Attack and destroy! Destroy and rejoice!” "
 * The TARDIS lands on the planet Aridius, where the First Doctor and his friends make a terrifying discovery: the Daleks have sent a death squad to exterminate the time travellers! The monsters from Skaro have their own space-time craft and use it to pursue the Doctor, Vicki, Ian and Barbara to a varety of locations, from the Empire State Building, in New York to the 'Mary Celeste'. The deadly chase culminates on the planet Mechanus, where a new threat awaits both the Doctor and the Daleks ...

Notable information

 * The Daleks were behind the construction of New York's Empire State Building in 1930s Manhattan, having seen the potential when they arrived on the viewing galaxy in 1965.
 * The actress who played River Song was born Alexanra Elizabeth Kingston and was born in Epsom Surrey on 11th March 1963.
 * Actor David Bradley who played Solomon, was later cast as William Hartnell, the First Doctor, in the 2013 biopic An Adventure in Space and Time.
 * The Eleventh Doctor claimed to have ridden his anti-grav bike in the Antigrav Olympics of 2074 – and came last!
 * The Zygon have attempted invasion attempts on Earth in 1562, by infiltrating The Savoy Hotel in June 1890, and from Loch Ness in the mid-1970s.
 * The Ninth Doctor's costume by Lucinda Wright was shaped by Russell T Davies's view that he wanted a more contemporary modern outfit

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: not credited this issue
 * Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Art Editor: Pete Byrne
 * Designer: not credited this issue
 * Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
 * Contributing Writers: not credited this issue
 * Illustrators: none credited this issue