DWDVDF 69

The sixty-ninth issue of the Doctor Who DVD Files - "The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia" had a cover date of 24 August 2011.

Contents
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.


 * Allies
 * Riley Vashtee
 * Meet one of the many men to fall for Martha Jones' charms.


 * Enemies
 * Saturnynes
 * The fishy friends who threatened 16th century Venice.
 * Lucius Petrus Dextrus
 * The prophet of Pompeii didn't predict his own demise!


 * Behind the Scenes
 * Part 69: Boy Wonder
 * The second part of our interview with Adric actor Matthew Waterhouse.


 * Flashback
 * Eater of Worlds
 * See Ace cower before the Lord of Darkness and Eater of Worlds!


 * Technology
 * Polyphase Avatron
 * Look at the inner workings of the pirate captain's wing-man.


 * DVD Episode Guide
 * The Keeper of Traken
 * The Fourth Doctor encounters an old foe on a famously peaceful planet.


 * Alien Worlds
 * The Library
 * Every book ever written could be found on this unique planet …


 * Who On Earth
 * Part 18: Brink of War
 * The Doctor's adventures in the years just before the First World war.

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 Keeper of Traken
 * "A new body … at last!"
 * The Traken Union is one of the most harmonious empires in the universe; the air is said to be filled with goodness, that any evil simply shrivels up and dies, which is why the Doctor never bothered to pay the place a visit. But now there is a serpent in the paradise of Traken, a malevolent creature known as the Melkur. Why is the all-powerful Keeper of Traken so reluctant to ask for the Doctor's help? Who is Kassia and what is her terrible secret? And what force for evil lurks within the Melkur, a living statue that is mysteriously bigger on the inside?

Notable Information

 * Actress Jean Marsh has played the roles of Morgaine (Battlefield), King Richard’s sister (The Crusade) and also Sara Kingdom (The Daleks' Master Plan).
 * Marek Anton played both the Destroyer (Battlefield) and Vershinin The Curse of Fenric), both broadcast in 1989.
 * The character of the Brigadier was originally to have been killed off in the TV story Battlefield.
 * When Tom Baker announced he was leaving the series as the Fourth Doctor after so long, it was felt a returning companion would give some continuity for viewers. Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), Leela (Louise Jameson) and K9 were considered before it was decided to resurrect the Master!
 * As a possible love interest for companion Martha Jones, the character Riley Vashtee was scripted as being "sexy, blokey, early 20s".

Credits

 * Project Manager: not credited this issue
 * Group Editor: Claire Lister
 * Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
 * Designer: James King
 * Writer/Sub-Editor: Kieran Grant
 * Contributing Writers: Neil Corry, Gary Gillatt, Peter Griffiths, Jason Loborik and Jacqueline Rayner
 * Illustrators: Lee Binding, Tom Connell, Gavin Rymill and Lee Sullivan