The Curse of Fenric - The Special Edition (home video)

The Curse of Fenric - The Special Edition
Adapted from:	The Curse of Fenric
Doctor:	Seventh Doctor
Companion(s):	Ace
Main enemy:	Fenric
Main setting:	Maiden's Point, 1943
Key crew
Writer:	Ian Briggs
Director:	Nicholas Mallett
Producer:	John Nathan-Turner
Release details
Release date:	6 October 2003

The Curse of Fenric - The Special Edition was a feature-length version of The Curse of Fenric.

Unlike the original four-parter, the story was now in a movie format running to nearly 104 minutes with almost 12 minutes of new material, new CGI special effects, and a remixed soundtrack in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

It was released on Disc Two of the DVD release of The Curse of Fenric in 2003. It was subsequently reissued on the Blu-ray box The Collection: Season 26.

Before the opening titles, there was a dedication reading "For Nicholas Mallett and John Nathan-Turner" — both of whom had passed away by the time of release.

Synopsis

The TARDIS materialises at a secret naval base off the coast of Northumberland during the Second World War. Dr Judson, a scientist there, has created the Ultima Machine, an early computer designed to break German codes. But Judson also has a much more sinister use for the machine. He plans to translate the ancient runes in a crypt of the nearby St. Jude's Church, which will release Fenric, an evil entity from the dawn of time whom the Doctor trapped seventeen centuries earlier.

As Fenric's Haemovores attack, the Doctor must once again face the entity in a battle which will reveal devastating truths for Ace...

Plot

(See The Curse of Fenric)

Cast

• The Doctor - Sylvester McCoy
• Ace - Sophie Aldred
• Dr. Judson - Dinsdale Landen
• Commander Millington - Alfred Lynch
• The Rev. Mr. Wainwright - Nicholas Parsons
• Captain Sorin - Tomek Bork
• Sgt. Prozorov - Peter Czajkowski
• Vershinin - Marek Anton
• Petrossian - Mark Conrad
• Jean - Joann Kenny
• Phyllis - Joanne Bell
• Miss Hardaker - Janet Henfrey
• Captain Bates - Stevan Rimkus
• Sgt. Leigh - Marcus Hutton
• Perkins - Christien Anholt
• Kathleen Dudman - Cory Pulman
• Nurse Crane - Anne Reid
• Baby - Aaron Hanley
• Ancient Haemovore - Raymond Trickett

Crew

• Stunt Arranger - Tip Tipping
• Theme Music Composed By - Ron Grainer
• Theme Arrangement - Keff McCulloch
• Incidental Music - Mark Ayres
• Special Sound - Dick Mills
• Production Manager - Ian Fraser
• Production Assistant - Winifred Hopkins
• Assistant Floor Manager - Judy Corry
• OB Lighting - Ian Dow
• OB Cameramen - Paul Harding, Alan Jessop
• Engineering Manager - Brian Jones
• Sound - John Nottage, Scott Talbot
• Visual Effects Designer - Graham Brown
• Video Effects - Dave Chapman
• Vision Mixer - Dinah Long
• Videotape Editor - Hugh Parson
• Graphic Designer - Oliver Elmes
• Costume Designer - Ken Trew
• Make-up Designer - Denise Baron
• Properties Buyer - Yvonne Alfert

Especially for the special edition

• Project Co-ordinator, Editing & 5.1 Sound Design - Mark Ayres
• Dubbing Mixers - Benedict Peissel, Fiona Vooght
• Videotape Post-Production Supervisors - Steve Roberts, Paul Vanezis
• Colourist - Dave Hawley
• Digital Effects - Ian Simpson
• Script Editor - Andrew Cartmel
• Production Associate - June Collins
• Designer - David Laskey
• Producer - John Nathan-Turner
• Director - Nicholas Mallett

Worldbuilding

to be added

Story notes

• When BBC Video released The Curse of Fenric in 1991, Nicholas Mallett and Mark Ayres compiled some notes on how to turn the story into a movie version — a project which eventually happened in 2003.
• Sylvester McCoy's sons, Sam and Joe Kent-Smith, appeared as Haemovores in part four of the original broadcast story, but their scenes were cut from the finished programme. For the extended BBC Video release in 1991 and the Special Edition, their scenes were reinstated.