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: [[Jagaroth Ship]] Check out the interior of this weird, spider-like spacecraft. | : [[Jagoroth|Jagaroth Ship]] Check out the interior of this weird, spider-like spacecraft. | ||
* [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Episode Guide|DVD Episode Guide]] | * [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Episode Guide|DVD Episode Guide]] | ||
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* 16.1 million people watched episode four of [[City of Death]] the highest rating ever! | * 16.1 million people watched episode four of [[City of Death]] the highest rating ever! | ||
* [[City of Death]] was written by then producer Graham Williams]] and script editor [[Douglas Adams]] under the name [[David Agnew]] as a replacement for [[A Gamble with Time]] script. | * [[City of Death]] was written by then producer Graham Williams]] and script editor [[Douglas Adams]] under the name [[David Agnew]] as a replacement for [[A Gamble with Time]] script. | ||
* In [[City of Death]], [[Scaroth]] of the [[ | * In [[City of Death]], [[Scaroth]] of the [[Jagoroth]] was originally, Scarlioni of the Sephiroth race. | ||
* Although it isn’t mentioned on screen [[Mace|Colonel Mace]]’s first name is Alan. | * Although it isn’t mentioned on screen [[Mace|Colonel Mace]]’s first name is Alan. | ||
* Actor [[William Russell]] who played [[Ian Chesterton]] was unavailable for filming of [[Mawdryn Undead]] so the part was re-written for [[Nicholas Courtney]] as the Brigadier. | * Actor [[William Russell]] who played [[Ian Chesterton]] was unavailable for filming of [[Mawdryn Undead]] so the part was re-written for [[Nicholas Courtney]] as the Brigadier. | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 27 June 2010
The Doctor Who DVD Files –“The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia” in fortnightly issues.
Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into 7 categories that could be filed accordingly.
- Colonel Mace Read the secret file on UNIT’s commanding officer.
- Ian Chesterton This 1960’s schoolteacher was abducted by the First Doctor!
- Scaroth behold the one-eyed creature whose ship created life on Earth
- Cassandra meet the last human – or what was left of her …
- Devil Doll! Jo Grant gets a nasty present from the Nestene Consciousness.
- Jagaroth Ship Check out the interior of this weird, spider-like spacecraft.
- City of Death The Fourth Doctor and Romana enjoy a Parisian caper!
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.
- "Help us, Scaroth, help us! The fate of the Jagoroth is with you! "
- Scaroth, the last of the Jagoroth, is splintered through time, an accident caused by his ship exploding – which also kick-started life on Earth! In Paris, 1979, the Doctor and Romana sense a crack in time, the result of Scaroth’s experiments as he desperately tries to return to the moment before he caused his ship to blow up. Investigating, they are soon captured by Count Scarlioni – Scaroth in disguise! With Romana forced to help, will Scaroth’s gamble with time mean life on Earth will never have existed?
Notable Information
- 16.1 million people watched episode four of City of Death the highest rating ever!
- City of Death was written by then producer Graham Williams]] and script editor Douglas Adams under the name David Agnew as a replacement for A Gamble with Time script.
- In City of Death, Scaroth of the Jagoroth was originally, Scarlioni of the Sephiroth race.
- Although it isn’t mentioned on screen Colonel Mace’s first name is Alan.
- Actor William Russell who played Ian Chesterton was unavailable for filming of Mawdryn Undead so the part was re-written for Nicholas Courtney as the Brigadier.
- In the far future there are ‘New Humans’, ‘Proto-Humans’, ‘Digi-Humans’ and ‘Human-ish’
Credits
- Project Manager: Ben Robinson
- Group Editor: Claire Lister
- Art Editor: James King
- Designer: Maurico Beltran, Carly Giles, Terry Sambridge
- Writer/Sub-Editor: Neil Corry, Kieran Grant
- Editorial Assistant: Poppy Kemp
- Contributing Writers: Jason Loborik , Jac Rayner, Eddie Robson and Oli Smith.
- Illustrators: Tom Connell, Peter McKinstry, Lee Sullivan, Dan White
