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== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
The full length episode is available on the ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead]]'' DVD & Blu-ray and the ''[[2009 Specials (Doctor Who)|Doctor Who: The Complete Specials]]'' DVD & Blu-ray box sets.
[[File:Bbcdvd-planetofthedead.jpg|thumb|''Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead'' DVD cover.]]
The full length version of the episode was included on the ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead]]'' [[DVD]] & [[Blu-ray]] released on [[29 June (releases)|29 June]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]; and the ''[[Series 4 (Doctor Who)#Specials|Doctor Who: The Complete Specials]]'' DVD & Blu-ray box set released on [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].


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Desert Storm (also known as Planet of the Dead Confidential on the DVD) was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Planet of the Dead.

This was the first episode of Confidential to be made in high definition.

This episode introduced a refreshed title sequence as it was now in high definition.

Aspects of production covered

  • David Tennant and the production team flying to Dubai to shoot the special, having to wake up early to do the shoot, and the crew's vehicles getting stuck in the sand.
  • The vast difficulties and mishaps faced in shipping a double-decker bus from England to the United Arab Emirates and then hauling it to the desert that would be used to portray the 200.

Additional topics covered

to be added

People interviewed

Music list

  • "Kids" by MGMT
  • "Lawrence of Arabia Overture" by Maurice Jarre
  • "Mister Sandman" by The Chordettes
  • "Summer Holiday" by Cliff Richard & The Shadows
  • "Happy Up Here" by Röyksopp
  • "Steady, As She Goes" by The Raconteurs
  • "Independent Women, Part 1" by Destiny's Child
  • "Love Lockdown" by Kanye West
  • "Omen" by The Prodigy
  • "The Age of the Understatement" by The Last Shadow Puppets
  • "Sandstorm" by Cast
  • "Windy" by The Association
  • "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by The Offspring
  • "Stingray Theme" by Barry Gray
  • "Propane Nightmares" by Pendulum
  • "Bring Me Sunshine" by Morecambe & Wise
  • "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon
  • "The Last Rites (from 'The Departed')" by Howard Shore feat. G.E. Smith & Sharon Isbin

Crew

Elements retained in Cut Down

There was no "Cut Down" version of this episode.

Home video releases

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead DVD cover.

The full length version of the episode was included on the Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead DVD & Blu-ray released on 29 June 2009; and the Doctor Who: The Complete Specials DVD & Blu-ray box set released on 11 January 2010.