The Doctor Who DVD Files –“The Ultimate Build-up Doctor Who Encyclopaedia” in fortnightly issues.
Magazine Content
Collectable loose leaf pages divided into seven categories that could be filed accordingly.
- Part 80: Cancelled!
- After 26 years Doctor Who comes to an end. Or does it?
- President Winters
- This US leader was blasted by the Toclafane.
- Francesco
- This alien fish-vampire was hiding in Venice.
- Maurice Caven
- The Space pirate menaced the Second Doctor
- Part 110: Jon Pertwee
- A profile of the actor who brought the Third Doctor to life …
- Oxygen Factory
- Take a closer look at the ‘forest in a bottle on a spaceship’!
- “The Fat Walks Way!”
- In London, the Adipose invasion has begun …
- The Ribos Operation
- The Doctor takes on a very special mission …
- Jaconda
- Visit the home of Mestor the Magnificent
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.
- "Are people still falling for that old scam? "
- The White Guardian sends the Doctor on a special mission: to find and assemble the six segments of the mythical Key to Time. The Time Lord reluctantly accepts, and along with his new companions, Romana and K-9 Mark ll, travels to the wintry planet Ribos in search of the first segment. Who is the Graff Vynda K and what does he want? What is jethryk and why is it so valuable? And will con-artists Garron and Unstoffe pull off the dodgiest deal in the cosmos?
Notable Information
- The first segment of the Key to Time was disguised as a lump of jethryk a precious stone that was used to power space-warp drives.
- In 1580, the House of Calvierri was the most prestigious school in Venice.
- Actor Jon Pertwee’s full name was ‘John Devon Roland Pertwee’ and he was born in Chelsea, London, on 7th July 1919.
- Jacondan mythology stated that a Jocondan queen had angered the Sun God, who had released the Gastropods in vengeance.
Credits
- Project Manager: not credited this issue
- Group Editor: not credited this issue
- Editor: Kieran Grant
- Art Editor: Elanzi Smit
- Designer: not credited this issue
- Sub-Editor: Catherine Anderson
- Contributing Writers: none credited this issue
- Illustrators: none credited this issue