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.
- Aliens and Emperors
- Writer's Block: Interview with Paul Cornell a writer
- The TARDIS Console
DVD Release (with cover blurb)
- Each issue came with a DVD release covering two episodes. Plus this issue contained a special bonus disc: The Five Doctors.
- Reversible DVD sleeves enabled the collector to display one of two designs featuring either the Doctor and his enemies or his companions.
- “Something is wrong. I can taste it …”
- A quick trip to the year 200,000 should be a chance for Rose to show off to new TARDIS crew member Adam. But instead of seeing humanity at its very best, someone or something is holding the human race back. So will Adam prove worthy of joining the Doctor and Rose as they battle the creepy Editor to find out who is really in control of humanity?
- “Between you and me I haven't got a plan.”
- It's 1987 and Rose is watching the last moments of her father's life. When she asks the Doctor to see them again, she saves her dad from being run over. But saving his life dooms everyone on Earth when the terrifying Reapers appear!
- "A man is a sum of his memories - a time lord even more so."
- The Fifth Doctor's previous incarnations are being taken out of time! He traces them to Gallifrey's Death Zone where they face Daleks, Cybermen and robot Yeti as they race to reach the Dark Tower. They're all pawns in a Time Lord traitor's game - but who is the traitor?
Notable Information
- "Father's Day" is Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper's favourite episode of the first series.
- Pete Tyler was originally going to be played by Simon Pegg, but he wasn't free when 'Father's Day' was being filmed, so played The Editor in "The Long Game" instead.
- During filming of "Remembrance of the Daleks", the Special Weapons Dalek (which we never heard speak and that had the firepower of 50 Daleks) was so loud that police thought it was a terrorist attack!
- Journalist Suki Macrae Cantrell (also known as Eva Saint Julienne) was born in the Independent Republic of Morocco.
- Jackie Tylers full maiden name was Jacqueline Andreas Suzette Prentice.
Credits
- Project Manager: Ben Robinson
- Group Editor: Claire Lister
- Art Editor: James King
- Designer: Carly Giles
- Writers/Sub-Editors: Neill Corry and Kieran Grant
- Contributing Writer: David Bailey, Gary Gillatt, Jason Loborik and Jacqueline Rayner.
- Illustrators for this part work included; Tom Connell, Nick Foreman, Carl Lyons, Lee Sullivan, Peter McKinstry and Paul Williams.
Additional Notes
- This issue came with a DVD of the classic series episode The Five Doctors.
Online Content
- The supporting website [1] gave online subscribers unlimited access to the magazine content as they were released (and the Doctor Who: Battles in Time comic strip pages). Subscription cost £3 per month or £25 per year.
- The supporting website also offered online games, downloads (including wallpapers and further additional content.