Defenders of Earth was a promotional mini-episode included on the release of Doctor Who: The Collection — Season 9 Blu-ray boxset and released as part of Defenders of Earth!.
Synopsis
Plot
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Cast
Crew
- Writer and Director - Pete McTighe
- Runner - Ellie Collins
- Location managers - Alex Moore, Andrew Stocker
- Make-up - Kate Lockwood Cowell
- Creature Costume - Philip Robinson
- Visual effects designer - Mike Tucker
- DIT / Camera assistant - James Dalby
- Sound Recordist - Adam Tavner
- Graphics - Rob Ritchie
- CGI Artist - Chris Thompson
- Dubbing Mixer - Mark Ayres
- Director of Photography - Matt Patrick
- Camera - Paul Vanezis
- Thanks to Lee Binding, Peter Crocker and Julie Martin
- Executive Producers - Russell Minton and Pete McTighe
- Filmed on location at Redcliffe Caves and Clevedon
Worldbuilding
- Kat worries about bats being in the cave.
- Jo inherited the sonic lipstick from Sarah Jane Smith.
- Jo's husband, Clifford Jones, has died.
Notes
File:Stewart Bevan Dedication.jpg
Stewart Bevan's dedication.
- The mini-episode was dedicated to the memory of Clifford Jones' actor, Stewart Bevan.
- The YouTube video stylises the title with an exclamation mark in the title, but the video's caption does not.
- This is the first in-universe depiction of a newborn Sea Devil.
- Unconventionally, YouTube upload of the mini-episode only has a maximum resolution of 720p while all the previous The Collection mini-episodes have been at 1080p.
Continuity
- Jo was present at Sarah Jane's memorial. (WC: Farewell, Sarah Jane)
- Jo alludes to her first encounter with the Sea Devils. (TV: The Sea Devils)
- Jo remembers falling in love with Cliff, (TV: The Green Death) and their married life together. (WC: Return of the Autons)