Me in Paris, August 2007

Hi everybody. Big Doctor Who fan here, happy to contribute to what will become the ultimate resource for info about the show. My main priority at the moment is getting story pages up to scratch.

Story articles I've edited so far:

The Web Planet, Arc of Infinity, Survival, The Mark of the Rani, The Daleks' Master Plan, The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Green Death, Logopolis, Robot, Castrovalva, Time-Flight, Vengeance on Varos, Timelash, Carnival of Monsters, The Invasion, The Sontaran Experiment, The Seeds of Death, The Hand of Fear, Inferno, The Keeper of Traken, The Ribos Operation, The Claws of Axos, The Pirate Planet, The Mind Robber, The Stones of Blood, Horror of Fang Rock.

Next up: The Androids of Tara.

The ones I edited first are only half-complete. I will eventually get back to these and finish (well, do what I can) them.

After that, who knows, I'll probably just edit random articles.

Genesis of the Daleks (DVD)

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The Season 12 story Genesis of the Daleks was released as a 2-disc special edition.

Release Details

Initially released individually as part of the regular classic Doctor Who DVD range.

Region 2 - 10th April 2006 (RRP: £19.99).

Region 4 - 4th May 2006 (RRP: $39.95).

Region 1 - 6th June 2006 (RRP: $39.99).

Included in Amazon UK's Dalek box set. This set can only be purchased from Amazon and contains The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Genesis of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks. It is exclusive to Region 2.

Region 2 - 27th January 2007 (RRP: £79.99).

Re-released in Region 2 with a special "O-ring" slipcover, along with select other Doctor Who stories, at a cheaper RRP. The discs and cover are identical to the regular release. This release was also Region 2 only.

Region 2 - 2nd July 2007 (RRP: £9.99).

Also released as part of the Davros DVD box set. The set is limited to 10,000 copies in Region 2 and contains all classic series stories in which Davros, creator of the Daleks, appeared, as well as his appearances in the Big Finish audio range. A new audio play, The Davros Mission, was produced especially for this set. Only the Region 2 release has been announced thus far.

Region 2 - 26th November 2007 (RRP: £99.99).

Story Summary

From the back cover of the individual Region 2 release:

The Doctor's own people - the Time Lords - have foreseen a time in which the Daleks dominate all other lifeforms in the universe. So disturbing is this possibility, that they break their own Laws of Time in an attempt to change the future. And who better to send on this quest than their own renegade number - the Doctor.

Unwillingly transported into the fields and trenches of a battle-exhausted Skaro, the Doctor must face his most dangerous mission ever - to prevent the Daleks from ever being created.

Episodes

All six episodes from the story are included on one disc.

Chapter Points

Chapter titles are from DVD insert booklet.

1 - PART ONE
2 - 1000 Year War
3 - The Kaleds
4 - Escape
5 - Davros
6 - Credits

7 - PART TWO
8 - Interrogation
9 - The Last Rocket
10 - The Elite
11 - Climbing to Freedom
12 - Credits

13 - PART THREE
14 - The Cave
15 - Secret Meeting
16 - Betrayal
17 - Sabotage
18 - Credits

19 - PART FOUR
20 - Victory
21 - Saved
22 - Mutiny
23 - Captured
24 - Credits

13 - PART FIVE
14 - A Virus
15 - Revolution
16 - Genocide
17 - The Incubation Chamber
18 - Credits

19 - PART SIX
20 - The Meeting
21 - The Vote
22 - Exterminate
23 - Detonation
24 - Credits

Special Features

Disc One

Commentary by Tom Baker (the Doctor), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Peter Miles (Nyder) and director David Maloney.
Production Subtitles, providing more information about the story.

Disc Two

Genesis of a Classic - A special 62-minute documentary, looking at the making of Genesis of the Daleks with contributions from many of the cast and crew of the story.

Contributors: Tom Baker (the Doctor), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer), Barry Letts (outgoing producer), Terrance Dicks (outgoing script editor), David Maloney (director), Michael Wisher (Davros), Peter Miles (Nyder), James Garbutt (Ronson), Guy Siner (Ravon), Dennis Chinnery (Gharman), Roy Skelton (Dalek voice), Cy Town and John Scott Martin (Dalek operators), Sylvia James (make-up), Dick Mills (sound designer) and Duncan Brown (studio lighting).

The Dalek Tapes - A 55-minute feature, which tells the story of the Doctor Whos most iconic villains, as well as providing a history of the 'classic series' Dalek stories.

Contributors: Anneke Wills (Polly), Terry Molloy (Davros), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer),Richard Martin, Timothy Combe, David Maloney, Ken Grieve and Graeme Harper (directors), Terrance Dicks and Eric Saward (script editors), Derek Dodd (designer), Cy Town (Dalek operator), Royce Mills, Roy Skelton and Nicholas Briggs (voice artists) and Peter Day (visual effects designer).

Continuity Compilation - A selection of off-air continuity announcements.
Blue Peter - An item from 1975 looking at a collection of Doctor Who models built by a viewer.
Radio Times Billings - Illustrations, articles and listings from Radio Times (DVD-ROM PC/Mac).
Doctor Who Annual 1976 (DVD-ROM)
Photo Gallery
Easter Eggs - None.