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[Moogie]

Special Features

* Commentary – with actors John Levene and Susan Penhaligon, producer Barry Letts, production assistant Marion McDougall, modern British television writers Graham Duff, Phil Ford, Joe Lidster and James Moran, moderated by Toby Hadoke.

Meine Güte, so viele? Da bin ich ja mal gespannt, da hat der Moderator ja echt nen harten Job gehabt. Aber schön, dass John Levene dabei ist, bin mal gespannt, was der zur letzten Szene so zu sagen hat

Überhaupt, The Time Monster ist eine total witzige Folge, und ich freue mich schon sehr auf die DVD. (Nur schade, dass man dazu dann auch Underworld und Horns of Nimon kaufen muss. Die fallen dahinter etwas zurück vom Spaßfaktor her )

* Between Now… and Now! – Professor Jim Al Khalili looks at the science behind ‘The Time Monster’. With producer Barry Letts, actors Katy Manning and Richard Franklin.

Und DAS wird ja mal super interessant, denn wenn das in der Folge mal nicht weird science war, was denn dann?

Ansonsten sind die Special Features diesmal ja vergleichsweise eher mager...

[the_doctor]

Underworld

Featuring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor

This episode takes us onboard a Minyan space craft, the R1C, commanded by a man named Jackson. Jackson and his crew are on a long quest to recover the Minyan race banks from a ship called the P7E which left their planet centuries ago. The Doctor helps to free the R1C after it becomes buried in a meteorite storm, but then it crashes into another newly-formed planet.

Inside the planet is a system of caves at the heart of which is the P7E. The P7E's computer, the Oracle, was programmed to protect the race banks but subsequently went insane and - with the aid of its robotic servants, the Seers - imposed its rule upon the Minyan survivors and their descendants. It allows Jackson to take what appear to be the race banks, but they are actually imitations containing fission grenades. Will the Doctor realise the deception and save the day?

Special Features

* Commentary - with actors Tom Baker and Louise Jameson, co-writer Bob Baker.
* Into the Unknown – a look at the complex production of this story, with particular emphasis on the reasons for, and difficulties in achieving, the bluescreen virtual studio sets. With script editor Anthony Read, writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin, actors Jonathan Newth and Norman Tipton, designer Dick Coles and video effects designer AJ ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, with rare convention footage of producer Graham Williams.
* Underworld - In Studio – using timecoded Shibaden and U-matic video recordings, we are given a rare glimpse inside the studio during the recording of this story, much of which involved the use of bluescreen virtual studio techniques.
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon
* PDF Material - Radio Times listings in Adobe pdf format for viewing on PC or Mac.
* Programme Subtitles
* Subtitle Production Notes

[the_doctor]

Endspurt - die letzte Folge der Box.

The Horns Of Nimon

A journey to the great maze of the Power Complex where the dreaded Nimon dwells, a fearsome monster with immense scientific powers. The Nimon has promised to restore the Skonnan Empire to its former glory, but first it demands sacrifice - youths and maidens from the peaceful planet Aneth.

The TARDIS collides with the space ship delivering the victims, and the captured Romana is condemned to be sacrificed to the Nimon. Aided by the faithful K-9, the Doctor goes to the rescue.

Special Features

* Commentary - with actors Lalla Ward, Janet Ellis and Graham Crowden and writer Anthony Read.
* Who Peter – Partners in Time – since the birth of Doctor Who in the sixties, it has shared an almost symbiotic relationship with the long-running BBC children’s magazine show ‘Blue Peter’. In this special documentary, some of those involved look back over the history of that relationship.
* Read the Writer – Anthony Read, writer of ‘The Horns of Nimon’, looks back at the production of the story.
* Peter Howell Music Demos – in 1980, incoming producer John Nathan-Turner asked Radiophonic Workshop composers for demos of their music over the beginning of episode two of ‘The Horns of Nimon’. Only Peter Howell’s demo is known to exist and is presented here.
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon
* PDF Material - Radio Times listings and studio floor plans in Adobe pdf format
* Programme Subtitles
* Subtitle Production Notes

[the_doctor]

The Creature from the Pit

Featuring Tom Baker as The 4th Doctor
VÖ: 03.05.2010

The Doctor and Romana receive a distress signal and arrive on Chloris, a lush and verdant world that has only small quantities of metals, all of which are controlled by its ruler, Lady Adrasta.

Adrasta keeps order with the aid of her Huntsman and his wolfweeds - mobile balls of vegetation, while a band of scruffy thieves, led by Torvin, organize raids on her palace to steal whatever metal they can.

The Doctor identifies the distress signal's source as a large eggshell-like structure in the forest. He is taken prisoner By Adrasta's guards and, in order to escape, leaps into the Pit - the entrance to a cave system into which all who incur Adrasta's wrath are consigned to be devoured by an immense green globular creature living within.

Can the Doctor escape from the creature of the Pit and save Chloris?


Special Features:

* Commentary
* Christopher Barry: Director
* Team Erato
* Animal Magic
* Deleted Scenes
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon Trailer

[the_doctor]

The King's Demons

Featurin Peter Davison as The 5th Doctor
VÖ: 14.06.2010

It is 13th Century England and King John is visiting the castle stronghold of Sir Ranulph Fitzwilliam. Ranulf's personal fortune has dwindled away, freely donated to King John to help fund the Crusade.

When the TARDIS materialises and disturbs a jousting duel, the Doctor's party are proclaimed friendly demons by the King, who seems strangely interested in their 'blue engine'. Before long the Doctor becomes embroiled in court politics, and he realises that there is far more to the situation than a simple battle of honour between nobles.

Ranulf's cousin, Sir Geoffrey de Lacey, arrives at the castle and is astonished to find the King present. He has just left His Majesty in London preparing to sign Magna Carta, a document that will shape the future of democracy in the western world. The Doctor learns that neither the King nor Sir Gilles Estram are exactly who they claim, and that their true identities involve a battle-ravaged alien planet light-years away, and one of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest enemies...

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary - with actors Peter Davison and Isla Blair, script editor Eric Saward. Plus a bonus commentary with director Tony Virgo on episode one only.
• Kamelion - Metal Man - this documentary looks at the short history of the Doctor's robotic companion.
• Magna Carta - In the story, the Master tries to alter history by preventing the signing of the Magna Carta. But what exactly is the Magna Carta and what is its relevance both throughout history and to our lives today?
• Photo Gallery
• Isolated Score
• Coming Soon
• PDF Material - Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac.
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes

[Moogie]

• Magna Carta - In the story, the Master tries to alter history by preventing the signing of the Magna Carta. But what exactly is the Magna Carta and what is its relevance both throughout history and to our lives today?

na da bin ich ja mal gespannt. Ich dachte eigentlich, auch unter Britischen Zusehern sei man sich einig, dass die Folge die Relevanz der Magna Charta völlig überproportional auspielt.

Schön finde ich, dass es mal wieder kein reiner Schauspieler Kommentar geworden ist (obwohl das natürlich in der Regel die lustigsten sind ). Eric Saward höre ich nicht so gerne, aber ich kann verstehen, dass man Davison und Strickson nicht wieder in einen Raum sperren wollte (hat man vielleicht für den Planet of Fire Kommentar dann doch wieder gemacht? Ist da schon was bekannt? Erscheint ja in derselben Box). Das war auf dem Enlightenmentkommentar keine Freude, so wie die sich ignoriert haben.

[the_doctor]

...ich kann verstehen, dass man Davison und Strickson nicht wieder in einen Raum sperren wollte (hat man vielleicht für den Planet of Fire Kommentar dann doch wieder gemacht? Ist da schon was bekannt? Erscheint ja in derselben Box).

Lese uns staune!
Die beiden hat man wieder an den Tisch gesetzt um einen Kommentar einzusprechen. Und dann empfehle ich noch einen Abstecher auf die BigFinish-Seite. Der 5th Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Nysaa und Vislor Turlough feiern ihr Wiedersehen in der TARDIS. Von July bis September werden sie wieder, in Form von Audio-Hörspielen, miteinander reisen...


Planet of Fire

Featuring Peter Davison as The 5th Doctor
VÖ: 14.06.2010

A strange signal from Earth draws the TARDIS to the island of Lanzarote. While the Doctor tries to track the source of the signal, his companion Turlough rescues a young girl, Peri, from drowning. She is holding an artefact made from platinum bearing a strange symbol - the same symbol that Turlough himself carries on his arm, branded into the flesh...

It is the artefact that is emitting the signal, leading them all to the planet Sarn, a world ravaged by volcanoes and yet holding the secret of eternal life. But an old foe of the Doctor's is desperate for this elixir, and will stop at nothing to gain it.

What is Turlough's link to the artefact? What is the nature of Sarn's mythical god, Logar, and how is it linked to the ruined spaceship crashed on a mountainside? As age-old systems of belief begin to break down, will anyone escape from the planet of fire with their life?

Special Features:

• Audio Commentary with actors Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant and Mark Strickson, director Fiona Cumming.
• The Flames of Sarn - cast and crew recall the production of 'Planet of Fire'. With actors Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Mark Strickson, director Fiona Cumming, designer Malcolm Thornton, film cameraman John Walker.
• Return to the Planet of Fire - director Fiona Cumming and designer Malcolm Thornton return to Lanzarote to revisit some of the locations used during filming of the story.
• Designs on Sarn - designer Malcolm Thornton talks about his inspirations for the production design of 'Planet of Fire'.
• Alternate Edits, Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Continuity - BBC1 continuity announcements from the story's original transmission.
• Photo Gallery
• Isolated Score
• Coming Soon - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF Material - Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac.
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes
• Planet of Fire - Special Edition - option to choose between 5.1 (default) and stereo soundtrack.
• Optional Introduction - an introduction to the Special Edition from director Fiona Cumming.
• Calling the Shots - behind the scenes during the production of 'Planet of Fire'.
• Remembering Anthony Ainley - A retrospective of the life and career of actor Anthony Ainley.

[Moogie]

Lese uns staune!
Die beiden hat man wieder an den Tisch gesetzt um einen Kommentar einzusprechen. Und dann empfehle ich noch einen Abstecher auf die BigFinish-Seite. Der 5th Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Nysaa und Vislor Turlough feiern ihr Wiedersehen in der TARDIS. Von July bis September werden sie wieder, in Form von Audio-Hörspielen, miteinander reisen...

Das mit dem Hörspiel ist mir durchaus bewusst und hat mich da schon schockiert (und wirklich freuen tu ich mich auch nicht wirklich drauf . Das wird in die Hose gehen. 3 Companions sind zu viel für das Format, auch wenn's ne Trilogie wird...)


Aber zurück zu den DVDs: wenigstens sind da dann Nicola und Fiona Cumming dabei. Das sollte dann lebendiger werden als der Enlightenment-Kommentar und Frau Cumming hatte auch schon auf der Castrovalva DVD eigentlich immer sehr interessante Sachen zu sagen


Was aber viel wichtiger ist: Ich wusste ja gar nicht, dass man da ne Special Edition von gemacht hat. Ist ja toll.

Extrem freue ich mich auch über das Feature zu Antony Ainley. Schön, dass man sowas macht (und diese Folge ist auch noch mit eine der Besten für seinen Master natürlich).

[the_doctor]

THE DOMINATORS

Featuring:
Patrick Troughton as the 2nd Doctor
Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon
Wendy Padbury as Zoe Herriot

VÖ: 12. Juli 2010

The Dominators, self-acclaimed masters of the ten galaxies, and their robot servants, the Quarks, arrive on the planet Dulkis with evil intentions as the Doctor and his friends touch down for a peaceful holiday. Life is about to change dramatically for the pacifist Dulcians who, with no weapons on their planet, soon become enslaved to the Dominators.

The Dulcian Councillors, refuse to retaliate, however Cully, the rebellious son of their leader Senex, has already joined forces with the time travellers. The fight is on! The Doctor, Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) join a handful of determined Dulcians bent on outwitting the Quarks and struggling to escape the violent brutality of the Dominators.

But the whole planet is doomed to become a mass of radioactive material - fuel for the enemy's invasion fleet whose war mission will even spread to Earth unless the Doctor can devise an infallible plan...

Special Features:

* Studio Commentary with actors Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, Giles Block and Arthur Cox and make-up designer Sylvia James
* Recharge and Equalise – cast and crew look back on the making of the story with actors Frazer Hines, Felicity Gibson, Giles Block and Arthur Cox, script editor Derrick Sherwin, co-writer Mervyn Haisman, designer Barry Newbery, make-up designer Sylvia James and Radiophonic Workshop designer Brian Hodgson
* Tomorrow's Times – The Second Doctor – a looks at the series's contemporary media coverage in daily newspapers and other publications
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon
* Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format
* Programme subtitles and Subtitle Production Notes.

[Mondkalb]

Die Black Guardian Trilogy ist jetzt auf einen sehr akzeptablen Preis gefallen, zu haben für knapp 22 € inkl. Steuern und Versand:
Doctor Who - The Black Guardian Trilogy DVD 1983: Amazon.co.uk: Peter Davison, Lynda Baron, Sarah Sutton, Nicholas Courtney, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Peter Collings, Keith Barron, Valentine Dyall, Cyril Luckham, Peter Moffatt, Mary Ridge, Fion

Ich hatte leider noch deutlich mehr bezahlt. ^^ Aber die Preise für die DVDs sinken ja generell nach einiger Zeit.

[Moogie]

kommt immer drauf an wo man kauft und vor allem, wann man vorbestellt (und was einem ne spezielle Folge wert ist. *g* ). Ich hab die Box seit Erscheinen, und damals auch unter 30 Euro gezahlt.

Seit gestern habe ich auch die Kamelionbox (15,63 Pfund über amazon.co.uk), aber noch keine Zeit gehabt, die auszuschlachten.

[Mondkalb]

Die ist mir noch zu teuer, ich habe stattdessen "The Rescue & The Romans" frisch an Land gezogen und konnte auch "The Space Museum & The Chase" nicht widerstehen.

[the_doctor]

Die ist mir noch zu teuer, ich habe stattdessen "The Rescue & The Romans" frisch an Land gezogen und konnte auch "The Space Museum & The Chase" nicht widerstehen.

Dann wünsche ich viel Spaß mit dem Space Museum.
Hier hat Doctor No. 1 unter anderem einen sehr schönen Kampf mit dem Text.
William Hartnell takes three tries to say the word "fluorescent".

Alles in allem macht se Laune sich die Schwarz-weiss Folfen aus den 60er-Jahren anzuschauen. Es ist einfach cool, wenn man sieht wie mit einfachsten Mitteln gearbeitet wird und das Ergebnis (für die damaligen Verhältnisse) überzeigend ist.

[Mondkalb]

Schon gesehen. Sind beide ganz witzig.

[Mondkalb]

Zwar keine DVD, aber ein schönes Pack Audio-CDs mit Bonusmaterial:
"Doctor Who": The Lost TV Episodes Collection: 1964-1965 No. 1: Amazon.co.uk: William Hartnell, Full Cast: Books