 The
Black Guardian Trilogy
BBC DVD / 2|entertain
5th Doctor
RRP: £39.99
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Released: 10th
August 2009
Mawdryn Undead
Earth 1983. The mysterious Black Guardian hovers over the shoulder of English
public schoolboy, Turlough, determined to enlist his aid in his deadly scheme –
the assassination of the Doctor.
Meanwhile the TARDIS is trapped inside a huge space ship in perpetual orbit, a
permanent resting place for the miserable Mawdryn and his eight fellow
scientists, all condemned to a state of perpetual regeneration. Only the
Doctor’s life force can free them, but at a deadly cost – the price of his
powers of regeneration.
With Nyssa and Tegan stranded in the time zone of 1977, and the Black Guardian
closing in, the Doctor faces a terrible dilemma...
Special Features:
· Commentary - with actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Nicholas Courtney,
script editor Eric Saward.
· Who Wants to Live Forever? - cast and crew look back at the making of the
story. With actors Peter Davison, Nicholas Courtney, Mark Strickson, David
Collings and Lucy Benjamin, director Peter Moffatt, script editor Eric Saward
and plastic surgeon Dr. Simon Withey. Narrated by Floella Benjamin.
· Liberty Hall - a new drama. Journalist Philip Clarke (Simon Ockenden) travels
to Brendan School to interview Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart.
· Deleted and Extended Scenes
· Film Trims - film trims from the location filming, including clapperboards and
cast and crew setting up and performing various takes.
· Out-takes - the producer's blooper reel.
· CGI Effects
· Continuity
· Photo Gallery
· Set Photo Gallery - set design photos from the story.
· Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
· Coming Soon
· Programme Subtitles
· Subtitle Production Notes
Terminus
Thanks to the combined efforts of the treacherous Turlough and the Black
Guardian, the Doctor and his companions are in terrible danger. The TARDIS is
breaking up and the outside world has begun to break through.
Can the TARDIS’ fail safe mechanism save them all by docking with another ship?
It seems unlikely when the nearest vessel is a carrier of plague victims
destined for the infamous Terminus, the time-bomb planet ticking at the centre
of the universe...
Special Features:
· Commentary - with actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson and Sarah Sutton,
writer Stephen Gallagher.
· Breaking Point - cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With
actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton and Martin Potter, director
Fiona Cumming, writer Stephen Gallagher, designer Dick Coles, camera supervisor
Alec Wheal and sound supervisor Scott Talbott. Narrated by Floella Benjamin.
· Origins of the Universe - Sir Patrick Moore and, Dr. John Mason take a look at
the science behind the Big Bang and the origins of the universe.
· Original Storyboards - production storyboards for the spaceship sequences,
plus how the shots were realised on screen.
· Unused Model Shots - a selection of unused takes from the model effects shoot,
taken from a timecoded production tape.
· CGI Effects
· Photo Gallery
· Isolated Score
· Coming Soon
· Programme Subtitles
· Subtitle Production Notes
Enlightenment
The White Guardian warns of impending danger and directs the TARDIS to what
appears to be an Edwardian sailing yacht, the SS Shadow, but is actually one of
a number of spaceships taking part in a race through the solar system. The first
prize is Enlightenment – ultimate wisdom to gain one’s heart’s desire - and some
of the more devious crews will stop at nothing in order to claim it. But as the
Black Guardian’s evil mesh draws tight, it looks as though the Doctor might not
live to cross the finishing line.
Special Features:
· Commentary - with actors Peter Davison and Mark Strickson, writer Barbara
Clegg and director Fiona Cumming.
· Winner Takes All - cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With
actors Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Janet Fielding, Keith Barron, Christopher
Brown and Leee John, director Fiona Cumming, writer Barbara Clegg, costume
designer Dinah Collin and camera supervisor Alec Wheal. Narrated by Floella
Benjamin.
· Casting Off! - an actor's view of working on Doctor Who. With Peter Davison,
Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Keith Barron, Christopher Brown and Leee John,
with director Fiona Cumming.
· Single Write Female - writer Barbara Clegg looks back on her career and the
writing of 'Enlightenment'.
· The Story of the Guardians - the Guardians have appeared in Doctor Who as far
back as Tom Baker's era… but who - or what - are they? With Robert Luckham (son
of the late White Guardian, Cyril Luckham), Sarah Leppard (daughter of the late
Black Guardian, Valentine Dyall), Doctor Who Magazine editor Tom Spilsbury and
Doctor Who Adventures editor Moray Laing.
· Storyboards - a dual-angle feature, in which visual effects supervisor Mike
Kelt uses the original storyboards to explain how he went about planning and
shooting the model effects sequences for the show.
· Photo Gallery
· Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
· Coming Soon
· Programme Subtitles
· Subtitle Production Notes
Enlightenment - Special Edition - Special Features:
· 75 min movie-format edit in 16:9 with 5.1 (default) and stereo audio. Menu
option to play with an introduction (dur. 1' 28") by the director if required.
· Re-Enlightenment (dur. 14' 30") - the production team responsible for the new
version of 'Enlightenment' discuss how they are going to approach the task in
hand…
· Original Edit Comparison (dur. 2' 34") - a comparison of the original opening
of episode three compared to that eventually seen on transmission.
· Film Trims (dur. 5' 32") - trims from the story's filmed sequences.
· Finding Mark Strickson (dur. 8' 28") - Mark Strickson looks back over his
acting career.
· Finding Sarah Sutton (dur. 7' 45") - Sarah Sutton looks back over her acting
career
· Russell Harty Christmas Party (dur. 3' 31") - Peter Davison and his then-wife
Sandra Dickinson perform a song and dance routine on Russell Harty's 1982
Christmas show.
· Continuity (dur. 2' 09") - BBC1 continuity announcements from the story's
original transmission.
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