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The Aztecs: Special Edition
Manufactured by: BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
(cat.#1099)
Format: DVD -
Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic
RRP: £19.99
Rating: U
Released:
21st October 2002
Special Features:
Disc One:
■ 4 x 25 mins approx monochrome episodes with mono
audio. Optional Arabic soundtrack for episode four only.
■ Commentary - stereo. With actors William Russell and
Carole Ann Ford, producer Verity Lambert OBE.
■ Remembering The Aztecs - Actors John Ringham, Ian
Cullen and Walter Randall recall the production of the story
and of television production in the sixties in general.
■ Designing The Aztecs - Designer Barry Newbery talks
about his work on the story, illustrated with many
never-before-seen production drawings and photographs from his
personal collection.
■ Cortez and Monezuma - An extract from a 1970 Blue
Peter, introduced by Valerie Singleton on location in Mexico,
giving historical background to the Aztec belief in human
sacrifice.
■ Restoring The Aztecs - A short featurette
demonstrating the restoration and videoisation effects used
for the release. With subtitles.
■ Making Cocoa - An animated guide to making cocoa the
Aztec way, voiced in character by John Ringham as Tlotoxl and
Walter Randall as Tonila, with both characters animated and
presented in South Park style.
■ TARDIS-Cam no.3 - The third of BBCi’s TARDIS-Cam
shots.
■ Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity
photos from the story.
■ Easter Egg - An animated BBC Enterprises logo
recovered from the end of one of the prints sold overseas.
■ Intro Sequences - The umbrella story title The Aztecs
does not appear on any of the episodes, so for (outdated now)
BBFC compliance a caption card with the title has been
provided. To add interest, six versions have been provided,
each with a different voiceover, in character, from three of
the actors involved in the production. The intention is that
the disc will randomly select one of these six sequences and
play it out at the appropriate point.
■ PDF Material – Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF
format for viewing on PC or Mac.
■ Programme subtitles.
Disc Two:
■ Galaxy 4 (dur. 64’ 43”) – a shortened reconstruction
of the missing story Galaxy 4, using off-screen stills, audio
recordings and animation plus the recently recovered complete
episode three to tell the story.
■ Chronicle – The Realms of Gold – John Julius Norwich’s
superlative 1969 retelling of the story of the Spanish
conquest of Mexico and the Aztecs, which also features music
by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
■ Dr. Forever! – Celestial Toyroom – the first of a new
five-part series introduced by Ayesha Antoine looks at Doctor
Who toys. With original series producer Verity Lambert, new
series creator Russell T Davies, writers Mark Gatiss, Rob
Shearman, Paul Cornell and Joseph Lidster, BBC Worldwide
product licensing executive Richard Hollis, product approval
executive Dave Turbitt and ex- range editor Steve Cole,
AudioGO commissioning editor Michael Stevens, Character
Options’ Alasdair Dewar, DWM’s toy reviewer Jim Sangster and
last, but by no means least, Doctor Who’s very own Winston
Churchill, actor Ian McNiece.
■ It’s a Square World – the very first Doctor Who skit
(as far as we can ascertain), with Clive Dunn in full First
Doctor costume as a scientist demonstrating his new space
rocket to Michael Bentine, resulting in Television Centre
being launched into space! Features cameo appearances by
Patrick Moore and Albert Steptoe.
■ A Whole Scene Going – an excerpt from a recently
recovered edition of the sixties music and arts programme,
featuring an interview with director Gordon Flemyng and a
behind the scenes look at filming of his movie Daleks’
Invasion Earth: 2150 AD.
■ Coming Soon - a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
■ Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.
■ Programme subtitles.
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The Aztecs
Manufactured by: BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
(cat.#1099)
Format: DVD -
Region 2 & 4 - PAL UK Episodic
RRP: £19.99
Rating: U
Released:
21st October 2002
Special Features:
■ Four episodes, digitally restored and VidFIRE
processed - the first full-length DVD to feature this unique
process which restores the story's original 'video-look'!
■ Audio commentary by producer Verity Lambert, actors
William Russell and Carole Ann Ford
■ Optional Arabic soundtrack for episode four
■ 'Remembering': featurette with actors John Ringham,
Walter Randall and Ian Cullen (28 mins)
■ 'Designing': featurette with Barry Newbery (25 mins)
■ 'Restoring': featurette on the restoration for this
DVD (8 min)
■ 'The Story Of Cortez And Montezuma': a short
historical feature from Blue Peter
■ Six randomised introductory messages
■ TARDIS-Cam: the third of BBCi's new TARDIS features
■ 'Making Cocoa': this has to be seen to be believed!
■ Photo gallery
■ Production subtitle notes
■ Easter eggs (hidden features)!
■ Interactive menu
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