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Welcome to the Release Guide
Archive for April 2012, here at Doctor Who Online. This is the place where you can find
information on items that have been released previously.
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 Who
is The Doctor
ECW Press
By Graeme Burk & Robert Smith
Reference
RRP: £14.99
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Released:
April 2012
Who is the
Doctor is a fun and insightful episode guide that explores all facets of Doctor
Who’s triumphant return to television. Covering the six seasons of the New
Series, this is the essential companion for the most avid fan as well as the
more casual viewer.
Doctor Who was already the world’s longest–running science fiction series when
it returned in 2005 to huge success. An enormously popular series among genre
fans in North America, Doctor Who encompasses horror, science fiction, comedy,
action, and historical adventure, and is loved for its uniquely British wit and
clever scripting. It’s no wonder the series’ hero, monsters, and even its theme
song are pop culture icons.
In this volume, Doctor Who experts Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? bring fans
insights into everything from the history of everything Doctor Who, including
Daleks, Cybermen, and the eight Classic Series Doctors, to a guide to every
episode of the New Series. Allons-y!
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 Nightmare
of Eden
BBC DVD
4th Doctor
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Released:
2nd
April 2012
Two spacecraft fuse in a hyperspace
collision, and with the dimensional instabilities threatening everyone aboard,
it’s fortunate the Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward) and K-9 arrive to
help.
But when a crewmember is found clawed by a ferocious creature, it seems there’s
something even more frightening stalking the corridors. But what can this have
to do with a zoologist, Professor Tryst, his CET projection machine, and a
planet called Eden?
Special Features:
• Commentary with actors Lalla Ward (Romana) and Peter Craze (Costa), writer Bob
Baker, effects designer Colin Mapson and make-up designer Joan Stribling.
Moderated by Toby Hadoke
• The Nightmare of Television Centre - A look back at a somewhat troubled
production with three of the behind-the-scenes crew who worked on it
• Going Solo - Writer Bob Baker talks about The Nightmare of Eden
• The Doctor’s Strange Love with comedian Josie Long and writers Joe Lidster and
Simon Guerrier
• Ask Aspel - LallaWard’s appearance on the popular BBC children’s show
• Radio Times Listings (DVD-ROM)
• Programme Subtitles
• Production Information Subtitles
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Digitally Remastered Picture And Sound Quality |
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 Paradise
Towers
BBC Audio / AudioGO
7th Doctor
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Released:
5th April 2012
Much in need
of a holiday, Mel and the Doctor head for Paradise Towers: a luxury man-made
planet with sparkling fountains, sunny streets, exotic flowers and a shimmering
blue swimming pool.
But when the TARDIS materialises in a dark, rubbish-filled, rat-infested alley
it seems that this particular Paradise has turned into Hell!
Pursued by rogue cleaning machines, authoritarian caretakers and old ladies with
strange eating habits, the Doctor and Mel track down the source of the chaos to
one mysterious character – the designer of Paradise Towers, the Great Architect
himself...
This title is read by Bonnie Langford.
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- Energy of the Daleks
Big Finish Productions
4th Doctor
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Released:
30th April 2012
The Doctor and Leela find themselves in the middle of London at the time of a
new energy crisis. The GlobeSphere Corporation seems to have all the answers –
but several thousand protestors beg to differ.
What is the connection between the National Gallery and a base on the Moon? Has
radical thinker Damien Stephens simply sold out, or does he have a more sinister
agenda?
The Doctor has detected a mysterious energy reading. Could it be that the most
evil creatures in the universe have returned to claim ultimate victory once and
for all?
This story takes place between The Talons of Weng-Chiang and
Horror of Fang Rock.
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- The Emerald Tiger
Big Finish Productions
5th Doctor
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Released:
30th April 2012
Tiger, tiger, burning bright
In the forests of the night
Calcutta, 1926. The Doctor and his companions join an expedition to locate the
fabled emerald tiger – a legendary marvel shrouded in myth and mystery. They
must journey to an unexplored lost world filled with wonder and wickedness.
But at the centre of this terra incognita, something is stirring. Something with
emerald eyes, diamond-sharp claws and a heart of darkness.
This story takes place between the TV stories Enlightenment and The King's
Demons.
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- The Companion Chronicles - The Wanderer
Big Finish Productions
Ian Chesterton
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Released:
30th April 2012
Siberia at the end of the 19th Century, and the TARDIS
arrives just as a shooting star hurtles to the ground.
With it comes an illness that affects the Doctor and Susan, and knowledge that
must not fall into the wrong hands.
With his friends either dying or lost, Ian Chesterton must save the future and
win the ultimate prize – a way home to 1963...
This story takes place between TBC. |
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No releases confirmed this month.
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