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Doctor
Who: Bumper Activity Book
BBC Books
Activity
RRP: £5.99
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Released:
3rd March 2011
Join the
Eleventh Doctor and companion Amy Pond, plus Rory and a whole host of aliens, on
an action-packed activity adventure!
This massive Doctor Who bumper activity book is bursting with puzzles, games,
codes and conundrums – and brilliant stickers, too!
Hours of holiday fun for 7-9 year old Doctor Who fans.
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Mara
Tales - Box-set
BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
5th Doctor
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Released:
7th
March
2011
Contains two stories: Kinda & Snakedance.
Kinda
On a beautiful, paradise planet, Deva Loka, its inhabitants, the Kinda, are a
gentle and seemingly primitive people. On the surface, a perfect place to
colonise. But if it is so perfect, why are the colonisation team disappearing
one by one?
Unaware of this, the Doctor and his companions choose to rest on Deva Loka.
Enchanted by the beautiful Chimes, "the place of dreams", Tegan sleeps and falls
prey to the Mara, a malevolent force out to steal her mind. But just what are
its ultimate evil intentions?
Meanwhile, the Doctor and Adric are captured by the surviving colonisation
team's officers, Sanders and the unstable Hindle. When Sanders disappears,
Hindle collapses into a world of paranoid delusions and suddenly the security of
the entire base is at risk.
Can the Doctor rescue Tegan from the Mara and defeat it - before it pushes
Hindle over the edge? And who is the mysterious blind woman who appears in
visions? Will she help the Doctor or ultimately impede him...
Kinda - Special Features:
• 4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary - stereo. With actors Peter
Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse and Nerys Hughes.
• Dream Time (dur. 34’ 05”) – cast and crew
look back at the making of the story. With actors Janet Fielding, Nerys Hughes,
Simon Rouse and Adrian Mills, director Peter Grimwade, writer Christopher
Bailey, script editors Christopher H. Bidmead, Eric Saward and Antony Root,
designer Malcolm Thornton, new series writer Robert Shearman.
• Peter Grimwade – Directing with Attitude
(dur. 22’ 57”) – a look at the Doctor Who career of writer and director Peter
Grimwade. With Peter Grimwade, actors Janet Fielding and Nerys Hughes, writer
Christopher Bailey, script editor Eric Saward, production assistant Margot
Hayhoe, designer Malcolm Thornton, production secretary Jane Judge, script
consultant Ian Levine, and Target Books editor Nigel Robinson. Presented by Mark
Strickson.
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (dur. 14’ 36”) –
a fascinating collection of deleted sequences taken from timecoded domestic
videotape copies of the story’s early edits.
• Optional CGI Effects Sequence – option to
view episode four with the original giant puppet snake replaced by a CGI snake.
The disc should default to playing out the original effects. The CGI effects
option should be turned on via a menu screen which should say:-
• CGI Effects Comparison (dur. 1’ 34”) – a
side by side comparison of the original puppet and new CGI snake shots.
• Trails & Continuity (dur. 4’ 13”) – BBC
trails and continuity announcements from the story’s original transmission.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 4’ 42”) - production,
design and publicity photos from the story.
• Isolated Music – option to watch the story
with the isolated music score.
• Coming Soon (dur. 1 min approx.) - a trailer
for a forthcoming DVD release.
Snakedance
Surely Tegan must have made a mistake when she set the TARDIS' co-ordinates,
because the Doctor certainly hadn't intended landing on Manussa? But upon
learning that Manussa was once home of the Sumaran Empire, the Doctor knows that
their arrival has been no accident but has been orchestrated by a hostile force
- a force which is rapidly gaining control of Tegan's will.
By first infiltrating Tegan's subconscious mind, through strange and disturbing
dreams dominated by the image of a huge snake's skull, this force - the Mara -
is planning on as a vehicle for its return to power on the planet Manussa.
So just as Manussa prepares festivities to commemorate the destruction of the
Sumaran Empire by the ruling Federation, it seems that the Legend of the Mara
could be about to come true. According to this Legend, the Mara was never
destroyed by the Federation but merely banished.
Furthermore, the Legend claims that the Mara will return in a dream - a
precursor to its gaining control of all their minds... It is clear to the Doctor
that the first steps in the Mara's return have already been taken...
Snakedance - Special Features:
• 4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary - stereo. With actors Peter
Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton.
• Snake Charmer (dur. 24’ 37”) – cast and crew
look back at the making of the story. With actors Peter Davison and Janet
Fielding, director Fiona Cumming, writer Christopher Bailey, script editor Eric
Saward, designer Jan Spoczynski, and new series writer Robert Shearman.
• Deleted Scenes (dur. 3’ 05”) – scenes from
the original ending of episode four, courtesy of a timecoded recording kept by
producer John Nathan-Turner.
• In Studio (dur. 6’ 12”) – a rare glimpse
inside the studio during recording of effects sequences for the story, including
the infamous ‘farting Mara’!
• Saturday Superstore (dur. 14’ 16”) – Peter
Davison guests on the Saturday morning children’s show, where he plays cricket
with Mike Read and John Craven and takes questions from callers.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 5’ 21”) - production,
design and publicity photos from the story.
• Isolated Music – option to watch the story
with the isolated music score.
• Coming Soon (dur. 1 min approx.) - a trailer
for a forthcoming DVD release.
• Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.

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The
Revisitations Box - Volume 2 - Box-set
BBC DVD / 2|Entertain
2nd, 3rd & 5th Doctors
RRP: £40.84
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Released:
28th
March
2011
The Seeds of Death
It is the 21st Century and Earth is totally dependent on T-Mat, a revolutionary
form of instant travel. When the system breaks down the Doctor and friends make
a hazardous journey to the relay station on the moon only to find that it has
fallen into the hands of the Ice Warriors who plan to invade Earth. Can the
Doctor outwit the evil Ice Warriors and destroy the fungus in time to save a
dying world?
Special Features:
Disc 1:
• 6 x 25 min monochrome episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary – with actors Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury, director Michael
Ferguson and script editor Terrance Dicks.
Audio Trailer (dur. 0’ 45”) – an off-air amateur recording of the original BBC1
trailer for the story. Suggest using this in the ‘Episode Selection’ menu,
either as a background audio loop on the menu screen or as a selectable item.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes
Disc 2:
• Lords of the Red Planet (dur. 28’ 31”) – a look back at the creation of the
Ice Warriors and their re-appearance in the ‘The Seeds of Death’. With actors
Wendy Padbury and Frazer Hines, director Michael Ferguson, script editor
Terrance Dicks, costume designer Bobi Bartlett and TV historian Richard Bignell.
Narrated by Katherine Mount.
• Sssowing the Ssseedsss – (dur. 24’ 05”) – Ice Warrior Sonny Caldinez, Ice Lord
Alan Bennion and make-up designer Sylvia James recall their experiences of
bringing the Martian warriors to life.
• Monster Masterclass (dur. 3’ 44”) – director Michael Ferguson talks about his
experiences directing some of Doctor Who’s most famous monster stories.
• Monsters Who Came Back For More! (dur. 16’ 26”) – Nick ‘Voice of the Daleks’
Briggs and Doctor Who Magazine’s assistant editor Peter Ware take a look at the
reasons why monsters often return for further adventures.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 4’ 30”) - a selection of design and production photographs
from the story.
• TARDIS Cam no.6 (dur. 0’ 57”) – a model vignette created for the BBC’s Doctor
Who website.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings in PDF format.
Carnival of Monsters
The Doctor and Jo take the TARDIS on a test flight and arrive on a cargo ship,
the SS Bernice, that appears to be crossing the Indian Ocean in 1926 but is in
fact trapped inside a miniscope — a banned peepshow of miniaturised life-forms —
on the planet Inter Minor.
Special Features:
Disc 1:
• 4 x 25 min episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary 1 – with actress Katy Manning and director Barry Letts.
• Commentary 2 – with actors Peter Halliday, Cheryl Hall and Jenny McCracken,
script editor Terrance Dicks, sound effects designer Brian Hodgson. Moderated by
Toby Hadoke.
• Episode Two – Early Edit (dur. 29’ 44”) – a longer early edit of the second
episode, featuring the subsequently rejected ‘Delaware’ version of the theme
music. It is presented here completely un-restored.
• Behind the Scenes (dur 1’ 48”) – on the studio floor and inside the gallery
during production of the story, courtesy of a film crew from the BBC’s ‘Looking
In’ documentary.
• Visual Effects Models (dur. 8’ 41”) – an expanded version of this feature,
including unused model shots, trims and tests.
• ‘Five Faces of Doctor Who’ Trailer (dur. 4’ 10”) – a trail for the 1981’s
repeat season, which saw many of Doctor Who’s classic stories – including
‘Carnival of Monsters’ - repeated for the first time in many years.
• Director’s Amended Ending (dur. 1’ 18”) – for the ‘Five Faces’ repeat of the
story, director Barry Lett’s took the opportunity to re-edit the ending to
remove a shot of a very obvious ‘bald cap’ which he had always felt spoiled the
show.
• CSO Demo (dur. 3’ 07”) – director Barry Letts was very keen on the
possibilities offered by the use of Colour Separation Overlay to place actors
into fantastical model sets. In this BBC training film, he demonstrates the
technique for fellow directors.
• TARDIS Cam no.2 (dur. 0’ 45”) – a CGI model vignette created for the BBC’s
Doctor Who website.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings in PDF format.
• Programme Subtitles
Disc 2:
• Destroy All Monsters! (dur. 23’ 11”) – cast and crew look back at the making
of the story. With actors Katy Manning, Cheryl Hall and Peter Halliday, director
Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, assistant floor manager Karilyn
Collier and visual effects assistant Colin Mapson. Narrated by Marc Silk.
• On Target with Ian Marter (dur. 16’ 08”) – actor Ian Marter played Andrews in
this story before more famously playing companion Harry Sullivan in Tom Baker’s
first stories. He was also a writer and novelised many previous Doctor Who
adventures for the Target book range. With actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen,
Nicholas Courtney and Nigel Plaskitt, script editors Terrance Dicks and Gary
Russell.
• The A-Z of Gadgets and Gizmos (dur. 11’ 22”) – a tongue-in-cheek look at
gadgets and gizmos in Doctor Who over the years. Narrated by Paul Jones.
• Mary Celeste (dur. 18’ 01”) – just as the SS Bernice disappeared from the
Indian Ocean in the story, many real-life ships have mysteriously disappeared
too. A trio of maritime experts discuss some of these events, including perhaps
the most famous maritime mystery of all time, the strange case of the Mary
Celeste. With the University of London’s Prof. Roger Luckhurst, Merseyside
Maritime Museum’s Ian Murphy and the National Maritime Museum’s John McAleer.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 2’ 55”) - a selection of design and production photographs
from the story, plus photos from the commentary session and Frank Bellamay’s
Radio Times artwork.
Resurrection of the Daleks
The Doctor and his companions are captured in a Time Corridor, and are forced to
land on 20th Century Earth, diverted by the Doctor's oldest enemy - the Daleks.
It is here that the true purpose of the Time Corridor becomes apparent: after 90
years of imprisonment, Davros, the ruthless creator of the Daleks, is to be
liberated to assist in the resurrection of his army. But not even the Daleks
forsee the poisonous threat presented by their creator. Indeed, who would
suspect Davros of wanting to destroy his own Daleks - and why?
Only the Doctor knows the truth. But will he be capable of descending to Davros'
level of evil in order to stop him?
Special Features:
Disc 1:
• 2 x 45 min colour episodes with original mono audio and optional Dolby Digital
5.1 surround sound.
• Commentary with actor Terry Molloy, writer Eric Saward and visual effects
designer Peter Wragg, moderated by Nick Pegg.
• Casting Far and Wide (dur. 32’ 16”) – Actor and comedian Toby Hadoke
interviews five of the jobbing actors who worked on the story about their
careers and their experiences on the show. With Roger Davenport, Del Henney,
Leslie Grantham, Jim Findlay and William Sleigh.
• On Location (dur. 18’ 32”) – producer John Nathan-Turner, director Matthew
Robinson and writer Eric Saward return to London’s Shad Thames to reminisce
about the story in its major filming location .
• Extended and Deleted Scenes (dur. 7’ 03”) – extra material from early edits of
the episodes.
• Breakfast Time (dur. 7’ 56”) – Janet Fielding and John Nathan-Turner
interviewed on the BBC’s breakfast show, including an item about the show’s
music and sound effects featuring Malcolm Clarke and Brian Hodgson.
• Trailer (dur. 0’ 31”) – a BBC1 trailer for the original transmission.
• The Last Dalek (dur. 8’ 33”) – a behind-the-scenes look at the Ealing studios
filming for 1967’s epic Dalek story, ‘The Evil of the Daleks’, courtesy of an
8mm film shot by BBC designer Tony Cornell. With narration by BBC visual effects
designers Michealjohn Harris and Peter Day.
• TARDIS Cam no.4 (dur. 0’ 41”) – a model vignette created for the BBC’s Doctor
Who website.
• Isolated Music - option to view the episodes with isolated music scores.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings in PDF format.
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes
Disc 2:
• 4 x 25 min colour episodes with original mono audio and optional Dolby Digital
5.1 surround sound.
• Commentary with actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, director Matthew
Robinson.
• Come In Number Five (dur. 56’ 27”) – a retrospective of Peter Davison’s tenure
as the fifth Doctor. With actors Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark
Strickson, producer John Nathan-Turner, executive producer Barry Letts, director
Fiona Cumming, script editors Christopher H Bidmead, Eric Saward and Antony
Root, BBC Head of Series and Serials David Reid and new series head writer
Steven Moffat. Presented by David Tennant
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Fifth Doctor (dur. 12’ 17”) – the ongoing series
looking at the press reaction to Doctor Who through the years reaches the fifth
Doctor’s era. Presented by Frazer Hines
• Walrus (dur. 1’ 21”) – an oddity from the BBC’s archives. A Welsh woman comes
face to face with a Dalek, who is determined to make her speak in a monotone…
• Photo Gallery (dur. 5’ 16”) - a selection of design and production photographs
from the story.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings in PDF format.
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes

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The
Gemini Contagion
BBC Audio / AudioGO
11th Doctor
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Released:
3rd March 2011
The ice-planet
Vinsk, in the year 2112. The all-new anti-viral handwash, Gemini, has been laced
with Meme-Spawn: a sentient micro-organism which makes the user fluent in every
language in the universe. However, manufacturer Zalnex made one crucial mistake.
They didn’t test Gemini on humans, who are seized by the violent urge to
communicate but speak every language all at once – with a manic, garbled shriek
– and pass on the virus by touch.
The Doctor and Amy arrive on an Earth-bound cargo-ship loaded with Gemini, where
a human crew are succumbing to the virus which has nasty second and third phases
in store. When the Doctor and Amy are separated, they both know that it’s only a
matter of time before Amy is infected.
With the ship locked on course, and no way of curing the sufferers, the Doctor
is faced with a terrible decision: does he save Amy, or Earth?
Meera Syal reads this exclusive audio story featuring the Eleventh Doctor
and Amy Pond.
Written specially for audio by Jason Arnopp, ‘The Gemini Contagion’ is read by
Meera Syal, who played Nasreen Chaudhry in the BBC TV episodes ‘The Hungry
Earth’ and ‘Cold Blood’.

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Doctor
Who and... The Ribos Operation
BBC Audio / AudioGO
4th Doctor
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Released:
3rd March 2011
Reluctantly cancelling his
well-earned holiday, the Doctor sets off in the Tardis to trace and re-assemble
the six segments of the Key to Time on which the stability of the entire
Universe depends.
Assisted by the argumentative Romanadvoratrelundar and K9, he lands on the
planet Ribos in search of the first segment and finds himself entangled in the
machinations of two sinister strangers, Garron and the Graff Vynda Ka.
Who are they? Is Garron simply a shady confidence-trickster dealing in
interplanetary real estate? Is the Graff Vynda Ka just a power-crazed exile bent
on revenge? Or are they both really agents of the Black Guardian, intent upon
seizing the precious Key in order to throw the Universe into eternal chaos?
Risking his life within the monster-infested catacombs of Ribos, the Doctor has
to use all his wit and ingenuity to find out...
This is an exciting unabridged reading, with music and sound effects, and
this novelisation of a classic Doctor Who adventure, first published by Target
Books in 1979.

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- Industrial Evolution
Big Finish Productions
6th Doctor
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Released:
31st March 2011
19th century Lancashire: where the white heat of the Industrial
Revolution burns hottest at Samuel Belfrage's brass mill, a mill plagued by more
than its fair share of work-related injuries.
While Thomas Brewster struggles to secure a fair deal for Belfrage's overworked
hands, fellow travellers the Doctor and Evelyn follow the Copper King to
Liverpool, there to discover the unexpected truth about Belfrage's business.
Back in Ackleton, the local MP voices the fears of many when he says that the
machines are taking over. He's more right than he knows...

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5.09
- The Companion Chronicles - The Forbidden Time
Big Finish Productions
Polly Wright & Jamie McCrimmon
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Released:
31st March 2011
Time Walkers have descended upon the Earth. This alien race, known as The Vist,
has claimed an area of time for itself – any species entering into the immediate
future will pay the most terrible forfeit.
The human race is in a state of panic, but one woman knows the truth. Her name
is Polly Wright, and she visited that future many years ago, with the Doctor,
Jamie and Ben.
She has stepped into the Forbidden Time – and this is her story...

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4.0
- Gallifrey
Big Finish Productions
Romana II, Leela & K9
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Released:
31st March 2011
GALLIFREY REBORN
Written by Gary Hopkins
Gallifrey survives...
Lady Romanadvoratrelundar has returned to her homeworld, seeking a cure for the
Free Time virus that rages across the planet.
Leela of the Sevateem and her companion K-9 are revered as heroes. Narvin is a
traitor. And Braxiatel knows more than he's letting on.
Amidst all the confusion, the High Council of Time Lords is poised to take the
planet into an all-consuming war against the cosmos. They're selling their
secrets to the highest bidder, equipping the universe with temporal technology
it should never have been allowed.
And Romana's son will lead them into battle...
GALLIFREY DISASSEMBLED
Written by Justin Richards
Gallifrey kills...
The President of the High Council wants Romana dead. The Temporal Intervention
Agency has been dispatched to hunt her down. Its mission: to eliminate her from
the timelines for ever. It would be as though she had never existed…
Only an old friend can offer Romana any hope of survival. An acquaintance she
and Leela once shared. One they haven’t seen in years.
But time is running out. Death is fast approaching. And this time, not everyone
can survive… with or without the Doctor.
GALLIFREY ANNIHILATION
Written by Scott Handcock & Gary Russell
Gallifrey dies...
Romana and her comrades find themselves in the dank and grubby wastelands of
northern Gallifrey, trapped between two forces in a long and ancient war.
One side bides their time within their nests, whilst the other draws up troops
across the trenches. Both sides have their secrets, their means to win the war –
and both want Romana fighting alongside them…
After millennia of warfare, the final assault approaches. The Ancient Enemy and
the True Lords want this world. And before this night is out, there will be
bloodshed.
Only the late Lord Rassilon holds the key...
GALLIFREY ETERNAL
Written by David Wise
Gallifrey stops.
Romana has been assassinated…
The Time Lords have never existed…
Gallifrey’s secrets are lost.
On a world they barely recognise, Narvin and Leela find themselves fighting to
stay alive. Against all their expectations, brutality and barbarism reign. And
Gallifrey’s slaves are rising up to face their masters.
Before this day is out, their lives will change forever. And the world they know
might end before it has even begun...

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