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Welcome to the Release Guide
Archive for October 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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 The
Official Doctionary
BBC Children's Books
Reference
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Released:
4th October 2012
Have you ever wondered what the Doctor is actually
talking about? Are you burning to find out what the Blinovitch Limitation Effect
is? Or what regeneration really is? In this book, the Doctor takes you through
all those tricky Time Lord words and phrases to teach you everything you need to
know for travelling through time and space in the TARDIS with him. |
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 The
Ambassadors of Death
BBC DVD
3rd Doctor
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Released:
1st
October 2012
The Doctor joins UNIT's investigation into the mystery surrounding
Mars Probe 7. Space Control has had no contact with the astronauts on board
since it started back from Mars seven months ago, and when the Recovery 7 rescue
mission runs into similar difficulties, our intrepid team investigates.
When Recovery 7 gets back to Earth, the astronauts are kidnapped after landing
and Liz Shaw notices something odd very about the ship, leading to a surprising
discovery about the ship's occupants – that they are a group of alien
ambassadors who have swapped places with the astronauts. When the Doctor takes
Recovery 7 to the Mars Probe to find the astronauts, he soon discovers that all
is not as it seems and he has to act quickly in order to avoid all out war.
Special Features:
• 7 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary - stereo. With actors Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Peter
Halliday and Geoffrey Beevers, director Michael Ferguson, script editor Terrance
Dicks, stunt co-ordinator Derek Ware and stunt performers Roy Scammell and Derek
Martin. Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
• Mars Probe 7: Making the Ambassadors of Death (dur. 26’ 21”) – cast and
crew look back at the making of the story. With Michael Ferguson, Terrance
Dicks, Derek Ware, Roy Scammell and assistant floor manager Margot Hayhoe.
Narrated by Carl Kennedy.
• Trailer (dur. 1’ 27”) – the original BBC trailer for the story.
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Third Doctor (dur. 13’ 05”) – our ongoing series
looking at the press coverage of Doctor Who reaches the Jon Pertwee era.
Presented by Peter Purves.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 4’26”) – production, design and publicity photos
from the story.
• 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
Claws of Axos: Special Edition
BBC DVD
3rd Doctor
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Released:
22nd
October 2012
When a damaged spaceship containing beautiful humanoid creatures
called Axons lands on Earth, the Doctor, Jo and UNIT are sent to investigate. In
return for their help, the Axons offer the gift of Axonite, which would end
world famine.
It all appears too good to be true - so what secrets are the Axons hiding on
board their ship? And why is the Doctor's old enemy the Master involved?
Special Features:
• Commentary with actors Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Richard Franklin
(Captain Yates) and producer Barry Letts
• Axon Stations! Cast and crew look back at the making of the story
• Now & Then A look at the locations used in The Claws of Axos
• Doctor Who Director Michael Ferguson recalls his work on The Claws of
Axos
• Studio Recording The entirety of the earliest surviving Doctor Who
studio recording
• Living with Levene Toby Hadoke spends a weekend with actor John Levene
• Deleted and Extended Scenes
• Radio Times Listings (DVD-ROM)
• Production Information Subtitles
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer |
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 The
Pirate Planet
BBC Audio / AudioGO
4th Doctor
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Released:
4th October 2012
Tom Baker stars as the Doctor in this
four-part TV serial from 1978, in which the Doctor and Romana discover a planet
ruled over by the tyrannical Captain.
They soon discover that all is not what it seems about the ‘pirate planet’ – and
a far darker power lurks behind the scenes.
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The
Visitation
BBC Audio / AudioGO
5th Doctor
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Released:
4th October 2012
Tegan, the young air hostess who
quite unintentionally became a member of the TARDIS's crew, wants to return to
her own time, but when the Doctor tries to take her back to Heathrow Airport in
the twentieth century the TARDIS lands instead on the outskirts of
seventeenth-century London.
The Doctor and his companions receive a decidedly unfriendly welcome - but it
soon becomes clear that the sinister activities of other visitors from time and
space have made the villagers extremely suspicious of outsiders.
And as a result of the aliens' evil schemes, the Doctor finds himself on the
point of playing a key role in a gruesome historical event...
Matthew Waterhouse, who played the Doctor's companion Adric in
the original BBC TV serial, reads Eric Saward's complete and
unabridged novelisation, first published by Target Books in 1982.
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Classic
Novels Box-set: Invasion Earth!
BBC Audio / AudioGO
1st Doctor
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Released:
4th October 2012
A collectible slipcase containing
three exciting Doctor Who audiobooks, each featuring an alien invasion of Earth!
In "The Dalek Invasion of Earth," the Doctor and his friends must fight to save
the planet from the Daleks in the 21st Century. In "The Auton Invasion," a
newly-regenerated Third Doctor encounters the Nestenes and their robotic "shop
window dummy" servants the Autons. In "The Dinosaur Invasion," London faces an
incursion of prehistoric monsters as the spearhead of Operation Golden Age.
Read by William Russell, Caroline John and Martin Jarvis, with original
sound design, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks.
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Classic
Novels Box-set: Dalek Menace!
BBC Audio / AudioGO
2nd Doctor
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Released:
4th October 2012
A collectible slipcase containing
three exciting Doctor Who audiobooks, each featuring the Daleks!
In "Daleks: The Chase," the TARDIS is pursued through Time and Space by the
Daleks, who are intent on preventing any future intervention in their plans by
the Doctor. In "Daleks: Mission to the Unknown" and "Daleks: The Mutation of
Time," the leader of Earth in the far future, Mavic Chen, has allied himself
with the Daleks. When the Doctor steals the core of the Time Destructor, his
arch enemies pursue him across the galaxy in order to retrieve it.
Read by Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves and Jean Marsh, with original sound
design, and Nicholas Briggs as the voice of the Daleks.
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- The Acheron Pulse
Big Finish Productions
6th Doctor
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Released:
31st October 2012
The planet Cawdor. Deep in the heart of the
Drashani Empire.
The Doctor lands thirty years after the Succession of Blood brought Empress
Cheni to the throne. For most of her reign there has been peace and prosperity.
The Empire flourished. But five years ago, the War came. And nothing was ever
the same again. Now the Drashani are at war with the mysterious alien race known
as the Wrath, led by the Warlord Tenebris. As more and more planets fall to
their advance events are rushing to a head.
What exactly does Tenebris want? What is the secret of the Wrath's weapon, the
terrifying Acheron Pulse? As the Doctor races to save an Empire, he may not like
the answers he finds.
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7.04
- The Companion Chronicles - The Last Post
Big Finish Productions
Liz Shaw
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Released:
31st October 2012
People are dying. Just a few, over a
period of months... but the strange thing is that each person received a letter
predicting the date and time of their death.
Throughout her time as the Doctor’s assistant, Liz Shaw has been documenting
these passings.
Her investigation ultimately uncovers a threat that could lead to the end of the
world, but this time Liz has someone to help her.
Her mother. |
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Special Releases -
Love And War
Big Finish Productions
7th Doctor
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Released:
31st October 2012
On a
planet called Heaven, all hell is breaking loose.
Heaven is a cemetery for both humans and Draconians - a final place of rest for
those lost during wartime. The Doctor arrives on a trivial mission - to find a
book, or so he says - and Ace, wandering around Joycetown, becomes involved with
a charismatic Traveller called Jan.
But the Doctor is strenuously opposed to the romance. What is he trying to
prevent? Is he planning some more deadly game connected with the coffins revered
by the mysterious Church of Vacuum and the unusual Arch that marks the location
of a secret building below ground?
Archaeologist Bernice Summerfield thinks so. Her destiny is inextricably linked
with that of the Doctor, but even she may not be able to save Ace from the Time
Lord's plans.
This time, has the Doctor gone too far?
A new adaptation of the Virgin New Adventures novel which
introduced Bernice Summerfield. |
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Special Releases - UNIT: Dominion (Box-set)
Big Finish Productions
7th Doctor
RRP: £30.00 (CD) / £25.00 (Download)
Released:
December 2012
The universe
stands on the brink of a dimensional crisis – and the Doctor and Raine are
pulled into the very epicentre of it.
Meanwhile, on Earth, UNIT scientific advisor Dr Elizabeth Klein and an
incarnation of the Doctor she's never encountered before are tested to the limit
by a series of bizarre, alien invasions.
At the heart of it all is a terrible secret, almost as old as the Time Lords
themselves. Reality is beginning to unravel and two Doctors, Klein, Raine and
all of UNIT must use all their strength and guile to prevent the whole of
creation being torn apart.
Written By: Nicholas Briggs
and Jason Arnopp
Directed By: Nicholas Briggs
Cast:
Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Tracey Childs
(Dr Elizabeth Klein), Beth Chalmers (Raine Creevy) Alex
Macqueen (The Other Doctor), Julian Dutton (Colonel
Lafayette), Bradley Gardner (Sergeant Pete Wilson),
Miranda Keeling (Sylvie/Liz Morrison), Ben Porter
(Private Phillips/John Starr), Sam Clemens (Major
Wyland-Jones), Alex Mallinson (Private Maynard/Arunzell),
Sophie Aldred (Ace). |
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No releases confirmed this month.
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