Doctor Who DVD Files - Part Two: Issues 1-7

Introduction

Hello readers! In this edition of the Doctor Who DVD Files series, I will be telling you about the first seven issues of the part-work magazine. These issues were released every two weeks and featured two episodes each, meaning they covered the entire first series and the first Christmas special.

Issue 1 (14/01/2009)

The DVD

Rose - Rose Tyler and the Doctor meet and immediately have to stop an Auton invasion.

The End of the World - Rose's first trip into space and time takes them to Platform One, where danger lurks in plain sight.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• The Doctor - Who is the Doctor? - Meet all ten incarnations of the greatest hero in the cosmos (Part 1)
• Enemies - Davros - The Doctor thought his old foe was dead, but he was wrong (DV1)
• Technology - Cybus Upgrade - Check out the gruesome secrets of John Lumic's Cybermen (CY1)
• Allies - Mickey Smith - Find out how Rose's boyfriend became a defender of the Earth (MS1)
• Flashback - First Contact - Relive the Doctor's very first encounter with the Daleks (DR1-1)
• Behind the Scenes - Monster Makers - Will Cohen from The Mill talks about makign weird creatures (Part 1)
• Episode Guide - Rose - Rose Tyler's life is changer forever when she meets the Doctor (EP 1.1)
• Episode Guide - The End of the World - The Doctor takes Rose to the day the Earth dies (EP 1.2)
• Technology - The TARDIS - It looks like a police box but can travel anywhere in time and space (TD1)

Issue 2 (28/01/2009)

The DVD

The Unquiet Dead - The Doctor and Rose team up with Charles Dickens to fight off the Gelth

Aliens of London - A spaceship crashes in Central London. However, it becomes clear aliens have been here longer.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - The Unquiet Dead - The Doctor and Rose meet Charles Dickens and some very nasty ghosts (EP 1.3)
• Allies - The Face of Boe - One of the strangest (and oldest) aliens that the Doctor has ever met (FB1)
• The Doctor - The Early Years - Uncover the secret history of the Doctor's childhood on Gallifrey (Part 2)
• Allies - Rose Tyler - She's a shop assistant who gets to travel through time and space (RT1)
• Episode Guide - Aliens of London - Rose returns home, just in time to see a spaceship crash into Big Ben (Ep 1.4)
• Enemies - Zygons - The shape-changing aliens wanted to make Earth their new home (ZG1)
• Behind the Scenes - Model Behavior - Model maker Mike Tucker on his amazing creations (Part 2)
• Technology - Slitheen Ship - Everyone thought aliens were invading when it crashed into Big Ben (SL1)
• Enemies - The Master - The history of the Doctor's arch nemesis and fellow Time Lord (MS1)

Extras

With this issue was a free binder which allows you to store the magazine inside.

Issue 3 (11/02/2009)

The DVD

World War Three - The Doctor and Rose need to prevent nuclear war, while trapped inside Downing Street.

Dalek - The Doctor is faced with a blast from the past and Rose is in mortal danger.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - World War Three - The Doctor and Rose race to save Earth from the stinky Slitheen (EP 1.5)
• Allies - K-9 - Find out more about the Doctor's faithful robotic hound (K91)
• The Doctor - The Journey Begins - Join the Doctor on his early travels in the TARDIS (Part 3)
• Episode Guide - Dalek - Share the horror of the Doctor meeting his most feared enemy (Ep 1.6)
• Flashback - Sky-High Terror - Watch as the giant robot has Sarah Jane in his grip (DR4-1)
• Enemies - Slitheen - Take a closer look at the Doctor's mean, green foes (SL1)
• Behind the Scenes - Dalek Sec Speaks - Nicholas Pegg reveals all about what it's like inside a Dalek (Part 3)
• Technology - Sonic Devices - Examine the inner workings of a squareness fun and more (SC1)
• The Doctor - The Ninth Doctor - Experience the highs and lows of the Doctor with a northern accent (Doc 9)

Extras

This issue contained free dividing cards which allowed the different sections of the magazine to be separated.

Issue 4 (25/02/2009)

The DVD

The Long Game - The Doctor, Rose and Adam land on Satellite Five where humanity is threatened in more than one way.

Father's Day - Rose learns what happens when history is changed when she saves her dad's life.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - The Long Game - The Doctor and Rose get bad news when they visit Satellite Five (EP 1.7)
• Enemies - Special Weapons Dalek - Discover the fearsome secrets of the toughest Daleks ever (DL4)
• Allies - Donna Noble - Meet the Tenth Doctor's most unlikely companion (DN1)
• The Doctor - Aliens and Emperors - The First Doctor's travels in space and time continue (Part 4)
• Episode Guide - Father's Day - Rose must face the Reapers when she meddles with time (EP 1.8)
• Allies - Pete Tyler - Find out how Rose met her father - both of him (PT1)
• Behind the Scenes - Writer's Block - Paul Cornell reveals how he wrote Father's Day and more (Part 4)
• Episode Guide - The Five Doctors - Can the first five Doctors solve the mystery of the Dark Tower? (DOC5 TVM)
• Technology - The TARDIS Console - Your guide to the controls of the Doctor's amazing ship (TD2)

Extras

This issue came with a free DVD containing the 20th Anniversary special, The Five Doctors.

Issue 5 (11/03/2009)

The DVD

The Empty Child - Landing in the Blitz, the Doctor and Rose meet anew friend and a faced with gas-masked zombies

The Doctor Dances - The Doctor, Rose and Jack race against time to save the world from the Empty Child.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - The Empty Child - A strange plague is spreading through the touch of a little boy (EP 1.9)
• Enemies - Possessed Ood - Find out what caused the gentle servants to become killers (OO1)
• The Doctor - New Friends, Old Enemies - The First Doctor has a brand new crew and faces familiar foes (Part 5)
• Episode Guide - The Doctor Dances - Can the Doctor find the Empty Child's mummy before it's too late? (EP 1.10)
• Allies - Jabe - How this walking, talking tree helped save Platform One (JB1)
• The Doctor - The Eighth Doctor - Meet the most mysterious incarnation of the Doctor ever (Doc 8)
• Flashback - The Army Awakes - A classic moment, the Second Doctor faces a Cyberman army (DR2-3)
• Technology - Chula Ship - Your guide to Captain Jack Harkness' amazing time ship (CS1)
• Behind the Scenes - Back to the Drawing Board - Concept artist Peter McKinstry on the look of Doctor Who (Part 5)

Issue 6 (25/03/2009)

The DVD

Boom Town - Refuelling in Cardiff, the Doctor and Rose come face to face with an old enemy.

Bad Wolf - The TARDIS crew face life and death on the Game Station. However, there's more danger lurking in the wings.

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - Boom Town - A pit-stop to refuel the TARDIS leads to dinner with a monster (EP 1.11)
• Allies - Captain Jack - Meet the intergalactic rogue who changed his ways (CJ1)
• The Doctor - From Monoids to Mondas - The First Doctor's adventures in time and space come to an end (Part 6)
• Enemies - Sutekh - The last of the Osirans proved to be a deadly adversary (SK1)
• Episode Guide - Bad Wolf - The Doctor returns to Satellite Five to find things have changed (EP 1.12)
• Allies - Martha Jones - Check out how this trainee Doctor saved the world (MJ1)
• Behind the Scenes - Man or Monster? - monster man Paul Kasey suits up as a big, green alien meanie (Part 6)
• Enemies - Dalek Emperor - Discover who resurrected the Daleks to conquer Earth (CS1)
• Technology - Game Station Robots - We lift the face-plates of the deadly droids and delve inside (GS2)

Issue 7 (08/04/2009)

The DVD

The Parting of the Ways - The Doctor has to stop the Daleks while keeping Rose alive, paying the ultimate price.

The Christmas Invasion - With the Doctor still recovering, can Rose save Christmas and Earth from the Sycorax?

The Magazine

Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.

• Episode Guide - The Parting of the Ways - The Doctor has a choice: let the Daleks win or destroy humanity (EP 1.13)
• Enemies - Origins of the Daleks - How a horrific war led to the creation of these heartless mutants (DL2)
• The Doctor - New Face, Same Doctor? - There's a new arrival in the TARDIS. Apparently, it's the Doctor (Part 7)
• Enemies - Krillitanes - Meet the shape-changers who wanted to control the universe (KL1)
• Allies - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Learn all about the former head of the UK branch of UNIT (BG1)
• Behind the Scenes - Dressing the Doctor - Who decides what the Doctor will wear? Find out here (Part 7)
• Flashback - Mara in the Mirror - A classic moment, the Doctor faces the ultimate evil (DR5-2)
• Episode Guide - The Christmas Invasion - Can the new Doctor save everyone from the alien Sycorax? (EP 2.X)
• Technology - Game Station - Your in-depth guide to the satellite controlled by the Daleks (GS1)

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