Doctor Who DVD Files - Part Three: Issues 8-14

Introduction

Greetings! In the third part of this blog series, I will be telling you about the next seven issues of the Doctor Who DVD Files. These issues featured two episodes on each DVD which covered the whole second series, plus the 2006 Christmas Special.

Issue 8 (22/04/2009)

The DVD

New Earth - The new Doctor takes Rose to New Earth, where an old enemy lurks in the shadows.

Tooth and Claw - The Doctor and Rose land in Scotland, where they have to defend Queen Victoria from an extraterrestrial werewolf.

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 - New Earth - Rose and the new Doctor find on old enemy in New New York (EP 2.1)
• Allies - Bannakaffalatta - Find out how this plucky little cyborg helped to save the Titanic (BK1)
• The Doctor - Enemies of Humanity - The Second Doctor faces Cybermen, Chameleons and Daleks (Part 8)
• Enemies - The Editor - He's smarmy, corrupt and in control of the whole human race (ED1)
• Episode Guide - Tooth and Claw - Can the Doctor and Rose save Queen Victoria from a werewolf? (EP 2.2)
• Enemies - Ice Warriors - Meet the Martians, scaly green natives of the Red Planet (IW1)
• Allies - Rose Tyler - Learn more about the girl who changed the Doctor's life (RT2)
• Behind the Scenes - Creature Features - Discover the secrets of Doctor Who's wildest prosthetics (Part 8)
• Technology - Robot Spiders - Take a look inside Cassandra's mechanical creepy-crawlies (RS1)

Issue 9 (06/05/2009)

The DVD

School Reunion - The Doctor has a blast from the past while battling Krillitanes who want to be gods.

The Girl in the Fireplace - The Doctor, Rose and Mickey investigate a 51st Century ship with links to 18th Century France.

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 - School Reunion - the Doctor meets two old friends while going undercover (EP 2.3)
• The Doctor - Robots and Reptiles - The Second Doctor battles Yeti, Ice Warriors and Cybermats (Part 9)
• Allies - K-9: Faithful Hound - Find out about the robot dog's early adventures with the Doctor (K92)
• Episode Guide - The Girl in the Fireplace - What are 51st Century robots doing in pre-revolutionary France? (Ep 2.4)
• Enemies - Cybershades - Read all about these strange Cybernised creatures (CY4)
• Flashback - Shop Horror! - See how the Autons fist smashed their way onto our screens (DR3-1)
• Behind the Scenes - Cast Away - Find out how actors get roles in Doctor Who in our casting interview (Part 9)
• Enemies - Daleks - Open up and look inside the Doctor's most treacherous foe (DL1)
• Technology - SS Madame de Pompadour - Take a peek inside this gruesome ship run by Clockwork Robots (MP1)

Issue 10 (20/05/2009)

The DVD

Rise of the Cybermen - The Doctor, Rose and Mickey land in a parallel world, where an old enemy is threatening humanity.

The Age of Steel - With Cybermen marching he streets of parallel London, will the TARDIS crew get off the parallel Earth alive?

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 - Rise of the Cybermen - The TARDIS crash lands in hte London of a parallel worlds (EP 2.5)
• Allies - Sarah Jane Smith - Learn all about Sarah Jane's adventures with the Third Doctor (SJ1)
• Enemies - Davros: The Rise of Terror - Delve into the secret history of the Kaled mastermind (DV2)
• Episode Guide - The Age of Steel - John Lumic's Cybermen are on the march to victory (Ep 2.6)
• Allies - William Shakespeare - Meet one of the greatest writers in human history (SK1)
• The Doctor - Monsters' Revenge - The Second Doctor faces Yeti, Cybermen and deadly seaweed (Part 10)
• Enemies - Weeping Angels - Killer statues from the dawn of time, blink and they'll get you (WA1)
• Behind the Scenes - Direct Hit - Director Graeme Harper takes us behind the camera (Part 10)
• Technology - Cybus Airship - Step aboard a floating palace of the parallel world (CY2)

Issue 11 (03/06/2009)

The DVD

The Idiot's Lantern - A trip to the 1950s leads the Doctor to face off with an electrical creature.

The Impossible Planet - The Doctor and Rose land on a planet that should be falling into a black hole, but isn't.

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 Idiot's Lantern - Londoners in 1953 are losing their faces, but can the Doctor help? (EP 2.7)
• Allies - Astrid Peth - Read about the companion who never travelled in the TARDIS (AP1)
• Technology - Sonic Screwdriver - Take a look inside one of the Doctor's handy tools (SC2)
• The Doctor - Myths and Monsters - The Second Doctor saves the TARDIS by taking it out of reality (Part 11)
• Episode Guide - The Impossible Planet - The Doctor and Rose meet the Ood on the edge of a black hole (EP 2.8)
• Allies - Turlough - Meet the companion who tried to kill the Fifth Doctor (TU1)
• Flashback - The Doctor Reborn - See what happened the first time the Doctor regenerated (DR2-1)
• Enemies - The Beast - Discover the secret history of this mighty menace (BT1)
• Behind the Scenes - Growing the TARDIS - See how the Doctor Who art department built the Doctor's ship (Part 11)

Issue 12 (17/06/2009)

The DVD

The Satan Pit - Can the Doctor stop the Beast escaping and save Rose from the jaws of the black hole?

Love and Monsters - LINDA is in danger. Can their idol, the Doctor, save them in time from the disgusting Abzorbaloff?

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 Satan Pit - Can the Doctor escape the immense power of the Beast? (EP 2.9)
• Enemies - Judoon - Get up close with the tough rhino-headed law enforcers (JD1)
• Allies - Romana - Read about the first incarnation of this female Time Lord (RA1)
• The Doctor - End of an Era - Bid farewell to the Second Doctor as his story comes to an end (Part 12)
• Episode Guide - Love and Monsters - Will the treacherous Victor Kennedy track down the Doctor? (EP 2.10)
• Behind the Scenes - Space-Suited and Booted - Costume designer Louise Page talks spacesuits (Part 12)
• Allies - Elton Pope - Find out about Elton and the other fateful members of LINDA (EP1)
• Enemies - Cybermen - Take a closer look at one of the Doctor's oldest enemies (CY1)
• Technology - Sanctuary Base - Peek inside the base on Krop Tor where the Ood loyally served (SB1)

Issue 13 (01/07/2009)

The DVD

Fear Her - Rose must save the London 2012 Olympics without the Doctor to help her

Army of Ghosts - Rose returns home to find an eerie change, but all is not as it seems...

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 - Fear Her - What connects missing people with a young girl's drawings? (EP 2.11)
• Allies - Mickey Smith: Action Hero - Find out how living in a parallel world changed Rose's boyfriend (MS2)
• The Doctor - Exile to Earth - Read about the first adventures of the Third Doctor (Part 13)
• Episode Guide - Army of Ghosts - Are the ghosts really as harmless as they seem? (EP 2.12)
• Behind the Scenes - Cyber Insider - Paul Kasey opens up about what it's like to play a Cyberman (Part 13)
• Technology - TARDIS Interior - Step into the past and see how the TARDIS used to look (TD3)
• Flashback - Battle for the Future - Watch in horror as the Wirrn break into a space station (DR4-2)
• The Doctor - The Fifth Doctor - Take a look at the monsters that this cricket loving Doctor faced (DOC 5)
• Enemies - Cult of Skaro - Read about the four members of this deadly Dalek squad. (DL5)

Issue 14 (15/07/2009)

The DVD

Doomsday - The Battle of Canary Wharf rages, but who will survive?

The Runaway Bride - Reeling from the loss of Rose, the Doctor battles a giant spider, with the help of a bride.

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 - Doomsday - It's time to solve the Cyberman and Dalek problem (EP 2.13)
• Enemies - Werewolf - Watch out for the howling toothy one if there's a full moon (WW1)
• Allies - Harriet Jones - relive the rise, fall, and rise again of this political hero (HJ1)
• The Doctor - Master Plans - Read about how the Doctor and the Master first came to blows (Part 14)
• Allies - Malcolm Taylor - Meet the brainy UNIT scientist who was a big fan of the Doctor (MA1)
• Allies - Harry Sullivan - Find out how this companion who was also a doctor (HS1)
• Enemies - Yvonne Hartman - Profile of the Torchwood leader who became a Cyber victim (YH1)
• Episode Guide - The Runaway Bride - Can Donna, in a dress with no pockets, help the Doctor save the day? (EP 3.X)
• Behind the Scenes - Cyber Creators - Find out how the Cybermen could have looked (Part 14)

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