Doctor Who DVD Files - Part Five: Issues 22-28

Introduction

Hello readers, and welcome to the fifth part of this blog series! In this part, read about the DVD and magazine content in the seven issues that covered the fourth series and the 2008 Christmas special. Enjoy!

Issue 22 (04/11/2009)

The DVD

Partners in Crime - Donna Noble investigates Adipose Industries, getting a lot more than she bargained for!

The Fires of Pompeii - The Doctor mistakenly lands in Pompeii, where he had to make a difficult choice: Pompeii or the world?

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 - Partners in Crime - The Doctor bumps into an old friend at Adipose Industries. (EP 4.1)
• Technology - Parthenogenesis Detector - Take a look at the Doctor's ingenious Adipose tracker (PD1)
• Allies - Donna Noble: Space Girl - Find out how Donna became the most important woman in creation (DN2)
• The Doctor - A Noble Savage - After travelling alone, the Fourth Doctor finds a new companion (Part 22)
• Episode Guide - The Fires of Pompeii - Can Donna convince the Doctor to save the people of Pompeii? (EP 4.2)
• Allies - Tritovores - Meet the alien flies who were trapped on San Helios (TV1)
• Enemies - Sun-Possessed - Shield your eyes from the searing gaze of these hot headed killers (SP1)
• Behind the Scenes - When in Rome... - Discover behind the scenes secrets of recreating an ancient world (Part 22)
• The Doctor - The Third Doctor - Read about the Doctor who started his life exiled to Earth (DOC3)

Issue 23 (18/11/2009)

The DVD

Planet of the Ood - The Doctor takes Donna to the Ood Sphere, where they discover the dark secrets behind the Ood.

The Sontaran Stratagem - Martha Jones drags the Doctor back to Earth to face an old enemy with UNIT.

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 - Planet of the Ood - Can the Doctor and Donna work out why the Ood are enslaved? (EP 4.3)
• Enemies - Cyber Leader - Meet all the brutal Cyber-bosses the Doctor has faced (CY2)
• The Doctor - Shipwrecks and Skulls - The Doctor finally meets the Sontaran's mortal enemies: the Rutans (Part 23)
• Behind the Scenes - Who's Behind the Ood? - Find out some script secrets from the writer of Planet of the Ood (Part 23)
• Episode Guide - The Sontaran Stratagem - The Doctor and Donna team up with Martha to face an old foe (Ep 4.4)
• Allies - Novice Hame - Read about the bad cat who came good in the end (NH1)
• Flashback - Cold War - See the explosive result of a dangerous Cyber-encounter (DR6-1)
• Technology - Sontaran Battle Pod - Step inside the ship for short, stocky aliens (SN1)
• Allies - UNIT - Roll call of the bravest members of this special organisation (UN1)

Issue 24 (02/12/2009)

The DVD

The Poison Sky - Can the Doctor save Earth by restoring the natural atmosphere?

The Doctor's Daughter - The Doctor is dragged to Messaline where he gets a rather large surprise!

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 Poison Sky - The air is full of toxic gas and the Earth is suffocating (EP 4.5)
• Enemies - Sea Devils - These odd-looking ocean dwellers were related to the Silurians (SD1)
• Allies - Martha Jones: Reunited - Martha's back, but this time she's a fully fledged doctor herself (MJ2)
• Episode Guide - The Doctor's Daughter - The TARDIS takes the Doctor to Messaline for one very good reason (Ep 4.6)
• The Doctor - The Key to Time - Join the Fourth Doctor as he does battle on the edge of the universe (Part 24)
• Allies - Jenny - This brave soldier was the apple of her Time Lord father's eye (JE1)
• Behind the Scenes - Familiar Faces - Starring in Doctor Who is not always a once in a lifetime opportunity (Part 24)
• Technology - Valiant - Read about the massive aircraft carrier that defended Earth (VA1)
• Enemies - Sontarans - The diminutive but dastardly soldiers who looks like baked potatoes (SN1)

Issue 25 (16/12/2009)

The DVD

The Unicorn and the Wasp - The Doctor and Donna solve a murder mystery with Agatha Christie, and a giant wasp...

Silence in the Library - A trip to the Library is not as peaceful as the Doctor and Donna would have liked.

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.

• Technology - River Song's Sonic Screwdriver - Dig around inside the archaeologist's special tool (SC3)
• Allies - Agatha Christie - Read more about the famous "Queen of Crime" (AG1)
• The Doctor - The Black Guardian - The Fourth Doctor and Romana race to assemble the Key to Time (Part 25)
• Episode Guide - Silence in the Library - Cant he Doctor stop the advancing flesh-eating shadows? (EP 4.8)
• Allies - Tegan Jovanka - Meet he Doctor's loudest, most opinionated companion (TJ1)
• Enemies - Vashta Nerada - Find out about the deadly shadows that inhabit spacesuits (VN1)
• Flashback - Dalek Deceit - The Second Doctor realises Daleks can't be trusted (DR2-2)
• Episode Guide - The Unicorn and the Wasp - Take a trip back in time to a garden party with Agatha Christie (EP 4.7)
• Behind the Scenes - Tell Me a Story - Exclusive interview with Shawn Williams, storyboard artist (Part 25)

Issue 26 (30/12/2009)

The DVD

Forest of the Dead - Can the Doctor get Donna back? And who is River Song?

Midnight - On a outer-space coach trip, the Doctor faces a creepy invisble enemy

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.

• Enemies - Davros: Descent into Madness - How the Dalek's creator's plans got even crazier (DV3)
• Allies - Charles Dickens - Read all about the famous author who helped the Ninth Doctor (DK1)
• The Doctor - Davros Revived - The Fourth Doctor discovers how Davros survived (Part 26)
• Episode Guide - Midnight - Who will save the day if the Doctor is helpless? (EP 3.10)
• Enemies - Pyrovile - Meet the mighty volcanic monsters from Pompeii (PY1)
• Allies - Cal - Discover more about the girl at the centre of the Library (CA1)
• Behind the Scenes - Old Dogs, New Tricks - Find out how K-9 was rescued from a skip for his TV comeback (Part 26)
• Episode Guide - Forest of the Dead - Will the Doctor work out why he'll give River his sonic screwdriver? (EP 4.9)
• Technology - Crusader 50 - Step inside the ill-fated space bus on Midnight (CR1)

Issue 27 (13/01/2010)

The DVD

Turn Left - Donna creates a whole world without the Doctor.

The Stolen Earth - The Children of Time unite when the Doctor isn't there to save Earth

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 - Turn left - Donna discovers what life would be like if she had never met the Doctor (EP 4.11)
• Allies - Rose Tyler: Bad Wolf Rising - She broke down the walls between universes to reach her Doctor (RT3)
• Enemies - Vespiform - Take a closer look at the alien insect with a deadly sting in its tail (VP1)
• The Doctor - Dreams of Conquest - The Doctor and Romana are joined in the TARDIS by a child genius (Part 27)
• Episode Guide - The Stolen Earth - Someone is rearranging the Universe, but who could it be? (EP 4.12)
• Allies - Lady Christina de Souza - Meet the aristocratic adventurer who helped the Doctor (CD1)
• Flashback - Embryo of Evil - See what happened when the Doctor faced a Dalek Mutant (DR4-3)
• Technology - Dalek Saucer - Peel back the outer layers of this devastating spaceship (DL1)
• Behind the Scenes - Lost in Time - Find out about the scenes that almost made it to your screen (Part 27)

Issue 28 (27/01/2010)

The DVD

Journey's End - The Doctor is joined by his friends to battle Davros and his Daleks

The Next Doctor - The Doctor meets himself in Victorian London, or does he?

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.

• Allies - Sarah Jane Smith: Earth's Champion - read about Sarah jane's later adventures with the Doctor (SJ3)
• Technology - Chameleon Circuit - Find out more about this broken feature of the TARDIS (TD4)
• The Doctor - New Beginnings - The Fourth Doctor's journey finally comes to an end (TO1)
• Enemies - Imperial Daleks - Meet the different kind of Dalek that once served Davros (DL8)
• Allies - Jackson Lake - Discover how the Doctor worked out who Jackson really was (JL1)
• Enemies - The Master: Old-School Villain - The incarnation who battled the Third Doctor steps forward (MS2)
• Behind the Scenes - The Voice of Fear - Meet the Voice of the Daleks and the Cybermen (Part 28)
• Episode Guide - Journey's End - Can the Doctor overcome Davros once again? (EP 4.13)
• Episode Guide - The Next Doctor - Christmas terror is shaped like a Cyberman! (EP 4.14)

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