Doctor Who DVD Files - Part Six: Issues 29-33

Introduction

Hello readers, and welcome to the sixth part of this blog series! From this point, the series moved to releasing unordered Classical stories. The issues covered in these parts include Daleks, Davros, Cybermen and a special Multi-Doctor story for the 10th Anniversary in 1973. Enjoy!

Issue 29 (10/02/2010)

The DVD

Remembrance of the Daleks - The Doctor is caught up in the Dalek civil war, but can he stop either side gaining the Hand of Omega?

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 - Max Capricorn - Take a look at the fiendish mastermind behind the Titanic disaster (MX1)
• Allies - Professor Yana - Read about the Master's human alter ego who was good (YN1)
• Behind the Scenes - Andrew Cartmel Interview - The script editor of the Seventh Doctor's adventures opens up (Part 29)
• The Doctor - A New Era - The Doctor is reborn once more, this time a younger man (Part 29)
• Flashback - Spearhead - Witness a bizarre confrontation between battling alien insects (DR1-3)
• Allies - Intrusion Counter-Measures Group - Meet the people who were the forerunners of UNIT (IG1)
• Enemies - Abzorbaloff - Read about the big, green monster from Clom (AB1)
• Episode Guide - Remembrance of the Daleks - The Seventh Doctor takes on two Dalek armies at once (DOC 7.5)
• Technology - Imperial Dalek Shuttle - Step inside the ship that landed in London in the 1960s (DL2)

Issue 30 (24/02/2010)

The DVD

The Three Doctors - The Doctor teams up with himself (twice) to save the universe from Omega.

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 Three Doctors - Find out what happens when you break the First Law of Time (DOC 3.15)
• Enemies - Futurekind - Read about the toothy terrors from the end of the universe (FK1)
• The Doctor - Shock Return - Companions aren't immortal, as Adric finds out (Part 30)
• Allies - Jo Grant - Meet the Third Doctor's unscientific assistant (Part 30)
• Enemies - The Empty Child - Keep your distance from the zombie who wanted his mummy (EC1)
• Allies - Draconians - Not all aliens the Doctor meets are bad (DR1)
• Enemies - The Wire - Are you sitting comfortably? Then let her begin (WR1)
• Behind the Scenes - Companion Piece - An exclusive interview with Katy Manning who played Jo Grant (Part 30)
• Technology - Sycorax Ship - Step inside the spaceship that truly rocks (SY1)

Issue 31 (10/03/2010)

The DVD

Genesis of the Daleks - The Doctor learns of the Daleks' creation, but can he stop it?

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 - Sonic Screwdriver - The early days of the handiest piece of Time Lord tech (SC4)
• Enemies - Empress of the Racnoss - This ancient monster planned the feed humanity to her offspring (RC1)
• The Doctor - Friends and Foes - The Fifth Doctor meets old friends and faces deadly enemies (Part 31)
• Allies - Kamelion - This shape-changing robot had a strange life on board the TARDIS (KA1)
• Flashback - Big Top Terror - The Seventh Doctor and Ace face sinister clowns (DR7-2)
• Allies - Reinette - She knew the Doctor all he rlife. He knew her for just one day (RN1)
• Enemies - The Black Guardian - Meet possibly the most dangerous being in existence (BG1)
• Episode Guide - Genesis of the Daleks - The Fourth Doctor is on a mission for the Time Lords (DOC 4.4)
• Behind the Scenes - Re-Imagining the Daleks - An exclusive interview with Robert Shearman, writer of Dalek (Part 31)

Issue 32 (24/03/2010)

The DVD

Earthshock - When Cybermen hijack a space freighter, life on Earth is at stake!

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 - Earthshock - The Doctor faces Cybermen and the death of a companion (DOC 5.6)
• Enemies - Clockwork Robots - Find out exactly what makes these androids tick (CR1)
• The Doctor - Friends Reunited - The Fifth Doctor must team up with his former selves (Part 32)
• Allies - Queen Victoria - The monarch who was saved from a werewolf's jaws by the Doctor (QV1)
• Behind the Scenes - The Other Doctors - More actors have played the Doctor then you might think (Part 32)
• Allies - Adric - Read about the companion who lost his life to save the world (AD1)
• Enemies - Kandyman - This villain with a sweet tooth terrorised the Seventh Doctor (KA1)
• Technology - Space Freighter - Step inside the craft that housed thousands of Cybermen (SF1)
• The Doctor - Seventh Doctor - Meet the eccentric yet uncompromising incarnation of the Doctor (EP 4.7)

Issue 33 (07/04/2010)

The DVD

Pyramids of Mars - The Doctor and Sarah Jane face Mummies and a god-like being.

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 - Pyramids of Mars - The Fourth Doctor faces a being the wants to destroy all life (DOC 4.8)
• Allies - Tim Latimer - How a 20th Century schoolboy helped defeat the Family of Blood (TL1)
• The Doctor - Changing Faces - Not everyone's happy about the new face in the TARDIS (Part 33)
• Allies - Barbara Wright - One of the Doctor's first companions, and one of the bravest (BW1)
• Flashback - Power Point - Davros turns the tables on the assassin hired to kill him (DR6-2)
• Enemies - Mr Magpie - There was only one escape for the man trapped by the Wire (MA1)
• Behind the Scenes - Writing the Past - The Fires of Pompeii writer James Moran feels the heat (Part 33)
• Technology - Gadget - A closer look at the robot from the ill-fated Bowie Base One (GD1)
• Enemies - Sibylline Sisterhood - Discover the women only cult betrayed by the fiery Pyrovile (SB1)

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