Doctor Who DVD Files - Part Thirteen: Issues 64-68

Introduction

Hello readers! This series of posts has now hit its teens! And ironically, and very not planned, the first issue featured a story from Doctor Who's thirteenth year on air, 1976. Also in this post, the Third Doctor has his first encounters with Silurians and Sea Devils and the Sixth Doctor faces terrifying reality television!

Issue 64 (15/06/2011)

The DVD

The Masque of the Mandragora - The Doctor and Sarah Jane unleash a deadly danger on medieval Italy.

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 masque of the Mandragora - The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane take a trip to 15th Century Italy (DOC 4.12)
• Enemies - The Gods of Ragnarok - Entertain these mysterious beings at your peril (GR1)
• Allies - Sylvia Noble - Donna's mother didn't always treat her too well (SN1)
• Who on Earth - Madame de Pompadour - The Doctor kept weaving in and out of the life of one French courtesan (Part 13)
• Allies - Shakespeare's Players - Find out more about the men who spoke William's words (WS2)
• Enemies - Professor Docherty - The academic who lived two very different lives (DC1)
• Technology - Peking Homunculus - Look at the internal mechanics of the sinister Mr Sin (PH1)
• Alien Worlds - Alfava Metraxis - Visit the planet where the Byzantium crashed (AL1)
• Behind the Scenes - Direct Shot - Rodney Bennet, director of many adventures, talks about Doctor Who (Part 64)

Issue 65 (29/06/2011)

The DVD

Doctor Who and the Silurians - Some ancient creatures are awoken from hibernation, and they will stop at nothing to get their planet back!

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.

• Who on Earth - French Revolution - The Doctor dips in and out of a turbulent time in history (Part 14)
• Allies - Guido and Isabella - Find out about the Venetian ship builder and his daughter (GU1)
• Enemies - Chloe Webber - The girl whose pictures stole a thousand people (CW1)
• Alien Worlds - The Moon - A quick guide to the alien battlefield in Earth's sky (MO1)
• Technology - Cybershade - See what these Cyber-creatures look like under their cloaks (CY5)
• Flashback - Time Lord Traitor - Can the Doctor really be an assassin? (DR4-8)
• Enemies - Fenric - Read about one of the Doctor's oldest enemies (FE1)
• Episode Guide - Doctor Who and the Silurians - The Doctor meets the original rulers of Earth for the first time (DOC 3.2)
• Behind the Scenes - Theory of Relativity - Meet the actress who played the Doctor's granddaughter, Susan (Part 65)

Issue 66 (13/07/2011)

The DVD

The Sea Devils - The Doctor, Jo and UNIT are faced with an aquatic threat when the Master escapes from prison

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 Sea Devils - The Master teams up with some ancient earthlings (DOC 3.12)
• Enemies - Ironsides - Meet the Daleks who brew a mean cuppa (DL13)
• Allies - John Smith - Take a look at the Doctor's human side (JO1)
• Who on Earth - Time of War - The era of big dresses and big threats to Earth (Part 15)
• Allies - Rosita - Introducing the Victorian woman who faced the Cybermen (RO1)
• Alien Worlds - Vortis - Visit the planet inhabited by a wide variety of giant insects (VO1)
• Enemies - Roboforms - Look behind the masks of the Robot Santas who terrorised Earth (RS1)
• Technology - Cyberman - Take a peek under the metal skin of the Cybermen entombed on Telos (CY6)
• Behind the Scenes - Seventh Heaven - Read our exclusive interview with the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy (Part 66)

Issue 67 (27/07/2011)

The DVD

The Stones of Blood - In search of the third segment to the Key to Time, The Doctor and Romana encounter bloodsucking stones on 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 - The Stones of Blood - The Doctor and Romana hunt down the third segment of the Key to Time (DOC 4.26)
• Enemies - Adipose - They're small and cute but formed from human fat (AD1)
• Who on Earth - Famous Faces - The Doctor meets both Dickens and Queen Victoria, among others (Part 16)
• Allies - Sir Robert MacLeish - Meet the man who owned Torchwood House (SR1)
• Alien Worlds - San Helios - Dare you take a trip to the planet of the dead? (SH1)
• Flashback - Twisted Reality - The Sixth Doctor faces danger from a future version of himself (DR6.3)
• The Doctor - Time Rewritten - How the Eleventh Doctor restarted the Universe (Part 59)
• Behind the Scenes - it's a Dog's Life - An interview with John Leeson, the man who gives K-9 his voice (Part 67)
• Technology - Eighth Doctor's TARDIS Console - Peel back the panels of this steampunk version of the Doctor's console (TD8)

Issue 68 (10/08/2011)

The DVD

Vengeance on Varos - The Sixth Doctor's trip to Varos leads to him experiencing reality TV gone wrong!

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 - Vengeance on Varos - The Doctor and Peri enter a world of televisual horror (EP 6.3)
• Enemies - Regenerating ngels - Take a look at the Weeping Angels on Alfava Metraxis, just don't blink (WA2)
• Who on Earth - Art and Music - The Doctor's adventures on Earth led him to Vincent Van Gogh (Part 17)
• Allies - The Women - Meet the mysterious lady who appears to Wilf (WO1)
• Alien Worlds - Varos - Plan a trip to the planet where torture and death are entertainment (VA1)
• Allies - The Preachers - The brave few who stood up the mighty Cybus-Industries (PC1)
• Behind the Scenes - Going Mentor - Find out what it's like to play a Giant alien slug (Part 68)
• Technology - Dalek - Discover the inner workings of the early Daleks (DL3)
• Enemies - Karzan Sardick - Understand the bitterness of this lonely old man (KZ1)

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