George Baker 1931-2011

Saturday, 8 October 2011 - Reported by Marcus

The actor George Baker has died at the age of 80.

George Baker was a well known English actor who appeared is some of British Televisions most fondly remembered dramas. He appeared alongside Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, in the 1980 story Full Circle, where he played Decider Login,

He is best known for playing Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries and the emperor Tiberius in the acclaimed BBC drama I Claudius.

Other parts included roles in the films The Dam Busters, The Ship That Died of Shame with Richard Attenborough and The Moonraker. He was the second actor to portray the role of "Number Two" in the series The Prisoner and appeared in his own TV comedy series Bowler. He was also in the first episode of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

FILTER: - Obituary - Classic Series

DVD release/production roundup

Friday, 7 October 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Though the UNIT boxed set has been placed in the United Kingdom DVD release schedule (for January), other Doctor Who DVDs have yet to be formally scheduled by 2|Entertain for the first quarter of next year. However, Amazon in Canada has added some additional titles for 2012:

Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion (to be released together as the UNIT Boxed Set in the UK) are listed for 10th January
The Sensorites is listed for 14th February
The Robots of Death, The Three Doctors, Tomb of the Cybermen Special Editions are listed for 13th March (the final three making up the Revisitations 3 boxed set in the UK)

It is expected that the UK Region 2 releases of the stories/sets will be on or before those listed for Region 1 above.

The latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine confirmed the commentaries for the forthcoming UNIT Boxed Set. Invasion of the Dinosaurs will feature Richard Franklin (Mike Yates), Peter Miles (Whitaker), Terence Wilton (Mark), Paddy Russell (director), Terrance Dicks (script editor) and Richard Morris (designer). The Android Invasion will feature Philip Hinchcliffe (producer), Milton Johns (Crayford), Martin Friend (Styggron), and Marion McDougal (production assistant). Both commentaries are moderated by Toby Hadoke.

Details of production of future releases have continued to emerge, mainly via the social communication tool Twitter; a breakdown of these details can be found below, but in brief:

an audio reconstruction of episodes three and four of Planet of Giants has been recorded
a documentary "Remembering Barry Letts" will feature on The Daemons
a tribute to Nicholas Courtney is being produced, featuring many interviews with the actor himself

In addition, Commissioning Editor for the Classics range, Dan Hall, was recently interviewed by Talking Who, during which he revealed that The Greatest Show in the Galaxy will be released with a new 5.1 surround soundtrack, produced by Mark Ayres.

The Restoration Team on Twitter:

THE SENSORITES

17 Sep Classic DW Early artwork in for THE SENSORITES. Looking tremendous!

THE DAEMONS

6 Sep Peter Crocker Very distracting vertical jitter successfully banished from 1971 episode
17 Sep Classic DW Signed off wonderful Barry Letts doc from Ed Stradling.
Lovely interview from family, Terrence et al. Look out for it on THE DAEMONS.
23 Sep Ed Stradling I have to finish the Barry Letts obit programme today.
Clock is ticking and some graphics and keying still to do.
23 Sep Ed Stradling Barry was interviewed against a reflecmedia chromatte screen so I use
either their own Mattenee keyer or Keylight in After Effects
23 Sep Ed Stradling Do people think "Letts Remember Barry" is a good title for the
obit programme? Or too corny? Other suggestions welcome, I'm crap at titles.
25 Sep Peter Crocker First phase of restoration on "The Daemons" complete;
now awaits grading at TV Centre.
25 Sep Ed Stradling Talking of VAM, the Daemons extras are currently being graded at TV Centre.
26 Sep Ed Stradling Another DVD feature now delivered. "Remembering Barry Letts" edited
on Media Composer and due for inclusion on "The Daemons" DVD.
26 Sep Restoration Team Grading and compilation complete on Daemons VAM package,
including the test that started it all...
27 Sep Classic DW Daemons VAM all finished and ready to deliver to 2e within the next few weeks!

THE REIGN OF TERROR

30 Sep Chris Chapman Have popped into the office to back up today's rushes -
looking and sounding lovely! Particularly happy about Reign of Terror...
4 Oct Chris Chapman On train to Newcastle to spend the rest of the week editing -
should be on the content cut of Reign of Terror by Thursday...
4 Oct Chris Chapman In a piece of news that few will find interesting, I intend to call
The Reign of Terror doco 'Don't Lose Your Head'. Carry on!;-)

PLANET OF GIANTS

5 Oct Ed Stradling Off to studio shortly for the re-recording of dialogue for
Planet of Giants part 3 - and 4.
5 Oct Toby Hadoke is off to act in a Dr Who story which has never been seen in its
original, complete form ... until now! The surviving cast are on board too.
5 Oct Toby Hadoke Forester.
5 Oct Ed Stradling Tom Spilsbury, Donald Wilson thought it was dull.
He also thought The Web Planet wasn't.
5 Oct Ed Stradling Planet of Giants going very well. Will use Gary Gillatt's urge to live gag
in the VAM or else he'll put it in the DWM review :)
5 Oct Ed Stradling Willam Russell and Carole Ann Ford in the studio with Katherine Mount
and John Guilor for Planet of Giants http://t.co/b4CIEfE7

MISCELLANEOUS

26 Aug Chris Chapman Doctor Who shoot for next Wednesday pretty much all good to go!
8 interviews confirmed, with 2 floaters which should be sorted by Monday...
26 Aug Chris Chapman
The 8 interviewees are: 3 companions, 1 script editor,
1 visual effects assistant, 1 production assistant, 1 historian and 1 spaceman!
1 Sep Chris Chapman Capturing in yesterday's footage. Interviewees included
Ian Reddington, Sophie Aldred, Tim Combe and William Russell!
3 Sep Chris Chapman BTW, when I interviewed William Russell last week, I told him about
'Ian and Babs married and immortal' and he seemed genuinely touched.:-)
7 Sep Ed Stradling last chance for any fans to tweet me any questions for former
BBC Head of Series Ronnie Marsh, we're interviewing him tomorrow!
13 Sep Chris Chapman Filming on Thursday features two actors, two production assistants,
one assistant designer, one friend, a singer and a lovely backdrop!
15 Sep Chris Chapman The end of a very successful day's filming.
Beautiful weather and lovely guests. Assume you'll see the doco next year.:-)
19 Sep Ed Stradling Back in London after interviewing four companion actors for upcoming DVD
at the Regenerations event in Swansea this weekend
20 Sep Chris Chapman Today, I interviewed Tom Baker for an upcoming DVD - and he was fabulous!
30 Sep Chris Chapman Today's interviewees were... a director, three designers, two companions,
two monsters, a vision mixer and a son of somebody!
30 Sep Chris Chapman To tease you further, we were filming content for FOUR
different Who stories today. My brain is a jumble of jumbles!
1 Oct Chris Chapman So a rundown of yesterday's classic Who guests:
Interviewee 1 - a designer - told me about burning shreds of big top
flying through the air!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who Interviewee 2 - a monster - was the single biggest man
I have ever met, and he shed a tear on camera!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 3 - a director - claimed at the outset that
he remembered nothing, yet he remembered EVERYTHING!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 4 - a 60s companion - told me that nothing ever happened
between her and another 60s companion, despite the rumours!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 5 - a designer - came all the way from North Wales and
giggled about sneaking photos of glamour girls onto Doctor Who sets!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 6 - another 60s Who companion - was the best I've
ever heard her and did lots of mad impressions!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 7 - the son of someone famous - wore a posh suit and
told us what it was like to be 6 years old and terrified by his father!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 8 - another monster - told us an AMAZING story
about William Hartnell tap-dancing!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 9 - a vision mixer - explained how a button she pressed
changed the whole history of Doctor Who!
1 Oct Chris Chapman Who interviewee 10 - yet another designer - thought so-and-so was a bit
over-the-top and that the director was a proper moaner!
3 Oct Thomas Guerrier Extreme editing some classic Doctor Who this morning.
3 Oct Ed Stradling I'm now editing the Nick Courtney tribute feature, consisting largely
of interviews with the great man himself.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Dinosaurs invade Riverside!

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

This January sees the release of Invasion of the Dinosaurs on DVD, a story which has the dubious fame of including the final casualty of the old BBC process of destroying prints, with episode one only existing as a black and white print in the BBC Archive.

The episode, like other 'monochrome' Pertwee episodes, has been a focus as to whether a colour version could be recreated; speaking in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, DVD executive producer Dan Hall said:

This colour recovery has been a miracle, pulling out colour information from black and white film prints. Unfortunately, in the case of Invasion (of the Dinosaurs) Part One, the process has not produced a perfect colour print, but enough information has been salvaged to offer a tantalising glimpse of what the original broadcast may have been like.

As a result, the episode will be presented in the story in its 'clean' black and white version, with the partial colour restoration available as an alternative.

The colour episode will be shown in the form of a special preview for attendees at the forthcoming DWAS convention, Time 5, taking place at Riverside Studios on Saturday 29th October 2011:

To publicise the forthcoming DVD release we are pleased that the colour version of episode 1 will be previewed on the big screen in the cinema.

The trailer for the forthcoming The Reign of Terror - recently seen in Australia - will also be screened during the convention.
(with thanks to Paul Winter)

FILTER: - Conventions - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Day of the Daleks - feature clips

Friday, 9 September 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

This Monday sees Day of the Daleks released on DVD in the United Kingdom, and 2|Entertain have made a few clips available to illustrate some of the special features included on the the two-disc set:

Day of the Daleks: The Doctor and Violence, BBC Classic Doctor Who, via YouTube (may not play outside the United Kingdom)

Day of the Daleks: Trikes!, BBC Classic Doctor Who, via YouTube (may not play outside the United Kingdom)

Day of the Daleks: Doctor Who and Memories, BBC Classic Doctor Who, via YouTube (may not play outside the United Kingdom)

Day of the Daleks: The Third Doctor and Wine, BBC Classic Doctor Who, via YouTube (may not play outside the United Kingdom)

A full list of the extras for Day of the Daleks DVD can be found in our previous news item, and a more technical discussion of the production of the DVD will appear on the Restoration Team website in the future.

Regular updates on the classic Doctor Who range can be found on Twitter via ClassicDW, and on the BBC's official Facebook page.

The DVD is available to order from our Amazon store.

FILTER: - Jon Pertwee - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Double Invasion due in January - Updated

Saturday, 3 September 2011 - Reported by Marcus

BBC Worldwide have revealed that the classic Doctor Who stories, Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion will both be released in North America on January 10th 2012.

No UK release date has yet been announced, but it is likely the UK release will be early January.

Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Release Date: 10th January 2012

Starring Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who, with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Nicholas Courtney as The Brigadier
Written by Malcolm Hulke
Directed by Paddy Russell

Broadcast: 12th January - 16th February 1974

Episode One of the story only exists in the BBC Archives as a black and white film print. 2|Entertain have reported: "The fully restored DINO Ep 1 is in black-and-white. Alternative vers also on release featuring best-endeavours colour recovery..."

Special Features

Audio Commentary
People, Power and Puppetry
Deleted Scenes
Now and Then
John Levene's Commentary
Doctor Who Stories: Elizabeth Sladen Part 1
Billy Smart's Circus
Photo Gallery
PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
Production Note Subtitles
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

The Android Invasion
Release Date: 10th January 2012

Starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, with Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and Ian Marter as Harry Sullivan
Written by Terry Nation
Directed by Barry Letts

Broadcast: 22nd November - 13th December 1975

Special Features

Audio Commentary
The Village That Came to Life
Life After - Philip Hinchcliffe
Tie-in Weetabix commercial
Photo Gallery
PDF materials: Radio Times Listings, Weetabix packet promotions
Production Note Subtitles
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

(additional details thanks to TVShowsOnDVD, ClassicDW)

Meanwhile in Australia BBC Worldwide are offering fans the chance to win tickets to a special screening of The Day of the Daleks, to be held in Melbourne on Sunday 18th and Sydney on Monday 19th September. Winners will have the chance to meet and chat to Dan Hall, the person in charge of Classic Doctor Who on DVD.

Visit the competition page for details.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Day of the Daleks preview: Alister Pearson print

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

This Sunday (4th) sees a special preview taking place to celebrate the release of Day of the Daleks on DVD, presented by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society with permission from 2|Entertain.

Artist Alister Pearson has produced a new A4 print for the event based on the original artwork designs for the Target novelisation's three covers, by Chris Achilleos, Andrew Skilleter and himself. He'll be at the event to sign prints, proceeds of which are in aid of Help for Heroes; it can also be pre-ordered directly from the DWAS website via their Day of the Daleks event section, and these too will be signed by the artist.

Though the event itself is fully booked, there is an open autograph session at the end of the event at 5:00pm for those who wish to come along to pre-order the DVD on the day and have the cover signed by the guests, Katy Manning (Jo Grant) and Richard Franklin (Mike Yates) - it is also hoped that Scott Fredericks (Boaz) will be able to attend on the day as well. As with the print, a signed DVD can also be pre-ordered from DWAS online before the event takes place.

Full details on the event and associated merchandise/activities can be found via the DWAS website.

BBC ClassicDW have also released a clip from one of the special features on the discs.

Day of the Daleks preview clip, BBC Classic Doctor Who (via YouTube)

FILTER: - Special Events - Charities - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Anne Ridler

Wednesday, 24 August 2011 - Reported by Marcus

The actress Anne Ridler has died.

Anne Ridler played Gemma Corwyn the second-in-command of Space Station W3 in the 1968 Doctor Who story The Wheel in Space. After appearing in five episodes of the story she sacrificed her life to help the Second Doctor defeat the Cybermen.

Anne Ridler had a long and distinguished career first appearing on television in 1955 and going on to work on over 5 movies and 29 TV serials. Her first screen role was on TV with a regular spot alongside Francis Matthews in the Francis Durbridge series My Friend Charles. Her breakthrough came as a regular in Dixon of Dock Green, appearing as WP Sgt. Chris Freeman from 1962 to 1964. She had guest roles in Moonbase 3 in 1973 and The Tomorrow People in 1975 abd in the 1980' s she played voice of Kate Kestrel, Cy-Star and It-Star in Gerry Anderson's puppet-animated Terrahawks series.

She had small roles in the Hammer film Camp on Yangtse Incident (1957), the Michael Anderson-directed Blood Island (1958) and 633 Squadron (1963).

She played Jacqueline Shaffer in the Big Finish story Master.

FILTER: - People - Obituary - Classic Series

Noel Collins 1937-2011

Wednesday, 24 August 2011 - Reported by Marcus

The actor Noel Collins has died at the age of 74.

Noel Collins appeared in 3 episodes of the 1989 Doctor Who story Battlefield where he played Pat Rowlinson, the landlord of the hotel in which the Seventh Doctor and Ace stayed while investigating an inter-dimensional distress call.

Collins was best known for his role in the long running BBC police series Juliet Bravo, where he played Sergeant George Parrish throughout the six year run of the show. He also appeared in Play for Today, When the Boat Comes in and the comedy series Bread.

Collins retired at the age of 60 after being diagnosed with lung cancer and undergoing an operation which involved removing a lung. In the 1990's he joined 52 other claimants in a £17million lawsuit against cigarette giants Gallaher and Imperial Tobacco arguing that the companies had been negligent in not reducing the tar content in their cigarettes between 1957 and 1971 once it became obvious that smoking caused lung cancer.

Although the case was dropped in March 1999 Collins retained his anti smoking stance until his death. His widow Helen Collins paid tribute to her husband's bravery in the face of his illness. "He was content in his life but also stoic during the bad times. He became very anti-smoking but he lived through his illness as best he could. Even in his last week he was still getting Juliet Bravo fan mail which he found amusing. He loved the theatre and really enjoyed his career, but without being pretentious or boastful."

Noel Collins died on 15 August after losing his long battle with cancer.

FILTER: - People - Obituary - Classic Series

DVD development update

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Some news on possible future DVD releases emerged at the Fantom Films conventions held over the weekend:

Back in 1964, the story Planet of Giants had originally been filmed as a four-part story, but had the latter two episodes combined into one in order to tighten the plot for a better paced series opener. Though the original recording no longer exists, actress Carole Ann Ford, who played the Doctor's grand-daughter Susan, mentioned at the Dalek Invasion Earth convention that she had recently recorded an audio version of the original script for that fourth episode, The Urge to Live, which she believed is to be for a DVD release of the story.

Further 'lost' material also seems likely to see the light of day. Back in 1979 the final story of Season 17, Shada, had to be abandoned due to BBC strikes with only parts of the studio sessions completed; appearing at the Timelord Tales convention, both Victoria Burgoyne (Clare) and Daniel Hill (Chris) reported that they'd been involved in a new audio recording of the script for the unfilmed material, in which other original cast members participated including Lalla Ward (Romana). They also discussed the missing scenes being recreated in animation, and believed this could form part of a DVD release of the story in the future. (Producer Ian Levine has confirmed that the actors were talking about his production, but that the cast hope for an 'official' release.)

A recent fire at the Sony warehouse facilities in Enfield led to loss of much of the DVD and CD stock held there, including Doctor Who DVDs due to be distributed by 2|Entertain. However, the company has reported that this will not affect the release of Day of the Daleks, due out on the 12th September (available to pre-order).

The Restoration Team have recently revived their website that delves into the technical issues involved in restoring the classic Doctor Who stories for DVD release - the site had been in mothballs since The Space Museum/The Chase back in January 2010. The site is in the process of being brought up to date, and new articles have now been added for the first Revisitations boxed set and for Mannequin Mania.

Further snippets for DVD production have been tweeted by the Restoration Team; this includes an appeal by Chris Chapman for anybody who could provide contact details for Peter Walker (the young boy in The Reign of Terror) - if you can help please let him know.

10 Aug ClassicDW:  Something on COLONY DVD betrays original release date.

       On release, see whether you can spot it!!!

10 Aug ClassicDW: Some hiccups solved - REVISITATIONS 3 takes one step closer to its 2012 release!

12 Aug Ed Stradling: Hoping to have the extra material for the Happiness/Dragonfire DVD set

       finished by the end of today.

12 Aug RTnewsfeed: Busy times continue for Mark Ayres with a third new 5.1 surround mix

       just commissioned.

13 Aug RTnewsdfeed: Can't move for Martians in Grading Suite 2 at TV Centre this afternoon!

14 Aug Ed Stradling: now off to TV Centre to deliver #doctorwho DVD feature i've done

       with Nicholas Pegg

14 Aug Ed Stradling: have just finished grading the last complete Doctor Who episodes for DVD

14 Aug Ed Stradling: (although there may be some additional work in some cases)

15 Aug ClassicDW: Lovely piece about our talented team working on REIGN OF TERROR: http://t.co/NNlCGFc

17 Aug Peter Crocker: 6 part Hartnell story finally delivered. Deleting 2.5TB data highly satisfying.

18 Aug Peter Crocker: I'd forgotten how much fun out-of-phase polygon telecine inserts of

       scratched, dirty film can be.

19 Aug Ed Stradling: Soon interviewing Ronnie Marsh, ex BBC drama exec and de facto exec producer

       of DW and many other shows. Tweet me your questions for him!

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

UK DVD release update

Monday, 8 August 2011 - Reported by Chuck Foster

2|Entertain have released cover art and content details for the forthcoming UK DVDs of Third Doctor adventures Day of the Daleks (due 9th September) and Colony in Space (Amazon reports 3rd October, DWM reports 24th October).

Day of the Daleks
Release Date: 9th September 2011 (available for pre-order)

Starring Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who, with Katy Manning as Jo Grant
Written by Louis Marks
Directed by Paul Bernard

Broadcast: 1st January - 22 January 1972

World peace hangs in the balance and Sir Reginald Styles, a high-ranking diplomat, is the only person that stands between mankind and a third and final World War. But a mysterious and savage guerrilla force from the 22nd Century believe Styles is the agent that shaped their terrifying future and therefore must die...

The Doctor and Jo find themselves flung into the guerrillas’ world; a brutal dictatorship policed by the merciless and ape-like Ogrons. The Daleks have invaded Earth, enslaved the population and face certain triumph unless the Doctor betrays all he believes in and condones the cold-blooded murder of Styles in an attempt to change the course of history... forever.

Special Features

Disk 1

4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio (Original Version).
Commentary - stereo. With actors Anna Barry and Jim Winston, producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks and vision mixer Mike Catherwood.
Blasting the Past (dur. 30’ 30”) – cast and crew look back on the making of this story. With actors Katy Manning, Jimmy Winston and Anna Barry, producer Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, monster maker John Friedlander, Dalek operator Ricky Newby, Dalek voice artiste Nicholas Briggs, classic series writer Ben Aaronovitch, new series writer Paul Cornell and Doctor Who Magazine writer Dave Owen.
A View from the Gallery – producer Barry Letts and vision mixer Mike Catherwood talk about the art of vision mixing on a multi-camera studio show like Doctor Who.
Nationwide – a report from a primary school on the day they took delivery of a Dalek, first prize in a Radio Times competition.
Blue Peter – presenter Peter Purves remembers his time as a companion to William Hartnell’s Doctor and is joined in the studio by a trio of Daleks.
Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story.

Disk 2

4 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio (Special Edition).
The Making of Day of the Daleks – Special Edition – producer Steve Broster guides us through the creation of his Special Edition of this story. With voice artiste Nicholas Briggs, audio engineer Mark Ayres, cameraman John Kelly, Dalek builder Toby Chamberlain, UNIT soldier Kevan Looseley and Ogron Nick Nicholson.
Now and Then – the latest instalment of our long-running series revisits the locations used in Day of the Daleks to see how much or little they have changed over the years. Narrated by Toby Hadoke.
The UNIT Family – Part Two – the second instalment of our series looking at the Doctor’s years on Earth as scientific advisor to the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce and the strong family bonds created during that time. With Katy Manning, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, actors Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin and Fernanda Marlowe, stuntman Derek Ware.
The UNIT Dating Conundrum – over the years, many fans have tried to rationalise the chronological setting of the UNIT stories from clues within the narrative, despite the obstacles seemingly put in their way by the production team. Narrator Toby Hadoke explains why dating the stories is so difficult, assisted by Terrance Dicks, Dave Owen, Nicholas Briggs and Ben Aaronovitch.
The Cheating Memory – Special Edition producer Steve Broster tries to discover why the reality of Day of the Daleks doesn’t quite live up to the memory he has of first seeing it, aged six. With psychologist Dr. Sarita Robinson, Nicholas Briggs and Ben Aaronovitch.

Colony in Space
Release Date: 3rd or 24th October 2011 (available for pre-order)

Starring Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who, with Katy Manning as Jo Grant
Written by Malcolm Hulke
Directed by Michael Briant

Broadcast: 10th April - 15 May 1971

The Time Lords discover that the Master has stolen their secret file on the Doomsday Weapon and decide to send the Doctor to retrieve it for them.

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Jo to the desolate planet Uxarieus in the year 2472. There they become involved in a dispute between some beleaguered colonists and the crew of an Interplanetary Mining Corporation (IMC) spaceship over the ownership rights to the planet. The Doctor learns that the indigenous Primitives and their High Priests worship a large machine tended by a creature called the Guardian.

The single disc release features remastered versions of all six episodes, and includes the restoration of four seconds of material missing from the original VHS release of the story.

Special Features

Commentary - cast members Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Bernard Kay (Caldwell), Morris Perry (Dent), plus Michael Briant (director), Terrance Dicks (script editor), and Graeme Harper (assistant floor manager); moderated by Toby Hadoke
IMC Needs You! - documentary on the making of the story, featuring Katy Manning, Bernard Kay, Michael Briant, Graeme Harper, plus producer Barry Letts.
From the Cutting Room Floor - trims from the location and model filming, including annotations
Coming Soon - a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release
Programme subtitles
Subtitle Production Notes
Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story
Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format

The BBFC have passed a trailer for a 2012 boxed set, The UNIT Box; no other details are known about this at present.

The remaining stories involving the Doctor's "earth-based family" that have yet to be announced include The Ambassadors of Death, The Mind of Evil, The Daemons, Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Terror of the Zygons and The Android Invasion.

Meanwhile, the Classic Doctor Who team have continued to keep readers appraised with the developments on future releases over Twitter (summary over the last month detailed below). This includes a new feed dedicated to the Restoration Team, which can be followed on Twitter via @RTnewsfeed.

11 Jul Ed Stradling: Article on March's filming of the #doctorwho Android Invasion DVD here

http://t.co/5zaHIXR

11 Jul ClassicDW: Lee Binding provides first drafts of R1 and R2 COLONY IN SPACE sleeves.

12 Jul ClassicDW: A lot of Qs coming in re REVISITATIONS 4. No current plans for this.

Are there other early releases buyers would like to see revisited?

13 Jul Ed Stradling: starting prep work today on an obituary #doctorwho DVD feature for Barry Letts

14 Jul ClassicDW: Signed off enjoyable doc about DEATH TO THE DALEKS from Chris Chapman

14 Jul Chris Chapman: Have just been commissioned to put together a VERY exciting making-of!

14 Jul Chris Chapman: Anyone ever hear what became of the small boy in Reign of Terror -

Peter Walker? He'd be nearly 60 now and we're trying to track him down!

15 Jul RTnewsfeed: Gearing up for heavy workload next week, delivering VAM packages for

four Doctor Who releases. Two full days in grading at TV Centre!

17 Jul RTnewsfeed: Busy times ahead for the Restoration Team's Mark Ayres with two

new 5.1 surround mixes commissioned.

18 Jul RTnewsfeed: The RT's Steve Roberts sitting down to edit Hon Sarah Ward's meeting

with Michael Aspel for a future release.

20 Jul ClassicDW: Finished stock for the SUN MAKERS has just arrived! That was early!!

20 Jul RTnewsfeed: The RT's Steve Roberts is sitting in a grading suite at TV Centre with

colourist Paul Warren, grading VAM for Nightmare of Eden.

21 Jul Mark Ayres: Commentaries for #drwho #doctorwho The Sensorites DVD uploaded to

ClassicDW for checking. Hopefully he'll just tick the box!

21 Jul ClassicDW: Rough of SENSORITES commentary in from Mark Ayres. That's much of

Thursday all used up!! Lovely to hear W.Russell &amp; C.A.Ford together.

21 Jul Chris Chapman: DVD of Colony in Space due out in October - featuring my next

Who documentary 'IMC Needs You!' lots of lovely quarry anecdotes!

22 Jul Ed Stradling: A RTnewsfeed ClassicDW grading day at BBC TV Centre - various extras

for #drwho Dragonfire, H Patrol &amp; Face of Evil. http://t.co/UxLMJBl

22 Jul RTnewsfeed: The Sensorites DVD commentaries signed off. Audio files

ftp'd from Mark Ayres to Peter Crocker for layback to video masters.

25 Jul Ed Stradling: Watched good DVD feature by Thomas Guerrier on Sun Makers

DVD. Excellent use of clips.

26 Jul Chris Chapman: The mystery of Peter R Newman, eh? Hey... that might make a

good subject for a DVD documentary...

28 Jul Mark Ayres: DVD commentary for #drwho #doctorwho The Face of Evil submitted to

ClassicDW for review. It contains the word "fettling"

28 Jul ClassicDW: Rough version of THE FACE OF EVIL comm in from Mark Ayres. Sounds like

a tremendous full studio: "I'm out to kill Leela!"

28 Jul Mark Ayres: "Fettling" passed muster; Face of Evil DVD masters uploaded

to ftp. I will now attempt to take a couple of weeks off #drwho

28 Jul ClassicDW: What a troupe! @Tobyhadoke and team at the comm recording for

COLONY IN SPACE. #DoctorWho http://t.co/uHgrUv3

28 Jul ClassicDW: Oh, DAY OF THE DALEKS Disc 2 is WONDERFUL!!!

1 Aug Steve Roberts: A day of ClassicDW paperwork awaits. Writing up asset notes for

four titles delivering very soon!

1 Aug Steve Roberts: Paperwork just about done, pending Ed getting his ass into gear

and delivering his clearance forms. ;)

2 Aug Chris Chapman: Ok, fingers crossed that August 31st works for all my interviewees-

if so, that'll be my filming day for Greatest Show and Reign.

2 Aug Chris Chapman: Am wondering if I can squeeze 10 interviews into a day...

normally do nine... my brain may bubble out by the end... aw, go on!

5 Aug Ed Stradling: Some more graphics &amp; editing today on that political #doctorwho

feature for happiness patrol dvd

8 Aug Ed Stradling: Looking through long interview with Nick Courtney and Tom Baker

which Michael McManus did last year. So many funny but un-usable gags from Tom!

FILTER: - UK - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

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George Baker 1931-2011

DVD release/production roundup

Dinosaurs invade Riverside!

Day of the Daleks - feature clips

Double Invasion due in January - Updated

Day of the Daleks preview: Alister Pearson print

Anne Ridler

Noel Collins 1937-2011

DVD development update

UK DVD release update

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