Master Plan Clip on BBC News

Thursday, 15 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
A clip from The Daleks' Master Plan 2 can be found on the BBC News website, part of a BBC News article on the recovery of the episode (see below). Clips from the recovered episode were also shown this evening on BBC London.




FILTER: - Classic Series

Pyramids in Australia

Saturday, 10 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
According to BBC Worldwide, Pyramids of Mars has been scheduled for DVD release in Australia in June 2004. (Thanks to Dwayne Bunney)




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

Enemy of the World Photonovel

Thursday, 8 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
BBCi has begun another photonovel on the official Doctor Who site, this time the lost Patrick Troughton serial The Enemy of the World. Their photonovel series are camera-shots from the original television broadcasts, the only visual evidence from the episodes that have since been purged. Check it out!




FILTER: - Online - Classic Series

Pyramids Update

Thursday, 8 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
BBCi has noted confirmation of the "Pyramids of Mars" DVD for March, the details of which were announced at theRestoration Team site in early December.




FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Canada BBC Kids Update

Thursday, 8 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
The BBC Kids network in Canada has picked up the Peter Davison era package; they will begin broadcasting these stories on February 16 in the early hours (1:00am), with two back-to-back episodes every weeknights. Complete stories will run Saturday & Sunday nights at the same time starting February 21. (The package does not include "Earthshock," "The Five Doctors" and "Resurrection of the Daleks" because they are "not currently available for broadcast," likely due to the ongoing negotiations with the Nation estate.) (Thanks to Graeme Burk)




FILTER: - Canada - Classic Series - Broadcasting

Visitation DVD in Australia

Thursday, 8 January 2004 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
ABC Australia confirms here that the DVD of The Visitation is due out there in April. (Thanks to Justin Watson)




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

Dinsdale Landen

Monday, 29 December 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Dinsdale Landen, who played Dr. Judson in "The Curse of Fenric" and was a veteran of British stage, TV and film, died this weekend from cancer at his home in Norfolk. His TV roles, besides Doctor Who, included "All Creatures Great and Small," "The Avengers" and "Lovejoy"; he also claimed a huge repetoire on the stage, where he was nominated for a prestigious Olivier Award for his role in the West End play "Alphabetical Order". He was 71. Read the BBC news article about his passing here. (Thanks to Steve Freestone, Paul Hayes)




FILTER: - Obituary - Classic Series

Alfred Lynch

Tuesday, 23 December 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Alfred Lynch (Commander Millington in "The Curse of Fenric") passed away due to cancer December 16; read the obithere. (Thanks to Bill Spiby, Matthew Kilburn)




FILTER: - Obituary - Classic Series

Pyramids Confirmed Extras

Tuesday, 23 December 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
The British Board of Film Classification website lists over 94 minutes of confirmed extras for the forthcoming DVD release of Pyramids of Mars. While this has already been reported, the following is actually the official list itself from the BBFC site:

00:06:42:18 | OH MUMMY - SUTEKH'S STORY
00:07:50:12 | NOW AND THEN - THE LOCATIONS OF PYRAMIDS OF MARS
00:10:45:00 | PYRAMIDS OF MARS - THE GALLERY
00:02:24:23 | EASTER EGG
00:02:55:04 | DELETED SCENES
00:22:07:01 | OSIRIAN GOTHIC
00:41:56:15 | SERIAL THRILLERS




FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Malcolm Clarke

Friday, 12 December 2003 - Reported by Shaun Lyon
Composer Malcolm Clarke passed away yesterday, December 11. Says Mark Ayres, himself a Doctor Who composer and current member of the Restoration Team: "Malcolm was undoubtedly one of the most colourful characters ever to work at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, joining in 1969. Fuelled by his keen interest in the visual arts, his music - always anarchic, never boring - holds a special place in my affections." Clarke composed the incidental music for seven Doctor Who stories, including the very haunting and memorable score for "The Sea Devils," the ghastly cybernetic tones of "Earthshock" and the high-seas-adventure movements of "Enlightenment," as well as "Resurrection of the Daleks," "The Twin Dilemma," "Attack of the Cybermen" and "Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids." "His work for ... 'The Sea Devils,'" says Ayres, "is a benchmark in 'doing it your own way and hang the consequences' and made a deep impression on at least one young would-be composer. His award-winning 'August 4th 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains' (1976) is a beat-perfect lesson in pure radio." Clarke was one of the last to leave the BBC Radiophonic Workshop when it was dismantled in the mid 1990's and had been studying for a PhD in music ("at last he would be qualified to do what he had spent his life successfully doing," Ayres joked). Selections from his work were made available on a variety of CDs from Silva Screen and the BBC Radio Collection. (Thanks to Mark Ayres)




FILTER: - Obituary - Classic Series