The Espace Trilogy
Number of DVDs: 3
DVD Number: BBCDVD1835
Certification: PG
Duration: 300 minutes
Release Date: 26 Jan. 2009
Full Circle
The Doctor discovers the TARDIS has fallen into E-Space, an alternate universe, and landed on the planet Alzarius. The Doctor and Romana find its only inhabitants are living on a vast, crashed spaceship they have been repairing for generations to return to their home planet, Terradon. But Mistfall, a mythical time of terror, is coming again to Alzarius, and an eerie menace is rising out of the misty marshes. But why have huge poisonous spiders begun to appear in the Alzarian food supply? And what is the secret of the strange marshmen? The Doctor and Romana must solves these riddles and more if they are to have any chance of returning to their own universe.
State of Decay
Searching for a way out of E-Space, The Doctor and Romana, joined by a young stowaway, land on a planet eerily similar to Medieval Earth. Its people live in fear, under the thumb of the Three Who Rule, cruel lords who suppress all learning to keep their subjects ignorant and helpless. The Doctor falls in with a group of rebels and discovers a cache of advanced technology banned by the Three Who Rule. But who are these ruthless monarchs? Meeting the lords and exploring their tower, he and Romana uncover a chilling secret. The Doctor realises an ancient evil is rising once again, a terrible threat to the universe fought by his own race long ago, and one that only he can destroy now.
Warriors’ Gate
A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS while The Doctor is searching for a way out of E-Space. It steers them to a white void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a sinister spaceship. The void is actually a gateway to the past and future, a cosmic mirror guarded by axe-wielding robots. And the creature that brought them here is Biroc, a Tharil, a race doomed to be hunted and enslaved. Biroc seeks freedom for his people, while the captain of the spaceship seeks escape from the alternative universe — and will kill every Tharil he holds to break free. The gateway offers the only exit, but the void is contracting. Are The Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity in E-Space
Full Circle
- Commentary by Matthew Waterhouse, writer Andrew Smith and script or Christopher H. Bidmead.
- ‘All Aboard the Starliner’– cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
- K9 in E-Space – a look at the robot dog’s role in the E-Space arc. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, script or Christopher H Bidmead, writers Andrew Smith and Terrance Dicks.
- Swap Shop – Noel Edmonds chats to Matthew Waterhouse and takes calls from viewers of the Saturday morning entertainment show after Waterhouse’s first appearance as Adric.
- ‘E-Space – Fact or Fiction?’– Could E-Space really exist? A look at the science behind the concept of Exo-Space featuring script or Christopher H Bidmead, visual effects designer (and Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society) Mat Irvine, authors Stephen Baxter and Paul Parsons, planetary scientist Dr Andrew Ball and astronomer and television presenter Sir Patrick Moore.
- Continuity – BBC continuity announcements from the original transmission.
- Photo Gallery
- Isolated Score
- Coming Soon
- PDF Material
- Programme Subtitles
- Subtitle Production Notes
State of Decay
- Commentary by Matthew Waterhouse, director Peter M offatt and writer Terrance Dicks
- ‘The Vampire Lovers’ – cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
- Film Trims – mute 35mm film trims from the model effects filming for the story, featuring alternative takes of the Tower and the scout ship staking the Great Vampire.
- ‘Leaves of Blood’ – a history of Vampires in literary fiction featuring authors Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Gallagher, Kim Newman, Pete Crowther, Simon Clark, Alison L R Davies, Chris Fowler and vampire specialist Dr Tina Rath.
- ‘The Blood Show’ – a fascinating insight into the use and meaning of blood in society and culture.
- ‘The Frayling Reading’ – cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling looks at State of Decay with reference to the vampire stories of film and literature.
- Continuity – BBC continuity announcements from the original transmission.
- Photo Gallery
- Isolated Score
- Coming Soon
- PDF Material
- Programme Subtitles
- Subtitle Production Notes
Warriors’ Gate
- Commentary by Lalla Ward and John Leeson, director Paul Joyce, script or Christopher H Bidmead and visual effects designer Mat Irvine.
- ‘The Dreaming’ – cast and crew look back at the troubled making of this story.
- ‘The Boy with the Golden Star’ – actor Matthew Waterhouse looks back on his time on the show.
- ‘Lalla’s Wardrobe’ – a trip through Romana’s time on the show via the medium of the many costumes actress Lalla Ward wore along the way. It’s a one- off Frockumentary like you’ve never seen before.
- Extended and Deleted Scenes – missing scenes from an earlierof ep. two.
- Continuity – BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
- Photo Gallery
- Isolated Score
- Easter Egg – Mat Irvine talks about the Gundan axes and his own on-screen role in Warriors’ Gate.
- Coming Soon
- PDF Material
- Programme Subtitles
- Subtitle
- Production Notes
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