Number of Discs: 1
DVD Number: BBCDVD2431
Certification: PG
Duration: 100 minutes
Release Date: 15 Sept. 2008
The Doctor has returned Tegan to 1981 – the right time, but the wrong place.
The TARDIS has landed on a massive spaceship four days away from Earth. It is the domain of Monarch, a scientific genius of almost god-like power. Monarch rules over three billion of his species, as well as a group of apparently immortal humans from Earth’s history. What part has he played in Earth’s past, and what are his plans for the future? Will he save humanity from itself, or be its destroyer?
It’s four to doomsday, and the Doctor has no time to lose finding out.
Commentary
Commentary by Peter Davison (The Doctor), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), John Black (Director).
Studio Recording
Peter Davison’s first day in the studio as the Doctor is documented in this unique studio recording recovered from the personal archive of the producer, the late John Nathan-Turner. (27’11 | 4:3 | 1981)
Saturday Night at the Mill
Peter Davison’s appearance on the Saturday night magazine programme on Boxing Day, 1980. Interviewed by Bob Langley, with a brief appearance by Davison’s then-wife Sandra Dickinson. (14’25” | 4:3 | 1980)
Theme Music Video
A brand new remix of Peter Howell’s version of the theme music for the series, exclusively remixed from the original multitrack master. Option to listen to the music in either stereo (default) or Dolby Digital 5.1 surround versions. This feature made a previous appearance on Castrovalva in the New Beginnings Boxset, but the 5.1 mix was inadvertently omitted. (3’34” | 4:3 | 2007)
Radio Times Billings
Listings for this story from the BBC magazine Radio Times in PDF format.
Photo Gallery
Production, design and publicity photos from the story. (6’37” | 4:3 | 2008)
Production Subtitles
Text commentary by Richard Molesworth providing cast details, script development and other information related to the production of this story.
Coming Soon
A preview of The War Machines DVD. Duration: 1’06”. The trailer for this story is available on The Trial of a Time Lord DVD.
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