Genesis of the Daleks DVD
Number of Discs: 2
DVD Number: BBCDVD1813
Certification: PG
Duration: 150 minutes
Release Date: 10 Apr 2006
The Doctor’s own people – the Time Lords – have foreseen a time in which The Daleks dominate all other lifeforms in the universe. So disturbing is this possibility, that they break their own Laws of Time in an attempt to change the future. And who better to send on this quest than their own renegade number – The Doctor.
Unwillingly transported into the fields and trenches of a battle-exhausted Skaro, The Doctor must face his most dangerous mission ever – to prevent The Daleks from ever being created.
Disc 1
Commentary
Commentary by Tom Baker (The Doctor), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah-Jane Smith), Peter Miles (Nyder), David Maloney (Director).
Production Subtitles
Text commentary by Richard Molesworth providing cast details, script development and other information related to the production of this story.
Disc 2
Genesis of a Classic
A special documentary looking at the making of the story with contributions from many of the cast and crew members who were involved in the creation of this much-loved story. Interviewees include executive producer Barry Letts, producer Philip Hinchcliffe, outgoing script editor Terrance Dicks, director David Maloney, actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Peter Miles, Guy Siner, James Garbutt, Dennis Chinnery and the late Michael Wisher, sound-effects guru Dick Mills, Dalek voice artist Roy Skelton, Dalek operators Cy Town and John Scott Martin, lighting director Duncan Brown, visual effects designer Peter Day, and makeup artist Sylvia James. Edited by Adi Denney. Produced by Ian Levine. Duration: 62’00”
The Dalek Tapes
A documentary which looks at the history of the Daleks and covers all of their appearances in the ‘classic series’. It includes many rare Dalek-related clips from other programmes, including Blue Peter and Vision-On and is narrated by Terry Molloy, the actor who portrayed Davros in the later stories. Interviewees include actors Anneke Wills and Terry Molloy, producer Philip Hinchcliffe, directors Richard Martin, Timothy Combe, David Maloney, Ken Grieve and Graeme Harper, writers and script editors Terrance Dicks and Eric Saward, designer Derek Dodd, Dalek operator Cy Town, film critic Kim Newman, voice artists Royce Mills, Roy Skelton and Nicholas Briggs, visual effects designer Peter Day, and fan viewers Andrew Beech and Ian McLachlan. Narrated by Terry Molloy. Produced by John Kelly. Duration: 53’00”
Blue Peter
An item from March 1975 featuring a young viewer’s Doctor Who models. This item was shown during the original transmission of ‘Genesis’ and includes several shots of the Blue Peter team being inserted into the model sets by the magic of colour separation overlay! Duration: 7’00”
Continuity
A selection of off-air continuity announcements and in-vision items from some of the original and repeat transmissions of this story on the BBC.
Radio Times Billings
Illustrations, articles and episode listings for this story from the BBC magazine Radio Times in PDF format.
The Doctor Who Annual 1976
In the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s The Doctor Who Annual was published every year in time for the Christmas market, and made an excellent stocking-filler! Now many of the annuals are collectors items. The Doctor Who Annual from 1976 is presented on this DVD in its entirety.
Photo Gallery
Production and behind-the-scenes stills from the making of the story.
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