The Visitation
Number of Discs: 1
DVD Number: BBCDVD1144
Certification: PG
Duration: 95 minutes
Release Date: 19 Jan. 2004
England, 1666 – the darkest days of the Great Plague. When The Doctor and his companions step from the TARDIS into a land gripped by fear and mistrust, they soon discover that they are not the only new arrivals. Strange lights have been seen in the sky, the Grim Reaper stalks the local woods, and evidence of advanced technology is all around…
- Commentary from Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse and Peter M offatt
- Directing Who: Peter M offatt – a featurette about the work of the directorof this and several other Doctor Who stories
- Writing a Final Visitation – Author Eric Saward discusses the origins of this, his début script for Doctor Who
- Scoring The Visitation – Composer Paddy Kingsland discusses in detail his musical score
- Film Trims – Additional shots and dialogue that were cut from the finished episodes before transmission
- Music-only Option – Allows the viewer to listen to Paddy Kingsland’s specially-composed score on an isolated music track
- Production Subtitles
- Photo Gallery
- Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
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