Serial: 6E Episode Nos. 586, 587, 588, and 589. Title: Arc of Infinity
A creature composed of anti-matter attempts to physically bond with the
Doctor. The threat of cataclysm this brings about forces the Time Lords
to recall him to Gallifrey, where they intend to
prevent the full bonding by taking the Doctor's life. Tegan, meanwhile,
has found the creature on Earth in
starring Peter Davison as the Doctor, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, and Janet Fielding as Tegan. Written by Johnny Byrne, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Ron Jones.
Originally transmitted from
DVD Details:
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All four episodes of the story, with digitally restored
pictures and sound.
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Graphical menus, episode selection, and scene selection
features.
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Commentary track by actors Peter Davison (the Doctor),
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan), and
Colin Baker (Commander Maxil in this story, but more
famous for later playing the Sixth Doctor)
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“Anti-Matter From Amsterdam”
A new 35-minute documentary about
the making of this story, hosted by Sophie Aldred. Features interviews with script editor Eric Saward, writer Johnny Byrne, actors Peter Davison, Sarah
Sutton, Ian Collier (Omega), Alastair Cumming (Colin
Frazer), Colin Baker, and Paul Jerricho (the
Castellan).
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“The Omega
Factor” A
new 15-minute documentary about the character of Omega as presented throughout
the series. Features interviews with
writers Bob Baker (writer of The Three
Doctors), Johnny Byrne (writer of Arc
of Infinity), and Nev Fountain (writer of the Big
Finish audio Doctor Who – Omega),
and actors Stephen Thorne (Omega in The Three Doctors),
and Ian Collier (Omega in Arc of Infinity).
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Deleted Scenes - A 3-minute package of about 11 deleted
scenes.
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“Under Arc Lights” – A 12-minute
package of video recorded by the main studio cameras between takes.
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CGI Effects - An option that plays the story with
many of the original video effects replaced with newly-made computer generated
ones.
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Continuities – A 3-minute package of the BBC’s
previews and introductions for this story on its original broadcast in 1983.
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Isolated Music Option – Plays the story with only
the incidental music score playing.
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Photo Gallery – An 8-minute package of still
photographs taken during production.
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Doctor Who Annual 1983 and Radio Times Listings. These
are pdf files of these publications readable by any
DVD-ROM drive on a PC.
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Coming Soon Trailer – A 1-minute trailer for the
forthcoming DVD of The Time Warrior,
available in
- Subtitles for the hearing impaired.
