Serial: 7G Episode Nos. 673, 674, and 675. Title: Dragonfire
The Doctor goes hunting for a dragon's treasure, rumored to be somewhere in the depths of
Iceworld, a space trading colony on the frozen side of Svartos. What he doesn't know is that
his search is being monitored by Kane, the criminal ruler of Iceworld, who seeks the treasure
for a sinister purpose....
This story marks the departure of Bonnie Langford as Melanie and the debut
of Sophie Aldred as Ace.
starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, Bonnie Langford as Melanie, Sophie Aldred as Ace,
and Tony Selby as Glitz.
Written by Ian Briggs, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Chris Clough.
Originally
transmitted from
DVD Features:
- All 3
episodes of the story digitally remastered and
restored.
- Graphical menus, episode and scene
selection features, and subtitles for the hearing
impaired.
- Optional commentary track with a rotation of contributors. They are actors Sophie Aldred
and Edward Peel (Kane), director Chris Clough, writer Ian
Briggs, script editor Andrew
Cartmel,
and incidental music composer Dominic Glynn. Moderated by
Mark Ayres.
- Information Text subtitles
option. Displays
pop-up production trivia throughout the story.
- Fire and
Ice. A 35-minute making-of featurette, featuring interviews with most of the
commentary
contributors, plus Sylvester McCoy.
- Deleted and
Extended Scenes. A 10-minute package of
36 deleted or trimmed scenes
from throughout
the story.
- The Doctor's Strange Love. A 16-minute discussion between young
professional writers
Simon Guerrier (of Big Finish Doctor Who audios), Josie Long (British
TV writer), and
Joe Lidster (from The Sarah Jane Adventures and Torchwood)
about what they thought
of this story.
- The Big Bang
Theory. A 13-minute featurette where Danny Hargreaves, the practical
effects designer
on the new Doctor Who series compares
and contrasts his work with
some of the
bigger explosions shown in the classic series.
- Photo Gallery. Plays 5 minutes worth of still photos taken during the production.
- Isolated
Music Option. Plays
the episodes with only the incidental music track playing.
- Coming Soon
trailer for Death to the Daleks. 2 minutes.
- PDF Materials. Place this disc into a computer and you can
have a look at the Radio
Times billing for this story from 1987.
