New Beginnings Box Set. Contains three stories: The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, and Castrovalva.
Serial: 5T Episode Nos. 552, 553, 554, and 555. Title: The Keeper of Traken
The Keeper of Traken presides over the most harmonious empire the universe
has ever known. With his time of death nearing, the Keeper senses an
all-pervading evil encroaching on Traken, and to combat it, he asks the Doctor
to come to Traken.
Once there, the Doctor and Adric find themselves almost immediately framed for
the disturbances that have been happening by a force of evil living inside an
apparantly calcified statue... a force the Doctor knows all too well.
This story sees the debut of Sarah Sutton as Nyssa and the reintroduction of the Master, here played by Geoffrey Beevers.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, and Geoffrey Beevers as the Master. Written by Johnny Byrne, Executive Produced by Barry Letts, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by John Black.
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DVD Features:
- Digitally restored and remastered pictures and sound.
- Graphical menus, episode selection, and scene selection features.
- Commentary track by writer Johnny Byrne and actors Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), and Anthony Ainley
(Tremas/The Master). This commentary was recorded a few years ago and is unique in that it features Anthony Ainley in
the only DVD commentary he recorded before his death in 2004.
- Information Text: pop-up production information subtitles that play throughout the story.
- Subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- “Sarah Sutton on Swap Shop” An 11-minute appearance by Sarah Sutton on Noel Edmunds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop from 1981,
when The Keeper of Traken was being broadcast.
- “The Return of the Master” A new featurette about the reintroduction of the Master in this story, with interviews with actor
Geoffrey Beevers (Melkur/the Master), script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, and director John Black. 10 minutes in length.
- “Being Nice to Each Other” A new featurette on the general making of this story, with interviews with actors Sarah Sutton (Nyssa),
Sheila Ruskin (Kassia), Geoffrey Beevers (Melkur/The Master), writer Johnny Byrne, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead,
and director John Black. 30 minutes in length.
- Trails and Continuities. Plays 6 minutes worth of the trailers and other BBC announcements that preceded or followed each episode
as it was originally broadcast in 1981.
- Photo Gallery. An 8 minute presentation of photographic stills of the production.
- Doctor Who Annual 1982 and Radio Times billings. If you place this DVD in the DVD-ROM drive of a computer, you can access
these .pdf files which contain the full text of the 1982 Doctor Who Annual and the Radio Times program guide listings for this story.
- Isolated Music Option. Select this and the episodes will play with only the incidental music score playing.
- 1 Easter Egg. Highlight the invisible text section below to see what it is and how to find it.
- Keep
watching episode 4 all the way through the closing credits. When they’re done, a dedication to the
memory of Anthony
Ainley
appears, plus a small clip of him as the Master taken from the 1997 PC game
“Destiny of the Doctors,” which
he recorded links for.
Most of the rest of these links will appear on the forthcoming DVD of
the story Survival.
- This DVD starts with an advertisement for the Doctor Who Series 2 box set that lasts 34 seconds, but you can skip through it with your
remote if you wish.
Serial: 5V Episode Nos. 556, 557, 558, and 559. Title: Logopolis
Still bothered by the events on Traken, the Doctor decides to make his
TARDIS work like the Master's did and repair it's
chameleon circuit, the device that should allow it to change it's outer
shape. What the Doctor fails to realize, however, is that
his plans have been anticipated by a newly regenerated Master, who secrets his
TARDIS within the Doctor's so that he will be taken along to the alien city of
well...
This story sees the departure of Tom Baker as Doctor Who, and the debut of
Janet Fielding as Tegan and Anthony Ainley
as the Master.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan, and Anthony Ainley as the Master. Written by Christopher H. Bidmead, Executive Produced by Barry Letts, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Peter Grimwade.
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DVD Features:
- Digitially restored and remastered pictures and sound.
- Graphical menus, episode selection, and scene selection features.
- Commentary track by actors Tom Baker (Doctor Who) and Janet Fielding (Tegan), and writer/script editor Christopher H. Bidmead.
- Information Text: pop-up production information subtitles that play throughout the story.
- “A New Body at Last”. A new 50 minute documentary about the departure of Tom Baker from the title role and the introduction of
Peter Davison in it. Features interviews with Tom Baker and Peter Davison (the Doctors), actors Matthew Waterhouse (Adric),
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), and Adrian Gibbs (the Watcher), writer/script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, and directors John Black
and Peter Moffatt. It also has a few archival clips the producer, the late John Nathan-Turner.
- “Nationwide – Tom Baker” Tom Baker’s 4-1/2 minute appearance on the BBC news magazine series “Nationwide” made when it
was announced that he was leaving the series.
- “Nationwide – Peter Davison” Peter Davison’s 4-minute appearance on the same show not long after when it was announced he’d be
taking over.
- “Pebble Mill at One – Peter Davison” Peter Davison’s 12-minute appearance on this BBC magazine show where he’s asked about
what his costume will be like, and where some children get to ask him questions about how he’ll play the part.
- News Items. A 2-minute compilation of news clips that announced the Tom Baker departure, the Peter Davison arrival, and also
Tom Baker’s marriage to former companion Lalla Ward.
- Continuities. Plays 2 minutes worth of the trailers and other BBC announcements that preceded or followed each episode
as it was originally broadcast in 1981.
- Photo Gallery. A 5-minute presentation of photographic stills of the production.
- Doctor Who Annual 1982 and Radio Times billings. If you place this DVD in the DVD-ROM drive of a computer, you can access
these .pdf files which contain the full text of the 1982 Doctor Who Annual and the Radio Times program guide listings for this story.
- Isolated Music Option. Select this and the episodes will play with only the incidental music score playing.
- This DVD starts with an advertisement for the BBC’s new Robin Hood box set that lasts 1 minute, but you can skip through it with your
remote if you wish.
Serial: 5Z Episode Nos. 560, 561, 562, and 563. Title: Castrovalva
The Doctor's regeneration is failing, and so he retreats to a restorative
chamber within the TARDIS known as the Zero Room. Meanwhile, the Master
has abducted Adric and uses his computational abilities to power an illusory
Adric who pilots the TARDIS towards the Big Bang. Later, when the Zero
Room is destroyed, Nyssa and Tegan attempt to
take the
Doctor to the planet Castrovalva, a place that supposedly has similar
restorative powers, not knowing that the Master is
again watching their every move...
This story sees the debut of Peter Davison as the Doctor.
starring Peter Davison as the Doctor, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan, and Anthony Ainley as the Master. Written by Christopher H. Bidmead, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Fiona Cumming.
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transmitted from
DVD Features:
- Digitially restored and remastered pictures and sound.
- Graphical menus, episode selection, and scene selection features.
- Commentary track by actors Peter Davison (the Doctor) and Janet Fielding (Tegan), writer/script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, and
director Fiona Cumming.
- “Swap Shop – Peter Davison” A 21-minute appearance by Peter Davison on Noel Edmunds’ Multi-Coloured Swap Shop from 1982,
when Castrovalva was being broadcast.
- “Blue Peter – Peter Davison” A 9-minute segment from a 1982 edition of the children’s magazine show Blue Peter that includes an
appearance by Peter Davison.
- “Directing Castrovalva” A new 11-minute interview with this story’s director, Fiona Cumming.
- “Being Doctor Who” A new 14-minute interview with Peter Davison sharing his thoughts on the role.
- “The Crowded TARDIS” A new 11-minute featurette about the increase in the number of companions in this period to three,
featuring interviews with actors Tom Baker, Peter Davison, and Sarah Sutton, director John Black, and script editor
Christopher H. Bidmead.
- Deleted Scenes. Plays 2 deleted scenes from this story. Lasts 1 minute.
- Continuities. Plays 5-1.2 minutes worth of the trailers and other BBC announcements that preceded or followed each episode
as it was originally broadcast in 1982.
- Theme Music Video. Plays a compilation of footage from the late Tom Baker and Peter Davison title sequences to the accompaniment
of a newly remastered edition of the theme music from this era, arranged by Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop,
and remastered by Mark Ayres. You get the option to listen in either Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby 2.0 Stereo.
(There was an authoring fault in the Region 2 edition of this disc where the Dolby 5.1 sound was left out by mistake. This has
been corrected for this, the North American Region 1 edition.)
- Photo Gallery. A 5-minute presentation of photographic stills of the production.
- Doctor Who Annual 1982 and Radio Times billings. If you place this DVD in the DVD-ROM drive of a computer, you can access
these .pdf files which contain the full text of the 1982 Doctor Who Annual and the Radio Times program guide listings for this story.
- Isolated Music Option. Select this and the episodes will play with only the incidental music score playing.
- 1 Easter Egg. Highlight the invisible text area below to see what it is and how to find it.
- On the main menu, highlight the
“Audio Options” selection and then press the left arrow. The Doctor
Who logo on the top
left of the screen will become highlighted. Select this and you will see a very short
segment of footage from a 1981
first public appearance in costume as the Doctor.
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This DVD starts with an advertisement for the Complete Series 2 Box Set, but
this is skippable with your remote.