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Serial: 6P Episode Nos. 619, 620, 621, and 622. Title: Resurrection of the Daleks
The TARDIS is drawn into a time corridor and deposited on 20th century Earth near an abandoned warehouse. Inside, a bomb disposal squad is investigating alien objects stored there. They contain a virus lethal to the Daleks, who, seeking a cure for it, attack a space prison to rescue their creator Davros. Can the Doctor bring himself to destroy Davros and the Daleks this time, or will they be reborn and successfully invade the universe?
This story sees the departure of Janet Fielding as Tegan.
starring Peter Davison as the Doctor, Janet Fielding as Tegan, and Mark Strickson as Turlough. Written by Eric Saward, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Matthew Robinson.
Originally transmitted from
DVD Features:
- Graphical menus, episode selection features, and scene selection
features.
- Optional subtitles
for the hearing impared.
- Commentary track by
Peter Davison (the Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), and Director Matthew
Robinson.
- 5.1 Dolby Digital sound option – the
unusual preservation of the separate sound elements for this story made a remix
to 5.1 possible, and it was done. The
default
sound is the original mono soundtrack.. the 5.1 option
must be selected under Audio Options
- Isolated Music option – selecting this sound option plays the
story with only the incidental music playing… no dialog or sound action
is heard, just music
- TARDIS-Cam No. 4 – more visual effects of the TARDIS’
travels from the BBCi website
- Breakfast Time – a BBC morning program interviews Janet
Fielding and Producer John Nathan-Turner, and visits the BBC Radiophonic
Workshop where
they
speak to Malcolm Clarke as he is composing the music for this story.
- On Location – a newly made featurette where Director Matthew
Robinson and Script Editor Eric Saward discuss the story out in the
that
were used in the production. Elsewhere,
Producer John Nathan-Turner gives what was to be his last interview about the
series before his death in 2002.
- Optional text production commentary via subtitles
- Extended and Deleted Scenes
- BBC1 broadcast trailer for the story.
- Who’s Who – detailed biographies for the main actors in
the story
- Photo Gallery – presents still photos from the production
- Two Easter Eggs. To see how to
find them and what they are, highlight the empty area below with your mouse:
-
Egg 1: Go into the Special Features menu
and arrow down to highlight the “On Location” choice. Press the left arrow and a Doctor Who logo
will
appear and be highlighted.
Select it to see the first egg.
This egg is the studio clock countdown slate from the start of the
master tape
of episode 2, onto which a clever assistant floor manager
has drawn a couple of cute Daleks.
-
Egg 2:
Go to the second page of the Special Features menus and arrow down to
highlight the “Who’s Who” choice. Press the left arrow and that
Doctor
Who logo will appear and be highlighted again.
Select it to see the egg. This
egg is the full-length opening and closing Peter Davison
title sequence, without any credits on it. It comes from a fresh transfer off the film,
and looks exceptionally clear and sharp.
