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Serial: F  Episode Nos. 27,28,29, and 30.  Title: The Aztecs

When the TARDIS arrives within the tomb of an Aztec High Priest, Barbara is mistaken as his reincarnation and hailed as a goddess by the Aztecs.  She decides against the Doctor's instructions to try to end the Aztecs' tradition of human sacrifice in hopes this will save their civilization, but in doing so she places all their lives at risk when the High Priest of Sacrifice turns
against her.

starring William Hartnell as Dr. Who, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman.  Written by John Lucarotti, Associate Produced by Mervyn Pinfield, Produced by Verity Lambert, and Directed by John Crockett.

Originally transmitted from 23 May 1964 to 13 June 1964 on BBC1.

The DVD features for this title are as follows:

- Graphical menus, episode selection features, and scene selection features.

- VidFIRE video-look processing of all 4 episodes. VidFIRE is a computer process developed by the BBC Restoration Team that restores the original almost-live videotape look that these episodes had when first shown in the UK. For more information on the process, visit www.restoration-team.co.uk and click the VidFIRE icon. Please realize that this truly is a _restoration_ technique that really does return the episodes to near the state they were in when first broadcast. (I’ve seen it myself now and it looks fantastic, almost like it was shot very recently.) More routine restoration of the film has also been applied.

- Commentary by actors William Russell (Ian Chesterton), Carole Ann Ford (Susan), and Producer Verity Lambert.

- “Remembering the Aztecs” - 28 minutes of new interviews with three of the guest cast from the story (Ian Cullen who played Ixta, Walter Randall who played Tonila, and John Ringham who played Tlotoxl.)

- “Cortez and Montezuma” – a 6 minute BBC educational feature from 1970 briefly describing the real-life Aztec civilization.

- “Restoring the Aztecs” 8 minute feature about the restoration work done to the film prints.

- TARDIS-Cam No. 3, from the BBC online website for Doctor Who.

- Intro sequences. There are six different introductions from the newly-interviewed members of the guest cast that randomly play at the beginning when you select the “Play All” feature on the main menu.

- Pop-up production notes subtitle commentary

- “Designing the Aztecs” 25 minute new interview feature with Barry Newbery, the production designer on the serial, featuring many photographs from his own collection.

- “Making Cocoa” – a South Park-style animated featurette starring Tlotoxl and Tonila from the story, where they tell you how the Aztecs made cocoa.

- An Arabic-language alternate soundtrack on the fourth episode, salvaged from the 1960s overseas syndication package, which also features different incidental music from the original.

- Photo gallery.

- Who’s Who actors biographies

- 1 Easter Egg. To know how to access it and what it is, highlight the following blank space: Go to the “Special Features” menu. Stay on the first page of this, and move down to the selection marked “Intro Sequences.” Once there, press your left arrow and a Doctor Who logo will appear and be highlighted. Click on this and you will see the “Distributed by BBC TV Enterprises” closing trailer that was used on overseas syndicated film prints of BBC shows in the 1960s, like this one.