The E-Space Trilogy
A boxed set containing three stories telling the tales of the TARDIS' marooning in the universe of E-Space...
Serial: 5R Episode Nos. 540, 541, 542, and
543. Title:
After passsing through a spatial disruption, the
TARDIS lands on a planet that the scanner says is Gallifrey. It is in reality
Alzarius, a world entering a dangerous time known as Mistfall to the people living there from the nearby crashed
Starliner.
When Mistfall comes, creatures leave the swamps and
attack those from the Starliner, and they now include
the Doctor and
Romana in their rampage of chaos...
This story sees the debut of Matthew Waterhouse as Adric.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Lalla Ward as Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and John Leeson as the Voice of K9. Written by Andrew Smith, Executive Produced by Barry Letts, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Peter Grimwade.
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DVD Features:
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All four 25-minute episodes with full restoration
treatment.
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Graphical menus, episode and scene selection features,
and subtitles for the hearing impaired.
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Optional commentary track with actor Matthew
Waterhouse, writer Andrew Smith, and
Script Editor Christopher H. Bidmead.
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Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout
the story.
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Isolated Music option.
Plays the story with only the music soundtrack playing by itself.
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“All Aboard the Starliner” 24-minute featurette
about the making of the story, featuring
interviews with actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, George
Baker (Login),
Bernard Padden (Tylos), writer Andrew Smith, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead,
film cameraman Max Samett, and an archival interview with director Peter Grimwade.
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“K9 in E-Space” A 5-minute featurette
about K9’s final three stories of the classic series,
featuring interviews with
Christopher H. Bidmead, Lalla
Ward, Andrew Smith, John Leeson,
and writer Terrance Dicks.
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“Swap Shop”
An 8-minute segment from a 1980 edition of Multi-Coloured Swap Shop where
Matthew Waterhouse was interviewed shortly after getting
the part of Adric.
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“E-Space: Fact or Fiction?” A 15-minute featurette
narrated by Sophie Aldred speculating
on the real-life possibilities
of there being other universes. Features
interviews with
Doctor Who cast
and crew, other science fiction authors, and real scientists, including
Sir Patrick Moore.
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Continuity. 3
minutes of the BBC’s introductions and trailers for the episodes on their
original
1980 broadcasts.
- Photo Gallery with Info
Text option. 6 minutes of still
photographs from the production, now with
the option to display descriptive captions as subtitles.
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Radio Times Listings.
PDF files for your computer containing the original Radio Times TV
listings for this story, as
well as some contemporaneous articles about it they ran.
Serial: 5P Episode Nos. 544, 545, 546, and
547. Title: State of
Searching for a way out of E-Space, the Doctor lands the TARDIS on a planet
with but one village near a fortress-like
Tower. In the Tower live the Three Who Rule,
oppressive Lords over all the villagers who grind them to the limit to serve
a greater master who has given the Lords the eternal life that of
vampirism. Now the Great One is ready to
awaken after a thousand years of slumber, and only the Doctor can stop it from
once again terrorizing the entire universe.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Lalla Ward as Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and John Leeson as the Voice of K9. Written by Terrance Dicks, Executive Produced by Barry Letts, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Originally transmitted from
DVD Features:
-
All four 25-minute episodes with full restoration
treatment.
-
Graphical menus, episode and scene selection features,
and subtitles for the hearing impaired.
-
Optional commentary track with actor Matthew
Waterhouse, Writer Terrance Dicks, and
Director Peter Moffatt.
-
Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout
the story.
-
Isolated Music option.
Plays the story with only the music soundtrack playing by itself.
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“The Vampire Lovers” 20-minute featurette
about the making of the story. Features
interviews
with actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, and
Clinton Greyn (Ivo), Writer
Terrance Dicks,
Script Editor
Christopher H. Bidmead, Designer Christine Ruscoe, and Director Peter Moffatt.
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Film Trims. 5
minutes of silent film from the modelwork sessions of
the Tower and the Great Vampire.
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“Leaves of Blood” 17-minute featurette
about the historical depiction of vampires in literature
including
interviews with historians and published authors such as Kim Newman.
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“The Blood Show” 10-minute featurette
about blood itself and its uses in our diets.
Has nothing
t o do with Doctor Who.
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“The Frayling
Reading” 5-minute featurette where Sir Christopher Frayling
analyzes where
State
of Decay fits into the more general mythology of vampires.
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Continuity. 4 minutes
of the BBC’s introductions and trailers for the episodes on their
original
1980 broadcasts.
- Photo Gallery with Info
Text option. 6 minutes of still
photographs from the production, now with
the option to display descriptive captions as subtitles.
-
Radio Times Listings.
PDF files for your computer containing the original Radio Times TV
listings for this story, as
well as some contemporaneous articles about it they ran.
Serial: 5S Episode Nos. 548, 549, 550, and 551. Title: Warriors' Gate
There is a place that is nowhere, where the Time Winds blow, where universes
of time and space meet.... it is called the
Gateway. It is in this place where a ship with a human crew and lion-like
time-sensitive slaves called Tharils has become
marooned between the time lines. A Tharil called
Biroc escapes and hijacks the TARDIS here too,
leading the Doctor
towards the way out of E-Space, and, he hopes, his people toward freedom....
This story sees the departure of Lalla Ward as Romana and John Leeson as the Voice of K9.
starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Lalla Ward as Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, and John Leeson as the Voice of K9. Written by Steve Gallagher, Executive Produced by Barry Letts, Produced by John Nathan-Turner, and Directed by Paul Joyce.
Originally transmitted from
DVD Features:
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All four 25-minute episodes with full restoration
treatment.
-
Graphical menus, episode and scene selection features,
and subtitles for the hearing impaired.
-
Optional commentary track with actors Lalla Ward and John Leeson,
Visual Effects Designer
Mat
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Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout
the story.
-
Isolated Music option.
Plays the story with only the music soundtrack playing by itself.
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“The Dreaming” 27-minute featurette
about the making of the story. Features
interviews with
Actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, David Weston (Biroc), and
Clifford Rose (Rorvik),
Writer Steve Gallagher, Script Editor Christopher H. Bidmead, Visual Effects Designer
Mat
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“The Boy With the Golden Star” 20-minute interview with Matthew Waterhouse
covering all
of Adric’s
stories in the series.
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“Lalla’s
Wardrobe” A 19-minute featurette about the various outfits worn by Lalla Ward as
Romana throughout the series,
with interviews with Ward herself, classic series costume
designer June Hudson, new
series costume designer Louise Page, writers Nev
Fountain and
Jonathan Morris, and some
ordinary girls in the street.
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Extended and Deleted Scenes. 4 minute assembly of eight different scenes that
were trimmed
or removed altogether from the
finished story.
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Continuity. 2
minutes of the BBC’s introductions and trailers for the episodes on their
original
1981 broadcasts.
- Photo Gallery with Info
Text option. 6 minutes of still
photographs from the production, now with
the option to display descriptive captions as subtitles.
-
Radio Times Listings.
PDF files for your computer containing the original Radio Times TV
listings for this story, as
well as some contemporaneous articles about it they ran.
