Serial: 7L Episode Nos. 680, 681, and 682. Title: The Happiness Patrol
On the planet Terra Alpha, the people are forced to be happy on pain of death on the orders of
Helen A. The Doctor decides to bring down the forces of her regime, from her Kandy Man
executioner to her enforcement squads known as the Happiness Patrol, but can he stop Ace from
disappearing in the Late Show at the Forum?
starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace. Written by Graeme Curry,
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,
director Chris
Clough, writer Graeme Curry, script editor Andrew Cartmel,
and incidental
music composer Dominic Glynn. Moderated by
Toby Hadoke.
- Information Text subtitles
option. Displays
pop-up production trivia throughout the story.
- Happiness Will Prevail. A 24-minute making-of featurette
with interviews with most of
the commentary contributors, plus actor David
John Pope (the Kandy Man).
- Deleted and Extended Scenes. A 23-minute package of 56 deleted or trimmed
scenes
from throughout the story.
- When Worlds Collide. A 46-minute featurette
about how real world politics influences
the plots of Doctor Who stories, covering every era in both the classic and new
series.
Features script editors Terrance Dicks and Andrew Cartmel,
writers Gareth Roberts,
Bob Baker, and
Graeme Curry, and journalist Steve O'Brien.
- 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 1988.
