Planet Mondas

It has now been confirmed that the classic 1967 Patrick Troughton adventure The Moonbase will be released in 2014 with the missing episodes animated. The animation is being done by Planet 55 who animated the missing episodes for the William Hartnell historical The Reign of Terror and his final story The Tenth Planet. Dan Hall’s management company Pup Ltd have released two head-shot images to illustrate how the principal characters will look:

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THE STORY

The first official, fully animated Doctor Who story! Starring Richard E. Grant.

The TARDIS lands in a small English village in 2003, where the population are living in fear from a malevolent alien force. With the help of UNIT and new friend Alison, the Doctor discovers that a race called Shalka are residing underground, preparing to strip away the Earth’s ozone layer and embark on a full-scale invasion of the planet.

EXTRAS:

• Commentary, with writer Paul Cornell, director Wilson Milam and producer James Goss.
• Carry on Screaming – behind-the-scenes personnel discuss the making of Scream of the Shalka
• The Screaming Sessions – cast and crew interviews recorded at the time of production in 2003
• Interweb of Fear – a brief history of the BBC website and the important role that Doctor Who has played over the years
• Soundtrack Album
• Production information subtitles
• Photo gallery
• Coming Soon trailer

Scream of the Shalka is released on 16th September.

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THE STORY

The TARDIS arrives in December 1986 at a South Pole Space Tracking station where the personnel, under the command of General Cutler, are engaged in trying to talk down a manned space capsule that has got into difficulty.

Suddenly a new planet appears and the base is invaded by a force of aliens calling themselves Cybermen. The Cybermen’s world, Mondas, is draining energy from Earth – once its ‘twin planet’ – and the situation will soon become critical.

EXTRAS – DISC ONE:

• Commentary, with actors Anneke Wills (Polly), Christopher Matthews (Radar Technician), Earl Cameron (Williams), Alan White (Schultz), Donald Van Der Maaten (Cybermen Shav and Gern), Christopher Dunham (R/T Technician) and designer Peter Kindred. Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
• Frozen Out – Cast and crew look back on the making of the story. With actors Anneke Wills, Earl Cameron and Reg Whitehead, designer Peter Kindred and vision mixer Shirley Coward.
• Episode 4 VHS Reconstruction – The reconstruction of the missing fourth episode using audio, stills and surviving clips, which featured on the BBC Video VHS release of the story back in 2000.
• Radio Times listings – Episode listings for The Tenth Planet from the BBC listings magazine Radio Times (DVD-ROM only – to be viewed on PC/Mac).
• Production subtitles – Subtitles provide the viewer with cast details, script development and other information related to the production of The Tenth Planet.
• Photo gallery – A selection of production, design and publicity photographs from this story.
• Coming soon – An exclusive new trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.

EXTRAS – DISC TWO:

• William Hartnell Interview – Shortly after leaving Doctor Who, star William Hartnell joined the 1966 Christmas pantomime tour of Puss in Boots. Interviewed in his dressing room for the BBC Bristol’s Points West programme, Hartnell talks frankly about Daleks, the merits of pantomime and his own thoughts on his future career in this extremely rare glimpse into the mind of the man who first brought the role of the Doctor to life…
• Doctor Who Stories – Anneke Wills – Anneke Wills look back on her role as Polly in the series, in an interview recorded for the BBC’s Story of Doctor Who in 2003.
• The Golden Age – Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the myth of a ‘Golden Age’ of Doctor Who.
• Boys! Boys! Boys! – Peter Purves, Frazer Hines and Mark Strickson reminisce about their time as companions to the First, Second and Fifth Doctors respectively.
• Companion Piece – A psychologist, writers and some of the Doctor’s companions over the years examine what it means to be a Time Lord’s fellow traveller . With actors William Russell, Elisabeth Sladen, Louise Jameson, Nicola Bryant and Arthur Darvill, writers Nev Fountain and Joseph Lidster, and psychologist Dr Tomas Charmorro-Premuzic.
• Blue Peter: Doctor Who’s Tenth Anniversary – Two weeks before the show’s tenth anniversary, the Blue Peter team take a look back at Doctor Who’s history. Ironically, the strict preservation of Blue Peter’s history means that the clip of the first regeneration has been preserved, but the final episode of The Tenth Planet that it came from was never again seen after its use here.

The Tenth Planet is released on DVD on 18th November.

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