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A comprehensive extras package has been put together, the centrepiece of which is A New Beginning, a thirty minute featurette produced by Ed Stradling, looking at the changes that JNT brought to the series, with particular reference to 'The Leisure Hive'. It includes interviews with the late John Nathan-Turner (courtesy of Bill Baggs), Tom Baker, Lovett Bickford, Christopher H. Bidmead, Sid Sutton, composer Peter Howell, John 'K9' Leeson, assistant floor-manager Val McCrimmon and costume designer June Hudson.

Richard Molesworth follows up his recent 'Behind the Sofa' featurette on Robert Holmes with From Avalon to Argolis, a fourteen minute look at the writing and script-editing side of the story with writer David Fisher, Christopher H. Bidmead and contributions from John Nathan-Turner.

Synthesizing Starfields is a nine minute look at the creation of the new title sequence, with Sid Sutton and Peter Howell, along with archive footage of Howell demonstrating the build-up of the theme in the Radiophonic Workshop. This first contribution from Steve Bagley includes some nice story-telling devices and shows much promise for future featurettes.

Steve Broster, the editor of both 'Behind the Sofa' and 'From Avalon to Argolis' has produced Leisure Wear, a seven minute featurette with June Hudson talking in depth about the costume designs for 'The Leisure Hive' and her re-design of the main character's costumes for this season.

From the archives of children's magazine programme Blue Peter comes a four minute look around the Longleat Doctor Who Exhibition during its between-seasons Spring-clean, including the first ever on-screen interview with incoming producer John Nathan-Turner.

As usual, a full Picture Gallery and subtitle Production Notes are included, along with the nearly obligatory Easter Egg.

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From Outpost Gallifrey
North America DVD Update

Outpost Gallifrey has learned, from BBC America's online shop, that the next two DVD releases -- after the forthcoming June releases of The Curse of Fenric and The Two Doctors -- will be the Peter Davison serial Earthshock and the Tom Baker serial Pyramids of Mars, both due out the first Tuesday of September. Official confirmation of these is expected shortly. Meanwhile, BBC America Shop has also reported that they have tentatively slated two special releases in for late in the year: The Missing Adventures: The William Hartnell Years and The Missing Adventures: The Patrick Troughton Years, two DVD releases that we expect have some sort of connection to the rumored DVD box set likely being released late in the year in the UK by BBC Video. We'll keep you posted with more details, and cover illustrations for "Pyramids" and "Earthshock," when we receive them.

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More on DVD Box Sets
The Sci Fi Online site, picking up the ball with our news story from earlier in this week about the late-year release in North America of two "The Missing Years" DVD releases, has their own story (merely rumored until we hear otherwise) about the contents of the box set coming out in late 2004 from BBC Worldwide in the UK. The report suggests that there will be a single set (split in two for some reason in the US, as we reported here), which will include the existing standalone episodes from the first two Doctors' eras: episodes 1 and 3 of "The Crusade," episodes 2 and 4 of "The Moonbase," episodes 3 and 6 of "The Wheel in Space," episode 2 of "The Evil of the Daleks," episode 2 of "The Space Pirates," episode 3 of "The Underwater Menace," episode 1 of "The Web of Fear," episode 2 of "The Abominable Snowmen" and episodes 1, 2 and 3 of "The Tenth Planet", as well as three episodes of "The Daleks' Master Plan," episodes 5 and 10 and the recently-recovered episode 2. Says the article, "Missing from the release will be The Ice Warriors, Invasion and Reign of Terror, presumably as all three titles could justify a release in their own right despite them being incomplete. ... All the material will of course be fully restored and most likely linked by newly shot documentary footage explaining why episodes were junk in the first place. A large photo archive is available as is a large number of short clips from lost adventures, principally the Australian censor footage. Expect a lavish three disc production - just in time for the programme's return to our screens." However, episodes seem to be missing from this report: the extant episodes 1 & 3 of "The Faceless Ones," episode 4 of "The Celestial Toymaker" and episode 3 of "Enemy of the World"! As always, treat this as just a rumor until you hear it confirmed by BBC Worldwide. .

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
Hmmm, not that I'm down on seeing the orphaned episodes released someday, but I think they should focus on complete stories. I'd hate to see a slot that could be filled by City of Death or Inferno filled by the lost episiodes.

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
Hmmm, not that I'm down on seeing the orphaned episodes released someday, but I think they should focus on complete stories. I'd hate to see a slot that could be filled by City of Death or Inferno filled by the lost episiodes.

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Originally posted by evenswr
Well, the BBC are not going to be releasing any more episodes on VHS, and if they don't release Day of Armageddon on DVD, we won't get it at all.
I'm thrilled to get to see this new episode.
As far as waiting around to see if some more episodes are found, this latest find makes two episodes found in the last twelve years. I think it's safe to assume they won't be finding any more any time soon. Of course, this means I get to be pleasantly surprised if one does turn up! :)

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
Oh, I'm not saying NEVER release it -

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Just keep the normal releases coming at the same time.

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Originally posted by evenswr
But I don't see why this isn't a normal release.

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Originally posted by mythmaker18
In the UK, at least, the BBC have typically produced a "special" Doctor Who release expressly for the Christmas holidays, meaning an "extra" release that isn't part of the normal release schedule, and is usually some sort of "box set", perfect for people to give as a gift to the Doctor Who fan in the family.

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Originally posted by evenswr
I thought these were not released by the BBC per se, but were releases exclusive to W. H Smith.

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Originally posted by mythmaker18
Wrong again. Every "holiday set" I mentioned was the first (and, many times, only) release of that particular story. On release day, if you wanted "Attack of the Cybermen", you had to buy the Cybermen tin with "Tenth Planet" included. Some of these might've been sold individually after initial release, but the boxsets were the original releases for these stories in the UK. I should know: I bought most of them.

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Originally posted by Scot1458
so...stopped at Gallifey and do NOT like what I see about the new series.

Sounds like they are going to "explore" the doctor more...that says ******* it up to me.

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
Well, in that we really know nothing about the series yet, I'd say that your feelings of doom are jumping the gun. Wait until we start getting some concrete information first.

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Originally posted by Scot1458
so...stopped at Gallifey and do NOT like what I see about the new series.

Sounds like they are going to "explore" the doctor more...that says ******* it up to me.

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Originally posted by Scot1458
Fair enough, though what I read has "Battlestar Galactica" written all over it.

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Just watched Vengence on Varos for the first time....did they have to make the Doctor's companion wear that shirt? My eyes were locked.

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Also...did the Doctor actually kill people in this one? Wow!

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Originally posted by evenswr


Indeed.
Peter Davison makes reference to this (er..these?) in the commentary for episode four of Caves of Androzani



Well, yes. But Colin Baker makes reference to this in the commentary for Vengeance. I tend to agree with him that the Doctor doesn't just callously push the guy into the acid bath.

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
1) You have to admit that incomplete stories only have a draw to the HARD core fans. Joe-6 pack probably would go "Huh? We're only getting bits and pieces? No thanks!" - so it would probably be the worst selling set of the lot. Does the series need to take a hit like that right now?

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Originally posted by El-Kabong

2) Will all 26 years get out on DVD? As much as I'd like to hope so, I dont see that happening. Getting the missing episodes means that a full story wont get done.

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
3) That means City of Death gets pushed back THAT much futher. Completely unacceptable in my book - and since it's all about MY desires, thats what should count here. :)

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Originally posted by El-Kabong
The BBC *SHOULD* do the orphaned episodes, but not in place of one of the 'real' releases. Do it as a 6th disc for the year.

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You have to admit that incomplete stories only have a draw to the HARD core fans. Joe-6 pack probably would go "Huh? We're only getting bits and pieces? No thanks!" - so it would probably be the worst selling set of the lot. Does the series need to take a hit like that right now?

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Anthony Ainley
People_ • _May 9

Anthony Ainley, the long-admired actor and fan favorite who took over the role of the Doctor's archnemesis, the Master, in 1980 and played him opposite Tom Baker (in his last two stories, "The Keeper of Traken" and "Logopolis"), Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy -- as well as with Jon Pertwee in "The Five Doctors" -- passed away on May 3 due to undisclosed causes, according to a surprise obituary in the Monday May 10 edition of the UK newspaper The Independent. Coming as a complete surprise to fandom, Outpost Gallifrey has learned that Mr. Ainley was in poor health for some time, having left the hospital for some medical treatment only days prior to the date of his passing as noted in the obituary. While the information had not been picked up yet by any other news media at press time, the official Doctor Who site is now reporting the information to be correct based on some queries put forth by the editors of Doctor Who Magazine.

Ainley was originally a featured guest star in the story "The Keeper of Traken," playing Nyssa's father Tremas, whose body was stolen by the Master (played in his decayed form by Geoffrey Beevers). Ainley took the role of the Master with flair and determination, resembling his predecessor Roger Delgado in appearance but also bringing his own theatrics and experience to the role. He appeared in numerous stories opposite later Doctors, including "Castrovalva," "Time Flight," "The King's Demons," "The Five Doctors," "Planet of Fire," "The Mark of the Rani" (opposite Kate O'Mara), "The Trial of a Time Lord" and "Survival." Ainley was also enlisted for the PC game "Destiny of the Doctors". He remained a fan favorite at conventions throughout the 1980's and 90's, and was constantly identified by fans and the public in the role of the moustache-twirling villain. He will be sorely missed by Doctor Who fandom.

The following is the full obituary in the Independent, with his birthdate noted as 1932; however, the IMDb notes it as 1937, though we believe the former date may be more accurate.

Anthony Ainley, actor: born London 20 August 1932; died Harrow, Middlesex 3 May 2004.

To generations of Doctor Who fans, Anthony Ainley will be remembered as the Master, the extra-terrestrial who "killed" their television hero. This ushered in the Time Lord's fifth incarnation, played by Peter Davison, after the eccentric Tom Baker's flamboyant years, which were regarded by some viewers as the sci-fi serial's high point.

For this, many did not forgive Ainley. He was also unfortunate to follow in the footsteps of the highly regarded Roger Delgado, who originally played the Master in the early 1970s but died in a car accident.

The Master was Moriarty to Doctor Who's Sherlock Holmes, the nemesis and renegade Time Lord who was once a friend but turned into his arch-enemy. He used his evil genius and ability to hypnotise lesser minds with a gaze in pursuit of his villainous schemes to gain power and destroy his former Time Lord Academy classmate. Like the Doctor, he could regenerate himself and change his appearance.

In a convoluted plot twist typical of science fiction, Ainley first appeared in 1981 as the widower Tremas, whose body was taken over by the Master on the planet Traken. Ainley portrayed the character alongside four incarnations of the Doctor, played by Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy, until the programme was dropped by the BBC in 1989.

Anthony Ainley was born in London, in 1932, into an acting dynasty. Anthony's father, Henry, was a star of note on the West End stage and in silent films, and his half-brother Richard was a stage and film star who appeared in Hollywood pictures. At the age of five, Anthony appeared uncredited as a boy in the wartime film drama The Foreman Went to France (1942), but he started his working life as an insurance clerk. When the pull of the stage was too much, he trained at Rada.

On screen, Ainley had small roles in films such as Naked Evil (1966), You Only Live Twice (1967), Inspector Clouseau (1968), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) and the horror picture Satan's Skin (1970), but he enjoyed greater success on television.

He played Detective Sergeant Hunter in It's Dark Outside (1965), the second in a trilogy of series featuring William Mervyn as the acidic Chief Inspector Rose. Ainley joined the cast for its second run, replacing Keith Barron, who had acted Detective Sergeant Swift. (The programme also gave the singer Jackie Trent a No 1 hit with its theme song, "Where Are You Now (My Love)".)

Ainley later stayed on the right side of the law by starring as Clive Hawksworth in the popular comedy thriller Spyder's Web (1972), about a mysterious organisation that handled problems outside the brief of the police and MI5.

He switched to period drama to play Henry Sidney in Elizabeth R (1971), Lord Charles Gilmour in three episodes of Upstairs Downstairs (1973), Sir Mulberry Hawk in Nicholas Nickleby (1977) and Lord Carrington in Lillie (1978).

It was his role as the villainous Reverend Emilius in The Pallisers (1974) that led to Ainley's joining Doctor Who (1981-89). John Nathan-Turner, who had worked as production manager on the series based on Anthony Trollope's novels, remembered Ainley on taking over as producer of the BBC's long-running science-fiction serial, when he sought to bring back and re-cast the Master, complete with false beard.

The actor continued, on and off, through 10 Doctor Who stories and the 20th-anniversary special, Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983). In "Survival", the last in the final series, the Master confronted the Doctor in a climactic duel after luring him to an alien planet where he was being enslaved by the Cheetah People and turning into one himself - unusually not able to control his own fate. Ainley subsequently appeared as the Master in the Doctor Who: Destiny of the Doctors CD-Rom video game (1998) and was a regular at fan conventions.

For more than 30 years, the actor enjoyed playing for the London Theatres Cricket Club team, who knew him as an enigmatic opening batsman whose unstinting passion for the sport meant that he would even turn down jobs rather than miss a game. Ainley never married, saying he valued his independence too much. He once listed his unfulfilled ambition as "to play with Faye Dunaway".

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Originally posted by turborobb
I'm surprised people are negative about a missing episodes set, perosnally, I'm thrilled, the 60's era is my favorite time of the show and some of those episodes are the best Doctor Who ever got... be they complete or not. the surviving episodes from Web of Fear, Evil of the Daleks, Abominable Snowmen, Faceless Ones, Dalek Masterplan... all cleaned up to DVD quality?? I'm excited. If I had to make a Doctor Who DVD wish list, a missing episode set is in my Top 5. Also, It would be a great release to time with the return of the new series on TV.

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Originally posted by jezza01
Will Warner Bros. release anymore DVD that arn't released anywhere else.(ie. the key to time) I'd love for the USA to release seperate stories than the UK. So we can get them twice as quick!!

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IMO, I'd rather wait for full "Special Edition" releases cleaned up by the Restoration Team with tons of extras.

But that's just me.

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I won't be picking up the uncomplete stories.

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Originally posted by turborobb

I can't believe that some fans aren't interested in this... the surviving episodes from all time Who classics like Evil of the Daleks, Abominable Snowmen, Web of Fear, Dalek Masterplan, Crusades, Faceless Ones, Moonbase and others, plus rare existing clips, all cleaned up in DVD quality? personaly, it's a dream come true and I'd much rather have that than any complete story.

But thats just me.

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I think it's too soon for releases like this. There are so many classic Who stories that aren't on DVD yet. Those deserve release first. Then, later on down the road, by all means - release the Orphan Episodes.

I'd rather watch the complete Genesis of the Daleks or The War Games in all their restored glory than scattered episodes of The Faceless Ones.

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personaly, it's a dream come true and I'd much rather have that than any complete story.

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What if Tenth Planet 4 or the two missing Moonbase episodes turned up in a couple years. Wouldn't some of you guys feel cheated, having to buy the existing episodes all over again?

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