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Radio Free Skaro #969 - Only Nixon Could Go To China

Radio Free Skaro #969 - Only Nixon Could Go To China - #DoctorWho Season 15 Collection with Richard Bignell! - Jodie Whittaker returns to #DoctorWho in Big Finish!

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Many years ago, I acquired a PDF copy of Doctor Who on Location by Richard Bignell, which compiles all of the known non-studio shooting locations for the classic series. Naturally, I’m most interested in “City of Death” because it’s a personal favorite and also the first time that DW filmed outside the UK. One day I would love to do my own “City of Death” tour, but in the meantime, I can live vicariously through any tumblrinas who want to try it.

(IDK if this is even going to be readable)

According to Google street view, the carved wooden doors of the Scarlionis’ house were still there as of 2017 or so, but the most recent pictures (from 2021) have the building boarded up and under construction. I can’t actually tell what the building is or was (residence? hotel? something else?)

Hopefully the construction is finished now and someone can recreate this well-known behind-the-scenes pic on my behalf.

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When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Alice: Milla Jovovich Rain Ocampo: Michelle Rodriguez Matt Addison: Eric Mabius Spence Parks: James Purefoy Chad Kaplan: Martin Crewes James “One” Shade: Colin Salmon J.D. Salinas: Pasquale Aleardi Dr. Lisa Addison: Heike Makatsch Mr. Grey: Ryan McCluskey Ms. Black: Indra Ové Mr. Red: Oscar Pearce Dr. Green: Anna Bolt Dr. Blue: Joseph May Dr. Brown: Robert Tannion Clarence: Jaymes Butler Mr. White: Stephen Billington Ms. Gold: Fiona Glascott Medic: Liz May Brice Commando 1: Torsten Jerabek Commando 2: Marc Logan-Black Red Queen: Michaela Dicker Dr. William Birkin (uncredited): Jason Isaacs Film Crew: Writer: Paul W. S. Anderson Producer: Jeremy Bolt Producer: Bernd Eichinger Producer: Samuel Hadida Camera Operator: David Johnson ADR Editor: Matt Grimes Casting: Robyn Ray Production Design: Richard Bridgland Casting: Suzanne Smith Editor: Alexander Berner Line Producer: Albert Botha Associate Producer: Mike Gabrawy Executive Producer: Victor Hadida Executive Producer: Daniel S. Kletzky Executive Producer: Robert Kulzer Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto Co-Producer: Chris Symes Original Music Composer: Marco Beltrami Original Music Composer: Marilyn Manson Art Direction: Jörg Baumgarten Set Decoration: Penny Crawford Hairstylist: Björn Rehbein Hairstylist: Friderike Roessler Hairstylist: Valeska Schitthelm Makeup Artist: Christina Smith Art Department Coordinator: Ingeborg Heinemann Assistant Art Director: Anete Conrad Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Pauline Fowler Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Martin Gaskell Supervising Art Director: Tony Reading Construction Coordinator: Ulf Sturhann Carpenter: Philipp Hübner Location Scout: Marion Gerhardt Production Illustrator: Ravi Bansal Sculptor: Colin Jackman First Assistant Camera: Adam Quinn Steadicam Operator: Jörg Widmer Still Photographer: Rolf Konow Prosthetic Supervisor: Barrie Gower Additional Music: Tom Holkenborg Choreographer: Warnar Van Eeden Driver: Susen Jarmuske Makeup Effects: Andy Garner Post Production Supervisor: Christine Jahn Production Office Assistant: Mirjam Weber Property Master: Danny Hunter Set Medic: Frank Guhn Special Effects Supervisor: Gerd Nefzer Stunt Coordinator: Volkhart Buff Stunts: René Bellmann Technical Supervisor: John Kurlander Unit Production Manager: Silvia Tollmann Unit Publicist: Francois Frey Visual Effects Editor: Paul Elman Script Supervisor: Caroline Sax Color Timer: Andreas Lautil First Assistant Editor: Franziska Schmidt-Kärner Best Boy Electric: Udo Kowalczyk Electrician: David Reppen Gaffer: Edgar Auell Production Accountant: Helga Ploiner Production Coordinator: Sammi Davis Visual Effects Coordinator: Muriel Gérard Researcher: Ian Frost Boom Operator: Alois Unger Music Supervisor: Liz Gallacher Sound Designer: Marco Raab Sound Editor: Frank Casaretto Sound Mixer: Roland Winke Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Kranz Supervising Sound Editor: Stefan Busch 3D Supervisor: Phil Bignell Visual Effects Producer: Richard Yuricich Art Department Manager: Astrid Kühberger Software Engineer: John Charles Dolby Consultant: Norbert Zich Unit Manager: Esther Fischer Key Grip: Dieter Bähr Key Makeup Artist: Hasso von Hugo First Assistant Director: Jan Sebastian Ballhaus ADR Supervisor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder Draughtsman: Philip Elton Grip: Glenn König Animatronics Designer: Chris Coxon Second Assistant Director: Simon Emanuel Negative Cutter: Patricia Ferbeck ADR Voice Casting: Louis Elman Assistant Production Coordinator: Kerstin Biermann Casting Assistant: Natasha Ockrent Foley Editor: Noemi Hampel Costume Assistant: Claudia Maria Braun Costume Assistant: Elke Freitag Costume Assistant: Sparka Lee Hall Costume Assistant: Astrid Lafos Costume Assistant: Anette Tirler Negative Cutter: Renate Siegl Negative Cutter: Sandra Stier Animation: James Furlon...

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The script for the lost Peter Cushing audio story Journey Into Time, discovered by Richard Bignell and printed in the 2012 issue of Nothing at the End of the Lane

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Thanks, Richard! :D

Picture: The closing credits. Infotext: Thanks to Doctor Who Magazine and Nigel Preston. Production subtitles written by Richard Bignell.

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From the Archive: DW Season 12 Blu-ray Set Edition

Latest from the news site: The latest edition of the podcast From the Archive: A British Television, produced in association with Kaleidoscope, the nonprofit organisation that recovers and stores classic television programmes, focuses on the new Doctor Who Season 12 Blu-ray set. Doctor Who has an established history of DVD sets full of extras and documentaries about the series’ past. Now, as classic Doctor Who enters the realm of Blu-ray sets by season, how do they top themselves? In this episode of From the Archive: A British Television Podcast, Greg Bakun takes a look at how the team led by Russell Minton decided to evolve the range to not only make it more appealing to fans but unleash the floodgates of archive material never made available to the public before now. Bakun talks to Russell Minton about his vision for these sets, Richard Bignell about the research and work that went into providing the loads of archive material to this set that has never been available to fans before now, Ed Stradling about updating old documentaries and making new ones for this set, and Derek Handley who not only talks about the work that goes into the photo galleries but also the BBC Photographic Library and his work tracking down photos we have not seen before for the sets. The podcast also includes Stephen Cranford who was a close friend to Graham Strong who recently passed away. Graham gave fans the gift of crystal clear audio recordings to many missing Doctor Who episodes and the podcast pays tribute to his legacy and finds out more about who Graham was. The Podcast can be found here. Feedback or questions on the podcast or general inquiries can be sent to feedback@fromthearchive.co.uk. Doctor Who News http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2018/07/from-archive-dw-season-12-blu-ray-set.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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2020 Nova Scotia municipal election results roll in

With polls closing on Saturday evening for Nova Scotia's 2020 municipal election, votes are being counted and winners are being announced. CTV Atlantic will update this article as new results are announced.

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor

Chris Abbass

Cecil Clarke

Kevin MacEachern

Archie MacKinnon

Amanda McDougall (Elected)

John Strasser

For the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Amanda Mcdougall is the new mayor. Mcdougall won with a vote count of 24,319. Incumbent Cecil Clarke came in second with 20,789 votes. Mcdougall becomes the first female mayor of CBRM.

Councillors

District 1

Andrew Doyle

Danny Laffin

Gordon MacDonald (Elected)

Daniel Pero

Shara Vickers

District 2

Jim Dunphy

Earlene MacMullin (Elected)

District 3

Cyril MacDonald (Elected)

Esmond Marshall

Glen Murrant

John Whalley

District 4

Steve Gillespie (Elected)

Yianni Harbis

Donalda Johnson

District 5

Christina Joe

Nigel Kearns

Shawn Lesnick

Eldon MacDonald (Elected)

Scott MacQuarrie

District 6

Barbara Beaton

Keith MacDonald

Glenn Paruch (Elected)

Todd Riley

Joe Ward

District 7   

Ivan Doncaster

Kevin Hardy

Steve Parsons (Elected)

Adam Young

District 8

James Edwards (Elected)

Tracey Hilliard

Diane MacKinnon-Furlong

District 9

Steven James MacNeil

Clarence Routledge

Kenny Tracey (Elected)

District 10

Darren Bruckschwaiger (Elected)

Matthew Boyd

District 11

Dale Cadden

Jennifer Heffernan

Jeff McNeil

Johnny Miles

Arnie Nason

Chuck Ogley

Darren O'Quinn (Elected)

Laura Scheller Stanford

District 12

Trevor Allen

Gary Borden

Donald Campbell

Lorne Green (Elected)

Kim Sheppard

  Halifax Regional Municipality

Mayor

Mayor Mike Savage (Projected winner)

Max Taylor

Matt Whitman

Councillors

District 1 (Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley)

Cathy Deagle Gammon (Projected winner)

Stephen Kamperman

Steve Streatch

Arthur Wamback

District 2 (Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore)

David Boyd

David Hendsbee (Projected winner)

Nicole Johnson

Tim Milligan

District 3 (Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage)

Vishal Bhardwaj

Clinton Desveaux

Lloyd Jackson

Becky Kent (Projected winner)

George Mbamalu

District 4 (Cole Harbour - Westphal)

Ryan Burris

Marisa DeMarco

Kevin Foran

Darryl Johnson

Jerome Lagmay

Jamie MacNeil

Tania Meloni

Chris Mont

Trish Purdy (Projected winner)

Jessica Quillan

John Stewart

Caroline Williston

District 5 (Dartmouth Centre)

Sam Austin (Projected winner)

Mitch McIntyre

District 6 (Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East)

Douglas Day

Tony Mancini (Projected winner)

Ibrahim Manna

District 7 (Halifax South Downtown)

Richard Arundel-Evans

Waye Mason (Projected winner)

Jen Powley

Craig Roy

District 8 (Halifax Peninsula North)

Virginia Hinch

Dylan Kennedy

Lindell Smith (Projected winner)

District 9 (Halifax West Armdale)

Bill Carr

Shaun Clark

Shawn Cleary (Projected winner)

Stephen Foster

Gerry Lonergan

District 10 (Halifax - Bedford Basin West)

Andrew Curran

Mohammad Ehsan

Renee Field

Sherry Hassanali

Christopher Hurry

Debbie MacKinnon

Kathryn Morse (Projected winner)

Kyle Morton

District 11 (Spryfield - Sambro Loop - Prospect Road)

Stephen Chafe

Matthew Conrad

Bruce Cooke

Patty Cuttell (Leading as of 10:37 p.m.)

Bruce Holland

Kristen Hollery

Jim Hoskins

Ambroise Matwawana

Lisa Mullin

Hannah Munday

Dawn Edith Penney

Pete Rose

In district 11, the election is too close to call. According to Halifax's unnoffical results, as of Sunday morning, Patty Cuttell lead the race with 1,634 votes; however Bruce Holland trailed behind with 1,605 votes.

District 12 (Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park - Wedgewood)

John Bignell

Eric Jury

Iona Stoddard (Projected winner)

Richard Zurawski

District 13 (Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets)

Tom Arnold

Derek Bellemore

Tim Elms

Robert Holden

Nick Horne

Darrell Jessome

Pam Lovelace (Projected winner)

Iain Taylor

Harry Ward

District 14 (Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville)

Lisa Blackburn (Projected winner)

Greg Frampton

District 15 (Lower Sackville)

Mary Lou LeRoy

Anthony Mrkonjic

Jay Aaron Roy

Paul Russell (Projected winner)

David Schofield

District 16 (Bedford - Wentworth)

Tim Outhit (Acclaimed)

  Town of Amherst

Mayor

Ed Childs

David Kogon (elected)

Vaughn Martine

Councillors

George Baker (Elected)

Vince Byrne

Sheila Christie (Elected)

Hal Davidson (Elected)

Lisa Emery (Elected)

Paul "Skippy" Farrow

Dale Fawthrop (Elected)

Darrell Jones

Leon Landry (Elected)

Wayne "Butch" Mackenzie

Roy T. Pettigrew

Terry Rhindress

  Town of Yarmouth

Mayor

Charles Crosby

Gregory Doucette

Pamela Mood (Elected)

Angie Romard

Councillors

Don Berry

Steven Berry (Elected)

Byron Boudreau

Timothy Clayton

Wade Cleveland (Elected)

Gil Dares (Elected)

Brandan Gates

Heather Hatfield (Elected)

Clifford Hood

Mark Hubbard

Derek Lesser (Elected)

Daniel MacIsaac

Neil Mackenzie

Sean MacLellan

Jim MacLeod (Elected)

James Ogden

  Truro

Mayor

W.R. “Bill: Mills (Elected)

Terry Baillie

Councillors

Ward 1

Wayne Talbot (Elected)

Alison Graham-Fulmore (Elected)

Gregor Archibald

Cheryl Fritz

Ward 2

Jim Flemming (Elected)

Bill Thomas (Elected)

Terry Matheson

Jessica Frenette

Vince Roberts

Ward 3

Cathy Hinton (Elected)

Juliana Barnard (Elected)

Danny Joseph

District of Lunenburg

  Mayor

Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (Elected)

Caleb Wheeldon

Councillors

District 1

Leitha Haysom (Acclaimed)

District 2

Martin E. Bell (Elected)

Morgen Reinhardt

District 3

Lee E. Nauss

Wendy Oickle (Elected)

David Sutherland

District 4

Pam Hubley (Elected)

Bud Webster

District 5

Cathy Moore (Acclaimed)

District 6

Claudette Garland

Sandra Statton (Elected)

District 7

Wade S. Carver

Michelle Greek (Elected)

District 8

Kacy DeLong (Acclaimed)

District 9

Frank Fawson

Reid A. Whynot (Elected)

District 10

Josh Healey

Chasidy Veinott (Elected)

Ann Westhave

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ANOTHER Crazy White Woman Thinks She’s Black! #jesskrug #culturalappropriation #blacklivesmatter

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Interesting Papers for Week 19, 2017

Extending Integrate-and-Fire Model Neurons to Account for the Effects of Weak Electric Fields and Input Filtering Mediated by the Dendrite. Aspart, F., Ladenbauer, J., & Obermayer, K. (2016). PLOS Computational Biology, 12(11), e1005206.

Auditory Motion Elicits a Visual Motion Aftereffect. Berger, C. C., & Ehrsson, H. H. (2016). Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, 559.

Synaptic and intrinsic homeostasis cooperate to optimize single neuron response properties and tune integrator circuits. Cannon, J., & Miller, P. (2016). Journal of Neurophysiology, 116(5), 2004–2022.

Postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors facilitate excitation of developing CA1 pyramidal neurons. Chung, B. Y. T., Bignell, W., Jacklin, D. L., Winters, B. D., & Bailey, C. D. C. (2016). Journal of Neurophysiology, 116(5), 2043–2055.

Rapid classification of hippocampal replay content for real-time applications. Deng, X., Liu, D. F., Karlsson, M. P., Frank, L. M., & Eden, U. T. (2016). Journal of Neurophysiology, 116(5), 2221–2235.

Selective modulation of cortical state during spatial attention. Engel, T. A., Steinmetz, N. A., Gieselmann, M. A., Thiele, A., Moore, T., & Boahen, K. (2016). Science, 354(6316), 1140–1144.

Statistical mechanics of consciousness: Maximization of information content of network is associated with conscious awareness. Guevara Erra, R., Mateos, D. M., Wennberg, R., & Perez Velazquez, J. L. (2016). Physical Review E, 94(5), 52402.

An NMDA receptor-dependent mechanism for subcellular segregation of sensory inputs in the tadpole optic tectum. Hamodi, A. S., Liu, Z., & Pratt, K. G. (2016). eLife, 5(e20502), 37–44.

Network Receptive Field Modeling Reveals Extensive Integration and Multi-feature Selectivity in Auditory Cortical Neurons. Harper, N. S., Schoppe, O., Willmore, B. D. B., Cui, Z., Schnupp, J. W. H., & King, A. J. (2016). PLOS Computational Biology, 12(11), e1005113.

Approach-Induced Biases in Human Information Sampling. Hunt, L. T., Rutledge, R. B., Malalasekera, W. M. N., Kennerley, S. W., & Dolan, R. J. (2016). PLOS Biology, 14(11), e2000638.

Pharmacological Fingerprints of Contextual Uncertainty. Marshall, L., Mathys, C., Ruge, D., de Berker, A. O., Dayan, P., Stephan, K. E., & Bestmann, S. (2016). PLOS Biology, 14(11), e1002575.

Effects of reward on oculomotor control. McCoy, B., & Theeuwes, J. (2016). Journal of Neurophysiology, 116(5), 2453–2466.

Neural Population Dynamics during Reaching Are Better Explained by a Dynamical System than Representational Tuning. Michaels, J. A., Dann, B., & Scherberger, H. (2016). PLOS Computational Biology, 12(11), e1005175.

Error-Robust Modes of the Retinal Population Code. Prentice, J. S., Marre, O., Ioffe, M. L., Loback, A. R., Tkačik, G., & Berry, M. J. (2016). PLOS Computational Biology, 12(11), e1005148.

Reactivation of latent working memories with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Rose, N. S., LaRocque, J. J., Riggall, A. C., Gosseries, O., Starrett, M. J., Meyering, E. E., & Postle, B. R. (2016). Science, 354(6316), 1136–1139.

Emergence of an abstract categorical code enabling the discrimination of temporally structured tactile stimuli. Rossi-Pool, R., Salinas, E., Zainos, A., Alvarez, M., Vergara, J., Parga, N., & Romo, R. (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(49), E7966–E7975.

Memory Transformation Enhances Reinforcement Learning in Dynamic Environments. Santoro, A., Frankland, P. W., & Richards, B. A. (2016). Journal of Neuroscience, 36(48), 12228–12242.

Development of Activity in the Mouse Visual Cortex. Shen, J., & Colonnese, M. T. (2016). Journal of Neuroscience, 36(48), 12259–12275.

Improved Measures of Integrated Information. Tegmark, M. (2016). PLOS Computational Biology, 12(11), e1005123.

Timing Intervals Using Population Synchrony and Spike Timing Dependent Plasticity. Xu, W., & Baker, S. N. (2016). Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 10, 123.

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Radio Free Skaro #952 - Let's Do The Time Zone Again

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs952.mp3 Download MP3 After a long and punishing era of North America tapping its toes and drumming its fingers waiting for the adventures of Doctor Who on their televisual devices, Disney+ has upended the universe with a global release on its streaming service with the result that North Americans will see the show Friday afternoon and the UK will suffer the…

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Doctor Who: On Location - book cover art

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Radio Free Skaro #916 - Electro Quarterstaff

Radio Free Skaro #916 - Electro Quarterstaff - #DoctorWho news catchup! - Blu-ray news! - Ncuti Gate's first series wraps!

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The Enemy Of The World - Special Edition (DVD)

Latest Review: The Enemy Of The World Starring Patrick Troughton as Doctor Who With Frazer Hines as Jamie and Deborah Watling as Victoria Written by David Whitaker Directed by Barry Letts Released by BBC Worldwide March 2018 It's out, and it's about time. Some five years after its initial release, The Enemy of the World is once again released this month, this time bursting with the features we've come to expect from a BBC Doctor Who DVD and that were notably absent from 2013. Indeed, even the DVD blurb acknowledges this: "Originally rush released shortly after its recovery, there was little time to complete the extensive Special Features typical of archive Doctor Who releases". Well, quite! So what do we get in what many would say is the "proper" release? Commentary: check. Production notes: check. Photo Gallery: check. An exhaustive making-of: check! The two-disc release also includes an interview with the man behind the rediscovery of this story, Phil Morris, a brief item on the restoration work undertaken in 2013, a tribute to the late Deborah Watling, the Jon Pertwee introduction to the then only existing episode 3 from The Troughton Years, and the original trailer from 1967 that followed The Ice Warriors. You even get a reversible cover so it can happily sit alongside the rest of your DVD collection if you prefer to maintain that consistent look and feel. However, one thing that certainly isn't consistent is the disc's opening menu! If you've been watching a number of DVDs recently like I have, the absence of the 'traditional' Davison opening accompanying the TARDIS 'arrival' into the main menu is quite a jarring shock, with the sequence being dispensed with in favour of a brief snippet of the Troughton titles leading straight to the menu. I guess I'll get used to it - at least the familiar "roundels" menu has survived! For the episodes themselves, the DVD boasts of further remastering with modern techniques by Peter Crocker and MArk Ayres - how much of an improvement in picture quality to the previous release I'm not so sure about, but the story looks and sounds very clean, and possibly as pristine as it'll ever be (and a definite improvement to the 480 line i-Tunes cash-in back in 2013...). I won't dwell over the story itself - after all if you're reading a review then you're probably familiar with the plot(!) - but it is one of those stories that features the change of direction halfway through that transforms the story into something else rather unexpected that I always like in drama. With only episode three as a visual guide for literally decades I hadn't appreciated this change of direction, and it is still a delight to savour now - it's probably no coincidence that the director, Barry Letts, becomes producer of an era full of such twists and turns. The complete serial also allows us to enjoy the characters in all their glory, and more to the point being able to watch the performance of Patrick Troughton in his dual role as hero and villain. I must admit that it still feels like a novelty being able to watch and appreciate the full story, and leaves me eager for more (something that animations can only partially sate!). But seeing Troughton smoking a cigar in episode five as though in competion with Roger Delgado in The Mind of Evil still feels out of place, even though it is of course Salamander puffing away, not the Doctor. How the perception of that enemy of the world's health has changed! The accompanying production notes provide the usual behind-the-scenes essentials, dates, figures, the development of the story from script to screen, changes to planned dialogue, action, etc., plus of course detail of the cast and crew and related observations. Insights include how several inserts made their way into later stories, how the slick action sequences in episode one were more fraught in production with both a hovercraft mishap and the helicopter very nearly following suit. During episode two it is revealed that there is a mysterious scene included featuring the Doctor and Kent that doesn't appear in the production schedules. And in episode five it is revealed how some of the more excessive blood and violence in the script were restrained in production. Though the production of the story can of course now be digested through reading Volume 11 of The Complete History, here the notes are more practical in illustrating what's currently appearing on screen - for example, In episode four, a practical example of the way in which those recording the programme worried less about the edges of the frame owing to on-screen visibility of the time is illustrated. The commentary for the story is initially taken up with a lively discussion between Frazer Hines and Mary Peach, joined by Gordon Faith for the next couple of episodes. All change for episode four with Milton Johns and Sylvia James taking up observational duty, before returning to the original duo for the finale. Discussions across the episodes included acting with helicopters, working with Patrick Troughton, actor-come-director Barry Letts, and the delightful Debbie Watling (of course!), acting in the confines of small studios and limited sets, plus Sylvia's explanation of how the crew approached the creation of 2018[1], some 50 years ahead of time. The commentary was moderated by Simon Harries, who had big shoes to step into following the mighty moderator extraordinaire Toby Hadoke; however he was more than capable of keeping the conversations going and keeping Frazer in check!   The main feature on the second disc is Treasures Lost And Found. Unlike the more usual more straightforward fact-based making-ofs, here Toby Hadoke takes us on a "treasure hunt" for new information on the story in his indomitable style, uncovering "clues" along the way in a similar vein to Looking for Peter on The Sensorites - so it isn't surprising that his accomplice on this mission is researcher Richard Bignell[2]! Along the way Toby (possibly) drank his way through innumerable relaxing teas conversing informally with Mary Peach, Sylvia James, David Troughton, Frazer Hines and Sarah Lisemore, plus several inserts on the making of the story from a 2008 interview with Barry Letts and also a 2011 interview with Deborah Watling. The informal approach to the documentary meant that Toby took time to chat to his interviewees about more than just their Enemy-specific memories. Mary's extensive career was discussed, including what occured when she met Marilyn Munroe, and David reflected on life with the Doctor and his father's views of acting in theatre - which also highlighted the perceived nepotism of the time with his cameo as a guard in the story, not to mention Frazer's brother Ian, Barry Letts' nephew Andrew Staines and finally production assistant come influential producer Martin Lisemore's wife Sarah, whose interview at the end of the programme turns into its most poignant moment as the treasure is finally revealed. I did have a couple of niggly issues with the presentation, though: the archive interview of Barry Letts was interspersed with shots of Toby and Richard watching the footage on a laptop, which I found both disjointing and a distraction to hearing what Barry had to say. The other was the "pop-up" message gimmick, which reminded me more of Top Gear style antics (something perhaps not lost on Toby? grin). These were only minor quibbles though, overall the feature is highly entertaining, ably guided by Toby throughout. With this release being a celebration of its return in the anniversary year, it isn't surprising to find its recovery being featured in the extras. In Recovering The Past, Phil Morris takes us through the journey he undertook in his quest to find missing television, and in particular the trail through Nigeria to his eventual find of both Enemy and The Web of Fear in Jos. The passion he has for his job is obvious from the interview, as is his optimism for future finds He also left us with a tantalising hint of what might be in store in the future... Restoring Doctor Who is an accompanying piece which documented some of the process in restoring the story from its original off-the-shelf condition to what we can watch today. Remembering Deborah Watling is a tribute to the actress whose bubbly presence is sadly missed. Featuring Louise Jameson, Colin Baker, Sylvia James, Anneke Wills, and Frazer Hines, Debbie's life and career is followed through the memories of her sister Nicky and brother Giles, with everybody involved reminiscing on her wicked sense of humour, practical jokes, and of course her healthy scream! The package is rounded off with the brief introduction to the then single remaining episode by Jon Pertwee from The Troughton Years, a trailer for the story from 1967, and the usual photo gallery, plus PDF materials.   ---   So is the special edition worth buying? It does of course rather depend on whether you are interested in the extra features. If you're only interested in the story then, with this version released, if you haven't already purchased it you might well see the original 2013 version drop further in price in the coming months. If you're only after a commentary then an alternative, unoffiicial release from Fantom Films[3] may be a cheaper option (though there isn't much difference in cost between that and this entire DVD online at present!). However, if you haven't bought Enemy before then I would certainly recommend this as the version to get. It's just a shame it wasn't presented this way in the first place!   Hmm, with all the extensive recovery articles on this release, what's left for the special edition of The Web of Fear ... ?!!   [1] The production discussion places the setting of the story as 2017, but a newspaper clipping seen in episode five shows "last year's date" of 26th August 2017, indicating it is actually set in 2018 after all. [2] I might well be the only person who will laugh out loud at Richard's ringtone! [3] A notable absence on the DVD commentary is of course the wonderful Debbie Watling, who had left us by the time this package was put together. All is not lost, however, as she can be heard on the alternative commentary from Fantom Films (and you can also get your Toby fix as Master of Ceremonies too!). The CD is still available from Amazon etc. http://reviews.doctorwhonews.net/2018/03/the_enemy_of_the_world_special_edition_dvd.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr