Doctor Who (1963) 22.06.X

Revelation Exhumed (2005)

45 minutes

This feature is about the making of Revelation of the Daleks. There are quite a few people interviewed on screen for this documentary, some worked behind the camera and other in front of it. They are

• Eric Saward, Writer & Script Editor
• Graeme Harper, Director
• Pat Godfrey, Costume Designer
• Alan Spalding, Designer
• John Brace, Visual Effects
• Roger Limb, Composer

• Clive Swift, Jobel
• Trevor Cooper, Takis
• Hugh Walters, Vogel
• William Gaunt, Orcini
• Colin Spaull, Lilt
• Terry Molloy, Davros
• Roy Skelton, Dalek Voice
• Alexei Sayle, DJ

They cover quite a lot of things related to the story and the making of the story including

• death as an element of the story
• the influence of The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh on Revelation
• Jobel and Tasambeker
• Jobel's death
• Kara and Vogel
• Orcini and Bostock
• dark humor
• Davros 
• Daleks
• the limited role of the Doctor in the story
• Jonathan Nathan Turner insisted that they have the monument to the Doctor in the story
• impact of a snowstorm the day before shooting outdoors was set to begin
• special effects
• Graeme Harper's approach to directing

This was informative and a lot of fun to watch. I was a little surprised that neither Colin Baker nor Nicola Bryant were interviewed for this documentary but they weren't really missed. There was lots of footage from the story in which they appeared.