Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Doctor Who (1963) 25.01 Extras (Part 1)

Back to School: The Making of 'Remembrance of the Daleks' (2007)

33 minutes

Selected members of the cast, crew, and others tell stories about the making of Remembrance of the Daleks. They were all interviewed separately and do not appear on camera together at any point. 

They talk about the origins of the story, the special effects, and their memories of cast and crew who have since died. 

The people in this docuentary feature are 
  • Sylvester McCoy - The Doctor
  • Sophie Aldred - Ace
  • Karen Gledhill - Allison
  • Simon Williams - Group Captain Gilmore
  • Andrew Cartmel, Script Editor
  • Ben Aaronovitch, Writer
  • Andrew Morgan, Director
  • Paul Lang - Art Editor, Doctor Who Adventures Magazine
  • Moray Laing, Editor, Doctor Who Adventures Magazine

The people who have died that are remembered are 
  • Dursley McLinden - Mike Smith
  • Michael Sheard - the headmaster
  • Tip Tipping, stunt coordinator
This was a decent Making of feature. There is no mention of Davros. They appear to have had much fun making this story and unlike me fail to see shortcomings.


Remembrances (2007)

15 minutes

The same people who appeared in Back to School talk about references to older Doctor Who stories in Remembrance of the Daleks. This could very easily have been part of Back to School. Davros, once again, barely gets mentioned. 

Interesting but not entirely satisfying. It might mean more to me if I had seen Remembrance of the Daleks when I was younger or had some nostalgic feelings for this story.

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