The Peladon Saga - Part Two (2009)
The Monsters and the Monarchs
22 minutes
People interviewed for this feature include
- Barry Letts, producer
- Terrance Dicks, script editor
- Chris D'Oyly-John, production assistant
- Katy Manning, Jo Grant
- Donald Gee, Eckersley
- Nick Hobbs, Aggedor
- Brian Hodgson, radiophonic workshop
- Stuart Fell, body of Alpha Centauri
- Sonny Caldinez, Ice Warrior
- Nina Thomas, Queen Thalira
- Ralph Watson, Ettis
- Elizabeth Moss, makeup supervisor
They discuss the creatures and characters from the two Peladon stories. The creatures discussed were
- Aggedor
- Arcturus
- Alpha Centauri
The characters discussed are seen in clips but not all of the actors who played characters in Curse or Monster were interviewed for the program. The following actors who played characters in one or both of the Peladon stories were only seen in clips from the stories and not interviewed.
- David Troughton, King Peladon
- Frank Gatliff, Chancellor Ortron
- Rex Robinson, Gebek
- Elizabth Sladen, Sarah Jane Smith
- Jon Pertwee, The Doctor
Liz Sladen passed away in 2011 but she was not interviewed for this feature which was produced in 2009.
On Target - Terrance Dicks (2009)
21 minutes
This feature is all about the work Terence Dicks did for the Target Books series of novelizations of Doctor Who stories.
The people interviewed for this feature include
- Alan Barnes, former Doctor Who Magazine editor
- Paul Cornell, Doctor Who scriptwriter and novelist
- Terrance Dicks, Doctor Who scriptwriter and novelist
- David Howe, co-author, The Target Book
- Gareth Roberts, Doctor Who scriptwriter and novelist
Topics that came up included
- The Auton Invasion, aka the novelization of Spearhead from Space
- Changes that Dicks sometime made to the stories in the novels
- How Dicks understood that the audience for the books were kids
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