The Final Curtain (2011)
38 minutes
This is the making of documentary feature for Planet of the Spiders.
There are clips from interviews with
- Barry Letts, producer (1969-74)
- Terrance Dicks, script editor (1969-74)
- Richard Franklin, Mike Yates
- Mark Gatiss, actor and author
- Mat Irvine, visual effects assistant
- Rochelle Selwyn, designer
- Jon Pertwee, The Doctor
The Pertwee interview was from 1995
- Why Jon Pertwee decided to leave the show
- Development of the story of Planet of the Spiders
- Mikes Yates role in PotS
- Spider logistics, lighting, and Metebelis III
- Colour Separation Overlay (CSO)
- Hovercraft, helicopter, and Whomobile
Elizabeth Sladen, who died in Apr 2011, is on the commentary track for this DVD but is not in this documentary feature.
John Kane Remembers (2011)
12 minutes
John Kane tells stories about
- A taxi ride to the BBC studio
- Working with Elizabeth Sladen
- Working with other actors
- Writing for television
Directing Doctor Who (2011)
14 minutes
Barry Letts talks about
- His time working at the BBC as an actor, director, and producer
- The Enemy of the World which was the first Doctor Who story he directed
- His career after Doctor Who
There is only a limited amount of footage of Enemy of the World shown in this feature. Barry Letts mentions how disappointed he is that most of it has been lost. Copies of the missing episodes from Enemy of the World were found in 2013 at a television station in Nigeria. The full story is available now.
Now and Then (2011)
7 minutes
A look at some of the locations where outdoors scenes were filmed. Most if not all of these scenes were from the first two episodes.
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