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[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on DELTA AND THE BANNERMEN who have previously worked on the show:

• Chris Clough (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1624 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #146 - Delta And The Bannermen

Name: Malcolm Kohil [1953 - ]

Role: Writer [3 episodes]
Year(s): 1987
Stories: Delta And The Bannermen part 1 - Delta And The Bannermen part 3
Note(s): Wrote the Target novelisation of 'Delta And The Bannermen'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: OTT [1 episode] (1982)

After Who
Films: The Fourth Reich (1990), The Bone Snatcher (2003), Triomf (2008)
Television: None

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The captured Dalek, mockingly nicknamed 'Rusty' by the Doctor, goes on the rampage during Into The Dalek (2014)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on DRAGONFIRE who have previously worked on the show:

• Chris Clough (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1625 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #147 - Dragonfire

Name: Ian Briggs [1958 - ]

Role: Writer [7 episodes]
Year(s): 1987 / 1989
Stories: Dragonfire part 1 - Dragonfire part 3 / The Curse Of Fenric part 1 - The Curse Of Fenric part 4
Note(s):

• Wrote the Target novelisations of 'Dragonfire' / 'The Curse of Fenric'
• Wrote the Big Finish Productions 'Short Trips: Defining Patterns' story 'The Celestial Harmony Engine'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: Casualty [1 episode] (1990) / The Bill [1 episode] (1990)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Captain Jack (John Barrowman) shows off his physique during Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS who have previously worked on the show:

• Andrew Morgan (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1626 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #148 - Remembrance Of The Daleks

Name: Ben Aaronovitch [1964 - ]

Role: Writer [8 episodes]
Year(s): 1988 / 1989
Stories: Remembrance Of The Daleks part 1 - Remembrance Of The Daleks part 4 / Battlefield part 1 - Battlefield part 4
Note(s):

• Is the first writer for 'Doctor Who' to have been born after its debut on television
• Is the brother of Big Finish Productions 'Who' voice actor Owen Aaronovitch
• Wrote the Target novelisation of 'Remembrance of the Daleks'
• Wrote the Virgin New Adventures stories 'Transit' / 'The Also People' / 'So Vile a Sin'
• Wrote the 'Bernice Summerfield' story 'Genius Loci' and the unfinished 'Terra Incognita'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Magazine' short story 'Prelude Transit'
• Wrote the 'Short Trips' story 'Gone Fishing'
• Wrote the 'Bernice Summerfield' short stories 'Walking Backwards for Christmas' / 'The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam' both of which were adapted by Big Finish Productions as audio adventures
• Wrote the Big Finish Productions 'The Lost Stories' adventure 'Earth Aid'
• Wrote the 'Doctor Who Magazine' story 'The Children of Davros'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: None
Television: Casualty [1 episode] (1990) / Jupiter Moon [9 episodes] (1990-1996) / The Dark Knight [1 episode] (2002)

[Susan Foreman]

Breakdown of the contents on the Series 25 Blu-ray set:

DISC ONE: Remembrance of the Daleks Televised Version

• Episodes (Play All - 98:20):
  - Part One (24:38)
  - Part Two (24:35)
  - Part Three (24:32)
  - Part Four (24:35)
• Audio commentary with Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred (2000)
• Updated Special Effects Option
• Episode Information Text (optional subtitle option)
• Isolated Music Soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (48kHz)
• Back to School: The Making of Remembrance of the Daleks - 2007 documentary (32:40)
• Behind the Sofa: Remembrance of the Daleks (38:47)
• Remembrances: Referencing the Past - 2007 featurette (15:16)
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (including an outtake from Sophie Aldred's 2000 deleted scenes introduction - 0:13; originally an Easter Egg) (12:39)
• Outtakes (4:13)
• Remembrance of the Daleks: Mute Visual Effects Film Sequences (13:18)
• Action Coverage (3:44)
• Promotion & TV Appearances:
  - Season 25 Press Trailer (2:00)
  - Kilroy: Idols, Love or Lunacy? - TV episode excerpt with David Saunders, Sylvester McCoy, Louise Jameson, David Cassidy broadcast 28.10.1987 (4:29)
  - Daytime Live: Radiophonic Workshop Extract - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Judi Spears and Roger Limb broadcast 21.3.1988 (6:44)
  - Why Don't You? - BBC1 TV episode excerpt broadcast 31.8.1988 (5:49)
  - Open Air - BBC1 TV episode excerpts broadcast on 17.2.1987 and 12.4.1988 (2:43)
  - Take Two - BBC1 TV episode excerpt broadcast 18.5.1988 (1:29)
  - BBC Breakfast Time - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Jeremy Paxman, Sylvester McCoy and David Saunders broadcast 5.10.1988 (4:59)
  - Blue Peter - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Mary Curry, Caron Keating, Yvette Fielding and Sophie Aldred broadcast 17.10.1988 (0:26)
  - Points of View - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Anne Robinson broadcast 19.10.1988 (0:41)
  - Daytime Live - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Judi Spears, Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Doctor Who fans broadcast 28.10.1988 (12:24)
• Music Demo with choice of 2.0 Stereo or 5.1 audio (3:24)
• Remembrance of the Daleks Trails and Continuity BBC 1 October 1988 (5:35)
• Remembrance of the Daleks Photo Gallery (11:19)
• DVD-ROM content (PDF Materials):
  - Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 354 pages
  - Rehearsal Script: Part 2 (22 February 1988 Revision) - 84 pages
  - Camera Script: 27-29 April 1988 Recording Block - 158 pages
  - Production Document Archive - 631 pages
  - Studio Floor Plan & Set Model - 4 pages
  - Set Design Drawings - 4 Pages
  - Radio Times Material - 10 pages
  - Season 25 BBC Enterprises Sales Sheet - 1 page
  - Season 25 BBC Television Play Synopses - 5 pages
  - Andrew Cartmel's Notes for New Writers 4 pages
  - 1988 Production Office Mailout Information - 17 pages

DISC TWO: Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition

• Episodes (Play All - 105:40):
  - Part One (25:24)
  - Part Two (26:11)
  - Part Three (25:36)
  - Part Four (26:29)
• Davros Connections - 2007 documentary (43:17)
• Looking for Dursley with Toby Hadoke - 2024 documentary (55:06)
• Doctor Who Remembrance of the Daleks Location Footage: A Selection of Raw Footage Recorded Between 4th-13th April 1988 (89:59)
• Doctor Who Remembrance of the Daleks Studio Footage: A Selection of Raw Footage Recorded Between 27th-29th April 1988 (89:59)
• The Collection: Season 25 trailer (6:17)

DISC THREE: The Happiness Patrol Televised Version

• Episodes (Play All - 74:14):
  - Part One (24:53)
  - Part Two (24:51)
  - Part Three (24:30)
• Audio Commentary with Sophie Aldred, Graeme Curry, Andrew Cartmel, Dominic Glynn, Chris Clough and moderated by Toby Hadoke (2011)
• Episode Information Text (optional subtitle option)
• Isolated Music Soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (48kHz)
• Happiness Will Prevail - 2012 documentary (23:46)
• Behind the Sofa: The Happiness Patrol - 2024 featurette (32:08)
• When Worlds Collide - 2012 documentary (46:05)
• Girls Girls Girls: 1980s - 2011 documentary (21:43)
• Sophie Aldred in Conversation - 2024 interview conducted by Matthew Sweet (55:13)
• Q&A: When Sophie Met Lesley - 2024 featurette (15:45)
• Going Live - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Philip Schofield, Sylvester McCoy, Sarah Greene broadcast 5.11.1988 (10:22)
• Newsnight: How Dr Who took on Mrs Thatcher - TV episode excerpt with Gavin Esler, Terrance Dicks, Jonathan Powell, Adam Roberts, Tim Collins and Andrew Cartmel broadcast 15.2.2010 (8:25)
• Deleted & Extended Scenes (23:20)
• The Happiness Patrol Trails & Continuity BBC1 November 1988 (3:48)
• The Happiness Patrol Photo Gallery (10:00)
• PDF DVD-ROM material:
  - Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-3 - 268 pages
  - Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1 & 3 - 141 pages
  - Production Documentation Archive - 328 Pages
  - Studio Floor Plan - 1 page
  - VFX Design Sketches - 8 pages
  - Radio Times Material - 8 pages

DISC FOUR: The Happiness Patrol Special Edition

• Episodes (Play All - 90:05):
  - Part One (31:14)
  - Part Two (30:19)
  - Part Three (28:32)
• Chris Clough in Conversation - 2024 interview conducted by Matthew Sweet (52:30)
• Stephen Mansfield: Sculpting Visual Effects - 2024 interview (9:04)
• Doctor Who The Happiness Patrol Studio footage: A Selection of Raw Footage Recorded Between July-August 1988 (197:32)

DISC FIVE: Silver Nemesis Televised Version

• Episodes (Play All - 73:28):
  - Part One (24:33)
  - Part Two (24:15)
  - Part Three (24:40)
• Audio commentary with Andrew Cartmell and Chris Clough (2008)
• Episode Information Text (optional subtitle option)
• Isolated Music Soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (48kHz)
• Industrial Action: Remembering Silver Nemesis - 2010 documentary (33:33)
• Andrew Cartmel in Conversation - 2024 interview conducted by Matthew Sweet (50:40)
• The Making of Doctor Who - 1988 documentary (55:06)
• Behind the Sofa: Silver Nemesis - 2024 featurette (34:07)
• Open Air - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Susan Rae, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Verity Lambert and Jon Pertwee broadcast 24.11.1988 (15:02)
• Behind the Screen - TV episode excerpt with Rob Curling and John Nathan-Turner broadcast 29.11.1988 (6:24)
• Points of View - BBC1 TV excerpt with Anne Robinson broadcast 7.12.1988 (1:07)
• The Making of Doctor Who: John Nathan-Turner - 1988 interview (21:37)
• The Making of Doctor Who: Chris Clough - 1988 interview (22:19)
• The Making of Doctor Who: Dorka Nieradzik - 1988 interview (8:49)
• The 50th Anniversary Archive (2013):
  - Sophie Aldred at the 50th Anniversary Celebration (6:36)
• Doctor Who Silver Nemesis Deleted and Extended Scenes (22:32)
• Silver Nemesis Trails & Continuity BBC1 November-December 1988 (3:58)
• Coming Soon: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1:04)
• Silver Nemesis: Photo Gallery (13:29)
• PDF DVD-ROM material:
  - Draft Scripts: Parts 1 & 2 - 136 pages
  - Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-3 - 210 pages
  - Rehearsal Script: Part 1 (8 June 1988 Revision) - 74 pages
  - Rehearsal Script: Part 3 (9 June 1988 Revision) - 75 pages
  - Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1-3 - 182 pages
  - Production Document Archive - 383 pages
  - VFX Design Sketches - 11 pages
  - Radio Times Material - 11 pages

DISC SIX: Silver Nemesis Special Edition, VHS Edition & Omnibus

• Special Edition Episodes (Play All - 83:40):
  - Part One (28:27)
  - Part Two (26:17)
  - Part Three (28:56)
• 1993 VHS Version Episodes (Play All - 84:56):
  - Part One (29:50)
  - Part Two (25:51)
  - Part Three (29:15)
• Omnibus Version (53:43)
• Doctor Who Silver Nemesis Location Footage: A Selection of Raw Footage Recorded Between June-July 1988 (178:00)
• Special Edition Deleted Scenes (2:35)

DISC SEVEN: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Televised & Extended Version

• Episodes (Play All - 97:46):
  - Part One (24:25)
  - Part Two (24:23)
  - Part Three (24:32)
  - Part Four (24:26)
• Audio commentary with Sophie Aldred, Christopher Guard, Mark Ayres, Stephen Wyatt and moderated by Toby Hadoke (2011)
• Updated Special Effects Option
• Episode Information Text (optional subtitle option)
• Isolated Music Soundtrack in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (48kHz)
• Extended Episodes (Play All - 105:00):
  - Part One (27:16)
  - Part Two (24:23)
  - Part Three (28:55)
  - Part Four (24:26)
• The Show Must Go On: Making The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - 2013 featurette (30:17)
• Behind the Sofa: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy - 2024 featurette (33:59)
• The Big Bang Theory with Danny Hargreaves - 2012 featurette (12:33)
• Lost in the Darkness: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy's Missing Model Shots - 2012 featurette (2:08)
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Mute 35mm Effects Film Sequences (13:45)
• Victoria Wood As Seen On TV: Doctor Who sketch - TV episode excerpt broadcast 18.12.1987 (1:15)
• Knock, Knock - TV episode excerpt broadcast 17.2.1989 (2:30)
• The Psychic Circus - music video with choice of 2.0 Stereo or 5.1 audio (4:50)
• Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Deleted Scenes (11:10)
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Trails & Continuities BBC1 December 1988-January 1989 (3:52)
• The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Photo Gallery (10:12)
• Coming Soon: Battlefield (1:14)
• Coming Soon: Season 26 (2:57)
• Audio Archive:
  - Round Midnight - Radio episode excerpt with Sylvester McCoy broadcast on BBC Radio 2, 14.12.1988 (10:37)
• PDF DVD-ROM material:
  - Draft Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 224 pages
  - Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 320 pages
  - Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 296 pages
  - Camera Script Editing Notes - 442 pages
  - Production Document Archive - 548 pages
  - Radio Times Material - 7 pages
  - Design Drawings & Studio Plans - 19 pages
  - VFX Design Sketches - 15 pages
  - BBC Ariel Newspaper - TVC Asbestos Coverage - 8 pages
  - Radio Times cuttings
  - VHS release documents

DISC EIGHT: Bonus Disc

• Doctor Who: The Collection Escape Room: The Seventh Doctor - 2024 featurette (75:29)
• Doctor Who and the Collectors, Part Three Presented by Emily Cook: The 1980s - 2022 featurette (23:20)
• Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Location Footage: A Selection of Raw Footage Recorded Between May-June 1988 (180:01)
• Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz - TV episode with Sylvester McCoy, broadcast 22 December 1988 (29:35)
• Open Air - BBC1 TV episode excerpt with Mat Irvine and Sylvester McCoy, broadcast 1 May 1989 (25:13)
• The Panopticon Archive with Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred: 4th October 1998 (45:43)
• Manopticon 2: Sylvester McCoy & Sophie Aldred 1993 (59:14)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Toos (Pamela Salem) seen through the eyes of one of The Robots of Death (1977)

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on THE HAPPINESS PATROL who have previously worked on the show:

• Chris Clough (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1627 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #149 - The Happiness Patrol

Name: Graeme Curry [1957 - 2019]

Role: Writer [3 episodes]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: The Happiness Patrol part 1 - The Happiness Patrol part 3
Note(s):

• Wrote the Target novelisation of 'The Happiness Patrol'
• Had an unbilled cameo role as one of the tourists at Windsor Castle in 'Silver Nemesis'

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: The Bill [1 episode] (1988)

After Who
Films: None
Television: EastEnders [2 episodes] (1989)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of the special edition of The Power of the Daleks (1966) which hit dvd and Blu-ray in July 2020.

[Susan Foreman]

Key Crew working on SILVER NEMESIS who have previously worked on the show:

• Chris Clough (Director)
• John Nathan-Turner (Producer)

Who: Before And After #1628 / Doctor Who: Key Crew: Story #150 - Silver Nemesis

Name: Kevin Clarke [? - ]

Role: Writer [3 episodes]
Year(s): 1988
Stories: Silver Nemesis part 1 - Silver Nemesis part 3

Before Who: Writer Credits
Films: None
Television: None

After Who
Films: Albert and the Lion (1989)
Television: Wish Me Luck [3 episodes] (1988-1990) / The Bill [7 episodes] (1988-1991) / Minder [1 episode] (1991) / Die Wache [1 episode] (1994) / Ellington [1 episode] (1996) / Wycliffe [2 episodes] (1997-1998) / The Inspector Lynley Mysteries [1 episode] (2004) / The Last Detective [1 episode] (2005) / Casualty [1 episode] (2007)