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Fantastic News. Genesis of the Daleks is one of the best stories ever and features a stunning performance by Michael Wisher as Davros.



The rights to the Daleks are co-owned by the estate of Terry Nation. The representatives demand a high fee for the use of the Daleks and UKGold is not willing to pay this. THe BBC had similar problems when it wanted to use the Daleks in the new series and for several weeks it was thought they would not be able to

Wonder if anyone actually pays the Nation Estate high prices?

Surely it defeats the object!

Besides Doctor Who Dalek material, what else is the Nation Estate blocking ?

Well that's excellent news about Inferno, a marvellously conceived and produced story as I recall. Although isn't some of it of dubious origin? It'll be interesting to see what the restoration team have to say about that. Incidentally their website is a very interesting read from a technical point of view (http://www.restoration-team.co.uk).

However I always found Genesis a little over-rated. It's good, but I always felt it would have been better as a 4 parter. Indeed, for many years I thought Genesis was a 2 parter from listening to the audio tape, and I remember finding it terribly sluggish when I first saw the original episodes!!

Anyway on to UK Gold, I'm glad they're going back to Pertwee's, it's been a while since I've seen any. The slot is just too damn early though, even on +1.

Special Features for inferno

Commentary with script editor Terrance Dicks, producer/director Barry Letts, Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier) and John Levene (Sgt. Benton).
Can You Hear the Earth Scream? - a 35 minute making of documentary, featuring interviews with Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, actors Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Ian Fairbairn and actor/stunt arranger Derek Ware.
The UNIT Family (Part One) - a 36 minute documentary looking at the first half of the 'UNIT family' that characterised the Third Doctor's Earth-bound stories. Featuring interviews with Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, UNIT creator Derrick Sherwin, and actors Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Caroline John and actor/stunt arranger Derek Ware.
Visual Effects Promo Film - an excerpt from an early attempt to 'sell' the experience and facilities of the BBC Visual Effects Department to new clients. Featuring model effects filming from Inferno and The Ambassadors of Death.
The Pertwee Years Intro - a short introduction to the story's final episode from Jon Pertwee, originally presented as part of BBC Video's The Pertwee Years VHS release.
The 1971 Doctor Who Annual as a PDF.
Radio Times billings.
Photo Gallery.
Subtitle Production Notes.

Special Features for genesis of the daleks:

Commentary with Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Peter Miles (Nyder) and director David Maloney.
Genesis of a Classic - cast and crew recall working on the story in this specially shot documentary.
The Dalek Tapes - new documentary narrated by Terry Molloy (who plays Davros in other Doctor Who stories), that tells the story of the Doctor's most iconic villain, including rare footage from programmes such as Blue Peter.
Blue Peter - a March 1975 item looking at a collection of Doctor Who models.
Doctor Who 1976 Annual as a PDF.
Radio Times Billings.
Continuity Compilation.
Photo Gallery.
Subtitle production notes.
from www.drwho-online.co.uk

Well, having laid into Genesis before, I will probably buy it given that Uncle Tom is doing the commentry! As far as I'm aware this is the first one he's done for a very long time - was The Ark In Space the last one he did? I believe he also did commentries for the entire Key To Time season but that's only available on Region 1, and hasn't been dealt with by the Restoration Team (I think).