Sound Quality: 100% - once again, I have no complaints about the quality of the sound.
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LIST OF EXTRAS
- Lords and Luddites (43:21)
The cast and crew of The Mark of the Rani discuss this adventure of the 6th Doctor.
- Now and Then (4:06)
A comparison of the various locations in Blists Hill Museum as they were during The Mark of the Rani and as they were in 2006.
- Deleted Scenes (8:40)
A selection of scenes cut from episode 1 of The Mark of the Rani. The majority appear to be simple trims.
- Playing With Time (9:44)
An interview with Jonathon Gibbs about his score for The Mark of the Rani.
- Information Text
The option to activate on-screen information about The Mark of the Rani during video playback.
- Radio Times Listings
PDF document of articles taken from the BBC TV listings magazine, Radio Times, at the time of the broadcast of The Mark of the Rani. These include the cast listings for both episodes, the John Craven Back Page article on Blists Hill Museum and its use as the main location in The Mark of the Rani, plus the letters page with comments about the Colin Baker era to date (complaints and praise).
- 1985 Doctor Who Annual
A PDF document of the entire 1985 Annual featuring articles about the show plus fiction featuring the 6th Doctor and Peri.
- Saturday Superstore (2:04)
Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant were taking telephone calls from viewers on this Saturday morning BBC TV young people's show when one caller, claiming to be The Master came through...
- Photo Gallery (5:57)
A selection of images from the main feature plus behind the scenes images.
- Blue Peter (11:22)
An excerpt from a 1978 edition of the children's magazine programme, Blue Peter, featuring presenter (and former Doctor Who actor) Peter Purves visiting Ironbridge Gorge and Blists Hill Museum.
- Audio Options - Commentary - Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Kate O'Mara
The option to listen to commentary during playback of the main feature.
- Audio Options - Isolated Music
The option to listen to Jonathon Gibbs's score only during playback of the main feature.
- Audio Options - Alternate Score for Episode One
The option to listen to Episode One with John Lewis's original score. John Lewis took ill and subsequently died before he could complete the score for this story.
- Easter Egg
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En route to Kew Gardens, the TARDIS is drawn off course by a temporal anomaly. The Doctor and Peri set off to investigate and encounter a group of Luddites attacking a horse drawn cart, or more specifically its load - machinery for the local pit. The driver thanks them for their help and remarks on the unusual behaviour of the attackers - men he knows. A strange reading near the local bath house intrigues the Doctor and after an attack against himself he vows to find out who or what is behind the Luddite riots that are springing up in this area. Of equal concern is that some of Britain's most important people are due to meet soon: the men who will be responsible for the industrial revolution to come - Stephenson, Faraday, Telford and many others.
The Doctor soon discovers that he must take on not one but two other Time Lords in the battle to preserve human history.
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REVIEW BY
(d) D.S.Carlin
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