This two-disc set features the linked Fifth Doctor stories 'Kinda' and 'Snakedance'. On the planet Deva Loka, Tegan is taken over by the snake-like Mara...
Disc Contents:
Kinda
• Four episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary with actors Peter
Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse and Nerys Hughes.
• Dream Time (dur. 34’ 05”) – cast and crew look back at the making of
the story. With actors Janet Fielding, Nerys Hughes, Simon Rouse and Adrian
Mills, director Peter Grimwade, writer Christopher Bailey, script editors
Christopher H. Bidmead, Eric Saward and Antony Root, designer Malcolm Thornton,
new series writer Robert Shearman. .
• Peter Grimwade – Directing with Attitude (dur. 22’ 57”) – a look at the
Doctor Who career of writer and director Peter Grimwade. With Peter Grimwade,
actors Janet Fielding and Nerys Hughes, writer Christopher Bailey, script editor
Eric Saward, production assistant Margot Hayhoe, designer Malcolm Thornton,
production secretary Jane Judge, script consultant Ian Levine, and Target Books
editor Nigel Robinson. Presented by Mark Strickson.
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (dur. 14’ 36”) – a fascinating collection
of deleted sequences taken from timecoded domestic videotape copies of the
story’s early edits.
• Optional CGI Effects Sequence – option to view episode four with the
original giant puppet snake replaced by a CGI snake .
• CGI Effects Comparison (dur. 1’
34”) – a side by side comparison of the original puppet and new CGI snake shots.
• Trails & Continuity (dur. 4’ 13”) – BBC trails and continuity
announcements from the story’s original transmission.
• Isolated Music – option to watch the story with the isolated music
score.
Snakedance
• Four episodes with mono audio.
• Commentary with actors Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton.
• Snake Charmer (dur. 24’ 37”) – cast and crew look back at the making of
the story. With actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, director Fiona Cumming,
writer Christopher Bailey, script editor Eric Saward, designer Jan Spoczynski,
and new series writer Robert Shearman.
• Deleted Scenes (dur. 3’ 05”) – scenes from the original ending of
episode four, courtesy of a timecoded recording kept by producer John
Nathan-Turner.
• In Studio (dur. 6’ 12”) – a rare glimpse inside the studio during
recording of effects sequences for the story, including the infamous ‘farting
Mara’!
• Saturday Superstore (dur. 14’ 16”) – Peter Davison guests on the
Saturday morning children’s show, where he plays cricket with Mike Read and John
Craven and takes questions from callers.
• Isolated Music – option to watch the story with the isolated music
score.
• Easter Egg (dur. 14’ 17”) – ‘Kinda’ and ‘Snakedance’ writer Christopher
Bailey in freeform conversation with writer Robert Shearman. Note:
although this is a long item, the technical quality is poor, hence relegation to
Easter Egg status at the request of the feature's producer.
• Plus of course the usual PDF materials,
Coming Soon trailer, Programme Subtitles, Subtitle Production
Notes and Photo Galleries.
Copyright Steve Roberts, 10 August 2011. No reproduction allowed without written permission.