Starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, 1970’s The Ambassadors of Death has been newly re-mastered and will be available on DVD from Monday 1st October.
The special featues are as follows:
– 7 x 25 mins approx colour episodes with mono audio.
– Commentary with actors Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Peter Halliday and Geoffrey Beevers, director Michael Ferguson, script editor Terrance Dicks, stunt co-ordinator Derek Ware and stunt performers Roy Scammell and Derek Martin. Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
– Mars Probe 7: Making the Ambassadors of Death (dur. 26’ 21”) – cast and crew look back at the making of the story. With Michael Ferguson, Terrance Dicks, Derek Ware, Roy Scammell and assistant floor manager Margot Hayhoe. Narrated by Carl Kennedy.
– Trailer (dur. 1’ 27”) – the original BBC trailer for the story.
– Tomorrow’s Times: The Third Doctor (dur. 13’ 05”) – our ongoing series looking at the press coverage of Doctor Who reaches the Jon Pertwee era. Presented by Peter Purves.
– Photo gallery (dur. 4’26”) – production, design and publicity photos from the story.
– Coming Soon (dur. 1 min approx.) – a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
– Radio Times listings in Adobe PDF format.
The official synopsis reads: “The Doctor joins UNIT’s investigation into the mystery surrounding Mars Probe 7. Space Control has had no contact with the astronauts on board since it started back from Mars seven months ago, and when the Recovery 7 rescue mission runs into similar difficulties, our intrepid team investigates.
“When Recovery 7 gets back to Earth, the astronauts are kidnapped after landing and Liz Shaw notices something odd very about the ship, leading to a surprising discovery about the ship’s occupants – that they are a group of alien ambassadors who have swapped places with the astronauts. When the Doctor takes Recovery 7 to the Mars Probe to find the astronauts, he soon discovers that all is not as it seems and he has to act quickly in order to avoid all out war.”
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> Order Series 7 Part 1 on DVD on Amazon.
Watch the Series 7 trailer…