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City of Death

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Release Details
Release Date 22 Jan 2024
Code BBCBD0588
Format BD50
Discs 1
Episodes 4
Duration 1h 39m 38s
Ratio 4:3
Release ID 2399
Boxset ID 258
Boxset
Type Season / Series Box Set
Edition Standard Edition
Packaging Standard
Content
Serial City of Death
Season Season 17
Doctor Tom Baker (4th Doctor)
Technical
Title Subtitles Yes
Bonus Feature Subtitles Yes
Subtitles Disc 2
Audio Nav Yes
Audio Nav Voiceover Tom Baker
Audio DTS HD MA
Region BD Region B
Booklet Included

36 Bonus Features On This Release

Bonus features for City of Death
Bonus Features On Disc 2 Relating To City of Death
Studio Footage

Paris, W12 - studio footage shot between 22 May and 5 June 1979

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·20m 8s · Production | Studio Footage / Location Footage
Episode Commentary 1

Discussing all episodes

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·1h 39m 38s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Tom Baker & John Cleese Skit

Taken from the 1979 BBC Christmas staff video (was an Easter Egg on the previous release)

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·19s · Other | Humour
Photo Gallery

Photos from the production of "City of Death" set to background music and sound effects

Updated since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·16:9 ·13m 4s · Production | Gallery / Picture Gallery / Photo Gallery
Making-Of Documentary

Paris in the Springtime, written by Jonathan Morris - cast and crew discuss the making of "City of Death"

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·16:9 ·44m 6s · Documentary | Production
Episode Info Text

Production information and story facts presented via subtitles on all episodes

Updated since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·1h 39m 38s · Production | Episode Information Text
Visual Effects Footage

Ian Scoones, Chicken Wrangler - a montage of silent unused effects shots with chickens

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·2m 45s · Production | Visual Effects / Stunts
Prehistoric Landscapes

A montage of silent unused effects shots

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·2m 28s · Production | Visual Effects / Stunts
DVD Easter Egg

Interview with Douglas Adams (was an Easter Egg on the previous release)

Repeated from 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·6m 35s · Production | Writer
PDF Materials

Richard McManan-Smith's chateau design, 1 page

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Doreen James' costume designs, 2 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Ian Scoones' visual effects storyboards, 2 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Archive of "City of Death" production documentation, 208 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Gamble with Time" Part 1, 51 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Gamble with Time" Part 2, 48 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Gamble with Time" Part 3, 54 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Gamble with Time" Part 4, 45 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Annotated editing camera script for "City of Death" Part 1, 73 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Annotated editing camera script for "City of Death" Part 2, 61 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Annotated editing camera script for "City of Death" Part 3, 73 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Annotated editing camera script for "City of Death" Part 4, 58 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "City of Death" Part 1, 47 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "City of Death" Part 2, 44 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "City of Death" Part 3, 46 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "City of Death" Part 4, 41 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Radio Times material for "City of Death", 9 pages

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
Episode Commentary 2

Discussing episodes 1 and 4

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·49m 38s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Episode Commentary 3

Discussing all episodes

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·1h 39m 38s · Audio | Audio Commentary
Behind the Sofa

Doctor Who alumni react to classic clips from "City of Death"

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·16:9 ·27m 50s · Feature | Behind the Sofa
Directing Who

Michael Hayes discusses his career

Design Featurette

Designing "City of Death" with Richard McManan-Smith

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·16:9 ·4m 18s · Production | Design / Designer
Douglas Adams Documentary

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to Douglas Adams

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·16:9 ·48m 25s · Documentary | Biography· Production | Writer· Other | Obituary / Tribute / Dedication
Film Trims

"City of Death" from the cutting room floor - high-definition model shots

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·4:3 ·9m 59s · Production | Visual Effects / Stunts
Blue Peter

K9 makes an appearance in a feature about robots; first broadcast on 25 October 1979

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·4:3 ·6m 26s · Feature | Blue Peter
BBC Trails & Continuities

Trailers and continuity from September to October 1979, and August 1980

Repeated from 20 December 2021 ↗ ·4:3 ·4m 52s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Coming Soon

Trailer for the release of "The Creature from the Pit"

Repeated from The Time Monster · 29 March 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·41s · Production | Trails / Continuity

five Previously Released Bonus Features Not On This Release

Previously released bonus features not on this release
Eye on ... Blatchford

The story of Sardoth, the second-to-last of the Jagaroth

Removed since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·16:9 ·13m 1s · Other | Humour
Easter Egg

Good Woolf, Bad Woolf - Unused footage from Eye on Blatchford

Removed since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·16:9 ·1m 45s · Other | Humour· Production | Easter Egg
Doctor Who Annual

Doctor Who Annual 1980

Removed since 7 November 2005 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
Easter Egg

Jagaroth spaceship sales literature

Removed since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·2m 3s · Other | Advertising / Promotion· Production | Easter Egg
Easter Egg

Continuity for the following story, "The Creature from the Pit" (shown after the credits for episode 4)

Removed since 7 November 2005 ↗ ·4:3 ·19s · Production | Trails / Continuity· Production | Easter Egg