Beginning the End: Making 'The Time Warrior'

Wow, Brendan Sheppard has really excelled here. This is a very assured and accomplished DVD extra from someone who seems to have mastered his brief very very quickly. Let's face it, before the arrival of Sheppard and Phoenix on the scene the Doctor Who DVD range and its extras was, well, moribund. Every extra was interchangeable with each other and there was a certain sameness with them all. Sheppard has changed all that by producing excellent work which is made totally accessible to new and old fan alike and that is incredibly important especially as engaging with new fans was something the release range was struggling to do for a long time.

So here we have a sharp, fast paced, well observed DVD extra which really adds to the story and makes you feel a part of something that was shown 24 years ago.

Well done Brendan and well done to all concerned.

Wow, here is the second dish served up by producer Brendan Sheppard, this again brought a lovely fresh feel to a DVD range that was getting a tad stale. At last we are taken away from the boring black backgrounds and we are presented with some lovely location filming. Sheppard clearly has a nack for getting good stories out of people and the lovely graphics with people appearing on walls and clips presented in windows and such are simply lovely. Note also this is written by Karen Davies whose voice over read beautifully Simon Ockenden is brilliant and really sells this documentary. I note also the great choice of music that was used and I wonder was this specially composed for the feature as it fitted like a glove. So all in all 10 out of 10 for this and the CGI that goes along with this DVD is simply wonderful really enhances the story, especially Pertwee's blue beam that comes from his box of tricks really wonderful.