Next up is ‘ The Claws of Axos‘. A colourful adventure with some hideous monstrosities, both alien and the Whitehall “England for the English” types. There is also an opportunity to watch an extended version of Episode 1. The additional scenes don’t particularly add much to the story but they are nice to have reinstalled. If you are so inclined then the full studio recording session is also available to watch at your leisure. A specially shot announcement trailer has debuted on the Doctor Who YouTube channel, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam!) and featuring Katy Manning and Stewart Bevan in Return of the Autons PDF Written Archive - A treasure trove of previously unreleased material including production paperwork, scripts for all four episodes, Ken Trew's costume designs and Radio Times cuttings. BBC Trails & Continuities - Original continuity announcements reconstructed using the best available materials. (0'48" | 4:3 | 1971/2021)

In the US, the release of Tom Baker - Complete Season One was marked with a screening of the aforementioned omnibus edition of Genesis of the Daleks in theatres across the country. The release of Tom Baker - Complete Season Seven was similarly promoted with an omnibus screening of Logopolis, demonstrating the revised visual effects. Both screenings featured exclusive bonus content after the showing, and were organised by Fathom Events in partnership with BBC Studios. Doctor Who Claws of Axos Special Edition 2 DVD Set". BBC. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 . Retrieved 28 November 2013. In 1989, Doctor Who was on a creative high, with the Seventh Doctor and his companion Ace revitalising the programme for a new generation. Season 26 featured four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace’s past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires. I am guessing these were transfers from the DVD SE are possibly due to available source material i.e. film as opposed to videotaped sequences. Just curious as to why Inferno, Colony and the Time Monster looked noticeably better than these two episodes using the same technique if any one can shed any light on this? The Claws of Axos Episode One and Episode Four, along with The Dæmons Episode Four were remastered from their original PAL VTs (with elements of Axos One from an original studio tape).Doctor Who - Story #057: The Claws Of Axos". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 . Retrieved 29 November 2013. Production Paperwork, Camera Scripts, Don Houghton's 'The Pandora Machine' Original Draft Scripts and Story Breakdown, Radio Times Billings Doctor Who: The Daemons". British Video Association. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013 . Retrieved 19 October 2013. Behind the Sofa - Katy Manning (Jo Grant), Stewart Bevan (Cliff Jones), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Sacha Dhawan (The Master) and Anjli Mohindra (Queen Skithra, and Rani in The Sarah Jane Adventures) watch highlights from the opening story of Season 8. (28'25" | 16:9 | 2021)

The Direct Route– Doctor Who directors Michael Briant, Graeme Harper and Tim Combe take an epic road trip to all the filming locations from Season 8 as they discuss directing the show in the early 1970s. Doctor Who Colony in SpaceDVD". BBC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011 . Retrieved 28 November 2013. Doctor Who The Claws of Axos by Roadshow Entertainment - Shop Online for Movies, DVDs in Australia". www.fishpond.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017 . Retrieved 8 June 2017.Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in Terror of the Autons. Due to filming taking place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, two of these pairings are separated by a plastic screen. Mohindra and Dhawan were co-habiting partners at the time, so were able to sit closer.