Black Orchid (Doctor Who)

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*The working title for this story was "The Beast".
*Producer John Nathan-Turner had originally considered directing this story himself, thus become the first producer to do so since Barry Letts during the early 1970s. However, due to time constraints, Nathan-Turner abandoned the idea and hired Ron Jones to direct.
*This serial was commissioned by John Nathan-Turner during a period when the series did not have a Script Editor.
*In the DVD commentary, Peter Davison and Janet Fielding revealed that Black Orchid is not a particular favourite episode of theirs, because they disliked the lack of a science fiction element.

In print

Doctorwhobook
title=Black Orchid
series=Target novelisations
number=113
featuring=


writer=Terence Dudley
publisher=Target Books
coverartist=Tony Masero
isbn=
set_between=
pages=
date=September 1986 (Hardback)19th February 1987 (Paperback)
preceding=The Seeds of Death
following=The Ark|A novelisation of this serial, written by Terence Dudley, was published by Target Books in September 1986. It was the final Fifth Doctor story to be novelised, but did not complete the Fifth Doctor's era - "Resurrection of the Daleks" has to date not been novelised due to disputes with the estate of Terry Nation. An unabridged reading of the novelisation by actor Michael Cochrane was released on CD in June 2008 by BBC Audiobooks.

Broadcast, VHS and DVD release

*This story was released in a twin VHS set with "The Visitation" in July 1994.
*The story was released on Region 2 DVD on April 14th 2008.
*The story was released on Region 4 DVD on June 5th 2008.
*The story was released on Region 1 DVD on August 5th 2008.

References

External links

*BBCCDW|id=blackorchid|title=Black Orchid
*Brief | id=6a | title=Black Orchid
*Doctor Who RG | id=who_6a | title=Black Orchid

Reviews

*OG review | id=6a | title=Black Orchid
*DWRG | id=blac | title=Black Orchid

Target novelisation

*DWRG | id=blacnov | title=Black Orchid
* [http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~ecl6nb/OnTarget/1987/black/87black.htm On Target — "Black Orchid"]