Devious (Home Video)

Devious was the name of a bonus feature on the DVD release of The War Games. It gave a glimpse of an unreleased fan serial of the same name filmed primarily in the 1990s, but with a lengthy post-production period throughout the first two decades of the 21st century. The aim of the work, if completed, will be to bridge the narrative gap between the end of The War Games and the beginning of Spearhead from Space.

Production began in 1991, five years before Jon Pertwee's death in 1996. However, Pertwee's scenes were videotaped in April 1995, meaning that it was one of his final performances, alongside the 21 April 1996 segment of Surprise Surprise!. Following Pertwee's death, Big Finish Productions utilised audio of him from Devious in the fortieth-anniversary audio drama, Zagreus.

During January 2017, the Devious website continued to claim that Episode One of the story would be released in 2016, but this did not occur. However, on 5 July 2018, Episode 1 was unexpectedly uploaded to the doctorwhodevious YouTube channel, with the implication that more would follow. Episode 2 was uploaded on 31 October 2020.

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