Doctor Who Episode Guide Catalogues:
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have made it out on DVD, and which gems
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William Hartnell Era
1963-1966, BW
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1966-1969, BW
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1970-1974, Colour
Tom Baker Era
1975-1981, Colour
Peter Davison Era
1981-1984, Colour
Colin Baker Era
1984-1986, Colour
Sylvester McCoy Era
1987-1989, Colour
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2005, Colour
David Tennant Era
2005-2009..., Colour
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New for March 2, 2010:
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Reviews:
"The Curse of Peladon"
Now on DVD
Doctor Who's 9th season comes alive with
a fun classic that helped define the
well-traveled side
of Jon Pertwee's Doctor....
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Reviews:
"The Monster of Peladon"
Now on DVD
Back for a longer, second helping of a
good thing, this season 11 sequel almost
manages to be as good as the original, while
adding some of its own unique charms....
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New for February 19, 2010:
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Review: "The Waters of Mars"
Now on DVD and Blu-Ray
The most promising setting
and plot mechanics of the
"season of specials" gets tripped up
by unnecessarily depressing character motivations.
Let's find out how to REALLY inspire the future....
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Review: "The End of Time"
Now on DVD and Blu-Ray
Russell T. Davies pulls out all the stops
once more to give the Tenth Doctor's finale
a great emotional ride and challenge the show's
long mythology once more. Hang on and enjoy!
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Settle back and read more in-depth Reviews for each Doctor Who story:
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Start at the very beginning with
our review of the
first Doctor Who story:
"An Unearthly Child",
complete with
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listings of DVD extras,
and make your way forward....
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Are you a Tom Baker fan?
Lyratek Arts is now pleased to present
consecutive
full reviews for the first 5 years
of his
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legendary 7-year run
as the fourth Doctor. Delve in with
his debut story:
"Robot"....
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Recently got hooked on the new modern
version of Doctor Who? Read reviews
for each new story beginning with
the 2005 revival pilot
"Rose"
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and make your way into
David Tennant's current era....
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The Editor's Pick of the Latest Releases:
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"Peladon Tales"
box set.
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Story no. 61:
"The Curse of Peladon"
starring Jon Pertwee
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Jan 18, 2010.
Region 1 NTSC DVD release May 4, 2010.
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The Curse of Peladon (4 episodes):
Mistaken for official delegates from Earth,
the Doctor and Jo join a committee of various aliens
sent to consider the near-medeival society on
the planet Peladon for acceptance into the Galactic Federation.
Is an ancient curse
summoning the spirit of the great beast Aggedor
to silence Federation supporters and prevent the king from
losing his sovereignty? Or is it the Ice Warriors
up to their old tricks again, sabotaging the meetings,
as the Doctor suspects?
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"Peladon Tales"
box set.
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Story no. 73:
"The Monster of Peladon"
starring Jon Pertwee
6 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Jan 18, 2010.
Region 1 NTSC DVD release May 4, 2010.
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The Monster of Peladon (6 episodes):
Returning to the planet Peladon 50 years after
his last visit, the Doctor investigates deadly sightings
of Aggedor that have conveniently frightened the
local miners from using blasphemous high-tech
tools to fulfill Peladon's interplanetary trade commitments.
Can Queen Thalira come to terms with the disgruntled miners
before they revolt? Have traitors infiltrated the court
to manipulate the political scene once again?
And will the Ice Warriors be justified
to exert force to restore
control to this feudal society?
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Standard DVD:
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Story nos. 204-207:
"The Next Doctor",
"Planet of the Dead",
"The Waters of Mars", and
"The End of Time"
(Parts 1 & 2)
starring David Tennant
first broadcast in England
between Christmas 2008
and Christmas 2009.
Now with
more extras in
"The Complete Specials" box set.
Region 2 PAL DVD release 2010 January 11.
Region 1 NTSC DVD release 2010 February 2.
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The Next Doctor: Materializing in London in time for Christmas 1851,
the Doctor suspects he has stumbled upon a future version of
himself who is hot on the trail of the Cybermen. What mysterious
incident has caused the new Doctor's memory to become
scattered? Why have the cybermen entered into an alliance
with a vindictive woman in red? And what horrors await
England should the CyberKing finally arise?
Planet of the Dead: Hot on the trail of Rhondium particles
and the rip in the time/space continuum that they signify,
the Doctor takes the bus.... and UNIT is quickly called
in to seal off the area where the double-decker vanished.
What purpose lays behind the creation of an interplanetary
wormhole? What secrets are to be discovered in the endless
sands of San Helios? And what haunting terrors is the
storm sweeping towards the Doctor and friends?
The Waters of Mars:
The Doctor explores Mars, quickly
encountering an early human colony just as trouble
breaks out on their base. What has caused endless
amounts of water to spring forth out of several
colony members? Does the ancient civilization of
the Ice Warriors have anything to do with the
underground glacier that the humans decided to build their base on?
And what historical significance is the Doctor keeping
secret about the events that are about to take place?
The End of Time: Is this finally the end
of David Tennant's tenth Doctor?
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Story no. 5:
"The Keys of Marinus"
starring William Hartnell
6 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Sept 21, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC release January 5, 2010.
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Story: Materializing on a mysterious island, the
Doctor and friends are persuaded to embark on a quest
to recover five unique code keys from their secret locations
on the various continents of the planet Marinus. But who is
the dark lord Yartek? Why do he and his Voord underlings also
seek the keys? And what secrets lay behind the planet's laws
that the keys might help unlock?
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Story no. 50:
"The War Games"
starring Patrick Troughton
10 episodes @ 25 minutes
(the grand epic finale
of the black & white era)
Region 2 PAL DVD release
July 6, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC release
Nov. 3, 2009
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Story: The Doctor finds himself in the
midst of trench warfare between English and German
forces. But many of the participants are suffering
very selective memory losses, and the Doctor becomes
determined to find out who is manipulating events
from behind the scenes, and why. As the overwhelming
scope and nature of the operation is revealed, the Doctor
finds he can no longer hide his origins from Jamie
and Zoe's curiosity....
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Story no. 128:
"Enlightenment"
starring
Peter Davison
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
available in the
Black Guardian Trilogy
set
with
"Mawdryn Undead"
(4 episodes) and
"Terminus"
(4 episodes).
Region 2 PAL DVD release Aug. 10, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC DVD
release Nov. 3, 2009.
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Mawdryn Undead: The Black Guardian sets a complex series
of traps with which to have his revenge on the Doctor,
beginning with the recruitment of mischievous schoolboy
Vislor Turlough who quickly gains the Doctor's confidence....
Enlightenment:
The White Guardian can barely access enough power to direct
the Doctor to a bizarre racing contest between sailing vessels,
manned by several rivals of an immortal species of Eternals. What
is the mysterious and dangerous prize they are competing for?
Why must none of them be allowed to win it? As the Black
Guardian's power increases, the Doctor struggles to emerge from
his pawn's-eye-view of the Guardians' end game.
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Story no. 88:
"The Deadly Assassin"
starring Tom Baker
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release
May 4, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC release
Sept. 1, 2009.
Oh Yes!
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Story: Trying to prevent the assassination of
the President of the High Council of Time Lords, the
Doctor returns to his home planet of Gallifrey and finds
himself embroiled in politics and conspiracies. In search
of the true culprits, he enters the Matrix, a neural net
of computer supported mental energy, and soon finds himself
squaring off against one of his oldest enemies.
One of the most outstanding classics of the series,
this story re-wrote Time Lord mythology and has become
a cornerstone in the understanding of the Doctor Who universe,
(not to mention foreshadowing a certain Wachowski Bros. film
by about 23 years).
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Special Edition
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Story no. 152:
"Remembrance of the Daleks"
(special edition)
starring Sylvester McCoy
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 1 NTSC DVD
release March 2, 2010.
Finally.
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Story: The Doctor and Ace return to
Coal Hill School and 76 Totters Lane,
London, 1963, where it all began.
Activity from several different factions
of Daleks has aroused the curiosity of
the military, and the area is no longer
safe for anyone. But the Doctor is making
an even more dangerous gamble with the
Hand of Omega. Has he raised the stakes
too high this time?
This 2010 re-release of the story adds to the previous
DVD version by giving us some
proper behind-the-scenes documentary featurettes, as well as
updates to the deleted scenes, multi-angle features,
photo gallery, and main feature soundtrack presentation.
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Special Edition
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Special Edition
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Story no. 130:
"The Five Doctors"
(special 2008 edition)
starring Peter Davison,
Patrick Troughton,
& Jon Pertwee
(with Richard Hurndall, Tom Baker,
& William Hartnell).
~90 minute special
Region 1 NTSC DVD release Aug 5, 2008.
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Story: Someone is scooping each of the Doctor's
former selves out of time, along with many of his friends
and enemies, and placing them all in the Death Zone on
Gallifrey to go at each other. The Doctors must use all
their wits to stay alive, find out who is pulling the strings,
and most importantly: why?
The 2008 release features both the original broadcast version
from 1983 and the CGI enhanced Collector's Edition from 1995,
with both new and used commentaries,
behind the scenes documentaries,
and other new extras....
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Mind Over Mara - Templates for Health & Wellbeing
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Discover some of its
hidden wisdoms and modern relevance
as we explore its high concepts
in greater depth in our review....
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Deepak Chopra Page
An introduction to one of the world's
leading experts in Mind/Body medicine
and holistic life integration, celebrating
his popular works and latest projects.
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Recipe for Health
A feature article on the relationship between
leading practices and philosophies of
mind, body, health and wellbeing.
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Trilogies & Full Season Box Sets
(Yes, many other bizarre box sets are available.
These are just the ones
that feature 3 or more consecutive stories.)
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"The Beginning"
Box set containing
Story nos. 1, 2 & 3:
"An Unearthly Child",
"The Daleks", and
"The Edge of Destruction"
starring William Hartnell
13 episodes @ 25 minutes
plus a bonus
30-minute recreation of
the lost story no. 4:
"Marco Polo"
(originally 7 episodes)
practically the first half of
Season 1.
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Story: Teachers Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright
decide to investigate reports that highschool student
Susan Foreman lives with her grandfather, a Doctor,
inside a police box in a junkyard. The quartet soon find
themselves amongst a primitive tribe 100 000 years in the
past, and not long after in a petrified forest on a
post-apocalyptic alien planet. Is the nearby city
as deserted and lifeless as it appears? Or will the
Doctor and his new friends be taking an alien presence
with them when they leave?
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Special Edition!
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Region 2 PAL Ltd. Edition Numbered 7 Disc Box set
2009 Re-issue:
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Story nos. 98-103:
Season 16 Box Set:
"The Key to Time"
SPECIAL EDITION!
starring Tom Baker
26 episodes @ 25 minutes
6 disc Region 1 NTSC version released 2002
(not shown)
Region 2 PAL DVD version
released 2007 Sept 24 and
Region 1 NTSC Special Edition
releasing 2009 March 3
both contain
a 7th disc and loads of new extras,
including 3 additional commentaries
and many behind the scenes featurettes.
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Overview: The White Guardian recruits the Doctor, K9,
and an inexperienced academy graduate named Romana
to reassemble the six disguised segments of the
Key to Time, beginning an odyssey of adventure and
sci-fi mystery across a variety of planets.
Ultimately, the Doctor
knows he will have to face and outwit the dark
forces that also seek the Key to Time, and learn
the secrets of the Key itself before the final
segment is revealed....
Contains six stories, also sold separately
in North America. For further details,
click on:
"The Key to Time", or read full
reviews listing DVD extras beginning with
"The Ribos Operation" (story no. 98).
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"The E-Space Trilogy"
Box set containing
Story nos. 112, 113 & 114:
"Full Circle",
"State of Decay", and
"Warriors' Gate"
starring Tom Baker
12 episodes @ 25 minutes
The heart of Season 18.
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Story: After dropping through a freak hole
in space, the Doctor, Romana, and K9 find themselves
in a pocket universe known as E-space.
Aided by Adric whose gang of rebelious teenagers
sense lies in the old legends, the Doctor soon uncovers
a trail of secrets about the inhabitants of the
marsh-planet Alzarius, investigates the deadly truth behind
the vampire lore of his own planet in a decaying medieval culture,
and stumbles into a mysterious gateway that could either be the
way out, or trap them until the end of time....
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"New Beginnings"
Box set containing
Story nos. 115, 116 & 117:
"The Keeper of Traken" and
"Logopolis"
starring Tom Baker, and
"Castrovalva"
starring Peter Davison
12 episodes @ 25 minutes
The double finale of Season 18
plus the Season 19 opener.
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Story: Transformation is in the cards for the
Doctor, his crew, and one of his arch-enemies in this
trilogy of classic stories from the early 1980's.
Witness the end of
Tom Baker's unmatched 7 year era
as the Doctor, and the New Beginnings that
the show embarked upon....
Also available separately in North America.
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The Black Guardian Trilogy
Story nos. 126-128:
"Mawdryn Undead",
"Terminus", and
"Enlightenment"
starring
Peter Davison
12 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release
2009 August 10.
Region 1 NTSC DVD release
2009 November 3.
The heart of Season 20.
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Mawdryn Undead: The Black Guardian sets a complex series
of traps with which to have his revenge on the Doctor,
beginning with the recruitment of mischievous schoolboy
Vislor Turlough who quickly gains the Doctor's confidence.
Why has former Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart mysteriously
lost a significant, selective portion of his memory? And what
connects the large, empty quasi-luxury craft in
galactic orbit with a fatally ill future-version
of the Doctor?
Terminus: Urged on by the Black Guardian,
Turlough sabotages the TARDIS, forcing
it to meld with an automated space freighter into which
Nyssa is forced to flee. What mysterious cargo lies
aboard the ship, attracting pirates who are terrified
to learn the truth? And what dark secrets from the center
of the universe and beyond, guarded by dark, helmeted zombies,
lie at the ship's destination, Terminus?
Enlightenment:
The White Guardian can barely access enough power to direct
the Doctor to a bizarre racing contest between sailing vessels,
manned by several rivals of an immortal species of Eternals. What
is the mysterious and dangerous prize they are competing for?
Why must none of them be allowed to win it? As the Black
Guardian's power increases, the Doctor struggles to emerge from
his pawn's-eye-view of the Guardians' end game.
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Story nos. 161-170:
"The 2005 season box set"
(Season 27)
starring Christopher Eccleston
13 episodes @ 45 minutes
now on DVD
Reviews begin with
"Rose".
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Stories: Teenage department store clerk
Rose Tyler encounters the ninth Doctor, who
whisks her into an odyssey of adventures
through time, meeting and battling various
alien species. But this Doctor harbours
some dark secrets from his recent past,
which are about to catch up with him,
and Rose has no idea how deeply she is
involved....
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Story nos. 171-181:
"The 2006 David Tennant Season"
(Season 28)
starring David Tennant
13 episodes @ 45 minutes
plus the 2005 special episode:
"The Christmas Invasion"
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Story: The TARDIS stretches its range
farther than ever, as The Doctor & Rose,
joined by Mickey Smith, Sarah Jane, & K9
battle a host of bizarre creatures and attempt
to discover the secrets of the universe.
Some secrets, however, turn out to be best
left alone....
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Story nos. 182-192:
"The 2007 David Tennant Season"
(Season 29)
starring David Tennant
13 episodes @ 45 minutes
plus the 2006 Christmas special:
"The Runaway Bride"
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Story: Medical student Martha Jones thought
her life was complicated and hectic enough, until
the day she ran into the Doctor in her hospital
and suddenly found herself whisked off on an odyssey
through time and space, confronting alien creatures
and helping the Doctor uncover the secrets that will
keep him one step ahead of his arch-nemesis. But will
the Doctor ever really see her the way she wants him to?
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The 2008 David Tennant season (Season 30)
is now on
Region 1 and 2 DVD
released November 17-18, 2008!
Catherine Tate's Donna Noble is back,
joining David Tennant's Doctor for 2008.
Discover new secrets of
science and sociology, and
transport yourself across the universe,
through time, and into incredible heroic adventures
with Doctor Who. And long live the cliffhanger.
Our reviews begin with the bonus prequel scene
"Time Crash".
Get your copy of this DVD box set
from the links below:
Region 1, NTSC, U.S.
Region 1, NTSC, Canada
Region 2, PAL, U.K.
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Doctor Who Episode Guide Catalogues:
William Hartnell Era
1963-1966, BW
Patrick Troughton Era
1966-1969, BW
Jon Pertwee Era
1970-1974, Colour
Tom Baker Era
1975-1981, Colour
Peter Davison Era
1981-1984, Colour
Colin Baker Era
1984-1986, Colour
Sylvester McCoy Era
1987-1989, Colour
Christopher Eccleston Era
2005, Colour
David Tennant Era
2005-2009..., Colour
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What exactly is Doctor Who all about?
The main character is simply called "The Doctor". We never find
out his real name, and a lot of his personal background remains a mystery
as well. We do find out in the first episode that he is from another planet,
and later on that he has two hearts and is a lot older than he looks.
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He owns an unusual vehicle called the TARDIS, which can materialize
anywhere in time and space, even underground or inside another ship.
On the outside, the TARDIS looks like an old blue police telephone booth,
but this is just a computer generated object that serves as the entrance
to the rest of the ship.
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The interior is a big maze of rooms and corridors that exists in
another dimension. Most of the walls are white with lots of round yellow
panels inside, but not too many Doctor Who stories will show more than
just the "Console Room", where the Doctor operates the ship from a six-sided
control console that sits in the center of the room. He often has trouble
getting the TARDIS to go where he wants it to - in the early years, he seems
to have no control over it at all! But he does get much better at it later
on....
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The Doctor usually travels with one or more friends, most of whom are
from Earth, most of whom are female. Wherever they go, they usually end up
involved in some kind of adventure, and the Doctor is usually the hero by
the end of it.
They explore and discover other cultures as they go, they find mysteries
that need solving, and they battle alien invaders and corrupt individuals.
The Doctor is highly curious, skilled in almost every field of science,
and quite technically clever. He stands up for his social beliefs, even
if it means defying authority. He is also a humourous and eccentric
character. He likes to dress as an English gentleman, but often from the
wrong time period, so he often stands out.
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Long Live the Cliffhanger
A typical Doctor Who story is a movie-length adventure, but broken up
into four or six episodes, each around 25 minutes long, each ending in a
cliffhanger that makes you desperate to see the next episode. The BBC began
to make Doctor Who in 1963, and the first episode went out on November 23,
the day after U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It
was made in black and white, and
the Doctor was played by William Hartnell as an
eccentric old man with white hair. He sets off from
London, 1963 with his "teenage" granddaughter Susan, and two teachers from
the school she had been attending for the last five months. The adventures
alternate between futuristic stories on other planets, and historical stories
from Earth's past, and are typically aimed at a family audience. A big part
of the show's early success was the Daleks, a hostile race of mutants that
stay hidden inside gliding robotic travel machines. The Daleks appeared
many times in the show. After a little more than a year, Susan became
attached to a young man in London in 2164, and her character left the show.
Over the years, many other traveling companions came and went.
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After three years, William Hartnell also left the show. At this point,
the Doctor did something normal for his species - he "regenerated". His
body suddenly became younger.... he looked middle-aged now, his hair was
black, and his personality and mannerisms changed a bit.
Patrick Troughton
had taken over the role, and is now known as the "Second Doctor".
He shared most of his adventures with a young man from 1700's Scotland named
Jamie McCrimmon, and the two made a successful and humourous pair.
The second Doctor once gave his age as 450 years old. Many other enemy
monsters became popular during this time: the Cybermen, the Yeti, the
Ice Warriors.... But Troughton's last story began to
reveal some interesting things about where the Doctor himself came from.....
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Review: "The Tomb of the Cybermen"
now on DVD.
One of the greatest classics of
the black-and-white era doubles
as a marvelous introduction to
Patrick Troughton's Doctor and
his most persistent foes.
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Approximately 1/3 of the black and white episodes of the first two Doctors are
missing, since the BBC wasn't careful enough to keep copies. Quite often
a person can
only see one episode from a four or six episode story these days. But,
thanks
to the fans, recordings of the sound of all the episodes still exist. :-)
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In 1970, Doctor Who changed. It was made in colour.
The Doctor was played by Jon Pertwee,
who was tall and white-haired. He was exiled to
present-day Earth, and he became the scientific advisor to a secret military
organization called U.N.I.T., or United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, led
by Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, or just "Brigadier" for
short. The Doctor and UNIT spent many adventures battling alien invaders
and other menaces to mankind. The third Doctor loved gadgets and fast cars,
but kept hard at work repairing the TARDIS to escape Earth. But even after
he had regained his freedom, the Doctor continued to return to his friends
at UNIT often. The scripts became more mature, and tackled some interesting
social themes. An arch villain was also created: He called himself
the Master and came from the same planet as the Doctor. He had his own
TARDIS, and like most other TARDISes that worked properly, the exterior
entrance could disguise itself to look like anything. In
later years, the interior of the Master's TARDIS was done in black.
All Doctor Who episodes from this time and beyond still exist,
although a handful of Jon Pertwee's exist only in black and white.
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Review: "Spearhead From Space"
now on DVD.
The exile on Earth begins!
U.N.I.T. and its new scientific
advisor face the very first wave
of the Auton invasion.
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Tom Baker played the fourth Doctor,
and is probably the most popular
Doctor of all, especially in North America. Tall, with brown curly hair,
he is known for wearing a very long scarf of many colours, and giving out
candies called "jelly-babies".
Several times he quoted his age as 749 or 750. He was in the role for
7 years. During his first few years, the stories leaned towards horror,
and a lot of focus was put on making the acting and directing as good as
possible. It was only during this time that the Doctor gradually broke
his ties with UNIT.
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Later on, the sci-fi ideas got better, and the stories more humourous
and brighter, although this era of the show is criticised by some as not
taking itself seriously enough. I started watching Doctor Who with
season 16, in which he searches the universe for the six disguised
pieces of
"The Key to Time".
I thought these stories were really good;
they hooked me, and bring back more nostalgia for me than any others.
In 1980, a new producer made Tom Baker's last year as the Doctor
(season 18) very respectable, and gave the show a lot of new energy
and marketability.
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Review: "Earthshock"
The fifth Doctor's
classic battle with this deadly
foe is
easily the showstopper of season 19...
How flawless is "Earthshock"? How classic?
Find out in our review....
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The fifth Doctor, Peter Davison,
is my personal favourite. He is tall,
blond, and appears to be in his late twenties or early thirties. Although
very physically agile, he plays it as though there is something much older
and wiser within him, and he's probably the most polite and agreeable of all
the Doctors. I think it's a shame that he only did three years.
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Colin Baker and
Sylvester McCoy also took their turns as the Doctor
before the BBC stopped making the show in 1989. They had completed 26
seasons in all, totaling around 160 movie-length stories, and bringing the
Doctor past the ripe old age of 953. In addition, two colour feature films
had been made in the sixties, both starring Peter Cushing as the Doctor,
battling the Daleks. A new tv movie was made in 1995/96 in which
Paul McGann took over as the eighth Doctor, but this wasn't particularly
popular and didn't lead to anything new.
Only now is the BBC starting to make the show again.
Christopher Eccleston played the ninth Doctor
throughout the 2005 season. Already the role has switched to
David Tennant, who took over as the tenth Doctor. He debuted in
"The Christmas Invasion" in December of 2005, and is starring in the
2006, 2007, and 2008 seasons of Doctor Who, currently airing around
the world.
The heroic traveling Timelord is alive and well and enjoying a whole
new wave of popularity once again....
Episode Guide Catalogues
of available Doctor Who DVD's, videos, & music releases,
chronologically listed
with extensive reviews in "In-Depth Analysis"
and "no-spoilers Buyers' Guide" formats
New for August 29, 2009:
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Reviews for the explosive 30th Season of Doctor Who begin:
The somewhat bumpy beginning to Season 30
produces a few surprising gems, and the
tension builds....
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New for November 29, 2009:
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Doctor Who Reviews:
"Mawdryn Undead",
"Terminus",
and
"Enlightenment"
Now on DVD in
The Black Guardian Trilogy box set.
The heart of Season 20 combines
good and bad Peter Davison stories,
but saves the very best for last....
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More Recent North American Releases:
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Story nos. 67 & 68:
"Frontier in Space" and
"Planet of the Daleks"
starring Jon Pertwee
12 episodes @ 25 minutes
("Dalek War" Box Set)
NEWLY RESTORED TO FULL COLOUR for 2009!
Region 2 PAL DVD release Oct 5, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC version coming March 2, 2010.
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Frontier in Space: An air of distrust has brewed up between
the galactic empires of Earth and Draconia, fueled by
violence and accusations of piracy, and the Doctor and Jo
find themselves caught in the middle. Who really stands
to benefit if war were to break out? And what is behind
the strange hypnotic sound experienced by the pirate victims?
Planet of the Daleks: Hot on the trail of the Daleks,
a wounded Doctor aims the TARDIS for the jungles
of the planet Spiridon, in which Jo is forced
to search for help. What is the real purpose
of the extensive redesigns the Daleks have
imposed on the native alien city? Should the
Doctor and his Thal friends be more afraid of the
invisible creatures and other hostile life forms
approaching through the jungle?
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Story no. 86:
"The Masque of Mandragora"
starring Tom Baker
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Feb 8, 2010.
Region 1 NTSC DVD release May 4, 2010.
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Story: A sinister astrological energy helix begins
to wreak havoc on 17th century Italy. Is the court astrologer
merely spouting unscientific superstition, as the Doctor
would have us believe, or is he involved with something more
than just Count Federico's plot to unseat his nephew, the rightful
heir to the dukedom?
Colourful costumes and locations (the village from
"The Prisoner") highlight this adventure, along with the
introduction of the dark secondary control room in the TARDIS.
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Story no. 137:
"The Twin Dilemma"
introducing Colin Baker
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Sept 7, 2009.
Region 1 NTSC release January 5, 2010.
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Story: Transforming into his sixth persona, the Doctor
seems to have become psychologically unstable, causing Peri
to question her fairly recent decision to travel with him.
But it isn't long before they become involved in the rescue
of two kidnapped teen twins with mathematical genius. Who is
pulling the strings of one of the Doctor's oldest Timelord friends?
What sinister alien plan do they have for the twins' abilities?
And in what part of the galaxy will the twins' trail finally end?
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Audio CD's featuring Murray Gold's soundtrack music
from the 2005, 2006 and 2007 seasons of Doctor Who:
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Story nos. 15 & 16:
"The Space Museum" and
"The Chase"
starring William Hartnell
10 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release March 1, 2010.
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Story nos. 64, 96 & 108:
"The Time Monster"
starring Jon Pertwee,
"Underworld", and
"The Horns of Nimon"
starring Tom Baker
14 episodes @ 25 minutes
("Myths and Legends" Box Set)
Region 2 PAL DVD release March 29, 2010.
Region 1 NTSC version coming soon....
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Underworld (4 episodes):
The Doctor and Leela find themselves
on the edge of the known universe, where new stars
and planets are still being formed. What is the
mysterious interstellar quest that a group of
nearby Minyans have embarked upon? What is their
ancient link to the Doctor's own people? And what
secrets are they about to discover in the heart
of a newly formed planet?
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Story nos. 129 & 135:
"The King's Demons" and
"Planet of Fire"
starring Peter Davison
6 episodes @ 25 minutes
(At least that's what
we think will be in this
"Kamelion Collection"
Box Set)
Region 2 PAL DVD release June 14, 2010....
Region 1 NTSC version coming soon....
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The King's Demons (2 episodes):
The Doctor is most surprised
to find King John demanding funds for the Crusade
at a country castle on March 4, 1215 A.D., the
very day when history recorded that he should be
in London instead taking an oath. Who is the
mysterious frenchman Sir Gilles Estram who has
taken up a post as his champion and closest advisor?
Why has the King's temper become so short, his
manner so different? The locals wonder if it's true
that he is beset by demons, demons who arrive
in a blue engine and call themselves
Turlough, Tegan, and the Doctor....
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Story no. 148:
"Time and the Rani"
introducing
Sylvester McCoy
4 episodes @ 25 minutes
Region 2 PAL DVD release Sept 6, 2010.
Region 1 NTSC version coming soon....
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