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Summary: Great DVD Transfer!
Review: This is a MUST for any WHO fan, even if at times the story
does seem much ado about nothing. Patrick Troughton steals
the show as the Second Doctor, but it's nice to see Jon
Pertwee again as well, as well as all the companions who
returned, those active--like Susan and Sarah and the Brigadier--
and those just in cameo like Jamie and Zoe.The restored DVD is gorgeous. I like the new effects,
especially the Time Scoop, but the real winner is the bright,
beautiful picture and the pristine sound. It didn't look or
sound this good when I first saw it on WGBH in 1983!
I understand the commentary is amusing and look forward to
hearing it sometime.
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Summary: Almost!
Review: The story is fine, but the DVD isn't on the same level as the current Doctor Who releases. There is no way to switch between the original version and the special editions. While some of the extra scenes are nice, I miss the menacing black triangle and found the swirling digital triangle very distracting. Also we miss seeing Tom Baker fall in the water. It's like the way Buffy in syndication frequently has punch lines missing due to cuts. On the plus side, the Cybermen death scenes are great! Watch closely and you'll see white foam spewing.
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Summary: "The 3.5 Doctors"
Review: Caveat emptor! The title of this Doctor Who serial is actually a misnomer. Anyone expecting to see all five (at the time) incarnations of the good Doctor will be very disappointed - first Doctor William Hartnell had died 8 years before this episode was made, and is replaced here by veteran actor Richard Hurndall. Meanwhile popular fourth Doctor actor Tom Baker, in a fit of megalomania, declined to join the production and appears only in stock footage form. So why buying this DVD at all? Well, it's still a pretty good episode. Production values are about as high as Doctor Who gets, and the performances are top notch. Dialogue and story are both a little weaker than one might hope for, but bear in mind this was an anniversary special meant for the masses. This DVD features a Special Edition of the story that has been recut to include extensive new scenes and alternative takes, changes that make this a stronger version of the episode.
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Summary: The Doctor needs help and only the Doctor(s) can
Review: The Death Zone the greatest secret of the Time Lords and there greatest shame has somehow been reopened. Even stranger the Doctor and his former selves have disappeared from time and space. Old freinds of the doctor have also been taken. President Borusa has called on the one person who might be able to help the Doctor and his other selves.....the Master. The Doctors battle's old foes in the forms of the Daleks, the Cybermen even a Yeti. What they hadn't forgotten was the Tower of Rasslion. The single most greatest Time Lord of all time or perhaps the most dangerous being the universe has ever known. The Doctor fear they may have been brought Rasslion himself to play his dangerous game. Or is someone else holding the strings to the deathzone and watching waiting for the right time to strike at the Doctors and his many companions. On a personal note this is by far the one episode in which all of the doctors (of course with the expction of the late William Hartnell and Tom Baker involment with this particular project) to fully understand feel the true scope of the Doctor and all he has done to make the universe safe from evil no matter where in time and space and that even an out dated Tardis can still get around without being called a hunk of junk.
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Summary: A great addition to the Your Dr Who DVD colection.
Review: A great episode to have on DVD. However it is kinda sad that there were not more extras on this DVD.It is indeed worth having in the colection.Its too bad that the BBC could'nt put more special features on this being that it was the 20th aniversery episode for Doctor Who. We could have had so much more but still great.
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Summary: A GREAT ADVENTURE!
Review: This is one of the greatest Doctor Who adventures ever, if not the best. All five incarnations of the Doctor pitted against the greatest foes in this universe! What's not to love! Grade: A+
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Summary: A shame about Tom Baker.....
Review: What a great idea!! For the 20th Anniversary of the great Doctor Who series, get together all of the surviving Doctors and pit them against some of their bitterest enemies - what could be better! Well Tom Baker, that's what. Unfortunately he didn't feel he had been away from the series long enough to make a comeback, hence the tacked on "Shada" portion for this story. However that's the bad news. The good news is you get Pertwee and Troughton snapping at each other (though in too few scenes) as well as the underrated Peter Davison, who brought a great deal to the series. You get some of the best companions like Sarah-Jane and the Brig though you do have to put up with the awful Turlough and the past her prime Susan. As for the enemies, while Anthony Ainley could never compete with the late Roger Delgado, he puts up a great performance while the Cybermen seem to be tricked rather too easily. It would have been nice to have more of the Daleks for this show. That said it's not a bad celebration of a truly fantastic show which not only educated and entertained but also managed to eke itself into our television history.
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Summary: Who's on first?
Review: That would seem to be the best explanation of this. 4 of the doctors 5 regeneerations are dropped outside gallifreys main building called the tomb of rassilon to take part in a sadistic game. patrick troughton and nicholas courtney are hilarios as they trudge along, john pertwee and i believe eliozabeth sladen are ok...even if sara jane over acts. The one i feel sorry for in this is the master. He honestly tries to help the doctor out and is basically told to get lost. there were some things they changed in the dvd i didnt care for. One being the voice of rassilon at the end. he sounded fine in the verisons ive seen. the other was special effects tweeking. we loved the show because it didnt have good effects...It was cheesy. good show no doubt and a must for troughton fans as he is in rare form.
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Summary: Five legends on the same screen
Review: This special episode of Doctor Who allows the viewer a capsule look at twenty years of Doctor Who history in the space of 90 minutes. The plot is typical Who, and the action flows from one scene to the other with astonishing quickness. The resolution is classic Who as well, and leaves the fan wanting more.
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Summary: The best of the Davison era.
Review: This Five Dr. special was the best of the Davison era(even though it did not include Tom Baker) Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton were all in it! Richard Hurnell(I think that's how you spell it) was pretty good, though nothing like William Hartnel. Old compaignions made thier appearance as well, some cameo, some had major parts, though most of them seemed a little naive or silly. Others, like Tegan, were a bit wiser. Turlough did not have much of a part in Dr. Who as a whole. He very seldom showed up in this, except inside the TARDIS.
This special edition included scenes cut out in the original broadcast(originally broadcast in America anyway) As for the special effects, they ruined them all! The original release, had sharper more futuristic images for the Time Scouper and looked much better. This "enhanced" version glossed it over with some kind of computer genorated blurry white thing and it is awful. The TARDIS sequence was replaced with the same, cheapening the effect. What were you thinking, BBC!
However, the storyline is inhanced by the added scenes and adds to the continuity. The Master's role was a bit weak in this story. The Cybermen were [bad]! The Daleks made a small appearence.(and were [bad] as usual!)
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