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The Daleks (sometimes called "The Dead Planet") is the second-ever Doctor Who serial. First broadcast between December 1963 and February 1964, the seven-episode story ensured the program's success by introducing the Doctor's most iconic enemies. Five hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet Skaro, the Doctor (William Hartnell), Barbara, Ian, and Susan materialize in a petrified forest where the pacifist, and decidedly camp, Thals face starvation. Our heroes visit a nearby city, the home of the last remaining Daleks, terrifyingly cold-blooded mutants encased in armed, pepper-pot-like shells, and become involved in a desperate battle for survival. Given a nightmarish atmosphere by Tristram Cary's surreal electronic score, The Daleks proved the template for many a future Doctor Who adventure. Hartnell's Doctor is a surprisingly self-serving hero and the ambitious storytelling, which reflects the Cold War fears of the time, belies a tiny budget. The remastered picture sometimes looks digitized, but this story, remade for the cinema as Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965) and starring Peter Cushing, is still both an effective, if at times unintentionally hilarious, entertainment and an essential piece of television history. A superior sequel, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, was screened in late 1964. --Gary S Dalkin
One of the rarest of the early Doctor Who series, with William Hartnell as the crusty old Doctor, Edge of Destruction is entirely based in the TARDIS, which has stopped somewhere between worlds and times. The Doctor blames Ian and Barbara, the two teachers who came aboard in search for answers about his granddaughter, Susan, assuming they have committed sabotage in an attempt to return to their own time. They, in turn, in spite of recent shared escapes from Cavemen and Daleks, have no particular reason to trust his sanity. Something is causing one after another of them to act with violent irrationality, and the clock is ticking towards their destruction... This is a claustrophobic two-episode plot in which the series examines closely some of its more beloved assumptions. --Roz Kaveney
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 29 September, 1975 |
| MANUFACTURER: | BBC Warner |
| MPAA RATING: | Unrated |
| FEATURES: | NTSC |
| TYPE: | Gift Set, Horror / Sci-Fi / Fantasy, Movie, TV Shows, Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| UPC: | 794051248923 |
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Customer Reviews of Doctor Who - The Beginning Collection
It's about time! The announcement of this set could be a very good sign for Doctor Who lovers. Finally, a reasonably priced set of three complete stories in one package has been packaged by the BBC. For some reason, the BBC seems to have thought Doctor Who fans in the USA have very deep pockets as previous releases have been extremely stingy and grossly overpriced! <
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>Isn't it odd that a program about a Time Lord should have addition appeal due to the age of the television program? The sets are primitive as are the proto-special effects, but this is the charm of all Doctor Who's that pre-date ILM's "Star Wars" beauty. Seeing these older Doctor Who programs again is indeed peering back in time. Who would have guessed it would be like this back in 1963? <
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>I look forward to this and future releases of our dear Time Lord: Doctor Who!
THE DOCTOR is IN!!!!
WHAT A WAY TO CELEBRATE 40+ years in time and space with the first 3 episodes! Presented here are the first 3 William Hartnell stories arcs in 1 set. This is a great way to be introduced to the longest running TV sci-fi series in (and of) history. When we first meet the Doctor's "granddaughter" SUSAN, through her concerned and curious school teachers, IAN & Barbara. The Doctor, very the ANTI-HERO, almost frightening in this story, as he almost abducts the pair to protect his secret (not that he is a Timelord) that he is from "the future" and can travel in time and space. The outer shape of the time machine, A.K.A. the TARDIS remains stuck in the famous police-call-box disguise as it appears on the cusp of the "ice age." After a great 2 episode start, "Unearthly Child" becomes a fairly cliched tale of escape and capture RUNNING from and with cavemen. In 1963, Film and time was at a premium for the fledgling show, so many flubbed lines and missed cues remain in this remastered set. IT IS STILL A MUST SEE/OWN STORY FOR new and old DR. WHO FANS.
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>The next story introduces the Doctors 40 yr. nemesis, and easily he revial for pop culture popularity, THE DALEKS in the aptly title story arc, "The Daleks." For a series that was intended to introduce history to children, the show immediately gets off track in this 2nd story, introducing the Doctor's classic alien-cyborg foe, thank God. Overall, not a great story, but it is so monumentous a meeting that it is fun to watch on that merit alone!
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>The 3rd story arc "The Edge of Destruction" is what the Trek writers refered to as a "bottle episode." In an attempt to cut costs on enough stories to save money for the big shows, we have a story contained completely in the TARDIS control room. The "characters trapped in an elevator" story is a fast, cheap way of establishing and defining characters early in a series, Edge of Destruction is highly successful in this way.
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>This is a great set at a good price.
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>DON'T SETTLE FOR crummy BOOTLEGS! GET THESE CLEANED & POLISHED PIECES OF TIMELORD HISTORY!
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In the Beginning....
There was William Hartnell. The very first Doctor, in his first 3 serials.
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>I've waited for this a very long time.
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>We are very lucky that these serials even exist, considering the way the BBC destroyed many of it's own archives, way back in the 1970's. These programs are really showing thier age, (1963) and look very shabby compared with the Doctor's many other incarnations, however this is what makes this show so fun. The cheezy sets, the shoestring production values, all contribute to this show's mass appeal. And not to mention it's longevity. 41 years with 10 Doctors is a lot of time travel.
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>Other than being a fan, I am just happy to have the first 3 Doctor Who serials in a format that will pretty much last me the rest of my life.
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