| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Tom Baker years, 1974-1981 ; story no. 104.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., DVD9, NTSC, digitally remastered. |
| Language |
English subtitles for the hard-of-hearing. |
| Cast |
Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, David Gooderson. |
| Credits |
Incidental music, Dudley Simpson ; film editor, Dick Allen ; costume designer, June Hudson ; script editor, Douglas Adams. |
| Summary |
When the Doctor and the recently regenerated Romana arrive on a radioactive planet, the Time Lord has the strangest feeling that he has been there before. Exploring the ruins of an old city, it is not long before they discover the disturbing truth. The TARDIS has materialized on Skaro-- original home to the evil Daleks. But who are the mysterious Movellans and what terrible treasure are the Daleks seeking? The answer lies deep beneath the city. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary by Lalla Ward, David Gooderson and director Ken Grieve; Terror nation: a documentary about the writer Terry Nation, creator of the Dalek characters (features interviews with Barry Letts, Philip Hinchcliffe, director Richard Martin and Nicholas Briggs); Directing Who: director Ken Grieve recalls his time on this story; CGI effects: the option to watch the story with seventeen of the original video effects sequences replaced by CGI versions; Trailers and continuities: BBC1 trails and continuity announcements from the story's transmission, including the specially shot trailer heralding the return of the Daleks; Prime Computer adverts: Australian TV adverts for Prime Computers, starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward; Production notes subtitle option; Photo gallery; Radio Times billings; Easter egg. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Time travel -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Interplanetary voyages -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Good and evil -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Television programs Great Britain.
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Science fiction television programs.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Nation, Terry.
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Grieve, Ken.
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Williams, Graham, -1990.
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Baker, Tom, 1934-
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Ward, Lalla.
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Gooderson, David.
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British Broadcasting Corporation.
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2 Entertain (Firm)
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BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
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BBC Video (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Destiny of the Daleks |
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Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)
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| ISBN |
1419864971 |
| Standard No. |
883929004874 |
| Music No. |
1000036282 BBC Video |
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3000014486 BBC Video |
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