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"The Leisure Hive" Ref: DVDWHO436
The Doctor and Romana visit the Leisure Hive on the planet Argolis, the surface of which is uninhabitable following a twenty minute nuclear war between the Argolins and their enemies, the Foamsi. The Argolins themselves are now sterile. Pangol, the youngest, was created by the Tachyon Recreation Generator, a machine that runs games in the Hive.

He now secretly plans to use the Generator, modified by an Earth scientist named Hardin, to recreate himself many times over, forming an army of duplicates to destroy the Foamsi. Pangol's mother Mena, the controller of the Hive, is meanwhile coming under pressurefrom a supposedly human finanacier, Brock, to sell it to the Foamasi. Foamasi agents from their planet's government arrive and expose Brock and his assistant Klout as members of a renegade Foamasi group called the West Lodge. The Doctorthen reconfigures the Generator equipment using components from the randomiser device previously linked to the TARDIS's navigation circuits, and Pangol's plan is foiled as he rejuvenates into a babe in arms. Starring Tom Baker as the Doctor

Extras include:- Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix; isolated music; commentary with actress Lalla Ward, director Lovett Bickford and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead; A New Beginning; From Avalon to Argolis; Leisure Wear; Synthesizing Starfields; Blue Peter; photo gallery; Easter egg and production notes.


Price: £19.99



"City of Death" Ref: DVDWHO431
The Doctor and Romana visit Paris for a holiday. When the Mona Lisa is stolen, the Doctor comes upon evidence of sinister time experiments being carried out by a wealthy Count, Scarlioni. He soon exposes a plot by Scaroth, the last of the Jagaroth race, to re-write the history of Earth by avoiding the destruction of his space ship - but it was this explosion that led to the formation of life on Earth!

Extras include:- commentary with stars Julian Glover, Tom Chadbon and director Michael Hayes; Paris, W12 - behind the scenes featurette; studio featurette - recently discovered behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the story; Prehistoric Landscapes - montage of unused landscape and spacecraft model shots from the story; Chicken Wrangler - comedic montage of the trials and tribulations of trying to film the chicken sequence; Eye on Blatchford - spoof investigative documentary from the team who brought us Oh Mummy - we enter the life of one of Blatchford's more unusual residents... Sardoth, the second-to-last of the Jagaroth !; photo gallery - rare and previously unseen photos and production designs; 1980 Annual - PDF format version of the complete annual for PC/Mac; production subtitle notes; original Next Week caption and continuity voiceover from end of fourth episode; three Easter Eggs

Price: £19.99



"Horror of Fang Rock" Ref: DVDWHO418
It is the turn of the century, and the TARDIS materialises by a lighthouse on the desolate isle of Fang Rock. When the engineer dies in mysterious circumstances, the remaining crew blame the mythical Beast of Fang Rock - until the Doctor and Leela turn up...

When a small clippper runs aground on the crags of Fang Rock the lighthouse offers shelter to its desperate passengers. But the Doctor soon discovers clues that suggest that no one is safe on the tiny island.

Whilst a private drama unfolds between the survivors of the wrecked clipper, another death occurs. The Doctor suspects a ruthless alien lurks in the thick unnatural fog around the island and secures the lighthouse. But has he really locked the horror out, or is it somewhere inside with them...?

Originally transmitted 3rd-24th September 1977

Extras include:- commentary with Louise Jameson, Terrance Dicks and John Abbot; Terrance Dicks: Fact & Fiction featurette - an overview of his career as writer, script editor and novelist featuring contributions from Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts, Christopher Barry, Louis Marks, Eric Saward, Paul Cornell, Peter Darvill-Evans and Brenda Gardner; Paddy Russell - A Life in Television featurette - an interview with director Paddy Russell, looking back over her four Doctor Who stories; The Antique Doctor Who Show - a short Antiques Roadshow style feature priginally broadcast as part of the programme's 30th anniversary celebrations in 1993; Easter egg; photo gallery and production notes

Price: £19.99



"The Talons of Weng-Chiang" Ref: DVDWHO417
The inimitable Doctor Who and his assistant Leela are confronted by sinister and seemingly inexplicable occurrences in this gripping thriller set in the shadowy depths of nineteenth century London.

With the help of Professor Litefoot, the Doctor investigates the gruesome murder of a cabbie and the mysterious disappearances of young girls. Whilst being chased by giant rats and forced to pit his wits against an evil doll and a merciless illusionist, he comes face to face with his most deadly enemy to date: Magnus Greel - a fifty-first century war criminal posing as Weng Chiang, an ancient Chinese god.

Can the Doctor thwart his dastardly plans before Leela becomes his next victim....

This is the first time an unedited version of Dr Who: Talons of Weng Chiang has ever been released

Extras include:- commentary by Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe, David Maloney, John Bennett and Christopher Benjamin; Whose Doctor Who; Blue Peter Theatre; Behind the Scenes - 25 minute selection of footage on the recording of this story; Philip Hinchcliffe interview; trails and continuity announcements; Easter egg; photo gallery; production subtitles and TARDIS cam No.6

Price: £19.99



"The Robots of Death" Ref: DVDWHO416
The TARDIS materialises on board a massive sandminer vehicle combing an alien world for precious minerals. The miner is run by a small human crew with the aid of numerous robots split into three classes: Dums, Vocs and a single controlling Super Voc. The crew are currently being picked off one by one by an unseen killer. The Doctor and Leela immediately come under suspicion but are able to convince the undercover government agents - Poul and his robot associate D84, a Super Voc posing as a Dum - that they are innocent. They then assist Poul in discovering who the real culprit is ....

Extras include:- commentary by Chris Boucher and Philip Hinchcliffe; interview; deleted scenes and photo gallery

Price: £19.99



"The Pyramids of Mars" Ref: DVDWHO408
The future of the cosmos is at stake when the Doctor faces his most fearsome adversary in this four part adventure. Returning to UNIT HQ on Earth, the TARDIS is thrown violently about by a mysterious force and Sarah and the Doctor arrive instead at an old priory in the year 1911. The owner, Marcus Scarman, has been excavating ancient tombs and is possessed by the spirit of Sutekh, bringer of "the gift of death to all mankind". Sutekh has lain for thousands of years in his pyramid prison and Scarman and his robot mummies plan to release this ancient and evil power. Will Sutekh the all-powerful be freed from his bonds and destroy the world, or will the Doctor manage to bring about his destruction?

Originally transmitted 25/10/75 - 15/11/75

Extras include:- commentary by Elisabeth Sladen, Michael Sheard and Philip Hinchcliffe; Osirian Gothic - interviews with director Paddy Russell, Elisabeth Sladen, Michael Sheard, Philip Hinchcliffe, Bernard Archard, Peter Copley, Gabriel Woolf and designer Christine Ruscoe; Serial Thrillers - documentary about Philip Hinchcliffe's tenure as producer; Now and Then - The Locations of Pyramids of Mars; deleted scenes; Oh, Mummy comedy sketch; photo gallery; production notes and Easter egg

Price: £19.99



"The Ark in Space" Ref: DVDWHO402
Starring Tom Baker as the Doctor The TARDIS arrives on an apparently deserted and deactivated space station Nerva, otherwise known as the Ark, orbiting Earth in the far future. There the Doctor, Sarah and Harry discover the last survivors of the human race held in suspended animation, Earth having been evacuated thousands of years earlier when solar flares threatened to destroy all life. The station has been visited by Wirrn, an insect life form, which has laid its eggs in the solar stacks and absorbed the mind and body of one of the sleeping humans. The Doctor's reactivation of the station's systems causes the humans to start to revive

Extras include:- commentary by Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Philip Hinchcliffe; unused title sequence; original BBC1 trailer for Episode One; alternate version of the story with all model shots replaced by new CGI footage; original 16mm special effects footage including material unseen in the final broadcast episodes; interview with Roger Murray-Leach, the story's designer; 1974 interview with Tom Baker taken from a news item; Tardis cam footage originally seen on the BBC's website from a DV camera is presented here in 16:9 anamorphic from Super-16 film; photo gallery; scene selection; graphical menus; production information; subtitles and Easter eggs

Price: £19.99



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