This is the penultimate collection of episodes from the first re-imagined season of the all new, all singing and dancing Doctor Who and is probably the best of the collections so far in terms of episode content. Picking up where we left off with Adam Mitchell now invited onboard The Tardis, ... Read review
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Ecclestone's Doctor is wise and funny, cheeky and brave. An alien and a loner (it's difficult keeping up with friends when your day job involves flitting through time and space), his detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world's in danger. But when it comes to human relationships, he can be found wanting. That's why he needs new assistant Rose. Rose (Billie Piper) is a shop-girl from the present day. From the moment they meet, the Doctor and Rose are soulmates. They understand and complement each other. As they travel together through time, encountering new adversaries, the Doctor shows her things beyond imagination. She starts out as an innocent, unfettered by worldly concerns. But she ends up an adventurer who, by the end of the series, can never go home again... Episodes:- 'Rose', 'The End Of The World', 'The Unquiet Dead', 'Aliens Of London', 'World War Three', 'Dalek', 'The Long Game', 'Father's Day', 'The Empty Child', 'The Doctor Dances', 'Boom Town', 'The Parting Of The Ways (Part 1)' and 'The Parting Of The Ways (Part 2)'
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Production Year: 2004 - Science Fiction - Director: Alex Proyas - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk
Advantages: Three of the best episodes so far on one disc can't be bad Disadvantages: A bit of a weak story to start them all off
...new, all singing and dancing Doctor Who and is probably the best of the collections so far in terms of episode content. Picking up where we left off with Adam Mitchell now invited onboard The Tardis, (they picked him up from Van Statten's doomed museum of space oddities-remember?) Rose and The Doctor travel far forward in the future in THE LONG GAME, easily the weakest episode on the disc, and arrive on Sattelite 5 where the media is all-consuming ... ...often proved tricky for The Doctor back in the past and now is no exception as Adam feels slightly jealous of Rose's affections for The Doctor and almost left out of the little in-jokes that they share between them. He also suffers from culture-shock from being flung into a strange situation and it is good to see an episode where it is made abundantly clear that travelling through time and space really isn't to everyone's tastes!!
This is the penultimate collection of episodes from the first re-imagined season of the all new, all singing and dancing Doctor Who and is probably the best of the collections so far in terms of episode content. Picking up where we left off with Adam Mitchell now invited onboard The Tardis, (they picked him up from Van Statten's doomed museum of space oddities-remember?) Rose and The Doctor travel far forward in the future in THE LONG GAME, easily the weakest episode on the disc, and arrive on Sattelite 5 where the media is all-consuming quite literally and where the heating is strangely excessive. Having a mixed set of companions has often proved tricky for The Doctor back in the past and now is no exception as Adam feels slightly jealous of Rose's affections for The Doctor and almost left out of the little in-jokes that they share between them. He also suffers from culture-shock from being flung into a strange situation and it is good to see an episode where it is made abundantly clear that travelling through time and space really isn't to everyone's tastes!!
Adam goes off on his own and inadvertantly gets himself into trouble; meanwhile The Doctor attempts to understand why everything on the Sattelite seems 90 years out of date according to his knowledge of earth's history. Needless to say Rose's quip that perhaps The Doctors history is wrong does not go down too well....
This is a totally average episode with more all-star cameos from Tamsin Greig and Simon Pegg and the all-too-conventional rather routine bog standard "scary" monster. There are no real big revelations and thank god the season moves swiftly onto what is probably the most poignant and moving episode of the season in FATHER'S DAY.
Rose and The Doctor travel back to the day her father died when he was killed in a hit and run and died alone on the street. All Rose wants to do is hold the father she never knew so that he doesn't die alone but, as always things don't exactly go to plan. Her first attempt to go to him is thwarted when she freezes to the spot. A reluctant Doctor allows her a second go-round but this time Rose prevents her dad from ever being hit by the car that was supposed to take his life. This weakens the space-time continuim and opens the door for a pack of rather nasty looking aliens to break through into our world. This is one of the angriest times we have ever seen The Doctor, as he is all too aware of what the repercussions may be. Although he would like nothing more than to go back and save his own planet from destruction in The Timewar, as he tries to explain to Rose certain events are set in stone and shouldn't be tampered with. This is a more human side to Rose than we have seen in any other episode outside of her debut and is quite a sad story to watch, filmed as it is around Rose's mum telling a young Rose all about her father and the way he died. And in fact it is a story we can all relate to because who hasn't wanted to go back at one stage and change just one thing.....
The last two episodes on the disc, THE EMPYT CHILD and THE DOCTOR DANCES, feature the debut writing of Stephen Moffat who is set to take over from Russell.T.Davies when he and his writing partners jump ship at the end of the current season 4. To be honest, a little bit of wee came out when I heard this news as Mofffat's stories for Doctor Who have always been some of the scariest and the best that the show has to offer. This can be seen from this two-parter set during the second world war that introduces us also to Captain Jack Harkness of Torchwood fame who later goes on to become...well that would be telling....
A piece of space junk has landed in war-time London but is not as empty as it appears to be. The Doctor pursues it through time and arrives about a month after it has landed by which time an epidemic has began to spread. Gas Masks begin appearing on peoples faces, fused to their skin, and they are compelled to walk the streets asking "Are you my mummy?"
Okay, okay it doesn't sound scary I'll grant you but the actual effect, much like some of the early SAPPHIRE AND STEEL shows from the late '70's, is eerily disturbing. Moffatt has this knack of tying in to our subconcious fears and making the smallest things seem very very frightening and manages to hark the show back to it's earliest incarnations when many of us used to watch from behind the sofa. This is Doctor Who as it deserves to and should be- dark, mysterious and at times the stuff of nightmares and if this is the sort of thing we can come to expect from season 5 in 2010 (the show will only appear as a series of specials next year) then I for one can hardly wait!! Moffat shows that you don't need masses of CGI, you don't need big, scary monsters that in fact just one child and a spooky voice are more than enough to send shivers and chills racing down your spine.
These last two episodes rank as two of my personal favourite from this season and along with FATHER'S DAY make this disc a must-have in any Whovian's collection!!! If you only buy one disc from the first season then this is the one you should buy without a shadow of a doubt. Not only do you get four episodes instead of the usual three but also you get three of the best episodes from any of the seasons so far!!!
This is why Doctor Who needed a break and hiatus from our screns for so very, very long. So it could come back bigger, bolder and better than anything that had preceeded it.....
Now there is just one disc and three more episodes to go....bring on the BAD WOLF!!!! also on dooyoo
Advantages: more great entertainment and action packed Disadvantages: none
...starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose ---
--- and introducing the new co star of some of the forthcoming episodes John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness…
Writers: Russell T. Davies, Paul Corell and Steven Moffet
Directors: Brian Grant, Joe Adhearne and James Hawes
Producers: Phil Collinson, Russel T. Davis, Julie Gardner and Mal Young.
**BRIEF PLOTS**
*1 - THE LONG GAME --- (7th May 2005)
When the TARDIS appears ... ...usual with any place the Doctor arrives at, not all is what it seems…with most of the real events happening on floor 500...
Whilst the Doctor and Rose begin to investigate as to what is happening on board Satellite 5 they soon discover who really is in charge of the ship and how much control they really have over the humans living on Earth when they travel to floor 500, where the walls are made of gold… apparently.
When the pair find their lives ...
blissman70 11.09.2008
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Advantages: Creepy but Brilliant. Disadvantages: Lack of Special Features.
...is essential for continuing your Doctor Who journey in the new series. If you want to hear about the first two volumes then check my previous reviews on them both.
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Ok for those of you who still do not get it what is Doctor Who about?
Doctor Who is a time lord and goes visiting different times and worlds with his assistant Rose. (Notice how this section is getting smaller).
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Cast:
Christopher Eccleston - Doctor Who.
Billie Piper ... ...the human race but the Doctor realises something is wrong with the technology and exactly what is happening up on level 500 seen as anybody who goes up there never comes back.
Fathers Day:
The Doctor transports Rose into the past as they travel to the time when Roses' father dies as Rose has never met him. She watches it once and decides she wants the Doctor to show her again. They come back and can see themselves watching. At the last minute Rose ...
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Advantages: very well acted, very good stories, up there with the best of the classic series Disadvantages: none as far as I can imagine
...longest running science-fiction drama series, Doctor Who.
I will eventually write review of each of the DVDs in the current run but, as this is my first one, I will give the preliminary blurb here.
Doctor Who was a television series devised in 1963, and initially planned to have a limited run. For the first few years of the series, each season had a 48 week run! A number of actors have played the enigmatic time-travelling hero:
William Hartnell ... ...Long Game
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The Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and Rose (Billie Piper), travel to the far future, where the information needs of the whole of the Earth Empire are served by a huge space station called Satellite 5. Everything is overseen by the sinister Editor (Simon Pegg). The Doctor is concerned that people are being manipulated, but by whom?
Father's Day
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Rose asks the Doctor to take her to London in 1987, so that she ...
Nolly 09.04.2006 (10.04.2006)
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Advantages: Very entertaining, releases emotions! Disadvantages: Not many extra features
...holy hadrojassic maxarodenfoe! Can the Doctor save the world from this evil Satellite...?
FATHER'S DAY
This is such a beautiful episode, you can't help but cry at it! The feelings Rose expresses towards her dad are so realistic, and you feel as if you can really connect with her! Also, the creepy Reaper gives it that added thrill!
THE EMPTY CHILD/THE DOCTOR DANCES
Well, what can I say? We meet the lovely Captain Jack Harkness, we go back to the ... ...goings-on! Can the Doctor defeat the troublesome toddler?
Verdict...?
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Having first watched Doctor Who with Davif Tennant, it was a nice change to enjoy the adventures of the great TimLord with Chris Eccleston. Personally, I think that this is my favourite DVD from the first Series, but what makes it stand out?
Of course, there is something specific about the episodes found within this DVD that makes it stand out for me. I've got ...
Amy69 05.06.2007
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Advantages: Brilliant once more Disadvantages: Nothing really
The third disc in the first series of the revamped DoctorWho has a bit of a bonus: 4 episodes instead of 3! The previous two discs had 3 episodes each. This disc gives us episodes 7-10. With only 13 episodes in the series, up to this point I had reached the halfway point pretty much in the series, and I had been hooked instantly in the first episode. My interest had not waned at all in watching these episodes.
After a 13 year break from the TV series, with only a TV movie in 1996 breaking up the gap, DoctorWho returned in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston as the Time Lord. In the first 6 episodes, he establishes a working relationship with Rose Tyler, as she becomes his travelling companion, and we meet Rose's mum, Jackie, and boyfriend Mickey. Within no time at all, it's like he never left.
The Episodes:
The Long Game
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Advantages: Great acting Disadvantages: Some weak episodes
From the very first episode back in 1963, DoctorWho has wowed audiences with its capacity to create something new with extreme imagination. The rebirth of DoctorWho in 2005 with Chrostopher Eccleston as the title role paved the way for a regeneration in the form of David Tennant. Billie Piper played Rose, the Doctor's travelling companion through the first and second series, but at the end of the second, she and the Doctor were separated permanently when she was forced to remain in a parallel universe. This paves the way for the start of the third series, with Frrema Agyeman as Martha, who takes on the mantle as the Doctor's companion, and David Tennant returning as the Doctor. This DVD is the first in the series and contains the first three episodes.
The Episodes
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Advantages: Great strong season openers Disadvantages: No special features
After the second series collection of flop and damnwright unpopular stories DoctorWho returns in a stronger and more sinister manner. This 3 episode DVD contains the first 3 stories from series three.
Smith & Jones
Martha Jones is a trainee doctor working in a busy London hospital, when she happens to examine a patient called John Smith her suspicions are aroused. And rightly so John Smith is not whom he see?s he is in fact a time traveller known as the Doctor. But there is no time for Martha to investigate her new acquaintance because its not long before the hospital has been sucked up off the ground and taken into outer space.
On the surface of the moon the hospitals staff and residents are shocked to discover that they are all alive. This relief is short lived as a fleet of space craft land on the moons surface ...
The Doctor and Rose continue to explore time and space in the next four adventures of the BBC television series. In 'The Long Game' the Doctor discovers that a satellite is manipulating the future of mankind. Investigations lead to a sinister discovery on the top floor. In 'Father's Day' Rose discovers the dangers of playing with the past when she asks the Doctor to let her meet her late father. The past is changed and the skies fill with monsters that devour all humans. The future of mankind lies in the hands of Rose's father. In 'The Empty Child' a child with a strange power calls for his mommy and wanders around the streets of London. The Doctor is warned by a homeless girl to stay away from the child. Rose meanwhile meets time traveller Jack Harkness who saves her life when she falls from a barrage balloon. In 'The Doctor Dances' Rose's new companion, Jack, and the Doctor fight back against the increasing zombie army in war torn London. Can the Doctor save the day?
Brilliantly emotional, Doctor Who has to be the most ingenious primetime drama in years. (Heat, )
...essential Saturday night viewing... (HEW, )
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The Doctor and Rose continue to explore time and space in the next four adventures of the BBC television series. In 'The Long Game' the Doctor discovers that a satellite is manipulating the future of mankind.
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