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The new series of Doctor Who features Christopher Eccleston as the re-incarnated Doctor ... more
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This collection brings together the first four series of the BBC's re-imagined DOCTOR WHO, ... more
which was first transmitted in 2005, starring Christopher Eccleston (ELIZABETH, SHALLOW GRAVE) as the crusading timelord, ably assisted by the gorgeous Rose (Billie Piper ? SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL).
Production Year: 2006 - Science Fiction - Director: James Hawes - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Penelope Wilton, David Tennant, Billie Piper
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
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The return of the Doctor and his blue box
Advantages: great sci-fi entertainment Disadvantages: none at all
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The ninth doctor has finally arrived, this time with a vengeance, bringing the |Timelord and his Tardis back onto the small screen and DVDs…for some great science fiction entertainment with humour…
Christopher Eccleston this time opens up the Tardis doors and wipes away the cobwebs after nine years… and what a FANTASTIC job he did with it…
This series, first broadcast by the BBC in March 2005, would see many ... ...she inadvertently bumps into the Doctor whilst he is trying to save the world from the Nestene consciousness, a large blob of living plastic with a fetish for taking over the world by giving life to all things plastic…
With the doctor saving Roses life from the hands of some murderous mannequins, it is not long before she realises that there is something different about the leather Jacket clad man who walks the planet dodging trouble…
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Directors: Keith Boak (episode 1) and Euros Lyn. (episodes 2 and 3) Produces: Phil Collinson, Russell T. Davis, Julie Gardner, Mal Young Writer: Russell T. Davis and Mark Gatiss.
The ninth doctor has finally arrived, this time with a vengeance, bringing the |Timelord and his Tardis back onto the small screen and DVDs…for some great science fiction entertainment with humour…
Christopher Eccleston this time opens up the Tardis doors and wipes away the cobwebs after nine years… and what a FANTASTIC job he did with it…
This series, first broadcast by the BBC in March 2005, would see many new creatures from other planets and also some of the Doctors old foes…**MAIN CHARACTERS, (in this DVD)**
Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. Billie Piper as Rose Tyler Camille Coduri as Jackie Tyler (Roses mum) Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith (Roses Boyfriend)
**BRIEF PLOT OF EPISODES:**
*1 - ROSE (26th March 2005) ---
Here we are introduced to the main characters who will pop up in many of the episodes…
This episode opens up with one of the scariest noises ever created by man… rose Tylers alarm clock buzzing away, startling you into some form of life as you lash out for the snooze button.
Rose is working in a large department store in the centre of London as a shop assistant when her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently bumps into the Doctor whilst he is trying to save the world from the Nestene consciousness, a large blob of living plastic with a fetish for taking over the world by giving life to all things plastic… With the doctor saving Roses life from the hands of some murderous mannequins, it is not long before she realises that there is something different about the leather Jacket clad man who walks the planet dodging trouble…
Then as circumstances, or more a rather psychotic plastic arm, brings the two together again it leads to a brilliant but rather quick finale… leading to the Doctor choosing Rose as his new assistant just like his predecessors, (or pre-regenerated), to travel the universe and beyond….
*2 - THE END OF THE WORLD --- (2nd April 2005) ---
Flying through time and space The Doctor takes Rose to a space station in the year 5 billion to see the destruction of the Earth when the Sun expands…
When they arrive at the space station, which is orbiting the now abandoned Earth as a viewing platform for all the rich alien life forms, including the strangest of looking last humans on earth, Lady Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen, (played by Zoe Wannamaker), and a massive head in a glass dome called the face of Boe, voiced by Struan Rodger), and many others, to watch the Earths final moments, it is not too long before strange things begin happening and everyone on board realise that their lives are in danger…
As the danger escalates, with the Heat shield being sabotaged and the sun expending by the second, it is up to the doctor to save the day… soon realising that the culprit is on board the station…*3 - THE UNQUIET DEAD --- (9th April 2005)
The Doctor aims to take Rose to Naples in the year 1860, but makes a slight navigational error, ending up in Cardiff on Christmas eve in the year 1869. The trouble soon starts minutes after the Tardis lands on the snow covered ground, with ghostly gases appearing to bring the dead back to life…and it all seems to be happening at the local undertakers run by Gabriel Sneed, (played by Alan David) and his servant girl Gwyneth, (played by Eve Myles), who seems to be more involved in the ghostly happening than she first thought…
So with the help of Charles Dickens, (played by Simon Callow) the Doctor and Rose try and solve the mysterious happenings before it is too late… **IN CONCLUSION**
A fantastic return for the Doctor Who fanatics… this time with some brilliant special effect and more up to date 'baddies'.
Eccleston plays the part of the Doctor brilliantly, with his sticking out ears and funny looking nose, although his fashion style needs a little help, relying on the leather jacket and black jumper look…each of his expressions telling its own story as he battles the evil aliens throughout his travels… he seems to be relishing his new role as the time travelling time lord…
As for Rose Tyler, well, I was a little dubious about her acting abilities, (remembering her from a dodgy music video in 1998)... But she actually does a good job as the Doctors assistant… using her brilliant smile to its full extent…
Although the first episode, Rose, seems a little slow, it does spend the majority of the show introducing the new characters, telling the story of who's who and why their there…but it is still a very entertaining episode, albeit a little far fetched, (but aren't they all…?)
Once the story gets going it is non stop entertainment with some very weird stories and characters, and I mean very weird indeed
The three Episodes on this DVD are well written and the acting makes them worth watching. The special effects are excellent and very entertaining, sometimes a little spooky, sometimes very comical, but always well presented.
You will end up having to watch each episode again to keep up with the big picture as every episode has clues to the big finale in episode thirteen… when you watch an episode once you will miss the clues as they flash by… so the big bad wolf has warned you…?
If I had to give a negative about the show I would have to say that in some scenes the background music plays so loud that you sometimes fail to hear what the characters are saying… this I found slightly annoying and unnecessary, but it doesn't diminish the viewing at all*Would I recommend this…?
Yes I certainly would, even if your not a Doctor Who or Billie Piper fan. It is a great show for all, especially the kids, and will keep everyone watching entertained… I have never really been a doctor who fan in the past but I was quite impressed with the way these new ones were put together, resulting in a fresh new look for the Tardis and a never ending choice of adventure for the Doctor and his companion..
You can get a copy of the first three episodes from www.amazon.co.uk for about £11.00 on offer (£15.99 when offer ends) but no doubt if you shopped around you could get it cheaper…
Sadly, there are no extras on this DVD, all you get is the choice of 'Playing all', 'Episode selection', 'Scene selection' and 'subtitles on or off', making your choice to the well known theme tune whistling out from the television speakers…
Advantages: Very Very Very Entertaining. Disadvantages: Lack of Special Features.
...only thing I knew about Doctor Who was that it used to scare my Mom silly and she used to hide behind the sofa when she was little as her brother would always make her watch it. Being a science fiction fan as soon as I heard they were remaking Doctor Who I decided I would sit down and watch it despite never seeing any of the older series. When it finally came on TV, I was addicted and now I own all of the episodes on DVD and have watched them all ... ...and volume one of the doctor Who DVDs.
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What is Doctor Who?
Well Doctor Who is a show about…you guessed it the Doctor. The Doctor is a time-lord and as his name suggests travels in time visiting many weird and wonderful worlds and creatures on the way. Along the way he picks up Rose, a young Londoner who is after a bit of excitement in her life so decides to join the Doctor in his quests.
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Cast:
Christopher Eccleston - Doctor Who.
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katygriff 19.01.2006
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Advantages: Fast paced, funny, good quality television Disadvantages: No rewatch value
In 2005, Doctor Who was relaunched by the BBC, with a new logo, a revamped theme tune and computer enhanced aliens and special effects galore, and what's more, the new look show has not only worked, but has become once more one of the BBC's most successful dramas, with the 3rd new series currently being shot. Doctor Who Series 1 Volume 1 contains episodes 1-3.
What is Doctor Who?
Doctor Who is a Science Fiction series by the BBC, now over 40 years ... ...that, instead of dying, The Doctor can create a new body, often with a different personality, up to 13 times before dying outright. Christopher Eccleston, the new Doctor, is the 9th incarnation of The Doctor. Who is Doctor Who?
Since the show's cancellation in the late '80s, we are told that the Doctor has spent his time fighting in the Time War, a war between the Time Lords and the Daleks, which resulted in the two species being wiped from existence, ...
ElapsedSpiral 30.08.2006 (31.08.2006)
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Advantages: Great rebirth of the doctor Disadvantages: None really
...consistently watched the revival of Doctor Who, first with Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, then with David Tennant taking over the role. She tried to persuade me to watch them, but it is something that I had never really been fussed with. Growing up at my parents' house, I would occasionally watched a rerun of one of the older Doctor Whos, such as Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee, and I found them interesting, but I didn't really follow them ... ...bigger than a house! The Doctor is a Time Lord, and has taken many forms, and each time he disappears he reappears having regenerated in a different human form. This explains the numerous different actor who have played him. The show ran successfully until 1989, when viewing figures plummeted. There was a TV movie starring Paul McGann in 1996, which I vaguely remember, and then a 9 year gap before Russell T Davies revamped the doctor as Christopher ...
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Advantages: The best re-invention of a popular sci-fi series that there has ever been...... Disadvantages: None- this is as good as a new DOCTOR WHO show was ever going to get.....
...when I was a kid DOCTOR WHO was one of those programmes you just had to watch. My era started mid-way through the Tom Baker years and carried on through his next incarnation as Peter Davidson. During the Colin Baker/ Sylvester McCoy years, I strayed from the fold as stories got a little silly and the acting became a little over-the-top. Then The Doctor did what he does best. He disappeared from our screens destined possibly never to return......
... ...was announced to bring The Doctor back, with the help of American funding, and featuring Paul McCann in the next regeneration, the idea was met with much anticipation. Unfortunately the Americans never really got Doctor Who and to be fair, the movie pilot wasn't THAT good and so the idea never got recommissioned as more than a one-off.....
Which brings us to 2005..... Russell.T.Davies announced the return of The Doctor as you had never seen him ...
sparkymarky1973 20.08.2008
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Advantages: Three totally opposite adventures, outstanding performances from actors! Disadvantages: No extra features/behind-scene access
...the Doctor...
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Doctor Who started way back in 1963, with William Hartnell playing the Doctor! And his performance must have been so strong as we as a whole are still obsessed with this gripping programme, 44 years later!
Since then, we have met 10 Doctors, and adored every one of them! This Doctor (9th) is played by the lovely Chris Eccleston, living up-to-date adventures in his big blue box, more commonly known as a TARDIS. But the Doctor ... ...three fantastic adventures with the Doctor and his companion, Rose (Billie Piper).
*****
ROSE
A fantastic episode for the relaunch of DoctorWho! It starts off by introducing the live of the Doctor's newest companion, Rose. We meet her mother, Jackie (Camille Coduri) and her boyfriend Mickey (Noel Clarke). Rose works in a department store in london, and it seems like an averagly boring day for her until she is caught in a mess when the shop dummies ...
Amy69 08.06.2007
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The return of DoctorWho to our TV screens was marked with high anticipation. People were saying all sorts, that it wouldn't be as good as the old one, that Billie Piper (Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, The Ruby In The Smoke) wouldn't be able to act...and you know what? They were all wrong. The first episode of the "new series" re-instated everything from the old series that made it such a classic, time-travelling story lines, excellent acting, cleverly written, and the incredible incarnation of the Doctor, now played by Christopher Eccleston (The Second Coming, Casualty, Heroes). I'm going to review this disc episode by episode, starting with the "pilot" episode.
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Three episodes. In Episode One 'Rose', a young woman called Rose meets up with a mysterious stranger called The Doctor, who saves her from harm when a basement full of showroom dummies comes alive and attacks her. 'The End Of The World' finds Rose and the Doctor in the future and about to witness Earth's destruction. 'The Unquiet Dead' finds the Doctor and Rose in 1869 where they discover the 'walking' dead.
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