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Well ciao seems to have settled down now......
Thanks everyone for the R/R/Cs, still much appreciated.
Well ciao seems to have settled down now... but how long will it be before they 'fix' the site again..????
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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…
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