Doctor Who - Robot (DVD)

...2nd most important date in Doctor Who history. It was the televised debut of THE Doctor, played by Tom Baker. Following his regeneration, the Doctor has to assist UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce), and their enigmatic and old friend, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge Stewart in helping to solve some mysterious robberies. All these robberies involve the theft of parts to build the ultimate weapon, a disintegrator gun. The robberies are a mystery, ...
...are perpertrated by a Giant Robot. The Robot was built as a peaceful machine and as it wages a campaign of theft and also murder, it begins to go mad, as the Robot was built with a Prime Directive, not to hurt anyone. Its creator Professor Kettlewell appears to be an innocent victim of the Scientific Reform Society, who are using the Robot to acheve their aims. The destruction of the World and the creation of a 'newer, better World'. The only weakness ...

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...was the military group The Doctor worked with during the period of the show's production). The plot has The Doctor, who has just regenerated, aid UNIT in investigating the theft of top secret plans and equipment from premises which had been believed to be impenetrable. It transpires that the culprit was a robot created by Professor Kettlewell (played by Edward Burnham) and it is up to The Doctor and his companions to stop it. This is a fun story ...
...Doctor Who stories from the time, are somewhat creaky in comparison to those in the modern series. The DVD features a commentary by Baker, Sladen and the writer of the story, Terrance Dicks. This is an informative and entertaining commentary, and is to be treasured as Tom Baker rarely provides them. There are a number of other special features too, including documentaries and even the opening of a BLUE PETER episode about the 'Robot' story. I highly ...

phurren2006 16.03.2008 · Read full review
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...of solid entertainment for any Doctor Who fan! This DVD is packed with fun and excitement with the Doc being lethally weakened by the Spider Queen Metebelis 3 and forced to regenerate; as well as UNIT investigating a spate of robberies involving a top-secret disintegrator gun. Anticipation builds as a robot is used to carry out a menacing agenda of the Scientific Reform Society. And Doctor Who wouldn’t be the same with a courageous rescue... this ...

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