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Doctorin' the TARDIS (74 titles)

Yet another guide to Doctor Who on DVD!

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Doctor Who - The Beginning

The first three serials. An Unearthly Child has a spooky first episode followed by three middling ones set in the stone age, The Daleks is iconic but overlong and The Edge of Destruction a bit of a curio, being as it is entirely set in the TARDIS. Well worth it just to see how the show started.

Doctor Who - The Beginning (3 discs) on DVD (1963)
Starring: Carole Ann Ford, William Hartnell, William Russell
Director: Waris Hussein, Richard Martin
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The first three adventures for the Doctor (William Hartnell) from the classic BBC television sci-fi series, including all 13 episodes. In the 'An Unearthly Child' episodes, the Doctor takes schoolteachers Ian (William Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) back to the dawn of human history after ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Aztecs

Though the format has varied considerably over the years, there have been several guiding principles behind Doctor Who. One of these is that characters should never change history, and it is this dilemma that serves as the core for The Aztecs, a fine serial that is to a certain extent the truest expression of the show's early educational slant.

Doctor Who - The Aztecs on DVD (1964)
Starring: Carol Ann Ford, William Hartnell, William Russell
Director: John Crockett
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The Doctor (William Hartnell), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) and Susan (Carol Ann Ford) find themselves stranded in Aztec times when the TARDIS is trapped in a tomb. Proclaimed a goddess by the Aztec priests, Barbara attempts to change the course of history by forbidding the ..read more »
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Doctor Who - Dalek Invasion Of Earth

The most memorable early Dalek story, chiefly for its spirit of the Blitz atmosphere. Fans will also remember it for featuring the first companion departure, as the Doctor's kooky grand-daughter Susan decides to shack up with a fey looking Scottish resistance fighter.

Doctor Who - Dalek Invasion Of Earth (2 discs) on DVD (1964)
Starring: Bernard Cribbins, Jill Curzon, William Hartnell
Director: Richard Martin
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Compilation of a six-part story from the popular sci-fi series. The Doctor (William Hartnell), Ian, Barbara and Susan return to Earth in the year 2167 only to find that the Daleks have occupied the planet. They join the human resistance movement in an attempt to overthrow the Daleks, who are mining ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Web Planet

Once memorably described by a Doctor Who fan as like a Czechoslovakian school play on crack. If it had turned out right, we'd be remembering it as the only Doctor Who story to feature a completely alien cast of supporting characters; as it is, we remember it for the ridiculous insect costumes and Billy Hartnell's baroque line fluffing. He spends one abortive scene giggling like a little schoolgirl. Strangely enough, a heavy source of reference in the New Series.

Doctor Who - The Web Planet on DVD (1965)
Starring: William Hartnell
Director: Richard Martin
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Another adventure for everyone's favourite time traveller. The Doctor (William Hartnell), Ian, Barbara and Vicki land on the planet Vortis, where a war is raging between the ant-like Zarbi and the butterfly-like Menoptra.
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Doctor Who - Time Meddler

Creaky black and white japery in which the Doctor meets a rogue Time Lord (though they weren't yet called that) in Viking-era England.

Doctor Who - Time Meddler on DVD (1965)
Starring: William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Maureen O'Brien
Director: Douglas Camfield
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Four episodes of the classic sci-fi series starring the first Doctor, William Hartnell. Episodes comprise: 'The Watcher', 'The Meddling Monk', 'A Battle of Wits' and 'Checkmate'.
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Doctor Who - The Tomb Of The Cybermen

When this was returned to the archives in the early 90s fandom let out a collective sigh of disappointment. Far from being a taut base under siege thriller, Tomb of the Cybermen turned out to be a slightly daft runaround with dodgy racial undertones.

Doctor Who - The Tomb Of The Cybermen on DVD (1967)
Starring: Deborah Watling, Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines
Director: Morris Barry
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Classic 'Doctor Who', believed lost for many years and only returned to the BBC archive in 1991. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie and Victoria arrive on the Cybermen's adopted planet of Telos to find an archaeological group attempting to enter the Cyber tombs. But are their motives purely ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Mind Robber

Much of Patrick Troughton's era is missing from the archives, and what is left largely comes from his third and final series, which is variable in quality. The Mind Robber is one of the few left. It's ingenious enough but lacks in depth, and Troughton himself is somewhat over-rated.

Doctor Who - The Mind Robber on DVD (1968)
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury
Director: David Maloney
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The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury) find themselves pulled out of reality and plunged into the Land of Fiction, where mythical creatures come to life. They must battle a Unicorn, Medusa and the Minotaur, with a little help from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver, D'..read more »
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Doctor Who: The Invasion

The Cybermen return in an action-oriented serial that acts as a trial run for the Pertwee years. The DVD features two animated episodes to replace those missing from the archives- and very good they are too.

Doctor Who: The Invasion (2 discs) on DVD (1968)
Starring: John Levene, Sally Faulkner, Patrick Troughton
Director: Douglas Camfield
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Episodes 1 and 4 of this adventure are missing from the BBC archives, and so Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier) fills in the narrative. The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie and Zoe arrive in late 20th century London to discover that something fishy is going on at Tobias Vaughan's electronics ..read more »
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Doctor Who - The Seeds Of Death

Generic Troughton runaround featuring the mildly terrifying Ice Warriors. From the tone of it you would have no idea this is his third last story.

Doctor Who - The Seeds Of Death on DVD (1968)
Starring: Patrick Troughton, Fraser Hines, Wendy Padbury
Director: Michael Ferguson
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The Doctor (Patrick Troughton), Jamie and Zoe travel to a moon relay station to find out why T-Mat, a form of instant travel, has broken down. There they discovers a race of Ice Warriors, planning to use T-Mat to carry seed pods to earth which will produce a deadly fungus to suck the air dry of ..read more »
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Doctor Who - Lost In Time

For completists only, this is an odds and sods collections of surviving episodes from otherwise missing Hartnell and Troughton serials.

Doctor Who - Lost In Time (3 discs) on DVD (1963)
Starring: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton
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A collection of previously lost, now restored episodes - known by fans as the 'orphaned' episodes - from the legendary Doctor Who series. Episodes are: 'The Crusade' (1); 'The Crusade' (3) - with commentary by Julian Glover and Gary Russell; 'The Daleks' Master Plan' (2) - with commentary by Peter ..read more »
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