Classic Who (17 titles)

A list oclassic Doctor Who dvds available from lovefilm that any fan of the show (new or old) should watch.

by: MrDoo from Edinburgh, Scotland

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Doctor Who - The Talons Of Weng Chiang

One of Tom Baker's finest hours (well about 3 hours actually). The 4th Doctor does his best Sherlock Holmes tribute in the foggy streets of old London town. Spot the link to the new series.

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Doctor Who - The Talons Of Weng Chiang (2 discs) on DVD (1977)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: David Maloney
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This feature-length adventure, set deep in the heart of Victorian London, sees the good Doctor in deadly combat with giant creatures from the sewers, the deformed and dangerous Magnus Greel, and a bizarre Chinese illusionist....

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Doctor Who - Inferno

The 3rd Doctor's first trip to a parallel Earth doesn't go well.

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Doctor Who - Inferno (2 discs) on DVD (1970)
Starring: Jon Pertwee
Director: Douglas Camfield
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The Doctor and Unit are attached to the Inferno project - a top-secret drilling operation, which aims to penetrate the Earth's crust and release a major new source of energy. When a toxic liquid leaks from the pipes, the project is thrown into crisis, and when the Doctor finds himself thrown into a ..read more »

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Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space

The 3rd Doctor's first story is also the first Doctor Who story made in colour. Sets the scene for the entire Pertwee era - Doctor as earthbound 'scientific advisor' for UNIT. Featuring the Autons, the plastic menace used in the first episode of the new series.

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Doctor Who - Spearhead From Space on DVD (1970)
Starring: Jon Pertwee
Director: Derek Martinus
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Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) is hurled into one of his most exciting and terrifying adventures when he battles an army of murderous plastic mannequins who have been programmed to destroy planet Earth.

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Doctor Who - The Genesis Of The Daleks

Probably the best of the classic series stories. Timelords cast the first stone in the time war by sending the 4th Doctor on a preemptive strike against the Daleks. The first (and probably best)appearance of the mad genius Davros, and his newly built 'travel machines'.

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Doctor Who - The Genesis Of The Daleks (2 discs) on DVD (1963)
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter
Director: David Maloney
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Transported back in time to the planet Skaro Doctor Who and his companions have to try and stop Davros from ever creating the Daleks.

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Doctor Who - Time Warrior

The first Sarah Jane Smith story - and the first Sontaran story too. A medieval romp with a 3rd Doctor nearing the end of his era.

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Doctor Who - Time Warrior on DVD (1973)
Starring: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Kevin Lindsay
Director: Alan Bromley
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Journalist Sarah Jane Smith is impersonating her aunt, virologist Lavinia Smith, in order to gain access to a research centre where top scientists are being held in protective custody while UNIT investigates the disappearance of a number of their colleagues. The missing scientists have been ..read more »

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Doctor Who - Dalek Invasion Of Earth

Classic 1st Doctor tale (and second ever Dalek story) as the Doctor and companions find themselves on a future Earth ruled by the Daleks. Featuring the first departure of a companion.

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Doctor Who - Dalek Invasion Of Earth (2 discs) on DVD (1964)
Starring: William Hartnell, Ray Brooks, Bernard Cribbins
Director: Richard Martin
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The Doctor, played by William Hartnell, and a number of his companions take their T.A.R.D.I.S. time machine to the future only to discover that the Earth has been ravaged and taken over by a race of diabolical robots known as Daleks. Realizing that the Daleks are trying to mine the Earth's nuclear ..read more »

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Doctor Who - The Five Doctors

Well its really the 3 doctors, with a stand-in for the now departed Bill Hartnell and only some stock footage of Tom Baker, but its still a complete fanboy feast of old Doctors and their companions (from the days when you didn't expect every companion to turn up at the end of each season, or indeed to turn up ever again). Only the kitchen sink is missing.

Doctor Who - The Five Doctors on DVD (1983)
Starring: Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton
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Produced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. The five Doctors are forced to play the deadly game of Rassilon, in the Death Zone of Gallifrey, meeting once again some of their most dangerous adversaries.

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Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin

The first story without a companion as the 4th Doctor returns home, only to end up fighting for his life in an computer simulated reality called the Matrix.

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Doctor Who - The Deadly Assassin on DVD (1976)
Starring: Tom Baker, Angus Mackay, George Pravda
Director: David Maloney
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The Doctor arrives on Gallifrey, where he is accused of the assassination of the Time Lord President. Investigating with the aid of Co-ordinator Engin and Castellan Spandrell, he discovers that this is part of a plot hatched by his old adversary the Master. Having used up all twelve of his ..read more »

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Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius

Aka "Dr Who meets Frankenstein". More time lord references than a story not set on Gallifrey has a right to, this hammer horror tribute has the lot - mad scientist, strange cult, hunchbacked servant and of course the creature behind the curtain.

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Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius on DVD (1976)
Starring: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Colin Fay
Director: Christopher Barry
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On the graveyard planet of Karn, the eternal Sisterhood fights to keep the sacred flame alive. High in the castle, the brilliant surgeon Mehendri Solon conducts gruesome experiments on living flesh. And as a storm approaches, evil from the depths of Time Lord history plots its return to the land of ..read more »

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Doctor Who - Pyramids Of Mars

Aka "Dr Who meets the Mummy". The 4th Doctor and Sarah face unearthly ancient terror in an Edwardian manor house. A superb supporting cast help make this a must-see classic.

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Doctor Who - Pyramids Of Mars on DVD (1975)
Starring: Tom Baker
Director: Paddy Russell
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The Doctor arrives on Earth in 1911 to find an Egyptologist, Marcus Scarman, who has been possessed by the last of the Osirans, Sutekh - who is trapped inside a pyramid in Egypt by a beam from Mars. Under Sutekh's control, Scarman builds mummy robots which are, in turn, to build a missile to ..read more »

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