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2005 Certificate 12
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In 'Aliens Of London' The Doctor and Rose find themselves back on Earth. London is the location for a downed spacecraft and the alien survivor is wanted by The Doctor. In 'World War Three' the Earth faces war on an interplanetary scale... Or does it? 'Dalek' finds Rose and The Doctor underground in Utah, witnessing the torture .. Read more

Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Penelope Wilton, Camille Coduri
Director Keith Boak, Joe Ahearne
Genres Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 2 cover art

Doctor Who - The New Series - Vol. 2

In 'Aliens Of London' The Doctor and Rose find themselves back on Earth. London is the location for a downed spacecraft and the alien survivor is wanted by The Doctor. In 'World War Three' the Earth faces war on an interplanetary scale... Or does it? 'Dalek' finds Rose and The Doctor underground in Utah, witnessing the torture and interrogation of an alien whose race wiped out The Time Lords.

Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Penelope Wilton, Camille Coduri
Director Keith Boak, Joe Ahearne
Studio 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 15 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Audio Descriptive, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 13 Jun 2005
Production year: 2005
Format DVD

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  • Hold onto something sturdy, you're just about to be rocked by hyperbole measuring 10 on the Richter scale. 'Dalek' is the best episode of Doctor ever.

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    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 17 out of 22 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Flatulence will get you nowhere...

    OK. So now Christopher Eccleston truly is the Doctor, having faced albeit only the one Dalek. There is no denying that this is the showcase episode so far, although hardened fans will know that writer Rob Shearman has revisited some of the earlier motifs from his audio drama Jubilee, including the pivotal torturing of the solitary creature to madness. As for the redesigned Dalek, the thing is truly awesome. I particularly liked the revelation that its sucker arm is a suffocation device (logical, given that the original enemies of the Daleks ? the Thals ? were humanoid), and also the imaginative overhead shot of the middle weaponry section swivelling to repel an attack from behind. Yet in all of the euphoria surrounding episode six, it is so easy to forget that the series' first two parter ? Aliens of London/World War Three ? is actually quite good in its own right, made so by Russell T. Davies' not-so-sly insertion of some rather broad political satire (e.g. the dummy Prime Minister's earnest speech to the nation about the need to go to war because massive weapons of destruction with a 45 second deployment capability have been detected in space). That said, this story is likely to be remembered as the one in which the aliens break wind, and the degree of their anal tomfoolery did nothing to enhance it in my eyes. A far cleverer device was the porcine alien, and the special effects as his ship crashed through Big Ben and splashed down into the Thames were as memorable and exciting as anything we have seen in this series. On balance, these 3 episodes are better than those on the first volume (which was impeded by the less-than-staggering opening episode Rose). If you?re reading this, you?ll probably have watched them all upon transmission. But you can never get enough of a revitalised version of a television classic?

      • Vengeful Hedgehog from London, England
      • Posted 18 May 2005 21:52

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  • 6 out of 11 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    wow

    the new series is totally amazing only seen a few episodes and i am hooked. the acting is very good and the storylines are so great. shame he has quit he was excelent.

      • michelle mattingley from Hastings, england
      • Posted 09 Apr 2005 20:32

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      • In 'Aliens Of London' The Doctor and Rose find themselves back on Earth. London is the location for a downed spacecraft and the alien survivor is wanted by The Doctor. In 'World War Three' the Earth ...