Jon Pertwee's DOCTOR WHO must break the first Law of Time in order to save the Timelords from an old arch enemy, he must bring back other Doctor Whos to help him. Will Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell be up to the job. Read more
| Starring | Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell |
|---|---|
| Director | Lennie Mayne |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Jon Pertwee's DOCTOR WHO must break the first Law of Time in order to save the Timelords from an old arch enemy, he must bring back other Doctor Whos to help him. Will Patrick Troughton and William Hartnell be up to the job.
| Starring | Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell |
|---|---|
| Director | Lennie Mayne |
| Studio | 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Nov 2003 Production year: 1972 |
| Format | DVD |
When I was 12 Doctor Who was the best. The stories and settings created a complete imaginative landscape, where anything was possible. I seem to remember the Three Doctors, like War Games before it (which first introduced the God like Timelords) as a kind of Epiphany. Moreover, I was again meeting shadowy black & white heroes from my infant black & white years (the first Two Doctors). Any deficiencies to the acting, script, plot or sets, I had overlooked, I was in the realm of my own imagination.
Now reviewing the DVD more than 30 years later, I can not be so forgiving. The acting is bad, even half decent actors like Pat Troughton, seem like hams. The less said about the plot and sets the better. I did, however, experience a small thrill going back inside the Tardis.
This story had a good story, good effects and the Doctors were in excellent form (Traughton and Pertwee that is). The DVD extras are good but mainly it is the miracle of DVD transfer and the quality of vision and sound that left the most lasting impression on me.