‘Doctor Who’ guide
Every episode of Doctor Who ever made -- in reverse chronological order, newest episodes at the top, plus some supplementary material -- with links to my discussions and available DVDs. More links to be added on a regular-ish basis.
David Tennant
The Waters of Mars (Story 205)
(in the Complete Specials collection) [Region 2]
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith
Planet of the Dead (Story 204) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Complete Specials collection) [Region 2]
The Next Doctor (Story 203) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Complete Specials collection) [Region 2]
The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End (Story 202)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Turn Left (Story 201)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Midnight (Story 200)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead (Story 199)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Unicorn and the Wasp (Story 198)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Doctor’s Daughter (Story 197)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky (Story 196)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Planet of the Ood (Story 195)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Fires of Pompeii (Story 194)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Partners in Crime (Story 193)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Voyage of the Damned (Story 192)
(in the Complete Fourth Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords (Story 191)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Blink (Story 190)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Human Nature/The Family of Blood (Story 189)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
42 (Story 188)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Lazarus Experiment (Story 187)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks (Story 186)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Gridlock (Story 185)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Shakespeare Code (Story 184)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Smith and Jones (Story 183)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Runaway Bride (Story 182)
(in the Complete Third Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (Story 181)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Fear Her (Story 180)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Love & Monsters (Story 179)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit (Story 178)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Idiot’s Lantern (Story 177)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel (Story 176)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Girl in the Fireplace (Story 175)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
School Reunion (Story 174)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Tooth and Claw (Story 173)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
New Earth (Story 172)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Christmas Invasion (Story 171)
(in the Complete Second Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Christopher Eccleston
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways (Story 170)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Boom Town (Story 169)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances (Story 168)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Father’s Day (Story 167)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Long Game (Story 166)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Dalek (Story 165)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Aliens of London/World War Three (Story 164)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Unquiet Dead (Story 163)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The End of the World (Story 162)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Rose (Story 161)
(in the Complete First Series collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Paul McGann
The Movie (Story 160) [Region 2]
Sylvester McCoy
Survival (Story 159) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Curse of Fenric (Story 158) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Ghost Light (Story 157) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Battlefield (Story 156) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Story 155)
Silver Nemesis (Story 154)
The Happiness Patrol (Story 153)
Remembrance of the Daleks (Story 152) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Dragonfire (Story 151)
Delta and the Bannermen (Story 150) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Paradise Towers (Story 149)
Time and the Rani (Story 148)
Colin Baker
The Trial of a Time Lord (Stories 144-147) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Revelation of the Daleks (Story 143) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Timelash (Story 142) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Two Doctors (Story 141) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Bred for War collection) [Region 2]
The Mark of the Rani (Story 140) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Vengeance on Varos (Story 139) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Attack of the Cybermen (Story 138) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Twin Dilemma (Story 137) [Region 2]
Peter Davison
The Caves of Androzani (Story 136) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Planet of Fire (Story 135)
Resurrection of the Daleks (Story 134) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Frontios (Story 133)
The Awakening (Story 132)
Warriors of the Deep (Story 131) [Region 1]
(in Beneath the Surface collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Five Doctors (Story 130) [Region 1]
(25th anniversary edition) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The King’s Demons (Story 129)
Enlightenment (Story 128)
(in The Black Guardian Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Terminus (Story 127)
(in The Black Guardian Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Mawdryn Undead (Story 126)
(in The Black Guardian Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Snakedance (Story 125)
Arc of Infinity (Story 124) [Region 1]
(with Time-Flight) [Region 2]
Time-Flight (Story 123) [Region 1]
(with Arc of Infinity) [Region 2]
Earthshock (Story 122) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Cyberman collection) [Region 2]
Black Orchid (Story 121) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Visitation (Story 120) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Kinda (Story 119)
Four to Doomsday (Story 118) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Castrovalva (Story 117) [Region 1]
(in the New Beginnings collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Tom Baker
Logopolis (Story 116) [Region 1]
(in the New Beginnings collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Keeper of Traken (Story 115) [Region 1]
(in the New Beginnings collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Warrior’s Gate (Story 114)
(in the E Space Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
State of Decay (Story 113)
(in the E Space Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Full Circle (Story 112)
(in the E Space Trilogy collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Meglos (Story 111)
The Leisure Hive (Story 110) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Shada (Story 109)
The Horns of Nimon (Story 108)
Nightmare of Eden (Story 107)
The Creature from the Pit (Story 106)
City of Death (Story 105) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Destiny of the Daleks (Story 104) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Armageddon Factor (Story 103) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Power of Kroll (Story 102) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Androids of Tara (Story 101) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Stones of Blood (Story 100) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Pirate Planet (Story 99) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Ribos Operation (Story 98) [Region 1]
(in the Key to Time collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Invasion of Time (Story 97) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Bred for War collection) [Region 2]
Underworld (Story 96)
The Sun Makers (Story 95)
Image of the Fendahl (Story 94) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Invisible Enemy (Story 93) (with K9 and Company) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Horror of Fang Rock (Story 92) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Story 91) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Robots of Death (Story 90) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Face of Evil (Story 89)
The Deadly Assassin (Story 88) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Hand of Fear (Story 87) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Masque of Mandragora (Story 86)
The Seeds of Doom (Story 85)
The Brain of Morbius (Story 84) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Android Invasion (Story 83)
Pyramids of Mars (Story 82) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Planet of Evil (Story 81) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Terror of the Zygons (Story 80)
Revenge of the Cybermen (Story 79)
Genesis of the Daleks (Story 78) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Sontaran Experiment (Story 77) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Bred for War collection) [Region 2]
The Ark in Space (Story 76) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Robot (Story 75) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Jon Pertwee
Planet of the Spiders (Story 74)
The Monster of Peladon (Story 73)
Death to the Daleks (Story 72)
Invasion of the Dinosaus (Story 71)
The Time Warrior (Story 70) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Bred for War collection) [Region 2]
The Green Death (Story 69) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Planet of the Daleks (Story 68)
(in The Dalek War collection) [Region 2]
Frontier in Space (Story 67)
(in The Dalek War collection) [Region 2]
Carnival of Monsters (Story 66) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Three Doctors (Story 65) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Time Monster (Story 64)
The Mutants (Story 63)
The Sea Devils (Story 62) [Region 1]
(in Beneath the Surface collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Curse of Peladon (Story 61)
Day of the Daleks (Story 60)
The Daemons (Story 59)
Colony in Space (Story 58)
The Claws of Axos (Story 57) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Mind of Evil (Story 56)
Terror of the Autons (Story 55)
Inferno (Story 54) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Ambassadors of Death (Story 53)
The Silurians (Story 52) [Region 1]
(in Beneath the Surface collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Spearhead from Space (Story 51) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Patrick Troughton
Lost in Time Collection of Rare Episodes: The Patrick Troughton Years [Region 1]
(with The William Hartnell Years) [Region 1]
The War Games (Story 50) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Space Pirates (Story 49)
The Seeds of Death (Story 48) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Krotons (Story 47)
The Invasion (Story 46) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Cyberman collection) [Region 2]
The Mind Robber (Story 45) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Dominators (Story 44)
The Wheel in Space (Story 43)
Fury from the Deep (Story 42)
The Web of Fear (Story 41)
The Enemy of the World (Story 40)
The Ice Warriors (Story 39)
The Abominable Snowmen (Story 38)
The Tomb of the Cybermen (Story 37) [Region 1] [Region 2]
(in the Cyberman collection) [Region 2]
The Evil of the Daleks (Story 36)
The Faceless Ones (Story 35)
The Macra Terror (Story 34)
The Moonbase (Story 33)
The Underwater Menace (Story 32)
The Highlanders (Story 31)
The Power of the Daleks (Story 30)
William Hartnell
Lost in Time Collection of Rare Episodes: The William Hartnell Years [Region 1]
(with The Patrick Troughton Years) [Region 1]
The Tenth Planet (Story 29)
The Smugglers (Story 28)
The War Machines (Story 27) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Savages (Story 26)
The Gunfighters (Story 25)
The Celestial Toymaker (Story 24)
The Ark (Story 23)
The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve (Story 22)
The Daleks’ Master Plan (Story 21)
The Myth Makers (Story 20)
Mission to the Unknown (Story 19)
Galaxy 4 (Story 18)
The Time Meddler (Story 17) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Chase (Story 16)
The Space Museum (Story 15)
The Crusade (Story 14)
The Web Planet (Story 13) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Romans (Story 12) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Rescue (Story 11) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Story 10) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Planet of Giants (Story 9)
The Reign of Terror (Story 8)
The Sensorites (Story 7)
The Aztecs (Story 6) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Keys of Marinus (Story 5) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Marco Polo (Story 4)
The Edge of Destruction (Story 3) (in the Beginning collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Daleks (Story 2) (in the Beginning collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
An Unearthly Child (Story 1) (in the Beginning collection) [Region 1] [Region 2]
NOT CANON
David Tennant
The Infinite Quest (animated) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Peter Cushing
Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD [Region 1] [Region 2]
The Daleks [Region 1] [Region 2]
SAME UNIVERSE
Torchwood: Children of Earth (Season 3) [Region 1] [Region 2]
Torchwood: The Complete Second Season [Region 1] [Region 2]
Torchwood: The Complete First Season [Region 1] [Region 2]
Torchwood: Series 1-2 [Region 2]
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Complete First Season [Region 1] [Region 2]
K9 and Company: A Girl’s Best Friend (with The Invisible Enemy) [Region 1] [Region 2]
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comments
posted by bronxbee (Fri Nov 21 08, 12:36PM)
oh. my. gawd! this is TEH AWESOMENESS!
oh, how i'd love to see all those episodes again (especially TB and PD)...
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Nov 21 08, 3:56PM)
Well, bronxbee, I just ordered a ton of them, and already own some of them, and shall be blogging about them in the near future. Seeing as how we're in such close physical proximity, you'll probably end up watching them with me on a Friday night or Sunday morning.
posted by eric-jon rössel waugh (Fri Nov 21 08, 5:17PM)
Ah, so you did say a few things about SJA.
The proper term here should be "serial" or "story", incidentally. Each serial is made up of component episodes, so it's -- well.
Do you intend to discuss the missing episodes? Curious. I suppose they are available as soundtrack recordings.
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Nov 21 08, 6:49PM)
Yeah, maybe I'll change "episode" to "story." I picked up the language that wikipedia is using, but "story" does make more sense.
How can I discuss episodes that are missing? Except to say that they're missing?
In any case, there are certainly more than enough extant stories to keep me busy for quite a while.
posted by Proper Dave (Fri Nov 21 08, 8:16PM)
You've never heard of recons, then?
http://www.recons.com
Actually, I don't think you'd like them much. You've said before that you regard 60s Who as too childish, and watching still pictures set to a tape-recorded soundtrack can be a drag even for those of us who appreciate the era.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Nov 22 08, 5:31PM)
It's interesting that people are doing that, but it would be tough to review something like that.
posted by Weimlady (Tue Dec 02 08, 5:08PM)
OK, I have the 25th Anniversary Five Doctors, just got The Time Warrior and Ark in Space to further research Sarah Jane and Harry for fanfic purposes (ahem), and now I'm listening to a Big Finish audio of Eight'n'Ace and thinking I should invest in one of Sylvester's stories. I saw them all when they first came out but haven't see any since. So, fellow FlickFilosopher fan followers, which of the Eighth Doctor's stories that are available should I buy?
Now don't say all because I'd probably do it. I have very little fiscal responsibility when it comes to the Doctor.
And MaryAnn--do you get a cut if we click through to Amazon from here?
posted by MaryAnn (Tue Dec 02 08, 7:58PM)
Yeah, I do, and it doesn't cost you anything extra. So it does help me if you click through from FlickFilosopher.com and subsequently buy from Amazon, even what you buy is not the item you clicked through from.
For McCoy, it seems they are releasing them in order of awesomeness, but for starters, I'd watch the Dalek story and *Ghost Light.*
Ace is, by the way, made of awesome.
posted by Tonio Kruger (Tue Dec 02 08, 8:07PM)
If I had to choose, I'd go with "Remembrance of the Daleks", since that's the one story that most lingers in my mind from the McCoy years. I'm not really all that fond of the Daleks but I always had a soft spot for this story, what with its obvious racial subtext, its reference to a pre-Brigadier Brigadier, its rather ominous nursery rhyme and, of course, my favorite bit: the Catholic Schoolgirl from Hell (who, among other things, seems like an obvious inspiration for Elle). It's not quite as classic as the better episodes of the Tom Baker years but it's better than a lot of the stories that came after.
posted by Weimlady (Tue Dec 02 08, 8:26PM)
Thank you both. I'm off to Amazon, via FF!
posted by Mark (Tue Dec 02 08, 8:42PM)
And, conversely, if you click through from here and add the item to your cart, but don't buy it right away, MaryAnn will still get a cut when you finally do decide to buy.
posted by Weimlady (Wed Dec 03 08, 2:45AM)
OMG, I just realized I mistyped (misthought?) above! Of course I know Sylvester is the Seventh doctor!
And all y'all were too kind to slap me with a dead mackerel, which I totally deserved.
MaryAnn, the only thing I don't like about your site is that the comments are not modifiable!
posted by D (Wed Dec 03 08, 8:46AM)
Hey, Mary Ann. I just started watching the current Doctor Who, from season 1( it just sarted to air in my country recently), and I never saw an episode of the old series. Ever. Do you think I can still enjoy it?
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Dec 03 08, 9:50AM)
FYI: I think you need to make that purchase within 30 days, though.
Tough to say. Perhaps. The old show is not *about* the Doctor the way that the new one is (which is why there's so much fan fiction -- people felt the need to fill in those missing pieces). Rent a couple and give 'em a try.
posted by D (Wed Dec 03 08, 6:51PM)
"Rent a couple and give 'em a try."
I doubt I can find a place where I can rent it here in Portugal. We suck ):
But from what I've seen so far, it's been a thought provoking show with consistent quality(something too rare on tv these days) and amazing actors. I don't get all the references, but I can always look them up.
I just might have found a replacement for Buffy. (right along with a great spin-off).
posted by MaryAnn (Wed Dec 03 08, 10:23PM)
Portugal? I didn't realize. (I get very few readers from non-English-as-a-first-language countries, so I'd never have assumed that.) You could buy a cheap one from Amazon UK and give it a shot. You won't find the same production qualities -- the FX are often quite laughably bad -- but it does feature lots of provocative science-fictional ideas. And if you can read between the lines to see the subtext in the Doctor and his relationships with his companions, it can be a helluva lotta fun.
posted by Diane (Thu Dec 04 08, 11:11AM)
I saw "An Unearthly Child" recently and was amazed at how little of it was about the doctor. It took some getting used to.
posted by D (Thu Dec 04 08, 1:29PM)
Thanks for the tip. :)
posted by Weimlady (Mon Dec 15 08, 6:28AM)
The DVD of The Next Doctor is available for pre-order from Amazon UK already. Supposedly also contains Doctor Who at the Proms. I don't know if that means the whole Proms program or just David's video segment. Hoping it's the whole program as I listened to it on BBC Iplayer when it was available and loved it.
I'm sure I will have seen the Christmas special on Youtube prior to the January 19 release date, but I'm not about to wait on SciFi or the box set of the 2009 specials to watch it on the telly!
posted by Althea Webb (Fri Jan 16 09, 8:00PM)
Mary Ann, I've been away for a while and just discovered you were a Dr. Who expert. Would you mind telling me something that I missed along the way? (It was a long dry spell in Dallas until the Christopher Ecclestons and David Tennants recently started, hooray hooray, and I never caught a number in the distant past since they were on so late at night before I had a VCR.) The Doctor is quite touchy about his entire race being obliterated in a great war. When did this happen, and how? I could look it up online and plow through tons of information, but could you just sum it up in a quick sentence or two? I'd be ever so grateful. It's wonderful now that I've been able to see the two newest-but-one Doctors and this issue seems to inform his mindset and actions.
And don't you think the recent episodes have been the best EVER?
Althea Webb
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Jan 17 09, 6:17PM)
The Time War in which Gallifrey was destroyed happened somewhere in between the last time we saw the Doctor -- that would be the Paul McGann Doctor in San Francisco in 1999 (in the 1996 Fox TV movie) -- and when we met him again at the same time Rose did, in London in 2005 (the Christopher Eccleston Doctor). We've learned very few details about the war, but since it appears that the Doctor has just regenerated when he meets Rose, we can at least assume that it was the McGann Doctor who fought in the war.
Which is why I want a Time War movie starring Paul McGann. :->
posted by D (Sun Jan 18 09, 1:04PM)
Hey, MaryAnn. I'm on my way to watch "The Idiot's Lantern". So far, I've loved every single episode of this new series( I still haven't watched any episode of the old series. Maybe someday I will). Thank you so much for introducing me to this wonderfull show. If I didn't read your blog, I might not have given it even a try. I also read one of your mini-reviews every time i finish a episode.
On a sidenote: I loved the appearances of Simmon Pegg, Anthony Head( please someone tell me "Ripper will still get made) and that girl from Moonlight whom I shamefully can't remember the name.
Do you think I can start watching Torchwood now or should finish the season first?
posted by MaryAnn (Sun Jan 18 09, 3:38PM)
You should wait to watch *Torchwood* till you after you've seen Jack's introduction and (initial) departure from *Doctor Who,* at the end of Christopher Eccleston's series. Sounds like you're already past that point.
posted by Althea Webb (Sun Jan 18 09, 5:50PM)
Whew! I'm so glad I asked about the Gallifrey War. You've saved me a lot of frustration, trying to find out about it. And so it appears I ain't missed that much after all. I should have more faith in my local PBS station.
posted by D (Sun Jan 18 09, 7:41PM)
Thank you. Oh and...
James Marsters is in "Torchwood"? WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME?!!
Season two, you say? I have a lot to catch up...
posted by Weimlady (Wed Mar 04 09, 4:25PM)
Does anyone know if they are planning to release any more of the old series on DVD? I want to see ALL of Sarah Jane's stories again, and only half of them are out.
posted by Adam S (Mon May 04 09, 11:23PM)
There's an informative site run by the folks that prep the classic Doctor Who episodes for DVD release at http://www.restoration-team.co.uk/
They don't specify USA release dates, however.
The next few titles up for release include THE WAR GAMES and THE DEADLY ASSASSIN, TWG being the first time we meet the Timelords, and TDA featuring Tom Baker returning to Gallifrey to assassinate the President! (This story kicks off the Doctor's involvement with the Gallifreyan presidency which continued in THE INVASION OF TIME, THE FIVE DOCTORS, THE TRIAL OF A TIMELORD, and REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS.)
I hope that they will in some way release SHADA (the missing Tom Baker story) on DVD. It was after all written by Douglas Adams, and if you get the opportunity to see the 1992 video release (with linking narration by Tom Baker to fill in the production gaps), by all means do so. The story has significant Timelord elements in it. SHADA was more recently reworked as a Paul McGann story with animation featuring Romana as the President of Gallifrey!
Also, where are THE GUARDIANS in the new series???
posted by Weimlady (Tue May 05 09, 3:15PM)
Thanks for the info, Adam S, but since my last post I decided to take a chance both on old videotapes and my old VCR and have purchased most of the missing Sarah Jane episodes in that format. And so far, both the tapes and the machine have come through for me. Watched the first three episodes of Invasion of the Dinosaurs this morning--what a GREAT story! And all I remembered about it from watching it 20 some years ago was how rubbish the dinosaurs were. (They were. They truly were.) Ignore that, though, and the story is wonderful. Young Sarah Jane just getting to know the Doctor. *sigh*
posted by Weimlady (Tue May 05 09, 3:17PM)
Oh rats, wish you could modify posts on here, because I forgot to mention that the Monster of Peladon is the only Sarah Jane story I haven't managed to get my hands on yet. Most of the old videotapes are reasonably priced on Amazon--$15-$25 range--but for some reason, the available copies of MoP start in the low $80s. ??? Why would that be? Is it that rare?