Directed by Waris Hussein, Christopher Barry, Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford, Derek Newark, Alethea Charlton, Eileen Way, Jeremy Young, Howard Lang, Alan Wheatley, John Lee, Virginia Wetherell, Philip Bond, Marcus Hammond, Gerald Curtis, Jonathon Crane.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: An Unearthly Child, The Cave of Skulls, The Forest of Fear, The Firemaker, The Dead Planet, The Survivors, The Escape, The Ambush, The Expedition, The Ordeal, The Rescue, The Edge of Destruction, The Brink of Disaster, plus many extras
Comment: The first three stories (13 episodes in all) of the best television series ever.
Directed by John Crockett.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, John Ringham, Ian Cullen, Keith Pyott, Margot van der Burgh, Tom Booth, David Anderson, Walter Randall, Andre Boulay.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: The Temple of Evil, The Warriors of Death, The Bride of Sacrifice, The Day of Darkness
Comment: A must-have Doctor Who DVD with the best extras yet.
Directed by Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, Bernard Kay, Peter Fraser, Alan Judd, Martyn Huntley, Peter Badger, Robert Jewell, Robert Aldous, Ann Davies, Michael Goldie, Michael Davis, Richard McNeff, Graham Rigby.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: World's End, The Daleks, Day of Reckoning, The End of Tomorrow, The Waking Ally, Flashpoint
Comment: Two disc set of the epic First Doctor tale, the first time the Daleks are seen on Earth.
Directed by Christopher Barry.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Ray Barrett, Tom Sheridan, John Stuart, Colin Hughes.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: The Powerful Enemy, Desperate Measures
Comment: The two-part adventure that introduced the excellent Vicki, the first new companion in series history.
Directed by Christopher Barry.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Derek Sydney, Nicholas Evans, Dennis Edwards, Margot Thomas, Edward Kelsey, Bart Allison, Barry Jackson, Peter Diamond, Michael Peake, Gertan Klauber, Derek Francis, Ann Tirard.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: The Slave Traders, All Roads Lead to Rome, Conspiracy, Inferno
Comment: One of Doctor Who's rare ventures into comedy, and an ambitious historical story.
Directed by Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Robert Jewell, Martin Jarvis, Ian Thompson, Barbara Joss, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John Scott Martin, Catherine Fleming, Roslyn de Winter, Arne Gordon, Arthur Blake, Jolyon Booth.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Web Planet, The Zarbi, Escape to Danger, Crater of Needles, Invasion, The Centre
Comment: One of Doctor Who's freakiest outings. Not for the casual fan.
Directed by Douglas Camfield.
Starring William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves, Peter Butterworth, Alethea Charlton, Peter Russell, Michael Miller, Michael Guest, Norman Hartley, Geoffrey Cheshire, David Anderson, Ronald Rich.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Watcher, The Meddling Monk, A Battle of Wits, Checkmate
Comment: One of my favorite First Doctor stories.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Morris Barry.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Roy Stewart, Aubrey Richards, Cyril Shaps, Clive Merrison, Shirley Cooklin, George Roubicek, George Pastell, Alan Johns, Bernard Holley, Ray Grover, Michael Kilgarriff.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: The Tomb of the Cybermen episodes 1-4
Comment: The first black and white Doctor Who DVD at last! 8th release.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, Emrys Jones, Hamish Wilson, John Atterbury, Ralph Carrigan, Bernard Horsfall, Bill Wiesener, Terry Wright, Barbara Loft, Christine Pirie, Christopher Robbie, Philip Ryan, Gerry Wain, David Cannon.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Mind Robber episodes 1-5
Comment: Looking great on DVD!
Directed by Douglas Camfield.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Stoney, John Levene, Sally Faulkner, Murray Evans, Walter Randall, Geoffrey Cheshire, Peter Halliday, Ian Fairbairn, James Thornhill, Robert Sidaway, Edward Burnham.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Invasion episodes 1-8 (episodes 1 and 4 are animated re-creations with 1968 original audio)
Comment: The classic Cyberman story, the first UNIT story, with the two missing episodes finished as animation.
Directed by Michael Ferguson.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Alan Bennion, Louise Pajo, John Witty, Ric Felgate, Harry Towb, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Terry Scully, Christopher Coll, Martin Cort, Philip Ray, Steve Peters, Tony Harwood, Sonny Caldinez, Derrick Slater.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 8/10.
Includes: The Seeds of Death episodes 1-6
Comment: A stunning restoration of a classic Ice Warriors story.
Directed by Timothy Combe.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Fulton Mackay, Norman Jones, Peter Miles, Thomasine Heiner, Ian Cunningham, Roy Branigan, John Newman, Bill Matthews, Paul Darrow, Nancie Jackson, Gordon Richardson, Pat Gorman, Paul Barton, Simon Cain.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Doctor Who and the Silurians episodes 1-7
Comment:
Directed by Douglas Camfield.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Olaf Pooley, Derek Newark, Sheila Dunn, Christopher Benjamin, David Simeon, Derek Ware, Walter Randall, Ian Fairbairn, Roy Scammell, Keith James, Dave Carter, Pat Gorman, Philip Ryan.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Inferno episodes 1-7
Comment: 7-parter, terrific stuff, one of the best-ever stories.
Directed by Derek Martinus.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Hugh Burden, Neil Wilson, John Breslin, Antony Webb, Helen Dorward, Talfryn Thomas, George Lee, Prentis Hancock, Hamilton Dyce, Derek Smee, John Woodnutt.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Spearhead From Space episodes 1-4
Comment: The Doctor Who DVDs hit their stride with this one, and it looks fantastic as it was shot entirely on film.
Directed by Michael Ferguson.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Paul Grist, Peter Bathurst, Fernanda Marlowe, Donald Hewlett, David Savile, Derek Ware, Bernard Holley, Michael Walker, David G March, Tim Piggott-Smith.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Claws of Axos episodes 1-4
Comment: It's Doctor Who. Filer!
Directed by Michael Briant.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Edwin Richfield, Clive Morton, Royston Tickner, Neil Seiler, Declan Mulholland, Hugh Futcher, June Murphy, Alec Wallis, Brian Justice, Terry Walsh, Pat Gorman, Eric Mason, Donald Sumpter, David Griffin.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Sea Devils episodes 1-6
Comment:
Directed by Lennie Mayne.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Stephen Thorne, Rex Robinson, Laurie Webb, Clyde Pollitt, Roy Purcell, Graham Leaman, Denys Palmer, Patricia Prior.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Three Doctors episodes 1-4
Comment: Mediocre 10th anniversary story in a good presentation.
Directed by Barry Letts.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Peter Halliday, Michael Wisher, Terence Lodge, Leslie Dwyer, Cheryl Hall, Tenniel Evans, Ian Marter, Jenny McCracken.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Carnival of Monsters episodes 1-4
Comment: Not one of my favorites but still great.
Directed by Michael Briant.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney, Stewart Bevan, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Jerome Willis, Tony Adams, Ben Howard, Mostyn Evans, Talfryn Thomas, Roy Evans, Mitzi McKenzie, Ray Handy, John Scott Martin, John Rolfe, John Dearth.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Green Death episodes 1-6
Comment: One of the best Third Doctor stories.
Directed by Alan Bromley.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Lindsay, David Daker, Donald Pelmear, John J Carney, June Brown, Alan Rowe, Jeremy Bulloch, Sheila Fay, Gordon Pitt, Steve Brunswick.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Time Warrior episodes 1-4
Comment: Sarah Jane Smith debuts in this above-average Third Doctor story.
Directed by Christopher Barry.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, John Levene, Patricia Maynard, Michael Kilgarriff, Edward Burnham, Alec Linstead, Timothy Craven.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Robot episodes 1-4
Comment: Underrated first Fourth Doctor story.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Wendy Williams, Kenton Moore, Christopher Masters, John Gregg, Richardson Morgan, Brian Jacobs.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 8/10.
Includes: The Ark in Space episodes 1-4
Comment: An excellent fourth Doctor story, great extras. The 9th release.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Kevin Lindsay, Glyn Jones, Donald Douglas, Peter Walshe, Peter Rutherford, Terry Walsh, Brian Ellis.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Sontaran Experiment episodes 1-2
Comment: An excellent two-parter from Tom Baker's first season.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Michael Wisher, Peter Miles, Dennis Chinnery, Guy Siner, John Franklyn-Robbins, Harriet Philpin, Stephen Yardley, James Garbutt, Drew Wood, Jeremy Chandler, Andrew Johns, Pat Gorman, Tom Georgeson.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Genesis of the Daleks episodes 1-6
Comment: This is some of the best Doctor Who ever had to offer.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Michael Wisher, Peter Miles, Dennis Chinnery, Guy Siner, John Franklyn-Robbins, Harriet Philpin, Stephen Yardley, James Garbutt, Drew Wood, Jeremy Chandler, Andrew Johns, Pat Gorman, Tom Georgeson.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Genesis of the Daleks episodes 1-6
Comment: This is some of the best Doctor Who ever had to offer.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Frederick Jaeger, Ewen Solon, Prentis Hancock, Graham Weston, Louis Mahoney, Michael Wisher, Terence Brook, Tony McEwan, Haydn Wood, Melvyn Bedford.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Planet of Evil episodes 1-4
Comment: Excellent Fourth Doctor story.
Directed by Paddy Russell.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard, Gabriel Woolf, Peter Copley, Peter Mayock, Michael Bilton, Vik Tablian, Nick Burnell, Melvyn Bedford, Kevin Selway, George Tovey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pyramids of Mars episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the best ever stories of the entire series.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Lennie Mayne.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Judith Paris, Stephen Thorne, Rex Robinson, Renu Setna, Roy Skelton, David Purcell, Glyn Houston, Roy Pattison, Robin Hargrave, Roy Boyd, Frances Pidgeon, John Cannon.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Hand of Fear episodes 1-4
Comment: Sarah Jane Smith's farewell story is a cracker.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Peter Pratt, Angus MacKay, Bernard Horsfall, Erik Chitty, George Pravda, Derek Seaton, Maurice Quick, Hugh Walters, Llewellyn Rees, John Dawson, Michael Bilton, Peter Mayock, Helen Blatch.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Deadly Assassin episodes 1-4
Comment: Doctor Who's lynchpin episode.
Directed by Michael E Briant.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Russell Hunter, Pamela Salem, David Bailie, Rob Edwards, Brian Croucher, Tariq Yunus, David Collings, Tania Rogers, Miles Fothergill, Gregory de Polnay.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 7/10.
Includes: The Robots of Death episodes 1-4
Comment: Simply outstanding television, and a great second Doctor Who DVD.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Bennett, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Deep Roy, Michael Spice, Chris Gannon, David McKail, Conrad Asquith, Alan Butler, Patsy Smart, Tony Then, John Wu, Judith Lloyd, Vaune Craig-Raymond, Penny Lister.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Talons of Weng-Chiang episodes 1-6
Comment: Two disc set of the Hinchcliffe fan favorite.
Directed by Paddy Russell.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Abbott, Colin Douglas, Ralph Watson, Sean Caffrey, Alan Rowe, Annette Woollett, Rio Fanning.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Horror of Fang Rock episodes 1-4
Comment: Has never been one of my favorites, but I'm ready to see it again.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by George Spenton-Foster.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Wanda Ventham, Edward Arthur, Denis Lill, Scott Fredericks, Daphne Heard, Geoff Hinsliff, Edward Evans, Derek Martin, Graham Simpson.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Image of the Fendahl episodes 1-4
Comment: One of my least favorite Fourth Doctor stories.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by George Spenton-Foster.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Cyril Luckham, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, John Hamill, Timothy Bateson, Ann Tirard.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Ribos Operation episodes 1-4
Comment: First of the Key to Time series introduces the White Guardian.
Directed by Pennant Roberts.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, Rosalind Lloyd, Ralph Michael, David Sibley, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Clive Bennett, Bernard Finch, Adam Kurakin, Vi Delmar.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Pirate Planet episodes 1-4
Comment: Second of the Key to Time series, written by Douglas Adams.
Directed by Darrol Blake.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Nicholas McArdle, Elaine Ives-Cameron, Gerald Cross, David McAlister, James Murray, Shirin Taylor.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Stones of Blood episodes 1-4
Comment: Third of the Key to Time series, also the 100th Doctor Who story.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Peter Jeffrey, Neville Jason, Lois Baxter, Simon Lack, Paul Lavers, Declan Mulholland, Cyril Shaps, Martin Matthews.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Androids of Tara episodes 1-4
Comment: Fourth of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Norman Stewart.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson, Grahame Mallard, Terry Walsh.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Power of Kroll episodes 1-4
Comment: Fifth of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Valentine Dyall, Barry Jackson, John Woodvine, William Squire, Davyd Harries, Ian Saynor, John Cannon, Harry Fielder, Iain Armstrong, Pat Gorman, Ian Liston, Susan Skipper.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Armageddon Factor episodes 1-6
Comment: Conclusion of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Ken Grieve.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, David Gooderson, Tim Barlow, Suzanne Danielle, Peter Straker, Tony Osoba, Cy Town, Mike Mungarvin, Roy Skelton, Penny Casdagli, David Yip, Cassandra.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Destiny of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: Fair-to-middlin' Dalek story.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell, Tom Chadbon, David Graham, Kevin Flood, Pamela Stirling, Peter Halliday, Eleanor Bron, John Cleese.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: City of Death episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the most acclaimed Doctor Who stories. It's fun.
Directed by Lovett Bickford.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Adrienne Corri.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Leisure Hive episodes 1-4
Comment: Taking Doctor Who in a new direction with John Nathan-Turner's first production.
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Richard Willis, George Baker, Tony Calvin, Leonard Maguire, James Bree, June Page, Alan Rowe, Bernard Padden, Andrew Forbes, Adrian Gibbs, Barney Lawrence, Norman Bacon.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: Full Circle episodes 1-4
Comment: First of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Emrys James, Rachel Davies, William Lindsay, Clinton Greyn, Rhoda Lewis, Thane Bettany, Iain Rattray, Arthur Hewlett, Stacy Davies, Dean Allen, Stuart Fell, Stuart Blake.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: State of Decay episodes 1-4
Comment: Second of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by Paul Joyce.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Clifford Rose, Kenneth Cope, David Kincaid, Freddie Earlle, Harry Waters, David Weston, Vincent Pickering, Robert Vowles, Jeremy Gittins.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: Warriors' Gate episodes 1-4
Comment: Third of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by John Black.
Starring Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley, Geoffrey Beevers, Sheila Ruskin, Denis Carey, John Woodnutt, Margot van der Burgh, Robin Soans, Roland Oliver, Liam Prendergast, Philip Bloomfield.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Keeper of Traken episodes 1-4
Comment: The penultimate Tom Baker story has a lot of style. Adric... Three three seven!
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Anthony Ainley, Dolore Whiteman, John Fraser, Tom Georgeson, Christopher Hurst, Peter Davison.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Logopolis episodes 1-4
Comment: Positively funereal and simmering with atmosphere (and cardboard cutouts).
Directed by Fiona Cumming.
Starring Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Anthony Ainley, Frank Wylie, Derek Waring, Michael Sheard, Dallas Cavell, Souska John.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Castrovalva episodes 1-4
Comment: A fairly gentle first outing for the new fifth Doctor.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Robbins, John Savident, Peter van Dissel, Anthony Calf, John Baker, Valerie Fyfer, Richard Hampton, James Charlton, Michael Melia, Neil West, Eric Dodson.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Visitation episodes 1-4
Comment: A satisfying, straightforward traditional Doctor Who story.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, James Warwick, Clare Clifford, Beryl Reid, June Bland, Steve Morley, Suzi Arden, Ann Holloway, Anne Clements, Mark Straker, David Banks, Alec Sabin, Mark Hardy, Mark Fletcher.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Earthshock episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the most exciting of the Fifth Doctor's adventures.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley, Richard Easton, Keith Drinkel, Michael Cashman, Peter Dahlsen, Peter McDermott, John Flint, Peter Cellier, Judith Byfield, Nigel Stock, Matthew Waterhouse, Hugh Hayes, André Winterton.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Time-Flight episodes 1-4
Comment: Fairly dismal Fifth Doctor story.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Colin Baker, Ian Collier, Leonard Sachs, Michael Gough, Elspet Gray, Paul Jerricho, Neil Daglish, Max Harvey, Andrew Boxer, Alastair Cumming, John D Collins, Malcolm Harvey, Maya Woolfe, Guy Groen.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Arc of Infinity episodes 1-4
Comment: Another fairly dismal Fifth Doctor story.
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Peter Davison, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Richard Hurndall, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Carole Ann Ford, Nicholas Courtney, Anthony Ainley, Philip Latham.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Five Doctors (Special Edition)
Comment: The first ever Doctor Who DVD, this is the special edition and looks great.
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Peter Davison, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Richard Hurndall, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Carole Ann Ford, Nicholas Courtney, Anthony Ainley, Philip Latham.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Five Doctors
Comment: New and updated release of the first DW DVD, loaded with extras this time.
Directed by Pennant Roberts.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Ingrid Pitt, Tom Adams, Ian McCulloch, Nigel Humphreys, Martin Neil, Tara Ward, Norman Comer, Nitza Saul, Stuart Blake, Vincent Brimble, Christopher Farries, James Coombes.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Warriors of the Deep episodes 1-4
Comment:
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Rula Lenska, Rodney Bewes, Chloe Ashcroft, Terry Molloy, Maurice Colbourne, Del Henney, Leslie Grantham, William Sleigh, Roger Davenport, Jim Findley, Linsey Turner, Philip McGough, Sneh Gupta.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Resurrection of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: Remixed audio in 5.1! Really brings it alive, especially TARDIS interior scenes.
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Rula Lenska, Rodney Bewes, Chloe Ashcroft, Terry Molloy, Maurice Colbourne, Del Henney, Leslie Grantham, William Sleigh, Roger Davenport, Jim Findley, Linsey Turner, Philip McGough, Sneh Gupta.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Resurrection of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: Second copy because it's in the Davros set.
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable, John Normington, Robert Glenister, Maurice Roeves, Roy Holder, Martin Cochrane, Barbara Kinghorn, David Neal, Ian Staples, Colin Taylor, Keith Harvey, Andrew Smith.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Caves of Androzani episodes 1-4
Comment: The best Doctor Who receives sterling treatment. Fifth DVD release.
Directed by Matthew Robinson.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Sarah Berger, Brian Glover, Maurice Colbourne, James Beckett, David Banks, Michael Kilgarriff, Faith Brown, Michael Attwell, Jonathan David, Brian Orrell, John Ainley, Stephen Churchett, Stephen Wale.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Attack of the Cybermen episodes 1-2
Comment: The two-part (45 mins each) Cyberman story from 1985. I like it.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Martin Jarvis, Nabil Shaban, Jason Connery, Forbes Collins, Stephen Yardley, Sheila Reid, Geraldine Alexander, Owen Teale, Graham Cull, Nicholas Chagrin, Hugh Martin, Keith Skinner.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Vengeance on Varos episodes 1-2
Comment: Not a very good story sadly, but an excellent DVD. The 7th release.
Directed by Sarah Hellings.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Kate O'Mara, Terence Alexander, Gary Cady, Peter Childs, Gawn Grainger, Richard Steele, William Ilkley, Hus Levent, Kevin White, Martin Whitby, Sarah James, Cordelia Ditton.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Mark of the Rani episodes 1-2 (45 minute episodes)
Comment: One of the better Sixth Doctor stories, aided immeasurably by filmed location footage.
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Jacqueline Pearce, John Stratton, Laurence Payne, Aimee Delamain, James Saxon, Carmen Gomez, Tim Raynham, Nicholas Fawcett, Clinton Greyn.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Two Doctors episodes 1-3
Comment: Two disc set of the story that pairs the Sixth Doctor with the Second.
Directed by Pennant Roberts.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, Eric Deacon, Jeananne Crowley, David Chandler, Neil Hallett, Robert Ashby, David Ashton, Peter Robert Scott, Dicken Ashworth, Tracy Louise Ward, Martin Gower, Christine Kavanagh, Steven Mackintosh, Denis Carey.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Timelash episodes 1-2
Comment: This much-maligned story features Colin Baker's finest performance.
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Alexei Sayle, William Gaunt, Clive Swift, Eleanor Bron, John Ogwen, Jenny Tomasin, Stephen Flynn, Hugh Walters, Bridget Lynch-Blosse, Trevor Cooper, Colin Spaull, Alec Linstead, Ken Barker, Roy Skelton.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Revelation of the Daleks episodes 1-2
Comment: Much as I like Alexei Sayle, I question this…
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Alexei Sayle, William Gaunt, Clive Swift, Eleanor Bron, John Ogwen, Jenny Tomasin, Stephen Flynn, Hugh Walters, Bridget Lynch-Blosse, Trevor Cooper, Colin Spaull, Alec Linstead, Ken Barker, Roy Skelton.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Revelation of the Daleks episodes 1-2
Comment: Much as I like Alexei Sayle, I question this… really just not a favorite.
Directed by Chris Clough.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Don Henderson, Belinda Mayne, Richard Davies, Stubby Kaye, Morgan Deare, David Kinder, Martyn Geraint, Sara Griffiths, Hugh Lloyd, Ken Dodd, Brian Hibbard, Johnny Dennis, Leslie Meadows, Laura Collins, Carley Joseph.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Delta and the Bannermen episodes 1-3
Comment: Possibly the campest of the camp?
Directed by Andrew Morgan.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Simon Williams, George Sewell, Dursley McLinden, Pamela Salem, Karen Gledhill, Michael Sheard, Jasmine Breaks, Harry Fowler, Joseph Marcell, William Thomas, Peter Halliday, Terry Molloy.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Remembrance of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the flashiest stories is served even better than last time with a "special edition".
Directed by Andrew Morgan.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Simon Williams, George Sewell, Dursley McLinden, Pamela Salem, Karen Gledhill, Michael Sheard, Jasmine Breaks, Harry Fowler, Joseph Marcell, William Thomas, Peter Halliday, Terry Molloy.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Remembrance of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the flashiest stories is served well by this DVD edition, the fourth release.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Alan Wareing.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Ghost Light episodes 1-3
Comment: A very strange and complex adventure for the Seventh Doctor.
Directed by Nicholas Mallett.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch, Nicholas Parsons, Tomek Bork, Janet Henfrey, Peter Czajkowski, Marek Anton, Mark Conrad, Joann Kenny, Joanne Bell, Anne Reid, Cory Pulman, Stevan Rimkus, Marcus Anholt, Raymond Trickett.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Curse of Fenric episodes 1-4
Comment: Two disc set of one of the most cinematic of the Doctor's later adventures.
Directed by Alan Wareing.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, Julian Holloway, Lisa Bowerman, William Barton, Sakuntala Ramanee, Norman Pace, Gareth Hale, David John, Sean Oliver, Kate Eaton, Kathleen Bidmead, Adele Silva, Michelle Martin.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Survival episodes 1-3
Comment: The end of a decade, the end of Doctor Who. Please come back soon.
Directed by Keith Boak, Euros Lyn.
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Mark Benton, Elli Garnett, Adam McCoy, Zoe Wanamaker, Simon Day, Yasmin Bannerman, Beccy Armory, Simon Callow, Alan David, Eve Myles, Huw Rhys, Jennifer Hill, Wayne Cater, Meic Povey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead
Comment: The fantastic return of the best show ever.
Directed by Keith Boak, Joe Ahearne.
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Rupert Vansittart, David Verrey, Navin Chowdhry, Penelope Wilton, Annette Badland, Naoko Mori, Morgan Hopkins, Corey Johnson, Anna-Louise Plowman, Bruno Langley, Nigel Whitmey.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek
Comment: Two of the weakest episodes of the series, paired with Dalek, one of the best.
Directed by Brian Grant, Joe Ahearne, James Hawes.
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Bruno Langley, Colin Prockter, Christine Adams, Anna Maxwell-Martin, Simon Pegg, Tamsin Greig, Judy Holt, Shaun Dingwall, Florence Hoath, John Barrowman, Richard Wilson.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances
Comment: Best episodes of series 1 of the new show.
Directed by Joe Ahearne.
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman, Annette Badland, Mali Harries, Alan Ruscoe, William Thomas, Jo Joyner, Jamie Bradley, Paterson Joseph, Anne Robinson, Kate Loustau, Nicholas Briggs.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways
Comment: A generally smashing conclusion to the return series.
Directed by James Hawes.
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Penelope Wilton, Daniel Evans, Adam Garcia, Sean Gilder, Chu Omambala, Anita Breim, Zoe Wanamaker, Sean Gallagher, Dona Croll, Michael Fitzgerald, Lucy Robinson, Adjoa Andoh, Anna Hope.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Christmas Invasion, New Earth
Comment: mmmm well, not the best, that's for sure. Let's just call it "okay".
Directed by James Hawes, Euros Lyn.
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Pauline Collins, Ian Hanmore, Michelle Duncan, Derek Riddell, Jamie Sives, Anthony Head, Elisabeth Sladen, Rod Arthur, John Leeson, Eugene Washington, Sophia Myles, Ben Turner, Jessica Atkins.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace
Comment: Now these are much better than the preceding stories.
Directed by Graeme Harper, Euros Lyn.
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Shaun Dingwall, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Andrew Hayden-Smith, Don Warrington, Mona Hammond, Colin Spaull, Nicholas Briggs, Maureen Lipman, Ron Cook, Jamie Foreman, Debra Gillett, Rory Jennings.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern
Comment: The Cybermen return in a two-parter, and the television becomes a scary thing.
Directed by James Strong, Dan Zeff.
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes, Claire Rushbrook, Will Thorp, Ronny Jhutti, MyAnna Buring, Paul Kasey, Gabriel Woolf, Silas Carson, Peter Kay, Marc Warren, Shirley Henderson, Simon Greenall, Moya Brady.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love & Monsters
Comment: The best episodes of series two, followed by an Abzorbaloff from Klom.
Directed by Euros Lyn, Graeme Harper.
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, Shaun Dingwall, Nina Sosanya, Abisola Agbaje, Edna Dore, Tim Faraday, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Raji James, Freema Agyeman, Hadley Fraser, Oliver Mellor, Barbara Windsor, David Warwick.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday
Comment: Concluding episodes of series two.
Directed by Euros Lyn.
Starring David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Sarah Parish, Don Gilet, Howard Attfield, Jacqueline King, Trevor Georges, Glen Wilson, Krystal Archer, Rhodri Meilir, Zafirah Boateng, Paul Kasey.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Runaway Bride
Comment: The Runaway Bride, plus Doctor Who Confidential: the music concert. Catherine Tate is hot!
Directed by Charles Palmer, Richard Clarke.
Starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Anne Reid, Roy Marsden, Adjoa Andoh, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates, Trevor Laird, Kimmi Richards.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, Gridlock
Comment: Nice kickoff to series three of new Doctor Who.
Directed by James Strong, Richard Clarke, Graeme Harper.
Starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Hugh Quarshie, Mark Gatiss.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Daleks In Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment, 42
Comment: Sadly, some of the weakest episodes of series three.
Directed by Charles Palmer, Hettie Macdonald.
Starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, Jessica Hynes, Peter Bourke, Gerard Horan, Derek Smith, Mathew White, Lauren Wilson, Rebekah Staton, Pip Torrens, Tom Palmer, Carey Mulligan, Finlay Robertson, Lucy Gaskell, Ian Boldsworth, Thomas Nelstrop.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Human Nature, The Family of Blood, Blink
Comment: Highlight of the 2007 run.
Directed by Graeme Harper, Colin Teague.
Starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, John Simm, Derek Jacobi, Chipo Chung, Neil Reidman, Paul Marc Davies, Robert Forknall, John Bell, Deborah MacLaren, Anne Widdecombe, Sharon Osbourne, Nicholas Gecks, Colin Stinton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Utopia, The Sound of Drums, Last of the Time Lords
Comment: The finale of the 2007 season.
Starring David Tennant, Kylie Minogue.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Voyage of the Damned
Comment: Christmas special from 2007 takes place on the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic (starship). Also includes Time Crash.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Andy Goddard.
Starring David Tennant, David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan, Velile Tshabalala, Ruari Mears, Paul Kasey, Edmund Kente, Michael Bertenshaw, Jason Morell, Neil McDermott, Ashley Horne, Tom Langford, Jordan Southwell, Nicholas Briggs.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Next Doctor
Comment: The 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special, plus Doctor Who at the Proms
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Infinite Quest (animated serial)
Comment: The animated serial that aired as part of Totally Doctor Who in 2007.
Directed by Waris Hussein, Christopher Barry, Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Carole Ann Ford, Derek Newark, Alethea Charlton, Eileen Way, Jeremy Young, Howard Lang, Alan Wheatley, John Lee, Virginia Wetherell, Philip Bond, Marcus Hammond, Gerald Curtis, Jonathon Crane.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: An Unearthly Child, The Cave of Skulls, The Forest of Fear, The Firemaker, The Dead Planet, The Survivors, The Escape, The Ambush, The Expedition, The Ordeal, The Rescue, The Edge of Destruction, The Brink of Disaster, plus many extras
Comment: The first three stories (13 episodes in all) of the best television series ever.
Directed by John Crockett.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, John Ringham, Ian Cullen, Keith Pyott, Margot van der Burgh, Tom Booth, David Anderson, Walter Randall, Andre Boulay.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Temple of Evil, The Warriors of Death, The Bride of Sacrifice, The Day of Darkness
Comment: A must-have Doctor Who DVD with a brilliant picture and the best extras yet.
Directed by Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill, Bernard Kay, Peter Fraser, Alan Judd, Martyn Huntley, Peter Badger, Robert Jewell, Robert Aldous, Ann Davies, Michael Goldie, Michael Davis, Richard McNeff, Graham Rigby.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: World's End, The Daleks, Day of Reckoning, The End of Tomorrow, The Waking Ally, Flashpoint
Comment: Two disc set of the epic First Doctor tale, the first time the Daleks are seen on Earth.
Directed by Richard Martin.
Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Robert Jewell, Martin Jarvis, Ian Thompson, Barbara Joss, Hugh Lund, Kevin Manser, John Scott Martin, Catherine Fleming, Roslyn de Winter, Arne Gordon, Arthur Blake, Jolyon Booth.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Web Planet, The Zarbi, Escape to Danger, Crater of Needles, Invasion, The Centre
Comment: One of Doctor Who's freakiest outings. Not for the casual fan.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Morris Barry.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Roy Stewart, Aubrey Richards, Cyril Shaps, Clive Merrison, Shirley Cooklin, George Roubicek, George Pastell, Alan Johns, Bernard Holley, Ray Grover, Michael Kilgarriff.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: The Tomb of the Cybermen episodes 1-4
Comment: The first black and white Doctor Who DVD at last! 8th release.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines, Emrys Jones, Hamish Wilson, John Atterbury, Ralph Carrigan, Bernard Horsfall, Bill Wiesener, Terry Wright, Barbara Loft, Christine Pirie, Christopher Robbie, Philip Ryan, Gerry Wain, David Cannon.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Mind Robber episodes 1-5
Comment: Looking great on DVD!
Directed by Douglas Camfield.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Stoney, John Levene, Sally Faulkner, Murray Evans, Walter Randall, Geoffrey Cheshire, Peter Halliday, Ian Fairbairn, James Thornhill, Robert Sidaway, Edward Burnham.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Invasion episodes 1-8 (episodes 1 and 4 are animated re-creations with 1968 original audio)
Comment: The classic Cyberman story, the first UNIT story, with the two missing episodes finished as animation.
Directed by Michael Ferguson.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, Alan Bennion, Louise Pajo, John Witty, Ric Felgate, Harry Towb, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Terry Scully, Christopher Coll, Martin Cort, Philip Ray, Steve Peters, Tony Harwood, Sonny Caldinez, Derrick Slater.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Seeds of Death episodes 1-6
Comment: A stunning restoration of a classic Ice Warriors story.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Douglas Camfield.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Olaf Pooley, Derek Newark, Sheila Dunn, Christopher Benjamin, David Simeon, Derek Ware, Walter Randall, Ian Fairbairn, Roy Scammell, Keith James, Dave Carter, Pat Gorman, Philip Ryan.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Inferno episodes 1-7
Comment: 7-parter, terrific stuff, one of the best-ever stories.
Directed by Derek Martinus.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, Hugh Burden, Neil Wilson, John Breslin, Antony Webb, Helen Dorward, Talfryn Thomas, George Lee, Prentis Hancock, Hamilton Dyce, Derek Smee, John Woodnutt.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras 9/10.
Includes: Spearhead From Space episodes 1-4
Comment: The Doctor Who DVDs hit their stride with this one, and it looks fantastic as it was shot entirely on film. One of the first three North American releases.
Directed by Michael Ferguson.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Roger Delgado, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Paul Grist, Peter Bathurst, Fernanda Marlowe, Donald Hewlett, David Savile, Derek Ware, Bernard Holley, Michael Walker, David G March, Tim Piggott-Smith.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Claws of Axos episodes 1-4
Comment: It's Doctor Who. Filer!
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Lennie Mayne.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Patrick Troughton, William Hartnell, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Stephen Thorne, Rex Robinson, Laurie Webb, Clyde Pollitt, Roy Purcell, Graham Leaman, Denys Palmer, Patricia Prior.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 7/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Three Doctors episodes 1-4
Comment: Mediocre 10th anniversary story in a good presentation.
Directed by Barry Letts.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Peter Halliday, Michael Wisher, Terence Lodge, Leslie Dwyer, Cheryl Hall, Tenniel Evans, Ian Marter, Jenny McCracken.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Carnival of Monsters episodes 1-4
Comment: Not one of my favorites but still great.
Directed by Michael Briant.
Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Nicholas Courtney, Stewart Bevan, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Jerome Willis, Tony Adams, Ben Howard, Mostyn Evans, Talfryn Thomas, Roy Evans, Mitzi McKenzie, Ray Handy, John Scott Martin, John Rolfe, John Dearth.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Green Death episodes 1-6
Comment: One of the best Third Doctor stories.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Christopher Barry.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, John Levene, Patricia Maynard, Michael Kilgarriff, Edward Burnham, Alec Linstead, Timothy Craven.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Robot episodes 1-4
Comment: Underrated first Fourth Doctor story.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Wendy Williams, Kenton Moore, Christopher Masters, John Gregg, Richardson Morgan, Brian Jacobs.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 8/10.
Includes: The Ark in Space episodes 1-4
Comment: An excellent fourth Doctor story, great extras. The 9th release.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Kevin Lindsay, Glyn Jones, Donald Douglas, Peter Walshe, Peter Rutherford, Terry Walsh, Brian Ellis.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Sontaran Experiment episodes 1-2
Comment: An excellent two-parter from Tom Baker's first season.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Michael Wisher, Peter Miles, Dennis Chinnery, Guy Siner, John Franklyn-Robbins, Harriet Philpin, Stephen Yardley, James Garbutt, Drew Wood, Jeremy Chandler, Andrew Johns, Pat Gorman, Tom Georgeson.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Genesis of the Daleks episodes 1-6
Comment: This is some of the best Doctor Who ever had to offer.
Directed by Rodney Bennett.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Frederick Jaeger, Ewen Solon, Prentis Hancock, Graham Weston, Louis Mahoney, Michael Wisher, Terence Brook, Tony McEwan, Haydn Wood, Melvyn Bedford.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Planet of Evil episodes 1-4
Comment: Excellent Fourth Doctor story.
Directed by Paddy Russell.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard, Gabriel Woolf, Peter Copley, Peter Mayock, Michael Bilton, Vik Tablian, Nick Burnell, Melvyn Bedford, Kevin Selway, George Tovey.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Pyramids of Mars episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the best ever stories of the entire series.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Lennie Mayne.
Starring Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Judith Paris, Stephen Thorne, Rex Robinson, Renu Setna, Roy Skelton, David Purcell, Glyn Houston, Roy Pattison, Robin Hargrave, Roy Boyd, Frances Pidgeon, John Cannon.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Hand of Fear episodes 1-4
Comment: Sarah Jane Smith's farewell story is a cracker.
Directed by Michael E Briant.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Russell Hunter, Pamela Salem, David Bailie, Rob Edwards, Brian Croucher, Tariq Yunus, David Collings, Tania Rogers, Miles Fothergill, Gregory de Polnay.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras 7/10.
Includes: The Robots of Death episodes 1-4
Comment: Simply outstanding television. One of three in the first wave of North American releases.
Directed by David Maloney.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Bennett, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Baxter, Deep Roy, Michael Spice, Chris Gannon, David McKail, Conrad Asquith, Alan Butler, Patsy Smart, Tony Then, John Wu, Judith Lloyd, Vaune Craig-Raymond, Penny Lister.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Talons of Weng-Chiang episodes 1-6
Comment: Two disc set of the Hinchcliffe fan favorite.
Directed by Paddy Russell.
Starring Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, John Abbott, Colin Douglas, Ralph Watson, Sean Caffrey, Alan Rowe, Annette Woollett, Rio Fanning.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Horror of Fang Rock episodes 1-4
Comment: Has never been one of my favorites, but I'm ready to see it again.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by George Spenton-Foster.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Cyril Luckham, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Robert Keegan, Prentis Hancock, Oliver Maguire, John Hamill, Timothy Bateson, Ann Tirard.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Ribos Operation episodes 1-4
Comment: First of the Key to Time series introduces the White Guardian.
Directed by Pennant Roberts.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, Rosalind Lloyd, Ralph Michael, David Sibley, David Warwick, Primi Townsend, Clive Bennett, Bernard Finch, Adam Kurakin, Vi Delmar.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Pirate Planet episodes 1-4
Comment: Second of the Key to Time series, written by Douglas Adams.
Directed by Darrol Blake.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Nicholas McArdle, Elaine Ives-Cameron, Gerald Cross, David McAlister, James Murray, Shirin Taylor.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Stones of Blood episodes 1-4
Comment: Third of the Key to Time series, also the 100th Doctor Who story.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Peter Jeffrey, Neville Jason, Lois Baxter, Simon Lack, Paul Lavers, Declan Mulholland, Cyril Shaps, Martin Matthews.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Androids of Tara episodes 1-4
Comment: Fourth of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Norman Stewart.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Neil McCarthy, John Abineri, Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen, Carl Rigg, Frank Jarvis, John Leeson, Grahame Mallard, Terry Walsh.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Power of Kroll episodes 1-4
Comment: Fifth of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Valentine Dyall, Barry Jackson, John Woodvine, William Squire, Davyd Harries, Ian Saynor, John Cannon, Harry Fielder, Iain Armstrong, Pat Gorman, Ian Liston, Susan Skipper.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Armageddon Factor episodes 1-6
Comment: Conclusion of the Key to Time series.
Directed by Ken Grieve.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, David Gooderson, Tim Barlow, Suzanne Danielle, Peter Straker, Tony Osoba, Cy Town, Mike Mungarvin, Roy Skelton, Penny Casdagli, David Yip, Cassandra.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Destiny of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: Fair-to-middlin' Dalek story.
Directed by Michael Hayes.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell, Tom Chadbon, David Graham, Kevin Flood, Pamela Stirling, Peter Halliday, Eleanor Bron, John Cleese.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: City of Death episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the most acclaimed Doctor Who stories. It's fun.
Directed by Lovett Bickford.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Adrienne Corri.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Leisure Hive episodes 1-4
Comment: Taking Doctor Who in a new direction with John Nathan-Turner's first production.
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Richard Willis, George Baker, Tony Calvin, Leonard Maguire, James Bree, June Page, Alan Rowe, Bernard Padden, Andrew Forbes, Adrian Gibbs, Barney Lawrence, Norman Bacon.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: Full Circle episodes 1-4
Comment: First of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Emrys James, Rachel Davies, William Lindsay, Clinton Greyn, Rhoda Lewis, Thane Bettany, Iain Rattray, Arthur Hewlett, Stacy Davies, Dean Allen, Stuart Fell, Stuart Blake.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: State of Decay episodes 1-4
Comment: Second of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by Paul Joyce.
Starring Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Matthew Waterhouse, John Leeson, Clifford Rose, Kenneth Cope, David Kincaid, Freddie Earlle, Harry Waters, David Weston, Vincent Pickering, Robert Vowles, Jeremy Gittins.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: Warriors' Gate episodes 1-4
Comment: Third of the E-Space Trilogy (DVDs not sold separately).
Directed by John Black.
Starring Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley, Geoffrey Beevers, Sheila Ruskin, Denis Carey, John Woodnutt, Margot van der Burgh, Robin Soans, Roland Oliver, Liam Prendergast, Philip Bloomfield.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Keeper of Traken episodes 1-4
Comment: The penultimate Tom Baker story has a lot of style. Adric... Three three seven!
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Anthony Ainley, Dolore Whiteman, John Fraser, Tom Georgeson, Christopher Hurst, Peter Davison.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Logopolis episodes 1-4
Comment: Positively funereal and simmering with atmosphere (and cardboard cutouts).
Directed by Fiona Cumming.
Starring Peter Davison, Matthew Waterhouse, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Anthony Ainley, Frank Wylie, Derek Waring, Michael Sheard, Dallas Cavell, Souska John.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Castrovalva episodes 1-4
Comment: A fairly gentle first outing for the new fifth Doctor.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Michael Robbins, John Savident, Peter van Dissel, Anthony Calf, John Baker, Valerie Fyfer, Richard Hampton, James Charlton, Michael Melia, Neil West, Eric Dodson.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Visitation episodes 1-4
Comment: A satisfying, straightforward traditional Doctor Who story.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Peter Grimwade.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, James Warwick, Clare Clifford, Beryl Reid, June Bland, Steve Morley, Suzi Arden, Ann Holloway, Anne Clements, Mark Straker, David Banks, Alec Sabin, Mark Hardy, Mark Fletcher.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Earthshock episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the most exciting of the Fifth Doctor's adventures.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley, Richard Easton, Keith Drinkel, Michael Cashman, Peter Dahlsen, Peter McDermott, John Flint, Peter Cellier, Judith Byfield, Nigel Stock, Matthew Waterhouse, Hugh Hayes, André Winterton.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Time-Flight episodes 1-4
Comment: Fairly dismal Fifth Doctor story.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Colin Baker, Ian Collier, Leonard Sachs, Michael Gough, Elspet Gray, Paul Jerricho, Neil Daglish, Max Harvey, Andrew Boxer, Alastair Cumming, John D Collins, Malcolm Harvey, Maya Woolfe, Guy Groen.
shill's feature Rating: 6/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Arc of Infinity episodes 1-4
Comment: Another fairly dismal Fifth Doctor story.
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Peter Davison, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Richard Hurndall, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Carole Ann Ford, Nicholas Courtney, Anthony Ainley, Philip Latham.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Five Doctors (Special Edition)
Comment: Kicking off North American Doctor Who DVD releases, this is the special edition and looks great.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Matthew Robinson.
Starring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Rula Lenska, Rodney Bewes, Chloe Ashcroft, Terry Molloy, Maurice Colbourne, Del Henney, Leslie Grantham, William Sleigh, Roger Davenport, Jim Findley, Linsey Turner, Philip McGough, Sneh Gupta.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Resurrection of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: Remixed audio in 5.1! Really brings it alive, especially TARDIS interior scenes.
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, Christopher Gable, John Normington, Robert Glenister, Maurice Roeves, Roy Holder, Martin Cochrane, Barbara Kinghorn, David Neal, Ian Staples, Colin Taylor, Keith Harvey, Andrew Smith.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Caves of Androzani episodes 1-4
Comment: The best Doctor Who receives sterling treatment. One of two in the second wave of North American releases.
Directed by Ron Jones.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Martin Jarvis, Nabil Shaban, Jason Connery, Nicholas Chagrin, Forbes Collins, Stephen Yardley, Sheila Reid, Geraldine Alexander, Graham Cull, Owen Teale, Keith Skinner, Hugh Martin.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Vengeance on Varos episodes 1-2
Comment: One of the weaker Doctor Who DVDs.
Directed by Sarah Hellings.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Kate O'Mara, Terence Alexander, Gary Cady, Peter Childs, Gawn Grainger, Richard Steele, William Ilkley, Hus Levent, Kevin White, Martin Whitby, Sarah James, Cordelia Ditton.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Mark of the Rani episodes 1-2 (45 minute episodes)
Comment: One of the better Sixth Doctor stories, aided immeasurably by filmed location footage.
Directed by Peter Moffatt.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Jacqueline Pearce, John Stratton, Laurence Payne, Aimee Delamain, James Saxon, Carmen Gomez, Tim Raynham, Nicholas Fawcett, Clinton Greyn.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Two Doctors episodes 1-3
Comment: Two disc set of the story that pairs the Sixth Doctor with the Second.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Graeme Harper.
Starring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Alexei Sayle, William Gaunt, Clive Swift, Eleanor Bron, John Ogwen, Jenny Tomasin, Stephen Flynn, Hugh Walters, Bridget Lynch-Blosse, Trevor Cooper, Colin Spaull, Alec Linstead, Ken Barker, Roy Skelton.
shill's feature Rating: 7/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Revelation of the Daleks episodes 1-2
Comment: Much as I like Alexei Sayle, I question this…
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Andrew Morgan.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Simon Williams, George Sewell, Dursley McLinden, Pamela Salem, Karen Gledhill, Michael Sheard, Jasmine Breaks, Harry Fowler, Joseph Marcell, William Thomas, Peter Halliday, Terry Molloy.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 8/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Remembrance of the Daleks episodes 1-4
Comment: One of the flashiest stories is served well by this DVD edition, one of two in the second wave of North American releases.
Directed by Michael Kerrigan.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Angela Douglas, Angela Bruce, Robert Jezek, June Bland, Ling Tai, Jean Marsh, Dorota Rae, Paul Tomany, Noel Collins, James Ellis, Christopher Bowen, Marcus Gilbert, Marek Anton, Stefan Schwartz.
shill's feature Rating: 5/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Battlefield episodes 1-4
Comment: Ridiculous claptrap with appalling acting and terrible production values.
Directed by Alan Wareing.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Michael Cochrane, Sharon Duce, Ian Hogg, Katherine Schlesinger.
shill's feature Rating: 9/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Ghost Light episodes 1-3
Comment: A very strange and complex adventure for the Seventh Doctor.
Directed by Nicholas Mallett.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch, Nicholas Parsons, Tomek Bork, Janet Henfrey, Peter Czajkowski, Marek Anton, Mark Conrad, Joann Kenny, Joanne Bell, Anne Reid, Cory Pulman, Stevan Rimkus, Marcus Anholt, Raymond Trickett.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: The Curse of Fenric episodes 1-4
Comment: Two disc set of one of the most cinematic of the Doctor's later adventures.
Directed by Alan Wareing.
Starring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, Julian Holloway, Lisa Bowerman, William Barton, Sakuntala Ramanee, Norman Pace, Gareth Hale, David John, Sean Oliver, Kate Eaton, Kathleen Bidmead, Adele Silva, Michelle Martin.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Survival episodes 1-3
Comment: The end of a decade, the end of Doctor Who. Please come back soon.
Directed by Douglas Camfield, Bill Sellars.
Starring Williiam Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Adrienne Hill, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane, Julian Glover, Kevin Stoney.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: The Lion, The Wheel of Fortune, Day of Armageddon, Counter Plot, Escape Switch, The Final Test, plus surviving clips from various episodes and more
Comment: Contains episodes from The Crusades, The Daleks Masterplan and The Celestial Toymaker plus extras
Directed by Julia Smith, Morris Barry, Gerry Mill.
Starring Patrick Troughton, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze, Frazer Hines, Deborah Watling, Wendy Padbury.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 9/10. Extras 10/10.
Includes: The Underwater Menace 3, The Moonbase 2 and 4, The Faceless Ones 1 and 3, The Evil of the Daleks 2, The Abominable Snowmen 2, The Enemy of the World 3, The Web of Fear 1, The Wheel in Space 3 and 6, The Space Pirates 2, plus much more
Comment: Contains episodes from The Underwater Menace, The Moonbase, The Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks, The Abominable Snowmen, The Enemy of the World, The Web of Fear, The Wheel in Space, The Space Pirates, and more extras
Starring Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman, Annette Badland, Penelope Wilton, Mark Benton, Simon Day, Yasmin Bannerman, Zoe Wanamaker, Beccy Armory, Simon Pegg, Simon Callow, Eve Myles, Bruno Langley, John Schwab.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Includes: Rose, The End of the World, The Unquiet Dead, Aliens of London, World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game, Father's Day, The Empty Child, The Doctor Dances, Boom Town, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, plus condensed Doctor Who Confidential episodes
Comment: Fantastic!
Starring David Tennant, Billie Piper.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Comment: Slightly weaker than first series.
Starring David Tennant, Freema Agyeman.
shill's feature Rating: 10/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Comment: Strong second half makes up for weak first.
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment:
Directed by Colin Teague, Alice Troughton, Graeme Harper.
Starring Elisabeth Sladen, Tommy Knight, Daniel Anthony, Alexander Armstrong, Yasmin Paige, Juliet Cowan, Joseph Millson, Anjli Mohindra, Ace Bhatti, Mina Anwar, John Leeson.
shill's feature Rating: 8/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 10/10. Extras /10.
Includes: Invasion of the Bane, Revenge of the Slitheen 1-2, Eye of the Gorgon 1-2, Warriors of Kudlak 1-2, What Ever Happened to Sarah Jane? 1-2, The Lost Boy 1-2
Comment: A lightweight, fun series with a good cast.
shill's feature Rating: /10.
Disc ratings: Picture /10. Extras /10.
Comment:
shill's feature Rating: 0/10.
Disc ratings: Picture 0/10. Extras 0/10.
Comment: