Doctor Who EARTHSHOCK DVD BBC TEGAN Janet Fielding SIGNED Fifth Dr Adventure BBC

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Seller: simon1889 ✉️ (2,287) 100%, Location: London, GB, Ships to: GB & many other countries, Item: 226063488057 Doctor Who EARTHSHOCK DVD BBC TEGAN Janet Fielding SIGNED Fifth Dr Adventure BBC. Doctor Who EARTHSHOCK  Official BBC DVD featuring the 5th Doctor (Peter Davison) and Tegan (Played by Janet Fielding who has SIGNED the cover insert in black sharpie).  Excellent condition - The DVD has been played once FREE UK P&P (Signed For)

The TARDIS arrives in the 26th Century in a cave system containing numerous dinosaur fossils. The Doctor's Party comes under suspicion from a military force, led by Lieutenant Scott, who are investigating the disappearance of a group of palaeontologists and geologists. They are all then attacked by androids - the true culprits - under the control of the Cybermen. The Doctor manages to deactivate a bomb intended by the Cybermen to destroy an imminent peace conference. He then follows the bomb's activating signal to an approaching space freighter, commanded by captain Briggs, on board which it transpires that an army of Cybermen are concealed. An attempt by Adric to thwart the Cybermen's plans result in the freighter being inadvertently sent millions of years into the past, where it explodes and causes the extinction of the dinosaurs - and also the death of Adric. The Doctor destroys the Cyber Leader be forcing into its chest unit some gold fragments from a badge previously worn by Adric.

Amazon.co.uk Review

Doctor Who: Earthshock  finds Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor nicely settling into the role, initially displaying some crotchety short temper that harks back to William Hartnell's incarnation of the Doctor, effectively setting up the most emotionally powerful finale in the show's 26-year run.

In this, the penultimate adventure of  Doctor Who 's 19th season, a scientific expedition in a cave system on 25th-century Earth is wiped out. An army rescue unit led by Lieutenant Scott (James Warwick) and including the one woman, Professor Kyle (Claire Clifford) who survived the original massacre, goes in to recover the bodies. The scenario deliberately evokes Ridley Scott's  Alien  (1979), and uncannily foreshadows James Cameron's  Aliens  (1986), developing into a tense actioner on a space freighter bound for Earth carrying a very deadly cargo of Cybermen.

Tightly paced, refreshingly free of the camp humour that sometimes blighted the show in the 1980s, and with a notable guest turn from Beryl Reid as the ship's captain,  Earthshock  is one of the Doctor's finest adventures. Overlook a few gaping plot holes and by the end they simply won't matter; when the final credits roll in silence the effect is as powerful now as it was shocking to audiences back in 1981. If only  Star Trek: The Next Generation  had done the same to Wesley Crusher!

On the DVD:   Doctor Who: Earthshock  is presented in the original broadcast 4:3 with a near flawless picture, though the source videotape does show just the occasional sign of damage. The mono sound is excellent. The extras begin with a strong 32-minute documentary, more retrospective than making-of. Then comes the commentary, with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) and Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), which like so many  Who  commentaries is both informative and wonderful fun. Both commentary and the episodes have optional subtitles. Other options include detailed on-screen information titles, an isolated musical score, and the ability to watch with selected effects shots replaced with new computer graphics. There's a scored, five-minute photo gallery that even includes a shot from the recording of the commentary, a pointless assemblage of the seven minutes of footage shot on film, and a three-minute clip montage set to a dreadful techno reworking of the title theme to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. Much more interesting is a 10-minute section from arts review  Did You See?  looking back on the show's aliens, and including clips from  Earthshock , while the very brief  Episode 5  is a hilarious new animation.  --Gary S Dalkin

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎  4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎  No
  • Language ‏ : ‎  English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎  19.2 x 13.6 x 1.4 cm; 20 Grams
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎  5014503115326
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎  PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎  1 hour and 37 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎  18 Aug. 2003
  • Actors ‏ : ‎  Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎  English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎  2 Entertain Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎  B00009PBTQ
  • Country of origin ‏ : ‎  Czech Republic
  • Writers ‏ : ‎  Eric Saward
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎  1
  • Condition: Used
  • Condition: Signed (by JANET FIELDING who played TEGAN) cover inset in Excellent condition. DVD watched once on purchase back in the day.
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Franchise: Doctor Who

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