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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who: The Master Tin Set - Colony In Space / Time Monster
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Bernard
  • Katy Manning
  • Michael E. Briant
  • Roger Delgado
  • Jon Pertwee
Release date: 2001-11-05
Run time: 300 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £31.40

Review Doctor Who: The Master Tin Set - Colony In Space / Time Monster / 2 Entertain Video:

The six episode The Time Monster was the final story of the ninth season of Doctor Who, a strong run which also saw Jon Pertwee's Third Doctor facing The Day of the Daleks and The Sea Devils. The Master, Roger Delgado, is at the Newton Institute, experimenting with a fragment of crystal, which can summon Kronos, a time-eating entity from beyond space-time. The Doctor, Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and UNIT become involved in a sequence of strange temporal dislocations, eventually leading to ancient Atlantis itself. There Jo faces the Minotaur, played by Dave Prowse in a bull mask five years before he found fame as Darth Vader. The Time Monster is classic Doctor Who at its most surreal, the effects ranging from mediocre to functional, the Atlantis sets surprisingly lavish. The Doctor may escape from eternity by playing the scriptwriting equivalent of a get-out-of-jail-free card, but the sequence, in which his Tardis is inside the Master's Tardis, while the Master's Tardis is simultaneously inside the Doctor's Tardis, is a mind-bending highlight. Somewhat mistitled, the Colony in Space of this John Pertwee adventure is actually on the barren colony world Uxarieus. A group of settlers are struggling to make crops grow when an Interplanetary Mining Corporation team led by Morris Perry, effective as an official with the mind of a Nazi bureaucrat, arrive to claim the planet. Despite the sometimes-laughable production values and a few gaping holes in the plot Malcolm Hulke's script contains enough intrigue and incident to keep the whole thing moving briskly for six episodes. Colony in Space was significant for being the Third Doctor's first adventure away from earth, fitting into the eighth season after the Claws of Axos. [+]
Though less celebrated than The Demons, this is an entertaining adventure and a reminder of just how much of the radical politics of 1970's British SF was reflected in Doctor Who. -Gary S Dalkin.

Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday [1981]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
  • Sarah Sutton
  • John Black
  • Stratford Johns
  • Matthew Waterhouse
  • Janet Fielding
Release date: 2001-09-03
Run time: 97 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.98

Review Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday [1981] / 2 Entertain Video:

Burdened by the most irritating trio of companions in the history of the show, (Adric, Nyssa and Tegan) Peter Davidson's recently regenerated Fifth Doctor finds that they are Four to Doomsday when the Tardis materialises inside a vast starship with a multiracial crew from Earth's distant past. Downloaded into computer chips are the memories of the three billion survivors of the Urbankan race, and the Earth is to be their new home. Meanwhile Monarch, a giant green frog-thing, wants to travel back to the Big Bang to meet God, whom he is convinced is himself. The Alien-influenced spaceship sets are striking, and there are enough ideas to make a decent adventure. Unfortunately, the gentleman autocrat Monarch-your only opportunity to see distinguished actor Stratford Johns maintain his dignity while dressed as a giant green frog-is far too reasonable and easy going an opponent for the Doctor. The ideas underlying the plot are barely explored, and in constantly trying to find something for three companions to do, the pace slows to a crawl and dissipates any suspense. Fatally, there is an almost complete lack of action. Following Peter Davidson's introduction in the mind-bending Castrovalva this is thin stuff indeed. -Gary S Dalkin.

Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
  • Fiona Cumming
Release date: 1993-02-08
Run time: 98 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £18.99

Review Doctor Who - Enlightenment [1983] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - The War Machines [1966]
Actors & Directors
  • Jackie Lane
  • Michael Craze
  • William Hartnell
  • Michael Ferguson
Release date: 1997-06-02
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £9.98

Review Doctor Who - The War Machines [1966] / 2 Entertain Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Stuart Gordon|Gary Graham|Anne-Marie Johnson|Paul Koslo
Release date: 1991-03-22
Run time: 81 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £21.95

Review Robot-Jox / Entertainment in Video:


Price: £10.99

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • T.P. McKenna
  • Ricco Ross
  • Chris Jury
  • Peggy Mount
  • Alan Wareing
  • Sylvester McCoy
Release date: 2000-01-24
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £19.98

Review Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [1963] / 2 Entertain Video:

Doctor Who isn't really known for its villains having a high level of creepiness for anyone over the age of 10 but if you have any sort of clown phobia, this adventure is sure to confirm your worst fears about them. The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and his companion Ace land on a barren planet that is hosting the Psychic Circus, which has fallen on hard times. Now, any soul unfortunate enough to stumble into the big top is forced to entertain in the centre ring with typically fatal results. The Doctor tries to find out who or what is behind it all and the resulting story comes off like an allegory for the series itself. After a creative slump in the mid-1980s, Doctor Who was finding its footing again, although the story is burdened by throwing as many disparate elements as possible (including an animated corpse, a wolf girl and even the Gods of Ragnarok) into the mix. The Gods, not unlike the audience, demand to be kept entertained, but for the most part the best the Doctor can do is some cheap conjuring tricks while waiting for the inevitable climax. The most effective element throughout is the menace provided by Ian Reddingon (a regular on EastEnders) as the Chief Clown, sending victims to their doom with wave of his hand and a perpetual smile painted on his face. -Ryan K. Johnson.

Actors & Directors
  • Graeme Harper
  • Peter Davison
Release date: 1995-02-13
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.99

Review Doctor Who - The Caves Of Androzani [1984] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Reign Of Terror
Actors & Directors
  • John Gorrie
  • Henric Hirsch
  • William Hartnell
  • Patrick Troughton
Release date: 2003-11-24
Run time: 175 min.
Price: £19.99

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Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Survival [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Sophie Aldred
  • Lisa Bowerman
  • Sylvester McCoy
  • Anthony Ainley
  • Julian Holloway
  • Alan Wareing
Release date: 1995-10-02
Run time: 72 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £5.48

Review Doctor Who - Survival [1989] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Paradise Towers [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Sylvester McCoy
  • Nicholas Mallet
  • Brenda Bruce
  • Clive Merrison
  • Richard Briers
  • Bonnie Langford
Release date: 1995-10-02
Run time: 98 min.
Price: £11.99

Review Doctor Who - Paradise Towers [1987] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / Frank Herbert's Dune - Box Set - Episode's 1-3 [2000]
Actors & Directors
  • Julie Cox
  • Matt Keeslar
  • Alec Newman
  • William Hurt
  • Ian McNeice
  • John Harrison
Release date: 2001-11-26
Run time: 292 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £12.99

Review Frank Herbert's Dune - Box Set - Episode's 1-3 [2000] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

Frank Herbert's Dune is a three-part, four-and-a-half-hour television adaptation of the author's bestselling science fiction novel, telling a more complete version of the Dune saga than David Lynch's 1984 cinema film. The novel is a massive political space-opera so filled with characters, cultures, intrigues and battles that even a production twice this length would have trouble fitting everything in. While television is good at setting a scene, it loses the novel's capacity to explain how the future works, and as with Lynch's film, Frank Herbert's Dune focuses on Paul Atreides, the young noble betrayed who becomes a rebel leader-an archetypal story reworked everywhere from Star Wars (1977) to Gladiator (2000). Top-billed William Hurt is only in the first of the three 90-minute episodes, and while he gives a commanding performance, carrying the show falls to the less charismatic Alec Newman. This version is at its strongest in the ravishing Renaissance-inspired production and costume design and gorgeous lighting of Vittorio Storaro (The Last Emperor). The TV budget special effects range from awful painted backdrops to excellent CGI spaceships and sandworms. The performances are variable, from the theatrical camp of Ian McNeice as Baron Harkonnen to the subtlety of Julie Cox's Princess Iruelan. John Harrison's direction is less visionary than Lynch's, but he tells the story more coherently and ultimately the tale's the thing. -Gary S. Dalkin.

Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.08 - Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Janet Greek
  • Goran Gajic
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Mira Furlan
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Bruce Boxleitner
Release date: 1999-08-09
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.01

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.08 - Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Timelash [1985]
Actors & Directors
  • Colin Baker
  • Pennant Roberts
Release date: 1998-01-05
Run time: 90 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £4.69

Review Doctor Who - Timelash [1985] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - Horror Of Fang Rock [1977]
Actors & Directors
  • Louise Jameson
  • Paddy Russell
  • Colin Douglas
  • Rio Fanning
  • Tom Baker
Release date: 1998-07-06
Run time: 95 min.
RRP: £11.99
Price: £7.99

Review Doctor Who - Horror Of Fang Rock [1977] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - The Dominators [1968]
Actors & Directors
  • Morris Barry
  • Patrick Troughton
Run time: 120 min.
Price: £10.99

Review Doctor Who - The Dominators [1968] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Warner Home Video / Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.11 - Objects At Rest / Sleeping In Light [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Jerry Doyle
  • Michael Straczynski
  • John Copeland
  • Andreas Katsulas
  • Mira Furlan
  • Peter Jurasik
  • Bruce Boxleitner
Release date: 1999-09-20
Run time: 85 min.
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.49

Review Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.11 - Objects At Rest / Sleeping In Light [1994] / Warner Home Video:


Review 2 Entertain Video / Doctor Who - The Visitation/Black Orchid [1963]
Actors & Directors
  • Peter Davison
  • Janet Fielding
Release date: 1994-07-04
Run time: 146 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £12.99

Review Doctor Who - The Visitation/Black Orchid [1963] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review Fabulous Films Ltd. / Blake's 7 - Way Back / Space Fall - Episodes 1 And 2 [1978]
Actors & Directors
  • Jonathan Wright-Miller
  • Vivienne Cozens
  • Fiona Cumming
  • Viktors Ritelis
  • Douglas Camfield
Release date: 1998-03-02
Run time: 100 min.
RRP: £10.99
Price: £0.39

Review Blake's 7 - Way Back / Space Fall - Episodes 1 And 2 [1978] / Fabulous Films Ltd.:


Review / Doctor Who - The Rescue / The Romans [1964] [1965]
Actors & Directors
  • William Russell
  • Christopher Barry
  • William Hartnell
  • Maureen O'Brien
  • Jacqueline Hill
Release date: 1994-09-05
Run time: 148 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.99

Review Doctor Who - The Rescue / The Romans [1964] [1965]:


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Doctor Who: The Master Tin Set - Colony In Space / Time Monster, Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday [1981], Doctor Who - Enlightenment [1983], Doctor Who - The War Machines [1966], Robot-Jox, Forbidden Planet, Doctor Who The Greatest Show in the Galaxy [1963], Doctor Who - The Caves Of Androzani [1984], Doctor Who - Reign Of Terror, Doctor Who - Survival [1989], Doctor Who - Paradise Towers [1987], Frank Herbert's Dune - Box Set - Episode's 1-3 [2000], Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.08 - Darkness Ascending / And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder [1994], Doctor Who - Timelash [1985], Doctor Who - Horror Of Fang Rock [1977], Doctor Who - The Dominators [1968], Babylon 5 - Vol. 5.11 - Objects At Rest / Sleeping In Light [1994], Doctor Who - The Visitation/Black Orchid [1963], Blake's 7 - Way Back / Space Fall - Episodes 1 And 2 [1978], Doctor Who - The Rescue / The Romans [1964] [1965]

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