#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
v) The Power Of Kroll
NOTE - The release of the Key To Time box set was the most extensive release yet. It took all 6 stories from the 16th series and released the 26 episode together in a limited edition, numbered (15,000) box set.
Release date - September 2007
Box info:
"Contains the complete 26 episode story-arc
Plus 9 commentaries (over 16 hours)
Plus over 6 1/2 hours of additional special features
The Doctor, K9 and his new Time Lord friend, Romana are chosen to find the 6 segments of the Key to Time by the White Guardian. They use the core or the 'tracer' for them to land on the planets to find the segments — a lump of Jethryk, a shrunken planet called Caulfrax, the great seal of Diplos, part of a statue, the 5th has been eaten by the squid 'Kroll' and the final segment is a human being. Can the Doctor get the segments together before the universe is plunged into chaos?" Back cover info:
"Searching for the fifth segment of the Key to Time, the tracer brings the TARDIS to the treacherous swamps on the third moon of the planet Delta Magna. The Doctor and Romana soon uncover a plot to wipe out the Swampies, the local inhabitants, by the duplicitous crew of a gas refinery
Meanwhile, a massive creature is stirring beneath the waters, and the primitive Swampies believe the only way to calm the powerful monster is human sacrifice..." Special features - Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor) and John Leeson (Dugan)
- Subtitle Information Text
- In Studio (dur. 11.25) - A glimpse inside the studio during recording of the story
- Variations (dur. 6.24) - a BBC local news programme visits the story's location during filming
- There's Something About Mary (dur. 9.47) - Mary Tamm looks back at her role as a Doctor Who companion
- Philip Madoc: A Villain for All Seasons (dur. 9.40) - actor Philip Madoc looks back on his numerous roles as a Doctor Who villain down the years, including his appearance in the 1966 feature film 'Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD'
- Continuities (dur. 2.48)
- Coming Soon Trailer: Planet Of Evil (dur. 1.01)
- Photo Gallery
The entire box set was re-released in 2009 as a non-limited (and un-numbered) standard edition box set. The contents remained the same
Release date - November 2009