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Old 8th April 2017, 10:21 AM
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#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
i) The Ribos Operation

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:
"The Doctor is summoned by the mysterious and powerful White Guardian, and sent on a quest to find the six segments of the Key To Time which, once assembled, will restore balance to the Universe. Joining the Doctor and K9 is the smart and sassy Romana, a Time Lord fresh from the academy.

Landing on the wintry planet of Ribos to locate the first segment, the TARDIS crew quickly find themselves embroiled in a little local trouble with a pair of conmen and an unstable warlord..."


Special features
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor) and Mary Tamm (Romana)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • A Matter of Time (dur. 60.00) - Documentary Graham Williams' three years as producer of Doctor Who in the late 1970s
  • The Ribos File (dur. 19.36) - The making of 'The Ribos Operation
  • Continuities (dur. 2.06)
  • Season 16 Trailer (dur. 0.40) - BBC1 trailer for the forthcoming season
  • Photo Gallery

Easter Egg:
Extra Features Menu - Select 'Information Text', then 'Play All' for slide of information about possible schedule change from Saturday to Thursday

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

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#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
ii) The Pirate Planet

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:
"The Doctor and Romana arrive on the planet Zanak, looking for the second segment of the Key to Time. Although priceless gems are scattered on the streets, and the night sky changes with the dawn of each new prosperous age, the townsfolk live in fear

For in a fortress overlooking the city, the terrifying Pirate Captain is in control of the most destructive force in the galaxy..."


Special features
  • Commentary with Bruce Purchase (The Pirate Captain) and Pennant Roberts (director)
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana) and Anthony Read (script editor)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Parrot Fashion (dur. 30.28) - Documentary about the writing and production of the story
  • Film Inserts, Deleted Scenes & Outtakes (dur. 13.56)
  • Weird Science (dur. 17.14) - Spoof seventies schools science show looks at some the science seen in 'The Key to Time'
  • Continuities (dur. 3.42)
  • 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

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Old 8th April 2017, 10:37 AM
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#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
iii) The Stones Of Blood

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:
"The search for the third segment of the Key to Time leads the Doctor, Romana and K9 to Boscombe Moor on Earth in the late 20th century. Here they encounter Professor Amelia Rumford and Vivien Fay, who are surveying an ancient stone circle called the Nine Travellers. What is the link between an ancient Celtic goddess, an alien criminal and a transporter ship concealed in hyperspace? And can the Doctor escape the Druidic sacrifice of blood to uncover the mystery of the moving stones?"

Special features
  • Commentary with Mary Tamm (Romana) and Darrol Blake (director)
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana), Susan Engel (Vivien Fay) and David Fisher (writer)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Getting Blood from the Stones (dur. 26.32) - The Making of 'The Stones Of Blood'
  • Hammer Horror (dur. 13.05) - Featurette looking at the influences of horror films on Doctor Who stories down the years
  • Stones Free (dur. 9.08) - Mary Tamm visits the Rollright Stones location used in the story to meet local experts on this ancient stone circle
  • Deleted Scenes (dur. 2.10)
  • Continuities (dur. 2.23)
  • Model World (dur. 2.40) - an excerpt from 'The Model World of Robert Symes' looking at the model work for the story
  • Blue Peter (dur. 6.03) - Looking back at the history of Doctor Who on its' fifteen anniversary
  • Nationwide (dur. 8.49) - the BBC1 news magazine programme looks back on 15 years of Doctor Who with a surreal interview from Tom Baker, with Mary Tamm and Carole Ann Ford
  • 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

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#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
iv) The Androids Of Tara

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:
"It seems that the search for the fourth segment of the Key to Time will prove simple when Romana locates it on the planet Tara. But in a land where nothing is as it first appears, the Doctor and his companion quickly fins themselves embroiled in a deadly game of kidnap, deceit and counterpoint

It is not long before the Doctor himself is locking swords with the dastardly Count Grendel of Gracht, the finest bladesman in the kingdom, who has sinister plans for Romana..."


Special features
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana) and Michael Hayes (Director)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • The Humans of Tara (dur. 21.12) - The making of 'The Androids Of Tara
  • Now & Then: The Androids of Tara (dur. 10.17) - A comparison between present day locations and how they appeared in the story
  • Double Trouble (dur. 11.02) - A brief history of 'doubles' in other Doctor Who stories
  • 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

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Old 8th April 2017, 10:51 AM
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#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

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#45: Box Set - The Key To Time
vi) The Armageddon Factor

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:
"The Key to Time is almost complete. With only one piece still to find, the Doctor, Romana and K9 arrive on Atrios, a planet in the middle of a terrible war with its twin world Zeos. To restore the balance of the universe for the White Guardian the Doctor must find the sixth segment before the planets destroy each other – but Zeos is deserted, so who is behind the war...?"

Special features
Disc 1
  • Commentary with Mary Tamm (Romana), John Woodvine (The Marshall) and Michael Hayes (Director)
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Mary Tamm (Romana) and John Leeson (Voice of K-9)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Planet Of Evil (dur. 1.01)

Disc 2
  • Defining Shadows (dur. 15.38) - The Making of 'The Armageddon Factor'
  • Alternative and Extended Scenes (dur. 2.49)
  • Directing Who (dur. 8.25) - Michael Hayes looks back on his directing career on Doctor Who
  • Rogue Time Lords (dur. 13.10) - A history of other errant Time Lords
  • Pebble Mill at One (dur. 8.21) - Tom Baker interview from 1978
  • Radiophonic Feature (dur. 4.26) - A Pebble Mill at One interview with Dick Mills and Brian Hodgson looking at the Radiophonic music and effects in Doctor Who
  • The New Sound of Music (dur. 0.59) - sound effects supremo Dick Mills talks about creating Doctor Who sound effects
  • Merry Christmas, Doctor Who (dur. 1.11) - A special Christmas sketch, recorded on the set of 'The Armageddon Factor' for the BBC Christmas Tape that year
  • Continuities (dur. 2.54)
  • Tom Baker reads 'The Photograph' by Nigel Kneale from the 1978 series 'Late Night Story' (dur. 14.29)
  • Tom Baker reads 'The Emissary' by Ray Bradbury from the 1978 series 'Late Night Story' (dur. 13.41)
  • Tom Baker reads 'Nursery Tea' by Mary Danby from the 1978 series 'Late Night Story' (dur. 14.16)
  • Tom Baker reads 'The End of the Party' by Graham Greene from the 1978 series 'Late Night Story' (dur. 14.58)
  • Tom Baker reads 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki from the 1978 series 'Late Night Story' (dur. 12.50) *
  • Photo Gallery
Easter Egg:
Disc 2 - Highlight 'Continuities' - Press 'Right' for logo - Enter for Episode 5 Transmission Breakdown

* NOTE - This story was never transmitted

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

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#46: Planet Of Evil

Release date - October 2007



Back cover info:
"The Doctor and Sarah answer an intergalactic distress call that takes them to a far-flung planet at the edge of the known universe — Zeta Minor. Arriving at the same time as a rescue team, they search for survivors of an earlier expedition. But will anyone be allowed to leave the planet alive....?"

Special features:
  • Commentary with Tom Baker (The Doctor), Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah-Jane Smith), Prentis Hancock (Salamar) and Philip Hinchcliffe (producer)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • A Darker Side (dur. 25.49) - A special documentary looking at the making of 'Planet Of Evil'
  • Planetary Performance (dur. 13.33) - A look at the production of Planet of Evil from an actor's perspective
  • Studio Scene (dur. 0.51) - A brief segment of original studio recording material
  • Continuity Compilation (dur. 1.53)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Destiny Of The Daleks (dur. 1.04)
  • Photo Gallery

Easter Eggs:
Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Continuities' - Press 'Left' for logo - Enter for Hidden Hinchcliffe
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#47: Destiny Of The Daleks

Release date - November 2007



Back cover info:
"When the Doctor and the recently regenerated Romana arrive on a radioactive planet, the Time Lord has the strangest feeling that he has been there before. Exploring the ruins of an old city, it is not long before they discover the disturbing truth. The TARDIS has materialised on Skaro — original home to the evil Daleks. But who are the mysterious Movellans and what terrible treasure are the Daleks seeking? The answer lies deep beneath the city..."

Special features:
  • Commentary with Lalla Ward (Romana), David Gooderson (Davros) and Ken Grieve (Director)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Version with new CGI effects
  • Terror Nation (dur. 27.49) - Documentary about Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks, and his work on Doctor Who
  • Directing Who (dur. 9.29) - Director Ken Grieve recalls his time on this story
  • Trailers and Continuities (dur. 3.46) - BBC1 trails and continuity announcements from the story's transmission, including the specially shot trailer heralding the return of the Daleks
  • Prime Computer Adverts (dur. 3.08) - Australian TV adverts for Prime Computers, starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward
  • Coming Soon Trailer: Beneath The Surface (dur. 1.07)
  • Photo Gallery
Easter Egg:
Special Features Menu - Highlight 'Audio Options' - Press 'Left' For Logo - Enter For Countdown Timer
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#48: Box Set - Beneath The Surface
i) Doctor Who And The Silurians

NOTE - Into 2008, and another box set release. 'Beneath The Surface' was a four disc collection, featuring all three stories that contained the reptilian ancestors of the humans - the Siluruans and the Sea Devils



Release date - January 2008



Back cover info:
"Exiled to Earth and now working for UNIT as their scientific advisor, the Doctor is summoned to an underground research centre at Wenley Moor to investigate a series of inexplicable power losses. Initially suspecting sabotage, he soon discovers that the nearby cave system conceals a colony of an ancient reptilian race called the Silurians. Awaking from a hibernation which has lasted millions of years, they are now intent on reclaiming the Earth from Mankind..."

Special features
Disc 1 - Episodes 1 - 4
  • Commentary with Caroline John (Liz Shaw), Peter Miles (Dr. Lawrence), Geoffrey Palmer (Masters) , Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier), Timothy Combe (Director), Barry Letts (Producer) and Terrance Dicks (Script Editor)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Isolated Music Score
  • What Lies Beneath (dur. 35.11) - Documentary showing how the socio-political climate of the late sixties, and the hopes and fears of the British population, helped to shape this Doctor Who story

Disc 2 - Episodes 5 - 7
  • Commentary with Caroline John (Liz Shaw), Peter Miles (Dr. Lawrence), Geoffrey Palmer (Masters) , Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier), Timothy Combe (Director), Barry Letts (Producer) and Terrance Dicks (Script Editor)
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Going Underground (dur. 19.09) - Featurette examining the problems of shooting underground caves and cave-dwelling monsters… in the confines of a television studio
  • Now and Then (dur. 9.39) - Featurette comparing and contrasting the locations used in the story during production with how they appear today
  • Musical Scales (dur. 13.54) - Looking at an extraordinary era of musical experimentation within Doctor Who in the late sixties and early seventies, with special emphasis on the musical scores for 'Doctor Who and the Silurians' and 'The Sea Devils'
  • Colour Silurian Overlay (dur. 4.42) - Featurette explaining how the story was restored to its present glory using a combination of black and white film prints, off-air American Betamax video recordings and modern video processing technology
  • Coming Soon Trailer: The Time Monster (dur. 1.03)
  • Photo Gallery

Easter Egg:
Disc 2 - At the end of episode 7, leave the DVD playing for the 'Ambassadors Of Death' trailer. [NOTE - This can only be played when using 'Episode Selection' or via 'Scene Select'. It will not work if you select the 'Play All' function]
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#48: Box Set - Beneath The Surface
ii) The Sea Devils

NOTE - Into 2008, and another box set release. 'Beneath The Surface' was a four disc collection, featuring all three stories that contained the reptilian ancestors of the humans - the Siluruans and the Sea Devils



Release date - January 2008



Back cover info:
"Arrested after the events at Devil's End, the Master has been incarcerated at a top-security prison on a remote island off the south coast of England. When the Doctor and Jo Grant pay a visit to their old enemy, they find him a reformed character. But can the spate of mysterious shipping accidents and garbled reports of sea monsters in the local area really be a coincidence? The Doctor soon finds himself pitted against the Sea Devils, an ancient race of reptiles intent on eliminating Mankind and reclaiming the Earth for themselves..."

Special features
  • Commentary with Michael Briant (Director), Barry Letts (Producer) and Terrance Dicks (Script Editor), moderated by late-eighties script editor Andrew Cartmel
  • Subtitle Information Text
  • Isolated Music Score
  • Hello Sailor! (dur. 36.37) - The making of 'The Sea Devils'
  • 8mm Film (dur. 3.51) - Amateur cine film shot during location filming at the Royal Naval base by one of the sailors who appeared as an extra
  • Trails and Continuity (dur. 6.18)
  • Coming Soon Trailer: The Time Monster (dur. 1.03)
  • Photo Gallery
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