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Earth, 1984: the TARDIS becomes trapped in a Time Corridor and is drawn off course, emerging in London's deserted docklands. Deep space, the far future: a prison ship comes under attack from unknown forces. Two seemingly unconnected events - but both linked by one terrible purpose The Daleks are back, and once again they are in search of their evil creator, Davros... - Director:
- Matthew Robinson
- Cast:
- Brian Miller, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding
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London 1963. The first Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is forced to leave Earth, after two teachers from his granddaughter's school discover the Tardis, disguised as a police box, sitting in a junkyard...London 1963. The seventh Doctor returns - with new companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) in tow and with unfinished business. Not for the first time, unusual events are unfolding at Coal Hill School and at Totters Lane junkyard. The Doctor discovers that his oldest foes - the Daleks - are on the trail of hidden Time Lord technology. Technology that he himself left behind on Earth all those years ago. The Daleks are planning to perfect their own time-travel capability, in order to unleash themselves across all of time and space. Can the Doctor - with the help of the local military - stop the Daleks stealing the Gallifreyan secrets? Or are things much more complicated? Two opposing Dalek factions meet in an explosive confrontation, with the fate of the entire Universe at stake... - Director:
- Andrew Morgan
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Roy Skelton, Sophie Aldred
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All of the Doctor's regeneration episodes brought together in one collection. The set charts the Doctor's many metamorphoses, from that of William Hartnell as the first Doctor, through to David Tennant's departure as the tenth incarnation. 'The Tenth Planet' storyline,which features the first doctor's regeneration,includes the previously missing fourth episode, now restored and reconstructed in animated form with the original audio soundtrack. - Director:
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- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee
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Mortally weakened by the Spider Queen Metebelis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigate a spate of robberies involving components for a top-secret disintegrator gun. The culprit is quickly identified as a highly sophisticated robot built by Professor Kettlewell, which is being ordered to act against its Prime Directive. Just how is the robot being used to carry out the sinister agenda of the Scientific Reform Society? And can the Doctor rescue Sarah from the robot's clutches and avert a nuclear war? - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter
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Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser, in a festive edition of the time-travelling adventure, written by Steven Moffat. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve? - Director:
- Toby Haynes
- Cast:
- Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill
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When Chris Parsons borrows a book from an elderly university professor, he is surprised to find it written in a strange alien language. He is even more surprised when the book is revealed to be not of this earth at all. Chris is about to enter a world of invisible space-ships, monsters made of molten rock and computers that can talk. He'll also meet a man with a very long scarf who claims he can travel through time and space... in a police box. - Director:
- Pennant Roberts
- Cast:
- Lalla Ward, David Brierly, Christopher Neame
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Earth, 1988: While the Doctor and Ace flee from emotionless men wielding futuristic pistols, neo-Nazi Herr de Flores (Anton Diffring) is intent on heralding the Fourth Reich. Meanwhile, the villainous Lady Peinforte (Fiona Walker) uses black magic to propel herself forward from 1638 for a final confrontation with her sworn enemy - the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy). And, at the same time, a spacecraft full of Cybermen sets down on Earth...As the Doctor desperately evades multiple enemies, a meteor containing a Gallifreyan super-weapon is hurtling ever nearer to the planet. Whoever controls the Statue will hold the power of life or death over the entire universe... - Director:
- Chris Clough
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Chris Clough, Sophie Aldred
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Returning to Earth, the Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive in the Scottish Highlands to investigate the mysterious destruction of several oil rigs in the North Sea. Local superstition speaks of a deadly threat that lurks in the mists on Tulloch Moor, but the truth is even more disturbing: the legendary Loch Ness Monster is a terrifying cyborg beast which is controlled by the Zygons, an advanced alien race who are desperate to ensure their own survival, at any cost... - Director:
- Douglas Camfield
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter
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The Doctor is still trapped on Earth and unable to use the Tardis, but the Time Lords are looking out for him. They send warning that the Master (Roger Delgado) has arrived and the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) soon discovers that the evil Time Lord (David Garth) is working alongside the Nestene Consciousness, controller of lethal Auton creatures. Once again, the planet is in terrible danger. Can the Doctor and his new assistant Jo Grant (Katy Manning) save it before it's too late and the true terror of the Auton's is revealed? - Director:
- Barry Letts
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Hayden Jones, Nicholas Courtney
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The Doctor takes Ace back to her home town of Perivale, only to find that something is very, very wrong. Many of Ace's old friends and neighbours have disappeared, whilst domestic pets become victims unseen killers. Will the hunter become the hunted when only the fittest survive...?
- Director:
- Alan Wareing
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Kate Eaton
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Exiled to Earth in the late 20th century by his own people - the Time Lords - the newly regenerated Doctor arrives in Oxley Woods alongside a shower of mysterious meteorites. Investigating these unusual occurrences is the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - UNIT for short. Lead by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT are soon called into action when people and meteorites start going missing. Most puzzling of all is the attempted kidnap of a strange hospital patient - a man with two hearts, who insists that he recognises the Brigadier.... The new Doctor soon joins forces with his old friend, UNIT, and the recently recruited Dr Liz Shaw, but time is running out... Irregular things are happening at a nearby plastics factory, while faceless creatures lurk in the woods. The Nestenes have arrived, and want to conquer the Earth... - Director:
- Derek Martinus
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney
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The Tardis makes an unplanned landing on Manussa, where preparations are underway to celebrate the defeat of the Sumaran Empire five centuries earlier But the ancient evil of the Mara lives on, and Tegan (Janet Fielding), who has been haunted by disturbing dreams since her time under the Windchimes on Deva Loka, is now a pawn in its plan to re-enter the physical world and subjugate the Manussan people. Only the Doctor (Peter Davison) can stop the Mara - but first he must convince the authorities that he is not just a deluded fool who believes in children's fairytales... - Director:
- Fiona Cumming
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Martin Clunes
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All ten Christmas specials of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama featuring David Tennant, Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi as the regenerating Time Lord. In this festive collection the tenth, eleventh and twelfth Doctors, and their companions, come up against fearsome foes including Dream Crabs, The Sycorax, Cybermen and Daleks. The episodes are: 'The Christmas Invasion', 'The Runaway Bride', 'Voyage of the Damned', 'The Next Doctor', 'The End of Time: Part 1', 'The End of Time: Part 2', 'A Christmas Carol', 'The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe', 'The Snowmen', 'The Time of the Doctor' and 'Last Christmas'. - Director:
- Toby Haynes
- Cast:
- Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill
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Something has gone seriously wrong with Mars Probe 7. With no contact from the astronauts since the rocket started its return journey from Mars, Space Control is now extremely worried about the fate of the crew. A rescue mission recovers something-but whatever it is, it certainly isn't human. To find out what has happened to the astronauts, the Doctor must head into space without the TARDIS... - Director:
- Michael Ferguson
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- Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney
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When the "Tardis" lands in the sleepy English village of Devesham, Sarah thinks the Doctor has finally got her back home. But all is not as it seems - the village is unusually deserted and deadly white-suited spacemen patrol the countryside. When the dead begin to come back to life, the Doctor decides to contact "Unit". But their Unit friends are also dangerously changed. Who is Senior Defence Astronaut, Guy Crayford, and why is he in charge of Unit? Who are his true masters, the Kraals and what insidious plans are they concocting behind the scenes? The Doctor soon discovers the invasion of Earth has already begun, and if he doesn't stop it mankind will be utterly wiped out... - Director:
- Barry Letts
- Cast:
- Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen
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