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Dulkis: planet of harmony and enlightenment. Home to the peaceful Dulcians. An oasis of calm in the cosmos - and completely defenceless. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive to find Dulkis enslaved by the cruel Dominators and their deadly robotic servants, the Quarks. The pacifist Dulcians offer no resistance. Can even the Doctor save a people who are willing collaborators in their own destruction? - Director:
- Morris Barry
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury
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Tombstone, Arizona, 1881. The air is filled with the sounds of shooting, cussing, and toe-tapping tunes knocked out on the battered piano at the Last Chance Saloon. And then there is something less familiar: the wheezing, groaning sound of a police box materialising. The Doctor and his companions aren't the only newcomers in town. The Clanton brothers have ridden in to settle a grudge with Doc Holliday, the notorious gambler, drinker, and dentist. In the Wild West, tempers are short, guns are swift, and a moment's hesitation on the draw can mean death... - Director:
- Rex Tucker
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Peter Davison, Peter Purves
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The Tardis lands in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise their city from beneath the sea. But the Doctor discovers the terrible truth behind Zaroff's plan - he intends to destroy the entire planet. With the doomsday clock ticking, the Doctor and his companions must battle to prevent the apocalypse... - Director:
- Julia Smith
- Cast:
- Patrick Troughton, Joseph Fürst, Tom Watson
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This atmospheric drama based on a chilling true story sees a determined detective taunted by an arrogant serial killer as he fights to bring him to justice. The trial and execution of Peter Manuel in 1958 was a media sensation and attracted worldwide press attention. Never before had one man been tried simultaneously for eight murders. This gripping series dramatises the real-life story of Detective William Muncie's dogged battle to prove Manuel's guilt - and the killer's personal vendetta against the policeman on his trail. - Director:
- John Strickland
- Cast:
- Alana McDowall, Martin Compston, Gilly Gilchrist
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In the final days of Earth, the TARDIS lands on a massive spaceship carrying the last members of the human race to a new home beyond the solar system. The humans are not out of danger, however, as a deadly plague emerges from the most unlikely of sources: the common cold carried by the Doctor's companion, Dodo. Put on trial for their lives, the TARDIS crew must find a way to repair the damage they have unwittingly caused - and face up to the devastating consequences... - Director:
- Michael Imison
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Peter Purves, Jackie Lane
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The Tardis lands on the Northumbrian coast, where new companion Steven discovers a Viking helmet and the Doctors deduces they must have arrived in the 11th century. Steven remains sceptical, especially when he and Vicki encounter what appears to be a Saxon hunter with a modern wristwatch. Investigating a nearby monastery, the Doctor discovers further anachronisms. Who is the mysterious monk observing the time travellers' every move, and why is he so interested in the outcome of the Battle of Hastings? - Director:
- Douglas Camfield
- Cast:
- Peter Purves, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Butterworth
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A mysterious force pulls the 'Tardis' off course, stranding the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki on the mysterious alien world of Vortis. A fierce battle is raging between the moth-like Menoptra, and giant insects known as Zarbi. But what is the dark secret that hides at the centre of the Zarbi's lair...? - Director:
- Richard Martin
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
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When the Doctor and his companions discover that a group of time-travelling Daleks have orders to exterminate them, a dangerous chase across time and space follows. To escape the Daleks, the Tardis must travel from the desert planet Aridius to the top of the Empire State Building on Earth, and from a mysterious sailing ship to a haunted house. But there is an ever greater danger waiting for the time travellers when they reach the planet Mechanus... - Director:
- Mervyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
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God's Gun (1976)Diamante Lobo
When a marauding gang of criminals led by Sam Clayton (Jack Palance) comes to a small town on a murderous raid, the local priest, Father John (Lee Van Cleef) puts down the cross and picks up a pistol in an attempt to stop them. But when the man of cloth is gunned down, Johnny (Leif Garrett) a boy who'd survived the gang's rampage, travels to Mexico with one goal in mind: to find the priest's twin brother (also Lee Van Cleef), and get him to return to town posing as the fallen priest in order to avenge everyone who was killed! - Director:
- Gianfranco Parolini
- Cast:
- Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone
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Galactic wars of the near future are fought by soldiers trained to be merciless, obedient warriors. But times change and new bio-engineered combatants make veterans like Sgt. Todd (Kurt Russell) obsolete. However, don't expect to toss Todd on the scrap heap without a fight. Fans of sci-fi action get their viewing orders with 'Soldier', a hot-wired-to-tomorrow adventure written by David Webb Peoples and directed by Paul Anderson. Spectacular in scale, 'Soldier' backs its searing action with a startling vision in which mammoth "crawler" vehicles roam, planetary outcasts survive amid the jetsam of Earth's past and technology is almost beyond human control. It's a vision that's more than an eerie future. It's a total combat zone... - Director:
- Paul W.S. Anderson
- Cast:
- Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs
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Ritchie (Martin Compston) is a Glaswegian chancer with low hopes and no prospects. Disillusioned with city life, he goes undercover at a Highland conservation centre to make his fortune as an illegal pearl fisher with the help of his two hapless and accident-prone mates, Danny (Joe Thomas) and Fraser (Paul Brannigan). But his plan goes awry when he meets Beth (Talulah Riley), a pretty English conservationist passionate about saving endangered mussels from the clutches of pearl thieves, and falls for her instantly... - Director:
- Talulah Riley
- Cast:
- Martin Compston, Talulah Riley, Morgan Watkins
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The Doctor and his companions land on a spaceship orbiting a distant and mysterious world, where a human crew lie frozen somewhere between life and death. The planet is the Sense-Sphere, home of the Sensorites, beings of immense intelligence and power. Unable to leave, the Doctor and his companions must deduce the Sensorites' intentions: are they friendly, hostile, or frightened? And what is the deadly secret at the heart of the Sense-Sphere? - Director:
- Melvyn Pinfield
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Carol Ann Ford, Jacqueline Hill
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Italy, 64AD. Enjoying a rare holiday with his companions, the Doctor takes Vicki to visit Rome, where he is mistaken for the musician Maximus Pettulian. He finds himself obliged to perform for Nero, or risk incurring the Emperor's wrath... In his absence, Ian and Barbara have been kidnapped from their villa. Separated and sold into slavery, they face a bleak future. Can they make their escape and find the Doctor before Rome is consumed by fire? - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, Maureen O'Brien, William Russell
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On a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population - the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet. The TARDIS crew arrive to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last line of defence - and its only hope - is the Conscience machine. The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the Keys of Marinus... - Director:
- John Gorrie
- Cast:
- William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill
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The Box of Delights (1984)The Box of Delights: Series
As he travels home on the train for Christmas holidays Kay Harker (Devin Stanfield) has the strangest feeling something very mysterious is about to happen...there is snow on the wind and wild dogs are roaming the countryside. Then a chance meeting with an old Punch and Judy man, Cole Hawlins (Patrick Troughton), the guardian of elixir of life and a shabby box of powers, pulls Kay into an array of fantastic worlds where he encounters ancient heroes, wolves, Romans, rats, flashing rings and flying ponies. - Director:
- Penny Rye
- Cast:
- Devin Stanfield, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Larder
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