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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794051411228
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 14, 2007
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 4875
Studio: BBC Warner
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Description:
Mortally wounded by the Spider Queen on Metebilis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigates 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. (Episodes 1-4, 98 mins)
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Documentary
Featurette
Photo gallery
Production Notes
Amazon.com:
Tom Baker's reign as the venerable British science fiction hero Doctor Who began with this four-part serial from 1974-75; it also marked the dawn of what was arguably the most popular period in the program's history. Written by Terrance Dicks, Robot also introduces the late Ian Marter as the Doctor's companion-to-be Harry Sullivan, a UNIT medic who is pulled into the adventure after treating the Doctor, who is recovering from his fourth regeneration (third Doctor Jon Pertwee appears briefly at the beginning of the first episode). Meanwhile, Sarah Jane (Elisabeth Sladen) and the Brigadier (Nicholas Courtney) investigate a series of robberies involving a top secret weapons project that seem to have been carried out not by humans, but a colossal object. Could the mysterious "Think Tank" and its robotics division be involved? Robot is a terrific launching point for "The Baker Years"--the star himself is charming and amusing, and the story itself is brisk, involving, and quite suspenseful at times. In short, it's an excellent point for Who newcomers to introduce themselves to this most well-loved of Doctors.
The single-disc DVD includes commentary by Baker, Sladen, Dicks, and producer Barry Letts, as well as a 40-minute documentary titled "Are Friends Electric?" which recalls the production of Baker's first serial via interviews with the cast and production team, including producer Phillip Hinchcliffe and director Christopher Barry. "The Tunnel Effect" is a 13-minute interview with graphic designer Bernard Lodge on how he created the memorable "infinite tunnel" titles for the Baker stories, and there's a clip from the U.K. children's program Blue Peter, which was broadcast from the set of Robot. The by-now standard photo gallery, production notes, and a PDF of the Radio Times listings round out the extras. --Paul Gaita
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Rating:  -
ROBOT is significant for being the first full appearance of Tom Baker in the title role. The story is pretty typical of old-school science fiction: a slightly mad but benevolent scientist has created a robot which has been appropriated by a fringe organization. This group of intellectual supremacists (sort of a fascist MENSA) is using the robot to steal plans and materials for a disintegrator gun and essentially take over the world.
So it's fairly hokey, and of course it has all the ... Read More
Rating:  -
I bought this DVD from a contact of mine in England. This is the story that introduced Tom Baker to the world as the Doctor. And for 7 years he WAS the Doctor! Many to this day still consider him THEIR Doctor! And as both a introdcution tale, as well as one of the last stories to involve UNIT, it was superb. Well written story by Terrance Dicks, former Scrpit Editor for the show, and with a cast that knew each other well, it just flowed. Well worth the money to get for ones collection.
Rating:  -
This story is a great example of a typical Doctor Who story. It really does feel like it was written for Jon Pertwee, but this makes sense because this is Tom Baker's first appearance. Tom playing Jon's role makes the transition feel smoother, in spite of the fact that through most of the first part of the story the new Doctor seems to be confused by his transition.
One reviewer suggested that this was a homage to "King Kong", but I feel that it was more like "Frankenstein", and "I, ... Read More
Rating: -
I was not particularly enamored of Dr. Who until this new series came out. My family and I love the new Dr. Who, own the first three seasons on DVD. However, in an episode during the second season and with a new series of her own we really liked Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith. This caused us to order this 1970s show which featured a much much younger Sarah Jane. We were surpriesed at how much we enjoyed it, though not nearly as much as the current ones. We see why Tom Baker is a favorite ... Read More
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Never has an actor so quickly established himslef in the role as quickly as Tom Baker. Following Pertwee was a difficult task to be sure, but Tom can carry off nearly anything with that smile of his. THE most chariismatic actor to ever play the part gets his start here, and the episode is fabulous, except of course for the robot itself, which, typical of BBC is just not up to snuff. The story is fun, a bit scary and true Who goodness. It also sets the framework going for the trilogy to follow which ... Read More
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