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This is late 70's Who. Personally, I prefer mid 70's which has more dramatic action, with greater stories. However, I do enjoy some of the silliness of the late 70's, particularly the Doctor's humor. I saw some good comical scenes in the first story of this set, and also the second story. The "Stones of Blood" wasn't too comical, but good, cause it reminded me of the mid-70's horror era. The 4th story wasn't my favorate of the set, but OK, and I havn't watched the last 2 stories yet. If you like cheap scifi with not a bunch of action, but has a little humor thrown in here and there, this is a good set. Let me also mention that this season is 6 stories which come together as 1 story, which I think is neat. I wish there were more special features though. And for pic and sound quality, they could have done a better job restoring this set, but I'm not picky so it didn't bother me. Beware that the UK just released this season in a better restored set with more special features. It may one day hit the states, so you may want to wait, but beware that the price for that may be much higher (I don't know). This set here though is a great deal considering how much it cost to buy these stories separate
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This series was put onto DVD some time again ago, but was only released officially by the BBC just recently.
The story has a single arc running through it, and that is to find the Key to Time.
Some interesting story lines make up this series.
Very good to buy, and an obvious must have for any Doctor Who collector
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This boxed set was a gift for a Doctor Who fan. They loved them. Recommended.
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Now I know that back in the day BBC didnt spend a whole lot of money on the special effects on Dr. Who, but in many ways they need to and this DVD collection is proof of that. Solid writing and acting save the day on this DVD set. I enjoyed every disc and am glad it is part of my collection now. I was suprised to see that Douglas Adams wrote one of the stories for this set. Also, where most of the discs give a four part story, the fianl disc is a six part story. Loved it!
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This fantastic "Doctor Who" box set is unprecedented in at least two ways. Firstly, the very idea of linking all six storylines of the show's sixteenth season into one epic meta-story was and remains ambitiously inventive, something not really attempted before and rarely repeated on such a grand scale since. Each story is quite different and episodic in the usual "Doctor Who" fashion, and yet in all of them the Doctor and his assigned assistant Romana are searching for the six segments of the Key to Time hidden scattered throughout time and space--a mission hoisted on the reluctant Doctor by the White Guardian, an immensely powerful cosmic being concerned with maintaining the balance of the universe. In this quest, the Doctor, Romana, and K9 will come across all manner of challenges: clever con-men and tenacious tyrants, peregrinating planets and apoplectic pirates, daft Druids and strolling stones, antique androids and crafty counts, cornered colonialists and colossal calamari, and finally missile-happy militarists and sadistic shadows. All in a day's work if you're a Time Lord, I guess.
Secondly, as of this date this is the only fully complete season of classic "Doctor Who" available on DVD, and so it gives the viewer a much more realistic and authentic sense of what watching this show from week to week would've been like. That is, in other DVD releases the BBC has concentrated on classics, fan favorites, turning points--storylines that really stand out for some reason, in other words. But no show can maintain such a high strung level of intensity constantly, even a great show like "Doctor Who"--no, mixed in among the rare landmarks will of course be unremarkably good or just okay stories and, yes, even a few clunkers. And that's exactly what we find here in "The Key to Time Set" in fact: all six stories are very enjoyable, creative, and fun, but the quality is indeed noticeably variable. More representative of the show's overall stellar strengths and endearing weaknesses, really.
Besides, with Tom Baker as the Doctor, what have you got to lose? Yeah, it's a box set, but go ahead and splurge a little. After all, you only live once--unless you're a Time Lord, of course.
P.S. The six storylines in this DVD set all make up one overarching story arc, as mentioned, and they're probably best watched in that manner. For that reason, and in terms of economics and convenience, this box set is probably the way to go, especially if you're a fervent Doctor Who fan. However, if you are exclusively interested only in a single DVD from this set, they are sold individually as well:
1. Doctor Who - The Ribos Operation (Episode 98) (The Key to Time Series, Part 1)
2. Doctor Who - The Pirate Planet (Episode 99) (The Key to Time Series, Part 2)
3. Doctor Who: Stones of Blood (Episode 100) (The Key To Time Series, Part 3)
4. Doctor Who - The Androids of Tara (Episode 101) (The Key to Time Series, Part 4)
5. Doctor Who - The Power of Kroll (Episode 102) (The Key to Time Series, Part 5)
6. Doctor Who: The Armegeddon Factor (Episode 103) (The Key to Time Series, Part 6)
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