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| Directors: Kenny McBain, Paul Bernard
Actors: Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
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Format: Colour, Full Screen, PAL
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 3
Running Time: 339 Minutes
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.5 x 1.9
EAN: 5051561028519
ASIN: B002SZQC98
Release Date: March 29, 2010
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 A gathering of dud stories July 9, 2010
James Richardson (UK)
The Time Monster 5/10
Underworld 2/10
Horns of Nimon 2.5/10
The Time Monster is watchable but self indulgent but the other two stories are bottom of the barrel. Underworld has nothing going for it, Horns of Nimon at least has a feisty performance from Lalla Ward.
Doctor Who and the link of spuriousness May 11, 2010
Paul Tapner (poole dorset england)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
As we get closer to gatting all old episodes of Doctor Who out on DVD, it becomes harder for 2entertain to find three stories that can go together in one box set.
So here we have three stories all bound together by the fact that they touch on old myths and legends. A somewhat spurious way of linking them together, but it gets three more out. And it's a good way to release three stories that have never been regarded as the best the show has to offer.
The Time Monster is a six part story starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, and sees him battling his arch enemy the Master, as the latter tries to control the power of a being from beyond time called the Kronove. The battle between the two time lords goes from present day Earth to ancient Atlantis. Full of interesting ideas but a bit too ambitious for it's own good the story has a tone that constantly teeters on the verge of getting a bit silly. If this had been a later Tom Baker tale that might have worked but it doesn't suit the earlier era quite as well. Although it's worth it for a typically excellent performance from Roger Delgado as the Master.
Underworld is a Tom Baker story and recasts the story of Jason and the Argonauts in space, as the Doctor and Leela meet a group of astronauts on a quest for a long lost item. Which is just coming to fruition. Finding a strange world where evil beings enslave their captives they all have a fight on to escape the danger that lurks in the tunnels.
Underworld was a victim of budget problems and had to be done with a lot of superimposition work instead of genuine sets. This isn't as big a problem as it might be. The problem with the story is that, after a good first part with an excellent cliffhanger, it goes nowhere fast. Nothing is explained very well and you're left with three episodes of dull people running around tunnels doing things for not much of a given reason. The supporting characters are all desperately underwritten and give the actors nothing to work with. Whilst there's a fun final scene that suggests the Doctor pops out of the TARDIS every so often to have an adventure when he gets bored, little of what comes before lives in the memory.
The Horns of Nimon is another Tom Baker story and sees his Doctor battling the Nimon, evil minotaur like aliens. Coming from a time when the show was accused of going over the top too often, Tom Baker isn't the main culprit this time. Graham Crowden as villainous humanoid Soldeed does that far more. But this isn't the Doctor's tale as much as Romana's. Wearing a striking costume and adopting a great take charge attitude she dominates the tale, which is quite fun if you don't take it too seriously. In which case you're clearly not a Doctor Who fan. But if you're in the mood for a light hearted romp, this is quite good entertainment.
All three discs have the usual features:
Subtitles: English
Language tracks: English
Audio Navigation.
Photo Gallery.
Production information subtitles.
Coming soon trailer for the next release in this range.
Radio times billings as PDF Files.
And a commentary from selected members of cast and crew.
The other extras are a bit thin on the ground:
The Time Monster has a short feature about the restoration of the picture for the DVD release. Technical but quite interesting.
And a twenty five minute long feature on the science presented in the story. Which is fascinating but a bit involved so you need to concentrate hard to get the most from it.
Underworld has an excellent and absorbing thirty minute long documentary about the making of the story and all that had to be done to get it to screen. And eighteen minutes of film of the story being made. This isn't just thrown at the viewer but presented in chronological order and with narration so you can tell what's going on. It's interesting viewing and worth it for the sight of Tom Baker in full flow.
The Horns of Nimon has a music demo that was recorded for the following season of the show, played over a few minutes from the story.
A seven minute long chat with the writer of the story about how the script was commissioned and what went into it. This is interesting viewing and just the right length.
And a thirty minute long documentary about the close relationship between Doctor Who and Blue Peter and how the latter show has promoted the former over the years. Featuring a few bits of footage that have been on other DVDS in this range, it's nonetheless entertaining viewing that should bring back a fair few memories. This just takes it up to the end of 1989, and there will be another part of this documentary to cover the more recent years on a later DVD release in this range.
For an easter egg watch the Horns of Nimon on a computer, go to the special features screen, and move the pointer over it till a hidden Doctor Who logo lights up. Click on that to see an odd little bit of Doctor Who related sock puppetry. Which you'll either love or hate, but it only lasts a minute so it's quick viewing.
The whole box set is probably for completists more than casual viewers, but there's enough decent moments in here to make it relatively worthwhile.
 5 stars in no myth to this boxset! May 5, 2010
dylan
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Doctor who: Genesis of the daleks was the first classic doctor who DVD i bought a few years back. And after watching that, i must say i have been hooked since then. Classic doctor who is just fantastic! everything about it is great (for its time). Not only do i watch the new series which i must say is awesome so far, and Matt smith is an amazing doctor. This weeks episode is vampires in venice and i can't wait ;)!!! You must buy this classic DVD boxset, its fantastic!
 Much maligned but actually not at all bad selection May 5, 2010
Captain Pugwash (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's fair to say that none of the three serials included here would top any poll of fan favourites, however I am putting a case for this being a decent (if admittedly tenuously linked) set of TV stories from the 1970s, a decade that saw the show hit new heights of popularity.
The Horns of Nimon is mainly remembered for the Minotaur-esque Nimon, a range of planet-hopping parasites, and Graham Crowden's 'more ham than a Danish pig farm' performance as insane High priest Soldeed. However, Lalla Ward's Romana has one of her finest outings in this story, whilst Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor is as boggle-eyed and manic as he's ever been - an acquired taste but in this context absolutely appropriate. Look out for a young Janet Ellis - future Blue Peter presenter and mother of dance/pop siren Sophie Ellis-Bextor, as a sacrificial lamb sent to appease the voracious Nimon.
Underworld, another late-70s Tom Baker adventure, is often criticised for its drabness, and admittedly what begins as an intriguing take on various aspects of Greek mythology soon becomes a bit of a yawn-fest. I am a particular fan of the Graham Williams era of Doctor Who, and Baker and Louise Jameson who plays Leela have some good dialogue, this aside I'd say Underworld is the weakest of the three stories.
The Time Monster is a six-part story featuring Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning, and is an absorbing if somewhat unwieldy early 1970s Earth-based adventure. Plusses for this story are the presence of Roger Delgado's Master in one of his last appearances - he died shortly after transmission - Ingrid Pitt as the beautiful Queen Galleia, and the reduction of Sergeant Benton to a baby after he is caught in a time bubble. The story is also notable for the introduction of Buddhist themes which are explored further in Pertwee's final story, Planet of the Spiders.
As for DVD extras there are quite a few - these are mentioned pretty exhaustively by previous reviewers so I won't go over them again.
"A mixed bag" April 28, 2010
Bob Marlowe (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Odd choice for a boxset, not linked by Doctors, characters but by a theme-the stories' roots in old legends. Time Monster is my favourite of the 3, don't get me wrong it's way way from a classic and unlike its fellows doesn't even have my favouriet Doctor in but in an indulgent mood, I find it undemanding fun. The concepts interstitial time (sort of gaps between moments in time)for example are good ones, and there are some great moments of charm for the Doctor & the master. The Doctor tells Jo that the difference between depression and joy can be how you view things and gets lovely moment with George Cormack's lovely Dallios. Delgado has great fun as the Master posing as a Cambridge Scientist (yes his Greek accent's dodgy and he drops it soon anyway!)& there's a great scene where Dallios makes him look like a small boy being told off.
It starts as a UNIT story before they get sidelined into running in slow motion or turning into babies but while they're present they get good stuff to do, The Brig provides the Doctor with an answer, Yates faces attacks from beyond time & Benton briefly outwits the Master.
Where the story falls a bit is it lacks the legs for 6 episodes and the budget bites it in the bum. The 1st manifestation of Time Monster Kronos is some poor guy in a white bird suit on a cabel and it looks pure Rentaghost!(*1). Then the Tardis is decorated in plastic bowls and Atlantis looks like a school play set!
fun all the same.
Underworld has a better script and story doing Jason & the Argonauts in Space, has great performances from Uncle Tom, Louise J and guest actor Alan Lake too. There's a great spaceship set and the infamous CSO'd cave set, superimposed and not actually there, really doesn't look that bad.
Generally the effects shots especially ships in flight are damn good for the time, although a woeful shot of the ship crashing into the planet's not yet solidified surface looks like a model landing in a bowl of soup!
Where this falls flat is just that. It is dull and never quite comes to life.
There's plenty of life in The Horns of Nimon which is enjoyable for all the wrong reasons. Your local Waitrose does not stock this much ham as Tom, guest actors Graham Crowden and Malcom Terris go on a mission straight over the top. To be fair poe-faced I doubt it would be watchable (the script in the main is so earnest) but as a golden turkey, it's the best fun since the Wild Women of Wongo or Plan Nine From Outer Space!
There are signs that near the end of Graham Williams' time the comedy excesses were getting out of hand. When the Tardis goes wrong there's a greatest hits package of kid's TV comedy sound effects and running from the enemy Tom says
"Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking may I state and let me make it perfectly clear I stand before you, desparate to find the exit!"
Funny but not really Who.
The Nimon are a woeful alien, Blue Peter makeover style masks, leotards they clump about like tranquilised Herman Munsters!
There are great commentaries, the late Barry Letts telling us where Time Monster misfired, and John Levene on much more enjoyable form than when he commented on Inferno. A Tommentary for Underworld shows how much Tom & Louise spark off each other now. Louise tells him "There's no censorship between your brain & mouth" and Tom confesses that he pretended at a convention Jon Pertwee was phoning him from hell (" I ignored my inner voice saying don't go there Tom!" He isn't on the Nimon commentary but Lalla Ward, Graham Crowden, Anthony Read & Janet Ellis are almost up to Tommentary standards, laughing at the OTT styles ("Tom loved that for once he wasn't the most OTT actor Graham"), discussing how they didn't go too far with it. Graham also explains why he never pursued the interest in him for the Doctor's role when Pertwee left.
"Between Now and Now" falls between 2 stools with making of material and discussing the science of Time Monster, uneven but fun. We see in a restoration featurette just how much work was needed and it's more than I expected.
"Into the Unknown" is a thoroughly absorbing look at the story of Underworld's script and the unique challenges of filming so much against CSO. More entertaining than the story itself and well supplemented by in studio footage of the filming (with a helpful subtitles).
"Who Peter" is the set's great treasure, exploring the link between 2 great BBC insitutions. many rare bits of Blue Peter footage are included-Caron Keating driving a giant Dalek shaped car and there are some great interviewees e.g. Peter Purves on how often BP linked him back to his old job. This is only Part 1 with a future disc to show part 2.
We have a quick look at the score for Nimon Peter Howell producdd as an audition piece and Anthony Read tells us of the script's genesis and where the production of Nimon went a bit wrong.
A good package but diehard fans only-not those who joined the show in recent years.
*1 Rentaghost was a legendary kids comedy of the 70's/80's where Ghosts become do it all handymen/odd job merchants. .
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