An Unearthly Child

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A Time Lord from another civilization, the Doctor has traveled through time and space brining thrilling cosmic adventures to millions of fans for over 25 years. Now the most familiar mystery figure in science fiction, the traveler from another world and a distant future first captured a generation of viewers on November 23rd, 1963. With the much missed William Hartnell as the first incarnation of the Doctor, this original unedited classic adventure returns us to the days he first seized our imaginations and begged the question 'Doctor Who?'

Visiting Britain in 1963 the Doctor's granddaughter has become a pupil at an ordinary school. A strange amalgam of teenage normality and uncanny intelligence she whets the curiosity of two teachers who become inextricably involved in the Doctor's strange travels. Proving that time goes round in circles, the Doctor blasts them back to a pre-civilized age of the Great Cold where tribal leaders battle for supremacy in a race to make fire. Thrown into the cave of skulls, the Doctor and his companions soon realize that their lives depend on two alternatives: making fire without matches or escaping through the forest of fear...

The Daleks

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The TARDIS lands on Skaro, a seemingly dead world with high levels of radiation. Seeing a deserted city, the Doctor deliberately sabotages his TARDIS in order to force Ian, Barbara and Susan to explore further. But the city is not as dead as it first appears. The TARDIS crew are captured sinister metal creatures that silently glide through the corridors and walkways -- Daleks!

Survivors of a deadly nuclear war with their enemies the Thals, the Daleks have mutated into creatures dependent on their travel machines to keep them alive. One-by-one the time-traveller captives succumb to the effects of Skaro's radiation, Leaving Susan their only hope in receiving life-saving drugs from the TARDIS.

Outside the city, the peaceful Thal survivors are running out of food and supplies -- but can they trust the Daleks to aid them? With the TARDIS stranded, the Doctor and his companions are caught up in a battle for survival between the two species.

And time is running out -- the radiation dependent Daleks plan to explode another neutron bomb, killing all other life on Skaro...

Edge of Destruction

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After their initial skirmish with the Daleks, the TARDIS crew hurriedly leave the planet Skaro in an attempt to return to contemporary England, home to schoolteachers Ian and Barbara. However, an explosion renders both of them, plus the mysterious Doctor and his granddaughter Susan, unconscious - and when they awake, all four sense that something is very wrong indeed. Aggression, paranoia and a feeling of despair have gripped them all - no one trusts the other and, bit by bit, the Doctor's trusted ship seems to be breaking down around them. But is it? Has the TARDIS finally tired of its inhabitants, or is there a more logical, more rational explanation for everyone's behavior and the ship's bizarre course of action?

Marco Polo

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As the TARDIS lands on a remote mountainside, the power fails and leaves the Doctor and his companions stranded without heat or water. They are rescued by the Venetian traveller Marco Polo, who tells them it is the year 1289. They join Marco's caravan travelling to the Great Kublai Khan's palace in Peking. Accompanying Marco Polo is the Mongol warlord Tegana, an emissary from the Khan's enemy, Noghai, on his way to discuss peace terms with the Khan.

Believing the TARDIS to be a 'flying caravan', Marco takes it from the Doctor and intends to offer it as a gift to the Great Khan in the hope that he will let him return to Venice. To avoid being stranded in ancient Cathay, the Doctor must repair the ship before they reach Peking. But Tegana has his own plans for the TARDIS and if he succeeds, none of them will even reach Peking...

Review [****]
This is a strange review. First of all, the story is lost. There's not even any clips available (If you disregard the ending of Edge of destruction that is) so what I'm reviewing here is the Bruce Robinsons telesnap reconstruction, the soundtrack and about one hundred different pictures stretched out over 7 episodes. My initial thought was that this would take a long time to watch but strangely enough it didnt. Two sessions, both around an hour and a half. The story is epic and concerns the capture of the Tardis by Marco Polo who wants to present it as a gift to Kublai Khan, hopefully releasing him from his vows and letting him return to Italy. Now, this is something the Doctor and his companions arent to happy with. There's is also a spy and a traitor involed.

This is great DW. It moves at a brisk pace and is always entertaining. The acting is generally good throughout and its great to see (hear) William Hartnell at his best. This one is in the top 5 of my 'Lost Stories I Want Found' list.

Reviewed by: Blor

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The Keys of Marinus

Episodes:

1. The Sea of Death	4. The Snows of Terror
2. The Velvet Web	5. Sentence of Death
3. The Screaming Jungle	6. The Keys of Marinus

Cast:

The Doctor - William Hartnell	Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jaqueline Hill	Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford

Plot:

The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan land on the planet Marinus and find themselves trapped on an island where the beaches are strewn with glass and the surrounding sea is acid. They encounter Arbitan, Keeper of the Conscience of Marinus, a machine that can control the minds of the planet's inhabitants. Under attack by the evil and ambitious race of Voords, Arbitan forces the travelers to search for the four keys of the Conscience. There follows an odyssey that takes them to the four corners of the planet, from steaming jungles to deadly ice caves, where they make many new friends as well as enemies.

Video Release: NTSC VHS Warner Home Video E1383

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The Aztecs

Episodes:

1. The Temple of Evil	3. The Bride of Sacrifice
2. The Warriors of Death	4. The Day of Darkness

Cast:

The Doctor - William Hartnell	Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jaqueline Hill	Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford

Plot:

"You cannot rewrite history, not one line!"

In the 15th century, civilization is hardly civilized as the Doctor discovers when the TARDIS materializes in an ancient Aztec temple. When Barbara is mistaken for the reincarnation of the Aztec's High Priest, Yetaxa, she seizes the opportunity to put an end to the ceremonial rites of human sacrifice and save the Aztecs from self-destruction.

The Doctor must somehow convince Barbara to let history follow its natural course and return to the TARDIS before their real identities are discovered. Can they escape before they become the next blood sacrifice?

Video Release: NTSC VHS Warner Home Video E1257
DVD Release: NTSC Warner Home Video E1719

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The Sensorites

Episodes:

1. Strangers in Space	4. A Desperate Venture
2. The Unwilling Warriors	5. A Race Against Death
3. Hidden Danger	6. Kidnap

Cast:

The Doctor - William Hartnell	Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jaqueline Hill	Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford

Plot:

The TARDIS crew arrive on a seemingly deserted spaceship, only to find what appears to be the dead bodies of the ship's original crew. But the crewmembers are far from dead - instead they are under some form of mental attack that keeps them prisoners in space... The ship is trapped in orbit around the Sense-Sphere, home world of the alien Sensorites. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan are warned to leave, but before they can do so, the TARDIS is attacked, and its lock is stolen. The Sensorites are using their telepathic powers against the human visitors to their world. And the TARDIS crew now find themselves helpless captives of the the Sensorites, and their mental powers...

Video Release: NTSC VHS Warner Home Video E1852

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The Reign of Terror

Episodes:

1. A Land of Fear	4. The Tyrant of France
2. Guests of Madame Guillotine	5. A Bargain of Necessity
3. A Change of Identity	6. Prisoners of Conciergerie

Cast:

The Doctor - William Hartnell	Ian Chesterton - William Russell
Barbara Wright - Jaqueline Hill	Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford

Plot:

The TARDIS arrives near Paris five years after the French Revolution when Robespierre is at the height of his power. The travelers soon become involved with rescuing prisoners from the guillotine, and get caught up with an English undercover spy. Ian and Barbara meet the young Napoleon.

Video Release: NTSC VHS Warner Home Video E1853

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