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Johnny Byrne, Doctor Who - Arc of infinity

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TitleDoctor Who - Arc of infinity
Artist(s):Johnny Byrne
Category:BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.)
Label and catalogue number:Picture of images/labels/BBC DVD.jpg labelBBC DVD - BBCDVD 2327B
Format:Disc DVD's
Country:UK UK flag
Released:1982
Genre:Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes:A0100837960-A911 18 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
Item deleted?Yes
Distributed / printed byPicture of images/labels/2 entertain.jpg label2 entertain
Page views:1439 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3540, rank in dvds is 233.
My rating:*****
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Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label code-
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Tracks

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Side & track noTrack and ArtistLength
A1Part 124.37
A2Part 224.42
A3Part 324.37
A4Part 424.28
A5Anti-matter from Amsterdam34.56
A6The Omega factor14.56
A7Deleted scenes2.55
A8Under arc lights11.32
A9Continuities3.13
A10Photo gallery7.47
A11Doctor Who annual 1983 [PDF]
A12Radio Times billings [PDF]
A13Coming soon - The time warrior1.01
Total length of media 2:54:44.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts


Starring



Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor)

Sarah Sutton (Nyssa)

Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka)

Leonard Sachs - President Borusa

Elspet Gray - Chancellor Thalia

Michael Gough - Councillor Hedin

Paul Jerricho - The Castellan

Max Harvey - Cardinal Zorac

Colin Baker - Commander Maxil

Ian Collier - Omega / The Renegade

Neil Daglish - Damon

John D. Collins - Talor

Alastair Cumming - Colin Frazer

Andrew Boxer - Robin Stuart

Maya Woolfe, Guy Groen - Hostel Receptionists

Malcolm Harvey - The Ergon


Written by



Johnny Byrne


Produced by



John Nathan-Turner


Directed by



Ron Jones


Synopsis



Travelling with Nyssa in the TARDIS, the Doctor is attacked by a malign entity - a being of pure antimatter seeking to cross the dimensions. Although the invader is successfully repelled, the TARDIS is immediately recalled to Gallifrey, where the High Council of Time Lords sentence the Doctor to be executed to prevent any further attempts at bonding.

It seems there is a traitor on Gallifrey. And what links the Renegrade and the disappearance of Tegan's cousin in Amsterdam? Two fates intertwined must battle for the future of the entire universe ...


Background



Season 20 of Doctor Who was unprecedented, setting out to celebrate its long history with a succession of stories revisiting its own mythology. In 1973, the series had marked its 10th birthday with The Three Doctors, and introduced Omega as the villain of the piece. This brilliant but tragic figure from Gallifreyan legend was portrayed as little more than a ranting egomaniac on his first outing, and a decade later, an attempt to redress the balance seemed appropriate.

Writer Johnny Byrne was initially faced with the challenge of combining two key plot elements; Tegan was to rejoin the TARDIS, and Amsterdam was to feature as the main location, since it had been decided by producer John Nathan-Turner that the series would undertake its first overseas filming since City of Death in 1979. Although Omega was something of an eleventh hour addition to the script, his presence ensured that Doctor Who's anniversary season opened on a suitably reflective note.

Notably however, it is through Omega that we are permitted a further glimpse at the darker side Gallifreyan society, reminding us that treachery is not unthinkable amongst the elite of the High Council. Arc of Infinity not only foreshadows events in The Five Doctors, but also offers an unprecedented glimpse at the future face of the Doctor himself ...

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