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Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Robot | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Terrance Dicks | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 2332 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1974 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0100802040-A911 18 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1458 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3509, rank in dvds is 229. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | - | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Other online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Robot - Part 1 | 24.11 | |||||||||
| A2 | Robot - Part 2 | 25.00 | |||||||||
| A3 | Robot - Part 3 | 24.29 | |||||||||
| A4 | Robot - Part 4 | 24.29 | |||||||||
| A5 | Are friends electric? | 38.59 | |||||||||
| A6 | The tunnel effect [Bernard Lodge] | 13.48 | |||||||||
| A7 | Blue peter - Set in UNIT headquarters | 2.15 | |||||||||
| A8 | Photo gallery | 4.15 | |||||||||
| A9 | Radio Times listings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| Total length of media 2:37:26. | |||||||||||
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
StarringTom Baker (Fourth Doctor) Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith) Ian Marter (Harry Sullivan) Nicholas Courtney Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart John Levene - RSM Benton Edward Burnham - Professor Kettlewell Patricia Maynard - Miss Winters Alec Linstead - Jellicoe Michael Kilgarriff - The Robot Timothy Craven - Short Brian Fellows - Soldier Written byTerrance Dicks Produced byBarry Letts Directed byChristopher Barry SynopsisMortally weakened by the Spider Queen on Metebelis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigate 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. Just how is the robot being used to carry out the sinister agenda of the Scientific Reform Society? And can the Doctor rescue Sarah from the robot's clutches and avert a nuclear war? BackgroundIt is difficult now to image a time when Tom Baker was not synonymous with the role of Doctor Who, such is the iconic impact that he exacted during his seven-year tenure in the role. All the more fascinating, then, to observe him here, in his fledgling performance. The end of the Jon Pertwee era also signalled a change in the production team, with the departure of producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks. Robot was intended to smooth the transition between old and new, and Dicks crafted an Earth-bound UNIT story, sprinkled with continuity references, in order to debut the brand new Doctor. Notably, the regeneration is barely allowed to impinge on the action. Witnessing the transformation first-hand, both Sarah Jane and the Brigadier readily accept this new Doctor without a moment's hesitation, and although temporarily confined to sickbay, he shows none of the prolonged physical trauma that would beset his future regenerations. Once engaged in action, this Doctor is by turns charming, childlike, incisive and even devious, displaying a dazzling eccentricity that reminds us he is rather more than human. Vitally though, we are never permitted to doubt that he is anything other than totally safe hands. Tom Baker has arrived - and Doctor Who would never be the same again. | ||
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