Main menuTerence Dudley, Doctor Who - Black Orchid
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Black Orchid | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Terence Dudley | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 2432 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1982 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0100920240-A911 26 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1678 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2963, rank in dvds is 160. | ||||||||
| 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 | Friends and family | ||||||||||
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Part 1 | 24.56 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 24.41 | |||||||||
| A3 | Now and then | 9.04 | |||||||||
| A4 | Deleted scenes | 7.05 | |||||||||
| A5 | Film restoration | 2.42 | |||||||||
| A6 | Blue Peter | 8.39 | |||||||||
| A7 | Stripped for action - The Fifth Doctor | 16.10 | |||||||||
| A8 | Points of view | 2.27 | |||||||||
| A9 | Photo gallery | 4.41 | |||||||||
| A10 | Coming soon - The trial of a Time Lord | 1.17 | |||||||||
| A11 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| Total length of media 1:41:42. | |||||||||||
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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 | ||
StarringPeter Davison (Fifth Doctor) Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka) Michael Cochrane - Lord Cranleigh Sarah Sutton - Ann Talbot Barbara Murray - Lady Cranleigh Gareth Milne - The Unknown/George Cranleigh Moray Watson - Sir Robert Muir Ivor Salter - Sergeant Markham Andrew Tourell - Constable Cummings Ahmed Khalil - Latoni Brian Hawksley - Brewster Timothy Block - Tanner Written byTerence Dudley Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner Directed byRon Jones SynopsisEngland, 1925. The TARDIS materialises on a quiet railway platform where the Doctor, Tegan, Adric and Nyssa soon discover they are expected at an afternoon cricket match. And when the time travellers are invited to stay at Cranleigh Hall for a fancy dress ball, it isn't long before they uncover a terrible family secret. Who is murdering the servants and why? A rare flower may hold the answer ... BackgroundBlack Orchid is quite different in style from any Doctor Who story before or since. With no monsters or alien threat in the story, the only element of science fiction is the TARDIS and its crew. Essentially a murder mystery set in the 1920s, it is the first story with a completely historical setting since The Highlanders at the beginning of Patrick Troughton's era. For the nineteenth season of Doctor Who, producer John Nathan-Turner decided to give each of the Doctor's companions a story where they got a bit more to do than was normal. So while bossy air hostess Tegan got into trouble for dabbling with the Mara in Kinda and the ill-fated Adric's showcase was challenging Cybermen in Earthshock, Black Orchid gives the gentler Nyssa an opportunity to shine. By this story, Peter Davison is well into his stride as the energetic and youthful Fifth Doctor - and for the first and only time, he doesn't look out of place in hid distinctive Edwardian cricketing costume. Cat and crew were troubled by terrible weather during location filming. What is meant to be height of summer was filmed in a cold and windy October, and some of the actors in their fancy dress costumes froze while glasses blew off the tables and shattered on the terrace! Black Orchid is the first two-part tale since The Sontaran Experiment in 1975 - and set a trend which was continued once a year throughout the Peter Davison era. An enjoyable romp, Black Orchid is a fine example of a Doctor Whodunnit ... | ||
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