Main menuMalcolm Hulke, Doctor Who - Colony in space
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Colony in space | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Malcolm Hulke | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 3381 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1971 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101835022-B911 02 | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 13715 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 18, rank in dvds is 2. | ||||||||
| 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 | Amazon online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Colony in space - Part 1 | 24.19 | |||||||||
| A2 | Colony in space - Part 2 | 22.43 | |||||||||
| A3 | Colony in space - Part 3 | 23.47 | |||||||||
| A4 | Colony in space - Part 4 | 24.20 | |||||||||
| A5 | Colony in space - Part 5 | 25.22 | |||||||||
| A6 | Colony in space - Part 6 | 25.22 | |||||||||
| A7 | IMC needs you! - The making of Colony in space | 25.02 | |||||||||
| A8 | From the cutting room floor | 12.52 | |||||||||
| A9 | Photo gallery | 5.52 | |||||||||
| A10 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A11 | Coming soon - The UNIT box | 1.27 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 3:11:06. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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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 | ||
| Jon Pertwee (Third Doctor) Katy Manning (Jo Grant) Nicholas Courtney - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Roger Delgado - The Master Graham Leaman, Peter Forbes-Robertson, John Baker - Time Lords John Ringham - Ashe Helen Worth - Mary Ashe David Webb - Leeson Sheila Grant - Jane Leeson John Tordoff - Alec Leeson Nicholas Pennell - Winton John Line - Martin Mitzi Webster - Mrs Martin Roy Skelton - Norton Morris Perry - Captain Dent Bernard Kay - Caldwell John Herrington - Holden Tony Caunter - Morgan Stanley McGeagh - Allen Pat Gorman - Long/Primitive/Voice John Scott Martin - Robot Roy Heymann - Alien Priest Norman Atkyns - The Guardian Written byMalcolm Hulke Produced byBarry Letts Directed byMichael E Briant SynopsisThe Time Lords discover that the master has stolen secret information about a device called the Doomsday Weapon and realise they need the exiled Doctor's help. They send the TARDIS, along with the Doctor and his assistant Jo Grant, to the bleak planet Uxarieus in the middle of the 25th century where all is not well. What is attacking the colonists and can the Doctor stop his old enemy from finding the dangerous weapon before it is too late? BackgroundOne of the limitations of having an exiled Third Doctor meant that the whole ethos of Doctor Who was suddenly compromised. Producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks soon realised this and wanted to get the Doctor back out there, so came up with an incredibly simple and effective premise. If the production team wanted to set a story on another planet and different time - the TARDIS would be allowed to leave Earth and UNIT behind for a few episodes and the Doctor would be sent on a mission for his own people, the Time Lords. Result! The Third Doctor (and indeed Pertwee) looks happy to be back inside the TARDIS. However, even though the lovable and loyal Jo Grant had been assigned to the Doctor since Terror of the Autons the previous year, in this story we finally realise that she didn't quite believe his stories of time travelling in an old police box. The Doctor's new arch-enemy, the Master, would appear in every story during the 8th Season of Doctor Who - but although his threat was expected, he did not appear in Colony in Space until halfway through to save the stories becoming predictable. Colony in Space is the first story to take Jon Pertwee's Earth-based Third Doctor to an alien planet. For the first alien world to feature in colour episodes, there is a certain irony that the planet is filmed in a colourless quarry that typifies many an alien planet in Dr Who, before and since. | ||
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