Main menuBob Baker / Dave Martin, Doctor Who - The claws of Axos
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The claws of Axos | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Bob Baker / Dave Martin | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC - BBCDVD 3670 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1971 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Format: | Special edition | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0102025216-0911 02 Sony DADC A102023515-B911 02 Sony DADC IFPI | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
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| Page views: | 1625 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3191, rank in dvds is 199. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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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 | eBay online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Episode 1 [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 23.50 | |||||||||
| A2 | Episode 2 [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 24.00 | |||||||||
| A3 | Episode 3 [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 24.09 | |||||||||
| A4 | Episode 4 [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 25.19 | |||||||||
| A5 | Deleted and extended scenes (Edited studio recording) [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 27.00 | |||||||||
| B1 | Axon stations! - Making The Claws of Axos | 26.41 | |||||||||
| B2 | Now & then - A look at the locations used [Katy Manning] | 6.36 | |||||||||
| B3 | Directing Who [Michael Ferguson] | 14.45 | |||||||||
| B4 | Studio recording (Episode 1 in its entirety) [Bob Baker / Dave Martin] | 72.48 | |||||||||
| B5 | Living with Levene | 35.11 | |||||||||
| B6 | Photo gallery | 10.57 | |||||||||
| B7 | Radio Times listings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| B8 | Coming soon - Shada | 2.15 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 4:53:31. | |||||||||||
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 | ||
StarringJon Pertwee Nicholas Courtney Roger Delgado Katy Manning Richard Franklin John Levene Peter Bathurst Paul Grist Donald Hewlett David Savile Derek Ware Bernard Holley Michael Walker David G. March Fernanda Marlowe Tim Pigott-Smith Keith Brenda Royston Farrell Patricia Gordino John Hicks Debbie Lee London Written byBob Baker Dave Martin Produced byBarry Letts Directed byMichael Ferguson SynopsisA mysterous object approaches Earth, alerting the Doctor and UNIT that they face another possible threat from outer space. Are the gold-skinned aliens who claim to bring great gifts to humanity as peaceful and benevolent as they first appear? And why is the Doctor's arch-enemy the Master on board their spaceship? BackgroundThe Claws of Axos is found in the middle of Jon Pertwee's second series as the Third Doctor. Typical of this Earth-based era of Doctor Who, the planet is once again invaded by aliens and it's up to the Doctor, Jo Grant and the rest of the UNIT 'family' to stop them. Also, as well as being troubled by the Axon threat, the Doctor has to contend with his new best enemy, the Master, who turns up in every story that year. The script is the first of many contributions to Doctor Who by writers Bob Baker and Dave Martin. Their original storyline, called The Gift, was written for Patrick Troughton's Doctor. It involved an alien invasion in London's Hyde Park, a giant skull for a spaceship, Battersea Power Station, and a cliffhanger featuring a giant carrot. While the production team liked many of the basic ideas, it was apparent that the story would go way over budget. A new scaled-back script (and unfortunately minus the carrot) eventually became The Claws of Axos. Now set outside London, location filming took place against the eerie beauty of Dungeness in Kent where unusual weather conditions required new dialogue to be included in the script. The Axons are a memorable and iconic Doctor Who monster but would never return to fight the Doctor again. However, a resprayed and modified axon monster suit would appear a few years later - when it became the Krynoid for The Seeds of Doom. | ||
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