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Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Spearhead from space | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Robert Holmes | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 1033 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1970 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | (Nothing listed) | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by | BBC Worldwide Ltd | ||||||||
| Page views: | 2629 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2222, rank in dvds is 94. | ||||||||
| 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 | A | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Other online shop | ||||||||||
| 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 | Episode 1 | 23.41 | |||||||||
| A2 | Episode 2 | 24.23 | |||||||||
| A3 | Episode 3 | 24.16 | |||||||||
| A4 | Episode 4 | 24.36 | |||||||||
| A5 | BBC 2 Trailer - Episodes 1 & 2 combined (1999) | 0.33 | |||||||||
| A6 | BBC 2 Trailer - Episode 3 (1999) | 0.22 | |||||||||
| A7 | BBC 2 Trailer - Doctor Who night (1999) | 0.43 | |||||||||
| A8 | Photo gallery | ||||||||||
| A9 | UNIT Recruitment Film | 4.47 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 1:43:21. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
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Reviews
| Below is my review for this release and the ratings. | ||
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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 Caroline John Nicholas Courtney Hugh Burden Neil Wilson Talfryn Thomas John Breslin Antony Webb Helen Dorward George Lee Tessa Shaw Ellis Jones Allan Mitchell Prentis Hancock Hamilton Dyce Henry McCarthy John Woodnutt Derek Smee Betty Bowden Clifford Cox Edmund Bailey Written byRobert Holmes Produced byDerrick Sherwin Directed byDerek Martinus SynopsisExiled to Earth in the late 20th century by his own people - the Time Lords - the newly regenerated Doctor arrives in Oxley Woods alongside a shower of mysterious meteorites. Investigating these unusual occurrences is the newly-formed United Nations Intelligence Taskforce - UNIT for short. Lead by Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, UNIT are soon called into action when people and meteorites start going missing. most puzzling of all is the attempted kidnap of a strange hospital patient - a man with two hearts, who insists that he recognises the Brigadier ... The new Doctor soon joins forces with his old friend, UNIT, and the recently recruited Dr Liz Shaw, but time is running out ... Irregular things are happening at a nearby plastics factory, while faceless creatures lurk in the woods. The Nestenes have arrives, and want to conquer the Earth ... Background'Spearhead from Space' launched 'Doctor Who' into the 1970s, complete with a new Doctor (in the shape of Jon Pertwee) and, for the first time, colour! Industrial problems at the BBC saw this initial story forced out of the confines of the television studio, and necessitated its recording on location and on film, giving it a unique 'feel' that would not be repeated again in the series' history. The idea of making the Doctor earthbound had been mooted - for budgetary reasons - by the production team for quite some time, and this story sets the scene for most of the next fives years of the show. Although the Third Doctor would slowly start venturing away from Earth, he would always return to the cosy familiarity of UNIT. The Autons would return in the following year's story 'Terror of the Autons' (1971), which also saw the introduction of one of the series' most popular villains - the Master. | ||
Other versions | ||
| I have other similar versions, here is the 'primary' release in the database: | ||
| BBCBD 03444 | Doctor Who - Spearhead from space | |
Other versions | ||
| I have the title track on these releases: | ||
| [dvds] | BBCDVD 3135 | Doctor Who - Mannequin mania |
Further information | ||
| BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected. | ||
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