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Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The Keys of Marinus | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Terry Nation | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC DVD - BBCDVD 2616 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1964 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101330018-A911 27 IFPI L337 | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1752 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 2984, rank in dvds is 160. | ||||||||
| 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 | Amazon online shop | ||||||||||
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Tracks
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| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | The sea of death | 23.16 | |||||||||
| A2 | The velvet web | 25.17 | |||||||||
| A3 | The screaming jungle | 23.49 | |||||||||
| A4 | The snows of terror | 24.57 | |||||||||
| A5 | Sentence of death | 25.02 | |||||||||
| A6 | The Keys of Marinus | 25.10 | |||||||||
| A7 | The sets of Marinus | 9.24 | |||||||||
| Cadet sweets | |||||||||||
| A8 | 'Doctor Who and the Daleks' scans the entire set of Cadet Sweets cards, which feature a mini Doctor Who story (PDF) | ||||||||||
| A9 | Radio Times billings articles and listings from this story's original 1964 transmission (PDF) | ||||||||||
| A10 | Photo gallery | 7.25 | |||||||||
| A11 | Coming soon trailer | 1.20 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 2:45:40. | |||||||||||
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Reviews
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 5. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
Extra Notes Shown On Cover (If Any.)StarringWilliam Hartnell William Russell Jacqueline Hill Carole Ann Ford George Coulouris Robin Phillips Katherine Schofield Martin Cort Heron Carvic Francis De Wolff Henley Thomas Raf De La Torre Fiona Walker Donald Pickering Stephen Darknell Peter Stenson Gordon Wales Edmund Warwick Michael Allaby Alan James Anthony Verner Written byTerry Nation Produced byVerity Lambert Directed byJohn Gorrie SynopsisOn a remote island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid, there is a machine that can remove evil from the minds of an entire population - the Conscience of Marinus. Fearful of its immense power falling into the wrong hands, its sole guardian has scattered the machine's operating keys across the planet. The TARDIS crew arrive to find the island under attack by the evil Voord. Marinus' last line of defense - and its only hope - is the Conscience machine. The Doctor and his companions must undertake a deadly quest to recover the Keys of Marinus. BackgroundThe Keys of Marinus marked the point at which Doctor Who production team turning their attention from launching the series to keeping it running week-in week-out. Story editor David Whitaker had spent the latter half of 1963 putting together a selection of adventures sufficient for the series' initial set of fifty-two episodes. However, a last-minute reshuffle of stories meant that Terry Nartion's first Dalek tale was produced earlier in the run than originally planned. The Daleks introduced elements of action and adventure, as well as evil alien monsters - a combination which proved popular with the programme's viewers. Suddenly, more of the same was required - and quickly! Who better to provide it than the creator of the Daleks? Nation was skilled in producing scripts rapidly, and fired off The Keys of Marinus in just four weeks. The story, consisting of several mini-adventures in vastly different settings, tested the technical skills of the production team to the full. Nation's scripts also had to take into account of William Hartnell's two-week holiday during the recording of the serial. The keys of Marinus thus gives prominence to the Doctor's companions, and demonstrates that, in its early days, Doctor Who was very much an ensemble piece. | ||
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