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Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - Frontios | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Christopher H. Bedmead | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - BBCDVD (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - BBCDVD DVD's.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC3 - BBCDVD 3004 | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1984 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101759142-A911 02 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1702 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3101, rank in dvds is 182. | ||||||||
| 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 | Part 1 | 24.39 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 24.35 | |||||||||
| A3 | Part 3 | 24.30 | |||||||||
| A4 | Part 4 | 24.26 | |||||||||
| A5 | Driven to distraction - The making of Frontios | 32.52 | |||||||||
| A6 | Deleted and extended scenes | 15.38 | |||||||||
| A7 | Photo gallery | 5.23 | |||||||||
| A8 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A9 | Coming soon - Earthstory | 1.45 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 2:33:48. | |||||||||||
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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) Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka) Mark Strickson (Vislor Turlough) Jeff Rawle - Plantagenet Peter Gilmore - Brazen Lesley Dunlop - Norna William Lucas - Range Maurice O'Connell - Cockerill Raymond Murtagh - Retrograde Richard Ashley - Orderly Alison Skilbeck - Deputy John Gillett - The Gravis William Bowen, George Campbell, Hedi Khursandi, Michael Malcolm, Stephen Speed - Tractators Written byChristopher H. Bedmead Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner Directed byRon Jones SynopsisAn irresistible force draws the TARDIS to the barren surface of Frontios, where in the far future the last surviving humans cower amongst the ruins of their wrecked spaceshift. Under constant threat from lethal meteorite bombardments, few of the doomed colony members realise that the ground of Frontios itself opens up and devours the unwary. Not permitted to assist, the Doctor's attempt to leave is thwarted when the unimaginable occurs: the TARDIS it utterly destroyed. All the while, burrowing undetected below the planet's crust, sickening alien parasites prepare a gruesome and final fate for all humanity ... BackgroundThe stories in Peter Davison's final year as the Doctor are markedly different from those from the past. Increasingly violent and gruesome situations occur, with the chance of survival much less likely. Frontios, with its almost palpable sense of doom, contributes to this new era of Doctor Who. These stories tend to carry an even higher death-toll than usual, with precious few characters living to the conclusion of events. In this instance, the possibility of all humanity reaching extinction in a most grisly manner is omnipresent throughout. And yet it is somehow even more disturbing to witness the TARDIS' destruction. At the time of broadcast, publicity reports suggested that the TARDIS would indeed be phased out of the programme, and so its on-screen obliteration hinted that the Doctor really would be forever trapped at the end of time. Performances here reinforce the feeling of impending disaster, with highlights including Davison's Doctor becoming increasingly frantic and unpredictable, and Mark Strickson masterfully unveiling the horrific nature of what is lurking below Frontios' surface. Laden with doom, and featuring one of Doctor Who's most gruesome cliffhangers to date, Frontios makes for enjoyably tense, edge-of-seat viewing. | ||
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