Main menuMalcolm Hulke, Doctor Who - The awakening
Release details
| Title | Doctor Who - The awakening | ||||||||
| 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 3380B | ||||||||
| Format: | Disc DVD's | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1984 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | A0101786685-A511 04 IFPI L556 Sony DADC | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | No | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  2 entertain | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1684 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3059, rank in dvds is 174. | ||||||||
| 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 | Not recorded | ||||||||||
| 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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| A1 | Part 1 | 25.18 | |||||||||
| A2 | Part 2 | 24.47 | |||||||||
| A3 | Return to Little Hodcombe - Return to the three locations | 19.35 | |||||||||
| A4 | Making the Malus | 7.16 | |||||||||
| A5 | Now and then - The locations of The Awakening - Martin, Shapwick and Tarrant Monkton | 7.27 | |||||||||
| A6 | From the cutting room floor - Extended and deleted scenes | 9.30 | |||||||||
| A7 | The golden egg awards (The late late breakfast show) | 2.22 | |||||||||
| A8 | Radio Times billings [PDF] | ||||||||||
| A9 | Photo gallery | 7.09 | |||||||||
| A10 | Coming soon - Paradise Towers | 1.20 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 1:44:44. | |||||||||||
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 | ||
StarringPeter Davison (Fifth Doctor) Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka) Mark Strickson (Vislor Turlough) Polly James - Jane Hampden Denis Lill - Sir George Hutchinson Glyn Houston - Colonel Ben Wolsey Jack Galloway - Joseph Willow Keith Jayne - Will Chandler Frederick Hall - Andrew Verney Christopher Saul - Trooper Written byJohnny Byrne Produced byJohn Nathan-Turner Directed byPennant Roberts SynopsisLittle Hodcombe, 1984. The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough arrive in a small English village, looking forward to spending some time with Tegan's grandfather. They soon discover that all is not well - Tegan's grandfather is missing and the locals are re-enacting dangerous war games from 1643. With the past mixed up with the present, can the Doctor stop the games before an evil entity hidden in the village church awakens? BackgroundWriter Eric Pringle was commissioned to write a story for the 13th season of Doctor Who by Robert Holmes but this story was never completed. In 1982, script editor Eric Saward got Pringle to produce a breakdown for his War Game script, and this eventually became a two-part story called The Awakening. Doctor Who stories placed in a rural setting always look good. Against the backdrop of Little Hodcombe, a fictional place filmed in three different locations - one village in Hampshire and two in Dorset - The Awakening has the claustrophobic feeling of a John Wyndham novel as well as echoing many Earth-based stories from the Jon Pertwee era, in particular The Daemons (1971). Although difficult to imagine him in the stories that follow, at one point the Will Chandler character from The Awakening was considered as regular companion alongside Tegan, Turlough and (the almost forgotten) Kamelion, but this idea was ultimately abandoned. The underused shape-changing Kamelion, last seen in his debut story the previous year, was set to appear in this story but was cut from an overrunning Part One. The Awakening also sees Barry Newbery's final contribution as designer for Doctor Who. Newbery has worked on the very first story in 1963, and his church and crumbling crypt sets are incredibly effective. Fast-paced and beautifully shot, The Awakening is a fine addition to Peter Davison's last season as the Fifth Doctor. | ||
Other versions | ||
| I have the title track on these releases: | ||
| [dvds] | BBCDVD 3380 | Doctor Who - Earth story |
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