Doctor Who: Battlefield (Story 156)
by Michael Kerrigan
List Price:
Our Price: $25.31
You Save: $9.63 (28%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: DVD
See more DVD releases
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD Cover Information
Actor: Nicholas Courtney, Sophie Aldred, Sylvester McCoyDirector: Michael Kerrigan
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Product features:
- The Doctor and Ace join forces with UNIT and his old friend the Brigadier against Morgaine (Jean Marsh) and Mordred, Arthurian villains who recognize the Doctor as Merlin.Running Time: 95 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION Rating: NR Age: 883929066070 UPC: 883929066070 Manufacturer No: 1000093206
Movie Reviews of Doctor Who: Battlefield (Story 156)
Movie Review: "RELEASES IN DETAIL's"
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazon dose not give the "RELEASES IN DETAIL's" like they should. So from website of the go to man on all Doctor Who DVD's (and hell, even VHS)Steve Manfred. Here are the detail's for "Battlefield".
[...]
Doctor Who: Battlefield starring Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, and guest starring Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. 2 discs.
On Disc 1:
- All four 25-minute episodes (the original 1989 versions) with full restoration treatment.
- Graphical menus, episode and scene selection features, and subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- Optional commentary track with actors Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, and Angela Bruce(Brigadier Winifred Bambera), Writer Ben Aaronovitch, and Script Editor Andrew Cartmel.
- Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout the story.
- Isolated Music option. Plays the story with only the music soundtrack playing by itself.
- "Storm Over Avallion" 23-minute featurette about the making of the story, featuring interviews with Actors Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Angela Bruce, Nicholas Courtney, and Jean Marsh (Morgaine), Writer Ben Aaronovitch, Script Editor Andrew Cartmel, and Director Michael Kerrigan.
- "Past and Future King" 12-minute featurette about the writing of this story, featuring interviews with Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Angela Bruce, and Michael Kerrigan.
- "Watertank" 7-minute featurette that goes into detail about the near-fatal accident that occurred during the scene of Ace trapped in the flooding spacecraft airlock when the glass in the tank she was in cracked open.
- Studio Recording. 19 minutes of raw footage from the studio floor during the original studio recording session for this story.
- "From Kingdom to Queen" 8-minute interview with Jean Marsh charting her 1965, 1966, and 1989 appearances in Doctor Who.
- Radio Times Listings. PDF files for your computer containing the original Radio Times TV listings for this story, as well as some contemporaneous articles about it they ran.
On Disc 2:
- Battlefield Special Edition.
A 95-minute movie-format version of the story, with numerous deleted scenes edited back into the action, other reediting of the action and the music, boosted CGI effects,and a Dolby 5.1 sound mix. Comes with graphical menus, scene selection menu,and subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- Season 26 Trailer A 1:30 trailer for the entire 26th season that was shown to the press in 1989.
Summary of Doctor Who: Battlefield (Story 156)
DOCTOR WHO:BATTLEFIELD - DVD MovieThe Sylvester McCoy era of Doctor Who tends to get a rough ride from some, but Battlefield is proof that even in some of the darker days for the show, and with the budget seemingly vanishing into thin air, it could deliver a very good story. Penned by Ben Aaronovitch, who also scribed the underrated adventure Remembrance of the Daleks from the same era, Battlefield instantly wins favor by bringing back Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, played with his usual dignity and class by Nicholas Courtney. Along with companion Ace, they then find themselves caught up in an Arthurian adventure, with nods to Merlin, Excalibur, and the Lady in the Lake. It?s a good yarn, with an impressive monster waiting near the end. And while it does stretch the story a little thin, it?s one of the better adventures of the McCoy era. While Battlefield isn?t vintage Doctor Who, it is a whole lot better than the assorted naysayers would have you believe.
As usual, the DVD release is packed with many hours of extras to sort through. Battlefield benefits from a packed commentary track, and a host of behind-the-scenes extras (that recall, among other things, the moment when a water tank shattered with Sophie Aldred still inside it). And on disc 2 is an extended version of the feature. Well worth picking up. --Simon Brew
Similar DVD Movies
Doctor Who: The Movie (Two-Disc Special Edition)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2011-02-08; DVD
Best price: $16.57
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Time and the RaniWarner Brothers; Release date: 2011-06-14; DVD
Best price: $16.33
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (Story 71)Warner; Release date: 2012-01-10; DVD
Best price: $20.89
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen - Story 150Warner Brothers; Release date: 2009-09-01; DVD
Best price: $15.74
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric - Story 158Warner Brothers; Release date: 2004-06-01; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Survival (Story 159)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2007-08-14; DVD
Best price: $21.84
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Ghost Light (Story 157)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2005-06-07; DVD
Best price: $8.84
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers - Episode 149WHV; Release date: 2011-08-09; DVD
Best price: $14.97
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis (Story 154)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2010-11-02; DVD
Best price: $17.65
Price in other shops:
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks (Special Edition) (Story 152)Warner Brothers; Release date: 2010-03-02; DVD
Best price: $16.99
Price in other shops: