Doctor Who - Beneath The Surface (Doctor Who And The Silurians / The Sea Devils / Warriors Of The Deep)
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Actor: Jon Pertwee, Peter DavisonBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 419 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-06-03
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
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Movie Review: Doctor Who versus Prehistoric Reptiles
Summary: 5 Stars
As if I didn't already have enough cool things I want to waste my money on, the BBC has recently released some great collections of classic Doctor Who episodes. This particular set includes three serials - Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils, and Warriors of the Deep - the first two featuring Jon Pertwee, and the last starring Peter Davison. Newly remastered for DVD, and with some special features, photo galleries and promotional trailers, these are classic episodes that will appeal to almost any Doctor Who fan out there.
The common theme here, of course, are the prehistoric reptilian races - the Silurians and the Sea Devils. While perhaps not as well known as, say, the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans or Ice Warriors, these two monsters are still iconic enough to be known by most fans of the series. The first serial, Doctor Who and the Silurians from 1970, marks their first appearance, when UNIT asks the Doctor and Liz to investigate a series of power failures at a secret nuclear facility. They quickly find out that a race of intelligent reptiles are awakening from hibernation and wish to reclaim the earth from 'primitive apes'. Can the Doctor negotiate a peaceful solution? Of particular note, this is the first time that Doctor Who and the Silurians has been released in full color glory.
The next serial, also starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, finds the Doctor and Jo paying a visit to the Master (played by Roger Delgado, with all the evil charm he gave that role) on an isolated prison island. But little do they know that the Master has tricked his warden into becoming a willing pawn in his game, or that he is building a device to communicate with a race of recently awakened marine reptiles. When the Doctor starts investigating some missing ships, he uncovers the Sea Devils, and recognizing their relations to the Silurians he encountered earlier, once again tries to sue for peace, even as the Navy begins launching an attack. Can the Doctor avert disaster?
Finally, coming full circle, the next disc is 'Warriors of the Deep,' a 1984 serial with Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. Set in a future earth where two powers stand on the brink of nuclear war, the Silurians and Sea Devils have formed an alliance to once again try and take over the earth. Their plan? Take over an undersea military base and launch an attack, causing the humans to wipe each other out. As always, the Doctor and his companions (Tegan and Turlough) show up at just the right time, and get captured on suspicion of being saboteurs. Just to complicate things, there really ARE saboteurs in the base, working for the unnamed rival superpower, but even they don't know of the impending Silurian-Sea Devil threat. Once again, the Doctor argues against bloodshed. Can he stop a war which would annihilate all three species?
All in all, this is a great boxed set for any Doctor Who fan. It includes all of the Silurian and Sea Devil episodes, collected together for the first time, along with a bunch of special features any true fan would love to see. Especially if they are a fan of Jon Pertwee's Doctor. It also showcases the Doctor's personality, always standing for the path of least bloodshed and trying to negotiate with alien races. I recommend this, along with some of the other classic Doctor Who episodes now on disc, for any sci-fi fans out there. Especially if you enjoy the new series; you owe it to yourself to watch the originals as well. Very good stuff!
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Summary of Doctor Who - Beneath The Surface (Doctor Who And The Silurians / The Sea Devils / Warriors Of The Deep)
All three classic battles with the Silurians and the Sea Devils! Doctor Who and the Silurians Exiled to Earth and now working for UNIT as their scientific advisor, the Doctor is summoned to an underground research center at Wenley Moor to investigate a series of inexplicable power losses. Initially suspecting sabotage, he soon discovers that the nearby cave system conceals a colony of an ancient race called the Silurians. Awaking from a hibernation which has lasted millions of years, they are now planning to reclaim the Earth from humankind. The Sea Devils Arrested after the events at Devils End, the Master has been incarcerated at a top security prison on a remote island off the south coast of England. When the Doctor and Jo Grant pay a visit to their old enemy, they find him a reformed character. But can the spate of mysterious shipping accidents and garbled reports of sea monsters in the local area really be a coincidence? The Doctor soon finds himself pitted against the Sea Devils, an ancient race of reptile intent on eliminating humankind and reclaiming the Earth for themselves. Warriors of the Deep Earth, 2084. Two global superpowers hover on the brink of war. When the TARDIS is forced to make an unplanned visit to Sea Base Four, the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough find themselves accused of being enemy agents. Quickly embroiled in a deadly game of paranoid intrigue, it becomes clear that others on the base have sabotage and murder in mind. However, there is a greater threat to humankind: the Silurians and Sea Devils, prehistoric reptiles seeking to reclaim the Earth. Can the Doctor prevent them from implementing their "final solution" and triggering a war that could wipe out the entire human race?Cult Movies DVD Video
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