Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Story 121)
by Ron James
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Actor: Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Peter Davison, Sarah SuttonDirector: Ron James
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, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 50 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-08-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Movie Reviews of Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Story 121)
Movie Review: A different sort of Who, with some great extras
Summary: 5 Stars
"Black Orchid" is not your typical Doctor Who story. Not only isit the first (and only) historical story since the beginning of the Troughton era, but it's the only historical story that isn't set in a particularly eventful time, or with famous people. No Marco Polos or French Revolutions here ... just a country house in 1925. A country house inhabited by a young woman who looks exactly like Nyssa, a mysterious Amazonian servant, and hiding a variety of secrets in the attic. A fancy dress ball, a secret doorway, and a body in a cupboard round out the pleasures.
The story is more like a cozy mystery than a Doctor Who adventure, but that isn't a bad thing. At least not in my opinion.
In the opinion of the cast, it WAS a bad thing. The commentary track on this disc is among the best in the series. The entire regular cast is there (Davison, Sutton, Fielding and Waterhouse), and one suspects that they've just come from the local pub because they are having a marvelous time. Aside from Sarah Sutton, (who enjoyed her dual role) none of them much cared for the episode, (for reasons having to do with both the writing and some miserable weather during location filming), so they don't have very much *good* to say .. but they have a blast all the same as they talk about the costumes, the weather, the dancing, the cricket match, the acting by the guest cast, and the script.
The episode is a two parter, so even if the storyline doesn't grip you, you won't suffer for very long.
Extras, besides the commentary track and info-text include a short documentary on the location filming, some examples of the restoration done on the original film, a Blue Peter episode that briefly mentions costume designs for the story and (part of a new series of extras), a look at the Fifth Doctor in the Doctor Who comic strips.
Summary of Doctor Who: Black Orchid (Story 121)
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