Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks
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Actor: Sophie Aldred, Sylvester McCoy, Terry MalloyDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-04-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Video
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Movie Review: Classic Who...Possibly The Best Of The McCoy Years
Summary: 5 Stars
For fans of Doctor Who both old and new, this is a very good title to add to your collection.
The plot and dialog in "Remembrance of the Daleks" are both quite strong. This story takes the Doctor and his new companion Ace back to the very location where Doctor Who started its run in 1963. The Doctor's oldest enemies, the Daleks, make great villains as always. In this case there are two factions of them fighting each other and the Doctor. Basically one faction represents the classic Daleks under their creator Davros whereas the other is a faction of renegade, mutant Daleks. Both are fighting for an artifact the Doctor left on Earth back during the first Doctor Who serial in 1963. It's a fun way to connect the lives of two incarnations of the Doctor though separated by over twenty years. This is classic Who at its best. The commentary track is very good- watch the show and listen to it for interesting tidbits. Was that the Doctor's script sticking out of McCoy's pocket throughout the show? No way!
Compared to some television-to-DVD transfers, this one is nearly flawless. The video and sound go off without a hitch. The special effects, while generally b-grade or thereabouts throughout the run of the classic Doctor Who years, are actually quite good. By the late 1980s, Who had a decent budget and the availability of early computer generated special effects helped some as well. While very wobbly due to the wheels they rolled on, the Daleks for instance manage to go up stairs for the first time ever. They also manage to move about freely for the first time because with their new wheels they didn't have to rely on flat services for movement.
It's interesting that the Sylvester McCoy years (Seventh Doctor) are widely held to be the worst run in the entire history of the series. This is because during that time, the cast and crew decided to show the darker side of the Doctor and played around with a darker wardrobe and darker, more pessimistic dialog for the character. Despite all that, McCoy proves in this serial that he was more than capable in the role. He brings a fair amount of slap stick comedy to the part (he was actually a bit of a comedian by profession anyway). He also nails down the serious side of the Doctor with his harsh conversation with Davros and his dismissal of some of his human companions as intellectual inferiors.
This DVD is a good purchase for any Doctor Who fan. It's fun, true to the spirit of Who and is very possibly the best story arc from the McCoy years. Even new Who fans familiar with the Ninth (Chris Eccleston) and Tenth (David Tennant) Doctors will find something to enjoy here.
Summary of Doctor Who - Remembrance of the Daleks
"Remembrance of the Daleks," the final Doctor Who story to feature the titular mutant cyborgs, is a particularly notable adventure for the way it ties the plot into the very first story, "An Unearthly Child," made 25 years before. It is 1963, and the seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, arrives in London with new companion Ace (Sophie Aldred), where two Dalek factions are engaged in a deadly search for the Hand of Omega. Ace quickly proves herself adept with high explosives, and while there are references to the history of the show, including some nice in-jokes, the drama is played much straighter than in McCoy's first season as the time traveler. This is Doctor Who with a decent budget; the period setting is surprisingly lavish and there are some fairly intense action sequences. The Daleks remain as menacing as ever, the plotting has an intriguing air of mystery, and McCoy injects some steel into his characterization. Aldred serves an ace as a heroine with attitude (very much post-Sarah Connor from The Terminator), and if this really does prove to be the Daleks' swan song, at least they go out with a bang. --Gary S. Dalkin"Remembrance of the Daleks," the final Doctor Who story to feature the titular mutant cyborgs, is a particularly notable adventure for the way it ties the plot into the very first story, "An Unearthly Child," made 25 years before. It is 1963, and the seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, arrives in London with new companion Ace (Sophie Aldred), where two Dalek factions are engaged in a deadly search for the Hand of Omega. Ace quickly proves herself adept with high explosives, and while there are references to the history of the show, including some nice in-jokes, the drama is played much straighter than in McCoy's first season as the time traveler. This is Doctor Who with a decent budget; the period setting is surprisingly lavish and there are some fairly intense action sequences. The Daleks remain as menacing as ever, the plotting has an intriguing air of mystery, and McCoy injects some steel into his characterization.
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:by actors Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred
Deleted Scenes
Multiple video angles
Outtakes
Production Notes:Optional caption stream
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