Doctor Who - The Time Warrior (Episode 70)
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Actor: Jon PertweeBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Movie Reviews of Doctor Who - The Time Warrior (Episode 70)
Movie Review: "And will you carry your starship on your back, good toad?"
Summary: 4 Stars
Anyone who says that plots from the old Doctor Who series are slow-moving and stodgy in comparison to the stories featured in the revival of the show should look to THE TIME WARRIOR for correction; the old series could move quickly when it wanted to. Here we have an alien crash-landing in medieval England; the aforementioned alien warrior entering into an agreement with and providing advanced weaponry for the local feudal lord; scientists going missing from the twentieth century; and the Doctor and UNIT getting involved. All in the first nine minutes.
By a complete coincidence I watched this serial not soon after the new series tried its hand at a Sontaran episode. The comparison smiled on the original. For just one aspect of this, compare the characters who align themselves with the Sontarans in the respective stories. THE TIME WARRIOR gives us Irongron, one of the series' best villains: a powerful and ruthless feudal lord whose rich and witty dialog is the equal of any fictional bad guy. The new series gives us a whiny, annoying and easily-bamboozled teenager. Old school Who wins this round.
Getting back to THE TIME WARRIOR, this serial never seems to rate very highly with fans, but I've never been quite sure why. This story features two things that writer Robert Holmes was particularly apt at creating: excellent dialog and memorable, fun characters. The plot itself is a really nice blending of the historic setting being touched by the fantastic. And it's an extremely intelligent script. Even with all the different factions and characters, everyone's motivation makes perfect sense. While the story and dialog are often very much over the top, everything still logically fits together.
As for the DVD itself, the first thing I must report is that the picture and sound quality are excellent. This won't come as news to purchasers of earlier cleaned-up Doctor Who DVDs, but the image quality seemed especially good this time. Kudos to the Restoration Team.
The DVD commentary with star Elisabeth Sladen, script editor Terrance Dicks and executive producer Barry Letts is a lot of fun and informative although it (and the production note subtitles) fizzle out towards the end. I, for one, was amused that even though production ended for this serial over thirty-four years ago, Barry Letts is still in charge of the other two participants.
While I was watching, I started jotting down memorable lines of dialog to use for the title of this review. I was forced to stop fairly early on for fear of simply copying the entire script verbatim into my notebook. I have no doubt that if you were to print out this script, pin it to the wall and then throw ten darts at random, you'd end up hitting at least nine excellent quotes. If you want to see how the old series got by with great writing and no money, look no further.
Summary of Doctor Who - The Time Warrior (Episode 70)
A terrifying clash between the past and future threatens the entire human race and plunges the Doctor and Sarah into a chilling race against time. When top scientists begin to mysteriously vanish Doctor Who finds himself headed back in time to the middle ages and not-so-merry England. Linx a war-loving Sontaren fleet commander has crash-landed near a medieval castle and is supplying the feuding Irongron with advanced weapons that could totally change the course of human evolution. He is also using the kidnapped scientists to repair his ship. Linx is determined to return to his squadron - and nothing will stop him. As Irongron gets ready for battle the Doctor makes his move. Can he save the doomed scientists outwit Irongron and stop Linx from completing his catastrophic plan? The future of mankind is in his hands...Running Time: 96 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/BBC UPC: 883929001675 Manufacturer No: 1000035800Science Fiction & Fantasy DVD Video
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