Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Story 123
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Actor: Janet Fielding, Peter Davison, Sarah SuttonDirector: Ron Jones
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: E4191
Studio: BBC Worldwide
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- All is not well aboard the TARDIS - in an attempt to cheer up Nyssa and Tegan after the recent death of fellow companion Adric, the Doctor plans a trip back to the year 1851 and a visit to the Great Exhibition in London. However, the journey is unexpectedly interrupted and the TARDIS mysteriously appears in Terminal 1 of Heathrow Airport in modern-day London. At the same time, a routine incoming C
Movie Reviews of Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Story 123
Movie Review: Much needed story
Summary: 5 Stars
I wanted to be the first to review this story, to give it a good start before all the negative reviews start filtering in. I fully well realize that this story is not appreciated by "fandom". Take it for what it is. A light-hearted, fun way to end the season, after the death of a companion in the emotionally heart-wrenching, watershed story that preceded it, Earthshock. Not to knock Earthshock, as it is also a five-star story.
Keeping the basic premise of Doctor Who, Time-Flight involves ... well ... time travel. A concorde is hijacked and teleported roughly about 140 million years into the past by Kalid, who is later revealed to be the Master. Incidentally, in order to keep the Master a secret from the audience in episode one, the credits list the actor playing Kalid as Leon Ny Taiy, an acronym of Tony Ainley. Clever. I don't think I'm spoiling it for anyone, as most of you reading the review already know the Master is the main villain in the story.
It's interesting to note, too, that Kalid sounds like an Arabic name. I wonder if this is the production team's shot at all the airline hijackings pulled off by Islamic terrorists in the 70s and early 80s. The concorde, for all intents and purposes, is hijacked, to a place full of sand, caves, and more sand and caves. Almost like... the middle east? Too political you say. Consider that the companion Leela, a knife-wielding savage (appropriate!) was named after Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled, and you'll see that this wouldn't be the first time Doctor Who has gone in that direction. Wait a minute!!! This is too intriguing too pass up. Kalid...Khaled!!! I don't think we can dismiss the similarity of the names as merely a coincidence.
Ok, so maybe I went somewhere I shouldn't have, but you gotta admit it is suspicious. Back to the story, it is a welcome relief after being dragged through the emotional wringer by Earthshock. After all, isn't that the original intention of Doctor Who? Light-hearted entertainment.
Summary of Doctor Who: Time-Flight - Story 123
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