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Doctor Who - The Robots of Death

starring: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790761909
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0790761904
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 11, 2001
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 8221
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975



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Description:
The Doctor and Leela visit a mining outpost where the staff has grown all too dependent on their fleet of robots.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Photo gallery




Amazon.com:
By Tom Baker's third season in the role the actor had become firmly established in the minds of many fans as the definitive Doctor. First broadcast in early 1977, 'Robots of Death' follows on directly from 'Face of Evil,' which was writer Chris Boucher's debut and also that of Louise Jameson's Leela, the Doctor's most shapely companion (a kind of Neanderthal Seven of Nine if you will). Boucher's second Who story concerns an isolated mining ship on which a series of inexplicable deaths takes place--although as the Doctor opines, 'nothing is inexplicable, only unexplained.' The Doctor and Leela inevitably become embroiled in events, which soon turn into a sci-fi murder-mystery: imagine Isaac Asimov crossed with Agatha Christie in a Dune-like setting. Add an undercover robot sent by 'the company' and the claustrophobic, not to say deadly, setting of the mining ship, and there is a fascinating foreshadowing of Alien, too. It is tightly plotted, intelligent Saturday afternoon entertainment (something that was possible then but is now an unthinkable oxymoron) with a typically strong cast of redoubtable thespians in supporting roles (not to mention extravagant costumes and garish makeup). There may be no Daleks or Cybermen, but this is vintage Who nonetheless. --Mark Walker



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - science fiction
tom baker as always gives great wit in his acting. Its fast paced and action is great it worth the ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A pretty good story that holds up better on repeated viewings
The funny thing is that untill I bought the DVD I really didn't remember this story at all. Having seen ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very handsome robots indeed! A great entry!
This is one of the better Tom Baker entries. It ran in 1977 (January 29th - February 19th), and is 95 minutes ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "I see. You're one of those boring maniacs who's going to gloat, hmm?"
Well, maniacs or no, the good folks involved in the production of this masterpiece of a "Doctor Who" storyline ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Doctor Who meets Isaac Asimov meets Frank Herbert meets Agatha Christie
The Robots of Death is one of the best stories of Doctor Who's fourteenth season (Tom Baker's third as the Doctor), ... Read More

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