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Doctor Who - The Complete First Series [Region 2] | ![Doctor Who - The Complete First Series [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Z%2BSUiwxgL._SL160_.jpg)
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| Actors: Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman
Studio: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Category: DVD
Buy New: $79.98
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 153124
Format: Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.6
EAN: 5014503177027
ASIN: B0009AK57Y
Theatrical Release Date: November 5, 2005
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Condition: brand new and factory sealed. NOTE: THIS IS A PAL DVD VERSION WILL ONLY PLAY ON PAL OR MULTI REGION DVD PLAYER!!!!!!!!
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Daleks and Cybermen July 29, 2006
As a kid I was glued to Dr Who in the 1960s and the 1970s. The 1980s saw its slow wind down to eventual cancellation. The 1997 film with Paul McGann proved to be a false dawn but this was not the case with last year's tv series.
Christopher Eccleston is simply brilliant in the role of the Doctor , displaying the character's traditional love of the underdog but also possesses an almost scary intensity at times. This intensity replaces the eccentricity of the Doctor's earlier incarnations and we are left with the doctor as an inquisitive but highly charged and volatile individual. This is largely because he is the only survivor of his race, the rest of whom were annihilated in a war with the Daleks. The Doctor reacts with fury as the series goes on when he discovers that the Daleks too have survived, instead of perishing in the war as was previously thought...
Billie Piper is great in the role of his travelling companion Rose and her growing relationship with the Doctor is handled well, and keeps the viewer interested.
Russell T. Davies who wrote the series is a fan of the old Dr Who and has managed to keep so many of the ingredients of the old series in this one. However, updated SFX and hour long episodes usher the Doctor into 21st century tv.
Davies' usual great character realisation works a treat in this, as well as the main characters, all the supporting cast are superb - from Rose's mother to Captain Jack Harkness as the Doctor and Rose's time travelling ally.
I won't list all the episodes but they are consistently good and some are outstanding. The episodes that stand out are all of the Dalek appearances, and an episode where Rose goes back in time to meet the father she never knew.
Russell T. Davies has written a series with action, wit and humour but also managed to pack in an emotional wallop.
The Daleks nearly did not make it into this series due to legal wrangles with the estate of their creator - Terry Nation. Luckily these differences were resolved and the Doctor's greatest foes made it into this series, a little updated but otherwise the same Daleks that we all know.
The main villains of the next series will be the Cybermen - another classic foe of the Doctor, and advance shots of them look superb.
Sadly Christopher Eccleston called it a day after making this series, however, having seen the Christmas special with his successor - David Tennant in the role, it looks as though Series Two will be business as usual. Tennant while retaining some of Eccelston's intensity, also brings to the role the eccentricity of the former Doctors. I am really looking forward to the imminent start of Series Two now.
In the meantime, fans of Christopher Eccleston wanting to see more of him, are recommended to check out the dvd of 'Let Him Have It' which in my opinion is the actor's best ever performance.
Nice to meet you, now run for your life!!! June 27, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
It's not a retcon, or a reimagination, or a franchise revitalization, or any of the franchise buzzowords that sci-fi franchise fanboys tinker with - instead, it's a new "Dr. Who" that captures the spirit of the original while knowing when to go its own way. Unlike the original show, structured around serials of 4-6 episodes, the new show has whole hour-long episodes arranged in loose arcs. Some of the basic story ideas are unoriginal, or too thin to otherwise work, but nifty scripts and an unspeakably irresistable chemistry between Christopher Eccleston & Billie Piper provide more than enough entertainment to punch a whole through the space-time continuum. The beauty of the show is that it's pefect for old-school Whovians and those who never knew what the show was about. The scripts rely on deft dialog to establish the premise of the show - and not the leaden expository narrative that you'd get on any of the Trek slin-offs - creating a backstory far richer than that other franchise could have boldly gone forward to imagine.
In the first series, we meet the new Doctor (there are signs that this is a new regeneration) as he tours 21st century London; we also meet Rose Tyler, a working class girl who unknowingly stumbles upon an alien menace bent on world conquest. Over the course of the first season, the Doctor will face off against new breeds of aliens and other way-out creatures in Earth present & past, with jaunts to far off worlds. The episodes embody comedy and drama in the right measure - they compliment the original series without condescending to it; besides the main characters, the scripts work up guest characters - villains and heroes: from Charles Dickens to the Prime Minister of 21st Century England; From the London Blitz to the end of the World; from enemies we've never seen before to the appearance of...well, Whovians can figure it from there. The show excels mostly because you never know where it's going, so it's always a surprise.
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