In the caves of androzani minor, they contract potentially fatal spectrox. The caves of androzani full movie studio doctor who. April 2002 pal region 2 bbcdvd1042 ntsc region 1 warner dvd e1183. On the caveriddled world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri inadvertently find themselves enmeshed in a war fought between the ruthless general chellak and the sinister sharaz jek and his army of androids. Caves of androzani is a story that is brilliantly conceived and brilliantly executed. Originally a child actor, with credits including the film noddy in toyland, harper became interested in working behind the camera as he grew older. You can see for yourself shes suffering from some sort of urticaria. Fifth doctor regenerates the caves of androzani bbc youtube. Roger limb the caves of androzani doctor who the music soundtrack ii. It works because holmes and harper took the ball and ran with it, because saward knew to stay out of the way, and nathan turner out of the mix so he wouldnt bollocks it up.
But its important to the first point i want to make about it. Storyline the future looks bleak for the doctor and peri. The storyline should let the doctor be the doctor, who would naturally investigate, expose, comment on, and put an end to this scheme, thus drawing viewer attention to the most interesting aspect of the narrative. In fact, according to dwms 2008 mighty 200 survey, the best ever doctor who story, up to that point at least.
Bbc radiophonic workshop the best of doctor who, volume. Maybe not quite as much as resurrection of the daleks, just two stories previously, but its very close. I cant go quite that far, though it would certainly make my top 10 or 15. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri find themselves embroiled in a longrunning underground war. Im meant to be ignoring accepted fan law about doctor who.
We checkin with meepy, are never isolated thanks to dave cooper, and more. While this is the highest rated story to feature a regeneration, i still think that logopolis is the best regeneration story. At the heart of the conflict is a substance called spectrox both valuable and deadly. The doctor and peri travel to the twin planets of androzani major and androzani minor. The caves of androzani lives up to the hype and conventional fanboy wisdom.
The caves of androzani is a classic, at least if voters of doctor who magazines poll are to be believed. Androzani is certainly one of the most grownup doctor who. It is one of those rare cases of a production in which everything scripting, direction, casting. But its hard to ignore when im aware of the caves of androzanis reputation as one the greats. The caves of androzani part 3 home forums episodes the fifth doctor the caves of androzani part 3 this topic contains 16 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by anonymous 6 years, 8 months ago. Admire her eye for bespoke carpentry, laugh at her inability to grasp how the time war works, and marvel at her talent for spotting actors who have appeared in eastenders, as she offers a fresh and occassionally bizarre perspective on the greatest tv show ever made. Although harper had never directed for doctor who before, he was no stranger to the programme. Indeed, i think part of the reason that the caves of androzani works so very well is because, unlike the other.
The caves of androzani enjoys a very high reputation in doctor who fandom. The krotons was a bit of a dud, but hey, it was his first serial. With peter davison, nicola bryant, christopher gable, john normington. She was good with colin bakers doctor but these two are a great fit and shame we only saw them together for such a. Doctor android attack the caves of androzani bbc youtube.
The doctor and peri get involved with drug running after landing on the twin planet of androzani minor and getting arrested as gun runners and targeted for execution. Travel in the tardis with clips dating back to the doctors first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations. Wwdoctorwho doctor who the home of doctor who on youtube. Beating blink into second place, the 25yearold the caves of androzani took the top spot. People often ask us why, if the fifth doctor is our least favourite doctor, this website is named after one of his stories. That could have drawn proper attention to the dynamics. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. The caves of androzani is certainly one of the best doctor who stories ever made, if not the best. Doctor who the caves of androzani 3 video dailymotion. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri find themselves embroiled in a longrunning underground war with military troops. The doctor and peri come under fire from a patrolling android as they descend into the caves in search of the tardis. My favourite peter davison story, and a supreme outing as a doctor and companion with 5 and peri. The caves of androzani part 3 the doctor who forum. Broadcast on twitch yesterday, we look on the caves of androzani as a whole, and why its still one of doctor whos greatest ever serials.
The caves of androzani is perhaps the most effectively tragic doctor who serial ever written, where holmes grandiose and epic script elevates the slaughter to tragedy rather than relegating it to farce. Doctor who the caves of androzani 1984 rotten tomatoes. Not only did he name the band after one of the tribes in the series, he went one step further and created an entire rock opera about whats arguably the best serial of the show, the caves of androzani. But the caves of androzani still does not capitalize on this idea well. Doctor who the caves of androzani original television. The caves of androzani aired at an odd time for doctor who when that variability in quality weve remarked on before was at its most alarmingly binary. Doctor who the caves of androzani studio tape download. The caves of androzani pelicula completa doctor who. And here we see the return of one of the greats of doctor who writing. For one thing, though this is admittedly minor, youve gotta take some points off for the the magma beast, just a sad, sad, weak attempt at. Doctor who the caves of androzani 1 video dailymotion. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri.
Christian erickson is one half of the electronic duo the sevateem and a major dr. This week robert holmes returns to write the caves of androzani, aired in march of 1984. The caves of androzani is a story that features a lot of violence. October 1992 pal bbc video bbcv47 ntsc cbsfox video 5733 ntsc warner video e1183. Join sue perryman as she encounters the classic series for the first time. The dvd contains commentary by director graeme harper and actors peter davison and nicola bryant. Broadcast in march 1984, the 4 episodes showed the. The doctor directs the space ship to the planet androzani minor, much to the displeasure of his captor stotz. Doctor who the caves of androzani studio tape download link in the description.
This story was released as the accompanying dvd with issue 36 of the doctor who dvd files on 19 may 2010. Silcd70 doctor who the caves of androzani silva screen. The caves of androzani was designated serial 6r, and would be helmed by graeme harper. Restoration team article details on the dvd release of the story. The caves of androzani is the sixth serial of the 21st season of the british science fiction. Military troops mount an armed blockade whilst gunrunners bring in weapons for the sinister, masked renegade, sharaz jek. The caves of androzani, along with vengeance on varos, is proof that doctor who in the 1980s could have been done really well, even on the limited budget the bbc had. The caves is a 16track indieelectronic pop album inspired by an iconic piece of british scifi television from 1984. You know, if we could just sit down and talk about this little misunderstanding in a civilised manner.
The mountains of androzani minor were actually from monument valley in utah. All about classic doctor who story the caves of androzani a dying doctor and peri are caught up with gunrunners and a drugs war. You could see something as brilliant as androzani one week and the next be wondering where, to adapt an unexpectedly successful metaphor from yesterday, they had found such a sickly cat. Who has an unlikely savior, saraz jek, the master android creator who may be the biggest drug baron in the universe. Doctor who and the caves of androzani penguin books. The caves of androzani was released on dvd in the united kingdom on 18 june 2001.
First time release for the music from this seminal 1984 doctor who. We are discussing some of the doctor who adventures broadcast over the past 50 years. My young friend here has been complaining of pains in her legs. Doctor who the caves of androzani 2 video dailymotion. It is, in part, because the regeneration is almost. Commentary by peter davison, nicola bryant and director. Theres a sense of grand scale to all this, with the plot clear and logical. Including behindthescenes footage, exclusive videos and our very own show doctor who. The caves of androzani was roger limbs seventh of eight contributions to the series, and the first of his two very successful collaborations with director graeme harper.
What are your favorite goto doctor who episodes to pass the time. The screenplay for caves of androzani was written by robert holmes, a masterful writer of doctor who and episodes of many other tv stories over the years of his career. Love caves of androzani, among my favourite doctor who stories classic or new series. In the the mighty 200poll, the story was voted as the best of all 200 stories broadcast until then. The first archive release of a doctor who soundtrack since the doctor who 2005 british tv comeback, featuring music by british electronic composer roger limb. The caves of androzani episode four, 16 march 1984 spoiler alert. Like all the best who, it works as proper drama first, and then as a who story afterward.
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