STACK #189 Jul 2020

TV FEATURE

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ADVENTURES IN TIME AND SPACE

STACK commandeers theTARDIS for a trip back through some of DoctorWho ’s finest stories on DVD and Blu-ray. Words Scott Hocking

the epic two-parter The Stolen Earth/Journey’s End ; Matt Smith braves the Asylum of the Daleks , which is as scary as it sounds; and a miniaturised 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi, ventures Into the Dalek . Included as a bonus feature is the Tom Baker classic Genesis of the Daleks , one of the all-time great Who adventures.

Piper as companion Rose, who quickly won the hearts of Whovians – and the Doctor. Then of course there is John Barrowman’s colourful Captain Jack Harkness, who would become a series regular.

THE COMPLETE FOURTH SERIES (2008)

David Tennant’s third year as the 10th Doctor is one of the regenerated series’ best seasons, not least thanks to the winning chemistry between Tennant and Catherine Tate, whose character Donna Noble first appeared in the 2006 special The Runaway Bride . There’s

THE FACELESS ONES

THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES (2006) After almost two decades off the air, the British

This six-part adventure, first broadcast in 1967, is the latest ‘lost’ story from the Patrick Troughton era to return in an animated version (see also The Power of the Daleks and The

institution that is Doctor Who returned in 2006. Showrunner Russell T. Davies didn’t disappoint the fans, dutifully capturing the flavour of the ‘classic

the return of the Sontarans, an encounter with Agatha Christie, and a brilliant two-parter – Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead – from future showrunner Steven Moffat, which introduces River Song (Alex Kingston). And the two-part finale, The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End , is a Whovian’s dream that brings back the Daleks, Davros, Sarah Jane Smith, Rose and Captain Jack.

Macra Terror ). The TARDIS materialises on the runway at Gatwick Airport in England, where the second Doctor with companions Jamie, Ben and Polly, discover a race of identity-stealing aliens have infiltrated the airport and are abducting passengers. Although the original episodes one and three are held in the BBC archives, all six parts have been newly animated for this release – in both black and white and colour – and synched with the original soundtrack. Archive material includes the existing two episodes along with surviving film fragments and telesnap reconstructions of the remaining missing episodes.

series’, reintroducing iconic monsters like the Daleks and the Autons, and casting Christopher Eccleston as the ninth regeneration of the Doctor. Not only was Doctor Who back, it was good. Really good! Credit must also go to Billie

THE DALEKS Four Doctors come face to eyestalk with the Daleks in this collection that rounds up some of the best new series episodes featuring the Time Lord’s deadliest enemies. Ninth Doctor Christopher

Eccleston gets reacquainted with his nemesis in Dalek ; David Tennant attempts to stop Davros and the Daleks from destroying the universe in

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