A unique 2-tape video release containing four separate programs all
from, or dealing with, the black and white early years
of Doctor Who. All of the original Who film footage
has been restored by the BBC Restoration Team.
Click to http://www.restoration-team.co.uk
for more information.
The first videotape contains the following:
Serial: C Episode Nos. 12 and 13. Title: The Edge of Destruction (also known as Inside the Spaceship)
After departing the Dalek planet Skaro, the TARDIS is rocked by an explosion
and the crew is concussed. They awake confused and afraid, unable to understand
what's happened, where they are, or why the Ship appears almost dead.
Suspicions of an alien intruder turn to accusations of sabotage, and
tensions boil to the point where the Doctor threatens to
throw his companions out of the Ship...
This is the only story that takes place entirely inside the TARDIS, and the only one to feature no guest cast.
starring William Hartnell as Dr. Who, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman. Written by David Whitaker, Associate Produced by Mervyn Pinfield, Produced by Verity Lambert, Directed by Richard Martin and Frank Cox.
Originally transmitted from 8 February 1964 to 15 February 1964 on BBC1.
Title: Doctor Who - The Pilot Episode - An Unearthly Child
On the 27th of September, 1963, the first episode of Doctor Who
was recorded to videotape. This first recording was
never broadcast after being deemed unsatisfactory by Head of Drama
and series creator Sydney Newman. The main flaws
cited were technical problems with the production and characterisation
flaws in the leads, particularly in the Doctor
and Susan. Many changes were made and the final official version
was recorded three weeks later, and debuted on
the BBC on the 23rd of November.
This, however, is the original "pilot" version, the one that never
made it to broadcast, and is presented in its whole form
and also with two retakes of the interior TARDIS scene made necessary
by the refusal of the Ship's doors to close
properly!
starring William Hartnell as Dr. Who, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, and Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman. Written by Anthony Coburn, Associate Produced by Mervyn Pinfield, Produced by Verity Lambert, Directed by Waris Hussein.
Never transmitted as part of the series. Transmitted once on BBC2
on 26 August 1991 as part of a "closing down
celebration" of the studio where the episode was recorded. One
version of this pilot (using the TARDIS scene take
where the doors closed properly) has been previously released on the
special video Doctor Who - The Hartnell Years.
The second videotape contains the following:
Title: The Missing Years
A 30-minute documentary produced specially by BBC Worldwide in 1998
explaining the reasons why many episodes are
missing, where episodes have turned up, fan efforts to retrieve missing
episodes, and most importantly, presenting
extant film clips from episodes that are lost apart from these said
clips.
Highlights of these recovered clips include:
A nearly 6-minute scene from the first episode of
the lost William Hartnell story Galaxy 4, where the Doctor, Steven,
and Vicki first meet the
female-dominated Drahvins.
Scenes from the early "space opera" episodes of
the 12-part epic The Daleks' Master Plan
The full-length first regeneration of the
Doctor, from episode 4 of The Tenth Planet and from
episode 1 of The Power
of the Daleks
Dalek production lines and Dalek chanting
from Patrick Troughton's first story, The Power of the Daleks
Model footage and special effects shots for
the Dalek Civil War scenes in The Evil of the Daleks.
A reel of death scenes from various stories
that were cut by Australia's censors when they were deemed too violent
for the time slot
they were running the series in. The lost stories thus represented
are The Smugglers, The Highlanders,
The Underwater Menace,
The Macra Terror, Fury From the Deep, and The Wheel in Space.
One scene from
Fury From the Deep
is particularly chilling, where Maggie Harris is gassed by the possessed
maintenance
technicians Mr. Oak and
Mr. Quill.
The video also includes interviews with fans and film collectors who have found missing episodes.
Hosted by Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon in the series) and Deborah Watling
(Victoria Waterfield in the series).
Executive Produced by Stephen Cole, Produced by Steve Roberts, Written
and Directed by Paul Vanezis.
Produced in 1998 and released in the UK as part of the release of The
Ice Warriors. Never transmitted.
Serial: GG Episode No. 147. Title: The Underwater Menace episode 3
The earliest surviving episode starring Patrick Troughton is presented
as a bonus episode alongside The Missing Years.
This is the only episode surviving from this 4-part story, which was
Troughton's third overall.
The travellers are on Earth circa 1970 and have discovered that the
lost city of Atlantis is alive and well, existing for
centuries under the sea. The inhabitants have now been contacted
by Professor Zaroff, a mad scientist who has told
the Atlanteans he plans to raise their city from the sea, when in reality
he plans to drain the ocean into the Earth's
core, thus destroying the planet.
starring Patrick Troughton as Dr. Who, Michael Craze as Ben, Anneke
Wills as Polly, and Frazer Hines as Jamie McCrimmon.
Written by Geoffrey Orme, Produced by Innes Lloyd, Directed by Julia
Smith.
Originally transmitted on 28 January 1967 on BBC1.



