Doctor Who (Complete First Season) (2005)

Product Summary Publisher: Warner Format: DVD UPC: 00794051250124 Buy.com Sku: 202173800 Item#: V2CQQT Buy.com Sales Rank: 4113 Category Keywords: Action  British Television  Crime  Series  Time Travel  Rating: NR     Features: DVD, Dolby Digital (5.1); Dolby Surround Sound   Christopher Eccleston's Doctor is wise and funny, cheeky and brave. An alien and a loner, his detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world's in danger. But when it comes to human relationships, he can be found wanting. That's why he needs Rose. From the moment they meet, the Doctor and Rose understand and complement each other. As they travel together through time, encountering new adversaries, the Doctor shows her things beyond imagination. Format: DVD MOVIE   "This incarnation is much hipper, brighter and funnier."  Sunday Herald Sun "This is the Harry Potter of Saturday nights and I loved it from the start right through to the end."  Sharon Marshall, Daily Star   Editor's Note After a 15-year hiatus, the immensely popular and quixotic British series DOCTOR WHO surged back to life, with Christopher Eccleston (SHALLOW GRAVE, EXISTENZ) playing the ninth incarnation of the time-traveling lord. With U.K. pop princess and starlet Billie Piper playing the part of his companion, Rose, the Doctor embarks on yet more far-flung and improbable adventures: traveling 5,000,000,000 years into the future as the Earth is about to be swallowed by the sun, escaping from a mysterious space-station where the contestants are trapped in demented versions of popular reality-TV shows, and facing an old and terrible menace, the Daleks! The show, which some feared would be dated, sky-rocketed in the ratings, and a new era dawned for Doctor Who.   Features Audio Commentary: Dolby Digital 5.1 surround mix on all eps Almost 5 hours of "making of" interviews and behind-the-scenes footage Star studded team of writers including Russell T Davies (Queer As Folk), Steven Moffat (Coupling), and Mark Gatiss (The League of Gentlemen)   Technical Info Release Information Studio: Warner Release Date: 7/4/2006 Original Release Date: 2005 Catalog ID: 2501 UPC: 00794051250124 Number of Discs: 5 Audio & Video Original Language: English Available Audio Tracks: English Video: Color   Cast & Crew Christopher Eccleston Noel Clarke David Tennant Camille Coduri Billie Piper    Product Image

This box set presents the first season of the new Doctor Who very well. What's not to like: All spisodes presented in wide screen, lots of extras including Doctor Who Confidential on a separate disk, and nice packaging. As far as the individual stories go, some are better than others. For me, the best story was Dalek which I thought was the best presentation of a Dalek ever. Christopher Eccleston was a pretty good Doctor, and it is too bad his legacy in the show will be limited to this one season. An important part of the magic of Dr. Who is the longivity and continuity of the series. The new series honors the show's past, even as it is updated for today's ADD-afflicted audiences. If you are a fan, you want this set.
 
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