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Features: DVD
On a distant, barren planet, Storm Mine 4 trawls across bleak deserts and through fierce dust storms in search of rare and valuable metals. Onboard the Sandminer is a small skeleton crew, who alternate between indulgent relaxation and skilled mining work. The mundane day-to-day duties of the mine are attended to by a much larger compliment of servile robots. This is a society that is dependent on robots for all areas of life, the people comforted by the knowledge that the strictest safeguards are built into each and every robot's programming. So when one of the miner crew is murdered, suspicion falls on two new arrivals... The Doctor and Leela arrive on board, and are immediately accused of being the prime murder suspects. But the Doctor soon realizes that perhaps the killer isn't human. More deaths occur--can he persuade the remaining crewmembers that the killer is a robot?
Editor's Note
A classic episode from the long running BBC television series. A scientist who was raised by robots has created several races of robots. The strongest race is discovered by the Doctor and sexy warrior Leela to be systematically eliminating the human crew members of a mining ship. A helium tank provides for a clever climax to the 90th episode of the nearly 700 in this beloved science fiction series. The Doctor is played by Tom Baker, the fourth actor to tackle the role. Watch for Brian Croucher from BLAKE'S 7 as Borg.
Plot Summary
Adventures and travels of a Time Lord known as The Doctor, who employs a time-and-space travel device in the shape of a typical British Police Box (Booth).
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Features | Interactive Menus | | Studio Plans | | "Who's Who" | | Scene Access | | Producer And Writer Commentary By Philip Hinchcliffe And Chris Boucher | | Model Tests | | Photo Gallery |
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Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 3/24/2009 |
| Running Time: 91 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1977 | | Catalog ID: 1120 | | UPC: 00794051112026 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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Cast & Crew
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