Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Doctor Who. Vengeance on Varos [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation ; written by Philip Martin ; producer, John Nathan-Turner ; director, Ron Jones.

Edition:

Special ed.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : BBC Video ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2012.

Description:

2 videodiscs (89 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

On the planet Varos, prisoners and guards alike are subject to severest forms of punishment, which are then broadcast to the masses as entertainment. For the Doctor, Varos is the only hope for him to locate the rare mineral Zeiton-7 to power his ailing TARDIS. Arriving on Varos, he and Peri are soon caught up in events beyond their control.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Series:

Colin Baker years, 1984-1986 ; story no. 139.

Subjects:

Doctor Who (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Interplanetary voyages -- Drama.

Science fiction television programs.

Fiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Baker, Colin, 1943-

Bryant, Nicola, 1960-

Martin, Philip, 1938-2020

Jones, Ron, 1945-1995.

Nathan-Turner, John, 1947-2002.

BBC Video (Firm)

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Vengeance on Varos.

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989)

Notes:

Originally aired on British television, Jan. 19-26, 1985.

Release date: Sep. 11, 2012.

DVD extras: audio commentary with actors Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, and Nabil Shaban; Nice or nasty?: making-of featurette (29 min.); The idiot's lantern: how Doctor Who has incorporated the medium of television within its narrative (7 min.); extended and deleted scenes (17 min.); behind the scenes (4 min.); outtakes (3 min.); acid bath scene with alternative music (1 min.); BBC News coverage of Colin Baker's casting (1 min.); Tomorrow's Times: the sixth Doctor (13 min.); Breakfast Time Colin Baker interview (5 min.); Saturday Superstore with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, and a surprise guest (15 min.); French and Saunders comedy sketch from the Doctor Who set (7 min.); photo gallery; trailers; PDF materials.

Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital mono. and 5.1; 4:3 aspect ratio.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

ISBN:

9781622241347

1622241347

Publisher Number:

3000044329

2000074445--2000074446

1000328030

Other Number:

805951858

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

337217

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD TV Doctor W

Medium:

[videorecording]