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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989). Sontaran experiment.

Title:

The Sontaran experiment / British Broadcasting Corporation ; produced by Philip Hinchcliffe ; written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin ; directed by Rodney Bennett.

Publisher, Date:

[Great Britain] : BBC Video : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Transmitting down from Nerva Beacon, the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry find themselves on Earth in the far future, long since abandoned by the human race. Soon it becomes clear that they are not alone: a shipwrecked crew of human astronauts are being hunted down, one by one. What is the creature that lives in the rocks, and what is the purpose of the lethal tests it is conducting? Can the Doctor ensure the safety of the Earth for the future generations of humankind?

Series:

Tom Baker years, 1974-1981 ; story no. 77

Tom Baker years, 1974-1981 ; story no. 77.

Subjects:

Doctor (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

Time travel -- Drama.

Astronauts -- Drama.

Human-alien encounters -- Drama.

Genre:

Science fiction television programs.

Action and adventure television programs.

Fiction television programs.

Television series.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Bennett, Rodney, 1935-2017, television director.

Hinchcliffe, Philip, television producer.

Baker, Bob, 1939-2021 screenwriter.

Martin, Dave, 1935-2007, screenwriter.

Baker, Tom, 1934- actor.

Sladen, Elisabeth, actor.

Marter, Ian, actor.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

BBC Video (Firm), film distributor.

Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor.

Other Title:

Doctor Who (Television program : 1963-1989). Season 12, episodes 9-10

Notes:

Originally broadcast on BBC television from Feb. 22-Mar. 1, 1975.

Special features: Audio commentary by actress Elisabeth Sladen, co-writer Bob Baker and producer Philip Hinchcliffe; "Built for war": a 39-min. documentary on the genesis and development of the Sontaran race through the history of the series; production notes; photo gallery.

Incidental music, Dudley Simpson.

Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Ian Marter, Donald Douglas, Glyn Jones, Peter Walshe, Kevin Lindsay, Peter Rutherford, Terry Walsh.

DVD, region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., DVD9, NTSC, digitally remastered.

In English with optional nglish subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

ISBN:

1419847929

9781419847929

Publisher Number:

E2859

Other Number:

85814272

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

911870

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD TV Doctor W