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Doctor Who: Sylvester McCoy

(season 2: 148-151) - Season 25 [1988-1989]

Sylvester McCoy 1987-1989

* Blu-Ray High Definition! *

(8 Disc Set)

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Region B Blu-Ray Version
Brand New, Factory Sealed Set

These are original and factory sealed.
They are
Region B and play beautifully on Blu-Ray players of:

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FEATURES:
Description:
Doctor Who fans can continue to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with an EIGHT DISC box set of the explosive 25th Season, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor.

These stories feature Sophie Aldred as Ace, the iconic 80s companion who returned to the programme in 2022, joining the Doctor to battle Daleks, Cybermen, the murderous Happiness Patrol and the evil forces of the Psychic Circus.

PLUS, fans can experience this season like never before, with brand new extended Special Editions of ALL FOUR adventures, exclusive to this Blu-ray set.

REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS: SPECIAL EDITION

THE HAPPINESS PATROL: SPECIAL EDITION

SILVER NEMESIS: SPECIAL EDITION

THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY: SPECIAL EDITION

The four Special Editions feature unseen footage, updated special effects, immersive surround sound, and surprises.

All episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.

The Collection: Season 25 is also jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:

UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS - Exclusive to Blu-ray, on the original broadcast versions of Remembrance of The Daleks, Silver Nemesis and The Greatest Show in The Galaxy.

BEHIND THE SOFA - New episodes with Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Dame Sheila Hancock (Helen A), Jessica Martin (Mags), Karen Gledhill (Allison) and Mark Hardy (Cyber-Lieutenant).

IN CONVERSATION - Three new episodes, with Sophie Aldred, script editor Andrew Cartmel and director Chris Clough.

LOOKING FOR DURSLEY - A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike).

THE MAKING OF DOCTOR WHO - A rare vintage documentary from 1988, previously only available on VHS.

SILVER NEMESIS – VHS EXTENDED VERSION - A version of the story originally released on VHS with extra footage.

SILVER NEMESIS – SPECIAL EDITION OMNIBUS - A special cut-down feature-length version of this adventure, in the tradition of the 1970s Christmas repeats.

THE COLLECTORS – THE 1980s - Host Emily Cook chats to Doctor Who collectors about their 1980s treasures.

THE DOCTOR WHO ESCAPE ROOM – TEAM SEVENTH DOCTOR - Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred and Bonnie Langford attempt to escape the room of doom.

WHEN SOPHIE MET LESLEY - Sophie Aldred chats to Lesley Dunlop, her co-star from The Happiness Patrol who also appeared in the Fifth Doctor story Frontios (1984).

STEPHEN MANSFIELD INTERVIEW - The practical effects genius looks back on his Season 25 work.

STUDIO & LOCATION FOOTAGE - Hours of raw footage and outtakes captured during the making of all four stories.

5.1 SURROUND SOUND
RARE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FROM THE BBC VAULTS
EXCLUSIVE CONVENTION FOOTAGE
HD PHOTO GALLERIES
INFO TEXT
PDF ARCHIVE
 PLUS LOTS MORE!


This eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including Documentaries, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries and more.

Episodes:

148 1 Remembrance of the Daleks

The Seventh Doctor and Ace arrive in Shoreditch in 1963. They meet a military unit led by Group Captain Gilmore and Sergeant Smith, tracking abnormal local magnetic fluctuations, originating mainly from Coal Hill School where a transmat device in its basement is tied to a Dalek ship in geostationary orbit. A second, weaker fluctuation is emitted by a nearby Dalek. There are two Dalek factions: Imperial Daleks on the orbiting mothership, controlling the school, and Renegade Daleks, who reject the Emperor's authority, controlling the junkyard. Both sides seek the Hand of Omega, a Time Lord device the Doctor left on Earth during his first visit to 1963.

Terry Molloy – The Emperor Dalek/Davros
Simon Williams – Group Captain Gilmore
Pamela Salem – Professor Rachel Jensen
Karen Gledhill – Allison
Dursley McLinden – Sgt. Mike Smith
George Sewell – Ratcliffe
Harry Fowler – Harry
Jasmine Breaks – The Girl
Joseph Marcell – John
Peter Hamilton Dyer – Embery
Michael Sheard – Headmaster
Peter Halliday – Vicar
William Thomas – Martin
Derek Keller – Kaufman
Hugh Spight, John Scott Martin, Tony Starr, Cy Town – Dalek Operators
Roy Skelton, Royce Mills, Brian Miller, John Leeson – Voices



149 2 The Happiness Patrol

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit a human colony on the planet Terra Alpha, to investigate its strangely joyful facade. There, they discover that a secret police force known as the Happiness Patrol are roaming the streets, hunting down and killing so-called 'Killjoys'. Their leader is Helen A, who governs the colony and is fanatically obsessed with eliminating unhappiness. Also in her employment is the Kandy Man, a grotesque, sweet-based robot created by Gilbert M, one of Helen A's senior advisers. After discovering the Patrol painting the TARDIS pink, much to Ace's disgust, she and the Doctor are arrested by Patrol member Daisy K. The Doctor is suspected of being a spy while Ace is taken to be recruited to join the Happiness Patrol.

Sheila Hancock – Helen A
Ronald Fraser – Joseph C
Georgina Hale – Daisy K
Harold Innocent – Gilbert M
Lesley Dunlop – Susan Q
Rachel Bell – Priscilla P
Jonathan Burn – Silas P
Tim Barker – Harold V
David John Pope – Kandyman
John Normington – Trevor Sigma
Richard D. Sharp – Earl Sigma
Tim Scott – Forum Doorman
Mary Healey – Killjoy
Steve Swinscoe, Mark Carroll – Snipers
Philip Neve – Wences
Ryan Freedman – Wulfric
Annie Hulley – Newscaster



   

150 3 Silver Nemesis

The Seventh Doctor and Ace visit England, where three rival factions—the Cybermen, a group of neo-Nazis, and a 17th-century sorceress named Lady Peinforte—are vying for control of a statue made of a living metal, validium, that was created by Omega and Rassilon as the ultimate defence for Gallifrey. The statue's components - a bow, an arrow and the figure, must be brought together for it to be activated. They have been separated since 1638 when, to foil the first attempt by Peinforte to seize it, the Doctor launched the figure into orbit in a powered asteroid. This asteroid has been approaching the Earth at twenty-five yearly intervals ever since, leaving a succession of disasters in its wake, and has now crash-landed near Windsor Castle. The Doctor plays the three factions against one another and eventually appears to concede defeat to the Cyber Leader. This is just part of a carefully laid trap and the Cybermen fleet is wiped out by the statue.

Anton Diffring – De Flores
Metin Yenal – Karl
Fiona Walker – Lady Peinforte
Gerard Murphy – Richard
Leslie French – Mathematician
Martyn Read – Security Guard
Dolores Gray – Mrs Remington
Chris Chering, Symond Lawes – Skinheads
David Banks – Cyber Leader
Mark Hardy – Cyber Lieutenant
Brian Orrell – Cyberman
Courtney Pine, Adrian Read, Ernest Mothle, Frank Tontoh – Jazz Quartet



151 4 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

The Seventh Doctor and Ace are invited to the Psychic Circus on Segonax. Aside from others who have been invited, the Circus is surprisingly empty; a few entertainers and stagehands are present alongside the Ringmaster and Morgana, the ticket seller and fortune teller; the only audience is a stoic family of three: a father, mother, and daughter. The Doctor and Ace learn that they are expected to perform and those who fail to entertain the family are annihilated. Escape is nearly impossible, as the Chief Clown, aided by numerous kites used for surveillance, leads a group of mechanical clowns around the wastelands of Segonax to recapture escapees.

T. P. McKenna – Captain Cook
Jessica Martin – Mags
Ricco Ross – Ringmaster
Ian Reddington – Chief Clown
Peggy Mount – Stallslady
Gian Sammarco – Whizz Kid
Daniel Peacock – Nord
Christopher Guard – Bellboy
Deborah Manship – Morgana
Chris Jury – Deadbeat
Dee Sadler – Flowerchild
Dean Hollingsworth – Bus Conductor
David Ashford – Dad
Janet Hargreaves – Mum
Kathryn Ludlow – Little Girl



   

Cast:
Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor)
Sophie Aldred (Ace)

Terry Molloy – The Emperor Dalek/Davros
Dame Sheila Hancock – Helen A

Sylvester McCoy 1987-1989

  • Encoding: Region B

  • Language ‏ : ‎ English

  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.4 x 15.4 x 5.4 cm; 602 g

  • Released: 28st October 2024

  • Format: Blu-ray Box Set

  • Region Code: Region B

  • Category: Television

  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 9 hours and 48 minutes

  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 28 Oct. 2024

  • Studio ‏ : ‎ BBC


 

 

   

   

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