When they arrive on earth, they uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide but how can they stop the crime in their. When they arrive on earth, they uncover a murderous plot. Harry potter complete 8 film collection dvd us shipping. With william hartnell, william russell, jacqueline hill, carole ann ford. What makes the story stand out is that due to technical reasons, the tardis and her crew are shrunk during materialisation, and the doctor, ian, barbara and susan are reduced to less than an inch in height. Planet of giants is released on a duallayered dvd encoded for region 2 only. Doctor who season 2, planet of giants, planet of giants. Planet of giants tv story tardis fandom tardis wiki. This is the first time doctor who feels like it has a spring in its step, like its found a baseline functionality and has room to be playful towards the viewers expectations. The tale itself entertains effortlessly, and most of the extras are great. Doctor who classic episode guide planet of giants details bbc. Ford, mervyn pinfield, douglas camfield, verity lambert, louis marks. The bbcs audience research report on the first episode was similarly full of. Carole ann ford talks about her role as the doctors granddaughter and the.
Originally filmed as four episodes, but cut to three to quicken the pace of episodes three and four, planet of giants saw the tardis crew reduced to not much more than the size of. Staring william hartnell, carole ann ford, jacqueline hill and william russell. Planet of giants full movie in hd visit the doors of the tardis open of. Though, nothing to scream about, this 3 part serial can be very enjoyable. There is a sense that it has just been produced in an effort to complete the range. Doctor who planet of giants 43 broadcast date 31 october 1964. Special feature making planet of giants doctor who. When the tardis malfunctions and the doors open in the time vortex, the travelers and their ship shrink to the size of insects. Whilst trying to return ian and barbara to the 20th century, the doctor attempts an unorthodox new technique, causing the tardis doors to open in midnight, setting alarms ringing inside the craft.
The first two episodes were broadcast from twoinch quad tapes. Planet of giants on dvd 883929248650 from bbc home video. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Pdf doctor who planet of giants download full pdf book. The last two episodes of the original doctor who serial planet of the giants are recreated by vocal actors and surviving cast members william russell and carole ann ford. The fourth dimension find out more about planet of giants. Doctor who saison 11 streaming, film complet streaming vf, doctor who regardez tout le film sans limitation. I have previously owned the vhs version of this serial, which was the first to receive the vidfire process, and i always thought that it was an interesting story, though maybe a. Originally put forward as the first doctor who serial, this story opened the second series but took around two and a half decades to be novelised for the target range. As usual with the who dvd range, there is an audiodescriptive menu option. Programme documents much of the original paperwork for the production of doctor. Planet of giants is the first serial of the second season in the british science fiction television.
The doctor at last succeeds in returning ian and barbara to 1960s england but a fault occurs during materialisation and the tardis and its occupants are. The story opens with the doctor once more trying to get ian and barbara back home to the 1960s. Doctor who planet of the giants, doctor who, patrick troughton planet of giants is the first serial of the second season in the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in three weekly parts from 31 october to 14 november 1964. Doctor who planet of giants dvd, 2012 for sale online. Products show submenu for products apparel accessories books. And the videolook and cleanup job that the doctor who restoration team did is wonderful, giving a very sharp visual feel to the adventure, approximating the lost video look all bw doctor.
Each entry includes the storyline, the cast list, and the names of the producer, script editor, writer and director, and the details of. But when he and his companions venture outside, they are soon lost in a maze of ravines and menaced by gigantic insects. It is a quite a halfhearted, lacklustre effort from dicks. Planet of giants is an unusual story for classic doctor who in that its set on modern day earth and doesnt feature any time travel. Planet of giants was the first serial of season 2 of doctor who.
I have previously owned the vhs version of this serial, which was the first to receive the vidfire process, and i always thought that it was an interesting story, though maybe a little too convoluted as a. The doctor who programme guide is the complete guide to every doctor who story shown on television. Planet of the giants opened the second season of doctor who with william hartnells doctor and companions susan, barbara and ian finding themselves in a mysterious labyrinth filled with dead giant ants. Doctor who producer verity lambert discusses the benefits to receiving a small budget. Planet of giants is an odd tale in itself the idea may not lend itself to doctor who mythos easily, but the execution and production of the story proves what a versatile format the show is. Ian chesterton tells the tale of his adventures with the doctor in palestine. Planet of giants was an ambitious story, beautifully realized on what was undoubtedly a budget almost as minute as the doctor and his companions were in the serial.
Bbc one doctor who, season 2, planet of giants, planet. Eve online full cinematic story movie 2019 4k new eden duration. As usual, the doctor suspects something is awry and his investigation reveals that not all is as it seems. Special feature planet of giants recreated planet of. The stories are listed in order of broadcasting, starting with the first episode broadcast in 1963. Actress carole ann ford recalls working on classic doctor who miniseries planet of giants, first screened by the bbc back in 1964. The doctor, barbara wright and ian chesterton, the remaining companions, land on the planet and encounter koquillion, who is terrorizing the survivors, ostensibly to protect them from the inhabitants of the planet. Planet of giants doctor who dvd special features index wiki.
All about classic doctor who story planet of giants an accident lands a. Doctor who classic 02x01 part 1 planet of giants planet of giants. Planet of giants was recorded in its original fourepisode length using 405line video cameras. A tardis malfunction has left the travellers an inch high and they have landed in the cracks in a garden path. As broadcast in 1964, planet of giants is a respectable but not overly exciting artifact of the first doctor era, talkier and duller than a singlesentence synopsis makes it sound. I m slightly surprised to report that doctor who planet of giants is not bad at all, perhaps because it had only three episodes on tv and therefore dicks has had to pad rather than summarise.
Which makes returning to planet of giants all the more interesting. Planet of giants full movie in hd visit the doors of the tardis open of their own accord just befo. In that regard, whatever its faults, planet of the giants is a worthy prelude indeed for the simultaneously postmodern and mythic second season to follow. They begin to clear up the evidence, including taking farrows briefcase, complete with barbara and ian, and. Planet of giants was the first commissioned serial of doctor whos second season and it was duly anticipated by viewers in 1964, according to the radio times at least. Webber for the doctor who pilot, writer louis marks claimed the. In 1977, 16mm film prints of the serial were discovered at bbc enterprises. Four years before irwin allen brought a team of space explorers to a planet inhabited by giants in land of the giants, doctor who covered the same territory in planet of the giants.
Negative film prints of all three episodes were recovered in 1978. Special feature making planet of giants doctor who planet of giants bbc. Special feature the budget doctor who planet of giants bbc. This was the first doctor who 1963 to be directed by douglas camfield. Planet of giants is the first doctor who serial to feature the work of incidental music composer dudley simpson. Bbc doctor who classic episode guide planet of giants. Planet of giants the dalek invasion of earth the rescue the romans the web.
Doctor who an adventures in space and tme 011 planet of giants. The tardis crew has to stop a murderer and avert an. The team behind the reconstruction explain how it was put together. Planet of giants 1 planet of giants video dailymotion. Similar in a lot of ways to the us series that would come later, this story that opened the second season of the longrunning bbc show featured the first doctor, william hartnell and his companions only an. Doctor who planet of giants tv episode 1964 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Whitaker commissioned marks for the serial in may 1964, then titled the planet of giants. The dvd itself contains the complete serial, at approximately 73 minutes in. Before jon pertwees socially aware scifi serials, there was planet of giants. The special effect inserts of a cat were filmed on 30 july 1964 using silent 35mm film, with sound added later during a studio recording.
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