All Is Not Lost
- Publication: Strange Things are Happening
- Date: summer 1989
- Author:
- Page: 1
- Language: English
ALL IS NOT LOST! The BBC (bless 'em), have unearthed some original programmes featuring the good Doctor and those murderous litter-bins — The Daleks. From 1963 comes a seven part story (on two video cassettes), featuring William Hartnell as Dr Who battling the aformentioned Daleks in 'The Dead Planet' and 'The Expedition'. THRILL as the Doctor and Susan are trapped in the subterranean city. GASP as Ian snaggs his cardy on a papier-mache rock, SWOON as you hear Ron Grainer's original soundtrack music (later glammed-up by some young upstart to keep the series up-to-date!). The BBC has had the good sense to retain all the opening and closing sequences too, good on 'em!
Also out are two later stories, both in living colour, but it's the B&W stuff that gets the adrenalin going.
WIN! WIN! WIN! 'Strange Things' are giving away four sets of these videos! The first four entries out of the sack, giving the correct answers to the following easy questions, will each WIN a set of videos. Okay? Here goes...
1 Name the planet on which the Daleks first lived.
2 What month and year was the first programme screened?
3 What's the name of the Doctor's 'space ship'?
4 How many Doctors have there been to date? Get those answers on a postcard pronto! and send 'em to:
STRANGE THINGS,
Dr Who Comp.
P.O. Box 263
St Albans, Hens, U.K.
AL1 3NG
Closing date will he August 15th 1989.
The latest Dr Who video releases are:
The Daleks — The Dead Planet
The Daleks — The Expedition
Featuring William Hartnell
1963/Total Time:174 minutes/BBC V 4242
Featuring Jon Pertwee
1973/Total Time: 90 minutes/BBC v 4245
Featuring Tom Baker
Total Time: 90 minutes/BBC V 4244
THE TEN BEST DR. WHO TALES
1 THE MINDROBBER Patrick Trouton
Enemies: The Master Brain/The White Robots/A Computor
All 5 episodes of this psychedelic classic still exist.
2 THE WEBBED PLANET William Hartnell
Enemies: Animus and Zarbi
The script is poor but the sets are amazing. All 6 episodes of this remain in the vaults.
3 THE THREE DOCTORS Jon Pertwee
Enemies: Omega
Both Hartnell and Trouton (previous Doctors) appear in this tale, and all 4 episodes exist.
Patrick Trouton
Enemies: The Cybermen
This classic is missing from the BBC archives, having been destroyed long ago.
William Hartnell
This extremely bold concept all takes place in a celestial toyroom. Only episode 4 remains from the original four-part story.
6 THE ARK IN SPACE
Tom Baker
Enemies: The Wirrn
All four episodes of this not only exist but are one
of the new video releases now available.
Patrick Trouton
Enemies: The Daleks
Out of the original 4 episodes, only number 2 is intact.
William Hartnell
Enemies: The Daleks/The Meddling Monk/Mavic Chen
Just 2 episodes remain out of the 10 that made up this brilliant science-fiction fantasy masterpiece.
9 THE SEA DEVILS Jon Pertwee
Enemies: The Sea Devils/The Master
All 6 episodes of this wierd tale are safe and well inside the BBC vaults.
10 THE PYRAMIDS OF MARS Tom Baker
Enemy: Sutekh
All 4 parts are complete and accounted for.
Compiled by Steve Bayes of Crash Landing, the collectors record list that you should never miss. Look for their ad in this issue of Strange Things Are Happening.
Spelling correction: Patrick Troughton
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