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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883929025282
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered, Restored, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 07, 2008
Running Time: 350 minutes
Sales Rank: 2944
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Rating:  - Hung Jury for Doctor Who
Having owned Trial of a Time Lord on VHS for over a decade, plus having watched it when it debuted on U.S. Public Television, I feel qualified to comment on this epic, but ultimately disappointing season of Doctor Who.
Doctor Who, as many "traditional" fans have known, was placed on hiatus after Colin Baker's creditable first season in the role. The Doctor and Peri Brown had begun to mellow as a time-travelling duo, and despite some complaints of "graphic violence," the Sixth Doctor did not really become the "Sith" Doctor, or "Dirty Harry," or the "Psychotic Doc." Colin Baker later argued that his three year plan had been to make the "alien" role more likeable as time went on. But early in 1985, BBC President Michael Grade decided to stop producing the show -- primarily out of personal dislike for the show -- which is well-documented in the press.
Fan outcry from around the world, and favorable British press, forced the BBC to reconsider their choice. But the damage had been done. Serious science fiction went out the window, to be replaced by the "camp humor" characterized by Tom Baker's 17th Season. BBC heads insisted on these changes based upon TV watchdogs like Mary Whitehouse. Season 23 would set the stage for the last four years of Doctor Who, making it difficult for Colin Baker's immediate successor to rise above the formula.
As for Trial of a Time Lord, it began on a somewhat high note, with fine model effects and a sense of foreboding. But "Mysterious ... Read More
Rating:  - 14 part final epic adventure of the 6th Doctor...as he is trialed for his PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE!!! Flawed, but classic!
You may or may not have of heard of or seen "TRIAL OF A TIME LORD" the 23rd season story which encompassed the entire season....but, before beginning let me take a moment to note the talent of genre writer & major Doctor Who contributor the late great Robert Holmes...the man responsible for most of the greatest "Classic" Doctor Who episodes ever written and also responsible for the TRIAL OF A TIME LORD 14 part story/concept.
Holmes either wrote or co-wrote the following Dr. Who classic stories, none of them forgettable, leastways not in concept: The Krotons, The Space Pirates, Spearhead from Space (which intros the 3rd Doctor), Terror of the Autons (which intros the Master!), Carnival of Monsters, The Time Warrior (which intros the Sontarans), Ark in Space, The Brain of Morbius (w/Terrance Dicks), Pyramids of Mars (w/L.Greifer), Deadly Assassin, Talons of Weng-Chiang (a fav of RTD), The Sun Makers, The Ribos Operation (intros Romana), The Power of Kroll, The Two Doctors and Caves of Androzani (the 5th Doctor's final appearance and considered to be the best story of the show's long history, certainly a fav of mine.)
TRIAL OF A TIME LORD's greatest strength, becomes it's greatest weakness...Robert Holmes was to write 8 parts of the 14 part story, the first and the last. His poor health, then death prevented him from completing the final 2 parts...completed by Pip & Jan Baker the story/season finale suffers for this loss! Following an already postponed season, this compounded ... Read More
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