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The Doctor Who adventure "Resurrection of the Daleks" marked the Doctor's first encounter with his most famous foe since 1979's "Destiny of the Daleks" five years earlier, and Peter Davison's only full-scale battle with the cybernetic aliens. Weakened by a Movellan virus the Daleks assault a space station prison where Davros is being held. The Daleks plan to use duplicates of the Doctor and his companions to assassinate leading Timelords, and further duplicates to take over the Earth. The action is split between the space station and abandoned London riverside warehouses, and is notable for its grim tone and high body count. The duplicate police-assassins recall the Autons from the Jon Pertwee "Spearhead from Space" (1970) and proved controversial on original broadcast. Also notable is that although the show was designed as a four-part adventure it was transmitted in two double-length episodes.
This edition presents the story in the original four parts. Meanwhile there are more than the usual quota of name guest stars, including Rodney Bewes, Rula Lenska and Lesley Grantham. The tale also marks Janet Fielding's final appearance as Tegan. In every respect this is a key adventure in the history of Doctor Who, even if the tense, incident-packed story is ultimately weighed down by too many elements to resolve them all satisfactorily.
On the DVD: Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks is accompanied by a warm and highly jocular commentary from Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and director Mathew Robinson. A new 18-minute "On Location" documentary intriguingly revisits the now upmarket waterfront locations with interviews featuring producer John Nathan Turner, writer Eric Saward and Matthew Robinson. A seven-minute clip from Breakfast Time spotlights Janet Fielding and John Nathan-Turner, and composers Brian Hodgson and Malcolm Clarke. Also included are seven minutes of deleted and extended scenes, a BBC1 trailer and a photo gallery that plays automatically for three minutes, set to sound effects. There is optional on-screen information text and selectable subtitles for the programmes and commentary. The sound is available in broadcast mono, a remarkably effective Dolby Digital 5.1 remix, and as a mono music only track. TARDIS Cam No. 4 is a very short new digital animation. --Gary S Dalkin
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The writer of Resurrection of the Daleks, Eric Saward, stated that his story was the worst one in the programmes history. This is far from true. Resurrection boasts some excellent scenes, an engaging if somewhat convoluted storyline and good pace direction from Matthew Robinson. Broadcast as part of Peter Davison's final and best season, Resurrection never pauses for breath, and is a real contrast to other stories from this period such as Terminus and Four to Doomsday which seemed slow moving and padded out. This probably makes it more appealing to viewers today who want to see fast moving television. The dark and gritty adventure has an air of gloominess about it, from the opening scene in which a group of escaped prisoners from the far future, are ruthlessly murdered by Police officers, in the derelict docklands of 1980s London, to the final scene in which long serving companion Tegan unhappily works away from her life with The Doctor. The docklands of London are a central location for this story, prior to their redevelopment as luxury apartment blocks. Here they present an image of a decaying, haunted area of London, abandoned for nearly a century. An ideal location then for The Daleks to hide some canister's of a virus, which has infected their race. Meanwhile in the far future, The Daleks rescue their creator Davros from his prison on a space station, with the intention of getting him to develop an antidote to this virus. The Doctor and his companions, having been dragged in the Tardis to modern day London via the Daleks time corridor, come across the lone survivor of the earlier massacre Stein, but is he all he seems, and why are The Daleks so intent on capturing The Doctor.
In contrast to his previous story, Earthshock, here the writer and also the script editor, Eric Saward, does compact too many story threads into this serial. Certainly, a few elements could have been eliminated from his script. It also has quite few famous faces, such as Rodney Bewes as Stein, Rula Lenska as Styles, and Leslie Grantham as a dalek mercenary, cast just months before he achieved national fame as Den Watts in EastEnders. Mel Smith was the original choice for the role of Stein and maybe would have been better than Bewes, who is often remembered by fans for the bad delivery of his line, "I can't stand the confusion in my mind".
All in all this is highly recommended.
In contrast to his previous story, Earthshock, here the writer and also the script editor, Eric Saward, does compact too many story threads into this serial. Certainly, a few elements could have been eliminated from his script. It also has quite few famous faces, such as Rodney Bewes as Stein, Rula Lenska as Styles, and Leslie Grantham as a dalek mercenary, cast just months before he achieved national fame as Den Watts in EastEnders. Mel Smith was the original choice for the role of Stein and maybe would have been better than Bewes, who is often remembered by fans for the bad delivery of his line, "I can't stand the confusion in my mind".
All in all this is highly recommended.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is what the 1980s turned Doctor Who into. All of a sudden, after all the puns and clowning around we have this story, in which pretty much everyone dies and a pervading sense of hope is hard to find. Yet isn't that what the Daleks are about?
There's a moment here when the Doctor reaches the overrun space station, picks up a weapon and uncomfortably announces his intentions to kill Davros. This is a fine moment, both in terms of acting on Davison's part but also in Doctor Who chronology. The Daleks could easily have slipped into self-parody after two decades as TV's biggest bad guys, yet this injection of nihilism and fatalism reaffirms them as the baddest of the bad.
In terms of production values, they only get slightly creaky on the space station, but never to the point where it shatters the illusion of reality. This is an absorbing story, written and acted by people who totally believe in what they're doing. Those who accuse the series of being TV's answer to a Christmas panto need only watch this particular story.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Undoubtedly the Daleks in their most classic form and in their greatest outing. The Story is well worked and the whole build up to the end seems to lead to very little escape for Davros who the Daleks once again wish to recover for their own ends.
Peter Davidson is excellent as the Doctor, and he interacts well with the pepperpot monsters. The Daleks are shown as much more than one dimensional killing machines and the programme makes them appear as the master manipulators they should have always been.
The programme is filmed in London in the year of the programme's release and this cuts down on the amount of tacky inconsistences in the set, however the space arena where the rest is shot does resemble an early episode of Star Trek.
This doesn't detract from the programme, which is undoubtedly well written and well presented.
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starts well, then goes b###s up.
I've now watched three dr who serials written by script editor Eric Saward, the others being 'Earthshock' and 'Revalation of the Daleks', and I have to say, I agree with Eric. Read more
Published 15 months ago by M. Pye
Nice Concepts, Shame about the narrative
Watching Resurrection is akin to watching the 96 FA cup Final. It has a brief moment of magic (several) but everything surrounding it is just very grim to sit through. Read more
Published 19 months ago by CGHD
A Likely Lad and Dirty Den meet The Daleks
Opinion seems to be divided about this Doctor Who story which was The Fifth Doctor's only encounter with the sadistic salt pots from Skaro. Read more
Published on 14 May 2010 by Jeremy W. Newbould
Not the best of the classic Dr Who stuff, but it has a place for me
For me it's odd watching this one again. In 1983 I was 4, Peter Davison is the first Doctor Who I can remember and this is the earliest episode I can remember seeing at the time. Read more
Published on 2 May 2010 by R. Palmer
be careful what you want
Doctor who fans love continuity.
They love the daleks.
they love action adventure stories in the style of Doctor Who - Earthshock [DVD]
so come... Read more
They love the daleks.
they love action adventure stories in the style of Doctor Who - Earthshock [DVD]
so come... Read more
Published on 29 Jun 2009 by Paul Tapner
could be better
this was not so bad but for me i didnt take intrest i like the dlakes alot this one is sort of bad though wouldnt buy it is i were you
Published on 21 Mar 2009 by Mrs. D. Wilson
Frantic Nonsense!
For the most part, this story is people just rushing around all the time getting killed and is the worst Dalek story.. Yes.. Even worse than The Chase! Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2009 by Mr. R. Porter
Custard Pie Fight of the Daleks!!!!
Sciptwriter Eric Saward was under a lot of pressure writing this adventure: he had a prickly relationship with series producer John Nathan-Turner, Who had lost viewers and fans had... Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by D. Wright
Peter Davison meets the Daleks
I'm a fan of Peter Davison's Doctor, but I'm afraid that I find this story to be a bit of a disappointment. Read more
Published on 9 May 2008 by Mr. Andrew Young
The evil trickery of Davros and the Daleks returns!
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I found this a really intriguing serial, presenting Davros and the Daleks at their most sinister. Read more
I found this a really intriguing serial, presenting Davros and the Daleks at their most sinister. Read more
Published on 2 May 2008 by L. Green
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