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Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 2 [DVD]

David Tennant , Catherine Tate , Douglas MacKinnon , Alice Troughton    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
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  • Actors: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffett
  • Directors: Douglas MacKinnon, Alice Troughton, Graeme Harper
  • Producers: Susie Liggat, Phil Collinson
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2entertain
  • DVD Release Date: 7 July 2008
  • Run Time: 178 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001A47GAW
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 30,570 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series, Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate returns as the Doctor's new companion, revisiting her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special The Runaway Bride. Martha Jones - who left the Doctor at the end of Series Three to break the unrequited circle of love she felt for him - also returns.

This DVD features four episodes:

The Sontaran Stratagem: Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait.
The Poison Sky: As the Sontarans choke the Earth, the Doctor battles to keep both Martha and Donna alive.
The Doctor's Daughter: On the planet Messaline, in the middle of an endless war, the Doctor meets the most important woman of his life.
The Unicorn And The Wasp: In 1926, famed author Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days. Was it amnesia? A nervous breakdown? Or a giant alien wasp?



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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great stuff 23 Jun 2008
By David TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Doctor Who series 4 volume 2 contains four episodes. I know alot of people have given Catherine Tate (very unfair) stick, I think she is great as Donna Noble in Doctor Who and has an excellent on screen chemistry with David Tennant.

The first story is the two parter The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky which sees the return of the Sontarans (who appeared in the classic stories The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion Of Time and The Two Doctors). Also making a very welcome return is Martha Jones superbly played by Freema Agyeman. This story moves at a cracking pace with UNIT playing a major part. It's just like the good old days in the Jon Pertwee era.

Next up is the much hyped Doctor's Daughter. I have to say that I didn't enjoy this story very much. The plot was rather predictable with an obvious ending. I have a nasty feeling we havn't seen the last of the "Doctor's Daughter".

Things were back on track with The Unicorn And The Wasp in which the Doctor meets Agatha Christie. Now I am a great Christie fan and it was nice to count all the book titles included in the script. I even own a copy of the book Death In The Clouds with the giant wasp on the cover (painted by popular cover artist Tom Adams).

This is the vanilla edition with no extras but it does not spoil your enjoyment - great stuff.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This is the second instalment of the fourth season of Doctor Who, featuring 4 episodes starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as his companion Donna Noble.

The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky is an excellent, action-packed 2-parter, which sees the return of the Sontarans to the show after a 20 year absence, as they were last seen in `The Two Doctors' in 1985. It also sees the return of Martha Jones, who has now joined UNIT. There is plenty to enjoy here - loads of good set-pieces, some lovely moments featuring Grandad Wilf, played by Berbard Cribbins, and I really like the new re-design of the Sontarans. Admittedly, they're not the most menacing aliens to date, but they're funny and obsessed with war. Christopher Ryan is awesome as General Staal. 9/10

The Doctor's Daughter comes next, and well, I'll be honest, this episode really wasn't my cup of tea, despite some really good performances from David and Catherine. But, sadly, the story feels underdeveloped and rushed and feels some downright awful/cheesey moments. Georgia Moffet, real-life daughter of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison is decent as Jenny, but ultimately the character and premise do not manage to live up to the premise, because with a better script the idea could have worked brilliantly. Ah well, at least we get some lovely descriptions of Time Lords and Gallifrey. 5/10

The Unicorn and the Wasp is also concluded, and is probably a bit of a love/hate episode. Personally, I absolutely loved it. It has a wonderful ensemble cast who all play to their roles brilliantly, and a brilliant, witty script from Gareth Roberts that delivers probably some of the funniest scenes in Doctor Who's 45-year history.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars "Hello Dad!" 2 Jun 2008
By TK-1308 VINE™ VOICE
Doctor Who's fourth season continues with a definite upturn in both quality and direction with the next batch of episodes.
The two part `The Sontaran Stratagem' and `The Poison Sky' sees the return of those classic Who villains to plague our Timelord once again. Martha calls The Doctor back to Earth when a UNIT operation to infiltrate and shut down ATMOS satellite navigation systems goes ahead. The simultaneous crashing of cars around the world, all using ATMOS, and a series of unexplained events lead UNIT to believe that there is an extraterrestrial presence behind the system.
The story is not too bad but there are several problems with the execution. While it's nice to see the Sontarans again, they don't seem to do much, plotting and scheming in the shadows rather than just fighting it out. The battle between the Sontarans and UNIT forces was quite good but too short and it never gave you the feeling that the Sontarans were a great military power. The final sequence has been lifted right out of `Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea' or for those that remember it, `The Centurions' episode `The Sky Is On Fire' and as such it feels like a cheap end to what could've been a great dramatic moment.
The writers also seem to have turned Martha from the strong character we saw develop throughout season three to a more ineffectual, two dimensional and screaming emotional sidekick which is a real shame. Great to see Bernard Cribbins back again though and his moments with both Donna and The Doctor are excellent.
`The Doctor's Daughter' is a nice and well plotted self contained episode. The TARDIS deposits The Doctor, Martha and Donna on the war torn planet of Messaline.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Three words: EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! 17 Aug 2008
By R. Wood TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Series 4 of the new Doctor Who has been in my opinion, one of the finest series ever. David Tennant remains as brilliant as ever, and if anything changes, it's that he can only get better as time goes on. Catherine Tate, has surprised and amazed me, with her portrayal of Donna Noble in this series, making the character such a credible, efficient and lovable assistant to the Doctor.

All this excellence continues in this fine volume of the fourth series, as Russell T Davies revives another old villainous race from the Doctor's past, introduces more allies and facts from the Time Lord's past (the older series to be exact) and includes some more good old interaction with one of history's greatest figures.

To start of, we have (essentially) a three-part mini-arc that features the welcome (first) return of Martha Jones (the excellent Freema Agyeman) to the series. The two-part episode "The Sontaran Stratagem"/"The Poison Sky" shows Martha as now being a fully-qualified doctor and member of modern-day U.N.I.T. (old allies of the Doctor). This features the return of the dreaded Sontarans after a twenty-year absence from our screens, who've arrived with an insidious scheme to dominate the Earth and empower their own empire.

Having never heard of the Sontarans before, I found them to be unique and interesting villains. As with Daleks and Cybermen, Davies works his reinvention magic again, portraying the Sontarans as a notorious threat and enjoyable adversaries. Their leader General Staal is fantastically acted by Christopher Ryan (Mike of Young Ones fame) and the Sontarans' background and purpose are greatly intriguing, thus making for another high-quality episode.

But there are many other things that make this two-parter so outstanding.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Doctor Who Series 4 Vol. 2
Adventures in time and space with the Tenth Doctor and his companion Donna Noble.

The Sontaran Stratagem: Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but... Read more
Published 1 month ago by kk
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
if your a dr who fan, like i am, this is for you,how can you fault, such a long running tv series such as dr who?.............
Published 4 months ago by henryone
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I recently discovered Dr Who on BBCAmerica and its great to be able to purchase them from Amazon UK which has the best prices and even the used DVDs are like new. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Anne Christensen
5.0 out of 5 stars DOCTOR WHO SERIES 4 VOL 2
This DVD was as new still in its wrapping and I received it within a week of ordering it I was very pleased with the DVD
Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Angela J. Welch
4.0 out of 5 stars Daring Doctor Wins Again
This D.V.D contains four different episoids:

The Sontaran Stratagen,
Matha Jones summons the doctor back to modern-day earth, but an old enemy lies in wait... Read more
Published on 27 Mar 2009 by Charlotte
5.0 out of 5 stars The Butler Didn't Do It!
Series Four's first two-hander resurrects those potato-headed martial clones, The Sontarans, for `The Sontaran Stratagem' and `The Poison Sky'. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2009 by Captain Pugwash
3.0 out of 5 stars Should have been a 3 story disc.
I think they've made a mistake here, tacking on the wonderful Agatha Christie related story, almost as an afterthought on the end of the three Martha episodes. Read more
Published on 8 July 2008 by Music Lover.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Brilliant Collection of Episodes
The Sontaran Strategem/The Poison Sky were good but they aren't the best of the DVD, there are a few funny moments though e. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by Linz
4.0 out of 5 stars There have been worse episodes...
This volume gets off to a bad start with the "The Sontaran Stratagem" and "Poison Sky". The Sontarans were built up for a triumphant return but end up not doing very much before... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2008 by Robin Corbett
5.0 out of 5 stars It just keeps getting better!
This is my review of the next four episodes as some of you may have read my review of Series 4, Volume 1. Read more
Published on 15 Jun 2008 by Lynn Boyd
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