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Doctor Who - The Visitation/Black Orchid [VHS] [1963]
 
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Doctor Who - The Visitation/Black Orchid [VHS] [1963]

VHS ~ Peter Davison
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Actors: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding
  • Format: Box set, HiFi Sound, PAL
  • Language English
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • VHS Release Date: 4 Jul 1994
  • Run Time: 146 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004COWG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,420 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

    Popular in these categories:

    #40 in  Video > Classic Films > Drama > 1960s
    #41 in  Video > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Doctor Who
    #59 in  Video > Television & Documentary > Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Video Description
The Visitation:
The Doctor attempts to take Tegan back to Heathrow Airport but the Tardis arrives in the 17th century instead of the 20th. The time travellers discover that a space capsule has crash-landed nearby and that its alien occupants, 3 Terileptil prison escapees, intend to wipe out all indigenous life on Earth by releasing rats infected with an enhanced strain of the great plague. The creatures are also using a sophisticated androad to strike terror into the local plague. Aided by intinerant thespian Richard Mace, the Doctor traces tracks the Terileptils to their base in Pudding Lane, London.

Black Orchid:
The Tardis arrives on Earth in 1925 where, due to a case of mistaken identity, the Doctor ends up playing in a local cricket match. The travellers then accept an invitation to a masked fancy dress ball, but events take on a more sinister tone as a number of murders are perpetrated at the country home of their host Lord Cranleigh. The Doctor comes under suspicion but the murderer is eventually revealed to be Cranleigh's brother George, who has been kept locked up in the house ever since returning from an expedition up the Amazon to find the legendary black orchid. George mistakes Nyssa for his former fiancee Ann Talbot who looks identical and takes her up to the roof of the house.

Synopsis
In 'The Visitation' 17th Century England is haunted by Death and in 'Black Orchid' a well-to-do family is accused of murder...


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good., 23 Dec 2000
By A Customer
Both these adventures are set in history and both are from the Peter Davison era. In 'The Visitation', the Terileptils have arrived in 17th century England and plan to wipe out the human race. These are really rubbery monsters and are not remembered very fondly, but this is still an enjoyable yarn. The second adventure, 'Black Orchid', is similar to a Miss Marple episode. The Doctor arrives with his companions in 1920s England and they acquaint themselves with an upper crust family. During their stay at the family's luxurious mansion, a murderer strikes and the Doctor and his companions are held responsible.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A positive stance from a PROPER fan!, 19 Sep 2005
By Binro The Heretic "mattieboyz" (Hillsborough, Sheffield) - See all my reviews
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I am going to be mildly controversial here and support this DOCTOR WHO release!
As a long-term fan I am naturally nostalgic and wear 'rose-tinted spectacles' whenever watching Dctor Who; what genuine fanboy wouldn't? Tom Baker was my first (and favourite) Doctor and Peter Davison comes second - mainly due to his tenure being during my adolescent and formative years. I remember both of these stories clearly and fondly: Black Orchid is one of the best Doctor Who stories ever realised on TV - mainly because it's so cosy and redolent of the kind of fictional England that only ever exists on TV, (think Midsomer Murders, Poirot et al). Although, as often stated, the plot is fairly mundane, it is a lot of fun - not one but TWO foxy Nyssas, a marginalised Tegan, an intriguing sub-plot and that all-pervading 'Englishness', summed up by cricket, high tea and The Charleston!
The Visitation also works well as a historical story - bearing in mind the limited budget of the early 80's the BBC always produced great sets and imagery when producing period pieces for Doctor Who. Carefree actor Richard Mace lends a lighthertedness to the proceedings, the Terileptils (whilst fairly rubbery!) form distracting villains and their colourful android is well realised.
Overall a solid pair of stories see Peter Davison getting into his stride as The Doctor and hint at the sad, yet somehow welcome, impending demise of the tiresome Adric...
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor who video with an edge!, 5 Oct 2000
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As Peter Davision is one of my favourite Doctor who, it was a welecome to me to finally be able to watch this at home! It is a great little package and has a four episode story and a two. It keeps you on the edge of your eat and has the usual wit of the Doctor!
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3.0 out of 5 stars One good, one rubbish.
Thank goodness its the Visitation that gets the four part treatment and Black Orchid that gets the two-parter. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2004 by Andrew Kyle

3.0 out of 5 stars The Visitation/Black Orchid
Peter Davison first season didn't do him justice. He is still my third favourite though after Baker and Pertwee. Read more
Published on 8 Jul 2003 by Marlon

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