{"product_id":"doctor-who-the-two-doctors","title":"DOCTOR WHO: THE TWO DOCTORS DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie arrive at space station J7 to ask the Doctor's old friend Dastari to cease his experiments in time travel. The station is invaded, and when Doctor number 6 (Colin Baker) and Peri arrive, they find a shell-shocked Jamie claiming that the Doctor has been killed. It is in fact all part of a Sontaran plot to discover the secrets of time travel, which necessitates a trip to Seville to rescue the earlier incarnation of the Time Lord. Patrick Troughton's last appearance as the Doctor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who: The Two Doctors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of those occasional adventures in which the then-current Doctor joins forces with one of his former incarnations, here Colin Baker's sixth Doctor with Patrick Troughton's second Doctor. In the epic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00008N6ZJ\/$%7B0%7D\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThree Doctors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1972-3) such a team-up faced a suitably overwhelming danger; here the threat is rather less impressive. This adventure starts encouragingly enough, with Troughton and Jamie (Frazer Hines) investigating time-travel experiments on a space station, which endanger the fabric of the universe. Baker's Doctor and Peri (Nichola Bryant) arrive in the aftermath of a massacre and suspect the Timelords; but events lead them to Spain and old enemies the Sontarans. Also involved is alien schemer Chessene (Jacqueline Pearce) in a role not dissimilar to her Servalan from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlake's 7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, while John Stratton as Shockeye, a food-obsessed alien \"Androgum\" chef is vastly entertaining.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite location filming in Seville, the three 45-minute episodes eventually stretch the material too thinly, degenerating into some of the most farcical scenes in the history of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The story becomes a repetitive series of double-crosses, escapes and pursuits, featuring an unnecessary obsession with cannibalistic comedy-horror. Despite many fine moments along the way \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Two Doctors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ultimately leaves a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca class=\"a-link-normal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00006JI16\/$%7B0%7D\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBad Taste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOn the DVD:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who: The Two Doctors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is offered with an as-good-as-possible 4:3 picture, which exposes the limitations of the original video footage. The sound is excellent mono and the first disc also offers an isolated track of Peter Howell's striking musical score and an engaging commentary with director Peter Moffatt, Frazer Hines and Jacqueline Pearce.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe highlight of Disc Two is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBehind the Sofa: Robert Holmes and Doctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a new 45-minute documentary with series luminaries Chris Boucher, Terrance Dicks, Philip Hinchcliffe, Barry Letts and Eric Saward remembering the writer. Of more specialist interest to would-be programme makers is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAdventures in Time and Spain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (29 mins), in which Production Manager Gary Downie charmingly recalls the problems of finding the Spanish locations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeneath the Lights\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a 27-minute compilation of studio footage centred on Baker and Bryant filming three scenes, while \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBeneath the Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e complies video location rushes, which at 36 minutes with poor picture quality is for completists only. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWavelength\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1984) is an interesting 29-minute edition of the BBC Schools radio documentary series giving an in-depth look at the making of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDoctor Who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in general. Finally there's an animated, scored photo gallery. Overall this is an exhaustively comprehensive presentation that will satisfy the even the most serious \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWho\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e fan. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e--Gary S Dalkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BBC \/ 2Entertain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000388599982,"sku":"BBCDVD1213","price":7.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/TWODOCTORS-LIME-LIGHT.jpg?v=1761054471","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/doctor-who-the-two-doctors","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}