DVD
  | Doctor Who: The Key to Time - The Complete Adventure (Dr Who) (7 Discs) |
( - The Ribos Operation: Commentary with Tom Baker and Mary Tamm
- A Matter of Time - explores Graham Williams' tenure as Doctor Who's producer.
- The Ribos File - cast and crew look back at the making of this story
- Continuities - off-air continuity links
- Season 16 Trailer
- Photo Gallery - design, production and publicity stills
- Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac
- The Pirate Planet: Commentary With Bruce Purchase and director Pennant Roberts.
- Commentary With Tom Baker, Mary Tamm and script editor Anthony Read.
- Parrot Fashion - cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
- Film Inserts, Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
- Weird Science - a spoof seventies schools science show looks at some the science seen in 'The Key to Time'.
- Continuities - off-air continuity links from the story's original BBC1 transmission.
- Photo Gallery - design, production and publicity stills for the story
- The Stones of Blood: Commentary With Mary Tamm and director Darrol Blake.
- Commentary With Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, Susan Engel and writer David Fisher
- Getting Blood from the Stones - cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
- Hammer Horror - looks at the influences of horror films on Doctor Who stories
- Stones Free - Mary Tamm visits the Rollright Stones location used in the story
- Deleted Scenes
- Continuities - off-air continuity links from the story's original BBC1 transmission.
- Model World - looks at the model work for this story, with designer Mat Irvine
- Blue Peter - the famous children's show looks back at the history of Doctor Who on the show's fifteen anniversary
- Nationwide - the BBC1 news magazine programme looks back on 15 years of Doctor Who.
- Photo Gallery - design, production and publicity stills for the story.
- The Androids of Tara: Commentary With Tom Baker, Mary Tamm and director Michael Hayes.
- The Humans of Tara - cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
- Now & Then - The Androids of Tara - comparing and contrasting present day locations as they are now with how they appeared in the story
- Double Trouble - a brief history of 'doubles' in Doctor Who.
- Photo Gallery - design, production and publicity stills for the story
- The Power of Kroll: Commentary With Tom Baker and John Leeson.
- In Studio - a fascinating glimpse inside the studio recording of the story
- Variations - a BBC local news programme visits the story location
- There's Something About Mary - Mary Tamm looks back at her single-season starring role as the Doctor's companion.
- Philip Madoc - A Villain for All Seasons - a retrospective of actor Philip Madoc's numerous roles as a Doctor Who villain down the years.
- Continuities - off-air continuity links from the story's original BBC1 transmission
- Photo Gallery - design, production and publicity stills for the story
- The Armageddon Factor: Commentary With Mary Tamm, John Woodvine and director Michael Hayes
- Commentary With Tom Baker, Marry Tamm and John Leeson
- 1979 Doctor Who Annual in Adobe PDF format for viewing on PC or Mac
- Defining Shadows - cast and crew look back at the making of this story
- Alternative / Extended Scene
- Rogue Time Lords - a potted history of errant Time Lords
- Pebble Mill at One - Tom Baker interviewed on the show in 1978
- Radiophonic Feature - an interview with Dick Mills and Brian Hodgson looking at Radiophonic music and effects in Doctor Who
- The New Sound of Music - Dick Mills talks about creating a Doctor Who sound effects
- Merry Christmas, Doctor Who - a special Christmas sketch
- Continuities - off-air continuity links
- Photo Gallery
- Late Night Story - Tom Baker reads five spine-chilling stories from this 1978 series
Join the popular Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and the beautiful Romana on a 26-episode intergalactic treasure hunt for the six segments of the all-powerful Key to Time. Includes all six stories from the popular series: The Ribos Operation, The Pirate Planet, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor.
Average rating (13 reviews)
Consists mainly of Tom Baker shouting "Come on K9 / Romana"
colinneal | 08/10/2007 | See all colinneal's reviews (9) »
This is an enjoyable season of Doctor Who but none of the stories really shine. The Ribos Operation has absolutely nothing going for it. A couple of crooks on an alien planet trying to fool the locals isn't very interesting. The same can be said for the Androids of Tara, a similarly medieval story.
The Pirate Planet has more to enjoy (mainly Douglas Adams' mind) but the guy playing the Captain hams it up far too much. OK it's supposed to be that bad but overall it doesn't give much in the way of menace.
The showdown with the Black Guardian is lame as well. They just have a bit of a barney on the Tardis monitor. They could have stuck a couple of existing baddies in there to balance it out. For example the Cybermen or the Sontarans could have had a key segment.
Still, it's worth every penny for Tom Baker doing that power-crazed bit at the end of the Armageddon Factor.
The best box set of the decade
davrosstory2 | 05/10/2007 | See all davrosstory2's reviews (7) »
At last. the key to time season is finally relased on dvd in GB. It's been relased in The U.S.A for years now. Now i have seen it all the way through, it's been brilliant
A GOOD BOXSET
popout19 | 03/10/2007 | See all popout19's reviews (36) »
This boxset is not bad and is better then some boxsets that have released on dvd it contains a lot of special
features and is a whole season of doctor who it also has a k9 story in it so overall it is a good boxset and is worth buying.
Tom Baker, Mary Tamm, John Leeson, Lalla Ward, Cyril Luckham, Valentine Dyall, Iain Cuthbertson, Nigel Plaskitt, Paul Seed, Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, Rosalind Llioyd, Beatrix Lehmann, Susan Engel, Peter Jeffery & Neville Jason | |
English | |
10 Hours and 50 Minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
