Doctor Who - The Complete First Series
Warner Brothers (2005)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, TV Series
In Collection
#732
8*
Seen ItYes
(6/13/2011)
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IMDB   8.3
585 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Billie Piper Rose Tyler
David Tennant The Doctor
Noel Clarke Mickey Smith
Paul Kasey Cyber Leader
Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who
Camille Coduri Jackie Tyler
Director Euros Lyn
James Hawes
Producer Mal Young
Julie Gardner
Russell T. Davies
Writer Russell T. Davies
Terry Nation
Steven Moffat

Christopher Eccleston's Doctor is wise and funny, cheeky and brave. An alien and a loner, his detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world's in danger. But when it comes to human relationships, he can be found wanting. That's why he needs Rose. From the moment they meet, the Doctor and Rose understand and complement each other. As they travel together through time, encountering new adversaries, the Doctor shows her things beyond imagination.

Disc One:
Rose
The End Of The World
The Unquiet Dead

Disc Two:
Aliens Of London
World War Three
Dalek

Disc Three:
The Long Game
Father's Day
The Empty Child
The Doctor Dances

Disc Four:
Boom Town
Bad Wolf
The Parting Of The Ways

Disc Five:
Doctor Who Confidential
Edition Details
Series Doctor Who
Release Date 7/4/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 5
Personal Details
Purchase Date 2/12/2007
Owner Thomas Eisenmann
Store Best Buy
Purchase Price $79.99
Condition Excellent
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Bit Rate 448 KB
Anamophic Yes
Links DVD Empire
Amazon US
IMDB

Features
Disc 01 Anamophic
Interview with Christopher Eccleston (BBC Breakfast)
Destroying the Lair
Making Doctor Who with Russell T Davies
Waking The Dead - Mark Gatiss Video Diary
Laying Ghosts - The Origin of The Unquiet Dead
Launch Trailers
Deconstructing Big Ben
On Set with Billie Piper
Trailers
Mike Tucker's Mocks of Balloons
Designing Doctor Who
The Adventures of Captain Jack

Widescreen Review
Season 1

1. Rose
Community Score: 8.6

First aired: 3/26/2005
Production Code: NCFR025X
Location: London, England
Date: 4th/5th/6th March 2005
Enemy: Nestene Consciousness

Rose Tyler, a shop girl from London, stumbles across a mysterious individual called The Doctor. She tries to help as he seeks out the Nestene Consciousness, an alien who is controlling living plastic in an attempt to take over the world.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Keith Boak
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Nicholas Briggs (Nestene Voice), Alan Ruscoe (Auton), Paul Kasey (Auton) , Adam McCoy (Clive's Son), Elli Garnett (Caroline Finch), Mark Benton (Clive Finch), David Sant (Auton), Elizabeth Fost (Auton), Helen Otway (Auton), Sarah K Chrispin (Auton)

2. The End of the World
Community Score: 8.8

First aired: 4/2/2005
Production Code: NCFR029Y
Location: Platform 1 (A space station orbiting Earth)
Date: 5,000,000,000 AD
Enemy: The Lady Cassandra

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year five billion, when the Sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. She is cautious and soon starts to question her reasons for joning The Doctor. But amongst the powerful alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly metal spiders?

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) , Silas Carson (Alien Voices), Beccy Armory (Raffalo), Sara Stewart (Computer Voice), Jimmy Vee (The Moxx of Balhoon), Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe), Zoë Wanamaker (Voice of Cassandra), Simon Day (II) (Steward)

3. The Unquiet Dead
Community Score: 8.8

First aired: 4/9/2005
Production Code: NCFR030S
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Date: 24th December, 1869
Enemy: The Gelth

The Doctor plans to take Rose back through time to Naples, 1860, but instead they arrive in Cardiff, 1869. In Victorian Cardiff, the dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. The time-travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate Mr Sneed, the local undertaker, who's hiding a very big secret. However, this time, The Doctor won't be able to save everyone.

Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Zoe Thorne (The Gelth), Wayne Cater (Stage Manager), Meic Povey (The Driver), Alan David (Gabriel Sneed), Simon Callow (Charles Dickens), Jennifer Hill (Mrs Peace), Huw Rhys (Redpath), Eve Myles (Gwyneth)

4. Aliens of London (1)
Community Score: 8.2

First aired: 4/16/2005
Production Code: NCFR031L
Location: London, Earth
Date: March 2006
Enemy: The Slitheen

The Doctor and Rose return to modern-day Earth, only to find it has been a year since Rose first set off, and everyone thought she was missing, presumed dead. Whilst there, a spaceship crashes into Big Ben and lands in the Thames. Soon, all is not as it seems with the residents of 10 Downing Street.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Keith Boak
Guest star: Paul Kasey (Slitheen), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Alan Ruscoe (Slitheen), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) , Fiesta Mei Ling (Ru), Jimmy Vee (Alien), Andrew Marr (Himself), Basil Chung (Bau), Jack Tarlton (Reporter), Corey Doabe (Spray Painter), Navin Chowdhry (Indra Ganesh), Ceris Jones (Policeman), Lachele Carl (Reporter), Rupert Vansittart (General Asquith), Steve Spiers (Strickland), Elizabeth Fost (Slitheen), David Verrey (Joseph Green), Naoko Mori (Doctor Sato), Annette Badland (Margaret Blaine), Eric Potts (Oliver Charles), Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones), Matt Baker (Himself on TV)

5. World War Three (2)
Community Score: 8.2

First aired: 4/23/2005
Production Code: NCFR032F
Location: London, Earth
Date: March 2006
Enemy: The Slitheen

With the Doctor, Rose, and MP Harriet Jones trapped inside Downing Street, the Slitheen make their move: Nuclear Warfare. If the human race is obliterated, the Earth can be sold on the Galactic Black Market for a very reasonable price. It's up to the Doctor to defeat the Slitheen before the entire population of the Earth is wiped out. But will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice: Rose Tyler...?

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Keith Boak
Guest star: Alan Ruscoe (Slitheen), Paul Kasey (Slitheen), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) , Matt Baker (Himself), Ceris Jones (Policeman), Fiesta Mei Ling (Ru), Basil Chung (Bau), Elizabeth Fost (Slitheen), Jack Tarlton (Reporter), Steve Spiers (Strickland), Annette Badland (Margaret Blaine), Morgan Hopkins (Sergeant Price), Rupert Vansittart (General Asquith), Corey Doabe (Spray Painter), Lachele Carl (Reporter), Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones), David Verrey (Joseph Green), Andrew Marr (Himself)

6. Dalek
Community Score: 9.3

First aired: 4/30/2005
Production Code: NCFR033A
Location: Utah, Earth
Date: 2012
Enemy: Dalek

The Doctor and Rose find themselves in an underground museum in Utah in the year 2012. The museum houses all kinds of extra-terrestrial artefacts the only living exhibit being one of the Doctor's oldest enemies - a Dalek. But soon after, it escapes from its "torture chamber", and goes on a killing spree. Will Rose be one of the victims?

Writer: Robert Shearman
Director: Joe Ahearne
Guest star: Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voice) , Eirlys Bellin (Bev), Joe Montana (II) (Commander), Jana Carpenter (De Maggio), John Schwab (Bywater), Nigel Whitmey (Simmons), Bruno Langley (Adam), Anna-Louise Plowman (Goddard), Corey Johnson (Henry van Statten), Steven Beckingham (Polkowski)

7. The Long Game
Community Score: 8.3

First aired: 5/7/2005
Production Code: NCFR034T
Location: Satelite 5
Date: 200,000
Enemy: The Editor, The Jagrafess

The Doctor, Rose and Adam arrive in the year 200,000 on a broadcasting station that transmits programming to Earth. But soon, trouble is afoot, when they discover that any worker promoted to a position on level 500 never returns. The Doctor and Rose attempt to find out what is happening, whilst Adam investigates part of the station himself, and makes a decision that he's going to regret for the rest of his life.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Brian Grant
Guest star: Simon Pegg (The Editor), Tamsin Greig (Nurse), Anna Maxwell-Martin (Suki), Christine Adams (Cathica), Colin Prockter (Head Chef), Bruno Langley (Adam Mitchell)

8. Father's Day
Community Score: 8.9

First aired: 5/14/2005
Production Code: NCFR035N
Location: London, Earth
Date: 7 November, 1987
Enemy: The Reapers

Rose requests a trip back to the day her father, Pete Tyler, died. Reluctantly, the Doctor agrees, but he realises he has made a mistake, when Rose saves Pete from being run over by a car. This has now changed the timeline, and Reapers are transposing themselves all over the Universe. However, this time, the Doctor doesn't have a plan…

Writer: Paul Cornell
Director: Joe Ahearne
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) , Rhian James (Suzie), Julia Joyce (Young Rose), Natalie Jones (Sarah), Frank Rozelaar-Green (Sonny), Christopher Llewellyn (Stuart), Casey Dyer (Young Mickey), Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler), Robert Barton (Registrar)

9. The Empty Child (1)
Community Score: 9.4 Appalling

First aired: 5/21/2005
Production Code: NCFR036H
Location: London, England
Date: 1941
Enemy: The Empty Child

After chasing an unexplained capsule through time, the TARDIS lands in London, during an air raid. Rose investigates when a small child wearing a gasmask, standing on a rooftop, continuously calls out for his mummy. After floating above the city on a barrage balloon, Rose is swept off her feet by another time traveller – Captain Jack Harkness. Meanwhile, The Doctor follows a teenaged girl to a meeting of the homeless children of the Blitz. Here, the child in the gasmask is terrorising them with a parade of strange events, constantly asking for his mother.

Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: James Hawes
Guest star: Kate Harvey (Nightclub Singer), Albert Valentine (The Child), Florence Hoath (Nancy), Cheryl Fergison (Mrs. Lloyd), Damian Samuels (Mr. Lloyd), Robert Hands (Algy), Joseph Tremain (Jim), Jordan Murphy (Ernie), Brandon Miller (Alf), Richard Wilson (Dr. Constantine), Noah Johnson (Voice of The Empty Child), Dian Perry (Computer Voice)

10. The Doctor Dances (2)
Community Score: 9.4

First aired: 5/28/2005
Production Code: NCFR037B
Location: London, England
Date: 1941
Enemy: The Empty Child/Gas mask Zombies/Nanogenes

After narrowly escaping the gas mask monsters, The Doctor, Rose, and Captain Jack try to stop the mutated people from infected other victims. But it soon becomes apparent that one of the group may indirectly responsible for the virus. The answer lies at the bombsite, but time is running out...

Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: James Hawes
Guest star: Luke Perry II (Timothy Lloyd), Albert Valentine (The Child), Dian Perry (Computer Voice), Florence Hoath (Nancy), Damian Samuels (Mr. Lloyd), Cheryl Fergison (Mrs. Lloyd), Joseph Tremain (Jim), Richard Wilson (Dr. Constantine), Robert Hands (Algy), Jordan Murphy (Ernie), Noah Johnson (Voice of The Empty Child), Martin Hodgson (Jenkins), Vilma Hollingbery (Mrs.Harcourt)

11. Boom Town
Community Score: 8.4 Great

First aired: 6/4/2005
Production Code: NCFR038W
Location: Cardiff, Wales
Date: 2006
Enemy: Margaret Blaine (Blon Fel Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen)

The Doctor, Rose and Captain Jack stop off in present-day Cardiff to recharge the TARDIS on the Rift they formerly encountered in 1869. Whilst there, they come upon a since-thought-long-dead enemy of theirs, who is hatching yet another plan to destroy Earth and sell the chunks of rock to other aliens.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Joe Ahearne
Guest star: Noel Clarke (Mickey), Alan Ruscoe (Slitheen) , Annette Badland (Margaret), William Thomas (Mr.Cleaver), Mali Harries (Cathy), Aled Pedick (Idris)

12. Bad Wolf (1)
Community Score: 9.2 Superb

First aired: 6/11/2005
Production Code: NCFR039P
Location: The Gamestation (Satellite 5)
Date: 200,100
Enemy: The Games, The Daleks

In a seemingly futuristic world, the Doctor wakes up in the Big Brother house during an eviction, Rose wakes up on the Weakest Link with the Anne-Droid, and Captain Jack gets a make over with Trin-E and Zu-Zana. But something unusual is happening, and the losing contestants are being disintergrated. Obviously, it's time for the Doctor to investigate. There could be only one monster behind this - the Daleks!

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Joe Ahearne
Guest star: Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Alan Ruscoe (Android), Paul Kasey (Android) , Nicholas Pegg (Dalek Operator), Susannah Constantine (Voice of Zu-Zana), Trinny Woodall (Voice of Trine-E), Jo Stone-Fewings (Male Programmer), Jenna Russell (Floor Manager), Paterson Joseph (Rodrick), Davina McCall (Voice of Davinadroid), David Hankinson (Dalek Operator), Abi Eniola (Crosbie), Dominic Burgess (Agorax), Jamie Bradley (Strood), Nisha Nayar (Female Programmer), Karren Winchester (Fitch), Kate Loustau (Colleen), Sebastian Armesto (Broff), Martha Cope (Controller), Sam Callis (Security Guard), Anne Robinson (Anne Droid), Jo Joyner (Lynda Moss)

13. The Parting of the Ways (2)
Community Score: 9.3 Superb

First aired: 6/18/2005
Production Code: NCFR040J
Location: The Gamestation (Satellite 5) and London, Earth Date: 200,100 and 2006 Enemy: Emperor Dalek/The Daleks

The fate of the Universe is hanging in the balance as the Dalek fleet begin their invasion of Earth. The Doctor must decide whether to sacrifice every human being on Earth in order to save every other living creature in the universe from the Daleks. Either way, he knows he must send Rose home...

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Joe Ahearne
Guest star: Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Dalek Voice), Camille Coduri (Jackie), Noel Clarke (Mickey), Alan Ruscoe (Android) , Nicholas Pegg (Dalek Operator), David Hankinson (Dalek Operator), Anne Robinson (Voice of Anne Droid), Jo Stone-Fewings (Male Programmer), Nisha Nayar (Female Programmer), Jo Joyner (Lynda), Paterson Joseph (Rodrick), David Tennant (Regenerated Doctor)