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Doctor Who – Mannequin Mania Box Set
Doctor Who – Mannequin Mania Box Set Terror of The Autons/Spearhead from Space (special edition)
Features two classic stories, Spearhead From Space and Terror of the Autons.
Due 9th May 2011
Spearhead from Space
* Down to Earth – Cast and crew look back at the making of this story and how a strike at the BBC studios inadvertently created the only classic series story to be made entirely on film. With actor Jon Pertwee, producers Derrick Sherwin and Barry Letts, script editor Terrance Dicks, costume designer Christine Rawlins and assistant script editor (and inadvertent Auton actor) Robin Squire. Narrated by Carl Kennedy.
* Two Commentaries: One with actors Caroline John and Nicholas Courtney and another with producer Derrick Sherwin and script editor Terrance Dicks.
* Regenerations – From Black and White to Colour – ‘Spearhead from Space’ marked not only the arrival of a new Doctor but also the transition from black and white to colour. This documentary looks at the challenges faced by programme makers during this period.
* UNIT Recruitment Film (dur. 4’ 48”) – a spoof army recruitment film put together for BBC transmission during Doctor Who’s 30th anniversary celebrations in 1993.
* Trailers – two trailers for the 1999 BBC2 transmission of the story and for ‘Doctor Who Night’from the same year.
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon trailers.
* Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.
Terror of the Autons
* Commentary – With actors Katy Manning and Nicolas Courtney, producer Barry Letts.
* Life on Earth – In this documentary, cast and crew look back at the making of the story and the differences in the way Doctor Who was made in the seventies compared to now.
* The Doctor’s Moriarty– with the introduction of the Master, the Doctor now had his very own Moriarty, who would be the dark figure behind every story in season eight, and many more beyond that. This featurette discusses the enduring appeal of the character.
* Plastic Fantastic – how did the writers of Doctor Who and other programmes take something as everyday as plastic and turn it against us?
* Photo Gallery
* Coming Soon trailer.
* Radio Times Listings and promotional material in Adobe PDF format.
Original VHS covers and information
Spearhead from Space starring Jon Pertwee
by Robert Holmes
Forbidden to continue his travels through time and space by his fellow Time Lords, the newly regenerated Doctor begins his exile on Earth and finds himself hurled into one of his most exciting and terrifying adventures…
But the Doctor is not the only alien intelligence arriving on the planet.
A shower of mysterious meteorites signals the coming of the Nestene Consciousness – an evil, cosmic, collective being with just one goal – total conquest of Earth.
The Nestenes possess a special ability to control plastic and are making hoards of Autons – indestructible, armed, plastic manikins, only awaiting the Nestene command to start their killer rampage.
Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, scientist Liz Shaw and U.N.I.T enlist the Doctor’s help to defeat the relentless Auton invasion, but the Doctor has problems of his own…
Terror of the Autons starring Jon Pertwee
by Robert Holmes
“I have come to destroy you Doctor, once and for all…”
The Earth is in terrible danger! The Master is back with an evil scheme to destroy humanity and silence the Doctor forever. His plan? To awaken the awesome power of the Nestene – a ruthlessly aggressive alien life form. Once mixed with plastic, they will form into faceless automatons, a willing army of destruction easily controlled by the evil Time Lord himself. This is the terrible threat now facing the Earth – the terror of the Autons.
Aided by the Brigadier and his enthusiastic new assistant Jo Grant, only the Doctor can combat their evil power, but first he must defeat the Master…
Originally transmitted in colour 2 – 23 January 1971, this four part adventure starring Jon Pertwee was lost in its original form. Only a black and white version and an edited colour American NTSC standard version remained until now when technology worthy of the Doctor himself has reconciled the two, synchronising them into one full colour version.
Doctorpotter
April 27th, 2011 - 6:52amHey Booboo what are the 3 best Tom Baker Stories
Doctorpotter
April 27th, 2011 - 7:20amAnd the Top 3 Jon Pertwee Stories
booboo
April 27th, 2011 - 8:24amto many to be able say 3 but probably talons weng chiang, genesis daleks, terror zygons
who crazy!
April 25th, 2011 - 7:59amBooboo, on the Planet of the Spiders DVD, this was in the coming soon bit. But it was called Mannequin Madness. Is that right or wrong? 😕
gordon
April 25th, 2011 - 10:12amThey had finished the trailer then the name was changed
who crazy!
April 25th, 2011 - 4:44pmThanks gordon 😉
the doctor and bradley
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:15amno no it said on amazon
booboo
April 23rd, 2011 - 10:51amThey only get it right because they are sent the latest info from 2entertain, all they have to do is check there “in box” then copy and paste unlike us who have to keep trawling the internet to try and keep up to date with the latest covers and release dates , we asked very politely if they could send us the info as it became available, especially to keep the collectors lists up to date which hundreds of people are using but they couldn’t even have the courtesy to reply which is a real shame considering how many people visit these pages
the doctor and bradley
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:46pmday of the daleks the sun makers and paradise towers will be realsed on september 12th 2011
Gordon
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:15pmThats not quite right. Day of the daleks is released 12 september but paradise towers and sunmakers are not. Paradise towers is released 18 july and sunmakers is released on 1 august. Its up for preorder on these dates on amazon play.com etc
The Silence
April 21st, 2011 - 8:40amHay Booboo I have £10 to spend on classic doctor who dvds what should i get
booboo
April 21st, 2011 - 5:28pmTalons of weng chiang
The Silence
April 21st, 2011 - 5:35pmCant get that off Amazon
The Only way to get it is buy Revisitations 1 but that is £16.50 and i have £10
gordon
April 22nd, 2011 - 1:16amGet seeds of doom. One of the best dr who stories ever plus its only 9 pounds.
The Silence
April 22nd, 2011 - 6:50amMight get it when it goes down to £6 of £5 like the rest
Intergalactic
April 3rd, 2011 - 11:35amhere’s an extra large version of the boxset.
edit:to big!
Intergalactic
April 3rd, 2011 - 11:29amthe looks great! ❗
gary
April 1st, 2011 - 6:58pmooo it just looks exellent- can’t wait!!!! but im just gunna have to!!!
LiasonIce
April 1st, 2011 - 7:51amI like the name, that’s clever
The Flying Shark
March 31st, 2011 - 8:16pmThis is a brilliant cover!
DalekDrone9
March 31st, 2011 - 3:28pmLove terror of the autons
joshua duffy
March 31st, 2011 - 3:20pmWe all be wondering what will the covers for Spearhead from space (special edition) and Terror of the autons look like in the boxset
King Ninja
March 30th, 2011 - 10:48pmBth brilliant stories. The autons are some of the Doctor’s best enemies.
gary
March 15th, 2011 - 5:44pmi cant wait for this i missed these episodes so thank the lord they are on dvd!!!!!!!!!!!!
gordon
March 12th, 2011 - 12:43amReleased in the uk 9 may. Play.com has it for 17.99
who crazy!
February 22nd, 2011 - 3:07pmTerror of the autons is a brilliant story. Even though i have the original spearhead from space like gordon said im worthy to get it again for more special features and a partner DVD! Amazing! Oh by the way booboo im gonna make up for the time that ive been off the site. 😉
gordon
February 18th, 2011 - 12:35amOfficially announced on dr who online facebook page for 9 may dvd release date.
gordon
February 8th, 2011 - 9:37amI already have spearhead in space but im perfectley happy to get another version as i was never happy with the muffled audio in places and the lack of extras that the original didn’t have
Alex
February 7th, 2011 - 6:39pmgood thing I don’t have Spearhead From Space.
GORDON
January 27th, 2011 - 10:30amRumour is that the most lkely release date is the 2nd of may
GORDON
January 27th, 2011 - 12:45amReigion 1 in america has a release date of tuesday 10 may for terror of the autons. http://www.bbcamericashop.com/dvd/doctor-who-terror-of-the-autons-16025.html
which means it should be out in the uk by the latest monday 9 may
GORDON
January 20th, 2011 - 12:21am@daleksvscybs Why buy it seperatly when spearhead in space is tottally better than the original plusthe picture and sound are way better than the original plus its the originally transmitted version which means its the version that doesnt appear on the dvd plus it has extras that has never has seen before
daleksvscybs
January 19th, 2011 - 5:27pmyou will probably be able to buy terror sepratly like most of the other box sets iff you look hard enough
GORDON
January 17th, 2011 - 1:11amInterestingly the original title for this boxset was called plastic fantastic. much better title than manaquin mania in my view.
cyberguy
January 15th, 2011 - 9:55ami am so gonna buy this
gordon
January 14th, 2011 - 12:51pmList of extras (from dwm) (more maybe annouced later)
Speahead in space
All 4 episodes newly restored from high definition telecine transfer
New commentary
Down to Earth documentary
Regenerations:From black and white to colour
UNIT: Recruitment film
Terror of The Autons
Commentary
Life on earth documentary
Doctor’s Moriaty (master documentary)
Platic fantastic docuentary
Additional fotage from episode 1
Nestle Comic strip
LiasonIce
January 14th, 2011 - 6:32amIf they keep the DVD Files going long enough then i reckon that all the classics will be released.
harold saxon
January 13th, 2011 - 11:43pmlove that story,excited for it’s release.
chris97
January 13th, 2011 - 2:27pmThis is the best release of 2011 in my opinion.
Callum Metcalfe
January 13th, 2011 - 8:08amAlways wanted Terror of the autons but they have put it with spearhead from space which I’ve got!