Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri find themselves embroiled in a long running, literal underground war. Uk us at the end of resurrection of the daleks, the doctor, shaken by tegans bitter tirade about the violence shes seen, vows to mend his ways. The caves of androzani aired at an odd time for doctor who when that variability in quality weve remarked on before was at its most alarmingly binary. The caves of androzani pelicula completa doctor who. Doctor who the caves of androzani studio tape download link in the description. The caves of androzani was roger limbs seventh of eight contributions to the series, and the first of his two very successful collaborations with director graeme harper. Doctor who the caves of androzani original television soundt licensed to youtube by the orchard music, entertainment one u. We checkin with meepy, are never isolated thanks to dave cooper, and more. Like all the best who, it works as proper drama first, and then as a who story afterward. Join sue perryman as she encounters the classic series for the first time. The dvd contains commentary by director graeme harper and actors peter davison and nicola bryant. In the the mighty 200poll, the story was voted as the best of all 200 stories broadcast until then. Maybe not quite as much as resurrection of the daleks, just two stories previously, but its very close.
Christian erickson is one half of the electronic duo the sevateem and a major dr. Fifth doctor regenerates the caves of androzani bbc youtube. Puffin facebook puffin instagram puffin twitter puffin youtube. It works because holmes and harper took the ball and ran with it, because saward knew to stay out of the way, and nathan turner out of the mix so he wouldnt bollocks it up. Doctor who is a british sciencefiction television programme produced by the bbc. This story was released as the accompanying dvd with issue 36 of the doctor who dvd files on 19 may 2010. Doctor who and the caves of androzani penguin books. Travel in the tardis with clips dating back to the doctors first incarnation in 1963, all the way through dozens of regenerations.
The caves of androzani part 3 home forums episodes the fifth doctor the caves of androzani part 3 this topic contains 16 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by anonymous 6 years, 8 months ago. The caves of androzani is the sixth serial of the 21st season of the british science fiction television series doctor who, which was first broadcast in four. The programme depicts the adventures of the doctor, a time lorda timetravelling humanoid alien. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri find themselves embroiled in a longrunning underground war. The doctor directs the space ship to the planet androzani minor, much to the displeasure of his captor stotz. Arriving on the barren world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri. The doctor and peri come under fire from a patrolling android as they descend into the caves in search of the tardis. Tense clip from the best doctor who serial of all time the caves of androzani as voted for by fans, in the doctor who magazine 2003. You know, if we could just sit down and talk about this little misunderstanding in a civilised manner. Silcd70 doctor who the caves of androzani silva screen. The mountains of androzani minor were actually from monument valley in utah.
Restoration team article details on the dvd release of the story. Beating blink into second place, the 25yearold the caves of androzani took the top spot. Roger limb and the bbc radiophonic workshop doctor who opening theme 2. Doctor who the caves of androzani 1 video dailymotion. Doctor android attack the caves of androzani bbc youtube. Originally a child actor, with credits including the film noddy in toyland, harper became interested in working behind the camera as he grew older. It is one of those rare cases of a production in which everything scripting, direction, casting. On the caveriddled world of androzani minor, the doctor and peri inadvertently find themselves enmeshed in a war fought between the ruthless general chellak and the sinister sharaz jek and his army of androids.
The caves is a 16track indieelectronic pop album inspired by an iconic piece of british scifi television from 1984. Androzani is certainly one of the most grownup doctor who. Broadcast on twitch yesterday, we look on the caves of androzani as a whole, and why its still one of doctor whos greatest ever serials. First time release for the music from this seminal 1984 doctor who. What are your favorite goto doctor who episodes to pass the time. But the caves of androzani still does not capitalize on this idea well. That could have drawn proper attention to the dynamics. On the eve of the tenth doctors last story it seems only fitting to visit another of the doctors great swan songs. Doctor who the caves of androzani original television. The storyline should let the doctor be the doctor, who would naturally investigate, expose, comment on, and put an end to this scheme, thus drawing viewer attention to the most interesting aspect of the narrative. Doctor who the caves of androzani 2 video dailymotion. And here we see the return of one of the greats of doctor who writing. Military troops mount an armed blockade whilst gunrunners bring in weapons for the sinister, masked renegade, sharaz jek.
The caves of androzani was released on dvd in the united kingdom on 18 june 2001. Not only did he name the band after one of the tribes in the series, he went one step further and created an entire rock opera about whats arguably the best serial of the show, the caves of androzani. This week robert holmes returns to write the caves of androzani, aired in march of 1984. Commentary by peter davison, nicola bryant and director. I made this yesterday because i recently bought the dvd and after watching the story i thought im not to keen on the companions spinning round the doctors face so i decided to cut the scene down. The caves of androzani peter davisons fifth doctor and companion peri land in the middle of an alien political battle that turns into a shakespearian. Admire her eye for bespoke carpentry, laugh at her inability to grasp how the time war works, and marvel at her talent for spotting actors who have appeared in eastenders, as she offers a fresh and occassionally bizarre perspective on the greatest tv show ever made. Doctor who the caves of androzani studio tape download. A large collection of various doctor whorelated books, texts, magazine articles and literature. October 1992 pal bbc video bbcv47 ntsc cbsfox video 5733 ntsc warner video e1183. Roger limb the caves of androzani doctor who the music soundtrack ii. The caves of androzani is certainly one of the best doctor who stories ever made, if not the best. The doctor and peri get involved with drug running after landing on the twin planet of androzani minor and getting arrested as gun runners and targeted for execution. With peter davison, nicola bryant, christopher gable, john normington.
All about classic doctor who story the caves of androzani a dying doctor and peri are caught up with gunrunners and a drugs war. The caves of androzani is a story that features a lot of violence. Doctor who the caves of androzani 3 video dailymotion. The caves of androzani was designated serial 6r, and would be helmed by graeme harper. Broadcast in march 1984, the 4 episodes showed the regeneration of the fifth doctor peter davison into. At the heart of the conflict is a substance called spectrox both valuable and deadly.
Although harper had never directed for doctor who before, he was no stranger to the programme. Including behindthescenes footage, exclusive videos and our very own show doctor who. You could see something as brilliant as androzani one week and the next be wondering where, to adapt an unexpectedly successful metaphor from yesterday, they had found such a sickly cat. The doctor and peri travel to the twin planets of androzani major and androzani minor. From the moment they land on the planet androzani minor, everything goes wrong for the. Federation troops, and the hideously mutilated sharaz jek, who lurks in the depths of the caves with his android army. The doctor comes back to life in this classic clip from the classic bbcseries, the caves of androzani. The caves of androzani is a classic, at least if voters of doctor who magazines poll are to be believed. Not before peri stumbles into some highly toxic and lethal plant life. The caves of androzani lives up to the hype and conventional fanboy wisdom. Roger limb and the bbc radiophonic workshop gunrunners. You can see for yourself shes suffering from some sort of urticaria. The caves of androzani part 3 the doctor who forum.