Doctor Who: E-Space Trilogy Box Set (UK Shop)

Starring Tom Baker

This collection comprises of three stories, Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors Gate, all featuring the Doctor’s encounters as the TARDIS accidentally passes through a Charged Vacuum Emboitment, from their own universe, N Space, to a smaller one – E space.

Full Circle

Starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward

Directed by: Peter Grimwade
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Andrew Smith

Summary

The TARDIS falls through a CVE into E-Space and arrives on the planet Alzarius. There the inhabitants of a crashed Starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers, led by a boy named Varsh and including his brother Adric, are being terrorised by a race of Marshmen who emerge from the marshes at a time known as Mistfall.

The Doctor discovers that the Starliner’s inhabitants are not the descendants of its original crew, as has been claimed by their leaders the Deciders, but evolved Marshmen. With the Time Lord’s help and encouragement, the Starliner is repaired and able to leave the planet.

Extras

• Commentary by actor Matthew Waterhouse, writer Andrew Smith and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead.
• All Aboard the Starliner – Cast and crew look back at the making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, George Baker, John Leeson and Bernard Padden, director Peter Grimwade, writer Andrew Smith, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and film cameraman Max Samett. Produced by Steve Broster.
• K9 in E-Space – A look at the robot dog’s role in the E-Space arc. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, writers Andrew Smith and Terrance Dicks. Produced by Steve Broster.
• Swap Shop – Noel Edmonds chats with Matthew Waterhouse and takes calls from viewers of the Saturday morning entertainment show after Waterhouse’s first appearance as Adric.
• E-Space – Fact or Fiction? – A look at the science behind the concept of Exo-Space. Could E-Space really exist? With script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, visual effects designer (and Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society) Mat Irvine, authors Stephen Baxter and Paul Parsons, planetary scientist Dr. Andrew Ball and astronomer and television presenter Sir Patrick Moore. Narrated by Sophie Aldred. Produced by Keith Barnfather.
• Continuity – BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score – option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
• Photo Gallery.
• Radio Times Billings.
• Coming Soon.
• Production Subtitles.
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality.

State of Decay

Starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward

Directed by: Peter Moffatt
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Terrance Dicks

Summary

The Doctor, Romana, K9 and Adric – an Outler from Alzarius who has stowed away aboard the TARDIS – arrive on a planet where the native villagers live in fear of ‘the Wasting’ and of three Lords named Zargo, Camilla and Aukon who rule from an imposing Tower. The Lords are soon revealed to be vampire servants of the last of the Great Vampires, a race referred to in Time Lord mythology.

The Great Vampire is about to be revived from its resting place beneath the Tower – in fact the spaceship in which the Lords, in their original human forms, came to E-Space – but the Doctor launches one of the ship’s three shuttle craft and it pierces the heart of the creature, killing it. The Lords, deprived of their master, crumble to dust.

Extras

• Commentary with actor Matthew Waterhouse, director Peter Moffatt and writer Terrance Dicks.
• The Vampire Lovers – Cast and crew look back at the making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson and Clinton Greyn, director Peter Moffatt, writer Terrance Dicks, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and designer Christine Ruscoe. Produced by Steve Broster.
• Film Trims – Mute 35mm film trims from the model effects filming for the story, featuring alternative takes of the tower and the scout ship staking the Great Vampire.
• Leaves of Blood – A history of Vampires in literary fiction. With authors Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Gallagher, Kim Newman, Pete Crowther, Simon Clark, Alison L R Davies, Chris Fowler and vampire specialist Dr. Tina Rath. With Nick Scovell reading excerpts from ‘Dracula’, ‘I am Legend’, ‘Interview with the Vampire’ and ‘Anno Dracula’. Narrated by Nicholas Briggs. Produced by Keith Barnfather.
• The Blood Show – A fascinating insight into the use and meaning of blood in society and culture. With haematology specialist Simon Clare, cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling, goth club promoter Emily Richards, anthropologist Dr. Lola Martinez, broadcaster and food writer Stefan Gates, chef Fergus Henderson and butcher Frank Baker. Produced by Ann Kelly.
• The Frayling Reading – Cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling looks at ‘State of Decay’ with reference to the vampire stories of film and literature. Produced by James Goss.
• Continuity – BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score – option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
• Photo Gallery.
• Radio Times Billings.
• Coming Soon.
• Production Subtitles.
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality.

Warriors Gate

Starring Tom Baker and Lalla Ward

Directed by: Paul Joyce
Produced by: John Nathan-Turner
Written by: Steve Gallagher

Summary

The TARDIS is hijacked in the vortex by a time sensitive Tharil named Biroc, and brought to a strange white void. Biroc wants to free the others of his race who are being transported in a slave ship, captained by Rorvik, which is also trapped in the void. The only other thing present in the void is an ancient gateway leading to a decrepit banqueting hall.

This is the domain of the Tharils, who in a previous time were cruel masters to their human slaves but have now repented. The humans built the Gundan robots to kill the Tharils, and this led to the latter race’s downfall.

Rorvik tries to break through the gateway, and thereby gain access to N-Space, by blasting it with his engines. The blast is simply reflected back, however, destroying the ship and freeing its prisoners.

Romana and K9 elect to remain in E-Space to help liberate the remainder of the Tharil race, while the TARDIS – now occupied only by the Doctor and Adric – is able to return to N-Space.

Extras

• Commentary with actors Lalla Ward and John Leeson, director Paul Joyce, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and visual effects designer Mat Irvine.
• The Dreaming – Cast and crew look back at the troubled making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, Clifford Rose and David Weston, director Paul Joyce, writer Stephen Gallagher, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and visual effects designer Mat Irvine. Narrated by Stephen Greif. Produced by Andrew Beech.
• The Boy with the Golden Star – Actor Matthew Waterhouse looks back on his time on the show. Produced by Richard Molesworth.
• Lalla’s Wardrobe – A trip through Romana’s time on the show via the medium of the many costumes actress Lalla Ward wore along the way. With Lalla Ward, costume designers June Hudson and Louise Page, writers Nev Fountain and Jonathan Morris. Produced by James Goss.
• Extended and Deleted Scenes – Missing scenes from an earlier edit of episode two.
• Continuity – BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score – Option to watch the story with the isolated music score.
• Photo Gallery.
• Radio Times Billings.
• Coming Soon.
• Production Subtitles.
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality.