Starring Tom Baker and Mary Tamm

7-disc collection featuring:

The Ribos Operation

Directed by: George Spenton-Foster
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: Robert Holmes

The White Guardian of Time gives the Doctor the task of finding and collecting the six segments of the Key to Time. These are hidden in different parts of the universe, disguised in other shapes and forms. To help him in his quest, the Guardian allocates an assistant, newly graduated female Time Lord, Romanadvoratrelunder (Romana for short). She has a tracer device whichwill locate each segment and transmute it into its proper form…

Extras

• Commentary with Tom Baker and Mary Tamm.
• A Matter of Time – the flagship documentary of this box set explores Graham Williams’ three year 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 from the story’s original BBC1 transmission.
• Season 16 Trailer.
• Photo Gallery.
• Coming Soon.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles. Subtitle Production Notes.

The Pirate Planet

Directed by: Pennant Roberts
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: Douglas Adams

The Doctor and his companions are now searching for the second segment of the Key to Time, and they are heading for a planet called Calufrax. After a mysterious disturbance almost destroys the TARDIS, they discover another planet, Zanak, where Calufrax should be. Zanak’s people seem to live a life of luxury and ease, but they are sternly ruled by a strange character known as the Captain…

Extras

• Commentary 1 – With Bruce Purchase and director Pennant Roberts.
• Commentary 2 -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 and Outtakes – a collection of extra material from the story’s production.
• 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.
• Coming Soon.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles. Subtitle Production Notes.

The Stones of Blood

Directed by: Darrol Blake
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: David Fisher

The third segment to the Key to Time seems to be on present-day Earth. The tracer leads the Doctor and Romana to an ancient stone circle which has a strange history, and where blood sacrifices are still carried out. The signal from the tracer comes and goes inexplicably, and it is soon apparent that things are not what they seem to be. Leaving Romana to keep an eye on the stone circle – and on Professor Amelia Rumford and her friend Vivien Fay, who are doing a survey of it – the Doctor goes to visit a pseudo-droid nearby. There he discovers the worship of an ancient Celtic goddess, Cailleach, connected with the stones. In the meantime, Romana finds herself in danger from someone she thinks is the Doctor…

Extras

• Commentary 1 – With Mary Tamm and director Darrol Blake.
• Commentary 2 – 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 down the years.
• Stones Free – Mary Tamm visits the Rollright Stones location used in the story to meet local experts on this ancient stone circle.
• Deleted Scenes – deleted scenes from episode two.
• Continuities – off-air continuity links from the story’s original BBC1 transmission.
• Model World – an excerpt from The Model World of Robert Symes 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.
• Coming Soon.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles.
• Subtitle Production Notes.

The Androids of Tara

Directed by: Michael Hayes
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: David Fisher

The Doctor knows the planet Tara to be a peaceful and pleasant place. So, having collected three of the segments of the Key to Time, he decides to take a rest and allow Romana to find the fourth on her own. But the planet is not as peaceful as it appears. Romana is rescued from a wild animal by a charming man who introduces himself as Count Grendel – only to find herself imprisoned in his castle and about to be “dismantled” as an android. The Doctor also finds himself involved with androids when he is taken prisoner by another group of Tarans led by Prince Reynart…

Extras

• 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 and 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.
• Coming Soon.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles.
• Subtitle Production Notes.

The Power of Kroll

Directed by: Norman Stewart
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: Robert Holmes

The fifth segment of the Key to Time is hidden somewhere on the third moon of Delta Magna. This place consists for the most part of marsh and swamp, so K9 has to stay behind in the TARDIS. The Doctor and Romana leave the ship, but soon find themselves in trouble. They are caught in the middle of a feud between the Swampies and a group of technicians…

Extras

• Commentary – With Tom Baker and John Leeson.
• In Studio – a fascinating glimpse inside the studio recording of the story, recovered from timecoded monochrome production recordings.
• Variations – a BBC local news programme visits the story location during filming.
• 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.
• Coming Soon.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles. Subtitle Production Notes.

The Armageddon Factor

Directed by: Michael Hayes
Produced by: Graham Williams
Written by: Bob Baker and Dave Martin

The final stage of their search for the segments of the Key to Time takes the Doctor and Romana to the twin planets of Atrios and Zeos. They find a full-scale interplanetary nuclear war raging. Atrios is off its orbit, and Zeos seems to have disappeared altogether. They land on Atrios and soon become involved in the war – and with the mysterious marshal in command of the Atrian forces who is intent on pursuing hostilities to their ultimate conclusion. But it soon becomes apparent that the Marshal is being controlled from somewhere else. The Doctor suspects that he and Romana have been lured into a trap…

Extras

Disc 1

• Commentary 1 – With Mary Tamm, John Woodvine and director Michael Hayes.
• Commentary 2 – With Tom Baker, Mary Tamm and John Leeson.
• Coming Soon.
• 1979 Doctor Who Annual.
• Radio Times Listings.
• Programme subtitles.
• Subtitle Production Notes.

Disc 2

• Defining Shadows – cast and crew look back at the making of this story.
• Alternative / Extended Scene – taken from a timecoded monochrome studio recording.
• Directing Who – Michael Hayes looks back on his directing career on Doctor Who.
• Rogue Time Lords – a potted history of errant Time Lords.
• Pebble Mill at One – Tom Baker interviewed on the long-running lunchtime magazine show in 1978.
• Radiophonic Feature – a Pebble Mill at One interview with Dick Mills and Brian Hodgson looking at Radiophonic music and effects in Doctor Who.
• The New Sound of Music – sound effects supremo Dick Mills talks about creating a Doctor Who sound effects in this extract.
• Merry Christmas, Doctor Who- a special Christmas sketch, recorded on the set of ‘The Armageddon Factor’ for the BBC Christmas Tape that year.
• Continuities – off-air continuity links from the story’s original BBC1 transmission.
• Photo Gallery.
• Late Night Story – Tom Baker reads five spine-chilling stories from this 1978 series – The Photograph, The Emissary, Nursery Tea, The End of the Party and Sredni Vashtar.
• Easter Egg.