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Doctor Who: The Complete First Series |  | Actors: Billie Piper, Christopher Eccleston, Camille Coduri, Noel Clarke, John Barrowman
Studio: Sci-Fi Channel, The
Category: DVD
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Rating:  271 reviews
Sales Rank: 1285
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Subtitled)
Region: 1
Discs: 5
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 585 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 0.8
MPN: 794051250124
UPC: 794051250124
EAN: 0794051250124
ASIN: B000E41MS6
Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2005
Release Date: July 4, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 9 to 11 days
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Product Description
The Doctor and his companion Rose travel around the universe and through time to battle Daleks and other evil aliens.
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The venerable science fiction program Doctor Who returned to British televisions in 2005 after a 15-year absence and delighted the majority of fans and critics with its adherence to the adventure and charm of the original series while making admissions for a new generation of viewers (hipper editing and score, CGI effects). Thirteen episodes were generated, all starring Christopher Eccleston as the ninth Doctor and pop-singer-turned-actress Billie Piper as his companion Rose; acclaimed writer/producer Russell T. Davies (Touching Evil, Queer as Folk) oversaw the show as chief writer and executive producer. The new series proved so popular that the BBC agreed to revive the program for second and third seasons--though without Eccleston, who has since been replaced by David Tennant. This six-disc set comes with all 13 episodes plus the battery of supplemental features now customary to all Doctor Who DVD releases. Eccleston is very engaging in the title role, bringing a manic curiosity tempered by occasional bouts of gravity (which befit a personality with a long and dramatic a lifespan as the Doctor's) that hew closely to the (arguably) most popular Doctor, Tom Baker. Piper is equally adept as department store clerk Rose--she's afforded more of a back story than most of the Doctor's sidekicks have received in the past, and she more than handles her own alongside Eccleston. Highlights among the 13 episodes include the season opener, "Rose" (which sees the return of an old foe, the Autons, and their controlling force, the Nestene Consciousness); the revamped Daleks in "Dalek" and the two-parter "Bad Wolf" and "The Parting of the Ways"; a trip to Victorian England to aid Charles Dickens in "The Unquiet Dead," and of course, the arrival of the tenth Doctor at the conclusion of the action-packed "Parting of the Ways." The episodes strike the right blend of quirk, excitement, and imagination, thanks largely to the engaging performances and the guidance of Davies, whose admiration for the show and its history is evident throughout. Supplemental features--and there are many--including commentary on all 13 episodes by members of the cast and crew, including Piper and Davies; numerous making-of featurettes, including a profile of Davies; a video diary by Piper; an interview with Eccleston, and best of all, a glimpse at the 60-minute Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion," which picks up where the series concludes. Who fans won't be disappointed. --Paul Gaita
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 Amazing!! August 21, 2010
TennantLoverForever
The UK is certainly genious!! This show I cannot stop watching. I cannot even bear to imagine it's end!!
Made me a Dr. Who fan all over again August 11, 2010
J. Evans
I was through with Dr. Who two doctors after Tom Baker. Let's see, what where their names again? Anyway. I started watching this series on BBC America and got hooked all over again. I like the new Doctor and the new Tardis. I love Rose, hate her sniveling boyfriend, and the last episode is so malodramitic it's painful. Still, it's great fun. Nice to have the series back.
The Doctor Who: The Compete First Series August 5, 2010
uscso
Most of the stories where fun to watch and you can see that they care about their acting and the writers love their work. It's not to often casting directer gets the right people in the roles, I can watch this series over and over.
 Good comeback for the most part July 16, 2010
Jonathan Snooks (Alpharetta, GA, USA)
I thought this season was a great come back for Dr. Who. I know that there was a gap between the last Dr. Who series (with Sylvester Mccoy) and the 90's movie, and another gap between the 90's movie and the new series. I thought it was a great revival and it was good how they didn't waste time reinroducing the main themes and concepts of the series. It has most of the elements which made the old series great plus modern special effects. I say most of the elements because much of the new series is devoted to adventures on Earth while the older series seemed to involve more adventures on alien planets. I kind of prefer going to alien planets more, but all of the episodes were still well written and executed. I was also kind of put off by Captain Jack's gayness. Fortunately they didn't show much but I didn't think it was inappropriate for something that is supposed to be a family TV show. I also tend to think that using a big name entertainment franchise to further one's political agenda is a cheap shot. So I don't think the first set is family friendly, but it's still fun to watch.
Triumphant return of the Doctor June 19, 2010
Robert Moore (Chicago, IL USA)
I was a huge fan of the old Doctor Who. For years I was an obsessive viewer of the series on WTTW, the local PBS station here in Chicago, coming the love the show through Tom
Baker's Fourth Doctor. Over the years they showed all the rest of John Pertwee's Third Doctor, as well as all of Tom Baker's successors. I loved the hokey nature of the show, the silly special effects, the long array of creepy villains, and the various weird worlds that they explored. But for some reason when Russell T. Davies relit the series in 2005, I deliberately avoided it. I've talked to others who were fans of the old series, and many of them have also avoided seeing the new shows. I really can't say why I avoided watching the show, but eventually I realized that it was the only SF series of the past decade that I hadn't seen, along with its spin off TORCHWOOD.
So for some reason I decided to give the new series a try. Each year after the regular TV season has ended, I always try to watch several TV series that I had previously missed. My first show this summer was DEADWOOD (loved it!) and my next project was to watch all of DOCTOR WHO and TORCHWOOD. And I've really loved them!
I instantly loved the combo of Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper as the Doctor and Rose Tyler. I have only one complaint about Season One and that is that it was the only one that Eccleson did. I really came to love David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, but I wish that Eccleston had done an additional season or two. Viewing Season One of the new Doctor Who in contrast with all of the other seasons, there is no question that it represented a massive improvement in the sereis in virtually every way. There was an absolutely stunning improvement in special effects. The sets were vastly better and the series engaged in far more location shooting than before. The show was better acted, better written, better designed, and better photographed. But as good as Eccleston was as the Doctor, I think the writing sharpened in future seasons. Season One had no individual episodes as spectacular as the episodes of later seasons such as "Blink" and "Midnight."
But if you are like me, a fan of the old Doctor Who who has been avoiding the new series, I encourage you to give this new one a try. I've enjoyed the first four seasons enormously (I'm now watching the Matt Smith episodes and have to confess that I'm not loving them, but I'm going to give him a good try). The show is absolutely a worthy successor to the longest running SF series in the history of TV.
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