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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9781419817366
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1419817361
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 08, 2005
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 13752
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975
Editorial Review:
Description:
In a story written by Hitchhiker's Guide's Douglas Adams and producer Graham Williams, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana ta a holiday in Paris where they unravel a mystery involving six original Mona Lisas!
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Other
Photo gallery
Production Notes
Amazon.com:
The late Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) co-wrote this enormously popular four-part story from 1979, which pits the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) against a time-traveling alien (Julian Glover) whose body, fragmented by an accident, spurred evolution millions of years ago. Now restored to his full (and horrific) form, he plans to travel back in time and prevent the destruction of his ship--which in turn would profoundly affect the course of humanity. A terrific blend of science-fiction thrills and humor (well-played by Baker and Ward), City of Death also benefits from its Paris locations and terrific performances by Glover and Space: 1999's Catherine Schell, as well as a pair of unexpected cameos from John Cleese and Eleanor Bron as art critics. The story's high caliber was rewarded with phenomenal ratings (reportedly, the largest ever for Doctor Who), and has remained a fan favorite ever since.
DVD features
Thanks to its popularity, the two-disc DVD of City of Death comes with an abundance of typically topnotch supplemental features. The commentary by Glover, co-star Tom Chadbon, and director Michael Hayes, is the longest and most informative of the extras, but it's well-matched by Paris in the Springtime, a 45-minute making-of featurette that offers rare archival interviews with Adams and many of the cast (but not Baker or Ward, sadly) and crew. Paris, W12 offers 20 minutes of studio footage taken from 1/2-inch videotape, while Prehistoric Landscapes and Chicken Wrangler are very different views of the story's special effects (the latter is a particularly amusing glimpse at the challenges of working with live animals). Finally, there's Eye on Blatchford, a wry parody of BBC 'human interest' news items, here focusing on another alien attempting to live peacefully in the rural English countryside. Production notes and photos and a batch of well-concealed Easter eggs round out this highly enjoyable set. --Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Release has faulty labeling on the packaging
Ive bought this dvd three times and all three time I had to return it, it seems that there was an error in the manufacturing process rendering some of the disc one discs. It appears that everyone of the time I bought this two disc set, both discs are the same (supplement discs), even though both are correctly labeled disc one and two. So buyers beware, im kinda of leary in trying to buy another in the hopes of getting a proper set. Obviously there are proper sets floating around or else there would'nt ... Read More
Rating:  - Classic Doctor at his best
I can't believe cheesy 70s sci fi could be so fun. Honestly the special effects are nonexistent, but that makes this show even better. I could have been conceived to this, but my parents might have been watching it instead. If you love the doctor and if you love cheesy sci fi, and if you have a disdain for CGI or expensive special effects, you will love this dvd.
Rating: - Great show
It's too bad that Douglas Adams died so young because this was a great episode for Tom Baker to star in. The story line is just as goofy as the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy was when I read it.
Rating: - Legendary
Douglas Adams, Tom Baker, and Lalla Ward are all amazing. Definitely check this one out. One of the best episodes of Doctor Who EVER -- and there are a lot, so that's saying something.
If you're a real nerd, the "episode production note" subtitles are full of random facts (Douglas Adams wrote this episode in one alcohol-filled weekend, for example) and quite fun.
Rating: - "Soon we shall be. The centuries that divide me shall be undone."
Certain storylines of "Doctor Who" reverberated as distinct images in my memory during the years between my youthful enthusiasm in the 80's and my somewhat recent rediscovery of this wonderful show. They stood out clearly from the vague nostalgic haze that the many episodes had become in my mind. They were memorable. One of the more powerful of these without a doubt was "City of Death"--and the decades have done nothing to diminish its power. If anything, like a fine wine it has improved with age.
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