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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0883929020058
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Label: BBC Warner
Manufacturer: BBC Warner
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: BBC Warner
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 05, 2008
Running Time: 49 minutes
Sales Rank: 954
Studio: BBC Warner
Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975
Editorial Review:
Description:
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Photo gallery
Production Notes
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - "Why do I always let my curiosity get the better of me?"
"Black Orchid" is like a trip back in time. Well, obviously so in that the Doctor and his three traveling companions wind up in 1925 where a series of mistaken identities and coincidences conspire to have them taking part in cricket matches and fancy costume balls as the guests of a certain Lord Cranleigh only to come under suspicion for murder. And this is the BBC, mind you, so all their expertise with period dramas comes to the fore in this relatively short "Doctor Who" storyline to convincingly ... Read More
Rating: - "We're sorry if you enjoyed it!"
I'm sorry to say that "Black Orchid" is one of the few misfires from the Doctor Who DVD restoration team. Not that there's much wrong with the story itself -- that's a genial little 45-minute murder mystery set in the 1920s, with lots of moments where the cast just gets to enjoy themselves (cricket matches, dances, buffet tables). Indeed "Black Orchid" is reflected heavily in this past TV season's "The Unicorn and the Wasp", another '20s-era skeletons-in-the-family-closet comedy.
The ... Read More
Rating:  - A different sort of Who, with some great extras
"Black Orchid" is not your typical Doctor Who story. Not only isit the first (and only) historical story since the beginning of the Troughton era, but it's the only historical story that isn't set in a particularly eventful time, or with famous people. No Marco Polos or French Revolutions here ... just a country house in 1925. A country house inhabited by a young woman who looks exactly like Nyssa, a mysterious Amazonian servant, and hiding a variety of secrets in the attic. A fancy dress ball, a ... Read More
Rating: - Whew! This TARDIS crew CAN get along!!
If it weren't for this story, I would be left scratching my head and wondering why the hell these four individuals (they were barely a TARDIS team) would hang around each other for so long. Adric just becomes an obnoxious brat with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan just wants to go home, and Nyssa gets shunted to the sidelines every damn time. With the Sixth Doctor and Peri, there were moments in every story where you could tell they were close friends, which is absent with this team.
Except for ... Read More
Rating: - A very good Peter Davison story from his first season
A rather good and short (2 episodes) 5th Doctor story finds the setting in a historical context with a Sci Fi twist which was first used during Doctor Who - The Time Meddler ( Episode 17 ). The Doctor, Adric, Tegan and Nyssa arrive in England countryside in the 1920's at a train depot and the Doctor is mistaken for a doctor who was due to arrive. They are invited to a ball in honor of someone named Ann Talbot who is the very image of Nyssa. What follows reminds me of an Agatha Christie story which is ... Read More
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