Doctor Who: Dalek War, Stories 67-68 (Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks)

This is an awesome DVD set, that arrived one time and in excellent condition. Delivery was prompt and customer service in above par. Thanks folks!!

Well written (but a bit confusing) plot includes the Daleks.

Item arrived on time in great condition. The 3rd Doctor was my favorite on the old show, and now I am only missing two of the 3rd Doctor's adventures

Not only do you have two huge story arches but tons of extras including commentary from Katy Manning, Prentis Hancock, Barry Letts, Terrance Dicks, and Tim Preece. Also, the Third Doctor happens to be one of the best - at least nobody can say he was boring or lacked personality. I enjoyed the complex and realistic story line in the first arch, even if there are some plot holes, and just love the Daleks. So you can guess I really enjoyed the second story arch. I enjoy science fiction, I enjoy space opera, aliens, cool spaceship models and, in general, also think Jo Grant really evolves in these episodes.True, I think bringing in the Thals was a mistake. They don't seem to be very good at fighting, their ships don't seem made for space travel, and they don't seem very organized. I can only assume, as they don't appear in later stories, that they get wiped out by the Daleks or some other alien race.Terry Nation brings back all his favorite ploys - germ warfare, jungles, invisible creatures, you get the idea. Very classic in a way. But unless you love the Daleks you may not be too happy with Planet of the Daleks. And that means you may not be happy with the whole set. Because it really is a two part story arch and if you buy four DVDs and don`t like two of them, that is a waste of your time and money.All in color, finally, 243 minutes, with the Third Doctor and Jo, played by Jon Pertwee and Katy Manning, with the guest star of Roger Delgado playing his Master for the last time. That is A LOT of Doctor and, once again, if you are not a Dalek fan you may not wish to buy it.

This was the first attempt at a truly epic feature and it took twelve episodes to tell. I was also impressed by the lack of padding in these stories. Currently if you want to pad a story you just extend the escape scene, Taking a 2 minute escape and filming 10 minutes of it really lengthens your show. They didn't do that here. They fleshed out the storyline with small details. These two stories may give you a more in depth understanding of the background than any other story. Also I found the special effects to be pretty good. They may not be up to todays amazing standards, but the Draconians look really good to me and the location of the shoots was also extraordinary.Ok onto what you want to know. 4 disks total.Frontier in Space Episode 67 is made up of two disks.1st disk contains 6 episodes and two special features. The Audio commentary and Info Text.2nd disk contains nothing but special features:The Perfect Scenario: Lost frontiersThe Space WarRoger Delgado: The MasterStripped for Action: The Third DoctorPhoto GalleryPDF MaterialsComing SoonSubtitlesPlanet Of the Daleks is also made up of two disks.1st disk contains 6 episodes and two special features. The Audio commentary and Info Text.2nd disk contains nothing but special features:The Perfect Scenario: End of DreamsThe Rumble in the JungleMulti-ColourisationStripped for Action: The DaleksBlue PeterPhoto GalleryPDF MaterialsSubtitles

Although many elements in this story were taken from other stories like "The Daleks", "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", "The Chase", "Mission to the Unknown", and "The Daleks' Master Plan", this was a great epic adventure - mainly because many elements were copied.Continuing on from "Frontier in Space", the Doctor has been wounded by the Master, and the Daleks are about to invade the galaxy! The Doctor tracks the Daleks to their new base, the planet Spiridon, where there are 10,000 Daleks in suspended animation - waiting to awake and take what they believe is their rightful place in the universe as the supreme beings. The Daleks have enslaved the local and invisible Spiridons who now serve the Daleks, but one Spiridon, Wester, wants to fight back against the evil creatures that have invaded his planet. Along the way, the Doctor and Jo join forces with a group of Thals who have arrived from Skaro to once more fight the Dalek forces.Although "Frontier in Space" is still my favorite out of the two, this is still a great action-packed adventure that concludes the story that was set up in "Frontier in Space". The only down side is that Episode Three is in black & white. But if you want to pay a higher price and wait for the DVD release, you can get the entire story in color which includes a re-colorized Episode Three. Why didn't they do that for the VHS release? But in either case, if its on DVD or VHS, I highly recommend it!

This is a duel set comprising of 2 discs for each story (4 discs total). The stories are loosely linked together at the end of FRONTIER IN SPACE and the beginning of PLANET OF THE DALEKS. FRONTIER IN SPACE concerns an imiment war between humanity and the Draconian Empire being orchestrated by the Master and his mysterious partners. In PLANET THE DALEKS, the Doctor having exposed the conspiracy of the Master and the Daleks, then follows the Daleks to a jungle world where he, Jo Grant, and a group a Thals discover a army of Daleks in frozen storage waiting to wage war across the galaxy.Each story is 6 episodes long with pretty good extras on the second disc. Jon Pertwee and Roger Delgado are great in their respective roles as the Doctor and the Master. FRONTIER IN SPACE is driven by political intrigue while PLANET OF THE DALEKS is more action oriented. If you grew up watching Jon Pertwee's 3rd Doctor you should love this set. PLANET OF THE DALEKS was my favorite WHO story when I was a kid and I it still stands up today in 2014 as a great action story.Thanks for Reading!

Bellissimo cofanetto con l'ultima apparizione del compianto Delgado nelle vesti del Master, consigliatissimo!

Great presentation cover & DVD, Superior picture quality over the old VHS, a must have for old series Dr Who Fans !

Great DVD

2 fun filled Jon Pertwee stories. Frontier in Space is a classic, a good old bit of Space opera with some typical Malcolm Hulke (the author) messages e.g. even though Vera Fusek's earth President is clearly a sympathetic character, political troublemakers get sent to the moon. Draconia and Earth (the 1st great and bountiful Human Empire?) are on the brink of war as each apparently attacks the other's ships.The Draconians with their concepts of honour (long before the Klingons of Star Trek TNG) militaristic/art deco costumes and possibly the best mask of the decade are great and worth reviving.Also on the BBC Cymru how about it list are the Ogrons. Delightfully thick apemen working for the Master (odd we never questioned at the time their piloting abilities!). Roger Delgado makes a final appearance as the Master, the villain you'd love to have round to dinner even though the consequences could be fatal. He has tremedous fun reading a list of of bogus crimes committed by the Doctor and does a cockney accent that puts JP's "Perkney" accent in Invasion of the Dinosaurs" to shame. Sadly the character bows out in a fumbled longshot(1)Pertwee is great as usual, moral authority, anger at pomposity and he gets particularly good material as an inmate of the penal colony paying against Harold Goldblatt.Katy Manning as Jo gets to attempt jail breaking,defy the Master's hypnosis and is as good as ever. Only a few model shots, effects and a woeful sacred Ogron monster made from old sacks let the side down.The end leads us into the mistitled "Planet of the Daleks" which doesn't take place on Skaro. Still "One of the Many Planets Colonised by the Daleks" is not a great title. Wily Welsh author Terry Nation gives us a greatest hits package e.g escaping from a Dalek city as in their 1st story, invisible aliens as in Masterplan and yet still makes it seem fresh. His concepts for planet Spiridon e.g Ice volcanoes offer something new. No classic but a cracking adventure.Pertwee is good especially discussing war and philosphy with Time Preece's Thal. Other Thals are back and played by amongst other 2 Dr Who rep actors; Bernard Horsfall and Prentis Hancock. Watch for Jane How underplaying Rebec a bit too much.Jo gets a dry run for Green Death when offered a chance to leave the Doctor.The Daleks get plenty to do plus are used well. Watch for a Peter Cushing movie Dalek playing a role as the Dalek Supreme!Well made stuff although there is a toy Dalek army and an attack of torchlights pretending to be wild animals that looked quite bad even in the day.On story alone if you have enjoyed Jon Pertwee stories or are intrigued to see how the epic stories were done back in the day this is for you but if you've not been impressed by 70's Who this probably won't change your mind.There's a making of for each story Frontier's one's called Space War very enjoyable if a bit short, Katy tells us how much she loved her karate suit and mat Irvine explains how old models from UFO found their way into the show, Planet of the Daleks' one is "The Rumble in the Jungle", and that's less well focussed but fun anyway. Both have part of a feature called Perfect Scenario which is a drama documentary format where in the far future someone looks back at Dr Whoand cultural influences on the story are discussed, including sexism (via Janet Fielding's comments)Vietnam war influence, the writers'influences and so on. very enjoyable but the character looking back is not interesting enough for the sort of shock ending to work.On Frontier, there's the 3rd Doctor edition of Stripped for Action which covers the pertwee Doctor in comics with many considering this tie a high point with less juvenile stories & Stripped then kicks into high gear for a special Daleks edition on Planet considering the glossy Doctor free stories of the 60's high end comics and having Gerry Anderson himself explain his involvement. Shame there's only Uncle Tom's edition left (unless they do McGann et al on special releases?)There's also a welcome biography of Roger Delgado with many who knew him (including his widow) telling us a bit more about him, backed by some rare clips of him in various shows, even presenting a show at 1 point. This is the boxset's gem!Multi-colourisation is an explanation of the terrific recolourising of episode 3.A Blue Peter feature on a nicked Dalek which appeared on the Genesis disk is in more detail here.Both stories have a hugely fun Katy commentary with Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks joining Miss Manning on Frontier (very well moderated by Clayton Hickman) dicussing a Pertwee definition of conversation-he regaled you with stories while you listened, the original ending for the story and why the eventual one doesn't work. Prentis Hancock & Tim Preece join Katy, Barry and Terrance on Planet & Preece revealshis partner's grandchildren prefer Planet to current Who, Katy suggests JP disliked the Daleks because they upstage actors & at the end Barry wishes us to join him on further commentaries-quite poignant considering. The only bad bit is the number of times across many features we are told how they got to use the Daleks and came to an arrangement with Terry Nation.A terrfic packeg made with love and care.(1) for the novelisation Space War, Hulke rewrote the ending to have the Master pack up his star charts musing that there's always tomorrow.

Zum anschauen, am Anfang denkt man der Doktor ist ja verletzt, das wird ein Jo Grant Solo, das ändert sich aber dann