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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014503242220
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Running Time: 349 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
Related Items:
Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Few of Doctor Who's long-standing fans will tell you that The Trial Of A Time Lord is a story that hits their top ten list, and with good reason. A 14-episode opus that formed an entire series of Colin Baker's reign in the Tardis, it's a patchy production, that does have some qualities to it, but is probably one for the hardened Who fan rather than the casual viewer.
The key to the story is that the Doctor is on trial, facing a potential death penalty, and the courtroom saga works as a backdrop to a collection of stories that sit on top. So there's The Mysterious Planet, which is a decent enough yarn, the weak and puzzling Mindwarp, the surprisingly enjoyable Terror Of The Vervoids, and then the twisty The Ultimate Foe.
While The Trial Of A Time Lord does have a few notable missteps, with some occasionally muddled writing, and while it does introduce arguably the worst companion the Doctor has ever travelled with (Bonnie Langford's Mel), it's still a fascinating series to watch, warts and all. Fortunately, it's backed by a substantive collection of extras, including numerous commentaries and documentaries, that provide an honest glance back at a story that arrived in the midst of one of Doctor Who's most troubled periods. All that, ultimately, makes it a worthwhile purchase for Who fans, even if after reacquainting themselves with it, they're still not likely to put The Trial Of A Time Lord near their aforementioned top ten list… --Jon Foster
Rating:
- BETTER THAN EXPECTED!
We've all heard the naff reviews over the years, my advice? Ignore them and check this out!
Negatives first-yes, the courtroom scenes can drag (but we soon lose those throughout the series) and some of the acting is dross (that's what you get employing theatre luvvies)
Positives-Colin Baker (top form, should have stayed on),the storylines (varying)and a superb ending.
By the end of this, you really wish the 6th Doctor would have remainied on and even Bonnie Langford seems less irritating ... Read More
Rating:
- "Objections sustained, or overruled"
Fun stories but a long way from classics. Slightly the epic that never was as the defiance of reflecting the BBC attitude to the show in the stories needed stranger scripts to sustain it. Breaking away from stories to come back to the courtroom does slow things down a lot. With an actor of Michael Jayston's calibre playing the prosecuting Valeyard we get some dramatic confrontations, but on the whole trial scenes are samey.
A thankless but necessary role for Linda Bellingham playing the inquisitor made ... Read More
Rating:
- Surprisingly good
I didn't expect nothing good of this. The trial of a Time Lord has a very poor fame, and the idea I had so far was that this was a huge crap. Well, after watching it camly, I don't agree. OK, it is a flawed show: The mysterious planet is routinely done, Mindwarp improves greatly, but Brian Blessed is completely over the top, Terror of the Vervoids is highly watchable if you don't start making questions (err, from the future? And "edited"? COME ON!!), and The ultimate foe gave us one of the best stories for Ainley's ... Read More
Rating: - TIME TRIAL
TRIAL OF A TIME LORD is never going to win awards as the greatest piece of television ever made, and certainly when you realise it was supposed to be a relaunch of the show after an enforced absence, you tend to find that it's essentially much the same as before. Having had the VHS for a while and not having watched it often, I didn't regard this as an essential purchase, and wouldn't see it as the best way to be introduced to old-style DOCTOR WHO, but ultimately it was a very enjoyable purchase as TRIAL OF A TIME LORD ... Read More
Rating: - A good story, Mindwarp was terrible though.
Well Doctor Who story Trial of a Time Lord is good, the dr basically gets involved in court for interfering with other worlds, basically he had already doen this before, they exiled him to Earth and made Patrick Troughton regenrate into Jon Pertwee, these two doctors are good doctors, i mean colin baker wasnt a very bad dr, but he was a bad dr in his 1st season, and basically they probably put him in trial because they wanted to disrespect the "true" classic dr who stories of the 60s and the 70s with the new ones of the ... Read More
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Doctor Who - The Trial Of A Time Lord [1986] [1963]
starring: Colin Baker
Our Price: 761,864.40
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014503242220
Format: PAL
Label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: 2 Entertain Video
Region Code: 2
Release Date: September 29, 2008
Running Time: 349 minutes
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
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- Doctor Who: The War Machines [1966]
- Doctor Who - The Brain Of Morbius [1976]
- Doctor Who: K9 Tales Box Set (Invisible Enemy/K9 and Co) [1977]
- Doctor Who : Complete BBC Series 4 [2008]
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Few of Doctor Who's long-standing fans will tell you that The Trial Of A Time Lord is a story that hits their top ten list, and with good reason. A 14-episode opus that formed an entire series of Colin Baker's reign in the Tardis, it's a patchy production, that does have some qualities to it, but is probably one for the hardened Who fan rather than the casual viewer.
The key to the story is that the Doctor is on trial, facing a potential death penalty, and the courtroom saga works as a backdrop to a collection of stories that sit on top. So there's The Mysterious Planet, which is a decent enough yarn, the weak and puzzling Mindwarp, the surprisingly enjoyable Terror Of The Vervoids, and then the twisty The Ultimate Foe.
While The Trial Of A Time Lord does have a few notable missteps, with some occasionally muddled writing, and while it does introduce arguably the worst companion the Doctor has ever travelled with (Bonnie Langford's Mel), it's still a fascinating series to watch, warts and all. Fortunately, it's backed by a substantive collection of extras, including numerous commentaries and documentaries, that provide an honest glance back at a story that arrived in the midst of one of Doctor Who's most troubled periods. All that, ultimately, makes it a worthwhile purchase for Who fans, even if after reacquainting themselves with it, they're still not likely to put The Trial Of A Time Lord near their aforementioned top ten list… --Jon Foster
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- BETTER THAN EXPECTED!We've all heard the naff reviews over the years, my advice? Ignore them and check this out!
Negatives first-yes, the courtroom scenes can drag (but we soon lose those throughout the series) and some of the acting is dross (that's what you get employing theatre luvvies)
Positives-Colin Baker (top form, should have stayed on),the storylines (varying)and a superb ending.
By the end of this, you really wish the 6th Doctor would have remainied on and even Bonnie Langford seems less irritating ... Read More
Rating:
- "Objections sustained, or overruled"Fun stories but a long way from classics. Slightly the epic that never was as the defiance of reflecting the BBC attitude to the show in the stories needed stranger scripts to sustain it. Breaking away from stories to come back to the courtroom does slow things down a lot. With an actor of Michael Jayston's calibre playing the prosecuting Valeyard we get some dramatic confrontations, but on the whole trial scenes are samey.
A thankless but necessary role for Linda Bellingham playing the inquisitor made ... Read More
Rating:
- Surprisingly goodI didn't expect nothing good of this. The trial of a Time Lord has a very poor fame, and the idea I had so far was that this was a huge crap. Well, after watching it camly, I don't agree. OK, it is a flawed show: The mysterious planet is routinely done, Mindwarp improves greatly, but Brian Blessed is completely over the top, Terror of the Vervoids is highly watchable if you don't start making questions (err, from the future? And "edited"? COME ON!!), and The ultimate foe gave us one of the best stories for Ainley's ... Read More
Rating:
- TIME TRIALTRIAL OF A TIME LORD is never going to win awards as the greatest piece of television ever made, and certainly when you realise it was supposed to be a relaunch of the show after an enforced absence, you tend to find that it's essentially much the same as before. Having had the VHS for a while and not having watched it often, I didn't regard this as an essential purchase, and wouldn't see it as the best way to be introduced to old-style DOCTOR WHO, but ultimately it was a very enjoyable purchase as TRIAL OF A TIME LORD ... Read More
Rating:
- A good story, Mindwarp was terrible though.Well Doctor Who story Trial of a Time Lord is good, the dr basically gets involved in court for interfering with other worlds, basically he had already doen this before, they exiled him to Earth and made Patrick Troughton regenrate into Jon Pertwee, these two doctors are good doctors, i mean colin baker wasnt a very bad dr, but he was a bad dr in his 1st season, and basically they probably put him in trial because they wanted to disrespect the "true" classic dr who stories of the 60s and the 70s with the new ones of the ... Read More
Action & Adventure • Adult • Anime • Children's • Classics • Comedy • Crime, Thrillers & Mystery • Documentary • Drama • Fitness • Gay & Lesbian • Horror • Interactive • Music • Musicals & Classical • Science Fiction & Fantasy • Sports • Television •
