
Jacqueline Hill
2021Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
Ian Levine
Verity Lambert, Keith Barnfather
Documents the making of the Doctor Who Serial, "The Edge of Destruction". It was released on the DVD of the serial and hence in The Beginning box set.
Over the Edge: The Story of "The Edge of Destruction"
The Comedy Man
Alvin Rakoff
Kenneth More, Cecil Parker
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
The Comedy Man
Romeo & Juliet
Alvin Rakoff
John Gielgud, Alan Rickman
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Romeo & Juliet
The Blue Parrot
John Harlow
Dermot Walsh, Jacqueline Hill
'Rocks' Owen, the well-off owner of a car-hire business, is found murdered; the last place he was seen alive was the Blue Parrot nightclub. Scotland Yard go in to investigate, with the help of a visiting American detective and a nightclub hostess who may not be all she appears to be.
The Blue Parrot
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
John Gorrie
William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford
The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Doctor Who: The Romans
Christopher Barry
William Hartnell, Jacqueline Hill
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Doctor Who: The Romans
Doctor Who: Meglos
Terence Dudley
Tom Baker, Lalla Ward
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
Doctor Who: Meglos
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Waris Hussein
William Hartnell, William Russell
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants
Mervyn Pinfield, Douglas Camfield
William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford
When the TARDIS malfunctions, it and its travellers land on Earth at the size of insects. They uncover a murderous plot involving a new insecticide, but how can they stop the crime in their miniaturised condition?
Doctor Who: Planet of Giants