Doctor Who - Time-Flight [1982] [1963] |
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| starring: Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton directed by: Ron Jones ![: Doctor Who - Time-Flight [1982] [1963]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GP2A9STXL._SL160_.jpg) |
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| Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 5014503687823 Format: Colour, Full Screen, HiFi Sound, PAL Label: 2 Entertain Video Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 2 Entertain Video Release Date: July 03, 2000 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: 2 Entertain Video Theatrical Release Date: September 29, 1975 Sales Rank: 4954 |
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| Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: "Time-Flight" is the four-episode serial that concluded Peter Davison's first season as the fifth Doctor. Arriving at Heathrow Airport with companions Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) and Tegan (Janet Fielding), still grieving after the death of Adric in "Earthshock" (1982), the Doctor is soon involved in solving the mystery of a Concorde that has literally vanished into thin air. Tracing the lost plane's flight-path in a second Concorde, the travellers find themselves flying through a hole in time into the prehistoric past. Here the Master (Anthony Ainley) under the rather camp persona of Kalid (which strangely he maintains even when alone) is planning to harness the power of the currently disembodied alien Xeraphin who are stranded on Earth. Echoing both the classic 1960 Twilight Zone episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" and prefiguring Stephen King's chilling The Langoliers (1990), at heart "Time-Flight" is a reworking of the superior Tom Baker Doctor Who story "City of Death" (1979). Ending on a minor cliff-hanger, what makes the story really distinctive is that it was the first drama of any sort to be given permission to film in and around a genuine Concorde. --Gary S. Dalkin |
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Rating:  - sheer enjoymentIsn't it funny how the stories which seemed over complicated and inferior all those years ago now seem to be the most entertaining, largely because of the humour content and the fact they they were something different to the norm. Also, time has levelled all Dr.Who stories in terms of SFX, even the flashy ones seem scarcely more impressive than the cheap ones, nowadays. This story holds up better than most because the plot is highly unusual and similar to "The Langoliers", with the Concord time travelling ... Read More Rating:  - Peter Davison is the best Doctor Who ever!As Davison's defender and champion, what can I say? This has a reputation as a prize dud, but...it's actually very witty and charming and amusing, even if it lacks the atmosphere and glossy look of many others. Davison is on particularly good form, parking the Tardis mid-air in the path of Jumbo jets, then hopping the ship into an Air Port terminal, getting busted by the guards while checking the Cricket scores, gleefully name dropping UNIT and the Brig (as a foreshadow of the Brig's return in the next season?) ... Read More Rating: - A classic Doctor Who story! One for the fans!Don't listen to anybody who rates this film as been bad just because of some dodgy special effects! The reason for this was because it was a story where the budget available was very very low, but I think they did a very good job getting the Concorde and Heathrow Airport for location shots! The story is entertaining, the acting is very good especially from the Doctor yet again, Peter Davision was a very good Doctor Who, funny, vulnerable, exciting, and kept Doctor Who as a more British TV series! The ... Read More Rating: - Time-Flight gave me 98 minutes of plesure...What may i ask is wrong with Time flight its great fun (something that makes a doc who adventure) After the brill earthshock the public needed a break from the serious doc who so time flight fits in well. Oh yes if u judge an episode of doc who by its special effects then your in deep trouble as hardly any doc who story has great special effects. I think people forget that the BBC got permisson to film on a concorde. (a big thing in them days) Its got lots of quality about it(EXCEPT FOR THAT BLOODY ADRIC RETURNING) ... Read More Rating:  - Pretty DodgyThis is not great. An overcomplicated story, bad acting (except from the master who is the best thing in the episode) and absolutely terrible special effects make this one of the reasons why Doctor Who ratings dropped in the 80's. The scene at the end with concorde superimposed over the sets backdrop is truly amatuerish. One for die hard fans ONLY! |
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