Mar 14 2010
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Doctor Who: Survival (Story 159) “Somewhere the tea is getting cold” – Jacob – Virgina, USA
Survival the final epsidoe of sci-fi longest running show in history comes to an end. The Doctor and Ace travel to 20th century earth to visit Ace’s old home town. there they find young people like Ace gone, missing without a trace. Some say they seen a strange rider, others think its the cats that have started to appear others say something far more sinsiter has come to the town of Ace home. All to shorlty the Doctor and Ace have stumbled upon a “masterful” plan that would send them both to the brink of maddness and see them both destoried. Will the Doctor and Ace escape or has thier chances for survial run out?
Personally this episode has always made me a gbit sad. Not only was it a three parter but the way it ends always left room for more had the series stayed on. Of course we all know what happen nearly twenty years later in real life when the new series comes out. (of course for those of you out there I can’t stand the made for tv movie of doctor who that fox did and I perosnally do not consider it part of the history) the dvd itself is full of great things to watch. The director in charge of cancelling Doctor who interview, the head writer and what he would have done with the character of Ace if another season had taken place. The cinema scenes from the doctor who game featuring the late Anthony Aliny. just to name a few. Doctor Who fans need this dvd to have for any collection.
Survival: Yes; Sylvester: No – Howard M. Kindel –
I’ve read other reviews that relegate Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor to the bottom of the heap. Based on this one story, I’d have to agree. Which is a shame because Survival, in my opinion, is one of the best story lines in the entire Doctor Who franchise. It’s original and it anticipates a lot of the newer Doctor Who stories. I realize time and space travel are the essence of all Doctor Who stories; but the particular way they’re treated in Survival has a distinctly 21st century Doctor Who flair. As to poor Sylvester McCoy’s Doctor, I kept trying to recall who he reminded me of. Then it dawned on me the next day (and I wish it hadn’t): he reminds me of Rowan Atkinson’s wretched Mr Bean character. But I definitely like McCoy’s companion, Ace; I’d put her right up there with Rose or Martha Jones as best companion character. I also didn’t particularly like the musical arrangement of the Doctor Who theme; it was just too far out. Finally, though I’ve only seen a handful of Doctor Who episodes so far, I can’t tell you how tiresome the Master is getting. Enough already with his way too predictable enmity with the Doctor. He’s almost like a cartoon character in that it looks like he finally gets it in the end, only to re-animate in the next episode.
End of an ERA – S.D.S – MARYLAND
Survial marked the end of the original Doctor Who series. So many changes had occurred over the years and the bbc president did not like the show so it came to an end here. The budget at the time was barely enough to buy a happy meal. Survival also marks the last time we see the master for sometime. Anthony Ainly made the role his own for sure. this adventure pits the doctor against his old enemy the master. Also involved are a race of cat like creatures clinging on for survival. A must for a dr who collector though not that inspiring an adventure. but being its the last it does have its place. the doctor final lines are magic and brings you hope that this isnt the last time we see our favorite time lord.
Warner Brothers: The Doctor takes Ace back to her hometown of Perivale, only to find that something is very, very wrong. Many of Ace’s old friends and neighbors have disappeared while domestic pets become victims of unseen killers. Will the hunter become the hunted when only the fittest survive? (Episodes 1-3, 72 mins)
DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
DVD ROM Features
Deleted Scenes
Documentaries
Music Only Track
Other
Outtakes
Photo gallery
Production Notes
The final serial in Doctor Who’s original run on the BBC (before it was revived in 2005), this three-episode story stars Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, who brings his companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) back to Earth, only to discover that a race of feline aliens have turned the planet into their private hunting ground. The aliens, called Cheetah People, are traveling between their dying planet and Earth to kidnap humans for food–and lurking behind the whole scheme is none other than the Doctor’s arch enemy, the Master (Anthony Ainsley in his final TV performance as the character). Despite the relative lack of quality of its video cinematography, Survival is a sold serial from the McCoy era, with some genuine suspense and an affectionate (if temporary) send-off for the venerable sci-fi hero.
The two-disc set of Survival is typical of the impressive presentations that the Doctor’s adventures have received on DVD. Two commentary tracks have been recorded–one featuring McCoy, Aldred, and script editor Andrew Cartmel, and the other by the winners of a contest sponsored by Doctor Who magazine (this appears only for episode 3). The hour-long, two-part Cat Flap (one of the original titles for the serial) covers the making of the serial from start to finish, and Endgame is an intriguing look at how the program might’ve continued after Survival had it not been cancelled in 1989. Little Girl Lost is a 15-minute exploration of Ace’s character from her debut story until Survival, and Destiny of the Doctors features footage of Ainley as the Master taken from the 1997 computer game of the same name. The extras are rounded out by several deleted and extended scenes, a round of outtakes, the standard photo gallery, text-only commentary track, Radio Times listings (in DVD-ROM format), and a 20-minute episode of a U.K. educational program called Search Out Science, which features McCoy and Aldred as their characters in a discussion of (what else?) time and space. –Paul Gaita
Doctor Who: Survival (Story 159)
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