Product Details

• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: BBC Warner
• VHS Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AGWHE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,365 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "That man can do anything! What a mind!", August 19, 2003

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Cole Kekelis (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who - Meglos [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of the best from the latter Fourth Doctor era.

Meglos captures the essence of the mathematic-scientific theme so common to Tom Baker's last season and Peter Davison's first.

The culture of Tigella is divided between scientists and spiritualists. Neither knows true nature of the Dodecahedron, the powerful 20-sided orb that powers their civilization.

Meglos is a super-intelligent plant who can alter his shape at will. With a motley group of space pirates he goes in search of the Dodecahedron.

Those who liked Leisure Hive, Warrior's Gate, Logopolis, and Castrovalva will like Meglos.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Now All Of The 4th. Doctor Stories From His Last Season Are Out!!!!, January 5, 2011

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DJ PHILLY B? (Palm Bch. Gardens Fl.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Doctor Who: Meglos (Story 111) (DVD)

Now All Of The 4th. Doctor Stories From His Last Season Are Out!!!!

As Amazon (who I love) has not given us the info for this Doctor Who DVD release here is the info from (The Know All, and See All of Doctor Who DVD's in the USA) Steve Manfred website:

Doctor Who: Meglos: starring Tom Baker as Doctor Who, Romana as Lalla Ward, and John Leeson as the Voice of K9.

All 4 episodes of the story, digitally remastered and restored.

Graphical menus, episode and scene selection features, and subtitles for the hearing impaired.

Optional commentary track by actors Lalla Ward and Christopher Owen (Earthling), co-writer John Flanagan, and incidental musicians Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell.

Information Text subtitles option. Displays pop-up production trivia throughout the story.

"Meglos Men" An 18-minute featurette where writers John Flanagan and and Andrew McCullough tell us about the writing of the story, with a little visit also to script editor Christopher H. Bidmead

"The Scene Sync Story" An 11-minute featurette about a pioneering bluescreen special effects technique that saw service in this story.

"Jacqueline Hill - A Life In Pictures" A 13-minute featurette about the life of Jacqueline Hill, who played original companion Barbara Wright in the first two seasons in 1963-65 and returned in this story to guest star as Lexa. Featuring interviews with actors William Russell (Ian Chesterton) and Ann Davies (Jenny in The Dalek Invasion of Earth and Hill's best friend), Producer Verity Lambert, and Hill's widower Alvin Rakoff.

"Entropy Explained" A 5-minute featurette presentation from a physicist who tries to explain the concept of entropy in layman's terms.

Photo Gallery: 4 minutes of still photos taken during production of the story.

PDF Files: Place this disc into your computer and you'll have access to PDF files containing the original 1980 Radio Times TV listings for this story.

Isolated Music option: Selecting this will play the story with only the music soundtrack playing.

Coming Soon trailer for the forthcoming story The Mutants.

1 Easter Egg.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you are on the fence I would say, "Buy It"., September 24, 2010

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David W. Curry "Trust me on this one." (Philadelphia,Pa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Doctor Who: Meglos (Story 111) (DVD)

"Quirky" Meglos comes to DVD and as the previous reviewers have stated so well is that despite it's faults this late Tom Baker era episode is worth revisiting and/or purchasing. Most Who fans would probably not have Meglos on their top ten lists yet there is still something about Meglos that resonates in the minds of Who fans; One memory that lingers is the sight of Tom Baker in the "Cactus" make-up which is one of the best make up jobs from the classic series...creepy, eerie and totally believable! Yes the story does lack pace and is, at times early on, boring. But Tom Baker (playing hero and villain to perfection) and Lalla Ward really shine here as does the excellent incidental music by Paddy Kingsland and Peter Howell ( and a quick nod to Dick Mills for sound). Keep in mind as well that watching Meglos (along with Leisure Hive) is watching the birth of the John Nathan Turner era of Doctor Who. JNT made no bones about sending the show down a completely different path from before and that is evident here with Meglos. With Mathematically minded script editor Christopher H. Bidmeead at hand and the wonderful Barry Letts over seeing JNT's efforts for a time, season 18 (Tom Baker's Last)weaves an excellent tapestry of color, style and story that demands each of it's seven episodes be be seen in succession and that is the best reason to buy Meglos as it is part of the larger tale that is "the end of an era"...The Great Tom Baker Era!!!