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Doctor Who: The Space Museum/The Chase (Stories 15 and 16) (2010)

William Hartnell , William Russell , Mervyn Pinfield , Richard Martin  |  NR |  DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves
  • Directors: Mervyn Pinfield, Richard Martin
  • Writers: Glyn Jones, Terry Nation
  • Producers: Verity Lambert
  • Format: Black & White, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 3
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: BBC Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: July 6, 2010
  • Run Time: 250 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B003EGDDLA
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,440 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

"The Space Museum The TARDIS lands on the planet Xeros, where a vast museum houses a collection of relics from the galactic conquests of the mighty Morok Empire. While they are exploring, the Doctor and his companions make a disturbing discovery: their future selves are preserved as exhibits! (Episodes 1-4, 100 mins) The Chase When the Doctor and his companions discover that a group of time-traveling Daleks have orders to exterminate them, a dangerous chase across time and space follows. (Episodes 1-6, 148 mins) "

Customer Reviews

The Doctor and his friends have got to keep one step ahead.... their very lives depend on it. Armchair Pundit  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
I don't have a region-free DVD player, so I will not be buying this at all. SaerwenEruwaedithal  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
There are other song edits as well, but they are very minor. Gene Littlejohn  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Museum Visit And A Madcap Chase. March 31, 2010
Season Two.
The Space Museum.
After a series of weird happenings aboard ship. The TARDIS appears to land on the planet Xeros, but when travelling through time and space appearances can sometimes be deceptive.
As, "Realtime" catches up, the Tardis crew realize they have been given a glimpse of their future fate.
They must change this future or face eternity as exhibits in the Morok War Museum...
Ep.1-"The Space Museum". Wandering around the museum one of the exhibits catches their eye.
Ep.2-"The Dimensions of Time". The Doctor plays mind games with a mind probe.
Ep.3-"The Search". Vicki encourages the Xerosians to revolt.
Ep.4-"The Final Phase". The Doctor is prepared for his, "exhibition", but the revolution is successful and the Tardis crew leave Xeros, with a device called a time space visualizer.
But across the gulf of space, evil exterminating eyes have been watching them,
...and this time they mean business!
Episode one is possibly the most intriguing episode in the programmes long history, it's a shame the remaining three episodes don't quite maintain episode ones intriguing premise.
After, "The Web Planet's" overspend of most of season two's budget, this was the story that had to, cut cost's.
It does rather show, unfortunately. (The sets are very sparsely furnished.)
But still, five stars for episode one.
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DVD extras.
Defending The Museum
My Grandfather The Doctor
The Space Museum - Photo Gallery
A Holiday For The Doctor
Don't let the fact it's in Black and White put you off.
Airdate:- 24/4/65 -15/5/65.
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The Chase.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, but not so great DVD! September 11, 2010
I'm not much of a Beatles fan, but I did like the scene in "The Chase" that they cut out on this DVD release. It's not only important to emphasize the Beatles impact on popular culture at the time this episode was made, but it also has some great and funny character moments in that scene between the Doctor's companions. And the scene is NOT a few seconds long as some people put it, it's at least a couple of minutes! I loved that scene, and you don't get it here on this DVD. That said, both "The Space Museum" and "The Chase" were great stories that any Whovian would enjoy!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Had to bring the ratings up November 7, 2010
This release includes 2 unrelated stories from the William Hartnell era. The only thing that links them is that The Chase followed The Space Museum in sequential order. The first story, The Space Museum, has a nice, eerie and atmospheric beginning. However, the rest of the story, once our heroes have officially "arrived" doesn't make much sense. Yes, the Doctor's interrogation scene is a lot of fun, and it's a bit amusing to see Vicki as a rebellion leader, but Ian and Barbara are a bit wasted. So much of this story is sub-par, set design, costume design, story development, that it's not really not worth watching more than once.

The Chase brings the beloved Daleks back. The Daleks have somehow gotten their hands on a time machine and have decided that they must follow the Doctor through space and time to destroy him. Every week was a new location, like Terry Nation's previous story, The Keys of Marinus, making sure that the designers had to design new sets and alien costumes for each week. It's an odd assembly, that seems more like, hey what if the Daleks met Frankenstein's monster, yeah how about Dracula too! You know what, we can blame the Marie Celeste mystery on the Daleks, etc., etc. It's not a bad story, it's just not that interesting. The beginning with the time T.V. apparatus is fun, but is quickly left behind. It almost would have been more interesting to have the Doctor, Ian and Barbara watching various instances in history that are now wrong because a Dalek has shown up, and the Doctor realizes that he has to go correct this.

Everyone is so upset that somewhere between 10 seconds and 2 minutes have been cut from the Chase, but no one has really mentioned the true crime here... Why did I have to get the Space Museum just to watch the Chase?!
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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful
If you're a diehard fan of classic Doctor Who who simply must have every episode of the First Doctor available on DVD, then you're stuck: You have no choice but to pony up for this overpriced dual offering of two of the dullest stories from the William Hartnell years. If you just want a taste of what early Doctor Who was about, go with "The Aztecs" or "The Web Planet."

In the "The Space Museum," the Doctor and his companions discover they have been turned into a museum exhibit on a planet on the fringes of a moribund galactic empire and must change history to escape their fate. The four-episode story was so bad that the Special Features menu includes "Defending the Museum," a re-evaluation of the sequence by Who critic Robert Shearman explaining why the story wasn't THAT bad, but still pretty bad. There's also a bizarre spoof feature in which comedian Christopher Green, in his Ida Barr persona, explains how the show cleverly covered for actors while they were on vacation, briefly writing them out of scripts or taping bits that could be edited in later. It's an interesting, behind-the-scenes look at one aspect of producing a weekly TV serial, but the point of the Ida Barr shtick will be lost on most American viewers.

"The Chase" is a tired, late Terry Nation story in which the Daleks chase the Doctor and his companions through time as they land in various times and places, mostly in Earth history. Peter Purves makes a dual appearance, first as an American Southerner sightseeing at the top of the Empire State Building and later as Steven Taylor, a captive of the planet Mechanus who will become one of the Doctor's companions in "The Time Meddler." "The Chase" is episodic and entirely unremarkable, except as the story in which Ian and Barbara return to 1965 London.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as bad as it could be
I just finished watching the shows (with and without the commentary); I am working my way through the other special features. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Richard Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect example of Doctor Who's versatile formula
And that 5 star rating goes for both stories. I'm not sure why The Space Museum gets a bad reputation, even the so-called "defense" extra on the DVD from someone who "loves" the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by The Cougar
4.0 out of 5 stars The Doctor and his companions discover a strange exhibit on the planet...
In the Willam Hartnell era Doctor Who epesidoe entitled "The Space Museum" The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki have landed on the planet Xeros. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Jacob
4.0 out of 5 stars Two in one!
The Space Museum is a wonderful story focused on time. Doctor and his people arrive before they arrive. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Michael Valdivielso
4.0 out of 5 stars Good all around
I really like The Space Museum. It was about how they needed to change the future, but weren't sure what would do that. Read more
Published 23 months ago by S. Molina
4.0 out of 5 stars wonderful laughs
I really enjoyed these DVDs. You might really enjoy them too, if you are willing to see the comedy in what is many ways a parody of other Doctor who episodes, and if you are... Read more
Published on April 20, 2011 by rabbit_one
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent early Doctor Who stories with great special features
This is hands down the best William Hartnell Doctor Who DVD release. I've purchased just about every classic Doctor Who release available and while I find the first doctor years... Read more
Published on February 23, 2011 by Shasta
1.0 out of 5 stars They've squashed my favourite Beatles!
First off let me say that it's my understanding that if the fans had not brought up the subject so vocally beforehand, the Beatles scene might have just slipped in under the radar. Read more
Published on December 14, 2010 by Dave Galan
2.0 out of 5 stars Almost a complete collection.
Once upon a time nearly 10 years ago when Doctor Who: the original series went to DVD I began my decade long journey of collection every story of the original series and and in... Read more
Published on November 10, 2010 by L. Briel
4.0 out of 5 stars If you didn't know it wasn't there, you wouldn't miss it!
Here we have the fifteenth and sixteenth stories of "Doctor Who". Yes, from way back in the mid-1960's we get these little gems which aren't great, but are certainly entertaining. Read more
Published on August 1, 2010 by Chris Swanson
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It's a few seconds in one episode, get over it.
I just want to hug you.. I feel the same way about this as well as The Lord of the Rings disks...
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