BBCDVD 2333 Doctor Who - Timelash by Glen McCoy


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Release details

DetailValue
Catalogue numberBBCDVD 2333
TitleDoctor Who - Timelash
Artist(s)Glen McCoy
Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNo record
BBC records label code-
Item deleted?No
Released1985
Distributed / printed by2 entertain
Country of originUK UK flag
Media typePrimary
Media genreDramas - Sci-fi
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Run-off codes / Shop bar codesA0100802790-A911 18 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
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Side & trackTrack and ArtistLength
A1Part 145.00
A2Part 244.36
A3The good, the bad and the ugly
A4Photo gallery
A5Coming soon
A6Radio Times listings [PDF]
Total length of media 1:29:36.

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Starring


Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor)
Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown)
Robert Ashby - The Borad
Denis Carey - Old Man
Paul Darrow - Tekker
Eric Deacon - Mykros
Neil Hallett - Maylin Renis
Jeananne Crowley - Vena
David Ashton - Kendron
David Chandler - Herbert
Tracy Louise Ward - Katz
Peter Robert Scott - Brunner
Dicken Ashworth - Sezon
Steven Mackintosh - Gazak
Christine Kavanagh - Aram
Martin Gower - Tyheer/Bandril Ambassador
Dean Hollingsworth - Android
James Richardson - Guardolier

Written by


Glen McCoy

Produced by


John Nathan-Turner

Directed by


Pennant Roberts

Synopsis


The TARDIS gets caught in the Timelash - a powerful time corridor that brings the Doctor and Peri to the troubled planet of Karfel. The planet is on the brink of war and ruled by an insane and much-feared dictator, who punishes Karfelons by throwing them into the Timelash. But why is their leader never seen in person? And what links Karfel with 19th-century Scotland? The Doctor arrives just in time to find out.

Background


As with every series of Doctor Who - old and new - there are always episodes that have to cost less to produce than others. Timelash, by necessity, fell into the cheaper category. Unfortunately, this tends to show in the finished production with dull, uninspiring sets and costumes. However, since Karfel is ruled by a leader who doesn't like shiny surfaces, you could be mistaken for thinking this ids intentional.

Timelash has been much criticised for its production standards, unimaginative direction, padded scenes and over-the-top acting from certain cast members.

Guest star Paul Darrow infamously based his performance as the misguided Tekker on Laurence Olivier's performance in Richard III.

Writer Glen McCoy had originally submitted a script featuring Daleks. Script Editor Eric Saward asked McCoy to revise his script, but keep certain elements - the time tunnel linking two different times, the half-man / half-monster and the character HG Wells. The resulting story borrows many ideas from Wells, novels.

Transmitting not long after it was decided the series was to b e rested for 18 months, Timelash is an example of Doctor Who on a budget. But, sandwiched between The Two Doctors and Revelation of the Daleks - two of the most popular Sixth Doctor stories - Timelash isn't all bad.

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