BBCDVD 2432 Doctor Who - Black Orchid by Terence Dudley


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Release details

DetailValue
Catalogue numberBBCDVD 2432
TitleDoctor Who - Black Orchid
Artist(s)Terence Dudley
Cover conditionNear mint
Record conditionNear mint
BBC records label code-
Item deleted?Yes
Released1982
Distributed / printed by2 entertain
Country of originUK UK flag
Media typePrimary
Media genreDramas - Sci-fi
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Run-off codes / Shop bar codesA0100920240-A911 26 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
My rating*****
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Tracks

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Side & trackTrack and ArtistLength
A1Part 124.56
A2Part 224.41
A3Now and then9.04
A4Deleted scenes7.05
A5Film restoration2.42
A6Blue Peter8.39
A7Stripped for action - The Fifth Doctor16.10
A8Points of view2.27
A9Photo gallery4.41
A10Coming soon - The trial of a Time Lord1.17
A11Radio Times billings [PDF]
Total length of media 1:41:42.

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Starring


Peter Davison (Fifth Doctor)
Matthew Waterhouse (Adric)
Sarah Sutton (Nyssa)
Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka)
Michael Cochrane - Lord Cranleigh
Sarah Sutton - Ann Talbot
Barbara Murray - Lady Cranleigh
Gareth Milne - The Unknown/George Cranleigh
Moray Watson - Sir Robert Muir
Ivor Salter - Sergeant Markham
Andrew Tourell - Constable Cummings
Ahmed Khalil - Latoni
Brian Hawksley - Brewster
Timothy Block - Tanner

Written by


Terence Dudley

Produced by


John Nathan-Turner

Directed by


Ron Jones

Synopsis


England, 1925. The TARDIS materialises on a quiet railway platform where the Doctor, Tegan, Adric and Nyssa soon discover they are expected at an afternoon cricket match. And when the time travellers are invited to stay at Cranleigh Hall for a fancy dress ball, it isn't long before they uncover a terrible family secret. Who is murdering the servants and why? A rare flower may hold the answer ...

Background


Black Orchid is quite different in style from any Doctor Who story before or since. With no monsters or alien threat in the story, the only element of science fiction is the TARDIS and its crew.

Essentially a murder mystery set in the 1920s, it is the first story with a completely historical setting since The Highlanders at the beginning of Patrick Troughton's era.

For the nineteenth season of Doctor Who, producer John Nathan-Turner decided to give each of the Doctor's companions a story where they got a bit more to do than was normal. So while bossy air hostess Tegan got into trouble for dabbling with the Mara in Kinda and the ill-fated Adric's showcase was challenging Cybermen in Earthshock, Black Orchid gives the gentler Nyssa an opportunity to shine.

By this story, Peter Davison is well into his stride as the energetic and youthful Fifth Doctor - and for the first and only time, he doesn't look out of place in hid distinctive Edwardian cricketing costume.

Cat and crew were troubled by terrible weather during location filming. What is meant to be height of summer was filmed in a cold and windy October, and some of the actors in their fancy dress costumes froze while glasses blew off the tables and shattered on the terrace!
Black Orchid is the first two-part tale since The Sontaran Experiment in 1975 - and set a trend which was continued once a year throughout the Peter Davison era.

An enjoyable romp, Black Orchid is a fine example of a Doctor Whodunnit ...

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