Name: Doctor Who - Dragonfire
Brand: BBC3
SKU: BBCDVD3387A
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Doctor Who - Dragonfire (Ian Briggs)

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Picture of BBCDVD 3387A Doctor Who - Dragonfire by artist Ian Briggs from the BBC records and Tapes library

BBC records label code
Label
BBC3 label

Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BBCDVD 3387A
Title			Doctor Who - Dragonfire
Artist(s)			Ian Briggs
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			-
Item deleted?			No
Released			1987
Distributed / printed by			2 entertain
Country of origin			UK
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			A0101935057-B911 03 IFPI L556 Sony DADC
My rating			*****
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Number have			1
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Front cover
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Back cover

Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	Part 1	24.01
A2	Part 2	24.40
A3	Part 3	24.26
A4	Fire and ice - The making of Dragonfire	35.06
A5	Deleted and extended scenes	9.57
A6	The Doctor's strange love - Dragonfire	15.42
A7	The big bang theory - special effects	12.33
A8	Photo gallery	4.48
A9	Radio Times billings [PDF]
A10	Coming soon - Death to the Daleks	1.36
Total length of media 2:32:49.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Starring Sylvester McCoy (Seventh Doctor) Bonnie Langford (Mel Bush) Sophie Aldred (Ace) Tony Selby - Sabalom Glitz Edward Peel - Kane Patricia Quinn - Belazs Tony Osoba - Kracauer Stephanie Fayerman - McLuhan Stuart Organ - Bazin Chris MacDonnell - Arnheim Nigel Miles-Thomas - Pudovkin Sean Blowers - Zed Ian MacKenzie - Anderson Shirin Taylor - Customer Miranda Borman - Stellar Leslie Meadows - The Creature Daphne Oxenford - Archivist Lynn Gardner - Announcer Written by Ian Briggs Produced by John Nathan-Turner Directed by Chris Clough Synopsis At the Iceworld Space Trading Colony on Svartos, the Doctor and Mel unexpectedly encounter an old 'friend'.The penniless and desperate Sabalom Glitz has only one option to leave Svartos - to find the fabled 'Dragonfire' treasure concealed somewhere in the depths of the planet. Joined by Ace, a teenage waitress with a love for explosives, the group venture off to uncover lost riches, not knowing that Kane, Iceworld's ruthlessly intimidating overlord, will gladly murder them all to gain possession of the Dragonfire himself. Before long the Doctor finds himself playing a deadly game of cat and mouse with Kane's mercenaries, descending through the ice caverns ever closer to the deadly gaze of the monstrous dragon that lurks below ... Background The stories transmitted in Series 24 have an individual flavour in stark contrast to the run of stories transmitted both before and after 1987. Following the doom-laden events of The Trial of a Time Lord and very public difficulties behind the scenes, Doctor Who had rebranded itself as more light-hearted, surreal and comedic than it had been for some time. At the very tail end of the series, however, Dragonfire heralds the new future of the programme and promises some interesting motifs. Ian Briggs famously crafted his story to be played as a comedy, yet more serious undertones are also evident. For the first time, the Doctor and Mel arrive in order to investigate something troubling the Time Lord, as opposed to blithely wandering into a new environment without any ulterior motive. Ace, the new friend introduced to the Doctor during Dragonfire, at first seems increasingly capable, but significant chinks in her armour are hinted at long with indications of a more complex background than had previously been present in the Doctor's travelling companions. As the story's true threat becomes apparent, the viewer watches this new Doctor furiously deducing a means of escape. Within this story in particular, central archetypes are 'recast' with a more driven and, perhaps, manipulative Doctor and a sidekick who hides her fear behind aggression and bravado. Dragonfire was voted the series's clear favourite in the annual fan-poll run by Doctor Who Magazine and this final story shows the new way forward for Doctor Who. It would appear the programme's rebranding had succeeded, and the very best elements of Dragonfire would appear in many other stories over the next two years ...

Other versions
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[dvds]	BBCDVD 3387	Doctor Who - Ace adventures
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