Name: Doctor Who - The Aztecs
Brand: BBC3
SKU: BBCDVD3689
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Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Doctor Who - The Aztecs (John Lucarotti)

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Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BBCDVD 3689
Title			Doctor Who - The Aztecs
Artist(s)			John Lucarotti
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			-
Item deleted?			No
Released			1964
Distributed / printed by			2 entertain
Country of origin			UK
Format			Special edition
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			A0102069512-A911 03 A0102072139-A911 02
My rating			*****
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Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	The temple of evil	23.53
A2	The warriors of death	24.07
A3	The bride of sacrifice	25.24
A4	The day of darkness	25.26
A5	Remembering the Aztecs	28.20
A6	Designing The Aztecs	24.34
A7	Blue Peter - Cortez and Montezuma with Valerie Singleton	5.56
A8	Restoring the Aztecs	8.09
A9	Making cocoa - Cartoon	2.30
A10	TARDIS - Cam no. 3	1.06
A11	Photo gallery	3.51
A12	Intro sequences
B1	Galaxy 4 - Reconstruction	64.44
B2	Chronicle - The realms of gold - John Julius Norwich's 1969 retelling the story of the Spanish conquest of Mexico and the Aztecs	49.52
B3	Doctor forever! - Celestial toyroom - Part 1 of 5 looking at Doctor Who toys	22.36
B4	It's a square world - Clive Dunn / Michael Bentine	7.23
B5	A whole scene going - Behind the scenes filming of the film Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD	4.33
B6	Radio Times billings [PDF]
B7	Coming soon - The Ice Warriors	0.55
Total length of media 5:23:19.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Starring William Hartnell (First Doctor) Carole Ann Ford (Susan Foreman) Jacqueline Hill (Barbara Wright) William Russell (Ian Chesterton) Keith Pyott - Autloc John Ringham - Tlotoxl Ian Cullen - Ixta Margot Van der Burgh - Cameca Tom Booth - First Victim David Anderson - Aztec Captain Walter Randall - Tonila Andr Boulay - Perfect Victim Written by John Lucarotti Produced by Verity Lambert Directed by John Crockett Synopsis The TARDIS takes the Doctor and his companions back in time to fifteenth century Mexico, the centre of the Aztec civilisation. But when Barbara is mistaken for the reincarnation of the High Priest Yetaxa, the time travellers find themselves caught up in a vicious political power steruggle which could cost them their lives ... Background The Aztecs is a pitch-perfect example of a Doctor Who serial that completely fulfils the original intention of the series. The four episode adventure is an education trip into history for viewers and the only monsters found in the story are human. This is the third trip into the past for the Doctor and his companions since the first episode. John Lucarotti had already written the popular historical story Marco Polo, so was chosen by the production team to write another educational Doctor Who adventure. Lucarotti had spent some time living in Mexico and was fascinated by the Aztec culture. Using this as his inspiration, he set about writing his second Doctor Who story. It's not every day one of the Doctor's companions gets mistaken for the reincarnation of a high priest, but luckily the Aztec period is one of the history teacher Barbara Wright's specialities, so she copes with it remarkably well. At least until she decides to educate the Aztec people and make them stop sacrificing humans. And this is where we see William Hartnell shine as the Doctor. 'You can't rewrite history,' he shouts. 'Not one line.' Recreating 15th-century Mexico works brilliantly thanks to Barry Newbury's sets, and this is a story of love, death, cocoa, good intentions and a huge dilemma for the history teacher. This special edition of The Aztecs, with greatly improved restoration, also includes the recently discovered episode of Galaxy 4 that made its way back to the archives in 2011.
Further information
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