Name: Doctor Who - The edge of destruction
Brand: BBC DVD
SKU: BBCDVD1882C
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Doctor Who - The edge of destruction (David Whitaker)

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BBC records label code
Label
BBC DVD label

Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BBCDVD 1882C
Title			Doctor Who - The edge of destruction
Artist(s)			David Whitaker
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
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Dramas - Sci-fi View all other tracks listed as Dramas - Sci-fi.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			A0100665729 A933 16 IFPI L558 Sony DADC
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 edge of destruction	25.01
A2	The brink of disaster	22.07
A3	Doctor Who - Origins	53.51
A4	Over the edge	29.23
A5	Inside the spaceship	10.15
A6	Masters of sound, a look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop	12.24
A7	Marco Polo	31.25
A8	Gallery	5.09
A9	Radio Times billings for first three adventures [PDF]
A10	Full script for An Unearthly Child (PDF)
Total length of media 3:09:35.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Starring William Hartnell William Russell Jacqueline Hill Carole Ann Ford Written by David Whitaker Produced by Verity Lambert Directed by Richard Martin and Frank Cox Synopsis Something has caused the TARDIS console to explode in mid-flight, plunging the ship into darkness and rendering the crew unconscious. As they slowly recover, they find themselves suffering from loss of memory, and headaches. The TARDIS behaves oddly, as the doors open and close of their own accord. Has the ship been possessed in some way, or is something more dangerous happening to the time travellers? Background Doctor Who had got off to a pretty chaotic start. The story was due to open the series - The Giants by C. E. Webber - was dropped. This left Anthony Coburn's intended second story, set in the Stone Age, to open the series. Coburn also came up with a new second story, a six-part tale called The Robots. Things never go to plan. Anthony Coburn's 'Robots' story was dropped from the series. The production team felt that going from Stone Age Earth to Marco Polo's 13th century China would be a mistake, and needed a science fiction story to sandwich between them. Terry Nation's Dalek story was promoted to second in the running order. Problem solved. Well, nearly ... The upper echelons of the BBC had only initially committed to 4 episodes of Doctor Who. After a lot of debate and scrutiny, this initial episode count was increased to 13 mid-way through production of An Unearthly Child. Which was all well and good, but the production team could only offer either 11 episodes (up to the end of The Daleks), or 18 (up to the end of Marco Polo). Stretching The Daleks to make it last for 9 episodes wasn't really an option. They had a little over two months before episodes 12 and 13 were due to be rehearsed and recorded, and very little in the way of spare budget, after spending a huge sum (relatively speaking ) on the new TARDIS set. What could editor David Whitaker do? Two episodes to fill, no budget for sets or guest actors, and only the regular cast and the TARDIS set to play with. It is often said that creativity thrives best in a crisis, and here was Doctor Who's first example of this maxim holding true. Whitaker came up with a two-part filler story which served to form a 'coda' to the first two stories, becoming a watershead moment for the four main characters to actually come together as a unit, rather that a collection of mistrustful passengers, and set the series up for the many wonderful adventures that were still to come.
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