Product Description
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Matt Smith and Karen Gillen make their triumphant return as the
Doctor and his companion in an all-new series of Doctor Who
coming to DVD and Blu-ray in 2011. This release combines the two
halves of series six with the 2010 Christmas Special plus hours
of bonus material to make a spectacular collectible that no fan
will want to miss! The new series includes the first ever
episodes in the US and promises new thrills, new monsters,
and new adventures which will leave fans pinned to the edge of
their seats.
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Matt Smith's sopre outing as the 11th incarnation of the
BBC's science-fiction hero Doctor Who retains the charisma and
energy that made his debut an immediate hit with fans worldwide.
The two-disc set contains the first seven episodes of the sixth
series of revamped Doctor adventures. It kicks off with an
extraordinary two-part story ("The Impossible Astronaut" and "Day
of the Moon") that reunites the Doctor with companions Amy (Karen
Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill) to defeat a race of
aliens called the Silence (the subject of the "Silence will fall"
references throughout series five), which have influenced the
course of human history through post-hypnotic suggestion. The
two-parter also sets in motion an overall story arc that runs
through the subsequent five episodes and reveals some stunning
surprises, most notably in regard to Amy and the true identity of
River Song (Alex Kingston). Meanwhile, the Doctor also contends
with a 17th-century pirate ship plagued by a monstrous siren
(Lily Cole, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) in "The Curse of
the Black Spot" and encounters a physical manifestation of the
TARDIS's matrix in "The Doctor's Wife," which features a script
by Neil Gan (The Sandman) and the voice of Michael Sheen as a
sentient asteroid. The first part of series six heads for its
conclusion with a second two-parter, "The Rebel " and "The
Almost People," which pits the Doctor against synthetic clones
that assume the memories of the humans they replicate, and brings
the seven episodes to a stunning close with the action-packed "A
Good Man Goes to War," which brings the arc full circle and
undoubtedly leaves viewers clamoring for the series' remaining
six stories.
Doctor Who: Series Six, Part 1 offers fans concrete assurance
that the venerable series remains in good hands with Steven
Mof as head writer and executive producer, as well as a
tantalizing direction for the program in the episodes to come.
Extras on the Blu-ray set are limited to a pair of Monster Files
featurettes, which explore the creation and execution of the
Silence and the Gangers in considerable detail, including
interviews with the cast and crew (save Smith) and
behind-the-scenes footage. --Paul Gaita The second half of Doctor
Who's sixth series, which stars Matt Smith as the United
Kingdom's venerable time-traveling hero, answers the question
that left fans breathless for most of 2011--how will the Doctor
die?--while offering a few other intriguing adventures along the
way. The series' central concern is finally addressed in the
final episode on the set, "The Wedding of River Song," which
finds the world in a state of time confusion, with all history
happening at once. To reveal the e of the Doctor would be
tanta to high treason among Who fans, but suffice it to say
that the conclusion does pull together all the threads of the
sixth series in a way that may work for some fans but not at all
for others. The most notable polarizing element is undoubtedly
the Teselecta, a shape-shifting humanoid robot operated by
miniaturized humans (not unlike the disastrous Eddie Murphy
vehicle Meet Dave) that also appears in the part-two opener,
"Let's Kill Hitler," where it is dispatched to eliminate the
Führer by a shadowy "Justice Department." One's appreciation for
such a complete game-changing character will largely define how
Series Six, Part Two is viewed, since the outcome of the Doctor's
death is the key story line of the entire series. However, there
are also a handful of solid secondary episodes buttressing the
main story arc, most notably "The Girl Who Waited," which finds
the Doctor's companion, Amy (Karen Gillan), split into older and
younger versions of herself on a plague-ridden planet, and
"Closing Time," which brings back not only James Corden's Craig
Owens (from the fifth series' "The Lodger") but also vintage
villains the Cybermen. Series Six, Part Two is an ambitious
conclusion for an entirely ambitious series, no matter how one
feels about the denouement, and another impressive addition to
the adventures of the Eleventh Doctor. Extras on the set are
limited to a pair of Monster Files, one devoted to the robotic
antibodies patrolling the Teselecta, while the other concerns the
revamped Cybermats, the vermin-like tools of the Cybermen. --Paul
Gaita
