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Doctor Who

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Eric Roberts

Synopsis: Coproduced by the BBC and America's Fox Network, the two-hour movie Doctor Who was an attempt to revive the phenomenally popular science-fiction series which orginally ran from 1963 to 1989. Sylvester McCoy, the last of seven actors to play the Doctor, here repeats his familiar role--albeit Read More

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Tom Baker

Synopsis: Four years after its "official" demise as a weekly series, Doctor Who briefly resurfaced in the form of a two-part, 14-minute special. Created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the series' birth, Part One of "Dimensions in Time" was shown as a segment of the BBC's Children in Need Telethon. The Read More

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Tom Baker

Synopsis: Four years after its "official" demise as a weekly series, Doctor Who briefly resurfaced in the form of a two-part, off-length special. Created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the series' birth, "Dimensions in Time" was shown as a component of two other TV programs. Part One aired November Read More

Doctor Who: Ghost Light, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Sylvia Syms, Brenda Kempner, John Nettleton

Synopsis: In the first episode of the three-part Doctor Who adventure "Ghost Light," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) accompanies Ace (Sophie Aldred) on a visit to her home town of Perivale. Arriving during the Victorian era, the time travelers try to determine the source of a terrifying experience in Ace's Read More

Doctor Who: Ghost Light, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Sharon Duce, Ian Hogg, Carl Forgione

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part story "Ghost Light," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) have arrived at Ace's ancestral home, Gabriel Chase, in 1883. Hoping to discover the source of Ace's nightmares, the Doctor at first concludes that the house is haunted by traditional Read More

Doctor Who: Ghost Light, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Carl Forgione, Sharon Duce, Katherine Schlesinger

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "The Ghost Light," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) have arrived in Ace's home town of Perivale, in hopes of finding out the cause of the girl's horrible nightmares. Arriving in the village in the year 1883, the Doctor is plunged in Read More

Doctor Who: Battlefield, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Ling Tai, Jean Marsh

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "Battlefield," the ages-old battle for possession of the Sword Excalibur continues to rage on -- this time with dangerously high-tech weapons -- in the England of the 1990s. According to the scenario at hand, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is Merlin and Ace (Sophie Aldred Read More

Doctor Who: Battlefield, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Angela Douglas, Robert Jezek

Synopsis: With episode one of the four-part "Battlefield," Doctor Who launched its 26th (and thus far final) season. The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) travel to the England of the not-too-distant future, arriving on the battlefield where King Arthur once battled Mordred over possession of Read More

Doctor Who: Battlefield, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, Marcus Gilbert, Ling Tai

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "Battlefield," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) discovers that the long-ago battle between King Arthur and Mordred of possession of the sword Excalibur has spilled over into the 20th century. A group of warriors from another dimension insist that the Doctor Read More

Doctor Who: Battlefield, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Nicholas Courtney, James Ellis, Marcus Gilbert

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "Battlefield," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), armed with the powers of Merlin, squares off against the minions of Mordred (Christopher Bowen) on the same battlefield where the battle for possession of the sword Excalibur was fought centuries before. Read More

Doctor Who: Survival, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, Kathleen Bidmead, Julian Holloway

Synopsis: The 26-year saga of Doctor Who came to an end (albeit temporarily) with the series' final three-part adventure, "Survival." Returning to the 20th century, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive in Ace's hometown of Perivale. The two time travellers are immediately plunged into Read More

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Alfred Lynch, Dinsdale Landen, Nicholas Parsons

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Curse of Fenric," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) learns that an act of espionage at a British naval base in the final months of WWII has reactivated an ancient Viking curse. Using a 2,000-year-old Norse vessel as its headquarters, the spirit of Fenric Read More

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anne Reid, Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Curse of Fenric," the spirit of the ancient evil entity Fenric has risen from the sea, determined to summon the Great One and destroy all mankind. It is up to the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), who had originally imprisoned Fenric some 17 centuries earlier Read More

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Jessica Martin, Ricco Ross, Janet Hargreaves

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy," the three evil rulers of the Psychic Circus, disguised as a "typical" tourist family, demand entertainment from the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) -- threatening instant death if that entertainment is not Read More

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Peter Czajkowski, Marek Anton, Dinsdale Landen

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Curse of Fenric," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) have arrived at a Northumberland secret naval base in the waning days of WWII. The ongoing efforts of a group of Russian commandos to steal a British code-breaking device has Read More

Doctor Who: Survival, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, Julian Holloway, Sakuntala Ramanee

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "Survival," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) are baffled by the strange goings-on in Ace's hometown of Perivale. While trying to help Sgt. Paterson (Julian Holloway) solve a series of disappearances, Ace herself vanishes, only to Read More

Doctor Who: Survival, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, Will Barton, Julian Holloway

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part story "Survival," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), Ace (Sophie Aldred), and Sgt. Paterson (Julian Holloway) have been whisked away to the Hunting World, where they find themselves the quarry of the dreaded Cheetah People. Pulling the strings of this situation is Read More

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Peter Czajkowski, Tomek Bork, Mark Conrad

Synopsis: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) materialize at a secret British naval base off the Yorkshire coast during the final months of WWII. Almost immediately, the two time-travelers are plunged into intrigue involving a revolutionary code-breaking device. As if this were not enough Read More

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, T.P. McKenna, Jessica Martin, Ricco Ross

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) are attacked by a "killer clown" while attending the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax. As it turns out, the two time travelers are remarkably fortunate: most of Read More

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Ricco Ross, Daniel Peacock, Ian Reddinton

Synopsis: The 25th season of Doctor Who came to an end with the modestly titled four-parter "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy." Attracted by an advertising satellite, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) attend the famous "Psychic Circus" on the planet Segonax. Before long, however, the Read More

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Gerald Murphy, Fiona Walker, Mark Hardy

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part story "Silver Nemesis," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) steps up his efforts to hurl the deadly living-metal Nemesis statue back into Deep Space. Meanwhile, Ace (Sophie Aldred) finds herself locked in mortal combat with the Cybermen, who want to get their hands on Read More

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, T.P. McKenna, Jessica Martin, Ricco Ross

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) are trapped in the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where a triumvirate of evil demigods from Ragnarok have demanded that the two time-travelers entertain them Read More

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Tim Scott, Lesley Dunlop, Georgina Hale

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part story "The Happiness Patrol," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) sparks a revolution against Helen A (Sheila Hancock), dictator of Terra, where the punishment for not expressing constant happiness is death. Once he has neutralized Helen A's robotic henchman, Kandyman (David John Pope Read More

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Richard Sharp, David John Pope, Harold Innocent

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "The Happiness Patrol," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) have arrived on Terra, a planet governed by the Happiness Patrol, who punish those not expressing eternal joy by killing them on the spot. Since both the Doctor and Ace have Read More

Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Mary Healey, Jonathan Burn, Georgina Hale

Synopsis: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) arrive on Terra Alpha, an earth colony ruled by the Happiness Patrol. Strictly forbidding anyone to express sadness, the Patrol metes out horrible punishments for violation of the rules. David John Pope guest-stars as the robotic Kandyman, who Read More

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, Pamela Salem

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "Remembrance of the Daleks," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) tries to prevent a civil war between two Dalek factions in 1963 London. To that end, he reprograms the Hand of Ortega, a remote interstellar device, intending to hand it over to the "right" Dalek Read More

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Michael Sheard, Derek Keller, Jasmine Breaks

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "Remembrance of the Daleks," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) have arrived in 1963 London, in search of a stellar manipulator known as the Hand of Omega. Impressed by the pop-cultural trappings of her new surroundings, Ace is Read More

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Pamela Salem, Jasmine Breaks, Dursley McLinden

Synopsis: Season 25 of Doctor Who got under way on October 5, 1988, with episode one of the four-part "Remembrance of the Daleks." Accompanied by his new friend, Ace (Sophie Aldred), the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) shows up in 1963 London in search of something he inadvertently left behind during his last Read More

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anton Diffring, David Banks, Metin Yenal

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "Silver Nemesis," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Ace (Sophie Aldred) attempt to retrieve the deadly statue Nemesis, which threatens the earth with utter destruction. In this effort, the two time-travelers run into formidable opposition in the form of Read More

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Metin Yenal, Anton Diffring, Fiona Walker

Synopsis: About 350 years ago, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) launched into space a statue made out of a deadly living metal called Nemesis. Now the statue has returned, threatening the universe in general -- and earth in particular -- with total destruction. Watch for a cameo appearance by British jazz great Courtney Pine Read More

Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Dursley McLinden, Simon Williams, Pamela Salem

Synopsis: The Totter's Land Junkyard site that had figured so prominently in many an earlier episode of Doctor Who is again given a good workout in the four-episode adventure "Remembrance of the Daleks." Having reprogrammed the Hand of Ortega, a remote stellar manipulator, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) hands Read More

Three Kinds of Heat

Actors: Robert Ginty, Victoria Barrett, Shakti, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Foster

Synopsis: A trio of agents are summoned by Interpol to trail the villain Harry Pimm (Sylvester McCoy) in this low-budget spy feature. Elliot Cromwell (Robert Ginty), Sergeant Terry O'Shea (Victoria Barrett), and Major Shan (Shakti) combine forces to track down the international crime boss ~ Dan Pavlides Read More

Doctor Who: Dragonfire, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Tony Osoba, Stephanie Fayerman, Sean Blowers

Synopsis: The principal heavy in the three-part Doctor Who adventure "Dragonfire" is exiled criminal Kane (Edward Peel), now the reluctant ruler of the frozen planet Iceworld, a trading colony. The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) is tricked into visiting Iceworld, as is his perennial nemesis, con artist Sabalon Read More

Doctor Who: Dragonfire, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred, Leslie Meadows, Tony Selby

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "Dragonfire," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and con artist Glitz (Tony Selby) have both been drawn to the frigid trading colony Iceworld. Here both men face death at the hands of the elusive exiled criminal Kane (Edward Peel), who now reluctantly rules Read More

Doctor Who: Dragonfire, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Sophie Aldred, Leslie Meadows, Tony Selby

Synopsis: In the final episode of the three-part story "Dragonfire," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) finally comes face to face with exiled criminal Kane (Edward Peel), the ruler of the frozen trading colony Iceworld. Threatening dire consequences for innocent waitress Ace (Sophie Aldred), the villain forces Read More

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Don Henderson, Belinda Mayne, Tim Scott

Synopsis: Winning a trip to the Disneyland of 1959, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Melanie (Bonnie Langford) collide en route with a satellite. The would-be vacationers end up in a Welsh holiday camp called the Shangri-La -- which is presently under siege by the Bannermen, a pair of genocidal assassins Read More

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Brian Hibbard, Sara Griffiths, Belinda Mayne

Synopsis: In the second episode of the three-part story "Delta and the Bannermen," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) are still stranded in Shangri-La -- not the fabled Tibetan lamasery, but instead a run-down holiday camp in Wales. While Mel learns a few surprising facts about her new Read More

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Don Henderson, Richard Davies, Clive Condon

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the three-part story "Delta and the Bannermen," the Bannerman Warfleet steps up its efforts to assassinate Princess Delta of Chimeron (Belinda Mayne), as well as the infant heir apparent to the throne. In trying to prevent this, the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford Read More

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Astra Sheridan, Joseph Young, Annabel Yuresha

Synopsis: The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Melanie (Bonnie Langford) decide to use the swimming pool at the Paradise Towers luxury-apartment complex. Unfortunately, the formerly award-winning complex has degenerated into a breeding ground for crime and vice -- and the current residents seem to be totally Read More

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Mark Greenstreet, Kate O'Mara, Donald Pickering

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "Time and the Rani," the newly regenerated Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) must deal with the renegade Time Lady known as the Rani (Kate O'Mara). Hoping to create her own time manipulator by brain-draining the Doctor and other intergalactic geniuses, the Rani Read More

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Kate O'Mara, Donald Pickering, Wanda Ventham

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "Time and the Rani," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy), still trapped on the planet Lakertya, may be forced to help the Rani (Kate O'Mara) carry out her plan to create a time-manipulator. A species of sinister-looking winged creatures and a savage, voracious Read More

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Kate O'Mara, Donald Pickering, Richard Gauntlett

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "Time and the Rani," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) frees the reptilian residents of the planet Lakertya, then prepares himself for a final showdown with the Rani (Kate O'Mara), whose time-manipulating device could result in the end of the planet, if not the Read More

Doctor Who: Time and the Rani, Episode 1

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Mark Greenstreet, Kate O'Mara, Richard Gauntlett

Synopsis: With the beginning of Doctor Who's 24th season on September 7, 1987, Sylvester McCoy joined the cast as the seventh regeneration of the indomitable doctor. This metamorphosis occurs when the TARDIS is knocked out of commission by a blast from the ship commandeered by the Rani (Kate O'Mara), a Read More

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers, Episode 2

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Richard Briers, Clive Merrison, Howard Cooke

Synopsis: In the second episode of the four-part story "Paradise Towers," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) have discovered that a once-prestigious apartment complex is now in control of several disreputable factions, among them the Kangs and the Caretakers. Hoping to protect the Read More

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers, Episode 3

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Elizabeth Spriggs, Clive Merrison, Annabel Yuresha

Synopsis: In the third episode of the four-part story "Paradise Towers," the residents of the titular apartment complex continue to be held in thrall by a malevolent -- and murderous -- superbrain known as the Great Architect Kroagnon, who, appalled at the untidiness of his customers, has dispatched the Read More

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers, Episode 4

Actors: Sylvester McCoy, Bonnie Langford, Richard Briers, Annabel Yuresha, Julie Brennon

Synopsis: In the conclusion of the four-part story "Paradise Towers," the Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and Mel (Bonnie Langford) remain at the mercy of the Great Architect Kroagnon, the literal "brains" behind all the crime and carnage at the once-magnificent Paradise Towers apartment complex. Unfortunately Read More

Dracula

Actors: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve

Synopsis: In the late '70s, Frank Langella starred in the hit Broadway play Dracula, written by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderston. Langella's charisma and the surreal, black-and-white sets designed by cartoonist Edward Gorey were the chief outstanding features of the play, which was otherwise Read More

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Actors: John Cleese, Peter Cook, Eleanor Bron, Pete Townshend, Rowan Atkinson

Synopsis: Some of the biggest and brightest stars in British comedy appear in this performance film, which documents a revue staged by John Cleese of Monty Python as a benefit for the human rights group Amnesty International. In addition to Cleese and fellow Python members Michael Palin and Terry Jones (who Read More

Doctor Who: The Hartnell Years

Synopsis: Though much of the acting was good, it can hardly be said that the enormously popular British sci-fi television series Doctor Who suffered from a budget surfeit. For all the handicaps under which the show labored in its early years (threatened constantly by cancellation, strangled by budget Read More

Doctor Who: The Daleks - 30th Anniversary 1963-93