DOCTOR WHO Season Seven

Battlefield Earth

Nick Setchfield

EXTRA ▸ RELEASED OUT NOW! 1970 | PG | Blu-ray ▸ Producers Derrick Sherwin, Barry Letts ▸ Cast Jon Pertwee, Caroline John, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene forcibly transmogrified into the commanding form of Jon Pertwee, the Doctor not only confronts a new format, a new face and a new decade but a whole new era of television in this, the first season of Doctor Who in living colour. Opener “Spearhead From Space” is a template alien invasion tale, bristling with bodysnatching paranoia. All shot on film, it approaches the gloss of an ITC adventure series. “Doctor Who And The Silurians” offers a threat from within, built on the brilliant premise of an ancient reptile race out to reclaim their planet, while “The Ambassadors Of Death” channels Quatermass-style intrigue, its eerily…

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