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The 7th Doctor is honouring the request of his arch-enemy, The Master, to return his remains to their home planet of Gallifrey. Although he had been executed by the Daleks, the Master is not quite dead and his essence escapes from its casket and attacks the TARDIS console, forcing the Doctor to make an emergency landing.

Chang Lee and two friends take a walk through the back streets of San Francisco only to encounter a street gang. His two friend are killed in the ensuing gunfight and Lee takes cover. Just as it seems that he too will die in a hail of bullets a strange blue box materialises in between him and the gang. The Doctor emerges and is shot; the gang make their getaway leaving Chang Lee to look after the fallen Doctor. Injured, the Doctor tries to warn Lee about the Master's essence as its emerges from the TARDIS.

Bruce, the paramedic who brought the Doctor in, settles down for a good night's sleep, but the Master's essence takes over his body. The following morning, the Master, in his temporary body, returns to the hospital to find a more suitable host body - the Doctor. By this time, though, the Doctor's body has disappeard and a strange man is wandering around the hospital. This man asks Grace for help - his memory is not clear but he knows her from somewhere. When the man pulls some medical equipment from his body Grace must confront the possibility that this man is the same one she was operating on the night before. A man who died but who now seems to have been reborn with a new face.

The Master has gained access to the Doctor's TARDIS but he cannot access its secrets. Chang Lee, carrying the Doctor's personal effects returns to the TARDIS where he encounters the Master. In exchange for wealth, Lee agrees to help the Master track down the Doctor in the belief that the TARDIS belongs to the Master. The Master uses Chang Lee to open the Eye of Harmony, unleashing energy which will gradually destroy the Earth. Midnight on 31 December 1999 will mark the end of the world!

THE UK VIDEO RELEASE

Released the week before the UK broadcast of the story, the VHS video release would be virtually the same as the television broadcast. The British version of the TV Movie had a number of edits made to it - most notably the scene when Chang Lee and his two friends are caught up in a gunfight. The original UK broadcast and video versions made little sense in this scene - the edit was made as it was felt it was too violent for British audiences - as one moment Lee and his two friends turn to face an armed gang, the next moment Lee is standing alone facing the armed gang only to be saved by the TARDIS materialising between him and the oncoming bullets! The other edit was when the Doctor was on the operating table - the old Doctor sits up and cries out before "dying". In the UK version, this was removed. The video release did not have the dedication to Jon Pertwee, tagged onto the broadcast version.

The run time of the UK VHS tape was 1:24:34, it was rated 12 by the British Board of Film Classification and, like the majority of video releases was a vanilla release ie no extras. Chronologically, it was the last story to be released on VHS, all subsequent broadcast adventures would be released in digital form.

First UK DVD

• Doctor Who (The Movie)
  (run time = 1:25:49 - the DVD release finally marked the first release of the story in its unedited form, in the UK) (Estimated NTSC run time = 1:29:24)
• BBC Trailer 1 (0:37)
  The main BBC 1 trailer for the TV movie (which almost seems to imply that the Daleks are in the story)
• BBC Trailer 2 (0:24)
  Another BBC 1 trailer, which indicates that Sylvester McCoy will appear in the TV movie.
• Fox Promo (4:15)
  US TV promo looking behind the scenes of Doctor Who (The TV Movie). Features interviews with Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Geoffrey Sax, Eric Roberts and Philip Segal.
• Interviews: Longer versions of the interviews featured in the Fox promo.
  1. Sylvester McCoy (2:21)
  2. Paul McGann (1:59)
  3. Eric Roberts (0:52)
  4. Daphne Ashbrook (1:27)
  5. Philip Segal (2:08)
  6. Geoffrey Sax (2:16)
  7. Philip Segal 2001 (9:00)
• Audio Options: Commentary - Geoffrey Sax
  The option to turn on or off audio commentary during video playback.
• Audio Options: Isolated Music
  The option to turn on or off score only during video playback.
• Audio Options: 4 Audio tracks Stock music used in Doctor Who (The TV Movie).
  1. In a Dream (3:50)
  2. Ride Into the Moonlight (3:25)
  3. All Dressed Up (1:58)
  4. Auld Lang Syne (0:43)
• Photo Gallery
  A selection of stills from Doctor Who (The TV Movie).
• Easter Egg

Second UK DVD

DISC ONE

• Doctor Who (The Movie)
  (run time = 1:25:49: released in the UK as part of a 3-DVD box set entitled Revisitions 1) (Estimated NTSC run time = 1:29:24)
• The Seven Year Hitch (53:55)
• The Doctor's Strange Love (17:12)
• Photo Gallery
  A selection of stills from Doctor Who (The TV Movie).
• Audio Options: Commentary - Geoffrey Sax
  The option to turn on or off audio commentary during video playback.
• Audio Options: Commentary - Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy, with Nicholas Briggs moderating
  The option to turn on or off audio commentary during video playback.
• Audio Options: Isolated Music
  The option to turn on or off score only during video playback.
• Audio Options: 4 Audio tracks Stock music used in Doctor Who (The TV Movie).
  1. In a Dream (3:50)
  2. Ride Into the Moonlight (3:25)
  3. All Dressed Up (1:58)
  4. Auld Lang Syne (0:43)
• Info Text
• PDF documents
  1. Sixteen Page supplement from Radio Times "The Return of the Time Lord"
  2. Radio Times - 4 pages in respect of the screening of the TV Movie in the UK, including the front cover and the listing.
• Coming Soon Trailer for DVD release of the 1976 story The Seeds of Doom

  DISC TWO

• Pre-Production
  1. Paul McGann audition (7:40)
  2. VFX Tests June 1994 (0:51)
  3. VFX March 1996 (2:34)
• Production
  1. Electronic Press Kit (15:24)
  2. Behind the Scenes (4:48)
  3. Philip Segal's Tour of the TARDIS (2:35)
  4. Alternate Takes (1:05)
• BBC Trailer 1 (0:37)
  The main BBC 1 trailer for the TV movie (which almost seems to imply that the Daleks are in the story)
• BBC Trailer 2 (0:24)
  Another BBC 1 trailer, which indicates that Sylvester McCoy will appear in the TV movie.
• Who Peter 1989-2009 (26:45)
• The Wilderness Years (23:32)
• Stripped for Action - The 8th Doctor (19:48)
• Tomorrow's Times: The 8th Doctor (10:50)
• Easter Egg 1
• Easter Egg 2

THE UK BLU RAY RELEASE

DISC ONE

• Doctor Who (The Movie)
  This release is not true HD, but an upscaled SD print.
  (run time (unconfirmed) = 1:29:24 - the blu ray should now be as per the original NTSC version. )

  DISC TWO