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- Season 13, Story 3
- 4 episodes (run times and UK airdates shown below)
- (25:23) - Saturday 25 October 1975
- (23:54) - Saturday 1 November 1975
- (24:32) - Saturday 8 November 1975
- (24:41) - Saturday 15 November 1975
- Author - Stephen Harris (Pseudonym for Robert Holmes & Lewis Grieffer)
- Producer - Philip Hinchcliffe
- Director - Paddy Russell
MAIN CAST
- Tom Baker (The Doctor)
- Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
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The picture and sound quality are both excellent - 100%; thumbs up to the work of the BBC Restoration Team.
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- Osirian Gothic (22:11)
Interviews with Paddy Russell, Philip Hinchcliffe, Bernard Archard (Marcus Scarman), Elisabeth Sladen, Peter Copley (Dr Warlock), Michael Sheard (Laurence Scarman), Christine Ruscoe (designer) and Gabriel Woolf (Sutekh) - about their work on Pyramids of Mars.
- Serial Thrillers (41:56)
Feature about the Hinchcliffe/Holmes era of Doctor Who, about the decision to create a different atmosphere for the series. Interviews with Philip Hinchcliffe, David Maloney (director), Robert Banks Stewart (writer), Jim Sangster (TV & film historian), Roger Murray-Leach (designer), Gareth Roberts (writer), Andrew Beech, Alan Barnes& Elisabeth Sladen (plus footage of an interview with Mary Whitehouse)
- Now And Then (7:51)
Comparing the location (Stargrove Estate, Berkshire) as it was at the time Pyramids of Mars was filmed (April - May 1975) and the time of the DVD production (2003/04) - narrated by Michael Sheard.
- Deleted Scenes (2:56)
Scenes recorded but not used in Pyramids of Mars: TARDIS materialising on Earth, 1980; The Doctor emerging from the time tunnel; Scarman opening the door of the Pyramid of Mars; the Doctor opening the same door, later; alternative take of the mummies pursuing Clements; footage of the destruction of the rocket.
- Information Text
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- Oh Mummy (6:44)
Tongue-in-cheek documentary about what Sutekh did after his work on Pyramids of Mars.
- Audio Options: Commentary - Elisabeth Sladen, Philip Hinchcliffe, Paddy Russell & Michael Sheard
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- Picture Gallery (10:46)
A selection of stills from Pyramids of Mars and from the commentary recording session.
- Easter Egg
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The TARDIS encounters a powerful force which causes it to land on Earth at the start of the 20th century. The Doctor and Sarah discover that a Professor Marcus Scarman was on an expedition to Egypt. There he made a discovery and sent various artefacts back home. However, his discovery has allowed a powerful, godlike being known as Sutekh, a degree of freedom. Trapped by a forcefield powered from a pyramid on Mars, Sutekh seeks full freedom and has taken over Marcus Scarman. Scarman returns to England to oversee the construction of a missile to be aimed at the Pyramid on Mars.
Knowing that Sutekh, when free, will destroy all life in his path, the Doctor and Sarah set out to stop him. If they fail, nothing in the universe will survive. To assist them in their battle they are aided by Laurence Scarman, but he finds it difficult to think of his brother Marcus as the receptacle of a powerful, evil being. Will his actions hinder the Doctor, leaving Sutekh with a clear path to freedom, or can they succeed in their battle against the ultimate evil?
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(d) D.S.Carlin
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