Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus Episode 5 2010 Horror Movie Review

It’s worth noting that you’ve been watching a cut version of this story all these years; read this from the Restoration Team website:


”[The film copies had] seven seconds of cuts to episode two and ten seconds of cuts to episode four. The most likely reason for these cuts is either physical damage to the transmission videotape or physical splice edits in the tapes, both of which might be expected to produce disturbing picture off-locks in the film recording.


It was decided to reinstate all the audio material back into the episode, leaving Peter Crocker with the problem of how to fill seven black holes in the picture! Using various combinations of cutaways, composite images and retiming, he was able to cover all the holes. Although this will obviously differ from what what would have been seen originally, it does at least allow the story to be enjoyed uncut for the first time since its transmission in 1964.”


As for special features, read on…


* Commentary with actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, director John Gorrie and designer Raymond Cusick. Moderated by Clayton Hickman.


* The Sets of Marinus (dur. 9’ 25”) - designer Raymond Cusick recalls his work on this story.


* Photo Gallery (dur. 7’ 25”) - production and publicity photos from the story.


* PDF Material - Radio Times listings plus the entire set of Cadet Sweets ‘Doctor Who and the Daleks’ sweet cigarette cards in Adobe pdf format for viewing on PC or Mac.


Plus of course the usual Subtitle Production Notes and Coming Soon trailer.