Doctor Who - The Robots Of Death (1977)
Front Cover Actor
Tom Baker
Louise Jameson
Movie Details
Director Michael E. Briant
Writer Chris Boucher
Studio BBC Home Video
Language English
Audience Rating NR
Running Time 95 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
The Tom Baker Years 1974-1981

On a distant, barren planet, Storm Mine 4 trawls across bleak deserts and through fierce dust storms in search of rare and valuable metals. Onboard the Sandminer is a small skeleton crew, who alternate between indulgent relaxation and skilled mining work. The mundane day-to-day duties of the mine are attended to by a much larger complement of servile robots.
This is a society that is dependent on robots for all areas of life, the people comforted by the knowledge that the strictest safeguards are built to each and every robot's programming. So when one of the miner crew is murdered, suspicion falls on two new arrivals.
The Doctor and Leela arrive on board, and are immediately accused of being the prime murder suspects. But the Doctor soon realizes that perhaps the killer isn't human. More deaths occur - can he persuade the remaining crewmembers that the killer is a robot?
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 132
In Collection Yes
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 Color
Layers Single side, Single layer
UPC 794051112026
Release Date 2001
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Notes
Signed and dedicated by Tom Baker
Extra Features
Commentary by Producer Philip Hinchcliffe and Writer Chris Boucher
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