The Reign of Terror (VHS)

In 2003, The Reign of Terror was released on VHS.

It contained the following stories:
 * The Reign of Terror (episodes 1, 2, 3 and 6 only)
 * The Faceless Ones (episodes 1 and 3 only)
 * The Web of Fear (episode 1 only)

Cover blurb
Volume 1 The Reign of Terror: Episodes 1, 2, 3 and 6 The TARDIS arrives near Paris five years into the French Revolution when Robespierre is at the height of his power. The travelers soon become involved with rescuing prisoners from the guillotine, and get caught up with an English undercover spy. Ian and Barbara meet the young Napoleon. Originally transmitted August 8 - 22 and September 12, 1964.

Volume 2 - Three bonus episodes starring Patrick Troughton The Faceless Ones: Episodes 1, 3 The TARDIS arrives near London on a runway at Gatwick airport in 1966. Polly witnesses a murder in a hangar and is kidnapped by a representative of Chameleon Tours. When Ben also disappears, the Doctor and Jamie investigate, learning that many young people have disappeared after booking their holidays with Chameleon Tours. Originally transmitted April 8 and April 22, 1967. The Web of Fear: Episode 1 The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a web-like substance in space. It then arrives in the tunnels of the London Underground, which are being overrun buy the web and the robot Yeti of the Great Intelligence. Originally transmitted February 3, 1968.

Specifications

 * Encoding: PAL
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3
 * Running time: 175 mins approx

Cover blurb
This double video box set includes the final three Doctor Who stories to be released on video. Each of the stories are incomplete, due to the original transmission tapes being lost. This limited edition set also includes an exclusive Doctor Who 40th Anniversary metal pin badge.

The Reign of Terror The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 - one of the bloodiest years following the French revolution of 1789. The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up on the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling.

The Faceless Ones The TARDIS arrives on Earth in 1966 - on a runway at Gatwick airport. Polly witnesses a murder in a nearby hangar and is then kidnapped by the perpetrator, Spencer of Chameleon Tours. Subsequently Ben also vanishes. The Doctor and Jamie are left to try to convince the sceptical airport Commandant that there has been foul play. It transpires that a great many other young people have also vanished...

The Web of Fear The TARDIS narrowly avoids becoming engulfed in a web-like substance in space. It then arrives in the London Underground railway system, the tunnels of which are being overrun by the web and by the Great Intelligence's robot Yeti. The time travellers learn that this crisis was precipitated when Professor Travers, whom they first met in the Himalayas some 40 years earlier, accidentally caused one of the Yeti to be reactivated, opening the way for the Intelligence to make another invasion attempt...

Specifications

 * Encoding: PAL
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3
 * Running time: 175 mins approx

Cover blurb
THE RESCUE ( Originally transmitted in 2 episodes 2 - 9 January 1965 ) By David Whitaker

Having left Susan on Earth, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara land the TARDIS on the planet Dido in the year 2493. There they discover two humans, Bennett and Vicki, trapped in their spaceship, the only crew to survive death at the hands of the hostile Didonians.

But the Doctor is baffled: the Didonians are a peaceful nation. What has happened to change them? Why have they murdered the crew of the spaceship? Why, apart from the mysterious Koquillion, are they strangely absent?

The Doctor must find the answers - and quickly. For a rescue ship is on its way from Earth intent on revenge and time is running out for the planet...

THE ROMANS ( Originally transmitted in 4 episodes 16 January - 6 February 1965 ) By Dennis Spooner

It is Italy 64AD and the Doctor's intent on a holiday. However, the atmosphere turns sour when he leaves for Rome with Vicki only to be mistaken for a murdered musician - Maximus Petullian. For Maximus is an enemy of Nero and the terrible fate that awaited him in Rome now awaits the Doctor. Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara have been abducted and sold as slaves. Are they doomed to spend the rest of their lives trapped in 64AD?

Events reach a climax when the time travellers are caught in the Great Fire of Rome: an inferno which will either provide the cover necessary for their escape or which will, quite literally, be the death of them...

Specifications

 * Encoding: NTSC
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3
 * Running time: 146 mins approx