02.09.02
Doctor
Who: The Aztecs
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ
Worldwide DVD release 7.10.02
The
time travellers step out of the TARDIS to find themselves in Mexico
in the tomb of the Aztec High Priest Yetaxa. It is the fifteenth
century and ritual human sacrifice is still practised by the Aztecs.They
leave the tomb to explore the temple outside and become locked out.
Autloc, the High Priest of Knowledge proclaims Barbara as a reincarnation
of Yetaxa but when she decides to use her new-found position to
put an end to human sacrifice, the High Priest of Sacrifice declares
war in retaliation.
Events
reach a climax when the fight with the Aztec warrior Ixta results
in his falling to his death from the temple roof. Meanwhile, the
Doctor struggles to reopen the tomb door using a wheel and pulley
system that he has made... but as yet, the Aztecs haven't even invented
the wheel...!
"A
superb historical adventure" says David Howe, in Doctor Who
The Television Companion, with a "fascinating and compelling
depiction of the Aztec civilisation".
This
episode stars William Hartnell as the First Doctor.
There
are myriad extras on The Aztecs, including:
- Four
episodes, digitally restored and VidFIRE processed
- Commentary
by producer Verity Lambert OBE, actors William Russell and Carole
Ann Ford
- Arabic
soundtrack for episode four
- Additional
item on the actors with John Ringham, Walter Randall and Ian Cullen
- Additional
item on the designer with Barry Newbery
- The
story of Cortez and Montezuma
- Randomised
introduction messages
- Restoration
Featurette
- TARDIS-cam
no.3
- Photo
Gallery
- Production
Subtitle Notes
- Easter
Eggs
Other
Doctor Who products released this month include Heritage, a paperback
book written by Dale Smith and published on October 7th , price
Β£5.99. This Seventh Doctor novel, featuring Ace, is set on
the impoverished colony of Heritage, where life is getting poorer
- and meaner. The Doctor's task is to uncover mysterious the role
of genetics expert Professor Wakeling, and his young ward, Sweetness,
who bears an uncanny resemblance to someone in the Doctor's past.
Are Wakeling's experiments the best hope for Heritage's future -
or the surest way to drag it to its death?
Title:
Doctor Who: The Aztecs
Price: Β£19.99
Catalogue no: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔDVD1099
Running time: 100 mins approx
Release date: 7 October 2002
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