Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1454 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-03-01
• Rating: Universal, suitable for all
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

DVD Description
The TARDIS materialises on Earth in the year 1911 inside an old priory owned by Egyptologist Marcus Scarman. Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the god-like Osirans, who held prisoner inside a pyramid in Egypt by a signal trasnmitted from one on Mars. Sutekh desires his freedom and instructs Scarman to construct servicer robots - which look like Eygptian mummies - to build a missile with which to destroy the Martian pyramid …

Special Features

• Commentary - with actors Elisabeth Sladen and Michael Sheard, producer Philip Hinchcliffe and occasional input from director Paddy Russell
  
• Osirian Gothic - cast and crew recall the story's production
  
• Now & Then - comparing and contrasting the Stargrove location as it was during filming in 1975 to how it is today
  
• Deleted and extended scenes
  
• Serial Thrillers - in-depth look at the three years in which Philip Hinchcliffe produced the series, featuring contributions from writers, actors, directors and fans, as well as Hinchcliffe himself
  
• Oh Mummy - a spoof look at Sutekh's career post-'Pyramids'
  
• Picture Gallery
  
• Easter Egg
  
• Production notes
  
• Scene access

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Customer Reviews

ABASE YOURSELF!
Another Tom Baker classic! And yet again set on early 1900's Earth!
Something about this time period lends itself really well, I think it's the mix of history & the familiar with the otherworldly elements.
In a nutshell, this is the one with the mummies (actually, they are alien robots, disguised under the bandages) and one of the Dr's greatest ever foes, the alien megalomaniac/Egyptian god, Sutekh The Destroyer. Definiteley, on the same level as Davros & The Master, in terms of sheer malevolence, and a great villain to somehow resurrect in the future...
Sutekh has an interesting design and although mostly concealed behind a really well designed mask, he is revealed to be closely related to Anubis, the dog headed deity, in true appearance.
The Mars angle works well (always an evocative location) and Sutekh's ambitions are simple; to rid the universe of life, ALL life! Special mention to Gabriel Woolf as the voice of Sutekh; as ruthless & sadistic as Woolf's vocal work for the voice of The Beast in the recent Satan Pit.
Some absoluteley classic lines from this most impressive adversary such as the quote in my review title that rival another scifi franchise's Emperor.
This is also the one where the 'mummies' crush the unfortunate groundsman to death with their massive chests!
Special FX; Sutekh, Mars, The Mummy/Robots and the wormhole created between Mars & Earth are reasonable by the show's then standards.
Some interesting bonus material too!

Nothing compares...
So this was the first Doctor Who story I have seen which doesn't include a well-known villain (eg Daleks or Cybermen), and it's quite the better for it.
I had nothing to compare this episode too/against and so is judged completley on it's own merits.

While it's still taking me a while to get into the swing of the serial-format episodes (and I have to say, I don't think it always works quite as well as some people would have you believe) I found these episodes very accessible.

The Doctor and his Companion Sarah Jane have an excellent raport that really has all the strengths of any Rose/Martha/Donna/Doctor interaction.

This to me is the 'Classic Who' that people talk about, and yet I never previously understood: dodgy effects and posh actors, but a heart and a story that make you ignore all this and become totally absorbed.

WHO's MUMMY ??
This classic starts on a high and carries it all the way through to the end. With a large budget and great writing this is most definetely Doctor Who at its best. An Egyptian discovery by an English proffesor soon threatens the Universe as an enemy so evil it rivals the cybermen emerges from his tomb!! The costumes and sets are great and the acting really sets this off nicely o be a highly enjoyable piece of exiting scienc fiction. With some genuinly scary moments and fabulouseffects this is a must have. Although there are better DVD's out there.