| Doctor Who - City Of Death | |||||
| BBC Home Video (1979) | |||||
| TV Series / Adventure, Drama, Family, Science Fiction, TV Classics | |||||
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| Tom Baker | The Doctor | |
| Lalla Ward | Romana | |
| Eleanor Bron | Art Gallery Visitor | |
| John Cleese | Art Gallery Visitor | |
| Julian Glover | Count | |
| Catherine Schell | Countess | |
| Tom Chadbon | Duggan | |
| Kevin Flood | Herman | |
| David Graham | Kerensky | |
| Pamela Stirling | Louvre Guide | |
| Peter Halliday | Soldier | |
| Yvonne Antrobus | ||
| John Brown | ||
| Roy Castle | ||
| Michael Coles | ||
| Peter Cushing | ||
| Barrie Ingham | ||
| Jennie Linden | ||
| Mark Peterson | ||
| Geoffrey Toone | ||
| Roberta Tovey | ||
| Kevin Flood | Hermann |
| Director |
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| Producer |
Graham Williams
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| Writer |
David Fisher
Douglas Adams David Agnew |
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The Doctor and Romana are enjoying a holiday in Paris, 1979, when they become aware of a fracture in time. During a visit to the Louvre to see da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Doctor purloins from a stranger, Countess Scarlioni, a bracelet that is actually an alien scanner device. He, Romana and a private detective named Duggan are then 'invited' to the chateau home of Count Scarlioni, where they find hidden in the cellar six additional Mona Lisas - all of them originals! The Count is revealed as an alien called Scaroth, last of the Jagaroth race. He was splintered in time when his ship exploded above primeval Earth, and in his twelve different aspects has since been guiding mankind's development to a point where time travel is possible. His intention is to go back and prevent the destruction of his ship. To finance the final stages of this project, overseen by the misguided scientist Kerensky, he plans to steal the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and then secretly sell the multiple copies that one of his earlier splinters has forced da Vinci to paint. The Doctor realises that the Count must be prevented from carrying out his plan as the explosion of the Jagaroth ship provided the energy that initiated life on Earth. Following Scaroth's trail in the TARDIS, he travels back to primeval Earth. Duggan fells Scaroth with a punch, thereby ensuring that history stays on its proper course. |
| Seen it: Yes 0 hr 25 mins 9/29/1979 1. City of Death (1) | |||
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Paris, 1979. The Doctor and Romana are here on holiday, but something is disturbing the flow of time. Could the time travel experiments of Count Scarlioni be to blame?
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| Seen it: Yes 0 hr 25 mins 10/6/1979 2. City of Death (2) | |||
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Captured by the Count, the Doctor and Romana uncover an elaborate plan to steal the Mona Lisa. But there is more to Scarlioni's plans than a simple theft.
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| Seen it: Yes 0 hr 25 mins 10/13/1979 3. City of Death (3) | |||
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The Doctor and Romana unwrap an intricate plot involving aliens, time travel and the Mona Lisa. How is Count Scarlioni living in two times at once? And what does he want?
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| Seen it: Yes 0 hr 25 mins 10/20/1979 4. City of Death (4) | |||
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Scaroth is determined to go back 400 million years in time to prevent a mistake. But the Doctor must stop him – because the consequences would be disastrous.
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