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Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series |  | Actors: Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Alex Kingston
Studio: BBC Warner
Category: DVD
List Price: $79.98
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 255
Format: NTSC, Color
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Discs: 6
Running Time: 655 Minutes
UPC: 883929098750
EAN: 0883929098750
ASIN: B003EV6DBM
Theatrical Release Date: April 17, 2010
Release Date: November 9, 2010 (In 60 Days)
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Product Description
THIS PRE-ORDER ITEM IS SCHEDULED TO SHIP TO STORES ON 11/24/2010After his explosive regeneration, the eleventh Doctor awakes to discover his TARDIS is about to crash! After falling from the sky, he pulls himself out of the wreckage to come face-to-face with young Amy Pond. The Doctor promises to take Amy to the stars, but first they must divert an alien plot that could destroy the Earth! The Doctor makes good his promise, and Amy boards the TARDIS, ready to take to the stars on a series of wild adventures that will change her life. As always, wherever the Doctor goes, monsters are never far behind - the Daleks, alien vampires, humanoid reptiles, the Weeping Angels - and a silent menace that could spell the end of the universe as we know it! Containing all 13 episodes of Doctor Who's fifth season.
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 No specials encluded September 6, 2010
Katie H (Santa Barbara, CA)
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
Not including the specials means I will not being buying. Previous seasons have all included the specials since this one doesn't I'll spend my money on buying the specials and skip the season.
 A Great Continuation of the Series September 4, 2010
Allan M. Lees (Novato, CA USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After David Tennant had more or less made The Doctor his own, how would the new cast and crew carrying the franchise forward? In a word: brilliantly.
Transitions are always tricky to pull off. Russell T Davis took a big gamble when Tennant took over from Ecclestone - a gamble that was almost too clever. To contrast the new Doctor against Ecclestone's dark, almost manic energy, RTD placed the newly regenerated Doctor into a coma, so that Tennant's doctor slept much of the way through the opening scenes. It was intellectually clever but left many viewers feeling a bit over-teased. So the big question was always: how would Moffat handle his turn at the segue?
The answer turned out to be far more satisfying than RTD's approach. The opening scenes move fast and furious, mixing humor with undertones of darkness and throwing in subtle, clever little hints (WHERE did that apple come from...?) to the viewer along the way. My family and I were prepared to hate this new Doctor because the trailers had been so very bad, but the first episode swept us up, carried us along, and by the end of the first fifteen minutes we were totally convinced that Series Five wouldn't be a disappointment after all. Matt Smith's performance is very good indeed, but the real praise is for the script writing, which is of the very highest order.
As the series progresses, Moffatt plays with the viewer's expectations, setting things in a direction where we all think, "oh, I know where this is leading" and then turning it around 180 degrees to head off in an entirely new direction. The most obvious example of this intentional misleading is with the relationship between The Doctor and Amy. There's probably no viewer on the planet who doesn't have The Doctor and Rose firmly embedded in their consciousness, and for a while it really does look as if we're heading for a reprise. But Moffatt is good, very good. We get the most overtly sexual references ever present in a Doctor Who episode and yet... well, as River Song would say, "spoilers..." You'll have to see it for yourself.
Best of all, Moffatt embraces the apparent contradiction of a very young actor playing a very old man - and carries it off perfectly. Smith is at his very best when he looks out of his too-old eyes embedded in a young and oddly angular face.
While there are moments here & there throughout the series where the pace drops a bit, for the most part this is compulsive viewing. It continues the tradition of optimism and kindness that has been a core element of the series almost since the very beginning but it returns to the darkness that was part of Series One with Ecclestone. In my opinion Doctor Who needs this counterpoint of darkness in order to work really well, and it seems Moffatt is able to supply it.
All in all this is a great series and we must hope fervently that the cast and crew can keep up - or even improve on - the very high standard they've set as they go forward into the Christmas Special and the Sixth Series.
Series 5: Don't Listen To The Tennant/RTD/Rose-shippers August 27, 2010
Allen Boucher
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I just have to say I am astounded at the 1-star reviews here. And some of them didn't even watch the entire series! Don't listen to them. Doctor Who is better than ever.
I've been a fan since I was a kid back in the 80's when I saw Tom Baker as the doctor on PBS. Tom will always be my favorite doctor, but Smith's portrayal in Series 5 has completely won me over. It's so refreshing to watch him on screen. He reminds me of Troughton with a little bit of Davison/McCoy thrown in. He doesn't overdo it, he is very subtle, and that is totally refreshing. Especially after the overly emotional Tennant, who by the way was still excellent in the role.
The show is heading in a different direction, different but the same. I for one welcome the changes as all true fans should. Doctor Who is all about change. If you can't accept that just stick with Series 1-4.
The Eleventh Hour was by far the best Series opener since the shows return in 2005. For those that say that Series 5 has no replay value I couldn't disagree more. I have watched that first episode 3 times now since it first aired and still laugh at many of the scenes. And as is evident on Youtube, I am certain that I am not the only one that has tried fish custard! (It's good by the way)
The only clunker this Series had was The Victory of the Daleks, and I put that down purely to direction. The rest of the Series was golden, especially the Weeping Angels two parter and the jaw dropping finale. Fezzes are cool indeed!
In short, Series 5 is just really good science fiction. I'm excited to see what happens next!
If you are a fan show your support and pick this up! I know I will. And for goodness sake write your own review and give this the 5 stars that it deserves! Don't let the naysayers bring the rating down, most of them didn't even give the new series a chance.
Fabulous! August 19, 2010
Rolf Lamm
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Positively BRILLIANT!!
I'm sure everyone had their reservations following Tennant's reign as the Doctor, myself included especially when Smith's first press photos came out, Seriously, what's this David Bowie looking bloke? What? a retro Tardis?
But, in a matter of a few minutes after his debut, Matt Smith firmly takes charge of his version of the Doctor, and proves there is life after Tennant!
With a great supporting cast and new companion, I really am impressed by the new Doctor and the new Tardis et al-
BBC does it again, bowtie and all...and he plays a great game of Soccer as well!
No disappointments here, solid stories and characters, I can only wait for the Torchwood tie ins!
More Serious and Recommendable August 17, 2010
A Reader from (Annandale, VA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Though I've only seen two of the last three episodes of this Fifth Series (the last episode 'disappeared' from my download queue before I could watch it), I was oddly pleased and impressed -- it was quite enjoyable, even more 'serious' somehow, tho' the new Doc appears goofier and the plots were goofy, as always. But somehow Matt Smith, who is a terrific actor, injected some gravitas into the Doctor, while looking and acting, well, pretty goofy. Hard to explain, but it seemed like there's a more serious person in charge, everyone is taking the wackiness more seriously, and there's a new, more grown-up feeling to the whole thing. Which is a good thing. I recommended to two friends that they take another try at the series, which they had previously rejected as too childish. There's a difference between enjoyable goofy and puerile, and this new series appears to fall on the right side of the line. Congrats to the new guys!
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