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Dark Season [1991]


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From the writer of Doctor Who
Review date: 2007-08-22 Rating: 8 out of 10

This was the first thing I saw that I was conscious of the writer. I don't know why but Russell T. Davies stuck in my head. The show was one of the reasons why I thought Davies would do a good job with Doctor Who and in its way, created when Dr Who was off the air, it was a replacement for the same.

Three kids find themselves involved in two separate adventures (that end up building to a single climax much as today's Who will have a subplot running through the series that explodes in the series finale) involving computers, a dyed blond supervillain, archaeological digs and alien war machines. Oh and Thelma from the Likely Lads. It's filmed much in the style of classic Doctor Who, features dialogue for the main character Marcie that you could hear Tom Baker or Sylvester McCoy saying, and has a Who-like credit sequence. It's like a re-mix. As such it's a fun sci-fi horror adventure for kids that still holds up rather well today due to Davies' clever writing.

I thoroughly recommend it. The only question is, whatever happened to Victoria Lambert?

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Review date: 2007-08-09 Rating: 10 out of 10

I cannot believe this has come out on Dvd.I was addicted to this series and scared all at the same time.The only memory I had was this guy with white hair coming out from the ground sitting on a chair (I'll have to see if that actually happened!)I've been trying to find out the name for YEARS! and here it is,when I get some money this is being added to the collection.This is how to make good children's drama BBC.

I can't believe they're releasing this!
Review date: 2006-07-03 Rating: 10 out of 10

I'm 27 now and I fondly remember watching this on CBBC in the early 1990s and rushing into school the next day to talk about what we'd seen. It was a great kid's drama with a dollop of sci-fi a splash of thrills etc. From what I remember, it's a six parter. The first half is about this weird group of people who give each kid at this school a free computer. The catch was that this group used the computers to control the kids. You can see were Russell T Davies' ideas for Doctor Who were spawned! Remember Doctor Who recently where in an alternative universe, the man who created the Cybermen downloaded info directly into people's brains with blue-tooth type earpieces?
The second half was where this weird woman and a group of archeologists dug up the school playing field as a war machine was buried underneath it. The weird woman incidentally can also be seen in Moondial as Miss Pendragon! Useless bit of info there.
It was years later when Kate Winslet started cropping up in films that I wondered where I'd seen her before. Yes, Kate Winslet is in this with two other kids, a brainy one and one on a skateboard.
I can't remember much more of the plot so buy or rent it and check it out!
It's gonna look a bit dated now - especially the computer's they give to the kids (very retro), but I'll be snapping this up!
Anyway, if you're anything like me and buy any old tat they put out on DVD to remind you of your misspent youth, you probably have ordered this already. By the way, the BBC are also releasing Century Falls on the same day. This was a similarly dark tale that I missed the first time round so I'll be buying that too.

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Actor(s):
Stephen Tredre
Marsha Fitzalan
Roger Milner

Creators:
Stephen Tredre (Primary Contributor)
Marsha Fitzalan (Primary Contributor)

Recording label: 2 Entertain Video
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
EAN: 5014503198527
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2006-07-24
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 180 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1991-11-14
Language: English (Original Language)

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