Planet of Giants
 

No. 118 of 135 in the BBC classic series videos series
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Starring: William Hartnell, Carole Ann Ford, William Russell & Jacqueline Hill
By:Louis Marks
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Editions:  UK UK (VHS) | Australia Australia (VHS) | US US (VHS)

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Edition: UK UK (VHS)
Released:  January 2002
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Whilst trying to return Ian and Barbara to the twentieth century, the Doctor attempts an unorthodox new technique, causing the TARDIS doors to open in mid-flight, setting alarms ringing inside the craft.

Arriving on Earth, the time-travellers discover that they have all been reduced in size — they are now minute people in a world of giant objects. The TARDIS has landed them between the cracks in a garden patio — a garden teeming with giant worms, ants and cats. All deadly hazards for the miniature travellers.

To make matters worse, the TARDIS crew are caught up in the trials of a deadly new insecticide — DN6. A chemical so deadly that all insect life is threatened — a chemical that is also lethal to minuscule time-travellers...

This story was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 31st October - 14th November 1964.

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Edition: Australia Australia (VHS)
Released:  March 2002
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS PAL
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Same as UK edition.

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Edition: US US (VHS)
Released:  May 2003
Publisher:  BBC Video
Format: 1 x VHS NTSC
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Cover blurb:
In an attempt to return Ian and Barbara to the twentieth century, the Doctor tries an unorthodox new technique. It causes the TARDIS doors to open in mid-flight, which sets alarms ringing inside the craft.

The time-travelers arrive on Earth only to discover that they have been drastically reduced in size. They are now tiny people in a world of giant objects. The TARDIS has materialized between the cracks in a garden patio. The garden is teeming with giant worms, ants and cats — all deadly hazards for the miniature time travelers.

Worse still, the TARDIS crew learns that this garden is the testing site for a deadly insecticide, DN6. Developed to eliminate all insect life, the chemical may be equally effective against minuscule time travelers.


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