Get a preview of the new Doctor Who Season 21 Blu-ray with a showing of Warriors of the Deep at the BFI
The British Film Institute are hosting another of their by now traditional previews of Doctor Who: The Collection this February. Warriors of the Deep will be shown at BFI Southbank on the 28th of February at 12pm. There will also be a Q&A with actors Peter Davison and Janet Fielding, who played the Doctor and his companion Tegan in the 1984 story.
The Doctor and Tegan, along with their fellow traveller, Turlough (Mark Strickson) arrive on an underwater military base. It’s the year 2084 and they soon face threats from multiple sides. The whole world stands on the brink of nuclear war. The base commander believes them to be enemy spies. But the real moles are already plotting to hijack the base’s nuclear missiles. However, they’re not the only ones, as a joint task force of Silurians and Sea Devils lay siege to the base. They have plans of their own to wipe out the human race.
Warriors of the Deep is the first story of Season 21. It’s also the second appearance of amphibious reptiles the Sea Devils. The ancient creatures, who ruled the Earth millions of years ago before awakening from hibernation to discover the evolution of humanity, returned to television last month for The War Between the Land and the Sea.
You can buy tickets for the event from the BFI website from the 15th of January. As always, BFI members get priority booking. Prices are £17, with concessions £14 and £2.50 off for members.
Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 21, including all seven stories in the season, follows on the 16th of March.
Doctor Who: Warriors of the Deep
The Doctor, Tegan and Turlough find themselves at an underwater base on Earth in 2084. Rival superpowers, along with the Silurians and Sea Devils – the original rulers of the planet – are locked in a struggle to control a stock of deadly nuclear weapons. The Fifth Doctor’s final season brings together fan-favourite monsters from the era of his third incarnation, revived in the recent Doctor Who spin-off, The War Between the Land and the Sea.
