Martin Fisk Movies
- 1986
Adopting new themes to old-fashioned morality, this children's drama looks at Terry (Jack McNicholl) and his involvement with a gang after he runs away from home. Les (Neville Watson) leads the gang with a ruthless violence, but after some time together Terry discovers that Les is basically okay; he has just been warped by an abusive mother. After Terry joins the gang in a robbery at his school, he later has a sharp pang of conscience and is faced with a serious moral dilemma. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack McNicholl, Neville Watson, (more)
- 1980
In the second episode of a four-part story, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) have arrived at the Leisure Hive, a recreational center curiously located on Argolis, a war-ravaged, dangerously radioactive planet. Mena (Adrienne Corri), the war survivor in charge of the Hive, has been contemplating a sellout to the Foamasi, the race responsible for Argolis' devastatation. Complicating matters is the murder of a space scientist, for which the Doctor and Romana are blamed. What is the true purpose of the Hive's Tachyon Recreation Generator? Originally telecast September 6, 1980, "The Leisure Hive, Episode 2" was written by David Fisher. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, (more)
- 1980
The 18th season of Doctor Who was inaugurated August 30, 1980, with episode one of the four-part "The Leisure Hive." The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward) arrive on Argolis, a tourist planet run by the survivors of a nuclear holocaust. The time travelers soon learn that it isn't all fun and games on Argolis, thanks to some diabolical experiments conducted by something called the Tachyon Recreation Generator. "The Leisure Hive, Episode 1" was written by David Fisher. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, (more)
- 1980
In the conclusion of the four-part story "The Leisure Hive," the Doctor (Tom Baker) tries to prevent a second nuclear holocaust on the planet Argolis. Unfortunately, he may be too late; the Tachyon Recreation Generator has been activated and it looks as though an army of killer clones will be the result. Instead, however, the T.R.G. turns out to have a conscience -- and a sense of humor. Originally telecast September 20, 1980, "The Leisure Hive, Episode 4" was written by David Fisher. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, (more)
- 1980
In the third episode of the four-part story "The Leisure Hive," the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana (Lalla Ward), visiting a recreational facility on the war-ravaged planet Argolis, have been arrested for the murder of Earth scientist Hardin (Nigel Lambert). It turns out the actual culprit is Pagnol (David Haig), a humanoid creation of the Tachyon Recreation Generator, who intends to generate an army of duplicates of himself to attack Argolis' arch-enemy, the Foamasi. Though Pagnol's motivations are (relatively) pure, they may have devastating consequences for the few survivors of the Argolis-Foamasi nuclear war. Originally telecast September 13, 1980, "The Leisure Hive, Episode 3" was written by David Fisher. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, (more)
- 1979
As adapted from R.F. Delderfield's bestselling novel of the same title, the thirteen-part, 11-hour BBC miniseries A Horseman Riding By details the evolution of life in a Devon, England valley, from 1900-1920. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- 1976
Previously seen on two episodes of the original Avengers, those malevolent metallic menaces, the Cybernauts, are at large again. This time, the man behind the Cybernaut invasion is Kane (Robert Lang), a crippled and disfigured double agent who has a score to settle with John Steed (Patrick MacNee). Part of the scheme involves the "rebirth" of the supposedly dead Kane with a new Cybernautic body--and the superpowers that go with it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Patrick Macnee, Gareth Hunt, (more)
