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|setting = [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Time Is Everything)|The Doctor’s TARDIS]], [[New Zealand]] | |||
|director = John Toon | |||
|producer = Colin Follas | |||
|publisher = Tiger Films | |||
|broadcast date = 10 February 1997 - 1997 | |||
|epcount = 8 | |||
|format = 15 second to 1 minute adverts | |||
|series = New Zealand commercials | |||
|prev = Time is Everything (feature){{!}}Time is Everything | |||
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A series of ''' | A narrative story built from a series of advertisements, marked out by the on-screen title '''''Time is Everything''''', were released in [[1997 (releases)|1997]] as a marketing campaign for the [[New Zealand]] Superannuation Services (NZSS). | ||
It featured [[Tom Baker]] as an [[The Doctor (Time Is Everything)|aged version]] of the [[Fourth Doctor]] in [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Time Is Everything)|the TARDIS]], which (along with the [[Doctor Who theme]]) was licensed from the [[BBC]].<ref name="Time is Everything">[http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/timeiseverything.html 'Time is Everything' - The Doctor Who Commercials]</ref> | |||
[[The Doctor ( | |||
"Of course, I hear you say, it's easy for him: he's a [[Time Lord]]!" continues the Doctor as he begins setting the controls; but he explains that "the answer the whole universe has been seeking for centuries" in truth lies with the New Zealand Superannuation Services, whose telephone number he shows on the [[TARDIS scanner]]'s screen. | == Publisher’s summary == | ||
In January 1997, an Auckland company called Tiger Films produced a series of eight television commercials for New Zealand Superannuation Services (NZSS). The advertisements were designed to persuade the public to phone to make an appointment to discuss retirement savings plans offered by NZSS. | |||
The theme of the commercials was Doctor Who, and in addition to purchasing the rights to use the Doctor, the TARDIS and the theme music from the BBC, Tiger Films also hired Tom Baker to come to New Zealand to reprise his role as the Fourth Doctor. ([[REF]]: Season 18 blu-ray release info card) | |||
== Plot == | |||
[[File:Fourth Doctor Sells Superannuation.jpg|thumb|A postcard advert from this campaign]] | |||
=== Advert 1 === | |||
[[Fourth Doctor]] steps into [[the Doctor's TARDIS (Time Is Everything)|his TARDIS]] from some sort of heated battle, stopping to point [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] at the outside through the TARDIS door before he walks over to the [[TARDIS control console|console]]. As he does so, he explains that one must always be ready for the future. | |||
"Of course, I hear you say, it's easy for him: he's a [[Time Lord]]!" continues the Doctor as he begins setting the controls; but he explains that "the answer the whole universe has been seeking for centuries" in truth lies with the New Zealand Superannuation Services, whose telephone number he shows on the [[TARDIS scanner]]'s screen. | |||
Just as he finishes his spiel, the Doctor is interrupted by a commotion which shakes the TARDIS. Stepping out into the lush New-Zealandese countryside, the Doctor exclaims "Oh, yes! Oh, ''yes''!" | Just as he finishes his spiel, the Doctor is interrupted by a commotion which shakes the TARDIS. Stepping out into the lush New-Zealandese countryside, the Doctor exclaims "Oh, yes! Oh, ''yes''!" | ||
===Advert 2=== | === Advert 2 === | ||
"The future… it's so much easier to plan for once you've been there!" the Doctor remarks, before adding that it's much easier still if you own a [[Berillian time transformer]] like he does. Almost as soon as he produces the device, however, it begins to malfunction, and he thus adds that the next best thing is probably a telephone number which allows one who rings it to start a savings plan for [[21st century]] [[Earth]]. | "The future… it's so much easier to plan for once you've been there!" the Doctor remarks, before adding that it's much easier still if you own a [[Berillian time transformer]] like he does. Almost as soon as he produces the device, however, it begins to malfunction, and he thus adds that the next best thing is probably a telephone number which allows one who rings it to start a savings plan for [[21st century]] [[Earth]]. | ||
===Advert 3=== | === Advert 3 === | ||
Leaning on his TARDIS console, not wearing his coat or hat, the Doctor cannily explains that the past is full of woeful tales of people who did not think to plan for the future. He admits that a savings plan would not have saved the [[Krakenoid]]s of [[Tarr 7]] from "a life of [[financial drudgery]] and [[dependance]]" (the [[TARDIS scanner]], showing a picture of a krakenoid, also adds that the species is of male sex, have depleted income and are now [[extinction|extinct]]), but then adds: "Then again… you never know!" | Leaning on his TARDIS console, not wearing his coat or hat, the Doctor cannily explains that the past is full of woeful tales of people who did not think to plan for the future. He admits that a savings plan would not have saved the [[Krakenoid]]s of [[Tarr 7]] from "a life of [[financial drudgery]] and [[dependance]]" (the [[TARDIS scanner]], showing a picture of a krakenoid, also adds that the species is of male sex, have depleted income and are now [[extinction|extinct]]), but then adds: "Then again… you never know!" | ||
===Advert 4=== | === Advert 4 === | ||
In his TARDIS, the Doctor monologues about how great the life of a [[Time Lord]] is: " | In his TARDIS, the Doctor monologues about how great the life of a [[Time Lord]] is: "travelling through Time and Space, toying with the future, mastering it, shaping it to your own design". It then occurs to him that thanks to Superannuation Services, it's now possible for any simple human to do the same, after a fashion. | ||
===Advert 5=== | === Advert 5 === | ||
As the TARDIS tumbles through the green [[Time Vortex]], the Doctor ponders what it takes to change the future: "a [[Berillian time transformer]]? A [[sonic screwdriver]]? Or just the uncanny ability to remember a telephone number?" | As the TARDIS tumbles through the green [[Time Vortex]], the Doctor ponders what it takes to change the future: "a [[Berillian time transformer]]? A [[sonic screwdriver]]? Or just the uncanny ability to remember a telephone number?" | ||
== | == Cast == | ||
* [[The Doctor (Time Is Everything)|The Doctor]] - [[Tom Baker]] | |||
== Crew == | |||
All crew was uncredited: | |||
* [[Director (crew)|Director]] - [[John Toon]] | |||
* [[Producer]] - [[Colin Follas]]<ref>[https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/instudiotombaker.html In Studio with Tom Baker]</ref> | |||
* [[Photos]] - [[Paul Scoones]]<ref>https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/instudiotombaker.html</ref> | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* The Doctor mentions that the [[Krakenoid]]s of [[Tarr 7]] went extinct after being consumed by [[financial drudgery]] and [[dependance]]. | |||
== Story notes == | |||
[[File:Fourth Doctor in Superannuation.jpg|thumb|left|Behind the scenes of Tom Baker filming the commercial]] | [[File:Fourth Doctor in Superannuation.jpg|thumb|left|Behind the scenes of Tom Baker filming the commercial]] | ||
In his autobiography ''[[Who on Earth is Tom Baker?]]'', Tom Baker wrote, "'Would you like to go to [[New Zealand]] to do a commercial?' That's the sort of question an actor likes to hear from his agent in freezing mid-January." He arrived in [[Auckland]] on [[18 January (production)|18 January]] and returned to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] on [[29 January (production)|29 January]]; recording took place from the [[21 January|21st]] to the [[23 January|23rd]] in Studio 601 in [[Newmarket]], Auckland, and on the morning of the [[22 January|22nd]] on location at the rim of a crater on [[Mount Eden]] in Auckland.<ref name="Time is Everything" /> | In his autobiography ''[[Who on Earth is Tom Baker?]]'', Tom Baker wrote, "'Would you like to go to [[New Zealand]] to do a commercial?' That's the sort of question an actor likes to hear from his agent in freezing mid-January." He arrived in [[Auckland]] on [[18 January (production)|18 January]] and returned to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] on [[29 January (production)|29 January]]; recording took place from the [[21 January|21st]] to the [[23 January|23rd]] in Studio 601 in [[Newmarket]], Auckland, and on the morning of the [[22 January|22nd]] on location at the rim of a crater on [[Mount Eden]] in Auckland.<ref name="Time is Everything" /> | ||
[[File:TARDIS_console_room_in_the_Superannuation_ads.jpg|thumb|right|The [[TARDIS control console|TARDIS console]] with blank panels visible.]] | |||
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* A behind the scenes feature of the advertisement was released titled ''[[Behind the Scenes of Tom Baker's Return (documentary)|Behind the Scenes of Tom Baker's Return]]''. | * A behind the scenes feature of the advertisement was released titled ''[[Behind the Scenes of Tom Baker's Return (documentary)|Behind the Scenes of Tom Baker's Return]]''. | ||
* | * During a break in recording on 23 January 1997 Tom Baker was interviewed by TVNZ's ''One Network News,'' and the interview was shown on that evening's edition of the programme.<ref name="TSV50TB">http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tvnztombaker.html</ref> | ||
* This was the first | * This was the first televised appearance of [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor since 1993's ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. | ||
* Although | * Although officially confirmed to to be the Fourth Doctor by the blu-ray info card, in the advertisements his appearance and [[TARDIS control room]] are drastically different from what was seen on television; he is best likened to [[the Doctor (Shada)|the Doctor]] from the [[Shada (TV story)#VHS releases|''Shada'' VHS release]], [[the Doctor (Introduction to the Night)|the Doctor]] from ''[[Introduction to the Night (TV story)|Introduction to the Night]]'' and [[the Curator]], all unnumbered incarnations of the Doctor played by an aged [[Tom Baker]] wanting to return to the part of the Doctor, but no longer physically similar enough to his younger self to simply play the Fourth Doctor again. | ||
* The end of the advertisement featured the phrases "TIME IS EVERYTHING" and "0800 - TARDIS" underscored by "827347". This was a joking way of advertising their telephone number 0800 827347. | * The end of the advertisement featured the phrases "TIME IS EVERYTHING" and "0800 - TARDIS" underscored by "827347". This was a joking way of advertising their telephone number 0800 827347. | ||
* These commercial stories | * These commercial stories reused the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 ''Doctor Who'' TV movie's]] concept of a [[TARDIS scanner|TARDIS scanner video-screen]] able to be manually pulled into position by [[the Doctor]] at their whim, a detail which would be incorporated from ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' onwards into all modern TARDIS interiors. | ||
* Only three of the [[TARDIS control console]]'s six panels were finished to be viewable on-screen. The rest were left blank.<ref name="NZDWFC">http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tardisondisplay.html</ref> | |||
* Impressed with the quality of the set, New Zealand Superannuation set up the TARDIS police box and control room from this advert on display in their offices in Auckland, New Zealand and allowed visitors to tour it.<ref name="NZDWFC" /> | |||
* Tom Baker was reunited with his estranged son while in New Zealand to film these videos.<ref>https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tombaker.html</ref> | |||
=== Home media release === | |||
* ''Time is Everything'' was released as part of the additional extras in the [[Season 18 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 18]] blu-ray as "Commercial Break" with special thanks to [[Richard Bignell]] and [[Nigel Windsor]]. | |||
== Continuity == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist|2}} | |||
[[Category:Promotional videos]] | |||
[[Category:1997 television stories]] | |||
[[Category: | [[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]] | ||
[[Category: | |||
Latest revision as of 19:33, 26 July 2024
A narrative story built from a series of advertisements, marked out by the on-screen title Time is Everything, were released in 1997 as a marketing campaign for the New Zealand Superannuation Services (NZSS).
It featured Tom Baker as an aged version of the Fourth Doctor in the TARDIS, which (along with the Doctor Who theme) was licensed from the BBC.[1]
Publisher’s summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
In January 1997, an Auckland company called Tiger Films produced a series of eight television commercials for New Zealand Superannuation Services (NZSS). The advertisements were designed to persuade the public to phone to make an appointment to discuss retirement savings plans offered by NZSS.
The theme of the commercials was Doctor Who, and in addition to purchasing the rights to use the Doctor, the TARDIS and the theme music from the BBC, Tiger Films also hired Tom Baker to come to New Zealand to reprise his role as the Fourth Doctor. (REF: Season 18 blu-ray release info card)
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Advert 1[[edit] | [edit source]]
Fourth Doctor steps into his TARDIS from some sort of heated battle, stopping to point his sonic screwdriver at the outside through the TARDIS door before he walks over to the console. As he does so, he explains that one must always be ready for the future.
"Of course, I hear you say, it's easy for him: he's a Time Lord!" continues the Doctor as he begins setting the controls; but he explains that "the answer the whole universe has been seeking for centuries" in truth lies with the New Zealand Superannuation Services, whose telephone number he shows on the TARDIS scanner's screen.
Just as he finishes his spiel, the Doctor is interrupted by a commotion which shakes the TARDIS. Stepping out into the lush New-Zealandese countryside, the Doctor exclaims "Oh, yes! Oh, yes!"
Advert 2[[edit] | [edit source]]
"The future… it's so much easier to plan for once you've been there!" the Doctor remarks, before adding that it's much easier still if you own a Berillian time transformer like he does. Almost as soon as he produces the device, however, it begins to malfunction, and he thus adds that the next best thing is probably a telephone number which allows one who rings it to start a savings plan for 21st century Earth.
Advert 3[[edit] | [edit source]]
Leaning on his TARDIS console, not wearing his coat or hat, the Doctor cannily explains that the past is full of woeful tales of people who did not think to plan for the future. He admits that a savings plan would not have saved the Krakenoids of Tarr 7 from "a life of financial drudgery and dependance" (the TARDIS scanner, showing a picture of a krakenoid, also adds that the species is of male sex, have depleted income and are now extinct), but then adds: "Then again… you never know!"
Advert 4[[edit] | [edit source]]
In his TARDIS, the Doctor monologues about how great the life of a Time Lord is: "travelling through Time and Space, toying with the future, mastering it, shaping it to your own design". It then occurs to him that thanks to Superannuation Services, it's now possible for any simple human to do the same, after a fashion.
Advert 5[[edit] | [edit source]]
As the TARDIS tumbles through the green Time Vortex, the Doctor ponders what it takes to change the future: "a Berillian time transformer? A sonic screwdriver? Or just the uncanny ability to remember a telephone number?"
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
All crew was uncredited:
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Doctor mentions that the Krakenoids of Tarr 7 went extinct after being consumed by financial drudgery and dependance.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In his autobiography Who on Earth is Tom Baker?, Tom Baker wrote, "'Would you like to go to New Zealand to do a commercial?' That's the sort of question an actor likes to hear from his agent in freezing mid-January." He arrived in Auckland on 18 January and returned to the UK on 29 January; recording took place from the 21st to the 23rd in Studio 601 in Newmarket, Auckland, and on the morning of the 22nd on location at the rim of a crater on Mount Eden in Auckland.[1]
The TARDIS console with blank panels visible.
- A behind the scenes feature of the advertisement was released titled Behind the Scenes of Tom Baker's Return.
- During a break in recording on 23 January 1997 Tom Baker was interviewed by TVNZ's One Network News, and the interview was shown on that evening's edition of the programme.[4]
- This was the first televised appearance of Tom Baker as the Doctor since 1993's Dimensions in Time.
- Although officially confirmed to to be the Fourth Doctor by the blu-ray info card, in the advertisements his appearance and TARDIS control room are drastically different from what was seen on television; he is best likened to the Doctor from the Shada VHS release, the Doctor from Introduction to the Night and the Curator, all unnumbered incarnations of the Doctor played by an aged Tom Baker wanting to return to the part of the Doctor, but no longer physically similar enough to his younger self to simply play the Fourth Doctor again.
- The end of the advertisement featured the phrases "TIME IS EVERYTHING" and "0800 - TARDIS" underscored by "827347". This was a joking way of advertising their telephone number 0800 827347.
- These commercial stories reused the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie's concept of a TARDIS scanner video-screen able to be manually pulled into position by the Doctor at their whim, a detail which would be incorporated from Rose onwards into all modern TARDIS interiors.
- Only three of the TARDIS control console's six panels were finished to be viewable on-screen. The rest were left blank.[5]
- Impressed with the quality of the set, New Zealand Superannuation set up the TARDIS police box and control room from this advert on display in their offices in Auckland, New Zealand and allowed visitors to tour it.[5]
- Tom Baker was reunited with his estranged son while in New Zealand to film these videos.[6]
Home media release[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Time is Everything was released as part of the additional extras in the Season 18 blu-ray as "Commercial Break" with special thanks to Richard Bignell and Nigel Windsor.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 'Time is Everything' - The Doctor Who Commercials
- ↑ In Studio with Tom Baker
- ↑ https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/instudiotombaker.html
- ↑ http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tvnztombaker.html
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tardisondisplay.html
- ↑ https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv50/tombaker.html
