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|image = Tom Baker in New Zealand Superannuation Services commercial.jpg | |image = Tom Baker in New Zealand Superannuation Services commercial.jpg | ||
|doctor = The Doctor (Time Is Everything){{!}}Fourth Doctor | |doctor = The Doctor (Time Is Everything){{!}}Fourth Doctor | ||
|setting = [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Time Is Everything)|The Doctor’s TARDIS]] | |setting = [[The Doctor's TARDIS (Time Is Everything)|The Doctor’s TARDIS]], [[New Zealand]] | ||
|director = John Toon | |director = John Toon | ||
|producer = Colin Follas | |producer = Colin Follas | ||
|publisher = Tiger Films | |publisher = Tiger Films | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 10 February 1997 - 1997 | ||
|epcount = 8 | |epcount = 8 | ||
|format = 15 second to 1 minute adverts | |format = 15 second to 1 minute adverts | ||
|series = New Zealand commercials | |||
|prev = Time is Everything (feature){{!}}Time is Everything | |||
}} | }} | ||
A narrative story built from a series of advertisements, marked out by the on-screen title '''''Time | 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> | 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> | ||
== Publisher’s summary == | == 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. | 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 | 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 == | == Plot == | ||
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== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
* [[Director]] - [[John Toon]] | 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> | * [[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 == | == Story notes == | ||
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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> | * 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 televised appearance of [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor since 1993's ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. | * This was the first televised appearance of [[Tom Baker]] as the Doctor since 1993's ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|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 (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 [[ | * 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 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. | * 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. | * 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" /> | * 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 == | |||
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[[Category:Promotional videos]] | |||
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[[Category:1997 television stories]] | [[Category:1997 television stories]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]] | [[Category:Doctor Who mini-episodes]] | ||