‘Doctor Who’: ‘Dragonfire’ DVD review
It’s hard to think of a Doctor Who story that more conspicuously exposes the limitations of an all-studio production than 1987’s Dragonfire.
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It’s hard to think of a Doctor Who story that more conspicuously exposes the limitations of an all-studio production than 1987’s Dragonfire.
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