The Airzone Solution
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Nicola Bryant and Colin Baker in a scene from the film
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| Directed by | Bill Baggs |
| Written by | Nicholas Briggs |
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Colin Baker Nicola Bryant Peter Davison Sylvester McCoy Jon Pertwee Heather Tracy |
| Music by | Alistair Lock |
| Cinematography | Dick Kursa |
| Edited by | Michael Duxbury |
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| Distributed by | Carlton International S & J Films |
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Release date
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1993 |
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Running time
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65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Airzone Solution (also called The AirZone Solution?, which is how the title is presented on screen) is a 1993 British science-fiction film, produced and released direct-to-video by BBV. It was written by Nicholas Briggs and directed by Bill Baggs.
This film was a departure from BBV's previous productions of The Stranger, a series of independently made Doctor Who-style productions, complete with cast members from Doctor Who playing similar characters. For The Airzone Solution, BBV gathered four of the five surviving actors who had played the Doctor — Colin Baker, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy (Tom Baker, as in multi-Doctor specials, refused) — as the leads in a modern-day environmental thriller about pollution. Also appearing in a supporting role is Alan Cumming, along with Doctor Who alumni Nicola Bryant and Michael Wisher.
The film was shot on videotape on a very low budget, as was the case with the previous Stranger videos.
The writer of the film, Nicholas Briggs, who also plays a small role, went on to work on the revived Doctor Who series in 2005, providing voice-overs for both the Daleks and Cybermen.
The Airzone Solution takes place in a future Britain where pollution has reached a point where the populace must often wear filtration masks when they venture outside. AirZone, a powerful corporation, signs a lucrative deal with the government to deal with the problem. The public is told that AirZone plans to build giant filtration plants to clean the atmosphere, but environmentalists are skeptical, especially when people begin dying and disappearing around AirZone facilities.
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