A Dr. Who question - looking for a certain episode

[beyond]

I guess that there are quite a number of experts on the subject here, so:

I'm looking for an episode of Dr Who - most likely with Tom Baker as The Doctor - where he is up against someone or something that has an army of robots (?) that can shoot with their fingertips. Too, (i think) this person or whatever makes look-a-like robots of human beings, to act as imposters.

Any clue? Any help is appreciated!

[FFRenzy]

I guess that there are quite a number of experts on the subject here, so:

I'm looking for an episode of Dr Who - most likely with Tom Baker as The Doctor - where he is up against someone or something that has an army of robots (?) that can shoot with their fingertips. Too, (i think) this person or whatever makes look-a-like robots of human beings, to act as imposters.

Any clue? Any help is appreciated!

a bit of searching turned this up, i think it's the episode/series you are looking for : http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Android_Invasion

[beyond]

Must be it! Thanks!

[beyond]

Ok, seems that it is not available on DVD - or am I not able to search the net? Amazon for one doesn't have it other than on VHS which isn't an option these days. Can it be true that I'm not able to see this without breaking the law and get it on a torrent (which I won't)?

[Dumper]

It is on YouTube if you want to watch it there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKqSCP7s ... re=related

[beyond]

So much easier. But how can this be legal?

[LMan]

YouTube + uploader are held responsible for the legality of the content. AFAIK there are contracts similar to those of radio and tv stations, and some content is blocked in some countries. So if you can see it, you can assume it's legal to watch. And as long as there's no DVD release or rerun you could record, I highly doubt anyone will mind you watching this.

Also a copyright owner can pull the plug on a video anytime by reporting a copyright violation to YouTube.

[beyond]

That's what I like, and when the FBI and the CIA knock on my door to take me into custody at Area51 to keep me forever, I'll just refer to you

As a general rule I don't think that it makes it legal to watch - just because I can get access to it on YouTube. No doubt the supplier of the video stream is more likely to get whooped than I

Being a creator of content (music & computer games) has made it important to me that everything that I listen to/watch/play is something I have the rights to, all computer software included. Expensive, yup, but the way to go if you want to bitch about people pirating on your business.

Thanks for your help, btw.

[LMan]

No I mean, Youtube really has contracts making stuff legal. For example, here in Germany we see a black screen for Sony music videos, stating that it isn't avialable in our country.