Monday, 7th April 2008 – 23:14
Woo hoo!! It’s back! It’s been a few years since the Forces of Darkness[1] cancelled the incredibly brilliant Futurama after just four years. And finally, after much weeping and wailing[2], and lots of DVD sales, it’s back in a bigger, better and more bonkers than ever form. Rather than a series of short episodes, we’re […]
Monday, 31st March 2008 – 20:39
DVD-buying Doctor Who fans may well be thinking they’ve entered a time warp of some kind. Yes, this has been on DVD before, but in a very different form. Back in 1999, the BBC was just beginning to test the market, and see if they could successfully sell DVDs. One of the first releases was […]
Monday, 31st March 2008 – 0:02
I don’t normally recommend the single disk DVDs of Doctor Who, given that they’re a bit lacking in extras and 5.1 sound mixes, but I made an exception and bought this one.
The contents are the 2007 Christmas Special, which I reviewed favourably at the time, and which I enjoyed seeing again, that gorgeous mini-episode done […]
Sunday, 30th March 2008 – 23:17
Yes, I’m really late with this one, but at least I’m getting it in before the next series starts. I’ve already muttered at some length about the individual episodes, so this is more about the extras and the presentation than the main content.
There are six discs packed in two folders which fit into a tidy […]
Tuesday, 18th March 2008 – 16:58
While watching The Time Meddler with the production subtitles on, I saw a reference to this classic movie. It’s one I saw on TV once many years ago, and while I’d never exactly forgotten it, I hadn’t thought about it for a while. But having been reminded, I had a look on Amazon, saw it […]
Tuesday, 18th March 2008 – 16:26
Yes, I’m nearly up to date with my Doctor Who reviews. Now this one was a pleasure to receive. While it’s great to be able to get hold of old favourite episodes, there’s an extra thrill about getting a classic Doctor Who story that I’ve never seen before. This was first shown in July 1965, […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 15:24
It’s become something of a tradition for the first Doctor Who DVD release each year to be a themed box set. We’ve had the set with the first stories, the set with the transition from Tom Baker to Peter Davision, and now a slightly different set. Rather than consecutive stories, this one contains all three […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 14:30
Oh fun. This one, first shown in 1975, stars Tom Baker as the Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.
This was the period in which the series was borrowing a lot from horror movies, but in this case the most obvious source was Forbidden Planet. And if you’re going to borrow ideas, you might […]
Monday, 17th March 2008 – 14:01
Yes, I’m way behind with my DVD reviews again, but I’ll make a start today, and see how far I get…
This was a special double release of the end of the 1982 series and the beginning of the 1983 series. The “theme” such as is, is Tegan’s temporary departure. anyway, here’s the run-down on the […]
Tuesday, 11th March 2008 – 19:52
Now here’s a long-overdue DVD release. I remember seeing this when it was first shown back in late 1980. Back in those days when the UK had just three TV stations, it wasn’t unusual for ITV to show intelligent documentaries, and this was one of the best. These days, TV shows about UFOs, Bigfoot, ancient […]
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