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April 2012 North America Doctor Who DVD Releases

Chris — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:19:26 +0000

The April 2012 Doctor Who DVD releases have been announced, and we’ll see one new title and one Revisitations title.

Hitting store shelves on April 10, The Daemons will not have the Return To Devil’s End featurette on it, but that was known a while ago. We will, however, get a new Aldbourne-based documentary along with a tribute to Barry Letts and the usual fare of a commentary, photo gallery, Coming Soon trailer, and more.

Another Pertwee story rounds out the month’s offerings with the Special Edition release of Carnival of Monsters, the great Robert Holmes story that brought us, and our dear listeners, the concept of the Miniscope. Along with the commentary track from the original release, we get a new commentary track along with featurettes on puppetry and CSO, extended/alternate/deleted scenes and of course the content from the initial DVD release of the story.

For more details, including a complete listing of the special features, check out the post at TV Shows On DVD.

Update: The full list of extras has now been made available and can be found at TVShowsOnDVD.com. Among the awesome-sounding bonus material is a featurette on colour testing for The Daemons done in 1992 and an early edit of Episode 2 from Carnival of Monsters.

Each of these titles is a 2-disc release with an MSRP of $34.98. Click on the artwork for larger versions.

Doctor Who – UNIT Box DVDs

Chris — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:30:51 +0000

Doctor Who blog Blogtor Who has noted that being featured in the Coming Soon trailer from the upcoming Colony in Space DVD is The UNIT Box.

The UNIT Box will be a 2-story release featuring the Jon Pertwee story Invasion of the Dinosaurs and the final Tom Baker-era UNIT story The Android Invasion. Details regarding contents or price, and the release date itself, are as yet unknown, though this source states an early 2012 release is most likely; the Colony in Space DVD, on which the Coming Soon trailer appears, is set for a UK release on October 3 and US/Canada release on November 8.

The BBFC classification for the UNIT Box trailer came through in late July, though recently Colony in Space screener copies have made their way to review outlets making the information more widespread.

Radio Free Skaro #178 – Fnargengruven

Chris — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:16:46 +0000

Radio Free Skaro #178 – Click here to listen

In a move that could be precipitated only by Slownewsweekor, the Three Who Rule relied upon Torchwood discussion to fuel the latest Radio Free Skaro episode. The news of Torchwood maybe coming to America hit like a ton of bricks and startled much of the Doctor Who world, causing panic and looting; there may or may not have been talk of small children getting crushed underfoot as a result.

Show Notes:

- Skaro Shop…Buy Our Stuff!
- Gallifrey One…Schedule!
- Torchwood…USA!
- Fictitious…National Television Awards!
- Doctor Who…Video Games!
- The Space Museum…DVD Extras!
- The Chase…DVD Extras!
- The Time Monster…DVD Extras!
- The Creature From The Pit…DVD Extras!
- The Horns of Nimon…DVD Extras!
- BBC…Shownar!

March 2010 North American DVD Releases

Chris — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:14 +0000

The next batch of North American DVDs has been announced, and March 2, 2010 will see the releases of the Special Edition of Remembrance of the Daleks alongside the much-anticipated Dalek War box set containing the Jon Pertwee stories Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks. Both of these titles have already been released in the UK, and of course Planet of the Daleks features the much-anticipated recolourized version of Episode 3 while the Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition is the version previously found in the UK-only Davros box set from a couple years back. Suggested retail price for Remembrance of the Daleks will be $24.98 while the Dalek War box set will set you back $59.98 at SRP.