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jamiearmour - September 6, 2006 03:05 PM (GMT)
Here are the details of the extras available in the Season 2 DVD boxset, from the BBC site.

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Full details of six-disc set announced.

2Entertain have announced full details of the upcoming Doctor Who: The Complete Series Two DVD Box Set.

The six-disc release will feature all 13 episodes from Series Two, the 2005 Christmas Special and over four hours of extras, including:

    * Out-takes
    * Deleted scenes
    * Audio Commentary available on nine episodes, with In Vision commentary available on five episodes - featuring cast and crew including David Tennant and Billie Piper
    * 13 Doctor Who Confidential Episodes (edited versions)
    * 5.1 sound
    * David's Video Diaries
    * Billie's Video Diary
    * Children in Need special
    * Audio description and subtitles available on each episode

The set, released on 20 November 2006, comes in lenticular packaging that features a special moving image on both front and back.


All I can say is... Bring it on. I cannot wait.

I am wondering though if the commentaries will be the same as the podcast commentaries, or if they'll be recorded specially for the box set.

I look forward to the out-takes, that is one thing that was glaringly missing from the first season box.

Deleted scenes? Oooh.

The Children in need special? So much for Terry Wogan's announcement of
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It won't be available anywhere else
on the night :rolleyes: But again, not complaining :yahoo: :yahoo:

As for the "guests" on the lenticular cover... What are the odds it'll be the Daleks and Cybermen?? :lol:

Phillip Culley - September 6, 2006 04:14 PM (GMT)
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I am wondering though if the commentaries will be the same as the podcast commentaries, or if they'll be recorded specially for the box set.


From what I hear they will be all-new commentaries - as per here some of them are:

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1 - New Earth - Director James Hawes, Visual Effects Producer Will Cohen, Executive Producer Julie Gardner

5 - Rise of the Cybermen - Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Andrew Hayden-Smith (Jake Simmonds)

7 - The Idiot's Lantern - David Tennant, Production Designer Edward Thomas and Special Effects Technician Shay Blythe (sic?)

9 - The Satan Pit - Director James Strong, Editor Mike Jones, Ronnie Jhutti (Danny Barlock)

10 - Love and Monsters - Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Director Dan Zeff, Executive Producer Julie Gardner

11 - Fear Her - Executive Producer Julie Gardner and Writer Matthew Graham

12 - Army of Ghosts - Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Yvonne Hartman) and Raji James (Dr Rajesh Singh)

Dan Brown - September 7, 2006 02:02 PM (GMT)
I'm still waiting for the first DVD boxset to drop in price......

jamiearmour - September 7, 2006 03:33 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Dan Brown @ Sep 7 2006, 03:02 PM)
I'm still waiting for the first DVD boxset to drop in price......

Well, with season 2's boxset fast approaching, a price cut for season 1 would seem reasonable.

Egads, what am I thinking. I'm talking about the BBC and 2Entertain as though they had an ounce of common sense between them :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Phillip Culley - September 7, 2006 04:45 PM (GMT)
From what I heard, the Series 1 box set is going to be re-released at the same time as the Series 2 set, however with much more sensible packaging :)

No idea if it'll be any cheaper though...

jamiearmour - September 7, 2006 07:29 PM (GMT)
I assume you mean, with shelving friendly packaging?

That would be a weight of my DVD cabinet :lol:

Dan Brown - September 19, 2006 11:59 AM (GMT)
I just don't see value for money in 13 episodes with extras retailing at £45-£60. Give us it for £30 BBC or 2entertain and I'll take another set off your hands!!!

Bad Wolf - October 5, 2006 08:37 AM (GMT)
Noel Clarke


DOCTOR WHO: THE NEW SERIES: SEASON 2 DVD BOX SET
RRP: £69.99
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A London actor and writer, Noel won the Laurence Olivier Award for ‘Most Promising Newcomer’ in 2003. As well as his role as Mickey Smith in ‘Doctor Who’ he’s appeared in ‘Casualty’, ‘Metrosexuality’ and ‘Auf Wiedersehen, Pet’. Noel also wrote the screenplay for the film ‘Kidulthood’ and he’ll be a member of the writing team of the Doctor Who spin-off series ‘Torchwood’.

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Phillip Culley - October 5, 2006 02:06 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Dan Brown @ Sep 19 2006, 07:59 AM)
I just don't see value for money in 13 episodes with extras retailing at £45-£60. Give us it for £30 BBC or 2entertain and I'll take another set off your hands!!!

Have you seen the prices of HBO series like Six Feet Under and The Sopranos? All of them are comparable to Doctor Who both length-wise and price wise, and the Who sets have far better extras :)

Dan Brown - October 5, 2006 05:05 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Phillip Culley @ Oct 5 2006, 02:06 PM)
QUOTE (Dan Brown @ Sep 19 2006, 07:59 AM)
I just don't see value for money in 13 episodes with extras retailing at £45-£60. Give us it for £30 BBC or 2entertain and I'll take another set off your hands!!!

Have you seen the prices of HBO series like Six Feet Under and The Sopranos? All of them are comparable to Doctor Who both length-wise and price wise, and the Who sets have far better extras :)

But seeing how I have already PAID for the show through my license fee, I would have thought I would be able to LEGALLY own it for a more reasonable price.

Its a kick in the teeth, when the americans get the show cheaper than us!!

Surely we should get the show cheaper here and they should rip off the americans?

Crichton Kicks - October 5, 2006 05:30 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Dan Brown @ Oct 5 2006, 06:05 PM)
Surely we should get the show cheaper here and they should rip off the americans?

I'm presuming the first season set sold pretty well? Wasn't that similarly priced? They know they can charge more for it here and people will buy it. Different story in America where the show isn't as iconic.

Phillip Culley - October 5, 2006 06:18 PM (GMT)
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Its a kick in the teeth, when the americans get the show cheaper than us!!


What do you mean by that? Over here in Canada, the new series set had a retail price of $140 CAD (plus 14% tax in Ontario - the amount will vary based on which province it was bought in), which comes to something like 160 dollars - about 10 pounds higher than the retail price in the UK!

From what I gather, the US price for the set was 99.99 USD, however this also is the price without sales tax so that would be higer as well.

Plus, while the BBC might retail the set for 70 pounds, given the instore discounts you would be much more likely to pay only about 50 pounds back when it was released, and I wouldn't be surprised if this price has lowered further since then....

jamiearmour - October 5, 2006 06:48 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Phillip Culley @ Oct 5 2006, 07:18 PM)
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Its a kick in the teeth, when the americans get the show cheaper than us!!


What do you mean by that? Over here in Canada, the new series set had a retail price of $140 CAD (plus 14% tax in Ontario - the amount will vary based on which province it was bought in), which comes to something like 160 dollars - about 10 pounds higher than the retail price in the UK!

From what I gather, the US price for the set was 99.99 USD, however this also is the price without sales tax so that would be higer as well.

Plus, while the BBC might retail the set for 70 pounds, given the instore discounts you would be much more likely to pay only about 50 pounds back when it was released, and I wouldn't be surprised if this price has lowered further since then....

Yeah, I'm sure the price would be lower now... If it was possible to find one.

It seems they've all vanished, lending more credence to the rumour of a more reasonably sized (and priced???) re-release soon.

Dan Brown - October 6, 2006 08:17 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Phillip Culley @ Oct 5 2006, 06:18 PM)
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Its a kick in the teeth, when the americans get the show cheaper than us!!


What do you mean by that? Over here in Canada, the new series set had a retail price of $140 CAD (plus 14% tax in Ontario - the amount will vary based on which province it was bought in), which comes to something like 160 dollars - about 10 pounds higher than the retail price in the UK!

From what I gather, the US price for the set was 99.99 USD, however this also is the price without sales tax so that would be higer as well.

Plus, while the BBC might retail the set for 70 pounds, given the instore discounts you would be much more likely to pay only about 50 pounds back when it was released, and I wouldn't be surprised if this price has lowered further since then....

Cheapest I've found it is £44.99.

And Amazon.co.uk no longer stocks it.

prophecy girl - March 6, 2007 02:19 PM (GMT)
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New titles and dates announced.

April 2 sees the DVD release of the Runaway Bride, followed by the previously-announced Survival on April 16

Volume 3.1 of the new series will be released after Survival, although the exact date will obviously depend on the transmission schedule of the show itself.

May 28 sees the release of Tom Baker's first story, Robot.

June could well see two releases, Volume 3.2 of the new series at some point, plus Colin Baker's time travel and tinsel extravaganza Timelash on June 25.

Details of extras have yet to be announced, but we hope to be able to update you with these soon.

As always, all dates and details subject to change


/bbc.co.uk

jamiearmour - March 6, 2007 05:02 PM (GMT)
Here's a preliminary list of extras for both of the releases listed above.

Still wont entice me to buy Timelash though :rolleyes:
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More details emerge regarding Robot and Timelash.

The Restoration Team have unveiled details of the extras planned for the recently-announced Robot and Timelash DVDs, as well as revealing some of the technical work that has gone into cleaning up both stories for release.


Robot:

    * Commentary by Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, producer Barry Letts and writer Terrance Dicks
    * Are Friends Electric? (dur. 38' 58"), the main documentary, which looks at Tom Baker's introduction as the Doctor and the making of his first story. It features interviews with actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Alec Linstead, Patricia Maynard, Michael Kilgarriff and Edward Burnham, producers Barry Letts and Philip Hinchcliffe, script editor Terrance Dicks, director Christopher Barry and production unit manager George Gallacio.
    * The Tunnel Effect (dur. 13' 47"), a look at the creation of the Tom Baker Slit Scan title sequence
    * A Blue Peter feature
    * Photo gallery, production subtitle notes and Radio Times listings in pdf format

Timelash

    * Commentary by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Paul Darrow
    * The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (dur. 25' 01"), the main documentary, which looks at the making of the story. It features actors Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, David Chandler, Robert Ashby, script editor Eric Saward, writer Glen McCoy and journalist Paul Lang, and is narrated by Terry Molloy
    * The release will be the first to feature a Coming Soon trail which will act as a taster for the next DVD
    * Photo gallery, production subtitle notes and Radio Times listings in pdf format

Robot is due for release on 28 May 2007, followed by Timelash on 25 June.

Phillip Culley - March 6, 2007 06:30 PM (GMT)
Nowt wrong with Timelash - I've been rewatching the CB era and it's one of the better stories compared to the other tripe in Season 22....




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