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Doctor Who The Collection Season 22 Limited Edition Packaging
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Across an action-packed season of double-length episodes, Colin Baker’s Doctor and companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) face off against a host of classic monsters and villains, including Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Davros (Terry Molloy) and The Master (Anthony Ainley) – as well as introducing new female nemesis The Rani (Kate O’Mara) and the villainous slug-like Sil (Nabil Shaban). Also returning is Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and his companion Jamie (Frazer Hines).
Episodes:
- Attack Of The Cybermen
- Vengeance On Varos
- The Mark Of The Rani
- The Two Doctors
- Timelash
- Revelation Of The Daleks
With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive Special Features including:
- Brand New Documentaries – Including a Making-Of documentary for The Two Doctors, and
- a nostalgic trip back for Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant to Season 22’s filming locations.
- In Conversation – Not one but THREE insightful feature-length interviews, with
- Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and a surprise guest.
- Behind The Sofa – New episodes with actors Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy,
- Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Sylvester McCoy and Wendy Padbury.
- Extended Episodes – Including Vengeance On Varos, The Two Doctors (Part One)
- A Fix With Sontarans – The Doctor and Tegan battle the Sontarans in this special mini-episode.
- Updated Special Effects – View Timelash with optional new effects
- Exclusive New Audio Commentaries – With Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Alexei Sayle & Terry Molloy on Revelation Of The Daleks and Colin Baker, Janet Fielding & Gareth Jenkins on A Fix With Sontarans.
- Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound – On Attack Of The Cybermen, Vengeance On Varos and Revelation Of The Daleks.
- The Eternal Mystery – A brand new mini-episode of classic Doctor Who.
- Studio Footage – Rare behind-the-scenes material from Vengeance On Varos, The Two Doctors, Timelash and Revelation Of The Daleks.
- Convention Footage – Featuring actors Colin Baker and Jacqueline Pearce alongside producer John Nathan-Turner.
- Rare Gems From The Archives – BBC archive material including ‘The Colin Baker Years’, plus content covering the promotion of the season and the controversial hiatus.
- Radio Serial – Slipback, a six-part radio adventure.
- Hd Photo Galleries – Including many previously unseen images.
- Info Text – Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.
- Scripts, costume designs, rare bbc production files
- And other rarities from our pdf archive
- And lots more
The eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD.
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Rob
November 24th, 2023 - 4:54pmThe blu ray collection Season 22 limited edition packaging is £31.99 at Amazon UK (£39.99 but a further £8 discount applied at checkout)
Tardis3
August 27th, 2022 - 8:43pmI’ve just noticed there’s no trailer for this boxset on,unless I’ve missed it?
Tardis3
August 28th, 2022 - 1:59pmDoh!it was there all along .On the last disc
norman
August 17th, 2022 - 1:58pmwhere my comment ?.
booboo
August 17th, 2022 - 2:13pmThere is whole post on season 2 on the site https://merchandise.thedoctorwhosite.co.uk/doctor-who-the-collection-season-2-limited-edition-packaging/
norman
August 17th, 2022 - 2:56pmhello.
new collection pre order
Darren Collier
August 12th, 2022 - 1:36pmWhen’s next. Blu-ray. Box set.
D84
August 12th, 2022 - 2:42pmi was hopeful of an announcement yesterday – they tend to come out on a Thursday – but no.
Hope its soon though
booboo
August 12th, 2022 - 2:43pmwas wondering next week with DMW but subs tend to get them early so news would be out
Billy Hatnell
August 15th, 2022 - 9:11pmI’m told announcement tomorrow season 2
Gordon
August 16th, 2022 - 8:46amOoh. Where did you hear that billy hatnell?
booboo
August 16th, 2022 - 8:59amnothing on the forums, may be speculation as DWM subscribers might start getting their issues and if its in there word will soon get out.
Its usually 3pm Thursdays
Gordon
August 16th, 2022 - 9:58amWell fingers crossed that we do get something this week. It’s about time that we get another release announced.
The ergon
August 16th, 2022 - 10:49amI know what you mean. Those standards are really slow at coming through. Wink,wink.
The ergon
August 16th, 2022 - 10:55amIncidentally gordon, it might be interesting and a bit of fun if you could compile a speculative list (when youre not too busy) of what you think the remaining collection trailers might look like.
Billy Hatnell
August 16th, 2022 - 12:00pmThe BBC normally release after 3pm, so we shall see. It’s someone who works for a Doctor Who organisation, it’s not embargoed just word of mouth. But we know Maureen and Peter filmed together for the trailer.
The ergon
August 16th, 2022 - 12:53pmHopefully in costume being chased by daleks.
Billy Hatnell
August 16th, 2022 - 3:20pmTold ya it was season 2
Bobby Fackrell
August 16th, 2022 - 3:32pmIt’s been announced on Instagram
D84
August 16th, 2022 - 3:39pmLove the trailer – got my order in (Amazon)
Yay 🙂
Gordon
August 17th, 2022 - 2:10amTrailers speculation list
Season 1: Susan with a dalek and the tardis shows up at the end implying the doctor has come back
Season 3: Steven reminiscing of season 3 post savages
Season 4: polly runs into the cybermen again
Season 5: old soldier Jamie
Season 6: Zoe on the wheel starts to remember
Season 7: silurans attack Benton at the car wash
Season 9: jo with some sea devils
Season 11: old hippie Yates
Season 13: zygons prequel
Season 15: leela and k9 at gallifrey
Season 16: something k9 related
Season 20: Something Amsterdam related
Season 21: something with doctors 5 and 6 together (only season trailer that you could do a multi doctor story)
Season 25: ace goes back to school with 7.
Hugh
August 11th, 2022 - 12:56pmIs Alexei Sayle on the commentary?
Gordon
August 11th, 2022 - 8:38pmYes he is.
Gordon
August 7th, 2022 - 11:00amI’m hearing that Dutch doctor who cosplay fans were invited to the filming locations of arc of infinity yesterday. What they didn’t expect was to go on a canal boat with Peter Davison, Janet fielding, Sarah Sutton and mark Strickson with a film crew. Yep they finally got round to filming that Amsterdam documentary
D84
August 7th, 2022 - 1:22pmHoorah, we may well see S20 within the next couple of releases then, yay
Gordon
August 3rd, 2022 - 2:02am3 bits of info I’ve found in the last few days.
1. Mark ayres posted a picture of a mixing chart on Saturday and said dunmixing. Peter Crocker responded saying “Just under six minutes. Smells a bit trailerish to me”
2. Matthew sweet tweeted on Sunday that he was filming an in conversation. No word on who it is. Assuming what mark was working on was the trailer for the next set I assume this conversation isn’t for the next set due to the trailer already being done and the trailer normally includes some footage of the in conversations. I suspect it’s mark Strickson as point 3 proves he’s in the U.K. at the moment.
3. Fantom films tweeted on Monday saying they had done a private signing with Mark Strickson (it was because he had to pull out of a convention they were hosting last month due to “a work schedule change”) with a picture of him with the river Thames in the background. This proves he’s definitely in the U.K. just now.
Auton
August 3rd, 2022 - 9:16amPerhaps an announcement tomorrow? Or hopefully next week?
D84
August 3rd, 2022 - 2:08pmOoooh excellent Gordon many thanks for the info as always
Gordon
July 24th, 2022 - 2:28pmFrom Janet fielding’s twitter:
Two days in the studio for
#BigFinish. And soon off to
Amsterdam for a few days of more
Whoishness. The Five Team Rides
Again watch out folks.
Well we all know why she’s going there
D84
July 24th, 2022 - 7:12pmYAAAAAY and about time too. Here comes Season 20 people
Auton
July 24th, 2022 - 9:53pmRight so season 20 will probably be after season 2 and 9
RPG74
July 24th, 2022 - 10:54pmIf the Amsterdam stuff hasn’t been filmed yet wouldn’t it mean 20 is more likely to drop early next year?
RPG74
July 24th, 2022 - 10:59pmNever mind. When I typed my comment, Auton’s comment wasn’t viewable for some reason. Early next year it is!
J45ON96
July 24th, 2022 - 11:20pmI would imagine Seasons 1 and 20 will be out next year for the 60th, and this seems to corroborate my suspicions
Gordon
July 25th, 2022 - 12:55amSeems an obvious choice for the 60th anniversary year
Potential extras excluding the trips to Amsterdam and Germany that we already know about:
Behind the sofa
The doctor’s table
Kings demons making of
Richard Hurndall tribute
Janet Fielding in conversation
Sarah Sutton in conversation
Studio footage (where available)
5.1 mixes for snakedance and enlightenment (might be a push but maybe 5 doctors too)
Alternative effects on the transmitted version of enlightenment (snakedance and kings demons I don’t think would really benefit from new effects)
The ergon
July 25th, 2022 - 1:14amI know its only 2 episodes but i really would like New Kamelion effects for kings, if just to match with those of planet of fire and also updated effects for The five Doctors rather than the dated blue swirls from the 2003 release also and i think you mentioned this before Gordon but the Enlightenment 4 parter with optional effects from the DVD black guardian trilogy. Well it is the 60th anniversary after all.
Prof Horner
July 25th, 2022 - 9:45amWhat reason would they be going to Germany? Well as long as we get season 2and 9 before this season 20 I will be happy. Truth is I haven’t seen most of this season for a long time . I only have the original DVD of The Five Doctors. To me there is a horrible flatness about this season. But I would like to be surprised. The extras are always interesting. Certainly Arc of Infinity and Enlightenment deserve another look. And the first four stories feature my favorite Doctor Who girl and what she does in here last story is very nice!
Bobby Fackrell
July 25th, 2022 - 10:24amAgreed 20 is rubbish apart from Enlightenment which I rate very highly and Nyssa is lovely I agree with Peter Davison it would have been much better if it was just the two of them the whole time
Gordon
July 25th, 2022 - 11:39amThe reason they did a road trip to Germany was because they were filming them travelling to a convention in kessell Germany which Peter Janet and Sarah were all attending together (all 3 at the same convention at the same time is said not to happen very often). On the plus side doing this gave them the idea of doing a similar one travelling to Amsterdam.
As for season 20 it’s a mixed bag. Arc of infinity isn’t anything special but I also don’t think it’s awful. It’s ok. Love the location stuff (I’ve actually been to Amsterdam so I’ve walked round it) but it really didn’t need to be in Amsterdam. Could have been anywhere. I like Snakedance but it doesn’t live up to the amazing kinda. Another sequel that doesn’t live up to the original. Mawdryn undead is fun with the brig being back even if it didn’t make much sense being a schoolteacher to me. Shame the script is a bit of a mess. Terminus is dull. Apart from Nysa leaving I don’t remember much of it. Enlightenment is excellent with a good guest cast. The kings demons is kind of nothing episodes. Why is the master in disguise and why is the disguise so rubbish. Plus kamelion is also rubbish.
Bobby Fackrell
July 25th, 2022 - 12:21pmThat’s actually a really good summary of series 20 Gordon I mostly agree with much of that. I would add it’s also very static particularly Mawdyn Undead I quite like Peter Moffat and love All creatures great and small but I don’t think he was very well suited to Doctor Who his episodes are very stagey and not visually engaging lacks the energy of directors like Peter Grimwade. Enlightenment is just such a shining gem, it’s not overlit the model work is superb and Peter is spot on, his Doctor is only as good as the scripts he was given with a good script his performances lift. Good point on sequels Kinda was excellent too, I think the whole of 20 is a disappointing sequel to a very under-rated and brilliant series 19 which was definitely the last season before the downfall
The ergon
July 25th, 2022 - 7:32pmThere are guilty pleasures in even the worst episodes though. Even some of the best stories can sometimes feel overrated.
Bobby Fackrell
July 25th, 2022 - 10:46pmTrue that I’ve never understood why Twin Dilemma is treated as the worst ever by many it’s not great but it’s not even the worst Colin Baker story for me and better than most of series 20
Prof Horner
July 25th, 2022 - 11:35pmThanks for clearing up the Germany trip Gordon. Yes I agree with your view on season 20. The King’s demons would have made more sense with The Monk in it. As you say The Master in disguise doing his french taughter act is very silly. It is almost like he is expecting The Doctor to turn up. Then there is the problem of Turlough in Mawdryn undead in episode 2 when the capsule disappears when Turlough canes comes out with that nonsense about something something warp something, why doesn’t The Doctor turn around to him and say how can a school boy at a dreadful minor public school know about any of that. It doesn’t make sense. As for Snakedance I did actually have it on my old sky box after recording off horror channel some years ago. But found it so deadly dull and boring didn’t get through the first episode. You are right about Enlightenment the late great Keith Barron was as always excellent, But the star of the show was I believe Christopher Brown with his creepy interest in Tegan.
The ergon
July 26th, 2022 - 12:31amEven something as excrable as The twin dilemma has its moments.
The ergon
July 26th, 2022 - 12:51amAlso i find that the 2 parters from PeterDavisons era might have benefited with an extra episode instead of trying to cram it all in and tying it all up in the last 25 minutes when it built up suspense in the opener, especially with a story like for example, The awakening. That might have worked so much better with that third episode. It might have helped trimming the fat off a few of those padded 4 parters to make up the difference.
Philip Shaw
July 26th, 2022 - 4:25pmIt was obviously J.N.T’s obsession with going abroad but why not? The Doctor and co spend much of their time landing in, London, or Sheffield recently, why not Spain, Amsterdam, Lanzarote, San Francisco, or Paris.
Bobby Fackrell
July 27th, 2022 - 7:46amBecause like everything else it was so contrived which only added to the pressure on the script writers. He would go on holiday and demand they fuse his holiday destinations into the stories.
Paris worked because it was an intricate part of the plot in City of Death and is a classic for it. The rest are there for the sake of it. It is the same mentality as having an Australian air stewardess companion to get popularity in Australia or American for the same reasons. Both Christopher H Bidmead and Eric Saward could not work with him, Bidmead walked and Saward bickered. All of his doctors complained they did not have a voice especially with their costumes, Peter Davison in particular claimed about the poor scripts in series 20 and the American companion citing these as reasons for leaving.
Filming aboard for the sake of it was damaging for the budget and the scripts, he just wanted to have a good time. This is the man who stopped using one of his very best directors because he didn’t get invited to lunch
Mark Moxham
July 27th, 2022 - 12:30pmSeason 20 was the reason Davison didn’t renew for a 4th year.
All the comments here are spot on.
So who would bother to buy the box se
Bobby Fackrell
July 27th, 2022 - 1:16pmI would for completion reasons, for Enlightenment and The Five Doctors, for the excellent VAM which is always so rich and enjoyable and for Nyssa taking her clothes off
Prof Horner
July 27th, 2022 - 2:43pmWell said Bobby, I certainly agree with everything you said in this post, particularly the last bit!
D84
July 27th, 2022 - 3:00pmI will absolutely be buying the S20 Boxset if / when it gets announced.
Not only for completion reasons but i do genuinely like some of the stories. For me, all seasons have high’s and lows, this is no different and each to their own
I am very much looking forward to having 27 of these boxes on my shelf one day.
I would also hope that the range expands over time to include “NuWho” bringing the total as we stand to 40 boxsets depending how they are grouped.
I’m sure my wife will continue to sigh at me just replying “right” when I tell her of my joy at opening another Amazon parcel to find one of these beautifully packaged boxsets inside
Bobby Fackrell
July 27th, 2022 - 6:02pmDo all series have lows?
1 – Sensorites is a little bit boring but not terrible
3 – Is pretty decent
5 – can’t think of any dodgy ones
6 – Krotons and Dominators get a little stick but I like them
7 – Solid
8 – Solid
10 – Solid
12-14 Solid
16 – Solid
19 – Solid (I like Time Flight)
26 – Solid
D84
July 27th, 2022 - 10:46pmApologies Bobby I meant that I guess there will always be someone who doesn’t like a story or 2 within a season. I’m with you on most of your “solid” notes – yes those seasons are generally great overall imo but I’m sure not everyone would agree.
Each to their own, I’m an invested fan – even though I discovered Who during the wilderness years when I was a kid, so I will buy it all regardless
Bobby Fackrell
July 28th, 2022 - 9:00amThat is the wonderful thing about Doctor Who it spans generations and has very distinctive eras which some love some don’t even now is the same.
Personally I can’t stand the Moffat years but love Jodie Whittaker and the Chibnall years and the abuse they get from some small corners on social media who are too offensive to be true Whovians is shameful
Gordon
July 29th, 2022 - 7:42amSeason 20 still has quite a lot to offer despite my issues with it. From Peter running around Amsterdam with rice crispies on his face to Janet’s performance in snakedance with Martin clunes’s outfit to the brig popping up (even if it didn’t make much sense him being there) and nyssa’s leaving to the whole of enlightenment. Even if I question his appearance and yes prof Horner is right about it suiting the monk more Anthony ainley hamming it up in bodham castle is still kind of entertaining in a sort of so bad it’s good kind of way. Finally the five doctors has a ton of rewatchability. I’m still buying it. Not just because I’m buying them all but I know the new special features will make these sets worth getting.
Every season and story has its fans. For every person that hates terminus or season 20 there is always someone out there that think it’s brilliant. I’m not a huge fan of season 17 and it has 2 of my most disliked stories on it (pit/nimon) but I know there is a section of fans that adore those stories. On the other end of the scale I really like season 24. I find it a lot of fun despite the flaws (and there is many) but I also know there is a section of the fan base that absolutely detests everything to do with this season. It’s ok to like a season or story but it’s also ok to dislike it.
Gordon
July 29th, 2022 - 8:29amBeen thinking of potential in conversations
Season 1: Carole Ann Ford/William Russell (if able)/Waris Husain
Season 2: Maureen O Brian/Richard Martin
Season 3: Peter Purvis
Season 4: anneke wills/Michael troughton
Season 5: Fraser Hines/David troughton
Season 6: Wendy Padbury
Season 7: Sean pertwee
Season 8: Katy Manning*
Season 9: Michael E Bryant
Season 10: Katy Manning
Season 11: Richard Franklyn
Season 12: Tom Baker*
Season 13: Sadie Miller
Season 14: Philip Hinchcliffe*
Season 15: Louise Jameson
Season 16: John Leeson
Season 17: Bob Baker*
Season 18: none*
Season 19: Peter Davison*
Season 20: Janet Fielding/Sarah Sutton
Season 21: Mark Strickson/Eric Sayward
Season 22: Colin baker/Nicola Bryant/Michael grade*
Season 23: Bonnie Langford*
Season 24: Sylvester McCoy*
Season 25: Andrew Cartmell
Season 26: Sophie Aldred
Wilderness: Paul mcgann/Eric roberts/Geoffrey sax/Philip segal/Richard E Grant (take your pick)
*= already released
Didn’t put John Levine as I didn’t think he needed one. Living with Levine covers his life and career perfectly.
Included both the troughtons and Sadie miller as all 3 have worked on the show (big finish counts in my book) and the troughtons would also have good insight into their father and in sadie’s case mother. Sean would have a good insight into his father plus his own career is fascinating.
Auton
July 29th, 2022 - 9:14amAll of those sound amazing, however I don’t think Sadie Miller, David or Michael Troughton will get one but hopefully they will be on behind the sofas or in an Patrick Troughton tribute. Sean Pertwee would be great to have an interview with but I don’t think it will be an in conversation just a normal interview like the one with Patricia Quinn or Deep Roy. William Russell would be amazing but he is 97 so idk if it will be possible. Paul Mcgann should definitely have one for Wilderness Years and perhaps Eric Roberts but all the others could be interviewed for a TV Movie Making of or just a normal interview.
Prof Horner
July 29th, 2022 - 10:00amSadly I don’t think we will get an interview with Richard Franklin for season 11.he didn’t look in good shape at the time of his last birthday.
Bobby Fackrell
July 29th, 2022 - 8:17pmI love Living with Levene it’s one of the best ever documentarys
I could take an in conservation with John too there’s something fascinating about the man, he’s is like Tom Baker in the way I could listen to him all day
Timelord
July 23rd, 2022 - 8:05pmSort of unrelated to this, But does anyone know if we’ll ever get series 9 & 10 steelbook released? Seems unlikely since it’s been over a year when series 8 was out.
Timelord
July 23rd, 2022 - 7:54pmSort of unrelated to this, but does anyone know if we’ll ever get a series 9 & 10 steelbook release?
Gavrok
July 29th, 2022 - 9:03amI don’t think it’s going to happen sadly. This is after an email sent to the DVD inquiry line https://twitter.com/_lenbewis/status/1539234543206551552?t=lA2-HgxVIiTXc9mYTNqUZQ&s=19
Prof Horner
July 18th, 2022 - 5:12pmStill no news on the next Blu ray box set. I am beginning to think we will be lucky to get even one more this year.
Any thoughts?
Bobby Fackrell
July 18th, 2022 - 5:32pmI’d be happy with just one more later in the year especially if it is series two, Christmas time would be nice
D84
July 18th, 2022 - 10:47pmYea it’s all gone a little quiet, wonder what the hold up is. I do hope the range continues and completes – now that I am invested
Bobby Fackrell
July 19th, 2022 - 1:45pmI think we have simply lost one release. 22 was suspected for March but came in June where as last year we had one in March, June and December so I think we’ll get one more late this year so too early for a trailer also if it is series two the 60s sets are much bigger, double the episode count and imagine much more tough to upscale
Daniel
July 20th, 2022 - 9:21amA friend who met Colin Baker said that Colin let slip the next release in October. Colin didn’t say which season box set
D84
July 20th, 2022 - 11:26amExcellent, i’m happy now 🙂
Ill take anything – i’m invested now so will get the whole range if i can
Max Kennedy
July 20th, 2022 - 12:57pmSomeone on Twitter did a fanart cover of Season 21 and Lee Binding replied on it saying that it looked dangerously close to his draft on the Boxset. I have a strong feeling Season 21 might be coming soon seeing that There’s been only one 5th Doctor Boxset so far.
Prof Horner
July 20th, 2022 - 1:30pmWell let’s hope this the case. If one is coming out in October there is still a chance we may get another one for Christmas. I am still hoping for season 9 this year along with season 2.
Gordon
July 20th, 2022 - 2:18pmAs he’s going to be doing them all Lee’s probably made draft versions for all of them at this point. I’m not so certain we are getting a Davison set just yet and if we are it’s more likely season 20. Firstly they are waiting on mark Strickson being in the U.K. so they can film extras. He was supposed to be over just now for a convention but he pulled out and whether or not he made it over to the U.K. is unknown. If he has made it over it’s probably too soon for filming for the next one. Secondly they only have 3 80s sets left and they just had 1. If the next one is a Davison release it only leaves 2 80s sets for the second half of the range. 3. Some Extras have already been filmed for season 20. 4. It’s the 60th anniversary next year and having a box set out of season 20 that features the first 6 actors that played the doctor on it would be fitting.
I think it will either be season 2 or season 9 next. We are overdue a black and white season and with no more animations in the works after abominable it surely seems like the time is right to go ahead with one and with season 2 behind the sofa already recorded according to Maureen o Brian and Peter purvis it seems like the most likely candidate. Failing that I’m going for season 9. Out of the 3 remaining pertwee seasons 9 seems most obvious. 7 and 11 need more work and season 9 has at least some regulars still with us for extras. Don’t think we will be getting a Tom this year. Got to leave at least some of his seasons for the second half of the range
Auton
July 20th, 2022 - 2:52pmIf Colin knows that one is being released in October then it must mean that he is on the behind the sofa for that season which is most likely season 2 or 9. I doubt it’s season 21 as they will probably want to save it for later due to it being the last season with Colin left to release. I agree with Gordon season 2 and 9 are highly likely and I’m rather excited for either of them being a huge Pertwee fan especially the sea devils and curse of Peladon and I do love the pure historicals of season 2 and the space museum is a hidden classic. I never got round to watching the commentary for fury from the deep, what did Michael Briant say which got everyone thinking they filmed stuff on the locations of The Sea Devils?
Prof Horner
July 20th, 2022 - 3:42pmAs far as the extras for season 9 are concerned. I can see a Matthew Sweet interview with Michael Briant. Plus maybe a piece on either Louis Marks ,Brian Hayles or Robert Sloman.
Auton
July 20th, 2022 - 4:17pmAll three of those writers would be interesting for a looking for. The in conversations are always amazing and now we know we can get more than one per set as seen with season 22, the possibilities for future interviews on many of the sets is going great.
Auton
July 20th, 2022 - 4:19pmAnd I am the doctor sung by Jon Pertwee will hopeful be on the season 9 set as well
Gordon
July 20th, 2022 - 11:13pmMichael E Bryant’s comment wasn’t actually about the sea devils. Michael said:
8:40 into episode 5 of the commentary for fury from the deep:
Michael E Bryant:I met her and her husband (June Murphy and Brian Cullingford) in er Margate a while ago when I was doing something for indeed this Blu-ray series.
Chris chapman clarified that It was referring to the making of for fury from the deep as that was filmed near Margate (which is about 100 miles from any of the sea devils locations) and was filmed quite a while before the commentary was recorded.
As for season 9 extras:
location location location season 9
More substantial making of for the time monster
Looking for Louis marks
Race against time with new voice over (replacing Noel Clarke)
Sea devils omnibus
Sea devils in 5.1
New effects on the mutants (would like the bird from time monster as well but mutants would probably benefit more from new effects than time monster)
Auton
July 21st, 2022 - 7:38amThank you for clarifying Gordon, all those possible season 9 extras would be amazing. What do you think there going to do with the making of for curse of peladon, as its in two parts and both parts are making ofs for both peladon stories are they going to duplicate and put both parts on both stories or part one on curse and part 2 on monster of peladon
Bobby Fackrell
July 21st, 2022 - 7:23pmWill they be removing Noel Clarke from series 1, 2 and 4 as well?
Richard
July 21st, 2022 - 9:18pmI feel I have outgrown New Who now, but I still love all the classics.
Gordon
July 21st, 2022 - 10:13pmObviously they would still keep Noel’s performance as Micky. It’s part of the show. You can’t get around that. I just don’t think it’s a good look still having him narrate (as himself) a documentary celebrating poc in the show when he has had allocations abuse and bullying of 26 women (a number of which are said to be of poc) regardless of his guilt or innocence. Considering how far things have changed since 2011I feel it could be done with a bit of an update and having the likes of Sasha dahwan or Mandip Gill narrating it could be the way to go
Bobby Fackrell
July 22nd, 2022 - 2:23pmMandip gets my vote I loves her
No one knows all the facts but between Clarke, Barrowman and Eccleston’s unhappiness with the production team it is obvious there was a lot of unprofessionalism going on it the time, I’m very uncomfortable with Russel T Davies returning as this all happened under his watch
Bushboy
July 17th, 2022 - 11:11pmDoes anybody know the release date for the Australian set? JB Hi Fi had it listed for September release but now it has reverted back to “Coming Soon”.
GeordieW
July 18th, 2022 - 2:39amI gave up and have ordered the UK set from Zavvi.
RPG74
July 18th, 2022 - 10:31amI initially decided to wait and purchase the standard version of this release, but for the last couple of weeks I’ve been wavering, wondering if I should pull the trigger now for the Limited. Well, given the problems highlighted here I’ll stick with my original plan. So thanks. However, if the problems described haven’t been corrected in time for the Standard version then I shan’t bother purchasing 22 at all. This sort of thing is unacceptable really and I don’t think it’s up to fans to simply tolerate it.
RPG74
July 18th, 2022 - 10:51amLol, the above comment was meant for Ian Cotterill, below, regarding mastering problems on the discs. You get the idea.
Rex Farrel
July 19th, 2022 - 6:36amRPG74: In all fairness, most people probably won’t notice or realise the glitches and gaffs (clearly they made it past the remastering team and BBC…). So you might be completely satisfied with it, as a lot of people are. I accept that I’m a nerd with a keen eye, so just more likely to spot these totally avoidable things. (A defeatist attitude, I know, but experience has taught me that such is life…)
Ian Cotterill
July 16th, 2022 - 12:48pmI just finished watching ‘Revelation of the Daleks’ and I could not help but notice a few remastering errors on the blu-ray.
For example, the cliffhanger recap has one shot over running, causing the next to last just half-a-second.
Also the updated cgi effect for Orcini’s explosive death is absent, leaving just the original effect, and there’s a white line running the top of the screen during the updated ‘flying Dalek’ scene. You also can’t get the cgi effects for the extended episode 1.
Plus, the 5.1 surround sound is slightly different from the dvd, with a couple of slightly abrupt music cuts.
All these weren’t enough to impede my enjoyment of the disc, but they’re enough to convince me that it’s worth keeping hold of the original DVD.
Rex Farrel
July 17th, 2022 - 11:51pmRevelation has quite a few gaffs, beyond the ones you mention (I’ll add your spots to the list, as I’d not got to those yet in my quick check). They were clearly rushing to get everything finished for release, when they really needed another couple of weeks. Or better QC people.
Ian Cotterill
July 18th, 2022 - 9:41amWhat other errors were there?
Rex Farrel
July 19th, 2022 - 1:00amThey’re mostly scaling, interlacing and noise reduction errors. Someone did things on auto without manual tweaking.
Ian Cotterill
July 20th, 2022 - 10:04pmI tried emailing the BBC DVD support about this, but have yet to get a reply.
the Ergon
July 21st, 2022 - 12:38amSomeone should to respond to this. Ignoring the vocal minority go away doesn,t bode well for future releases if there slapdash attitude is just to get them out without due care and attention. I,m getting season 12 vibes again here. I,m hoping these errors are fixed by the time the standard Issue comes out, though unlikely. I should definitely keep on at them if you are less than satisfied.
Rex Farrel
July 21st, 2022 - 4:38amIt would be nice if they addressed the problems, but I’m not hopeful now. What they can do is be more careful on future sets – get someone to watch the things when there’s still time to do something. I know many are looking forward to the b/w sets, but the increase in the number of episodes concerns me.
On Season 22, Timelash probably has the most glitches. The upscaling and noise reduction has damaged the original video effects, and shots with the new effects are at the wrong resolution (704 vs 720 pixels issues I think, for those of a nerdy disposition). You’ll notice horizontal picture size changing, and because the cut to the alternative shot isn’t always frame accurate you may spot the adjustment taking place early. This is easily fixable and avoidable, even if the people who did the CG got their figures wrong. But no one bothered – perhaps because it’s Timelash?
Thanks Ian for contacting BBC DVD though – they should know that people are noticing these things. I kind of gave up, but may send a note pointing out the signs of a rush job being evident. I’m actually embarrassed by some of the things I notice, because they’re so minor it makes me feel like a plonker for apparently spotting them when no one working on the sets did (or cared enough to do something). And it’s not like I’m even looking for them, to me they just stand out. I watched a Man in a Suitcase episode on Blu-ray today, never seen it before, but still spotted a little two frame attempted CGI fix (not something I was expecting, but I still noticed). It’s a curse, I tell thee!
the Ergon
July 21st, 2022 - 9:50amI want the best sets possible, that is the point of these after all. This does not sound like the best.
Erato
July 10th, 2022 - 6:40pmAnyone know why they didn’t do an extended part one of ‘The Mark of the Rani’ given that they offer the time coded deleted scenes as an extra?
Auton
July 10th, 2022 - 7:59pmIf you watch the deleted scenes, most of them are minor cuts to the opening and closing of scenes that made it in the show so they wouldn’t add much. Compared to the deleted scenes of Vengeance which has quite a few scenes which are full cut out scenes
SilentNinjaZero
July 10th, 2022 - 10:11amI ordered my UK set from Zavvi, but I’m down in NZ so didn’t get it till now. It came without any damage but has a fairly glaring manufacturing error. The edge of the back cover bleeds onto the spine so that there is a strip of blue. When lined up with the other sets it interrupts the uniform grey of the shelf.
Since Zavvi still has 22 in stock, is this something I could ask for a replacement for? It is minor but sticks out like a sore thumb on the shelf.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
booboo
July 10th, 2022 - 10:16amTechnically if a manufacturing error then its “faulty” so yes worth a try, some retailers will say it doesn’t effect the “performance” so will try and avoid.
SilentNinjaZero
July 10th, 2022 - 10:22amThanks for the info, will try my luck.
Bushboy
July 10th, 2022 - 11:50pmHiya.
I’m also in New Zealand and have considered using Zavvi as I would like to swap over to collecting the standard edition sets due to the annoying change in packaging after the first few sets. However I have heard a lot of complaints about them which has so far put me off. Please can you tell me if you have used them regularly and what your experience of them has been like?
Also if anyone knows of anyone else who will ship the standard sets to New Zealand I would be grateful to know.
Thanks.
SilentNinjaZero
July 11th, 2022 - 3:49am@Bushboy I got the first few UK sets from Amazon UK but they stopped shipping to NZ around the time 26 came out. Since then I’ve got the sets from Zavvi. I personally haven’t had any problems with them but have heard others complain. They ship the Collection sets in a wrap around cardboard box, all my sets from them have been pristine with no damage. I’ve also bought a few other things from them. I bought a Marvel blu-ray once and it never arrived, customer service quickly provided me with a replacement. Zavvi’s shipping in my case has been fairly quick too.
There don’t seem to be any other official retailers that sell them for standard price and ship to NZ. JB Hi-Fi and Amazon US/ AU have other versions ofc but not the UK type.
You can resort to ebay or trade me to get them, but it’s hard to find good options. There was a copy of 17 a while back on trade me that was normal price, but that’s the only time I’ve seen a normal price UK version there. Maybe someone else knows of other options? I think places like Galaxy 4 and the Who Shop have them too but they are marked up and shipping is expensive.
You can try Zavvi but it seems there is always some risk buying from them considering other people’s experiences. I may eventually have a bad experience but so far they have worked out for me.
Bushboy
July 11th, 2022 - 5:57amThat’s great. Thanks for your help.
Ben
August 4th, 2022 - 10:53pm@Bushboy: It looks like Zavvi AU doesn’t have all of the standard edition sets, but I think you can get the rest from Amazon AU which ships cheaply to NZ. Even if you just get 12 (Zavvi for $77NZD + shipping) and 19 (Amazon AU marketplace, $88NZD including shipping), as they’re the problematic ones and the standard blu ray cases are different enough to not seem like a production error on the shelf. I’ve used Zavvi before and haven’t had any problems with them.
Also, if you end up getting the standard edition sets, I started collecting the Australian releases quite late and because they’re harder to find, I’m still missing seasons 14, 18, and 19. [I live in NZ too, and I’m a student so I wouldn’t be able to buy them all at once. Buying overseas means you have to pay about $50 in shipping and import fees, so even if you put it for market price on trademe and flicked me a message that’d be appreciated]. My friend also collects them, so if you want to sell any of the others just message me / reply to this comment.
Ben
August 4th, 2022 - 11:00pmIt looks like you can get all of the standard editions on Zavvi except season 19 (which you can get on Amazon AU)
Bob
July 9th, 2022 - 5:39pmToday, Colin did a talk at the London Film and Comic Con and he mentioned that he was recording commentary for a Peter Davison Blu-Ray boxset.
Auton
July 9th, 2022 - 6:29pmMost likely for season 21 rather than season 20 as there is already a commentary for Arc of Infinity with Colin in so more likely a second commentary for The Twin Dilemma, either though he was in that commentary as well. I still think that the next Peter Davison set is Season 20
Roy ward
July 8th, 2022 - 1:40pmGot my replacement for season 22 from amazon. Got no responce from zavvi through email return or online support best they could offer was a £5 off voucher. They had my item back yesterday as i had it tracked. And after sending back at my expence. Zavvi can think again if they want me back! My bank will force a refund back.
Rob W
July 10th, 2022 - 3:16pmChargeback from your bank mate. Had a damaged Steelbook Zavvi refunded and no need to return the damaged item. You are also entitled to any return postage costs too.
Rex Farrel
July 5th, 2022 - 7:37amI’ve seen a few signs of this release being rushed, several silly and easily fixed/avoided mistakes and glitches. Before I do a list (Who fans love lists), is anyone else seeing (de)interlacing errors on red video effects? Timelash and Revelation in particular – pause the picture and advance through on the shot of Davros hovering and see if there’s combing (original and CGI versions). It’s not the worst example, but it’s the one I’ve tested most and everything is pointing to it being burnt in to some degree because I can’t get rid of it all (if I’m right, it’s a lack of manual tweaking after processing, indicating a rush job – like when people used to encode dvds at a fixed bitrate and to hell with the bursts of blocking). It doesn’t affect every field of the effect, just some – and is visible on normal viewing, which is why I initially thought it was player or TV related.
Mark Moxham
July 5th, 2022 - 12:14pmSo is it worth buying? Still haven’t made the decision.
D84
July 5th, 2022 - 1:53pmOf course its worth buying – its part of “The Collection” 🙂
Ray cole
July 5th, 2022 - 3:15pmMy collection boxset of season 22 has just arrived from zavvi, and its very badly damaged, so bad its going back and im cancelling my agreement with them, fed up with the late orders excuses and damage.
Mark
July 5th, 2022 - 4:19pmI’m not overly knowledge on the visual effects work on Classic-Who, but I’m certain that on many of the dvd releases, having watched them all 2 years ago, you would definitely get static interlaced lines – both horizontally and vertically, and some of the very early dvd releases (The Two Doctors, Remembrance of the Daleks) were either very blurry/grainy, or frame ghost-y when it came to visual effects. Looking at the Blu Ray of S22, the image is much crisper, and it’s exposed very fine vertical lines, notably the very first Tardis scene with The Second Doctor and Jamie.
In Classic Who, you also get what I guess is Dv-tape sensitivity to loud noises – my top example is Nyder’s men firing machine guns at The Fourth Doctor and Harry in Genesis of the Daleks – these huge horizontal rainbow lines sortof spray all over the screen, and vibrate to the rapid shots, and kinda float there on the screen for a while.
Even with Attack of the Cybermen about a decade after Genesis, all the underground worker’s torches leave shapes in the air as they move – not technically interlacing, but still artefacts due to the nature of the dv-tape cameras.
My guess with what you’re describing, could be that the Blu Ray is exposing those lines for the first time, since it was never intended for HD 1080p broadcast (I think it was for 576 lines) wheras the DVD was about… 2005? On top of that dvd image is very compressed, and could’ve been neatly concealing any fine artefacts such as additional lines. So I think it is possible that further seasons could potentially show up more artefacts due to clarity.
Rex Farrel
July 5th, 2022 - 6:53pmMark: I’d never complain about the analogue artefacts, which I expect to see (and quite like – the microphony and multi-gen ringing you mention are as much a part of Who as the Daleks to me!). These are horizontal HD scanlines, i.e. 1080 res, too fine for original 576 (yep, you’re spot on there). It feels as if they needed another couple of weeks max to make little further tweaks to the discs.
Gavrok
July 5th, 2022 - 8:14pmGlad it’s not just me Ray – ordered from Zavvi because they had season 17 in stock. Bought that and 22 and the disc tray was dislodged for 17 and 22 was badly battered in one corner to the point it’s torn the box! Only bought from Zavvi as the price was discounted but never again.
Mark N
July 6th, 2022 - 10:32amWell season 22 has just arrived from zavvi, and its got damage, so this can go back, so ive got to wait even longer now. The boxset arrived with the front right hand side all squashed in and two discs are broke and loose inside, just ordered a replacement from hmv now, and want full refund from zavvi, never using them again.
Roy ward
July 6th, 2022 - 10:56amMy season 22 has come, damaged , with all discs dislodged, two are broke, and the front cover is badly dented, and a big crease across the middle, going back to zavvi for full refund and will never use them again.
daz
July 6th, 2022 - 7:29pmI get mine from Amazon these days (oh how I miss Zoom).
I got mine with a slight bulge on the front cover, not from the delivery but a production issue when cardboard was glued in place. As these are limited edition I requested a replacement which came back perfect.
Amazon’s return/replace process is very easy with a few clicks in the App. Replacement comes within 24 hours too.
The days of these selling out are long gone which makes it less stressful although I imagine high demand for Season 13 when it eventually comes and maybe some of the 60’s sets.
Timelord 1944
July 4th, 2022 - 3:22amIts a shame that the producers of these disc were unable to source the original location film for The Two Doctors. Perhaps they couldn’t come to an agreement with the private collector who owns it. Don’t suppose we’ll ever see this story in its best form now.
Mark
July 4th, 2022 - 9:40amI keep reading this online also.
Without full context of the conversations, looking at the situation as a fan, yes there was an opportunity to scan the film and allow the fans a digital copy within this box set, and that’s on the collector for deciding not to do that, not the restoration team or the beautiful work put into this season.
The footage already exists as is shown in ‘The Two Doctors’ be it at a lower resolution, however I think Season 22’s Collection does a decent job on image quality, especially when compared with the rest of the classic era.
So I don’t think it’s any loss on the restoration work on this box set, it’s only on the collector for deciding not to share the film. For the sake of preserving, I would personally get the film professionally rescanned asap.. because film fades, I mean why wouldn’t you.
Timelord 1944
July 5th, 2022 - 10:26pmMark I agree. The set is beautifully done, as are all the sets are. It was just a niggle. The film needs proper preservation but its absence doesn’t detract from this superb set and the excellent work done.
Bob
July 3rd, 2022 - 4:30pmGermany is getting a Blu-Ray release of The Seeds of Death which is very strange as there has been no equivalent release in the UK. Could this mean that a Season 6 The Collection boxset is potentially on the way?
Gordon
July 3rd, 2022 - 9:04pmApparently it’s just an upscale done by polyband rather than a collection style remastering done by Peter Crocker/mark ayres
Type 40
July 2nd, 2022 - 1:18amHas anyone else had an issue while watching Behind the Sofa on Mark of the Rani? As Luke goes into the dell my screen froze and I had to hard reboot my player. It played okay when I loaded it up again so it could have been a one off glitch.
Mark
July 2nd, 2022 - 11:44amHow I wish my Blu Ray player would auto play a sample of “Attack of the Cybermen”‘s music track whenever a disc error occurs haha.
Alzie Who
July 2nd, 2022 - 3:01pmYes. Same occurred, had to totally reboot
Type 40
July 2nd, 2022 - 11:48pmThanks Alzie Who – at least I know it’s not my player. If it’s a widespread fault I wonder if they’ll offer replacement discs?
Gordon
July 3rd, 2022 - 1:02amMine was fine
daz
July 3rd, 2022 - 11:58amMine was fine too. You might need to do a firmware update if your BR player connects to the internet.
D84
July 1st, 2022 - 3:05pmIs Disc 6 supposed to be “Just” Part One of “The Two Doctors”? Albeit in extended format?
I was expecting the whole story to be available but mine just plays an extended part one then goes back to the menu.
Is this how it is supposed to be? Seems a bit disappointing
Auton
July 1st, 2022 - 6:35pmYou’ll have to watch normal part 2 and 3 on the other disc after watching the extended part 1
Gordon
July 1st, 2022 - 10:49pmI’d assume there probably wasn’t the disc space to include the whole thing. I do think it would have worked better if they had put it on the first 2 doctors disc and moved over the making of to the second disc.
Bobby Fackrell
July 1st, 2022 - 11:47pmIs it worth watching part one extended? What extra scenes do we get? Is there more of Peri with her top off?
Erato
July 7th, 2022 - 7:03amI’d have thought the last thing this set needed was an extended version of The Two Doctors. It’s so long, and riddled with exposition.
Bobby Fackrell
July 7th, 2022 - 10:10pmTrue that! Watching it again on this box set I think it gets worse and worse as it goes along
D84
July 7th, 2022 - 10:19pmReally? I love The Two Doctors as a story.
Each to their own I guess
Bobby Fackrell
July 18th, 2022 - 5:34pmPatrick Troughton is the best Doctor, Robert Holmes is the best writer but you can’t polish a turd
Coleman
June 25th, 2022 - 11:31amBeen very lucky with this Collection set. It had been thrown over the back garden 6 foot wall onto the patio. It was (unusually) only in a large padded envelope.
So if it wasn’t damaged in the fall I wondered if it had rained at all and damaged the pack.
Luckily it was perfect.
Rob W
June 25th, 2022 - 12:43pmBloody hell, nice work by hour delivery driver/postman!
Doug Who
June 25th, 2022 - 7:53pmGood grief! Amazing it wasn’t damaged Coleman but pleased for you it’s intact. I’m really lucky with my postie!
Hope you enjoy the set. Just watched ‘Timelash’ which even the new effects could not begin to save although at least the tinsel is now obscured!
The interview with Nicola Bryant is an absolute highlight however. So open and honest. Her memories of Dursley McLinden are incredibly moving. It somehow makes the whole period even worse considering how appallingly she was treated. In Richard Marson’s book Nicola relates an incident with Nathan-Turner that is the single most horrible thing I’ve ever heard about to do with ‘Who’. Her strength is so apparent in the interview with Matthew Sweet and it is to her enormous credit she still is so positive about the show.
D84
June 25th, 2022 - 8:52pmOn wow, glad your set is ok Coleman.
I have always got my sets from Amazon and they all know to leave my parcels in the shed safe and sound if I’m not in.
Mine too was in a slightly padded envelope this time – not the usual wrap box, thankfully perfect condition so happy days.
Bring on the next set!!
Coleman
June 26th, 2022 - 12:00amThanks Guys. Yes when I saw the padded envelope I feared the worst, I’m glad it hasn’t been raining recently either. Usually comes from Amazon in a strong cardboard box like D84 mentioned.
Should imagine it’s cost cutting measures.
Bobby Fackrell
June 26th, 2022 - 10:12pmWatching the Nicola interview now, very disturbing stories about JNT he clearly wasn’t right
Mark N
July 7th, 2022 - 11:49amLucky you, my season 22 set came all crushed up down the right hand side with discs all in bits and pieces and 5mm hole in the middle of the back cover, it arrived with no cellophane or j card. In an undamaged but very tight cardboard box, no protection or bubble warp, and the retailer needs proof of purchase. But had no handling work sheet or reciept. I must send the item back at my own cost.
Last time I’m ordering from zavvi, will use Amazon from now on.
booboo
July 7th, 2022 - 12:00pmYou should get a refund on post when you return a damaged item.
did you not get a confirmation email of order even as a guest?
Bank /credit card statement as proof of purchase ?
Mark N
July 7th, 2022 - 1:29pmThanks for the reply booboo , but I spent 2 weeks chasing up this so called preorder, which was done on the day of announcement, not only was the item delayed by over 2 weeks now, they want proof of purchase, for the refund.
Which to me sounds daft if the item was preorderd in the first place,surely they must know or have a track records. As to email notifications, not every order taken from zavvi, but every order from hmv or Amazon. My replacement has now arrived from hmv, which was a very good quick turn around. I’m never using zavvi for preorders again. And looking at hmv’s quality of service, the item is still in its cellophane, and has its j card, and not a scratch or mark anywhere, together with the worksheet and reciept. How zavvi refunds me will be when I visited my bank I’m affraid.
I’ve been trying all morning to sort this out.
MIKK89
July 7th, 2022 - 7:38pmMark M, If you ordered through Zavvi, you should have a email receipt as the proof of purchase, as well as an email to tell you when said item was dispatched so if you find them send them to Zavvi, you should get an answer back… they do have records but unless your the only person who orders off of their website, they need the order code… sometimes I found the receipt was in my junk folder, no real reason why, just got sent their as spam for some reason…
Mark N
July 8th, 2022 - 12:22pmThanks to MIKK89 , but unfortunately zavvi did not accept my order return as it arrived ‘opened’ they offered me a £5 money back offer for my next order. The bank got me my £52 back. The email response was never sent, when it should have, and is nowhere in spam or where ever. I should point out that I had to wait far longer than necessary for this order, many others I know had theirs over 2 weeks before me. That’s the whole idea of preordering. So you get it on or around day of release, but offering me £5 off after being charged£52. No thanks.
I often use Amazon and regularly use hmv, these two between them are upfront, having to force money back of someone tells me their not worth it. And I’ve got to say it but I miss zoom as I used them alot also. But because of the sale rights issues they can no longer sell BBC titles.
booboo
July 8th, 2022 - 12:49pmZoom has shut down, it was never going to work, total waste of a good company.
Ray cole
July 8th, 2022 - 1:19pmWell got my replacement 22 off hmv, so can sit back and enjoy! Zavvi only offer a 5 pound gift voucher, no refund.
So im not using them again. Cost me over £47.50 extra.
I can leave this for barclays to sort out. But reading others on here with similar issues. I too never get sent email notifications nor receipts, the box they use is too small. My hmv order arrived in a box roughly 10 cm larger all round, with bubble wrap foam. And im delighted that hmv are offering me £5 off my next collection boxset with them.
MIKK89
July 8th, 2022 - 5:48pmTo Mark N, That’s unusual, I rarely use Zavvi to get the Limited Edition versions (tend to get the Standard Versions) but to hear the lack of care they have put into these is disgusting as it wouldn’t be too difficult. I have a few items for pre-order with them over the next few months…
Mark N
July 8th, 2022 - 6:40pmMIKK89 i have my fingers crossed for you, and hope they do well with you. But if the hat fits keep it, as i say, i never usually have abad thing to say about anyone, but 6 hours to sort out what order was, and on top of that it was over 2 weeks late. Zavvi makes no mention about email replys unless yo state it to them. Etc. Interesting that i hear that zavvi are looking to close its daventry site and move out.
But i take rumours with a pinch of salt until proven. Anyway ive got my boxset now at last, got a good weekends worth, ive already been looking at some of it.
Season 22 is not my top one, but its worth the buy in order to have a complete collection. Season 13 will be good when thats issued.
Mark Needles
July 15th, 2022 - 8:48pmIve watched almost all of 22, not my most watched of the seasons, will definitely get 13 when available. I read with interest that in New Zealand Amazon.Com don,t supply the boxsets out there. Which seems very odd, considering I can buy anything who related, in New Zealand or Australia.
Mind you , the seven day wait is panic enough.
Doug Who
June 23rd, 2022 - 5:05pmAlthough this is by far my least favourite series of ‘Who’, this is still a fantastic set and well worth having! So much to enjoy on the extras.
The new interview with Colin Baker is lovely and often very moving. So good to hear his experience on the show in the context of his wider career and his life. Matthew Sweet is a wonderful interviewer. Equally the interview with Michael Grade is really interesting, and it is hard not to disagree with some of his views on the series as it was at the time. Having said that, the way the cancellation was handled was disingenuous and unprofessional to say the least.
At the time, I enjoyed the dark humour and quite contemporaneous themes of ‘Vengeance on Varos’ and ‘Revelation of the Daleks’, but the overall series felt more and more self-indulgent and frequently gratuitously nasty and I didn’t enjoy the rather theatrical persona of the Sixth Doctor so much. The behind the scenes ructions are almost more compelling than the series itself!
Philip Shaw
June 24th, 2022 - 8:43amYour right i agreed with a lot of points Grade made, he’s still a slimy toad not unlike Sil, but how was dr Who going to compete with the likes of Star wars on the ever decreasing meagre budget they were given. I think they did rather well considering.
Doug Who
June 24th, 2022 - 10:16amFor the 60s and 70s, I think ‘Who’ did very well often leading the field with a lot of visual effects with no time and a meagre budget. For example ‘The Invisible Enemy’ did some fantastic model work that looked just as good as many film effects. One of the issues was inconsistency, the same story’s Nucleus being an obvious example! Perhaps also the problem was that by the time the 80s rolled around, ‘Who’ began to lag behind as the technology and budgets exponentially increased so the difference between genre film and tv widened.
Anyway, unlike ‘Star Wars’ and its ilk, ‘Who’ generally had infinitely more imagination and originality (and wit). Television, in my opinion is quite a different medium to film anyway (perhaps less so these days unfortunately) and it has become boring that everything needs to look like an American ‘blockbuster’ to be of worth!
I agree with you, Philip that often, they did incredibly well considering the resources they were given. It was the scripts that were the main problem and responsible for those were the script editor and producer.
Tim
June 25th, 2022 - 10:15amI preferred it to Trial of a Timelord. The Theatrical Doctor is exactly the problem for me.
Bobby Fackrell
June 26th, 2022 - 3:22pmThe Robert Holmes interview is over 90 minutes long!
Fantastic