You blind male fool! Mara Tales on DVD - Out Now!

[SiHart]

Classic DW on Twitter have released a trailer for the Mara Tales boxset, with the tagline coming 2011...

So I guess Kinda and Snakedance will be on the way next year!

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

What's the twitter id for that, Si?

Si.

[SiHart]

@classicDW I think- can't acces it at work though. If you can see who I'm following, you'll find it there.

Si xx

[Perry Vale]

Excellent. Looks like nice CGI too!

[Larry]

So I guess Kinda and Snakedance will be on the way next year!

Si xx

always felt that these were the two stories that should of been released for the Tegan Tales, and can't understand why they were'nt

[Jamie McCrimmon]

Ooh next year's looking good! And expensive, so far...

[Si Hunt]

Is it me or does the scene in the trailer where Hindle screams "PUT THE LIGHT ON!" look as though the RT have fiddled and darkened it? Obviously the original scene would have been dark, and I haven't checked, but I doubt it was originally THAT dark, was it?

Si.

[Jonno]

always felt that these were the two stories that should of been released for the Tegan Tales, and can't understand why they were'nt

I guess the answer to that is that this way we get two boxsets, whereas the other way we'd only have got one! And apart from the nicely designed boxes they come in, they also work out cheaper than individual releases.

[Rob McCow]

but I doubt it was originally THAT dark, was it?

I hope it doesn't mara your enjoyment of the episode.

[Andrew Curnow]

Mara-based puns? Oh for goodness snake!

[Paul Monk]

That joke was a load of cobras.

[Si Hunt]

It's more than I can snake.

Si.

[Matthew T]

I've Adder nuff

[Si Hunt]

Saw mention in DWM that there is new CGI in this set. Did we know this? Do you think they have a go at the Snake? There's little other visual effects work in these two stories is there? No guns or anything.

Si.

[SiHart]

We sort of knew from the Coming Soon trail that was posted sometine recently. It looked rather good.

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

I saw that but I don't remember seeing a new snake. Was there one?

Perhaps I just thought I was remembering the old Snake as better than it was!

Si.

[SiHart]

Extras:

Kinda:

00:34:04:13 DREAM TIME - THE MAKING OF 'KINDA'
00:04:41:17 KINDA - PHOTO GALLERY
00:22:57:00 PETER GRIMWADE - DIRECTING WITH ATTITUDE...
00:14:35:02 DOCTOR WHO - KINDA - DELETED & EXTENDED SCENES
00:01:49:04 (EPISODE FOUR CGI SEQUENCE)
00:01:33:21 (CGI EFFECTS COMPARISON)
00:04:12:16 (TRAILS & CONTINUITY)

Snakedance:
00:24:39:01 SNAKE CHARMER - THE MAKING OF 'SNAKEDANCE'
00:03:04:22 (DELETED SCENE)
00:06:48:01 (IN STUDIO)
00:05:20:11 (PHOTO GALLERY)
00:14:16:17 IN CONVERSATION CHRIS BAILEY & ROB SHEARMAN
00:14:16:03 (SATURDAY SUPERSTORE)

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AVV274604

Si xx

[Andrew Curnow]

Kate Bush and Rob Shearman, eh. Sounds exciting.

[Jason Thompson]

No guns or anything.

Well, if they could digitaly remove the 'Blue Peter made with a shoebox and kids megaphone toy held together with sticky-backed plastic and painted green' guns in Kinda and replace them with something a little less comical it might be good....

[SiHart]

Some artwork:



Si xx

[Dino]

That's really impressed me! They really make a great box design compared to individual releases?

[Dirk Gently]

I want one of those mugs!!

I wonder if we get one free with every purchase?

[SiHart]

I'm delighted to see the return of the Hexagon motif.

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

It looks like every other box set design to me!

Si.

[Zbigniev Hamson]

Why is the design for the whole box set basically just the same as the Snakedance cover, but with a different Davison pic and Martin Clunes reversed? And no I'm not really expecting an answer.