"When did they last show something worth watching?" - Vengeance on Varos Special Ed!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

The special edition re-release of Vengeance on Varos is due to be release on September 10th according the latest DWM!

[SiHart]

Extras:

5.1 mix of the soundtrack
mono audio track featuring raw studio sound during the recording of the episode
isolated music score, both original and 5.1 mix
Nice Or Nasty, a feature on the production of the story, which includes contributions from Nabil Shaban (Sil), Sheila Reid (Etta), Philip Martin (writer), Eric Saward (script editor), and Jonathan Gibbs (composer)
The Idiot's Lantern, on how Doctor Who has used television
Tomorrow's Times, with Sarah Sutton presenting media coverage of the Sixth Doctor
excerpt from Saturday Superstore
French and Saunders, unused sketch filmed on The Trial Of a Time Lord trial set (originally released with The Curse of Fatal Death on VHS)
BBC News reporting on the casting of Colin Baker
Breakfast Time, with Frank Bough interviewing Colin Baker
The "acid bath" scene from episode two with alternative music

[Anthony Williams]

That sounds rather good. Better than the original release, I hope!

[SiHart]

Exclusive preview and glimpse of the new cover here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u68WT...&feature=g-u-u

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Good stuff! Love that cover! You can kind of see Sil's point about Peri

[Anthony Williams]

That cover's a lot better! I assume it's another Lee Binding one!

Also, I wish Saward HAD asked Harold Pinter to write a Doctor Who story, too! Whether or not he'd have done it is another matter... and if he had, whether or not it'd have been any good would be another matter too!

[Terry Leptil]

I recently heard a rumour this may come out in a Revisitations 4 set with The Aztecs and The Claws of Axos (of which Katy Manning has filmed a new special feature) but who knows?

[SiHart]

I'd heard that rumour too, but seeing this previewed in the new DWM makes it seem unlikely that the set is happening. Maybe they have other plans for the other two stories mentioned?

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

I'm seriously not impressed by the idea of having to re-purchase either of those two stories.

[SiHart]

It's not confirmed, so you may still have a choice yet Richard!

[Anthony Williams]

I'd re-purchase Claws (they've apparently made significant progress on the RSC process since they originally released it), but not Aztecs. If they came together, I'd get the set. But I'd really rather see The Green Death done better...

[Si Hunt]

I'll buy anything with the Doctor Who logo on it. I moaned about Varos but I'm still going to buy it.

Si.

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

Cover...

[SiHart]

Well it's better than the last two!

[Andrew Curnow]

Nice enough... although it does look a bit like the Sixth Doctor's put together a vent' act, with Peri as a rather more aggressive Orville!!

[SiHart]

"Pretty Peri!"

[Dave Tudor]

Nice enough... although it does look a bit like the Sixth Doctor's put together a vent' act, with Peri as a rather more aggressive Orville!!

Sil: "I 'ate that duck, eth-eth-eth-th-th-th-th."

I can't decide whether that cover is brilliant or terrible.

[Andrew Curnow]

Peri: I wish I could fly, right up to the sky.
Dr: Fly? Fly?! FLY?!!

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

I can't decide whether that cover is brilliant or terrible.

Do you know Dave I think that pretty much sums up my feelings too.

In my case I think it's the choice to put birdlike Peri rather than topless Jason Connery that's causing me to question it.

[Rob McCow]

It looks to me like the Doctor is about to hurl Peri as far as he possibly can. 'The fledgling flies the coop?'

[SiHart]

Oh it's on its way apparently. For some reason I wasn't expecting this one just yet.

[Si Hunt]

I can feel the excitement in your words, Si.

Si.

[SiHart]

It's one of a very few that i didn't straight away the first time round, so that probably tells you what you need to know...

[Richard Brinck-Johnsen]

By contrast I might actually go and buy this right away as I could use a treat.

[SiHart]

I'm probably being very unfair to this DVD. I'll let you know next week