I just want to know when Trial of a Timelord is going to get released on DVD in Australia.
Trial of a Timelord DVD Release in Australia
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I just checked Wikipedia's list and apparently the date has not been announced yet, which is odd considering the set is already out in the US (R4 usually beats R1) and comes out in a week on R2 (which is also odd considering the DVDs usually come out on R2 first).
I'll still be getting it, crap or not. I quite like Colin and the Sixth Doctor.
That's weird that it came out on R1 before R2. R4 for Doctor Who is usually a month or 2 behind R2.
All Doctor Who releases in Australia are on the first Thursday of the month.
The Brain of Morbius was released in Australia on Thursday, 2nd October.
The War Machines will be released on Thursday, 6th November.
Nothing has been announced yet for the December release but I would expect it to be Four to Doomsday (R2 October) then Trial of a Timelord (R2 October) in January then Battlefield (R2 late December) in February as they only release one a month unless it is a boxset.
Robert Holmes @ death's door still be better than the crap dribbled by Pip & Jane Baker.
They got lucky with Terror Of The Vervoids - compare it to the Ultimate Foe which was the last two parts of ToaTL not to mention Time and The Rani
Terror of the Vervoids is easily my favorite of the four serials. Fun murder mystery, good introduction for Mel (and the one time she does scream, it's appropriate), and very few court interruptions.
They got lucky with Terror Of The Vervoids - compare it to the Ultimate Foe which was the last two parts of ToaTL not to mention Time and The Rani
It's not brilliant, but considering the time and the complications they were troubled with, it's not bad. It starts off well with all the 'Seventh Seal' stuff, and it's quite atmospheric with the night shooting around the mill. The ending is execrable, but it was dictated by JNT, so there wasn't much they could do.
I tend to think Pip 'n' Jane get a rough ride from fans. They were by no means the best writers the series ever had, but their stories are usually decent enough, and often written under trying circumstances. Time and the Rani was always going to be a thankless task, especially coupled with JNT's idea that the Doctor should have amnesia for most of the story, but it's better than The Twin Dilemma.
I think The Mark of the Rani is probably the best of the previous season too. Not an all-time classic, and Revelation is arguably the better story, but it feels like proper Who.
I have this box set now, and I *love* it. Thanks to coupons and sales, I ended up paying under 40 bucks for the whole thing. Go me!
After watching it, I had a conversation with an online friend about it who talked about the ending not making sense. I think it makes perfect sense, and I wonder what others here think about it. Here's what I'm talking about:
The Doctor is pulled out of time and taken to this space station. He witnesses an adventure from his relative past. He then witnesses an adventure that had just happened to him immediately before he was pulled out of time. He has no idea what has happened to his companion Peri.
He stays on the station and, using the Matrix, finds an adventure from his relative future with that future companion, the annoying Mel. They witness the adventure on the screen. He goes back into the Matrix, does his song and dance, then comes back out. He then leaves with the annoying Mel.
For *him* this is their first actual introduction. For *her* they've been traveling together for some unknown amount of time. For a time traveler, this makes perfect sense. Indeed, this very same concept was used in the fourth season two-parter with the Tenth Doctor in the library. There, River had known him for a long time - from her perspective. The Doctor had just met her, so it was an introduction from his perspective.
Being a time traveler, I would think things like this happened all the time. Like with the Shakespeare episode, where the Queen sees him and wants him dead. Well, he hasn't met her yet, but she has met him.
To me, it makes perfect sense. To him, it made no sense whatsoever.
What do you think?
After watching it, I had a conversation with an online friend about it who talked about the ending not making sense. I think it makes perfect sense, and I wonder what others here think about it. Here's what I'm talking about:
The Doctor is pulled out of time and taken to this space station. He witnesses an adventure from his relative past. He then witnesses an adventure that had just happened to him immediately before he was pulled out of time. He has no idea what has happened to his companion Peri.
He stays on the station and, using the Matrix, finds an adventure from his relative future with that future companion, the annoying Mel. They witness the adventure on the screen. He goes back into the Matrix, does his song and dance, then comes back out. He then leaves with the annoying Mel.
For *him* this is their first actual introduction. For *her* they've been traveling together for some unknown amount of time. For a time traveler, this makes perfect sense. Indeed, this very same concept was used in the fourth season two-parter with the Tenth Doctor in the library. There, River had known him for a long time - from her perspective. The Doctor had just met her, so it was an introduction from his perspective.
Being a time traveler, I would think things like this happened all the time. Like with the Shakespeare episode, where the Queen sees him and wants him dead. Well, he hasn't met her yet, but she has met him.
To me, it makes perfect sense. To him, it made no sense whatsoever.
What do you think?
I found out.
It's November according to the ABC Shop website.
Thanks anyway Guys
It's November according to the ABC Shop website.
Thanks anyway Guys
According to Ezydvd.com.au (quite reliable) Trial of a Timelord will be released in Australia on Thursday, 2nd of January 2009 (link).
Also to be released:
The War Machines - Thursday, 6th of November 2008
Four to Doomsday - Thursday, 4th of December 2008
Doctor Who: Season 4 - Thursday, 4th of December 2008
So with Trial of a Timelord Boxset in January 2009, I would assume that Battlefield will be the February 2009 release.
Weird. Australia gets the Trial of a Time Lord after R1 but get the War Machines first.
You know, I have never seen this. I always wanted to, but it was never available here. Now I can go rent it from Netflix. Yay!
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