Monday, January 14, 2008

DOCTOR WHO-NEW SERIES 3 TV DVD REVIEW


The third season starts off with a whole new companion! The series stars David Tennant as the doctor with Freema Agyeman as Dr. Martha Jones. It was nice not to see Rose in this series. Her character was getting all too mighty and the character needed a rest, although I hear that she will be in the last few episodes of the upcoming fourth season.

This season also had the yearly Christmas special entitled “The Runaway Bride” with Catherine Tate as the bride. The season itself was up and down this year with some fantastic episodes such as Human Nature/The Family of Blood, Blink and Utopia to the downright disappointing Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks and the Last of the Timelords. This set has quite a few extras such as audio commentaries on all 14 episodes and there are also outtakes, deleted scenes with Freema Agyeman’s and David Tennant’s video diaries and the confidential cut-down documentaries and Dr Who BBC trailers.

VIDEO

The video quality is quite good being filmed on Digibeta! Excellent quality. There is also a Play All feature for every disc.


Audio

Was originally recorded in Mono. It is also able to hear it in 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound.

Disc 1- 1. “The Runaway Bride”-with Catherine Tate (60 mins)
2. “Music & Monsters”-Confidential Documentary” (58:29)

Disc 2- 1. “Smith & Jones”-with Roy Marsden (44:27)
2. “The Shakespeare Code”-with Angela Pleasance (45:43)
3. “Gridlock” (44:59)

Disc 3- 1. “Daleks In Manhattan” (46:53)
2. “Evolution of the Daleks” (46:26)
3. “The Lazarus Experiment”-with Mark Gatiss (43:05)
4. “42” (45:29)

Disc 4-1. “Human Nature” (45:00)
2. “The Family of Blood” (42:56)
3. “Blink” (43:42)

Disc 5-
1. “Utopia”-with Derek Jacobi (45:53)
2. “The Sound Of Drums”- with John Sims (46:12)
3. “The Last of the Timelords” (51:24)



Disc 6- Doctor Who Confidential (Cutdown Versions)

1. “Meet Martha Jones”-(13:09)
2. “Stage Fright”-(11:55)
3. “Are We There Yet”-(11:47)
4. “A New York Story”-(11:26)
5. “Making Manhattan” –(11:44)
6. “Monsters, Inc” –(12:09)
7. “Spacecraft” –(11:57)
8. “Alter Ego” –(11:59)
9. “Bad Blood” –(12:03)
10. “Do You Remember the First Time?”-(12:36)
11. “Ello, Ello, Ello”-(12:13)
12. “The Saxon Mystery”-(12:28)
13. “The Valiant Quest”-(07:03)


Extras

Disc 1: David Tennant’s Video Diary-The Runaway Bride (09:16)
Audio Commentaries on Runaway Bride
Freema Agyeman’s Studio Tour (18:15)
Deleted Scenes- (18:01)
Outtakes- (05:27)
BBC Trailers- (02:52)

Disc 2: Audio Commentaries on Smith & Jones, The Shakespeare Code and Gridlock
David Tennant’s Video Diaries on the first 3 stories (28:51)
Trailers- (0:52)

Disc 3: Audio Commentaries on Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Lazarus Experiment and 42
David Tennant’s Video Diaries on the next 4 stories (28:56)
BBC Trailers (01:11)

Disc 4: Audio Commentaries on Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink
David Tennant’s Video Diaries on the next 3 stories (40:02)

Disc 5: Audio Commentaries on Utopia, The Sound of Drums and The Last of the Timelords
David Tennant’s Video Diaries on the last 3 stories (27:03)
BBC Trailers-(01:28)

Disc 6: None


Verdict

A good season with ups and downs and a new companion. Season 4 is going to be very interesting! Get this season for your collection!


Rating; *****!

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