Doctor Who - Warner & BBC Announces Episodes 75 & 159
posted by Jeff Hodges - 05/17/2007 (Back to May 2007 News) 		 

Warner Home Video and BBC Video will release Doctor Who - Robot (Episode 75) & Doctor Who - Survival (Episode 159) for DVD on August 14th, 2007.

Doctor Who - Robot (Episode 75) (single-disc) will carry a SRP of $24.98, but you can pre-order it from Amazon for only $18.69.

Doctor Who - Survival (Episode 159) (single-disc) carries a SRP of $34.98, but you can pre-order it from Amazon for only $26.19. Both DVDs will have audio tracks in English.

Mortally wounded by the Spider Queen on Metebilis 3, the Doctor is forced to regenerate. His recuperation is cut short as UNIT investigates a spate of robberies involving components for a top-secret disintegrator gun. The culprit is quickly identified as a highly sophisticated robot built by Professor Kettlewell, which is being ordered to act against its Prime Directive.

Below are the DVD features for Doctor Who - Robot (Episode 75):

  • Audio Commentary: Audio Commentary by actors Tom Baker and Elisabeth Sladen and writer Terrance Dicks

  • DVD ROM Features: Radio Times listing

  • Documentary: "Are Friends Electric?" - A new documentary looks at Tom Baker's introduction as the Doctor and the making of his first story, featuring actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Alec Linstead, Patricia Maynard, Michael Kilgarriff and Edward Burnham, producers Barry Letts and Philip Hinchcliffe, script editor Terrance Dicks, director Christopher Barry, production unit manager George Gallacio (38 mins)

  • Easter Eggs

  • Featurette: "The Tunnel Effect" - Graphic designer Bernard Lodge explains how he created the complex 'never-ending tunnel' opening titles for Tom Baker's stories. Narrated by George Kelly. (13 mins)

  • Photo gallery

  • Production Notes

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    Doctor Who - Robot (Episode 85)

    The Doctor takes Ace back to her hometown of Perivale, only to find that something is very, very wrong. Many of Ace's old friends and neighbors have disappeared while domestic pets become victims of unseen killers. Will the hunter become the hunted when only the fittest survive?

    Below are the DVD Features for Doctor Who - Survival (Episode 159):

  • Audio Commentary: Audio Commentary by actors Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred and script editor Andrew Cartmel

  • DVD ROM Features: Radio Times listings

  • Deleted Scenes

  • Documentaries: "Cat Flap" - A new two-part Making Of documentary (61 mins)

    • "Endgame" - Documentary on the end of the original series
  • Music Only Track

  • Other: Fan commentary (ep 3 only)

    • Continuities (3 mins)
    "Search Out Science" - Schools program featuring the Doctor and Ace, with Stephen Johnson and K9 (19 mins)
    "Little Girl Lost" - " Retrospective on Ace (16 mins)
    Destiny of the Doctors" - Anthony Ainleys last appearance as the Master from 1997 computer games (13 mins)
  • Outtakes

  • Photo gallery

  • Production Notes

    • Doctor Who - Survival (Episode 159)