BBC Home Entertainment Releases: August Highlights 2012
New York, NY –
DOCTOR WHO: SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE SPECIAL EDITION
Street Date: August 14, 2012
Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 97 minutes + bonus features/ single disc
The Time Lords have banished the newly regenerated Doctor (Third Doctor – Jon Pertwee) to Earth. But he isn’t the only alien to have arrived, as a swarm of meteorites have crashed into the sleepy English countryside, bringing with them a terrible new threat to mankind: the Nestene consciousness, a disembodied alien intelligence with an affinity for plastic. The Doctor and his newly appointed scientific advisor, Liz Shaw (Caroline John), join UNIT in a race against time to stop humanity from being replaced by a terrifying plastic facsimile race. This digitally re-mastered edition of the Doctor Who classic includes audio commentary with actors Nicholas Courtney and Caroline John; additional audio commentary with producer Derrick Sherwin and script editor Terrance Dicks; Down To Earth making-of featurette; Regenerations: From Black and White to Color featurette; as well as many other bonus features.
DOCTOR WHO: THE GREATEST SHOW IN THE GALAXY
Street Date: August 14, 2012
Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 96 minutes + bonus features/ single disc
Although Ace (Sophie Aldred) hates clowns, the Doctor (Seventh Doctor – Sylvester McCoy) decides to take his companion to the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax. There they find a group of scared performers who live in fear of the sinister and creepy Chief Clown, who organizes a talent contest in which all visitors take part. But what is so dangerous about this particular circus, why is there such a small audience, and will Ace be able to overcome her fear before it’s too late? This digitally re-mastered edition of the Doctor Who classic includes audio commentary with actors Sophie Aldred, Jessica Martin and Christopher Guard, writer Stephen Wyatt, script editor Andrew Cartmel and composer Mark Ayres; The Show Must Go On making-of featurette; Deleted and Extended Scenes; as well as many other bonus features.
DALZIEL & PASCOE: SEASON 6
Street Date: August 14, 2012
Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 360 mins / 2-disc set
The mismatched pair of detectives, grumpy old-school copper Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke) and his well-mannered university-educated partner Peter Pascoe (Colin Buchanan), face more perplexing cases in the sixth season of this gripping crime drama. With Pascoe’s wife and daughter now in America, the odd couple find themselves sharing Dalziel’s house—a match certainly not made in heaven.
Judge John Deed: Season Six
Street Date: August 14, 2012
Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada)
Length: Approx. 240 mins / 2-disc set
Judge John Deed (Martin Shaw) is back at the bench for the final season of the dramatic series and the cases are as tough as ever. Can Deed’s unrelenting idealism lead to ultimate justice? Or is his rebellious nature doing more harm than good? In two nail-biting double episodes, Season Six first sees the eponymous judge sent to The Hague as the British representative at the International Criminal Court, where he must try a young soldier accused of committing war crimes in Iraq, but instead uncovers nefarious reasons for bringing him to trial. Back in the UK, a scandal involving pharmaceutical companies and withdrawn legal aid leads right to the heart of the Government.