 | Doctor Who Mega Collection
rating: 3
I was a late bloomer when it came to Doctor Who. Sure I had heard of him but my best friend had watched him for years before I sat down and watched one with him. Even then although I found it slightly interesting, I wasn't a fan yet. Two wifes later I was. Yes it was the women in my life that truly helped me develop an appreciation for Doctor Who. It became evident that I missed his true benefit, relaxation. The Doctor more than anything is a great relaxer. He may even put you to sleep. I don't mean this in an insulting way at all. It's just that even if it doesn't have the best acting, effects, sets, et cetera, it still will be interesting and relaxing. The Doctor is something you can do something else and run in the background and listen and appreciate. I say this because we have watched the episodes so many times we pretty much know them by heart. Although I love Tom Baker and Peter Davison, and I enjoy Jon Pertwee and Sylvester McCoy, I can only take Colin Baker in small doses, and I don't have much interest in Hartnell and Troughton in the Black and White episodes. If they sell the whole set at a far better price I might be interested, but at this kind of cost no way. I have gradually bought the ones we truly enjoy and am now getting all the episodes of the doctors we like until then. The individual episodes I have purchased are only mediocre picture and sound quality and they do not contain extras. If they are priced above $20 be sure it is more than one episode. Otherwise it is overpriced. If you enjoy these catch "Red Dwarf" and the new "Doctor Who" TV series.
CA Luster
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I will wait...
rating: 2
I suppose this is the place to gripe over the state of "classic Doctor Who" on DVD? I'm fortunate in that I have VHS tapes of nearly all these episodes from 15-20 years ago when both of my (then local) PBS stations carried it. (One still does.) I wouldn't mind trading my tapes for DVD's higher quality, ease of use, the extras, and the reduced shelf space...but I'm resigned to buy boxed sets only.
I currently own the three available "new Doctor Who" sets, the Key to Time set, and really need to pick up the "Lost in Time" rarities collection and a couple other specials. But that's where I draw the line. Troughton, C. Baker, and McCoy have so little material, there's no reason these can't be recompiled into single boxed sets. Even if the DVD's themselves remain as-is, sold in reduced packaging at a reduced price, I believe this would breathe new interest in the original run...which while I still enjoy very much, isn't getting any fresher. The more popular Doctors, T. Baker and Davison, could be sold by season. And speaking of packaging, the Key To Time DVD set actually occupies *more* room than my home-recorded tapes. Something wrong about that.
I take another poster's point that a large number of classic episodes still wait to be released -- must make my own checklist one day to see exactly where things stand. My note to the BBC: I will wait for real boxed sets.
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Who at the BBC thought this a good idea?
rating: 1
While the idea of collections in general is a good one, this one misses
the mark on a number of levels. As others have mentioned, many people have
their own favorites in terms of the Doctor. This bundle doesn't really
add anything. The BBC should really start doing as other old shows have
done and release entire seasons. Alternately, they could just start filling
in holes in the current releases. Basic things are missing like Cybermen
stories. First the BBC needs to release enough material such that fans
could start piecing together entire seasons (or Doctors) on their own
and then release that (as a mega collection).
The Key to Time or Trial of a Timelord are good examples of this.
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Almost life long fan
rating: 5
I used to watch DW in Germany as a little girl, and loved it then. I was so happy that I am able to continue watching it here, and having my 9 year old grandson, being a fan of it as well.
I would love to have all the dvd's, but yes $600 is a bit steep. I think if they would sell them, starting with the first ten episodes, for about $80-90, (the ones from the sixties) and so on, or even grouped by doctors, just not all jumbled up like it is now, and in small doses, we could all buy them eventually. My grandson wants all the DW's dvd's. I can't see buying a $600 present for a 9 year old, but I would buy a $90 present, and see how he is with that before getting him some others. Just a thought.
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Buying the set used is better than individually-used prices
rating: 5
Like the guy on here who spent the time calculating whether it was cheaper to buy the whole set versus each one individually, I spent half an hour calculating whether the price for the used set is cheaper than buying each used title individually.
Guess what? It's virtually the same at this moment in time (fluctuating used prices must be accounted for): $429.96 to buy used from one single seller, or $429.31 to buy all 35 titles from that many sellers. It is however notably cheaper enough to buy the Lost In Time Collection and Key to Time discs individually rather than as sets if you're going that route.
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