Doctor Who : The Davros Collection (8 Disc BBC Box Set – 10,000 Numbered Limited Edition) [DVD]
Doctor Who : The Davros Collection (8 Disc BBC Box Set – 10,000 Numbered Limited Edition) [DVD]
A pack that unites five Doctor Who adventures in one collection, The Davros Boxset brings together some classic stories across many generations of the Doctor. The king of them all, and one of the very best Doctor Who stories of all time, is Genesis of the Daleks, the epic Tom Baker adventure that goes back to the very creation of the Doctor’s deadliest enemies. It marks Davros’ first appearance, and is rightly proclaimed a classic of the series. A further Tom Baker meeting with Davros a
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Serious collectors have been put in a nasty situation with this release. Most collectors’ of the classic series have already bought all but 1 of the stories featured here. This would all be fair as the ‘Destiny Of The Daleks’ is being released as a single disc at the same time. But, 2 Entertain – the distributors of this title are clearly aiming to push sales by adding extras that are not available unless you buy this set. They’ve improved ‘Remembrance of the Daleks’ by fixing the original botched release and enhancing it with a 5.1 Soundtrack. On top of this there are documentaries and audio stories that will never be made available as stand alone discs. What the buyer effectively gets are 5 stories, one never before released on DVD, one improved and 3 stories which need never be removed from the packaging if you already have them. The most irritating thing about this release are the 3 stories you may already own. It just seems so wasteful. In effect, the serious collector is being tempted by one and a half new releases plus a few extras that usually turn out to be watchable once in every 10 years and have a tendency to be tedious. I’m just not sure the price tag is worth 2 new discs and a few extras. If you don’t own anything included in this release then you’ve got yourself a bargain. If you’re an old loyal collector, then you’ve got yourself over a barrel!
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|The Supreme Boxset – with one weakness,
I bought this the moment I discovered this and I was not dissapointed, I am relatively new to classic Dr Who and have only bought the genesis of the daleks so that was 4 amazing new stories, 8 new audiobooks in a beautiful boxset – best bargain ever. The boxset itself looks beautiful and the extras on eaach disc are incredibly extensive and entertaining. If I am being honest the main thing I was looking forward to was the audiobooks as it fills in the gaps and is completely new to me. I was so looking forward to haveing the cd to download and listen on my mp3 player but to my great dismay the 8 stories are stupidly put onto one dvd , if you are celebrating all that is Davros and making a big thing about having 8 audiobooks then have them on a cd as opposed to dvd as it greatly limits where you can listen to it. Overall a great product, if the audio was on cd – it would be absolute perfection
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|I Wish They Had Released This A Few Years Earlier,
This set comprises all the TV adventures that feature the character of Davros, which is fine, the one tiny problem is that all the stories bar one have already been put out onto DVD and the one that has not is set for release soon.
If you are a individual that has not bought these standalone discs then this set would be a good purchase, however to entice the people that already have them 2/Entertain have put together a package of ‘exclusive’ extras to the boxset.
There is a new version of Remembrance of the Daleks featuring a couple of documentaries that were not on the original and there are even suggestions that this is going to be released solo eventually. A documentary about Davros himself and an exclusive audio drama from Big Finish that complements the brilliant “I’Davros” mini series of audios from the same company that also appear on the disc, and that is it. It’s not really much of an incentive for people to double-dip especially as it is very expensive.
I’m not going to go into detail about each individual story as that has already been done on their own review pages. All this makes it sound as if it’s a second rate set, it is not. It’s just that, as the title says above, I wish they had released this a few years earlier. For fans that own the single discs there is really not much here, now had they provided new extended features for every story that would have been a different matter.
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