Movie Review Doctor Who: The Complete Specials
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Movie Review - Doctor Who: The Complete Specials
(The Next Doctor / Planet of the Dead / The Waters of Mars / The End of Time Parts 1 and 2)
Special features
- Disc 1: The Next Doctor
- Disc 2: Planet of the Dead
- Disc 3: The Waters of Mars
- Discs 4-5: The End of Time, Parts One and Two
- Doctor Who Confidential
- Doctor Who at the Proms
- Deleted scenes with introduction from Russell T. Davies
- David Tennant Video Diaries: The Final Days
- Doctor Who BBC Christmas idents
- Audio commentaries
- Doctor Who at Comic-Con
This stunning collection of Doctor Who specials The Next Doctor, Planet
of the Dead, The Waters of Mars and The End of Time, Part One & Two
is a must own for all Doctor Who fans. The four imaginative,
action-packed specials are the farewell to star David Tennant, and
Russell T Davies, the mastermind behind the rebirth of the modern
DoctorWho. The specials culminate in the dramatic regeneration of the
Doctor, giving fans their first glimpse of the eleveDoctor, played by
Matt Smith. The specials are packed with a terrific lineup of guest
stars includingMichelle Ryan (Bionic Woman), David Morrissey (State of
Play, Sense and Sensibility), Lindsay Duncan (Alice in Wonderland
(2010), Rome, Under the Tuscan Sun) and many more that we can t reveal
just yet!
Reviews :
I've been a
Doctor Who fan since I encountered it as a kid in the 80's, and I have
been overall very impressed and pleased with Doctor # 10! The specials
are great to see in HD! I had seen them before in poor streaming web
quality. Waters of Mars had a great spooky atmosphere, and I think is
the strongest of the specials. The End of Time - well, my problem is I
can't stand the new regenerated Master. He's too campy, and seems to be
trying too hard to be an unhinged Joker. The Master is the dark
version of the Doctor, cunning, cold, manipulative, foreboding and
charming. This Master is none of those things. Plus the lightning bolt
throwing? Thankfully "The Next Doctor" is great fun, "Planet of the
Dead" is interesting and enjoyable, "The Waters of Mars" is awesome, and
the End of Time is mixed.
What more
can I say about the 10th Doctor's Specials that hasn't already been
said. They're great. The problem I have and this has been a major
problem with all of my Doctor Who Blu-ray sets (and I own every Blu-ray
for modern Doctor Who available) is that the audio tracks are really
screwed up when played through my Onkyo receiver.
It's obviously a codec issue but what happens is that the DTS HD HR (not tobe confused with the lossless MA) audio randomly drops in and out on and either completely disappears or you can only hear certain channels. Although I had the random dropout issues on my other DW sets, the solution to that was to simply to change the audio output on the PS3 from bitsream to linear PCM. This results in no change in audio quality with the only difference really being that the display on the receiver shows "Multichannel" instead of "DTS HD HR."
With this set, however, that doesn't work and the discs become impossible to enjoy. I have done all of my updates and I have tried connecting different Blu-ray players to the receiver with no change and I must not that out of the 400 Blu-ray titles I own, the DW titles are the only ones I've ever had a problem with.
It's obviously a codec issue but what happens is that the DTS HD HR (not tobe confused with the lossless MA) audio randomly drops in and out on and either completely disappears or you can only hear certain channels. Although I had the random dropout issues on my other DW sets, the solution to that was to simply to change the audio output on the PS3 from bitsream to linear PCM. This results in no change in audio quality with the only difference really being that the display on the receiver shows "Multichannel" instead of "DTS HD HR."
With this set, however, that doesn't work and the discs become impossible to enjoy. I have done all of my updates and I have tried connecting different Blu-ray players to the receiver with no change and I must not that out of the 400 Blu-ray titles I own, the DW titles are the only ones I've ever had a problem with.
- Gendre : Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure, Mystery, Kids & Family
- Actors : David Tennant, David Morrissey, Michelle Ryan, Lindsay Duncan, Bernard Cribbins
- Format : AC-3, Blu-ray, Box set, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Language : English (DTS-HD High Res Audio)
- Subtitles : English
- Region : All Regions
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Number of discs : 5
- Studio : BBC Home Entertainment
- DVD Release Date : February 2, 2010
- Run Time : 311 minutes
Description
: Movie Review Doctor Who: The Complete Specials
Rating
: 4.5
Reviewer
: Bey Alhamdi
ItemReviewed
: Movie Review Doctor Who: The Complete Specials
