The Boy Wonder

Having grown up in the 80’s I am a big ole Dr. Who nerd. Here in the mountains the local PBS station would show them either at 5:30 during the week (individual episodes) or at 2:00 on Saturday afternoons (the entire story arc). Talk about some nerdy, sci-fi goodness. My favorites (just like everybody) were the Tom Baker episodes. I also really liked the ones that had Jon Pertwee and Peter Davison. The BBC has been putting Dr. Who out for years on vhs and I just never have committed to getting them because the tape price tag was always $20.00 or more. Well, now they are being released on dvd, and I can kinda get behind buying them since most have extras like commentaries, documentaries and the like. They still ain’t cheap though with the prices being anywhere from $19.99 up depending on the story and the extras. Well, last night I decided to cheer myself and picked up “The Talons of Weng-Chiang.” It’s a two disc set with lots of goodies and a steep cost of $27.99. Now, I am not complaining about the price. If that were the case I wouldn’t have bought it in the first place. What bugs me is that there is no insert … just the two discs and the case. I was given a copy of “The Robots of Death” for my birthday and it had no insert either. Grrrr. That really bugs me! If the disc was $9.99 I can get behind no printed material inside … that’s the way the MGM Midnite Movie Series is … and that’s fine. It just seems like BBC/Warner Home Video would take a little more care with such a cult favorite like Dr. Who … especially when the discs cost top dollar. OK … rant over.
Peter Howell & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – The Doctor Who Theme [3.2 MB]