Doctor Who: The Time Meddler at the BFI
❉ Rob Fairclough reports back from the BFI Southbank launch of the first William Hartnell season to get the Blu-ray Collection treatment.
Television
‘Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor’
❉ ‘The Power of the Doctor’ was the good and bad of the Chibnall/Jodie era distilled into 90 minutes, writes Rob Fairclough.
Tales Of Unease (1970) DVD reviewed
❉ Jon Dear on the Network release of LWT’s anthology series script-edited by John Burke.
The Intruder (1972) Blu-ray reviewed
❉ Reacquaintance with The Intruder 50 years later, courtesy of this fine Blu-ray release, reveals a remarkable series; writes Rob Fairclough.
The Thirteen Doctor’s final battles celebrated with special DVD and Blu-ray releases
❉ Jodie Whittaker’s final three episodes as The Doctor will be available for fans to add to their collections this November.
‘Black Archive #60: The Sun Makers’
❉ The sixtieth Black Archive examines the foundations and influences of 1977’s The Sun Makers, writes Don Klees.
Queer For Fear coming soon to SHUDDER
❉ A new five-part series exploring the history of queer horror premieres on Shudder 30th September.
Four spooky tales of 1970s TV including ‘The Owl Service’ remastered in HD!
❉ Network presents cult classics The Owl Service, Tales Of Unease, The Intruder and Come Back Lucy on Blu-ray and DVD 17 October.
Groovy F❉ckers: 40 Years of ‘The Tube’
❉ Gary James, Wavis O’Shave and Gary Nattrass share their memories of working on the legendary music show fronted by Jools Holland and Paula Yates.
Game Without Frontiers: ‘Late Night Horror – The Corpse Can’t Play’
❉ Andrew Screen reviews Kaleidoscope’s colour restoration of 1968 BBC horror, The Corpse Can’t Play, and accompanying book about the series.