Classic DVD Update

More details emerge regarding Robot and Timelash.

The Restoration Team have unveiled details of the extras planned for the recently-announced Robot and Timelash DVDs, as well as revealing some of the technical work that has gone into cleaning up both stories for release.

Robot:

• Commentary by Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, producer Barry Letts and writer Terrance Dicks
• Are Friends Electric? (dur. 38' 58"). A documentary, which looks at Tom Baker's introduction as the Doctor and the making of his first story. It features interviews with actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Alec Linstead, Patricia Maynard, Michael Kilgarriff and Edward Burnham, producers Barry Letts and Philip Hinchcliffe, script editor Terrance Dicks, director Christopher Barry and production unit manager George Gallacio.
• The Tunnel Effect (dur. 13' 47"), a look at the creation of the Tom Baker Slit Scan title sequence
• A clip from Blue Peter, recorded on the Robot sets
• Photo gallery, production subtitle notes and Radio Times listings in pdf format

Timelash

• Commentary by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Paul Darrow
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (dur. 25' 01"). documentary which looks at the making of the story. It features actors Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, David Chandler, Robert Ashby, script editor Eric Saward, writer Glen McCoy and journalist Paul Lang, and is narrated by Terry Molloy
• The release will be the first to feature a Coming Soon trail which will act as a taster for the next DVD
• Photo gallery, production subtitle notes and Radio Times listings in pdf format

Robot is due for release on 28 May 2007, followed by Timelash on 25 June.

Follow the link below for mor info on the restoration work carried out.