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Doctor Who: K9 Tales Box Set (Invisible Enemy/K9 and Co) [DVD]

Elisabeth Sladen , Tom Baker , John Black    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
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Product details

  • Actors: Elisabeth Sladen, Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Ian Sears, Colin Jeavons
  • Directors: John Black
  • Writers: Terence Dudley
  • Producers: John Nathan-Turner
  • Format: Box set, PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2entertain
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Jun 2008
  • Run Time: 143 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00153NOQS
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,611 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

This box set of Doctor Who: K9 Tales unites two classic Doctor Who stories: The Invisible Enemy and the first Doctor Who spin-off K9 and Company. It's also packed with a host of fantastic extras.

Starring Tom Baker, The Invisible Enemy is a four-part story featuring the screen debut of K9, the robot canine. When The Doctor answers a distress call from a shuttle crew who have been infected with an intelligent virus, he too becomes contaminated. The only solution is to create clones of The Doctor and his companion Leela (Louise Jameson) to enter his body and fight the virus.

K9 and Company sees the Doctor’s two companions, Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and K9 appearing together. Also known as A Girl's Best Friend, this was the first bona fide TV spin-off from Doctor Who.

In this one-off special, Sarah Jane pays a Christmas visit to her Aunt Lavania in the village of Moreton Harwood. But something is horribly wrong. Lavania is missing, leaving Sarah Jane in charge of her aunt’s ward Brendan. When Brendan is kidnapped by an evil cult of witches, Sarah Jane and K9 find themselves in the middle of a mystery.

Extras are as follows:
The Invisible Enemy:
Commentary - with actors Louise Jameson and John Leeson, visual effects designer Mat Irvine and co-writer Bob Baker.
Dreams and Fantasy - artistes and production crew recall the making of this story and even take the original K9 for walkies. With actors Louise Jameson and John Leeson, director Derrick Goodwin, co-writer Bob Baker, visual effects designers Tony Harding and Mat Irvine, K9 operator Nigel Brackley, journalist Gary Gillatt.



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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars "Sarah & the Space Prawn" 23 Jun 2008
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Invisible Enemy is no classic but many aspects have fared the last 3 decades quite well. Sentient viruses, mayfly clones and a Fantastic Voyage ripoff are all imaginative concepts even if they probably stand up to no scientific scrutiny.
There are some lapses in logic such as how the clones acquired their "parent's" memories (how they got their clothes cloned also is easy to explain-this is a family show!)but they tend not to get in the way of the fun.
Uncle Tom gets to vary his performance as he fights infection and does a very doolally turn when 1st infected and Leela gets to play the hunter/fighter in an environment very alien to her.
The guest cast offers 2 decent turns from Dr Who Repetory actors Michael Sheard and Frederick Jaeger. And of course it's K9's debut and a strong 1 where he's at his best-in a hi tech environment.
Sets and modelwork are on the whole very good and the effects were not so bad for their time. Of course you can upgrade these to some improved CGI. A very nice touch is signs in phonetic English (Isolayshun Ward) and the fibrous hairs etc. to show infection work okay.
Why is this story held in such low regard? it probably is due to the Nucleus of the swarm. Unsuccesfully building up to its 1st full appearance by being a tentacle in a box, it's soon seen in its full inglory as an undernourished prawn which needs to be pushed about and has such shaky tentacles it must have OD'd on caffeine!
1 of the worst monsters of the entire decade & it's a shame because otherwise it's a fun story.

K9 & Company was better than I remembered (except for the execrable Hart to Hart on a pocket stylophone theme tune), but will only ever be knockabout Xmas fare. This tale of black magic is done so gently it's like a pre-school edition of the Whicker Man. I kid you not, Mary Whitehouse would have approved!
Amongst the guest cast Colin Jeavons and Linda Polan (Mrs Ploppy from Blackadder 2) are the most memorable making a great deal out of thinly sketched characters.
Elisabeth Sladen shows that she could have carried a series even then, and makes the most of the scripts opportunities. An interesting moment is when she retorts to Brendan that she has no desire to become a "surrogate mum". Hard to imagine that in her current incarnation!
Brendan is Adric mark 2 as Ian Sears tackles a thankless role as another boy genius. he brays like a donkey at K9's name, no wonder Sarah snaps "Stop honking!"
K9 is in a setting where he doesn't belong and it's so obvious that once they find the coven he's going to be able to stun them all, the story's left resting on the hunt itself. Even with its red herrings it just isn't interesting enough.

There's a good documentary about the making of Invisible Enemy with several key players. 2 things jar. 1: If you're going to show the sory to today's audience then please give them a chance to tell us what they think instead of just showing them sitting there and 2: Why do we hear nothing on the rationale behind the prawn? the only mention is Louise Jamieson's witty observation that being menaced by a prawn is like doing a love scene with someone you don't fancy-very Swiss Toni!
The commentary is a chummy and matey one like for Invasion of Time but more entertaining. Louise, John Leeson, Mat Irvine and writer Bob Baker are all fun-Leeson noting that he based his virus voice on a Christmas pudding!
We see K9 on Blue Peter& larry Grayson's Generation Game (that's the easter egg)plus there;s a featurette on FX and some intriguing production studio footage. A good package.

The inadequate documentary on K9 and Company covers the story on 6 minutes plus a further 4-5 on the K9 books and proposed animated series (but without footage or photo of the new look K9)and it's all punctuated by the K9 & Company theme!
K9 telling his own story is another failed attempt at Earth humour and there's a contemporary appearance on Pebble Mill.
The saving grace is the commentary where Eric Saward, Linda Polan, John Leeson and of course Lis Sladen really tell us the story behind K9 & Company & offer their opinions on it.

A good story with good extras and a mediocre story with miserly extras. Big fans only
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Disc problem has been fixed 29 July 2008
By Victor HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Purchased this item from Amazon 25/07/08, checked the disc and found no problem at the end of episode 3 of 'Invisible enemy' as reported by earlier users. It seems that the problem has been sorted and it is now safe to buy this series!
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38 of 43 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars Warning!!Huge authoring fault on Episode 3!!!!! 11 Jun 2008
Format:DVD
Hold off from buying this just yet as there are some scenes in the third episode that have been switched around. Once 2Entertain repress the discs that's the time to buy it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars K9 Tales Doctor Who
Great price so treated myself. Speedy delivery in excellent condition. Can't wait to share it with my kids who are big Doctor Who fans just like me! Read more
Published 14 months ago by Shellybean
5.0 out of 5 stars Silly!
I bought this for Invisible Enemy, so I was glad to get K9 & Co. as well, which I'd never seen due to a breakdown at Winter Hill transmitter when it was first broadcast. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Uncle Audrey
5.0 out of 5 stars Great service as always from Amazon
Great service and value for money, shop prices double the cost of Amazon. Good box set a joy to watch.
Published on 6 April 2011 by Jinty
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable....
Passable Dr Who. Not brilliant by any stretch, but made easier by the enjoyable attempt of doing FANTASTIC VOYAGE on a miniscule budget. Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2011 by Daron G. Woodward
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent episodes
"The Invisible Enemy" is a typical Tom Baker episode with the lovely Leela (October 1977). Includes the trendy (at the time) miniaturisation and injection into the body idea along... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2010 by Roger clarinet
3.0 out of 5 stars Still being replaced
Just a quick note to say that 2 entertain are still honoring faulty returns.
This DVD has been on my shelf unwatched for many months so just recently watched and discovered... Read more
Published on 15 Oct 2009 by TastyParmo
4.0 out of 5 stars K-9 Heaven
It's fair to say that if you don't like K-9 (and frankly, why wouldn't you?) this set probably isn't for you. If you do, there's so much to enjoy here. Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by A. Foxley
1.0 out of 5 stars This release is to be avoided
I've been waiting for over three weeks for 2entertain to replace the faulty DVD. Clearly they're in no hurry to rectify their mistake, and are happy to treat loyal customers in... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by Uncle5
2.0 out of 5 stars Cloning around.
I won't discuss the problem with one of the discs as I think it's already been mentioned by other reviewers and it might have been fixed by now. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by StormSworder
4.0 out of 5 stars k-9
THE INVISIBLE ENEMY.
My first serial with Leela and I thought I could of done better with
THE TAL0NS OF WENG-CHIANG but... Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2009
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