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Doctor Who: K9 Tales Box Set (Invisible Enemy/K9 and Co) [DVD] [1977]

DVD ~ Elisabeth Sladen
2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Bill Fraser, Ian Sears, Colin Jeavons
  • Directors: John Black
  • Writers: Terence Dudley
  • Producers: John Nathan-Turner
  • Format: PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 2 Entertain Video
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Jun 2008
  • Run Time: 150 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00153NOQS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,462 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, 30 Oct 2008
By Andrew Kerr (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This Doctor Who boxed set comprises of Tom Baker's The Invisible Enemy, and a doctor who spin-off called K9 and Company. This release has been quite controversial for two reasons. The first being the fact that 2Entertain somehow managed to make an authoring mistake, much to the horror of Doctor Who fans, which meant that two scenes on Episode 3 of The Invisible Enemy were the wrong way around - ruining the episodes cliff-hanger. While 2Entertain did offer support for anybody who had purchased a faulty disk (offering a helpline number and an address to send the disc back to them.) The fact remains that not only should this not have happened in the first place (quality control anyone?) but a lot of faulty discs still remained on sale in various retailers including Amazon.co.uk and Woolworths, so I personally don't understand why they didn't undertake an entire recall instead of allowing the faulty items to be sold. The second reason why this release was controversial was because the spin-off K9 and company was never very popular. There are plenty of brilliant Doctor Who stories still to be released that feature K9, it therefore seems rather cheeky to create a boxed set called K-9 tales that in fact offers so little to the viewer. The first reason was why I held off buying the boxed set for so long, but after finally doing so, I'm not entirely sure if I'm happy doing so.

The best way to describe the best part of this boxed set (The Invisible Enemy) is to say that it's essentially a mediocre rip-off of The Fantastic Voyage, except with your classic doctor who budget and more plot holes. The story involves around The Doctor becoming infected by a virus after passing through a region in space. As a desperate measure The Doctor and his assistant Leela clone themselves which are then shrunk down and inserted into his body. The story is very irregular and doesn't stand up to scientific scrutiny (something I feel most Doctor Who stores actually do). On the plus side it is first ever appearance of K9, but I feel that this is not Tom Baker's best. The revamped special effects actually work to the favour of the story. But the giant prawn sadly still doesn't work for me. This story is definitely one that is a matter of personal taste, and while for me it's not the greatest Doctor Who, it's still not the worst. There are good special features which was a welcome surprise - especially anything to do with K9. But The Invisible Enemy is a bizarre (but still fun) story. Needless to say K9 is the real star of the story, and I enjoyed his debut appearance.

The first problem with K9 And Company is the opening theme music, which will most likely put you off straightaway. But the story involves Sarah Jane Smith and K9 investigating a black magic cult. Sadly it doesn't really work at all. The characters are shallow and to be honest - boring, just like the actual story. You'll most likely want to fast forward through half of it.

The picture and sound quality of both stories has been restored nicely and is at least something to be thankful for.

If you have been unlucky enough to receive a faulty disc of The Invisible Enemy below is the telephone number and address for 2Entertain, so you can send it back to them. However, saying that I should also point out that the faulty disc might actually be worth a lot of money in the future. When DVD's go the way of Betamax, it might be a collectors item. I'll leave the choice entirely to you.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Disc problem has been fixed, 29 Jul 2008
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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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars FAULTY DVD - DO NOT BUY, 17 Jun 2008
Just echoing the views of others. The first DVD suffers from a well-publicised authoring problem. Do NOT buy this set at this time. If Amazon had any sense, they'd delist this set for the moment: they will only be getting a whole bunch of box-sets back which'll cost them a smallish fortune in postage.
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1.0 out of 5 stars For completists to put on their shelves and admire the cover of.
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 1 month ago 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 5 months ago

3.0 out of 5 stars every dog has his day
back in the 1970's doctor who gained a new companion. a robotic dog called K9. The combination of a good character design and an appealing voice made him a big hit, and the... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Paul Tapner

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Who!
Forget all the negative comments, this is a great set! If you have a dodgy disc 2Entertain will swap it anyway. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. P. D. Davies

4.0 out of 5 stars A Classic introduction to K9 & a minor glitch thanks to 2 Entertain
Well, it was fantastic seeing K9 for the first time again! Actually K9 Mark I, he remains with Leela at the end of The Invasion of Time. Are we keeping track? Read more
Published 12 months ago by Krishna Jaipersad

5.0 out of 5 stars ITS ONLY A SMALL FAULT!
I wish everyone would just stop complaining about the small mix up of scenes at the end of episode 3 of The invisible enemy! Its a small fault! Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. mcloughlin

4.0 out of 5 stars K9 Tales DVD Fault
The fault on the "The Invisible Enemy" disc, at the end of episode three, has been published on the Doctor who online web site. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. S. J. Parker

5.0 out of 5 stars GET A LIFE- THE INVISIBLE ENEMY DVD PROBLEM
HAVING SEEN THE REVIEWS OF THIS DVD RELEASE, ALL I CAN SAY 'GET A LIFE' I CAN NOT BELIEVE THE OVER REACTION TO THIS SITUATION. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ms. L. J. Gardner

1.0 out of 5 stars A poor, poor effort from 2 Entertain made worse...
Having read the stuff about the mastering error, naturally I checked out the DVD that came from Amazon the other day. Read more
Published 12 months ago by D. Mason

3.0 out of 5 stars "Sarah & the Space Prawn"
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... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Bob Marlowe

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