That is, mellow and soothing, as opposed to high and sharp! Just compare the quite low tone of Connie Kalder's voice on this collection with the high, shrill sharpness of Susie Tallman's voice and the difference is marked. So much more relaxing and effective to hear lullabies sung with a soothing lower voice than to be jolted wide awake by a sudden sharp, high-pitched jarring effect as unfortunately happened more than once on the lullaby albums I've heard by Susie Tallman.
As for this collection, not only are the songs restful to listen to, the book accompanying them is very nice too. Altogether, a joy.

The Daleks sound very urgent and menacing as though they really do mean business! And with different sounding voices for the different Daleks speaking so you can follow which one is talking. The special weapons dalek, the Dalek Supreme and the Emperor Dalek especially sounding very distinctive, the emperor sounding quite creepy. I loved the character of Mr Elgin, the head librarian, his voice and character were extremely well put across, very distinctive. Sylvestor McCoy and Sophie Aldred played their parts to perfection and the sound of the raindrops and continual rainfall of the planet were also very effective too. One of the best from Big Finish, especially the first two episodes which were quite simply superb. A treat for all Dr Who fans everywhere.

The first two episodes especially being extremely chilling at times. Deliciously so when listening with headphones in the dark. The notion of 'threat' and unseen menace coming from a disembodied voice entity, working particularly well in audio.
Colin Baker as the Doctor is brilliant as always and Nicola Bryant is immediately recognisable as Peri. The two characters perfectly capture their on-screen relationship. Would be great to have some more 6th Doctor and Peri stories. There aren't enough of them! Kudos to Big Finish for putting out so many wonderful discs to enjoy though. Well done!

"Bloodlust" was a bit boring but watchable enough.
"Atom Age Vampire" suffered from the picture not being clear enough, (I know it's old, but surely the picture could have been remastered or whatever it is they do to old movies to clean up the picture quality) but the main gripe was that it was only around 70 minutes in length, when the original movie is 105 minutes! To add insult to injury, they show us a trailer for the movie showing segments that are missing from this version.

Surely someone could get their act together and release this movie in its entirety? It is so infuriating knowing so much is missing.

"The Earth Dies Screaming" has already been excellently reviewed by others here. It is loaded with atmosphere made even more effective by the use of the black and white photography within the setting of a quintessentially English village. My favourite of all the science fiction movies I have seen so far. And I've seen a lot!

"Chosen Survivors" I had never heard of before and only have seen now because of purchasing this double bill DVD for "The Earth Dies Screaming". And so glad to have discovered what is a most worthwhile addition to the list of good sci-fi/thriller movies. It has a very effective and rather compellingly intriguing musical score, which I found most enjoyable to listen to in its own right. Also on the menu section of the dvd too.

The story itself seemed like a deep underground version of Big Brother, with the group of people holed up together for a number of weeks.
There were some scenes that looked like possible real-life cruelty, or at least distressing situations, for bats, which I didn't feel very happy about, especially as there was no disclaimer in the credits stating that none had been harmed in the making of the film, but I guess in older movies they didn't have to say that, but I see the bats were credited with having a 'trainer', so hopefully were looked after. - As I'd like to think the birds and fish were too. Hopefully none of the non-human members of the cast came to any harm. (I happen to care about these thing!).

Everyone involved played their parts excellently and the colour effects were utilised very effectively too. The story itself was all too plausable, given the untrustworthiness of many aspects of government. The movie kept my interest throughout and never became boring. Sadly often a rarity.
A well-discovered gem!

I love this! So catchy. The other track is good too. I also have the album, but these two tracks are better, the album was slightly disappointing after the greatness of "I'm Good, I'm Gone", it is the best thing on the album, and you don't get the "Jump On It" track that is included here, the album is still worth getting if you like the single, but then as I said you don't get "Jump On It" which fits in with "I'm Good, I'm Gone" so well and seems like an extension of it. This single is so great though. Once listened to, can't get it out of my head.

"Night Thoughts" is a great audio adventure. Full of atmosphere and loaded with unseen menace, made all the more effective through listening in a darkened room, with headphones. Sylvester McCoy is great as the Doctor, but then I think they all are, but he is so instantly recognisable as the Doctor on audio, as is Sophie Aldred recognisable as Ace. I can take or leave Hex, never having encountered him before, as prior to my excursion into the audio adventures I have only seen the DVDs. Nice to know the earlier Doctors are still out there, in some form at least. How nice it would be if we had a multiple Doctor story featuring McCoy, the current Doctor, David Tennant, and Paul McGann. We were deprived of the series featuring the 8th Doctor and McGann looked great in the part so it would be wonderful if he were written into a new story in the next series of Dr Who on tv. One can only live in hope! Until then we have the audios, but would be nice to see too. Maybe someone from the BBC will see this and take note! ;-)

Anyhow, to get back to this audio, it is very mysterious, which I like, and the sound effects were great, the ticking clock echoing around the old house, the eerie sounds of the birds at night, one could almost picture it, no mean feat in any audio to achieve that. I loved "Ghost Light" with its enigmatic weirdness and "Night Thoughts" was akin to that, only different, if you get my drift.
The psycho girl with the 'talking' rabbit was great! Very effective and creepy. Would love to see this done as a filmed story too.

I have quite a few of these 4 CD selection packs of trance, hardcore, dance, old skool, etc. albums and I haven't yet been disappointed with any of them. And this one is no exception, only that it's one of the very best and stands out - for me anyway - for that reason, though all are good selections and phenomenally good value, given the price. This one has some really great tracks, including some brilliant dubstep style. Some tracks are quite chilled, therefore suitable for background music, some more accessible to the mainstream than some drum 'n bass may be, and yet all of it I can't see could fail to please most drum 'n bass and jungle fans. And if you've never bought a drum 'n bass album before and are wondering about whether to do so now or not, then try this one first. It's superlative!

The only one of these series I had ever seen on tv was Hector's House when it was shown a few years ago, and I loved how each episode ended with Hector the lovable old Basset Hound being zoomed in on for a close-up, where he said something like "I'm just a great big silly old Hector" or something similar, it was so funny, and endearing too.
I had seen some of Roobarb and Custard online and loved the theme tune and the stories I saw, especially the one where Roobarb went out into the cold air and saw breath on the air and thought his mouth was on fire. That was so funny, and it was what decided me to get this box set, though really I only wanted Roobarb, as I already had got the Hector dvd and had never heard of the Flumps, but I'm so glad I got this complete set.

The Flumps are really fuuny. They are little furry blobs, covered in hair, with eyes like chocolate buttons, apart from the one that has blue eyes, they have hands on the side of their faces and feet underneath. There is a family of them, and they appear to live underground, as there are tree roots growing in their dwelling, like in the house of the Pogles in Pogles Wood, (I have the dvd of The Pogles, which is also great), Grandfather Flump plays something called a Flumpet and looks like a trumpet. When I first saw them I found the voice used for the Flumps to be a little irritating, but I have got used to it now, someone called Gay Soper, and when she does the young Flump voice it sounds even worse, as though she has got a stuffy cold or something and it is rather annoying to listen to, but one gets used to it and it even becomes funny after a time.

Hector's House was originally made in French I think and the English voices are dubbed on. Again, the voice used for the cat and the frog, sound really irritating, but dear old Hector sounds delightful. Hector and Zsa Zsa the cat live together in Hector's House, and Mrs. Frog visits from over the wall, and she is really rather silly with her daft little hat and what looks like a matching overall.

Roobarb is brilliant. Witty and clever and so very, very funny. The voices are all done by Richard Briers and he is perfect for it. Poor Roobarb is always inventing things and having good ideas that never seem to go completely right, and Custard the odious pink cat, and all the birds always laugh at him. I have the first two of the new Roobarb DVDs too, but I prefer this original series, mainly because I think they brought too many characters into the new series, I didn't much like Poodle Princess and Moggy Malone, they are quite annoying characters, I much prefer the limited line-up of just Custard, Roobarb, the birds, and the occasional visit from Mole, and the other two just once or twice in the series and not in every episode which they nearly always are in the new series.

This box set is great. You get all the DVDs in their original cases, all housed in an outer slipcase. Perfect entertainment value. And very nicely presented too. You can't go wrong.

I don't know why they put out a lovely packaged item like this, and then make it out of print in no time, only to be replaced by another complete collection with quite boring looking packaging.
This red packaged one is great. The DVD case is housed in an outer slip case, which is lovely with the picture on the cover representing all the three series, and when taken out, the DVD case folds out like a triptych, with the three DVDs perfectly matching and blending in with the background of their housing. (All of which depicts a scene from whichever series it represents). The packaging is a work of art in its own right and can be appreciated for that alone, quite apart from the stories themselves, which are great by the way, as I'm sure anyone knows already who is a fan of these stories. Maybe the idea of making this set go out of print so soon, is so that it becomes a collector's item. I had to wait to get mine as it was already out of print when I tried to purchase it new, but at least I was able to get a copy in excellent condition, so I am very pleased indeed with it. I never really saw any of these stories before, so it was all discovering it new for me, though I've heard about Trumpton and Camberwick Green but was unfamiliar with Chigley. They are all connected, all existing in the county of Trumptonshire, and in Camberwick Green, each story revolves around one of the characters, like Peter the Postman to start with. He gets the first story. Trumpton always involves the fire brigade at some point in the story, though they never get called out to any fires, but always something useful they can do. Chigley always seems to revolve around the Lord of the manor and his servant and their own steam train called Bessie which usually gets used for something useful too, and each story, or most of them, feature the biscuit factory too. All the characters from all of the three series, feature in them all at some point, like Windy Miller is in Camberwick Green, but he turns up in Trumpton, and in Chigley at times too, so there is a nice continuity running through the whole lot.
There is some quite catchy music, the sound of the windmill turning, and the whole seriies is very quaint and olde worlde. I have no idea what time period the stories are meant to be based in, they were made way back in the late sixties or early seventies, but the styles of the characters seem from a long time ago, the ladies for example, appear to be wearing crinolines and glide along as if they are on wheels, like those Eastern European dancers. The lady with the three little dogs comes to mind here.
Very nice, and very innocent, sometimes I got a little bored with the stories, but overall I loved it.