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I’m still not entirely sure I understand everything that happened in the 
And if you finding yourself wanting to give the gift of David Tennant’s 10th Doctor this holiday season, get the 26-disc 
Jon Pertwee’s 3rd Doctor finally escapes his banishment to Earth and travels into space in the new-to-DVD adventure Doctor Who: Colony In Space (BBC, Not Rated, DVD-$24.98 SRP). Okay, so he doesn’t really escape – more like the Time Lords who banished him there in the first place decide they need his help to stop The Master from getting his hands on a master weapon, so they send the TARDIS (with The Doctor and companion Jo Grant) to a bleak planet in the 25th century to stop him. Bonus materials are plentiful, including an audio commentary, featurettes, deleted footage, and more.
Now that we’ve reached a point where nearly every extant classic Doctor Who story has been released, the BBC have very nicely decided to go back and revisit many of their early releases and make them bona fide special editions. The latest to get the treatment is the Tom Baker story 
Action figures! For the kid who loves the Doctor or for the adult who loves the Doctor in a lovely arrested development kind of way (like me), there are plenty of action figures you can snag this holiday season. If you’d like to get a whole clump of them in one fell swoop, why not pick up the 
But what if you want to really populate your Underhenge display? You’ll do that with the 6-figure 
Yes, well, if that still hasn’t quite fulfilled your Who figure needs, why not get the still-in-10th-Doctor-suit-post-regeneration 
One of the creepiest episodes of this past season featured the Flesh and the doppelgangers created from that white goo. With the 
But if classic Who is more your style, there’s always something like the 
And what are you going to do with all of these figures? Play with them in your very own – and very massive – 11th Doctor 
That’s not the only TARDIS playset you’ll want, though, because you can also get the 
Although they seem to be agonizingly slow in adding to their offerings – and I wish they’d really dive into the action figure side of things – the fine folks at Thinkgeek have imported a pair of Doctor Who board games for the whole family. 
Who doesn’t want to snuggle with a soft and fluffy blob of sentient fat? Well, if you’re a Doctor Who fan, you can do just that with the 
Pens! We’ve got pens! We’ve got floating pens, with floaty things – either a 
By now, you’ve surely gotten your 
Remember the 
Take my advice, and do as I say – Save a little money for a rainy day. And why not get one of the deadliest aliens in the known universe to keep your money safe? With the 
It seems rather obvious that the Doctor and watches go together, so for the kids there’s a 
While you’re telling time with those watches, determine it on a larger scale with your very own 
It still baffles me that they’d go off-market LEGO with the license, but that’s pretty much what the Character Building sets are – In fact, the bricks are even LEGO compatible. So for the construction nerd in your home, you can not only get a 
Everyone likes 3D. Sure, it’s a gimmick, but it’s a cool gimmick. Particularly when it’s a 3D optical illusion you can hold in your hands, like the 
What will you be hanging upon your Christmas Tree this holiday season? Perhaps a 
And if you remember last season’s reappearance of the old school Cybermen and their small cyberminions, you’ll probably want your very own 
For the really wee kiddies who might not be ready for action figures, how about 
And finally, when you’re attending all of those festive holiday fetes, how can you not show up bedecked in your very own 
Having a high capacity external battery source handy is always a good thing, which is why the New Trent 
Borne of dozens of cable TV viewings in my youth, 
As the big screen feature makes its debut, I’m a little disappointed that we’re only getting the first season of the fun, and faithful, animated 
Has it really been 10 years since the debut of the original – and still far superior – version of 
I’m baffled as to why the beautiful 
It could be a lot shorter, but 
I couldn’t shake the feeling while watching JJ Abrams’ 
It’s no great shakes, but kids will probably enjoy the 4th film in director Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids trilogy, 
For all of the little princesses in your life, Disney has released a new special edition of the direct-to-video 
When I was a kid, so very long ago, hand-propelled paper airplanes were perfectly fine. For today’s kids, something more is needed – such as 
I love how the DVD revolution has made it possible for just about every TV show you can imagine to wriggle out of the woodwork and get a release. Case in point – the complete run of 
I think the announcement of its arrival in a definitive high definition collection was both a surprise and a delight to diehard fans, but I’m sure the latter outweighs the former now that they can lay their grubby little paws on their very own copy of 
One of the most iconic movie musicals ever produced makes its high definition debut in grand style, as 
It’s flawed in many ways and suffers from an inadequate budget for its lofty concept, but there’s quite a bit of charm that makes Neil Gaiman’s 
It was brilliant seeing League Of Gentlemen’s Steve Pemberton in the grim and gritty crime drama 
Celebrate its 25th anniversary with a brand new special edition of Sam Raimi’s classic schlock horror film 
If you’re a history buff, you’ll probably be as fascinated and gripped by the remarkable color footage you’ll find, presented for the first time in high definition, found within the 
For the kids in your life, this week brings 
MGM has dipped into their library for a trio of titles to get the high definition treatment, including the original, much much better version of 
And speaking of MGM dipping into their library, they’ve also unleashed a new clutch of titles from their MOD Limited Edition Collection, including the Morey Amsterdam comedy 
It doesn’t hold a candle to the original UK series, but the first season of the American 
Underappreciated in its day and largely overlooked today, if you’ve yet to see the short-lived Michael Mann series 
It was only a matter of time before History Channel fond a way to make a spin-off from their popular Pawn Stars, and the one they chose was to focus on the gent that show had doing restorations on the antiques brought to the show. So with 
Who wants regular old boring ice when you can have ice from an 
Although I originally watched the re-teaming of Tristram Shandy‘s Michael Winterbottom, Steve Coogan, & Rob Brydon in its original 6-part television form, the feature version of 
I was a huge, instant fan of 
Honestly, 
It’s a little bit Strangers On A Train, Throw Momma From The Train, 9 To 5, and I Love You To Death, and I wasn’t expecting to like 
I know at times I shared some of the frustrations that fellow gamers had with the title, but overall I enjoyed the massive love letter that Epic Mickey was to classic Disney animation. That’s probably why I enjoyed exploring the design process of the game via 
You’ve never seen evil quite so chilling as when it’s in the form of an 8-year-old little girl, as it is in one of the great suspense films of all time, 
Kudos to David Boreanaz for the continued success of 
It’s been 10 years, but Aqua Teen Hunger Force is still going strong. Of course, it’s now calling itself 
Listen – 
For a long time, I’ve looked to the original DVD edition of Orson Welles’ legendary 
If you’d like to organize your life a bit more like Dolores Umbridge, you can leave yourselves reminders and declarations via the 
Oh, 
It’s by no means a perfect film, and doesn’t reach the level of the first Iron Man film, but 
Speaking of Marvel films, another admirable effort makes its way to home video – 
It’s been quite a few year since Rhino released what many consider to be the series’ finest episode, but Shout Factory has decided to turn their release of 
The arrival of another Dalek storyline from the classic Doctor Who archives is always most welcome, including the dastardly mutants’ first arrival in the Jon Pertwee years in 
I’m certainly not a member of the cult of 
Even over 25 years later, the Coen Brothers’ debut 
The 3rd season of 
Those gents over at the MOD MGM Limited Edition Collection are still churning out the catalogue titles, with the newest batch featuring Orson Welles in 
Continuing their stellar run of TV licensing, the fine folks at Shout Factory are releasing the first season of the groundbreaking 1970’s cop show 
While it’s nowhere near as polished as the most recent big-screen adventure, the 1992 
I think it’s about time for me to be quite plain in saying, as we come to the 7th season of 
You can certainly see a career ahead of him when you view the new high definition special edition of Wes Craven’s 
Try as I might, even three seasons in I still can’t get into 
I’m not much of a fan – no matter how many times I try – but I there are plenty who will eagerly devour 
Not content to let other studios ramp up their catalogue high definition releases, the folks at MGM have dropped another pair of much-requested titles with Dustin Hoffman in Sam Peckinpah’s 
The mild, inoffensive comedy of it all is nothing compared to the fact that the 8th season of 
Amanda Tapping and her crackerjack team of scientists continue to track down, study, and protect a whole new lot of off creatures in the complete third season of 
I’ve always been a fan of her witty, acerbic writing (and yes, her many film roles), so it’s a special treat that Carrie Fisher’s first live show is such a delight. 
I’m Ken Plume, and soon you’ll be listening to “A Bit Of A Chat” with me, Ken Plume.
In what amounts to a summer comedy storm, a pair of brilliant catalogue titles make their high definition debut looking and sounding better than they ever have – 
Over the years, the fine folks at Thinkgeek have done plenty of cool in-house products, but the one that evokes the most delightful gut response is the 
For years there was doubt they could even be licensed for release, but there’s cause for much rejoicing because the entire 5-film giant turtle run is being released in the box set 
While I could care less about the awful sequel 
I have to make a confession to you – as a child of the early 80’s, I collected Smurfs. I had a lot of Smurfs. I used to search high and low for certain Smurfs. I used to watch the cartoon. I was Smurfy. Well, now that Belgian artist Peyo’s little blue creations have hit the big screen, Abrams has released a lovely retrospective book, 
It’s a middle ground between the sophistication of the original animated Batman, Superman, & Justice League and the more juvenile Teen Titans, but 
As much as I enjoy Tracy Morgan as a comic performer on 30 Rock, the stand-up featured on his first stand-up special 
I enjoyed the small town eccentricity found in the first season of 
I could do without the revised director’s edition, but I am a fan of the original take of 
I thought the first film was goofy fun perfect for kids of all ages, but there were diminishing returns as the series went on, even though all 3 of Robert Rodriguez’s original Spy Kids films are entirely watchable. Now, you can own 
He’s a little bit older and the threats are a little bit tougher, but you still pretty much get what you’ve come to expect from the franchise in 
If you want to see a true comedy of awkwardness that far eclipsed the fictional show that brought it all about, watch as Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal travels to Russia in order to help adapt a local version of the show in the documentary 
Many fans feel it was cancelled too soon, but perhaps they’ll be consoled re-watching the 4th and final season of 
The little red furry one decides to change his name by adding a “J”, which your kids can see happen (and learn, too) in 
Now that the troubled yet promising series has wrapped, the entire five season run of 