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Disc 1 features a commentary on the broadcast version by ER DVD and Jimmy Winston, who play two of the future assassins; vision mixer Mike Catherwood; script editor Terrance Dicks; and late producer Barry Letts. This is a very nice commentary, though it’s clear Letts, who died of cancer in 2009, was very sick at the time of recording, which makes for a bittersweet listening experience. Other features on the disc include “Blasting the Past,” a lovely 30 minute making-of feature; “A View from the Gallery,” in which Letts and Catherwood talk for 20 minutes about what a vision mixer does; a photo gallery; and short segments from the shows Nationwide and Blue Peter pertaining to the serial.

The Wire DVD a 13 minute featurette about the making of the special edition version of the story; a five minute “Now and Then” featurette comparing the locations used in the serial both now and then; and “The Cheating Memory,” an 8 minute dialogue with various people about how the memory of watching “Day of the Daleks” as a child is very different from what it’s like to watch it now. Also on this disc are two of my favorite features. The first is “The UNIT Family — Part Two,” a continuation of a feature on the “Inferno” DVD. This 31 minute program talks about Doctor Who during seasons 8, 9, and 10 as they pertain to the actors and characters within UNIT. This feature is lively and there are plenty of enjoyable anecdotes from actors Nicholas Courtney (the Brigadier), Katy Manning (Jo Grant), John Levene (Sgt. Benton), and Richard Franklin Hustle DVD. The final feature is the 9 minute “The UNIT Dating Controversy,” in which comedian and Whovian Toby Hadoke discusses the continuity (or lack thereof) as it pertains to the Earthbound UNIT years. There’s been a dismaying lack of consistency about when the UNIT stories take place, and Hadoke lovingly and humorously takes the piss out of the show for confusing and angering him and so many other fans over the years.

All in all, The Middle DVD is a marvelous DVD outing. As a huge fan of My Name Is Earl DVD and of the Pertwee years specifically, I’m pleased as punch that so much care and love has been put into it. If you’ve never watched the classic series and want a DVD to give you a good idea of what Battlestar Galactica DVD was like between 1970 and 1974, I would absolutely say pick this up boxsetcollection.com.

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