As there is so much material on the Revisitations 3 box set (featuring three stories on five discs), I've split the review into their respective parts - with each focusing on the separate tales. You can read full details about the box set HERE but, first up, the Tom Baker 1977 outing, The Robots of Death.
STORY
There are very few perfect, and I mean literally, perfect Doctor Who stories. Even with the best there's usually a Skarasen or Magma monster to slightly mess up the production. But here is a bona fide perfect tale. (Not the best, I'm saying.) Anyway, there's little point in actually reviewing it as, no doubt, you've seen it and probably own it on DVD already - it's the extras you're interested in. But, suffice to say this is a genuine classic in the Whoeuvre
EXTRAS
The original DVD release, incredibly almost 12 years ago (actual gasps), didn't serve the perfection of the story that well - they had the cheek to list "Graphical Menus" as a Special Feature. (Ah, were we so simple in 2000?) So, thankfully, The Robots of Death has been given the VAM it deserves; and a suitably wonderful array of extras at that.
The main documentary, The Sandmine Murders, is your expected behind~the~scenes look at the story with contributions from the cast and crew. It's fact~packed and features great turns from Tommy B, Louise Jamieson, Philip Hinchfliffe, Michael Bryant, David Collings and Brian Croucher. Highlights include Baker being almost chaste about his on~set behaviour and Croucher calling his leading actor a "creative terrorist." As always, it's a fascinating watch with fantastic subjects, and cut together with style.
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