K9 Tales BBC Worldwide Ltd

K9 Tales 
16/06/2008 BBC Worldwide Ltd UK

Rated 12. Contains two stories: The Invisible Enemy (BBCDVD2799); K9 & Company (BBCDVD2798).

The Invisible Enemy Extras:

• 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.
• Studio Sweepings - a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes on the recording of this story, courtesy of a timecoded Shibaden videotape recorded for production use.
• Visual Effect - Visual effects designer Mat Irvine meets up with his old colleague Ian Scoones at Bray Studios to talk about the visual effects for 'The Invisible Enemy' and other stories.
• Blue Peter - K9 meets John Noakes and Shep in this extract from the long-running children's magazine show.
• CGI Effects - this gives the viewer the option to watch the story with many of the original video effects sequences replaced by CGI versions.
• Trailers and Continuity
• Photo Gallery
• Easter Egg
• Radio Times Listings
• Subtitle Production Notes

K9 and Company Extras:

• Commentary - With actors Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, Linda Polan and script editor Eric Saward.
• The K9 Files - key production personnel look at the making of this story and K9's subsequent life in books and comic strips. With actors Elisabeth Sladen, John Leeson, writer and co-creator of K9, Dave Martin, script editor Terrance Dicks, director John Black, visual effects designer Mat Irvine and journalist Moray Laing.
• K9 - A Dog's Tale - K9 himself answers a selection of questions about his life.
• Pebble Mill at One - K9's appearance on the Christmas 1981 edition of the BBC1 lunchtime magazine show.
• Trails and Continuities.
• Photo Gallery
• Trailer
• K9 Stories - four books for younger children - 'K9 and the Beasts of Vega', 'K9 and the Missing Planet', 'K9 and the Time Trap' and 'K9 and the Zeta Rescue''
• The K9 Annual 1983
• Radio Times Listings
• Programme subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes.

Initial copies of the Invisible Enemy disc contained an authoring error which affected Part Three - the final scene and the end titles played in the wrong order. As a result, a replacement program was swiftly put in place to enable people to obtain a corrected DVD. The two different versions can be identified by the catalogue number on the artwork side of the disc, to the right of the central hub. The original is "BBCDVD2799", while the corrected version is "BBCDVD2799 - A".

REF: BBCDVD2439
OP: £29.99

K9 Tales 
04/09/2008 Roadshow Entertainment Ltd Australia
OP: $29.95