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I don't have a 4:3 release at hand to compare, but from watching the ADV versions, it looks like the show was shot in 16:9 and cropped to 4:3 for airing.

I believe that earlier series never had more than one in-vision commentary per disc (the others were normal audio commentaries), while two episodes on Disc 2 of Series 5 ("Victory" and Angels #1) have in-vision commentaries.

On Blu-ray, that would have been possible. Not on DVD - the in-vision commentaries take up as much disc space as an entire episode on their own. The only way to avoid splitting the Angels two-parter would be to have "Victory of the Daleks" on one disc and its commentary on another.

The first two seasons, no. The back two have a better chance of selling. I know I'd pick up season 4, and maybe season 3, if they came out on Blu-ray.

I don't have any region-free pre-recorded PAL DVDs to try with, just R2, so I can't try those. But NTSC ones I've created work just fine, and it throws up a "wrong video format" error message, which makes me pretty sure that it's not a problem creating the disc...

It can handle PAL content on a Blu-ray disc - the special features from the UK Life on Mars discs work fine. But it throws up its hands at a regionless PAL DVD I created on my computer.

The sets are already expensive enough - I'd hate to see how much they'd try to charge for the 10 disc set with complete Confidentials & their music rights!

I suppose it's too much to hope that the US release will finally get a real Blu-ray case like the UK got for The Complete Specials and Torchwood: Children of Earth (and maybe earlier Torchwood) instead of digipacks...

  I'm pretty sure you're right...

  It's only the second block of episodes produced, but it's still the third series to air. I believe - though I could be mistaken at several weeks remove - that even the producers were referring to them as two separate series in the commentaries.   (Do you refer to David Tennant's outgoing...

Thanks for your answers, everybody. I feel better knowing I'm not being crazy. ;)

While many recent shows are getting Blu-ray releases simultaneous with their DVD release, this isn't always the case, even if the show is produced in HD. So far I know I've definitely skipped buying Legend of the Seeker and Leverage on disc because they won't sell me it in HD; there's a couple...

  Can it have to-the-frame branching, though? Because I know that with Star Wars that will be an issue; they lost a frame on either side of each change made for the Special Editions, because they physically edited the original negative.

They did that with TOS, but from what I understand in most markets it got relegated to 3 AM - not exactly what they do to something that people are actually watching...

I hadn't heard anything about a crossover with the original being mooted, though that would've been nice to see. But it would've more likely been an SVU crossover - something about using Munch at some point being a contractual obligation. ;) (I wish it was an obligation - Richard Belzer...

Yes (all 13 of the first season were), though Dr. Olivet was the character in Alesha's shoes, not Claire Kincaid (the female ADA at the time).

ITV has commissioned another 13 episode season, though if they have another extensive mid-season break it may not be until 2012 that it's done airing & there's enough episodes for a US release. (The first half of season 1 aired February/March 2009, and the second half January/February 2010. I...

I purchased it from the UK, not from Target, but I think my opinion's still valid. ;) As mattCR said, the scripts are all rewritten/updated versions of US scripts. The amount of difference depends on the script; there's at least one where the the first ten or fifteen minutes is similar...

Stargate: SG-1 (and the first season of Atlantis). I know that the effects for earlier seasons weren't done in HD (possibly not before season 8), but even if they aren't willing to mix in film shots where available, the higher bitrate would help tremendously (especially compared to DVDs with...

Smoke monster?

The last episode shot before the writers' strike was 411 (the first episode of "season 4.5"). I agree with the rest of you above - that when there's no plan, it usually shows. Good writers can usually wing it anyways - usually by plotting a season at a time, instead of trying to stretch...

Supposedly, the extended version is a lot better. I haven't worked up the nerve to try it. ;)

But they were happy to give them to you in the complete series box set. *sighs*

"Razor" is included in both Blu-ray boxes (as part of season 4). "The Plan" is included in the second Blu-ray box (the one without the Cylon action figure). There are two sets of webisodes; the "Razor" ones are included, the Season 4.5 ones aren't (seemingly due to legal reasons).

Thanks very much - I won't worry about it, then. :)