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Competition time: win series six of Doctor Who on DVD!

13 December 2011 Rob Buckley 19 Comments

Series 6 of Doctor Who on DVD

Time for another shiny Christmas competition, courtesy of those lovely people at the BBC Shop. Go buy something from them sometime. They’re quite cheap.

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Following on from last week’s Torchwood competition (yes, newcomers, you’ve been missing out on a lot), this week you can win the whole of series six of Doctor Who on DVD. Normally costing £51, it’s just £35 at the BBC Shop (it’s £36.97 on Amazon), but to you, it’ll be free if you win the competition.

The DVDs contain all the episodes from series 6, reviews of most of which are below:

There’s also five “Night and the Doctor” additional scenes, two Comic Relief sketches, commentaries, four “Monster Files”, five prequels, trailers, 14 cut-down episodes of Doctor Who Confidential and Doctor Who Confidential: A Nights’ Tale. Marvellous, huh?

And here’s how you can win:

To enter, all you have to do is tweet this: “Win the whole of Doctor Who series 6 on DVD bit.ly/sYTVbc (via @robTMINE)”, then leave a link to your tweet in the comments section below to make sure I didn’t miss it.

You’ve until 11.59pm GMT on Monday to leave your link and I’ll pick at random one lucky winner and let you all know who won on Tuesday 20th. Keep your eyes peeled until then, since there may even be a Top Gear competition before then. Good luck!

Competitions

Competition time: win the Complete Torchwood Collection on DVD!

5 December 2011 Rob Buckley 13 Comments

The Complete Torchwood

Howdy, happy people. No sooner is the last competition over, then a new one begins, this time courtesy of those good people at the BBC Shop. Look, I’m an official reviewer:

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They send me things that they think I’d like to review, based on the content of this ‘ere blog, and then I review them (editorially independently, of course). And then I’m free to dispose with them as I wish. And I wish to give them away to you happy people. So as we lead up to Christmas, I’ll be giving away all kinds of lovely goodies at the rate of one a week (maybe even more).

This week, I’m giving away The Complete Torchwood Collection – yes, every single episode of Torchwood from all four series on 18 DVDs, complete with all manner of extras. Normally, it’ll cost you £61.27, at the BBC Shop it’ll cost you £40.50, but if you win the competition, it’ll be free!

And yes, long-time readers, they looked at the blog and thought I’d love me some Torchwood. Seems implausible, doesn’t it?

Now, I’ve reviewed pretty much every episode already, so rather than rehash all those reviews, I’m simply going to list them all. Feel free to relive my growing frustration, dismay and sarcasm during season 1! Enjoy my slight surprise when it gets better in the second season – then experience again the frustration when it goes bad again, usually when Chris Chibnall is let loose on the scripts. Relive my bemusement at Children of Earth and surprise at how good it is… in places! And then watch as I decide enough’s enough and the first episode of Miracle Day is simply too bad to be watchable… and I’m proven right in countries around the world where Pro-Celebrity Cat Shampooing beats it in the ratings by the final episode.

Anyway, assuming my reviews and sarcasm haven’t put you off the entire series – or the series itself for that matter – the entire box set of Torchwood episodes will be sent to the UK reader who responds with the best (not insulting) answer to the following question:

Why did my reviews not put you off wanting the box set?

Don’t forget to include a valid email address when you leave your reply. You’ve until 11.59pm GMT on Friday to leave your response and I’ll let you all know who won on Monday when I’ll announce the next competition… your chance to win series six of Doctor Who DVD, so stay tuned.