The War of the Welles… THINGS TO COME: SPECIAL EDITION Network DVD A two-disc special edition treatment that will hopefully burn the torch bright for an ignored classic of British science fiction cinema into the 21st Century. With a restored print of the longest existing version, a virtual extended edition that included text and images from missing or unfilmed scenes, a comprehensive production booklet and image gallery, audio rarities and archive interviews this was an ambitious release for an ambitious film. A true landmark treated with long overdue respect.

The undiscovered gem… FLESH AND BLOOD Freemantle Media DVD An unexpected and little known release for Christopher Eccleston's pre-Doctor Who role as an adopted man who tracks down his parents and discovers they both have learning difficulties. Moving as well as achingly well acted and scripted this 2002 production was the winner of two Royal Television Society awards, but only has a director's commentary as an extra. The sheer quality of this drama that explores human identity with a unique and surprising storyline more than makes up for the lack of other extras.

The summer of love… ACE OF WANDS Network DVD Languishing in the ITV vaults for far too long Ace Of Wands was finally made available to fans in the know and a potential new audience in summer 2007. It was a release that was my visual summer soundtrack to the family holiday in France. I spent summer days on the beach reading Andrew Pixley's fantastically researched booklet on the creation and production of the series and the summer evenings enjoying the episodes and extras on my laptop. Whilst Britain flooded I basked in a psychedelically tinged nostalgia trip for a series I was too young to remember and a damned good holiday as well. Another fabulous raiding of the archives with an impressive dollop of extras - commentaries, enjoyable retrospective documentary, extensive collection of pdf material, both spin-off plays (Dutch Schlitz's Shoes, Mr. Stabs).

I got the key, I got the secret… DOCTOR WHO - THE KEY TO TIME BOXSET 2 Entertain / BBC DVD Previously available on R1 with commentaries the BBC finally got round to releasing this complete Tom Baker season in the UK and made it their flagship release of their Doctor Who DVDs in 2007. With all the commentaries ported over from the R1 release and some new ones added to three of the six stories (guaranteeing the involvement of Tom Baker on all the chat tracks) to keep you entertained alongside a smorgasbord extras this set an exceptionally high benchmark for the Who range. This must be the top of every Who fans Christmas list this year!

If 28 Days Later was Alien then 28 Weeks Later was Aliens… 28 WEEKS LATER 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD A sequel that was equal, if not better in many ways, to the original film much to the surprise of many. With the machinations and sterile thinking of the military thrown into the mix. Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo refines the frenetic photography and epileptic editing template of Danny Boyle's original with the help of a bigger budget and a script with both an emotional and adrenal charge. The film comes with an informative commentary by the director and producer, deleted scenes (with optional commentary), making of documentary and a collection of behind the scenes featurettes.

Monster of the ID… FORBIDDEN PLANET Warner Home Video DVD A two-disc edition to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary in true style. Featuring a gob smacking transfer of Forbidden Planet together with an OK transfer of sloppy cash in 'sequel' The Invisible Boy and an episode of The Thin Man TV series featuring the film's robot star this was a essential 2007 purchase for genre fans. Other extras included a retrospective documentary on the making of the film, a featurette on Robby The Robot and the TCM documentary Watch The Skies: Science Fiction, the 1959s and Us. Sadly no commentary so not quite complete, but the best archive genre cinema release of the year (The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers are complete botch jobs)..

I am not a number... THE PRISONER: 40th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION Network DVD "Thanks to Network's fresh and vastly improved edition, The Prisoner can journey happily into the future." - Patrick MaGoohan, August 2007. Need we say more? Well check out our review here if you feel you need information. Brilliant transfers and oodles of extras make this the most important archive TV release of the year.