Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

For the blu-ray complete David Tennant collection released 9/17/2019. Exterior/Packaging: I expected it to be a somewhat flimsy paper sleeve cover with a box or two inside, and that's what it is- one box for series 2 & 3, which is pretty thin, and a much thicker box for series 4, the 2009 specials, and the other special features including the animated specials "Dreamland" and "The Infinite Quest" as well as the Sarah Jane Adventures story "The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith" which featured 10 back in 2009 as well. Talk about a surprise! The art on the discs is good, the art on the individual blu-ray cases and the sleeve cover is surprisingly creative, in my opinion. I don't understand why it is that the Doctor Who logo on the box and cover sleeve couldn't have been the same one from the RTD era, and instead had to be the one for the Chibnall era, but I'm not really surprised by that considering that new logo has taken over all Who merch, and I mean to say every single piece of new Doctor Who merchandise I have ever seen since like mid-2018. Not that big a deal though, but it would've been cool and nostalgic in my view to have that cool old logo back for this. Eh. Content:, I was VERY pleasantly surprised. One of the perks of owning series 2-2009 specials in their box sets was the special features, including things like Doctor Who Confidential, Tennant's video diaries, deleted scenes and bloopers, the two Children in Need specials, other stuff...all of that is cool stuff if you're a big fan of this era in the show's history and I wasn't expecting that to be included in this release. Guess what...it appears to be all here (not in HD though, as far as I can tell none of the special features are). The blu-ray menus are virtually the same as they were on the old DVD releases but updated for blu-ray style menu navigation which is really cool, to me. I was expecting it to be a lazy single-still menu with the episodes listed on one side or something but its not- they recreated the old menu (at least for series 2, haven't gone further to see if the series 4 menu still will have that annoyingly loud "THE TARDIS IS A WEAPON AND IT MUST BE DESTROYED" dalek audio on it. Viewing experience: You've got every Tennant episode. In glorious HD!...well, kind of. Reason I say that is because series 2-4 and the Next Doctor 2008 Christmas special were not originally shot in HD-compatible cameras (or whatever you call them) and HD production on Doctor Who didn't begin until 2009's Planet of the Dead. So series 2-4 and the Next Doctor have been "up-converted" I guess from their SD originals. So it doesn't look quite as sharp or crystal clear as you may expect. BUT...it definitely does look better than SD, especially the text of the titles and credits and some of the visual effects. A discernible improvement, but definitely not a "restoration" of any kind (no one's really asking for that, though, at least I don't think so). I was impressed, having seen all the Tennant episodes on DVD and on their iTunes digital downloads (many of which have this bizarre video filter that further diminishes the picture). Have not yet seen this new Tennant interview but I hope to God its more than like just 5 minutes of him reflecting on the End of Time. Last, the price. My goodness. Around $35 when I preordered it. Talk about a steal. Get it for the Tennant fan in your life, if its you or someone else. Get it if you're craving these episodes in HD (or close to it).