Saturday 28 May 2022

Abominable Update

 
Apparently a release date for The Abominable Snowmen DVD / Blu-ray / Steelbook has been issued for the USA, and it will be in early December. The Australian release is supposed to be coming in August - so that means that it must be getting a UK release before then. As it isn't mentioned in the latest DWM, even in the preview of the next issue on 23rd June, then a date of 25th July, 1st or 8th August seems likely. 
The Abominable Snowmen just happens to have been broadcast in 1967 - which is the year about to be covered in the latest of the excellent Doctor Who Chronicles, published by DWM.
The year began with The Highlanders, and ended with The Enemy of the World. In between we had The Underwater Menace, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, Evil of the Daleks, Tomb of the Cybermen, The Abominable Snowmen and The Ice Warriors. A classic run of adventures.
Present should be the usual features covering merchandising, the 1968 Annual, VFX of the day, cast and crew profiles, a production diary for the year, what else was on TV, and Doctor Who in the national news.
I suspect that there will also be a feature on the animating of lost stories, as this year's batch has benefitted greatly from this. 1967 also saw the hugely successful Design-a-Monster competition from Blue Peter.
The bookazine will be released on June 16th.

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