DVD Release Date: August 30, 2005 (Rhino Home Video)
1965-1966/B&W and Color
MSRP: $14.95
Number of Discs: 1
Number of Episodes: 4
Running Time: 100 minutes
Total Run Time of Special Features: N/A
Languages, Subtitles, Closed Captioning: None
Special Features: None
Introduction:
It's time to go back in time with Tim and Uncle Martin
in My Favorite Martian: Time Travelers! This single
disc release from Rhino Home Video contains four great
episodes of 1960s series. In this set, we see four
episodes (mostly from the third season) of the show
that involve—what else—going back in time.
Episodes Included:
The first episode on this set is "Time Out for
Martin." This is a second season episode in which Tim
and Martin go back in time to 13th century England.
The other three episodes are all from the third
season. In "Martin of the Movies," Tim and Martin go
back in time to the early days in Hollywood. Tim,
Martin, and even Mrs. Brown go back in time to meet
Jesse James in "The Time Machine is Waking Up That Old
Gang of Mine." Allan Melville guest stars as Tim goes
back to the 1920s in "Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow."
Packaging:
It is very simple packaging here—just an Amaray case,
with a picture of a clock on the cover, as well as
Bill Bixby and Ray Walston on the cover. This is about
what you'd expect for a single disc release. The disc
itself also has Bill Bixby and Ray Walston, again with
a clock.
Menu Design and Navigation:
There really isn't much to say here. When you put the
disc in, a very basic menu comes up. You can either
choose Play All or select an episode (they are all
listed on the main menu). Tim and Martin are on the
Main Menu, and there is a space background, and the
theme song plays as the background music. There is no
scene selection at all on this set, but chapters are
appropriately placed throughout the set.
Video and Audio Quality:
The video quality on this DVD is generally pretty
good. One episode is in black and white, while the
other three are in color. The episodes seemed to have
a little bit of grain and the colors weren't
exceedingly vivid on the color episodes (probably more
as a result of the fact that this was one of the
earlier color shows), but in general, there aren't
many problems.
The audio, presented in mono, is fairly decent as
well. The audio seemed to be a slight bit low, but it
wasn't THAT bad. Unfortunately, there is no closed
captioning or subtitles at all on the disc.
Every episode runs at about 25 minutes, so there are
no syndicated prints to worry about on this set.
Special Features:
There are no special features at all in the set.
Special features would be a good selling point in a
basic set like this, but unfortunately, there just
aren't any.
Final Comments:
I have no complaints about the episodes on this set,
they all seem to be pretty good episodes and the theme
of the episodes makes a nice collection. However,
Rhino will eventually be releasing the third (and
final) season of this show, so all of these episodes
will be available on the season sets (1 of them on the
already released Complete Second Season, the other 3
on the third season). Although the episodes are great
and there are almost no quality issues, I can see
little reason to purchase this set when you will
(presumably) soon be able to pay twice as much and get
8 times as many episodes. Still, if you are a diehard
fan and just can't wait to see these episodes, you
might want this set.
