{"id":22950,"date":"2015-07-06T06:39:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T05:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toyah.net\/?p=22950"},"modified":"2015-07-06T06:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-06T05:40:41","slug":"quatermass-two-disc-network-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/quatermass-two-disc-network-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Quatermass: Two-Disc Network DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/networkonair.com\/shop\/2249-quatermass-5027626432843.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/networkonair.com\/shop\/2249-quatermass-5027626432843.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22951 alignleft\" style=\"border: 6px solid white;\" alt=\"quatermass15a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/quatermass15a.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"328\" \/><\/a>A new Region 2, two-disc, DVD of <em>Quatermass<\/em> has just been released by Network DVD. Retailing at approximately \u00a312.<\/p>\n<p>Toyah had a small role, in the production, as Sal. The series was made by Euston Films, filmed in 1978 and aired on ITV in October and November 1979<\/p>\n<p><em>John Mills brings a stoic intensity to the role of Professor Bernard Quatermass in this key piece of British dystopian fiction from visionary writer Nigel Kneale. Unsettling in its vision of a crumbling society coming under alien attack, Quatermass is directed with characteristic style by BAFTA winner Piers Haggard and features the high production values associated with Euston Films. Shot on 35mm, the original negatives have been used for this stunning, brand-new restoration \u2013 a new 5.1 mix from original triple-track audio elements is also presented here alongside the original mono soundtrack.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Bernard Quatermass, former head of the British Rocket Group, lives in seclusion in western Scotland, watching in appalled silence as Britain slowly turns into a vision of violence, gang rule and governmental collapse. A desperate search for his missing granddaughter plunges him into a terrifying situation when he comes to realise that the mass disappearance of thousands of youths is nothing less than the culling of the human species by an unknown alien intelligence&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Features:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Brand-new 5.1 mix for episodic version<br \/>\n\u2022 Brand-new HD restoration of The Quatermass Conclusion in its original theatrical aspect ratio<br \/>\n\u2022 Music-only tracks for all four episodes<br \/>\n\u2022 Episode recaps<br \/>\n\u2022 Textless titles<br \/>\n\u2022 Image Gallery<br \/>\n\u2022 Booklet by archive TV historian Andrew Pixley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Further Info:<\/strong> Catalogue Number: 7954328, Available Since: 22\/06\/2015, Classification: 15, Number of Discs: 2, Picture: 1.33:1 \/ Colour [Main Feature], Sound: Dolby 5.1 \/ Mono \/ English, Subtitles: English, Region 2 \/ PAL, Time: 200 mins approx [Main Feature]<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Visit the product page at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/networkonair.com\/shop\/2249-quatermass-5027626432843.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Network DVD website<\/strong><\/a>. (Thanks to Giddy Gavin)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7360\" alt=\"quatermass12a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/quatermass12a.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/quatermass12a.jpg 600w, https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/quatermass12a-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Region 2, two-disc, DVD of Quatermass has just been released by Network DVD. Retailing at approximately \u00a312. Toyah had a small role, in the production, as Sal. The series was made by Euston Films, filmed in 1978 and aired on ITV in October and November 1979 John Mills brings a stoic intensity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,149],"tags":[178],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22950"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22959,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22950\/revisions\/22959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toyah.net\/ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}