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First, let’s detail the latest avalanche of TV box sets. Available to buy now are Dark Matter season three, The Flash season three, Person Of Interest season five and Supernatural season 12, with Arrow season five arriving on 18 September. Also out: a new 15th Anniversary box set of Joss Whedon’s unjustly short-lived “space western” Firefly – no new extras, but you do get 10 art cards, five stickers and a fold-out poster. A 20th anniversary DVD box set of Buffy follows hot on its heels on 18 September. Making its HD debut: Gerry Anderson’s neW CAPTAIn sCArLeT (out now, Blu-ray). In 2005 we were blown away by this CGI update of the classic puppet show. We said: “The CGI is uncanny, the scripts are intelligently written, and there are sequences that feel pretty strong for kids’ TV.” Are the Leatherface movies SFX fare? We um and aah over this, so will mention THe TeXAs CHAInsAW MAssACre 2 (out now, Blu-ray). Tobe Hooper’s 1986 sequel sees a vengeful Dennis Hopper going after the Sawyer clan – now living under an abandoned carnival. With its pitch-black comedy, sledgehammer-subtle satire and lashings of gore, it’s totally batshit. Finally, THe doCTors: THe ToM BAKer yeArs (out now, DVD) is the latest collection of vintage interviews with Doctor Who stars taken from Reeltime Pictures’ Myth Makers range. This two-disc collection brings together chinwags with Baker, Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane), Ian Marter (Harry), Louise Jameson (Leela), Mary Tamm (Romana) and John Leeson (K9), recorded between 1984 and 2000.