Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Why did Joss do this?
Joss Whedon wrote this during the Hollywood writters strike of 2008, and filmed it in 6 days on a minimal budget and relying on the lots of family and friends and calling in many favours. Instead of be broadcast on the traditional medium of Television, this project was shown to millions around the world via the Internet.

"Whether this has any impact on the Internet is unclear to me. It will be something that hasn't been done. And although some people came up with a plan on how to monetize this right away, our first priority was to put this out. We do it for the fans, we do it as an advertisement for itself and for just this culture, this idea of people who are doing something smaller scale but hopefully in such a way they can reach a lot of people.

source: review by TV Guide

What is it?
This is a musical comedy in three parts, featuring the wannabe mad scientist Dr. Horrible bent on taking over the world (played by Neil Patrick Harris). There is also Penny (Felicia Day), the cute girl he really likes, and Captain Hammer (Nathan Fillion) who keeps beating him up.

These three characters all get big numbers, from lyrical ballads to soaring comic anthems, written by Joss with his brother Jed. If you've seen the Buffy episode "Once More With Feeling", you'll already have an idea what it could be like.

When can I watch it?
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog was streamed for free on the show's official website until July 20th. It is available to purchase as individual episodes ($1.99) or as a "season" ($3.99) through iTunes in the US & Canadian stores and will be available in other countries soon.

What'll happen now?
There is plans to release it on DVD some time in the future, with "the best bonus features in the land". There could well be a soundtrack album released as well.

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The long awaited Dr. Horrible DVD will be released for sale on December 19th. Make sure you pre-order it now and select the 2-day delivery option to ensure that it arrives in time for Christmas.

The bonus features are being kept under wraps by the Dr. Horrible team until the DVD is released, but it is certain to include a musical commentary plus 10 entries selected from the hundreds of applications sent to the Evil League of Evil.

A review of the DVD by NewTeeVee said: "As for special features, the centerpiece of the DVD is definitely Commentary! The Musical, a full-length commentary track that is a completely original musical in its own right%u2026 Commentary! is actually a fun, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the production, heavily laced with inside jokes set to music very nearly as good as that in the actual production%u2026"

» For more information about this, visit the Dr. Horrible DVD page.

Joss returns along with his brother Zack with an exclusive comic tie-in to Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, their much talked about series of upcoming musical webisodes. This eight page feature introduces the world to Captain Hammer, Dr. Horrible's squeaky clean arch enemy.

The Dark Horse Comics officially present the online comic
"Captain Hammer: be like me! (Nemesis of Dr. Horrible)"
(click on the images to turn the pages).

There are the official Dr. Horrible T-Shirts, sold by Jinx.com.
Don't buy them from anywhere else.