So, Prisoners of Gravity on DVD. Most people who send me feedback ask the same thing: "Is PoG out on DVD and if not, when is it coming?"

Short answer: No, it's not out on DVD and there are currently no plans to release it.

Long answer: There were possibly very early plans for a release, but they fell through.

Prisoners of Gravity is in an almost uniquely bad position when it comes to DVD releases. The issue with putting episodes out onto DVD lies in the original releases that the interviewees agreed to which were limited to broadcast only. According to Mark Askwith, he was renegotiating with people interviewed on the show. This would seems to indicate that there were plans for a release of some sort. Two out of a hundred authors declined, stopping the project Mr. Askwith was planning. He's admitted that he doesn't believe that the show will ever see a DVD release.

This has left many fans wondering where we go from here. Compared to other TVOntario series, Prisoners of Gravity has a bit of an edge; TVOntario has lost the rights to many of their older series and destroyed their copies of the Master Tapes. With PoG, we know that there's at least a complete set of decent quality episodes for seasons 2 - 5 sitting down at The Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy and that some of the Powers That Be for PoG still have an interest in the series.

PoG isn't the only TV show to face DVD problems connected to interviewee releases. In other cases the problem is dealt with in two ways:

The first way is by removing the affected episodes from the DVD release all together.

The second way is to cut out the affected footage and leave the rest of the episode intact.

Granted, this isn't a perfect solution by any means. Because of Prisoners of Gravity's framework it might be difficult, if not impossible, to "edit out" interviews that can't be released onto DVD. Subbing in new footage isn't an option. As for leaving out episodes completely is usually frowned upon. It could also cause continuity headaches if only one half of a two-parter can be released.

In an ideal world, every DVD release would be uncut. However, it appears that any DVD release for Prisoners of Gravity right now is going to be edited or nonexistent.