The adorable little robot wheels his way onto home video. Continuing the perfect critical and commercial track record of Pixar Animation (“The Incredibles,” “Ratatouille”), the animated smash defies convention, presenting a clunky robot and his sleek new girlfriend who communicate only through mechanical noises. Wall-E is a persevering worker ‘bot, tending his job to clean up the mess of trash on Earth even after humanity has abandoned the polluted planet for an idle life on a spaceship. The film comes in one- or three-disc DVD versions and two- and three-disc Blu-ray sets, all featuring the cartoon short “Presto” that preceded “WALL-E” in theaters, plus deleted scenes and commentary with director Andrew Stanton. A documentary on Pixar is offered in the multidisc sets, and a digital copy of the movie is included in the three-disc DVD and Blu-ray packages. Single-disc DVD, $29.99; three-disc DVD set, $39.99; two-disc Blu-ray set, $35.99; three-disc Blu-ray set, $40.99. (Disney)
NEW! TV on DVD
Star Trek: The Original Series – Season 3 Remastered – William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and the rest of the starship Enterprise crew complete their original TV trek as the final year of the 1960s series lands in a DVD update with new special effects and freshly recorded music. The seven-disc package has 24 episodes, with extras including segments on some of the co-stars. DVD set, $99.99. (Paramount)
Charmed: The Complete Series – A mammoth 49-disc set packs all 173 episodes of the series featuring Shannen Doherty, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Holly Marie Combs as witches using their powers for good. Extras include the original unaired pilot. The series is available in a regular-sized DVD edition or a massive “Deluxe Edition” in coffee-table-book-style packaging. DVD set, $271.99; “Deluxe Edition,” $317.99. (Paramount)
Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series – David Tennant is back as the latest incarnation of the doctor, who journeys through time and space to save the world. A six-disc set has all 14 of season four’s episodes, plus deleted scenes and commentary. DVD set, $99.98. (BBC)
Night Gallery: Season Two – Rod Serling of “The Twilight Zone” offers another anthology of macabre stories. Year two’s 22 episodes are contained in a five-disc set, with commentary from Guillermo del Toro, director of the “Hellboy” movies. DVD set, $59.98. (Universal)
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