I have the 2002 7 disc boxset. It claims to have been digitally remastered but it has some terrible dot crawl baked into some scenes. Most notably, the opening credits and something terrible has been done to the end credits as well.

I've just recently found out there was a 2009 5 disc boxset released by Fremantle media which is a British company. Apparently, this boxset is PAL and has been digitally remastered and restored. Whatever that means.

Does anybody have any information on this 2009 release? Is the quality better than the 2002 release or is it the same thing in a different box? Is it PAL or just region0 NTSC? Does the 2009 contain more up to date science updates? ETC.

Any information would be greatly appreciated. If it is determined that the 2009 boxset is of greater quality I will definitely purchase it because it's only 13 pounds on Amazon and it's one of my favorite TV shows ever.