I had a full evening of viewing tonight.
I began by watching all of the bonus features on the MARTIAN CHILD DVD and listening to the audio commentary. Commentary had four participants, but it was OK. Both behind-the-scene featurettes were very well done. The first was about the child playing the child in the film. Got to meet his stage parents who seem to have their heads about them and their feet planted firmly on the ground.
The second feature was the real-life author who wrote the original short novel and who adopted a foster child himself who was also on camera, the film a semi-autobiographical account of his own life. They were a wonderful father-son combination.
BTW, this writer penned the original "Trouble With Tribbles" STAR TREK episode.