September 29th, 2014
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Doctor Who 50TH Anniversary Edition
Press Release:
For the ultimate Doctor Who fan, a special collection of highlights from the groundbreaking 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.
The limited edition collector’s set includes the 50th anniversary special; The Day of the Doctor, Matt Smith’s Farewell; The Time of the Doctor, the Series 7 finale; The Name of the Doctor, and the Eighth Doctor’s (Paul McGann) surprise regeneration into John Hurt’s War Doctor; The Night of the Doctor.
The collection also includes an exclusive cut of the read-through of The Day of the Doctor featuring Matt Smith and David Tennant, deleted scenes, new-to-DVD cinema trails and Mark Gatiss’ award winning drama about the genesis of Doctor Who; An Adventure in Space and Time. The hilarious Five-ish Doctors – starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and a host of special guests – will also be included on a DVD and Blu-ray box for the first time.
Pre-order your copy now!
- The Name of the Doctor
- The Night of the Doctor
- The Day of the Doctor
- The Time of the Doctor
- An Adventure in Space & Time
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
- Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
- The Science of Doctor Who
- Doctor Who Proms 2013
- The Last Day
- The Day of the Doctor Readthrough
- The Day of the Doctor Cinema Intros
- Deleted Scenes
- Behind the Scenes videos (Name, Day & Time)
- BBCA Documentaries: Tales from the Tardis & Farewell to Matt Smith
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Anonymous
July 25th, 2014 - 12:09pmBesides the read through extra….there is no new material in this set is there? It’s just a repackaged bundle if what we’ve already bought…right?
The Other
July 25th, 2014 - 1:08pmAnd Five-ish Doctors and 2013 Prom
Nicholas
July 25th, 2014 - 1:30pmAn Adventure in Space & Time (Blu-Ray)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Doctor Who Proms 2013
DoTD Readthrough
DoTD Cinema Intros
Jay Ubi
July 25th, 2014 - 1:02amWill this be available worldwide or is this an UK-only release???? I am very excited about this!!!
Doctorfan
July 25th, 2014 - 9:03amI think they would have said if it wasn’t
Anonymous
July 25th, 2014 - 9:25amI hope it’s WorldWide! I really want this to be released in Australia! I would pre order this if it came to Australia.
booboo
July 25th, 2014 - 9:27amyou can order it from the BBC anyway
MadManWithABox
July 25th, 2014 - 9:27amI’m in Australia and I’ve already pre-ordered my copy! 😀
Australian and UK Blu-Rays used the same region coding, so a UK Blu-Ray can play in an Australian player, or vice versa.
Jay Ubi
July 25th, 2014 - 3:30pmI only have a R1 DVD player so this is why I’m curious.
MadManWithABox
July 27th, 2014 - 2:15amSorry, but I’m afraid DVD Region Coding is another matter entirely…
Unless your DVD player happens to be region-free, then R2 DVDs (UK DVDs) will NOT play in a R1 player. Occasionally R2 DVDs will play in R4 (Australian) players, but this is rare and depends entirely depends on the disc.
theHAWKeatsFORKS
August 13th, 2014 - 4:22pmSurely, others should let this order just be for UK. Otherwise we will have none left. They can have there’s, if it is released in there country
booboo
August 13th, 2014 - 4:48pmthat’s an “if” though
and its not sold out yet online which does actually surprise me
Lego Whovian
July 24th, 2014 - 2:20pmHow many Discs?
StormOfOncomers
July 24th, 2014 - 4:54pmI’m guessing 4
DalekAgent
July 24th, 2014 - 12:29pmAlthough I already have all the episodes (including an adventure in space and time) on dvd and I’m sure other people have, I’ve still got to get this
Grey and Blue
July 23rd, 2014 - 4:22pmHopefully the Standard 2D day of the doctor has had it’s audio fixed as it had problems on the 3D blu ray disc where the audio sounded distorted and tinny. Hopefully for this high profile release they have fixed it.
Laurence
July 23rd, 2014 - 10:04pmME TOO. God I hope so.
dalek4699
July 25th, 2014 - 3:00amSays 3D on cover of bluray
Dorium Maldovar
July 25th, 2014 - 8:52amDoes that mean you have to have a 3D TV to watch the episode? (Does it come with the option to watch in 2D?)
booboo
July 25th, 2014 - 8:57amto watch it in 3d yes, and a 3d player
its bound to come with 2d disc or 2d option on the same disc i would have thought
Doctorfan
July 23rd, 2014 - 4:10pmGo to big finish at 7 pm I know it has nothing to do with this but just have a look
Grey and Blue
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:49pmGOING TO GET BLU RAY IN SEPT!!!! This is what I’ve been waiting for!!!!
The Sons of Skaro
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:41pmLooks like Deep breath will be getting a standalone DVD/blu-Ray release around the same time. 😀
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:42pmUSA have one listed
The Sons of Skaro
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:50pmYup, both are available just after my birthday.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 23rd, 2014 - 7:44pmWait- so Deep Breath will get its own DVD release?
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 7:45pmone is just listed in the USA at present
Laurence
July 23rd, 2014 - 10:04pmIt’s 80 mins so why not
CaptainJack2000
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:31pmAccording to DWM it’s £40.84 for DVD and £45.95 for BR. But likely that’ll drop once it gets a retail listing.
Trenzalore
July 23rd, 2014 - 3:42pmThat’s actually a surprisingly good and reasonable price for the amount of features and the packaging which I imagine will be quite big and fancy.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:44pmOH MY GOD.
THE TRILOGY.
WITH AN ADVENTURE IN SPACE AND TIME.
AND THE FIVE(ISH) DOCTORS REBOOT
AND BBCA SPECIALS
BUT NOT JUST THAT…
THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR READTHROUGH
OHHHH MYYYYY GOODDDDDDDDDD
T4RD1S
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:31pmyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
im so adding this to my wish list of who items
Doyouhearthem?
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:26pmThis is exciting but could they not have told us it was on the way before we all ordered copies? And will Time of the Doctor be available on the Series 8 boxset?
SomeFunnyDrWhoReference
July 23rd, 2014 - 8:57pmUnlikely as this was the End of Matt’s era final story. Season 8 box set will soley start with Peter (as did season 5,Matt’s first)
Day and Time (and to a minor extent Name) are essentially a specials box set (like Tennant’s final year)
Radburn
July 23rd, 2014 - 10:56pmWill be a short Series 8 then with only 12 episodes?
James A
July 24th, 2014 - 1:43amI think the series concludes with the Christmas special, making the series 13 episodes.
Blake Jamieson
July 24th, 2014 - 9:14ambut i think the series 8 boxset is released before Christmas so, the 2014 xmas special will probably be on the series 9 box next year. But this year is filled with the DVDs, this and the Series 8 box is gonna leave me broke for ages XD
Radburn
July 24th, 2014 - 12:03pmYes, Series 8 will finish early Nov & the DVD Boxset is due in November ~ So a very short unfair set without ‘Time Of The Doctor’ on it…
Slytherinx
July 24th, 2014 - 5:27pmBear in mind the first episode of series 8 is double length. They could easily have made it a two-parter to stretch series 8 to 13 episodes, but chose instead to keep it feature lenghth.
Radburn
July 24th, 2014 - 8:49pmTAO
Nicholas
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:21pmDefinitely gonna get the Blu-Ray set as soon as it’s up for pre-order. Really interested the readthrough for Day and very happy we finally get AAISAT on Blu-Ray – Have been holding out on buying it for this
ahunter8056
July 23rd, 2014 - 1:50pmI’ll only be buying this if it’s an extended edition of the 2013 Doctor Who Prom. The broadcast version cut out way too many vital pieces.
drjakeyoung
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:43pmI have been going on about this set for almost a year, and now it’s finally coming out! With most the extra’s i predicted! So pre-ordering! Although it could have done with the 2 prequels for name.
CaptainJack2000
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:18pmIt’s got the night of the doctor and the last day
drjakeyoung
July 23rd, 2014 - 8:50pmI mean he said, she said and Clarence and the whispermen
GallifreyanKnight
July 27th, 2014 - 12:37amThey don’t need to be included, as they are already on the season 33 boxset.
The TARDIS
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:40pmAny idea if this will be the same style as the complete series digipack editions, or will it be something different like the BBC Shop exclusive series seven?
Jdog
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:34pmWould this set be casual DVD collector’s friendly? By that I mean for someone who possibly couldn’t start a DW DVD collection and has the Regeneration box set instead.
Trenzalore
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:30pmFINALY! I’ve been wanting details on it for ages! Looks like they’ve included everything. I like the sound of The Day Of The Doctor Readthrough – the little snippets of readthrough we’ve seen in other DVD’s always interest me.
Really excited to see the packaging, I imagine it will be amazing.
The less said about the price the better 😆
Trenzalore
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:33pmIt would be brilliant if the War Doctor figure was included with it – it would be another chance for people who missed to get it.
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:46pmIt would be amazing if we had a Doctor Trilogy Capsule with this DVD set, The War Doctor figure with Moment and The Gears of War Book, but it would probably cost over £100.
drjakeyoung
July 23rd, 2014 - 8:51pmWell that was what the 4th doctor time capsule was and that was £55.
100000BC
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:29pmBasically this is every piece of 2D video content with any meaning, significance and value (i.e. not the afterparty) that was transmitted/released with specifically the 50th anniversary in mind. (as Name and Time were basically extra 50th anniversary specials, which highlighted the “every enemy” and “(sort of) new footage of every Doctor” aspects of fandom’s expectations.
Darrell
July 26th, 2014 - 10:47pmExcept the excellent ‘Me You And Doctor Who’ documentary, which was half the length and a hundred times the value of the abysmal ‘Ultimate Guide’. Strictly speaking this box set doesn’t include the true 2D version of Day Of The Doctor either on the Bluray version, which inexcusably uses the same glitchy disc as the individual release.
GallifreyanKnight
July 27th, 2014 - 12:45amYou’ll also find that all the TV and radio trailers, as well as all the 50th anniversary YouTube content, have not been included.
So it doesn’t come with “everything”, which is a shame, as it would have been nice to have it “all” in one set.
Richard Doidge
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:21pmCan’t wait for this to be able to pre-order! Are we expecting that’ll be soon? 😀
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:22pmtechnically DWM isn’t out until tomorrow so after then doubt it will be long
Richard Doidge
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:24pmFair enough! Will be ordering the blu ray when available! Will you let us know when it is? 🙂 love this site by the way! A must visit for all new who merch!
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:26pmif i’m by a computer the minuet i see it i will add all the info
Richard Doidge
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:26pmSpeaking of DWM, haven’t had mine through the post yet!
Fezmeister
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:08pmThis is a perfect release. I’ll be ordering it as soon as it’s available. Glad to see it’s got everything. “Name” wasn’t necessary at all, but it’s a very nice touch.
the astroanut of death
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:17pmname was necessary as it is part of the
of the doctor trilogy
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
July 23rd, 2014 - 2:49pmName is the most necessary part of the trilogy….
It not only sees the Doctors tomb on Trenzalore, but it also introduces us to The War Doctor and goes into the Day of the Doctor.
In this trilogy, we see Trenzalore in both Name and Time (the events before and after Day) so it is very necessary for the box set.
StetsonDoctor
July 23rd, 2014 - 12:06pmI read that this is limited edition-4000 on DVD and 6000 on Blu-Ray. Taking that into consideration, should it be fairly easy to get hold of when it comes out, but possibly become rare afterwards like the ‘Regeneration’ box set?
Nobody in particular
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:53amThis would probably have to be a Christmas present, but It’ll certainly be on my list
The Other
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:44amHopefully this will have a great cover/box to reflect the great contents
Perhaps a TARDIS shaped tin?
Richard Doidge
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:31amIs this going to be available through all outlets or just BBC Shop? Any ideas?
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:33amall i would think although BBC shop might get a variant cover or something just dont know
Some bloke
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:21amI SHALL BE GETTING BOTH!!!
The Other
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:20amWOW!
Defo getting this!!!
Hope it’s not too pricey, since it’s a ‘limited edition’
Adipose333
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:22amThe RRP according to the magazine is £40.84 for the DVD and £45.95 for the blu-ray, but chances are that it’ll be online for a bit cheaper than that
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:10ami take it this is a dvd right? looks great might have to get it
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:11amand bluray
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
July 23rd, 2014 - 4:28pmwhen is this out?
the astronaut of death
July 23rd, 2014 - 4:29pm8th september
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
July 23rd, 2014 - 9:26pmthanks! two days before my birthday
DisapprovingOwl
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:05amThis was finally announced in the new DWM. Release date 8th Sept. Contains:
– The Name of the Doctor
– The Night of the Doctor
– The Day of the Doctor
– The Time of the Doctor
– An Adventure in Space & Time
– The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
– Doctor Who: The Ultimate Guide
– The Science of Doctor Who
– Doctor Who Proms 2013
– The Last Day
– The Day of the Doctor Readthrough
– The Day of the Doctor Cinema Intros
– Deleted Scenes
– Behind the Scenes videos (Name, Day & Time)
– BBCA Documentaries: Tales from the Tardis & Farewell to Matt Smith
booboo
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:06amshould go up for order soon then
DisapprovingOwl
July 23rd, 2014 - 11:46amHope so – will be pre-ordering the Blu-ray as soon as I can! = D
DisapprovingOwl
July 24th, 2014 - 9:28amNow that I’ve picked up this week’s DWN I’ve noticed an omission on the list I posted, which is also reflected in the main article contents: the set also includes behind the scenes videos for “An Adventure in Space and Time”.
When The Doctor Was Me
July 23rd, 2014 - 10:58amThe latest issue of DWM confirms the contents and release date. It has Name, Night, Day and Time of the doctor. An adventure in space and time. The fiveish doctors reboot. The science of doctor who. + loads of features. Out on 8th september. Bluray limited to 6000 copies DVD 4000 copies.