January 18th, 2014
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Doctor Who The Moonbase DVD
Doctor Who The Moonbase DVD
Available to order from www.bbcshop.com or www.amazon.co.uk
Available to order in the USA from www.amazon.com
The TARDIS arrives in 2070 on the Moon, where a weather control station under the command of a man named Hobson is in the grip of a plague epidemic – in reality the result of an alien poison planted by the Cybermen.
Jamie is knocked unconscious and lapses into a delirium, leaving the Second Doctor, Ben, and Polly to fight off a massive Cyberman attack.
Doctor Who’s first Cyber-sequel comes to DVD in early 2014, with with two missing episodes reanimated. The Second Doctor must save the Earth as the Cybermen commence their attack on The Moonbase.
- Fully remastered Episodes 2 and 4.
- Newly animated Episodes 1 and 3, using original off-screen soundtrack recordings.
- Commentary on Episodes 2 and 4: a traditional commentary with actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Edward Phillips and Special Sounds creator Brian Hodgson.
- Commentary on Episodes 1 and 3: a series of interviews featuring writer Kit Pedler’s daughters Lucy Pedler and Carol Topolski, archive interviews with producer Innes Lloyd, AFM Lovett Bickford, and Cyberman actors Barry Noble, Derek Chaffer and Reg Whitehead. Moderated and linked by Toby Hadoke.
- Lunar Landing – cast and crew look back on the making of the story. With actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Reg Whitehead, production assistant Desmond McCarthy.
- Photo Gallery – production, design and publicity photos from the story.
- Coming Soon – a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
- Radio Times listings.
- Programme subtitles.
- Subtitle Production Notes.
Available to order from www.bbcshop.com or www.amazon.co.uk
Available to order in the USA from www.amazon.com
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prof horner
February 11th, 2014 - 11:26amOh dear Ian Levine seems to have losted the plot. I too am unhappy with the lack of news on the missing episodes . But this is just disrepect to Chris Barry .
prof horner
February 11th, 2014 - 11:00amSo what did Ian Levine tweet about Chris Barry?
I Froze Gallifrey
February 11th, 2014 - 11:06amHe said ‘Christopher Barry died after a fall at home last week. Yet another example of someone who’ll never get to see what Phil Morris has held back.’
skaroman
February 11th, 2014 - 4:54pmAbsolutely outrageous. Christopher Barry is one of the Doctor Who Gods. His name should be taken in vain against an account of a silly missing episode scandal. I do not know if any more missing episodes have been found, but if we use Doctor Who legends in that disrespect, I wish not to be a part of it.
skaroman
February 11th, 2014 - 8:38amReleases still to come: The Web Of Fear. The Underwater Mencace
Release that I want: The Crusade (animation of episodes 2 + 4). Mission To The Unknown (Animation created by Ian Levine, on YouTube)
gordon
February 11th, 2014 - 10:26amIan Levine mission to the unknown won’t happen. That’s already been rejected a few years back so that won’t happen. I wouldn’t buy it anyway after he tweeted about Christopher Barry in a way that took a dig at Phil morris. I thought that was very disrespectful. Get a YouTube downloader then burn it to disc if you are so desperate to have it on dvd.
prof horner
February 10th, 2014 - 11:08amSo sad to hear of the death of Chris Barry. I hope if they have found The power of the daleks they told him. rip Chris.
sammyboi101
February 10th, 2014 - 5:03pmHe will go down in Dr Who history
RIP Christopher Barry.
Trenzalore
February 10th, 2014 - 5:52pmDirected one of my favourite stories ‘The Dæmons’. 🙁
sammyboi101
February 10th, 2014 - 7:22pmThat’s my favorite story of classic Dr Who!
prof horner
January 31st, 2014 - 3:45pmI just think it is a shabby way to release this major story.
gordon
January 31st, 2014 - 6:17pmWe are lucky we get restored eps at all let alone extras or animation. Just look at other bbc shows that don’t get extras or restoration at all. Better get used to not having stories with extras as Dan hall and pup ltd (who commisioned animation and extras) didn’t get their contracts renewed. Also if they had held off animation/extras we would be looking at least another year plus to wait. Also extras and animation were seen as an incentive for those that bought the VHS. In this case the episodes never been released before so the eps are the incentive
Johnny
February 10th, 2014 - 8:02amI’m more than happy with the way this has been released, and bearing in mind how much the annimation cost, I certainly wouldn’t describe the release as “shabby”.
prof horner
January 31st, 2014 - 3:06pmAm I the only one who thinks they should be charging less for the web of fear release? Given that there is no animation for part 3 and no commentary or extras.
booboo
January 31st, 2014 - 3:22pmno who pays for the costs of recovery and restoration?
Doctor Rules
January 30th, 2014 - 7:15pmhey has anyone heard the rumours that seven episodes of Marco Polo have been returned to the bbc because a man recorded them with a cine camera back when the serial aired?
booboo
January 30th, 2014 - 7:17pmthat was in the papers weeks ago and the proposed releases date has long gone
Trenzalore
January 26th, 2014 - 2:20pmSaw this in HMV and was very close to getting it but got Earthshock which was great and Seeds of death (…or doom, I’ll never get them right)
Johnny
January 30th, 2014 - 10:37am“Seeds of Death” was Patrick Troughton against the Ice Warriors.
“Seeds of Doom” was Tom Baker against the Krynoid.
simples.
Anonymous
January 30th, 2014 - 1:17pmThere’s an even simpler way, in Seeds of Death, they kill, in Seeds of Doom they turn people into plants (so they are doomed, but not dead).
100000BC
January 30th, 2014 - 3:27pmProbably Doom, I’m not sure you can get Death any more apart from in the revisitations boxset.
matparks08
January 23rd, 2014 - 10:34pmso what happens to the human beings who have the virus at the end of the story then?
Anonymous
January 26th, 2014 - 9:34amgood point
why do people point out plot hols cant they just enjoy the story
matparks08
January 26th, 2014 - 2:16pmI did enjoy the story and always have done, it just leapt out at me this time round 😉 What I have also got from the story this time round is that we see the most evil cybermen in the history of the series – when they reflect the rescue rocket so it can’t land and it heads off to its doom, all passengers aboard, to the sun on a possible one year trip – doesn’t get nastier than that!
skaroman
January 23rd, 2014 - 11:54amCRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE!
CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE!
CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE!
CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE!
CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE! CRUSADE!
gordon
January 23rd, 2014 - 12:30pmIts not looking like its going to happen. Dan hall/pup ltd last and only remaining commision is underwater menace. If bbcww do crusade it will probably like web and will be a reconstruction not animation. And even if crusade was commisioned with animation it would be well into 2015 and possibly 2016 before we would see it as it takes at least a year to do 2 eps.
Anonymous
January 23rd, 2014 - 12:34pmAnd by that point Ian Levine or Phillip Morris could have had some more luck with their respective searches which would render the releases pointless.
So it started like this
January 25th, 2014 - 11:47amCrusade
Anonymous
January 26th, 2014 - 9:35ami highly dout there are going to be moore finds atleast not for a while
A Walters
January 23rd, 2014 - 9:53amThis is a quality DVD. You can’t really criticise much of it. I just hope the underwater menace will be the same. I always liked the UWM, but before the discovery it seemed everyone else hated it haha I hope it really is more appreciated once it’s more complete on DVD.
As for people being upset that the DVD range has come to an end well…I don’t think it’s over yet. I’m sure they’ll release a few more special editions at a later date (Earthshock could do with one etc), and anymore discoveries they may make. Only time will tell I guess.
BlakeyBoy
January 23rd, 2014 - 10:26amNo, the range is over, they’ve said there are no more SE and if there are anymore recoveries then they will be done by BBC worldwide with no extras like enemy of the world and web of fear
Anonymous
January 26th, 2014 - 9:37amwell at least weel have them those poor se dvds we need will never see light
A Walters
January 27th, 2014 - 1:09amI’m sure once they stop producing them they’ll realise the money loss. Nothing’s really stopping them starting it up again at a later date. I never say never. Most people said never about finding more episodes. Look what happened haha
gordon
January 27th, 2014 - 9:42amThe special editions last year sold less than expected so its doubtfull they are going to back to something that sold less than expected.
AlzieWhozie
January 27th, 2014 - 2:46pmIf, and it’s a mighty if, SEs are done in the future, they will need to be pretty damn good. I didn’t buy Inferno SE as I was happy with the original and only got Aztecs SE to watch Galaxy Four stuff.
That said, the DVD range has been fantastic and big thanks to everyone involved – and if more episodes are found in the future, even if there are no extras, just the pleasure of seeing episodes thought lost are a mega extra in themselves. And we’ll still have the extras on the new DVDs
BaconRasherMan
January 23rd, 2014 - 2:03amGot it the Saturday before it was due out and I must say it’s such a relief to say it in amongst my DVD collection. Always had a soft spot for The Moonbase so I might be a little biased but I can’t get enough of it! Particularly the two Patricks and Anneke Wills give standout performamces here, along with (IMO) the best Cybermen of the entire series. A few trips and spills along the way but an extremely enjoyable one nonetheless, 8/10.
VespiformsSting
January 22nd, 2014 - 6:18pmThe quality of the animation and excellent sound quality leads me to think its time to complete a few more where existing material is in the ‘minority’…
Far better than those two animated Tennant stories they made…..
VespiformsSting
January 22nd, 2014 - 4:13pmInteresting to see the ‘coming soon’ ad for Underwater Menace. Wonder if they might suddenly hit us with the discovery of parts 1 and 3 and thats why its been delayed.
Excellent animation on Moonbase 1 and 3 by the way – the deaths of the cybermen look quite ghoulish….
gordon
January 22nd, 2014 - 4:36pmits only a rumour its been delayed.
VespiformsSting
January 22nd, 2014 - 6:20pmSo when’s it due out ?…Doesnt seem to be on any release charts ??
‘Nothink in ze world can stop me now…except those dastardly dvd executives…….’
VespiformsSting
January 22nd, 2014 - 6:22pmAh dont bother Gordon I saw your response lower down thanks….
Anonymous
January 21st, 2014 - 5:53pmmine hasnt arived yet! ive ad it on pre order forever im really annoid
sammyboi101
January 21st, 2014 - 8:38pmsame with me but mine is from Amazon and I am just as annoyed as you!
skaroman
January 21st, 2014 - 8:37amWell. I bought the DVD from Asda yesterday, watched it all the way through. I shall give it 4.5/5. It contained superb animation which helps bridge the gap even better than just the soundtracks from the Lost In Time Box-Set. The animation was a big improvement from The Reign of Terror. And the episodes themselves were superb with great performances coming from Troughton, Hines, Wills and Craze.
The coming soon trailer was for ‘The Underwater Menace’, very exciting to see out on DVD in a few months.
skaroman
January 21st, 2014 - 8:39amI shall pre-order the limited edition Web Of Fear from the BBC shop next month and buy the Underwater Menace when it arrives on DVD.
Anyone know any more news about the underwater menace?
Mr Booboo, is it possible for you to re-create the underwater menace page with the trailer for it and any other info?
Many thanks.
The supreme ruler – Skaroman
gordon
January 21st, 2014 - 9:39amMenace won’t be out till “at least may” according to the Dr who archive website so it will be a bit of a wait and quite possibly more than a couple of months .
Doctor Who Crazy Ross
January 21st, 2014 - 12:11amI’m considering getting this, but I spent all of my money on the time of the doctor and sherlock series 3.
might have to break into my tardis money box cos it looks really good….
joe
January 20th, 2014 - 5:10pmWill there be an animation for the crusade?
Anonymous
January 26th, 2014 - 9:39amnot sure the crusade is even coming out is it?????????
Imaginethatnodoor
January 20th, 2014 - 4:52pmNot fair I paid extra for amazon to “guarantee” it’s delivery today. So I come back from a hard days school to find it’s not here… This is the third time it’s happened in a row… Thanks amazon — NOT
Think they’re gonna be getting a complaint later ahaha
drjakeyoung
January 21st, 2014 - 9:47amIf you message them telling them that, they will give you a P&P refund as it was guarantied and still didn’t turn up.
So it started like this
January 20th, 2014 - 4:46pmGot mine today in the post it’s amazing
AlzieWhozie
January 20th, 2014 - 10:45amI got mine Saturday morning in the post, so it was a pleasure to watch The Moonbase lazying in bed 🙂 As you can imagine, a happy bunny…. now for Web of Fear DVD. Can’t believe that the DVD range is almost over except for the new series stuff and should anything else ever be found – I’ve given up over Marco Polo 🙁
DOCTOR WHO ONE
January 20th, 2014 - 9:02amGoing to buy this today when I visit Forbidden Planet on Shaftsbury Avenue in London 😀
DOCTOR WHO ONE
January 20th, 2014 - 5:22pmGOT IT !! GONNA WATCH IT TOMORROW MORNING !! 😀
KirbyForce
January 19th, 2014 - 11:47pmWow. What an amazing improvement on the animation! Now I’m even more excited for the DVD.
So it started like this
January 19th, 2014 - 8:13pmmine was dispatched yesterday and will arive tomorrow *squeals*
Some bloke
January 19th, 2014 - 2:15pmmine arrived yesterday and its Very good. I’d say a definite improvement since tenth planet! This is one to watch
CyberSutekh
January 19th, 2014 - 11:26amDue to come on Monday for me
Son of Skaro
January 18th, 2014 - 9:31pmWas hoping mine would arrive today, having been dispatched on Thursday. I’ve just finished watching the underwater menace recons. Just hope The Crusade gets a release.
TC200
January 18th, 2014 - 7:52pmReady for under water menace
gordon
January 19th, 2014 - 10:38amYou could be waiting a while for it
patman
January 19th, 2014 - 11:17amso are they animating it
gordon
January 19th, 2014 - 11:58amPlanet 55 studios website mentions on its website that Stephanie youlten is listed as director of underwater menace so yes. But there are rumours that the animation has been canceled. There was rumours that the animation for moonbase so it might not be true that animation for menace is canceled.
gordon
January 19th, 2014 - 12:01pm*there was rumours that animation for moonbase was canceled so it might not be true that animation for menace has been canceled.
sideways
January 17th, 2014 - 10:43pmgot the dvd today along with the rest of the 3rd dr dvds i needed,
the animation looks really good,
good to see another 2nd doctor story complete, also can’t wait for underwater menace and web of fear
lets just hope more get found or animated in the future
I Froze Gallifrey
January 17th, 2014 - 10:47pmYou do know it’s not even out yet?
gordon
January 17th, 2014 - 10:54pmSome people got sent them early.
sideways
January 17th, 2014 - 11:03pmyeah i was surprised when it arrived today good to get it early
BUY ME
January 18th, 2014 - 6:21pmwhat 3rd doctor dvds?
sammyboi101
January 18th, 2014 - 7:30pmI have not got mine yet…
Hopefully I will have it on Monday!
sammyboi101
January 16th, 2014 - 8:14amThe animation is epic!!!! Watch the clip!!!!