December 13th, 2012
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Doctor Who The Reign of Terror DVD
Doctor Who The Reign of Terror DVD
Release date: 28/01/2013
The TARDIS materialises not far from Paris in 1794 – one of the bloodiest years following the French Revolution of 1789.
The travellers become involved with an escape chain rescuing prisoners from the guillotine and get caught up in the machinations of an English undercover spy, James Stirling – alias Lemaitre, governor of the Conciergerie Prison.
The Doctor – posing as a Regional Officer of the Provinces – is twice brought before the great tyrant, Robespierre himself, and has to talk himself out of trouble.
Ian and Barbara, meanwhile, have a close encounter with a future ruler of France, Napoleon Bonaparte. As events reach their climax, Robespierre is overthrown – shot in the jaw and dragged off to the prison – and the Doctor and his friends slip quietly away.
The Reign of Terror was originally released on VHS in a box set along with The remaining episodes of The Faceless ones and the Web of Fear…
Original VHS cover and information
Whilst trying to return to London in the 1960’s, the TARDIS instead takes The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan to France in the eighteenth century.
The travellers realise that they’ve arrived in the middle of the French revolution – a period in history that saw the French nobility and their supporters overthrown.
Ian, Barbara and Susan are arrested as traitors, and locked in the concierge prison where Ian learns from a dying prisoner about the mysterious spy James Stirling.
Barbara and Susan are sentenced to be executed , but are rescued before arriving at the guillotine.
The Doctor takes on the disguise of a senior revolutionary, and has to outwit Robespierre, the leader of the revolution, in order to try and reunite himself with his companions. But as treachery and .double-dealing abound, who can be trusted…? This story was broadcast on BBC between 8 August 12 September 1964.
This story will have its missing episodes animated. Some test shots are shown below.
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Alex Noonan
January 17th, 2013 - 6:46pmPeople! I want genuine information on animated episodes. I would like to see:
The Crusade, Episodes 2 and 4
The Tenth Planet, Episode 4
The Underwater Menace, Episodes 1 and 3
The Moonbase, Episodes 1 and 3
The Ice Warriors, Episodes 2 and 3
Is this likely? I need to know more about the DVD range’s future 🙂
MasterKasterborous
January 21st, 2013 - 9:47pmThe Crusade: 2&4 – Nothing mentioned
The Tenth Planet: 4 – Test Shots shown from a an earlier episode (doesn’t actually mean they’ll animate it)
The Underwater Menace: 1&4 (3 Exists!) – Nothing mentioned though could be a good way to release the newly found episode
The Moonbase: 1&3 – Some special features have been stated to have been recorded (doesn’t actually mean they’ll animate it)
The Ice Warriors: 2&3 Trailer passed on BBFC doesn’t actually mean they’ll animate it)
[Mission To The Unknown – Nothing Official – Levine has fan animation]
drjakeyoung
January 7th, 2013 - 4:45pmnow the legacy box is out the way, i will be pre ordering this at the weekend
Matt
January 6th, 2013 - 6:16pmI cant belive that The Tenth Planet is getting released this year!
WFK DVD Collector 13
January 7th, 2013 - 2:09pmThats brilliant! Hopefully the Ice Worriors will be out later in the year as well!
drjakeyoung
January 4th, 2013 - 11:00pmi am going to sell all of my vanilla releases of all the new doctor who episodes (2005 onwards) and hopefully with replace them all with the box sets (for example sell all 4 volumes of series 1 and then buy the complete 1st series) I plan to do this with all the series (bar series 6 which i already own). The only reason i am doing this is because amazon are selling them dirt cheap
Alex Noonan
January 5th, 2013 - 7:48pmI’m considering doing the same – would save a lot of shelf space!
drjakeyoung
January 6th, 2013 - 5:30pmi got all of £20! seriously 20 quid, what a rip off. I sold my copies to a second hand shop(named cash converters, never going there again) 🙂
Lachie
January 9th, 2013 - 7:13aml would have done the same at one stage but l felt that it would be a complete waste because l would be getting at least a fifth of what l had paid for the volumes all together. l have Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 in volumes and l actually like the volumes alot because of the covers but l am going to buy the Boxsets so l can get all the extras later on but when they decrease in price of course.
Lachie
January 9th, 2013 - 7:17amAlot of TV Shows (not just Who) will actually sell a Boxset release afterwards like Sherlock. And the Boxsets usually are around $20 here in Australia at the moment Series 1-6 Boxsets on DVD are priced at $45 so l’m going to wait a couple of years for the decrease to other shows.
drjakeyoung
January 9th, 2013 - 9:38amreally, there that expensive?! the complete series 1-4 box series is only £25 here in the UK. you can get series 1-6 (including specials) for about £40
Lachie
January 10th, 2013 - 10:28pmWell for one thing over here in Aus what they did was re-new the boxset releases from 2005, 2006 and so on to fit one dvd case basically so it wasn’t like a boxset yet it had the same content just in a smaller case and all new because it was a 2010 release it also had the purple BBC Logo swell and because of that they raised the price a little. For another thing your forgetting the exchange rate. Besides you live in the UK (basically where the BBC is things are bound to be cheaper… Although we do have 20% of sales around once a month. 🙂
drjakeyoung
January 11th, 2013 - 4:36pmah, that clears things up then, i forgot about the exchange rate 🙂
Blake
January 15th, 2013 - 9:23pmreally they are cheap as hell in aussie then, series 1-6 (including specials) are all at least $80, the complete specials, 5,6 are all close if not $100 and i wanted to replace my volumes as well and drdrakeyoung, cash converters are criminals, they gave me $30 for my old bike that i had outgrown and was in great condition
drjakeyoung
January 16th, 2013 - 10:26amlol, never going to cash converters again 🙂
Baba
January 4th, 2013 - 8:20pmI found this on Amazon and it was £13.99
Gordon
January 4th, 2013 - 10:16pmas are play.com and bbc shop
Alex Noonan
January 3rd, 2013 - 9:10pmGreatings Whovians! I want your secret guilty pleasure stories from the old series! No ‘Androzanis’ please!
Also, what other special editions do people know to be in the works? And what are the special features for this, The Ark in Space and The Aztecs?
With love 😀
Gordon
January 4th, 2013 - 12:24amAt the moment there are 5 special editions been officially confirmed for 2013. Ark in space, aztecs,inferno, visitation and green death. There is a rumoured moonbase SE but that hasnt been officially confirmed by bbcww. Extras for reign:
Making-Of Featurette “Don’t Lose Your Head”
Photo Gallery
Animation Gallery
Trailer “The First Doctor Returns”
Extras for ark: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Doctor-Volume-Release/12987
Extras for aztecs: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Doctor-Volume-Release/12986
Alex Noonan
January 4th, 2013 - 2:18pmYeah, but just wondering whether anyone who is in the know knows whether they’re planning Special Editions of The Two Doctors, Earthshock, The Dalek Invasion of Earth, etc. Do you think The Tenth Planet and The Ice Warriors will have animated episodes? And surely they’ll have to animate episodes 1 and 3 of The Moonbase for a DVD?
So what’s your favourite guilty pleasure Doctor Who story? Mine has to be either Attack of the Cybermen or Carnival of Monsters.
Gordon
January 4th, 2013 - 8:57pmI know that there are no current plans to revisit earthshock but beyond that no idea but in my opinion there really isnt any storys left that have enough of a reason to be revisited. Any story that has 1/2 episodes missing can be considered for animation but whether or not they are animating tenth planet and ice warriors hasnt been officially anounced but as the vhs recon of both stories have been confirmed as extras i would say animation for both is a strong possibility. Time monster is my guilty pleasure
matparks08
January 4th, 2013 - 10:42pmGuilty pleasure story is Timelash……and Creature from the Pit – no laughing please!
Alex Noonan
January 4th, 2013 - 10:57pmIt’s annoying that SPECIAL EDITION is put down the spine. Ruins the collect a bit.
Alex Noonan
January 5th, 2013 - 12:19amIt’s just a shame that they have SPECIAL EDITION written across the spine. Spoils the collection somewhat.
Gordon
January 5th, 2013 - 9:33amIts not on the reverse side (with the exception of varos)
MasterKasterborous
January 5th, 2013 - 5:19pmNot on the flip side (bar Vengeance). If they do animate The Moonbase I do hope they won’t call it a SE as although two episodes were released on Lost In Time it’s not yet had a release.
Alex Noonan
January 5th, 2013 - 7:50pmWe should get a petition going to BBC Worldwide for them to issue new, SPECIAL EDITION-less Vengeance on Varos sleeves then! Only takes one to spoil a collection!
(As you can tell I get OCD over things like this haha)
MasterKasterborous
January 6th, 2013 - 3:10pmSeriously? Their’s bound to be a fan one online somewhere anyway!
Gordon
January 6th, 2013 - 9:03pmNo point. As MasterKasterborus mentions there are plenty of fan covers online. Plus you could just replace the new cover with the original dvd cover
WFK DVD Collector 13
January 1st, 2013 - 7:26pmJust per-ordered this DVD along with the Legacy Box! 🙂
James Paul
December 31st, 2012 - 7:40pmI would love in millions and billions of ways to see every lost and incomplete Doctor Who serial released on dvd in cartoon form.
Lachlan
January 1st, 2013 - 3:31aml believe The DVD Releases should have at least more Orphan Episodes than that of Missing Episodes in each one otherwise it just feels to me like its to much animation not actual footage of the Episode that was made you know, for example if Ian Levine does make his Animated The Daleks Master Plan the 2:1 ratio of Missing Episode to Animation will be too different for me however l could take it if it was a 4 Part like the Celestial Toymaker with Episodes 1-3 Animated
rojblake82
February 5th, 2013 - 9:00pmI think it would be ace to do animated versions of all the missing and incomplete Dr Who stories.
Lachlan
December 24th, 2012 - 8:04pmEver wondered what might happen if they discover the missing episode after they release animation for it on DVD? What would they do, make a Special Edition? And people would also have to consider the missing episode too
Lachlan
December 24th, 2012 - 8:06pmWould they put the animation on as an extra perhaps? Who knows but l would like it alot if they discover a new missing episode l would prefer to watch that then an animation and it would be awesome to compare the two!
gordon
December 25th, 2012 - 2:26amIn all likelyhood they would rerelease it with the animation relegated to extra status
MasterKasterborous
December 22nd, 2012 - 8:19pmI’ve been lucky enough to see the animated Episode 4 of this in September and it’s a real treat. For those who haven’t had an opportunity there have been a few clips from a couple of events posted on a certain video site.
However, now there is an opportunity to view some officialy released footage from the animated The Reign Of Terror in Thetamation’s showreel: http://planet55studios.com.au/
(This also includes some TEST footage from an existing Tenth Planet episode and what seems to be some colour, widescreen The Power Of The Daleks clips.)
Some bloke
December 23rd, 2012 - 8:06pmthat last little clip of hartnell running through the snow, and then you see him through a cyberman’s eyes!!! That must be a little trial for the tenth planet. HAS TO BE
Lachlan
December 24th, 2012 - 2:38amIt looks a bit like anime which is awesome! If this is how things are going the animation is going to be alot different to the Invasion and will be unique. Please all buy the Reign of Terror DVD Release this is my type of animation. I reckon they have a back up plan so if The Reign of Terror’s sales don’t end up good they can replace the animation with what the Recons made in the VHS releases of Ice Warriors and Tenth Planet.
Lachlan
December 24th, 2012 - 2:40amwith the* recons made sorry typo above.
gordon
December 24th, 2012 - 9:06amIf the ice warriors is due in april like rumours suggest there is no way they will be able to wait to see how reign of terror does first before deciding on whether or not animating ice warriors so they will have made their mind up already on that one. I think its more looking at sales figuers for others ie crusade underwater menace etc
drjakeyoung
December 24th, 2012 - 3:27pmwhere about on the link is the trailer?
Some bloke
December 24th, 2012 - 6:10pmhalf way down the page, its a video. If you cant see it, you may need to install something?
drjakeyoung
December 24th, 2012 - 8:30pmohh yes i see it, its with a bunch of other clips
Robert barker
December 21st, 2012 - 7:38pmi wonder if the bbc for the 50th would do a boxset for hartnell and toughton with 3 stories in each with animation epiosdes.
the stories I would like to see are:
The Crusade
galaxy 4
The Dalek Master Plan
moonbase
The Abominable Snowmen
The Enemy Of The World
gordon
December 21st, 2012 - 8:59pmNot going to happen. Currently their budget is limited to 2 animated eps.
Robert barker
December 23rd, 2012 - 3:23pmall well I guy can dream
Some bloke
December 23rd, 2012 - 7:49pmthat last little clip of hartnell running through the snow, and then you see him through a cyberman’s eyes!!! That must be a little trial for the tenth planet. HAS TO BE 🙂
Connor
January 4th, 2013 - 9:55pmI think for the Patrick troughton ones:
Moonbase
The Underwater menace
The Ice warriors
And for the William hartnell ones:
The Crusade
Galaxy 4
The Tenth planet
Lachlan
December 21st, 2012 - 1:56amWill the Green Death Special Edition have all the extras from its Original Release? or is that yet to be announced.
gordon
December 21st, 2012 - 2:44amIt should do.BBCWW own the rights to all the footage unlike tomb and 3 doctors which had tombwatch and panopticon 93 footage. The rights had expired for those and it was too expensive to get clearance again for the revisit
dr who 1999
December 20th, 2012 - 3:57pmso i take it the green death is the last Pertwee release that hasn’t Iver A. been revisited or B. doesn’t need revisiting as it has been released in the last 4 years and is completely healthy
gordon
December 21st, 2012 - 2:56amYeah i would say so. Maybe in a couple of years time when there is more time on their hands a revist of invasion of dinos with ep 1 colourised by babelcolour would be nice. Some have said due to the technilogical advancements with converting ntsc to colour that some of them may get revist but that probably wont be for a few years down the line if it happens at all
dr who 1999
December 19th, 2012 - 6:46pmcan someone give me a link to the “legacy box” “ark in space” “reign of terror” and “the Aztecs” to preorder on amazon?
dr who 1999
December 20th, 2012 - 3:53pmits less than 3 weeks till release and amazon still haven’t updated a photo or updated it for preorder
Prof Horner
December 19th, 2012 - 11:26amPoint taken Gordon, I would like to see the ice warriors and the moonbase animated.
Prof Horner
December 17th, 2012 - 6:37pmBeing new to buying online. I did think about buying this one when it comes out. But a big rise in my energy bill means I will wait till it is under a tenner. I will get the Sensorites instead.
gordon
December 18th, 2012 - 1:10pmI know people have other priorities than dvds and i cant expect people to put it ahead of bills but If its possible preorder or buy reign of terror in the first week. Its sales are being closly monitored and could very well judge the animation future of the range. If sales are healthy enough they might be able to up the limit from 2
dr who 1999
December 19th, 2012 - 6:38pmreign of terror is a must have, even if i don’t particularly like the story. it will decide the future of the animation of missing dr who episodes
Lachlan
December 17th, 2012 - 8:45amDamn, The Green Death is getting Special Edition Treatment. I bought that only a few months ago. I wish that we could have a better idea of how many of these are getting a release from this l expect many people who are only just starting to collect will be buying more recent releases like myself.
Lachlan
December 17th, 2012 - 8:51amBut it’s still brilliant to have new restoration as always. Gordon or Booboo can you please list which one’s you think are likely to get re-released in the future which haven’t been done already.
gordon
December 17th, 2012 - 8:59amI think that will be it for revisits in 2013. Schedule is starting to look pretty full now.
gordon
December 17th, 2012 - 9:08amThese are the only early releases and are the ones that are the silver (shiny discs) discs that stopped in late 2004
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Pyramids of Mars
The Leisure Hive
Earthshock
The Two Doctors
Ghost Light
The Curse of Fenric
None of those really scream out revisit to me, Maybe 2 doctors but thats about it. The rest either cant really be improved or is missing a making of and that alone isnt really enough to warrent a revisit in my opinion
Lachlan
December 17th, 2012 - 10:50amThanks Gordon, I hope this list will help others as it has helped me funnily enough l was about to buy The Ark in Space only a few months ago aswell but its release date and with the information l looked at on The Restoration Team website l decided not to. Though l wasn’t expecting The Green Death for a revisit at all everything looked quite good except for the cover.
gordon
December 17th, 2012 - 11:32amThe original release was hindered by only getting a 1 disc release. The episodes with the extras on the same disc made it too compressed and the picture quality suffered. Also there was a documentary called What katy did next which was dropped as there was no room. And to top it off its the only pertwee story not to have a making of
dr who 1999
December 17th, 2012 - 12:18pmhow do you know green death is getting revisited?
gordon
December 17th, 2012 - 12:24pmBecause dan hall annouced it at the midnight convetion yesterday. I had a friend that went. Its also getting death of the doctor as an extra with commentary from Katy manning and rtd
Blake
December 17th, 2012 - 9:11pmdamn, the green death is one of 3 im getting for Christmas, along with the claws of axos (standard release) and the leisure hive
MasterKasterborous
December 17th, 2012 - 10:55pmAm I one of the only ones who plans to keep both the original and special editions? I’ve yet to buy a SE but will be buying The Aztecs next year to see Air Lock again (it’s a brilliant episode!) and then will get the rest when I’ve finished the main range.
Then I’ll order them:
Lost In Time
Chronological Main Range (With ‘Shada’ After ‘Nimon’)
K9 And Company
Chronological Special Editions (With Blu-Ray ‘Spearhead’ After ‘Spearhead’ SE)
More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS
dr who 1999
December 18th, 2012 - 8:03pmno, i keep all my standard editions as well as my special editions (it just makes my collection look that little bit bigger)
Lachlan
December 18th, 2012 - 10:17pmHaha l had Tomb and Spearhead from Space originally and after watching the work on the SE l just felt like l didn’t need it at all l didn’t throw them away though l let my friend have them as a gift but since then l think l’ll take back tomb just so l can see the comparison in the VidFire and so l can watch Tombwatch again. Spearhead from Space however will now have a Blu-Ray release!
MasterKasterborous
December 19th, 2012 - 2:47pmIn the end I’d then have three copies of Spearhead on my shelf but hey!
Also I’m thinking More Than.. might go before the SE rather than after.
I might also get any of the VHS release which contain material unreleased on DVD but I’ll worry about that later.
Esterath
December 16th, 2012 - 8:58pmThe Green Death will be getting revisited!
gordon
December 16th, 2012 - 10:35pmwith death of the doctor as an extra and includes commentary from Katy manning and RTD
gordon
December 16th, 2012 - 11:40pmMock up of the r2 artwork of aztecs SE http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u46/christopher_loftus/Aztecsse.jpg
Anonymous
December 17th, 2012 - 6:23pmwhat’s death of the doctor?
Ross Campbell
December 17th, 2012 - 6:47pmWhats death of the doctor? Only the best Sarah Jane adventures episode of all time
Anonymous
December 18th, 2012 - 9:51pmWhy is it being put on the dvd.
P.s. I also thought it was an awesome episode.
celestial toymaker
December 19th, 2012 - 2:55pmit is being put on the dvd probably because green death is jo’s last story
gary
December 16th, 2012 - 7:55pmUnreal how much I want this!! Certainly buying this as soon as it comes out! Read the target book and would love to see the actual episodes and of course the aninmated episodes!!
Lachlan
December 16th, 2012 - 4:02amCome on the Crusade, Underwater Menace and Moonbase. The Ice Warriors and Tenth Planet are bound to happen as they have material but the first 3 have all that survives in the Lost in Time (except Underwater Menace) so l guess for the Restoration Team those 3 are optional everything will be clear once this has been release how animation will go.
Lachlan
December 16th, 2012 - 4:08amAlso if Mission to the Unknown could ever get animated how do you think it could get released because 1 episode isn’t exactly economic enough. what are anyones thoughts on that?
gordon
December 16th, 2012 - 10:19amWell ian levine did offer bbc ww mission to the unknown but it was turned down because there was nowhere for it to go. Ian is now trying to get the funds together to do masterplan. If he does manage to complete that i supose he probably will offer it to them along with mission. I feel there is less hurdles in the way than his shada and there is more chance of getting a release.I just hope he actually bothers to get clearance this time round
Harold Saxon
December 15th, 2012 - 10:06pmtHIS WILL B INTERESTING,never seen it,should good.
Prof Horner
December 15th, 2012 - 8:09pmGiven the lack of troughton you would think they would have animated the ice warriors first.
As for the tenth planet I still have hopes that part four will be returned.
gordon
December 15th, 2012 - 10:52pmOut of reign ice warriors and tenth planet (remember when reign was put into production underwater menace wasnt possible at the time) reign has the least going for it as it doesnt have a regeneration or a popular monster. Putting reign out first gives it a comercial boost of being the first in a new style of animation and it gives them time to iron out any wrinkles before it gets on the big hitters
AlphaOmega
December 14th, 2012 - 2:33pmSooo getting this! 😀
pertwee law
December 14th, 2012 - 3:56pmi wonder if they will use the same animators for the ice warriors
gordon
December 13th, 2012 - 9:05pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6Sl_VXLNs The audio is a bit out of sync but here is the reign of terror trailer
Anonymous
December 13th, 2012 - 8:28pmCome on BBC! Animate the underwater menace episodes 1 & 4!!! And the moonbase episodes 1 & 3!!!
Blake
December 13th, 2012 - 8:53pmAnd the crusade 2&4, the tenth planet 4, ice warriors 2&3
dr who 1999
December 14th, 2012 - 6:30pmand possibly mission to the unknown
Anonymous
December 14th, 2012 - 8:12pmI think that we could have the tenth planet by the end of 2013, because someone who went to the day of the Daleks screening in sydney, Australia said that when the special trailer for the regin of terror had finished the boss of 2 entertain said that they have plans to animate other hartnell stories that have episodes missing, and the tenth planet should be at the top of the list because it’s one of the most wanted lost releases on DVD!
Anonymous
December 15th, 2012 - 7:20amThe artwork for the box is also brilliant! 🙂
thehostproductions
December 13th, 2012 - 6:05pmthis might be a start of some more missing episodes being made to dvd for the 50th
Anonymous
December 13th, 2012 - 8:25pmHopefully we’ll get the tenth planet next!!!
gordon
December 13th, 2012 - 8:58pmIt will most likely ice warriors next animated as the trailer for it has passed the bbfc
Anonymous
December 15th, 2012 - 7:22amThe ice warriors is another brilliant story with episodes missing, so I’m happy thats getting animated!
gordon
December 15th, 2012 - 10:46amThat is if it is getting animated. Animation for ice warriors has yet to be officially confirmed. It is likely yes but not official. Some people believe as it is expected too soon after reign of terror we will get the vhs recon instead. Steve roberts has confirmed the recon will appear but didnt say if it was main feature or as an extra. Plus i dont want to tempt fate by saying animation is definitly happening when it has yet to be officially confirmed
dr who 1999
December 15th, 2012 - 12:13pmmy heart will fall if is not animated! i cant bear to watch recons
Anonymous
December 15th, 2012 - 3:22pmIf they do just re release the VHS recon then i think a lot of people will be disappointed. And also it’s just an excuse not to spend a lot of money to animate it, and give it the status it deserves.
gordon
December 15th, 2012 - 10:43pmIm sure it will be animated just would like some official conformation first.
Mr Zarbi
December 13th, 2012 - 5:22pmCoooooooooooool!!!!!!
dr who 1999
December 13th, 2012 - 5:19pmgetting every Dr who DVD release next year (bar sphere head from space blue ray)
Some bloke
December 13th, 2012 - 4:33pmHey booboo, anything on the region 2 art for the legacy box?
booboo
December 13th, 2012 - 4:45pmyes will do it soon
Some bloke
December 13th, 2012 - 4:47pmGREAT!
Classic Who Is Cool
December 13th, 2012 - 4:26pmLoving the cover and will defo get this eventually and i like the combination of the red and blue used on the cover, it looks really cool !