February 4th, 2021
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Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Steelbook
Available to order while stocks last from www.amazon.co.uk
Also available to order from www.zoom.co.uk, www.base.com and www.hive.co.uk
You can also check to see if any retailers are selling this via www.ebay.co.uk
This four-disc limited edition collector’s set includes special episodes and over 7 hours of extras:
• The Name of the Doctor
The Series 7 finale, starring Matt Smith. The Doctor has a secret he will take to his grave. And it is discovered…
• The Night of the Doctor
Special mini-episode ‘The Night of the Doctor’ to reveal the Doctor’s dark chapter.
Starring Paul McGann, this BBC iPlayer exclusive will for the first time ever reveal what became of the 8th Doctor. On the eve of his most terrible battle, the Time Lord is faced with a choice that will change the course of his life. The darkest of days are about to begin.
The Doctor has always been a man of secrets – and now they can be told…
• The Day of the Doctor
The Day of the Doctor stars Matt Smith, David Tennant, Jenna Coleman, with Billie Piper and John Hurt. The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure in this 50th Anniversary Special: in 2013, something terrible is awakening in London’s National Gallery; in 1562, a murderous plot is afoot in Elizabethan England; and somewhere in space an ancient battle reaches its devastating conclusion. All of reality is at stake as the Doctor’s own dangerous past comes back to haunt him.
• The Time of the Doctor
The Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, takes the controls of the TARDIS for the last time in The Time of the Doctor. Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them – the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
• An Adventure in Space and Time
On November 23rd 1963, a television legend began when the very first episode of Doctor Who was broadcast in the UK on BBC One. Fifty years later, An Adventure in Space and Time brings to life the story of the show’s creation and the role in its success of the first producer, director and, of course, the very first Doctor – William Hartnell.
In addition to over 7 hours of extras, including: • The Name of the Doctor Behind The Scenes
• Doctor Who – The Ultimate Guide
• Behind the Lens: The Day of the Doctor
• Script to Screen: 50th Read-through
• The Last Day
• Tales from the TARDIS
• Cinema Intros: The Doctor / Strax
• Trailers
• Behind the Lens: The Time of the Doctor
• A Night with the Stars: The Science of Doctor Who
• Deleted scene
• Farewell to Matt Smith
• William Hartnell: The Original
• The Making of AAISAT
• Reconstructions: Scenes from An Unearthly Child / The Pilot / Regeneration
• Deleted Scenes: The Radiophonic Workshop / Verity’s Leaving Party
• Farewell to Susan
• Festive Greeting
• Title sequences
• The Five(ish) Doctors
• Doctor Who at the Proms 2013
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Sven
November 25th, 2020 - 9:16amDo any of theses places ship to America? I know Zoom and Amazon UK don’t.
Anonymous
November 25th, 2020 - 9:37amI mean for the 50th Specials Steelbook…
Rob W
November 25th, 2020 - 10:20amZavvi do. £3.99 to £9.99
Flo
November 25th, 2020 - 5:28amFor non UK buyers:
Be careful with the taxes… Uk is not in EU anymore and taxes on products imported are back. Some services on Ebay already started.
Anonymous
November 25th, 2020 - 12:51amWas disappointed the didn’t put these to UHD discs. I suppose TUAT didn’t sell well. But these episodes have beautiful visuals. I’m still happy as I missed out on the original all those years ago. I get to watch An Adventure in Space and Time in HD.
TimelordTim
November 24th, 2020 - 8:39amI don’t buy the steelbooks as I am happy with my complete standard collection. But they are great artwork. This one is particularly brilliant and it includes the Five(ish) Doctors which I’ve wanted for ages. The 50th was a special time and deserves to stand out on the shelf. Can’t resist, pre-ordered my copy!
Prowl 1701
November 24th, 2020 - 2:56amArgh, and it’s already sold out. Especially hard to get here in the states now that amazon uk won’t send stuff here with everything going on. And zavii sold out already.
Rob W
November 24th, 2020 - 4:25pmOnly temporarily sold out. It’s currently avaiable again.
MJS
November 23rd, 2020 - 9:46pmI’m glad this is.coming out as.it is, even though I have the original release. The cardboard cover to the original is so fragile and flimsy I wince every time I open it in case it gets damaged.
Star Lord
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:18pmI feel your pain hahaha, haven’t opened mine in years and it will be purely for display once the steelbook arrives
Coleman
November 24th, 2020 - 10:44amI started putting any DVDs or Blu-ray’s that I have with cardboard sleeves in plastic slips to protect them, it works quite well. Learnt the hard way through damaging a few of my early specials.
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:16pmWill there be any chance if this set will be region free? I’ve been hoping to get The Five-ish Doctor Reboot to add to my collection and that I won’t spend extra on a region 2 player in Canada.
Trixie Fox
November 24th, 2020 - 1:26amCurrent releases and especially steelbook releases have been region-free. Except for the Specials since I believe only Disc 4 in that set was Region Free.
Rob W
November 24th, 2020 - 9:52amIf it’s 1080/50i like the original 2014 release your player and TV must be compatible.
The Engineer
November 23rd, 2020 - 7:54pmSo pleased that they got Lee Binding back for this one. Don’t get me wrong, big fan of Cowdrey’s work (Series 7 in particular is stunning), but Binding’s art has always been a staple of DW merch for me. Anyone else notice the parallels on the back cover with that of the Series 1 steelbook? Just stunning!
Haza14
November 23rd, 2020 - 9:22pmI’ve loved Series 1-2 and 5-7 in particular! Only thing that slightly bugs me with this one now I’m looking at it in more detail is that the Daleks are on the front which is the first time villains have been on the front rather than the back so it mucks up the consistency slightly (apart from series 7 but we all understand the reasons for that).
I’m sure I’ll get over it though! It’s still a great looking cover!
Oliver Swift
November 23rd, 2020 - 6:38pmAny reason Amazon don’t have the picture attached? I pre-ordered from them but did get concerned as Zoom has the picture on display.
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2020 - 6:09pmNow that we’re all caught up with revival steelbooks, how likely is it that Series 8 will get a re-release?
The S12 (and other?) classic box set got a re-release so I am hopeful.
Nicholas Payne
November 23rd, 2020 - 6:18pmSeries 8 hasn’t got a Steelbook yet, that’s the last one (besides a potential Series 9 re-release)
O
November 23rd, 2020 - 7:04pmAFAIK S8 didn’t get a steelbook. I’m kinda hoping that instead of just re-releasing S9 & 10, they redo them in the newer style to match the current ones.
daz
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:55pmThey’ll be doing 8 to 10 for definite as this is a new range of steelbooks. And they won’t re-release the original 9 and 10 as they were seperate limited editions too.
I expect 11 onwards too at some point further down the line.
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:58pmoh yeah, meant s9.
What do you mean by them being separate ltd editions?
daz
November 24th, 2020 - 10:15amThe original Series 9 and 10 Steelbooks were available on the original release so are one off limited editions that are seperate from this current range of steelbooks.
When they re-release them on steelbook (series 8, 9 and 10) it will be part of the current Limited Edition range of steelbooks which started with Series 1.
Hoping ‘Twice Upon A Time’ is included in Series 10 as there is no need for it to be on it’s own.
Jordan H
November 23rd, 2020 - 4:57pmThink they’ve slightly missed a trick by not including a new bonus disc like with The Specials steelbook. A extra disc just to round off Matt’s era including his SJAdventures episodes and the 2010 proms (and anything else omitted). Nice that they did it for David’s, pity about here.
Star Lord
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:27pmLittle bit disappointed by this myself actually. It’s wonderful that the set has essentially been rereleased for those who missed out originally, given its rarity, but it’s maddening that they didn’t use the opportunity to give us missing bonus content. The best example is The” Complete Tennant/Smith/Capaldi Years” boxsets in the US, all of which came with a bonus disc. We got this bonus disc with the 2009/10 specials steelbook, and I’d hoped we’d get the same for the 11th Doctor, but alas no. One can only hope they make the effort for Capaldi and include these extras with Series 8, or 9/10 should they get a rerelease.
Dan
November 23rd, 2020 - 3:23pmWill this play on US players?
Rob W
November 23rd, 2020 - 5:38pmBlu-Ray.com has the 2014 edition as region free 1080/50i so ensure your TV and player are compatible.
Coleman
November 23rd, 2020 - 1:39pmThis needs to be on my shelfs. LoL.
Shane McEntee
November 23rd, 2020 - 1:30pmAre any of the extras new and unique to the steelbook? As far as I know only the 2019 Specials has bew unique features and that’s the only one I’ve gotten.
daz
November 23rd, 2020 - 1:59pmNothing new listed unfortunately
Haza14
November 23rd, 2020 - 1:26pmOh yes! They’ve done what I was hoping! Yes it’s just a re-release of the 50th anniversary collectors set. But I only got that on DVD at the time so it will be amazing to have a bluray version for a reasonable price. And I’d prefer the duplication with other sets to missing out on something! Great news! Really happy with this!
When The Doctor Was Me
November 23rd, 2020 - 11:38amFinally! I now have my 3 steels to display in my frame. Specials, 5 and this! Can’t wait for it to arrive!
Star Lord
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:30amAlready have the Collector’s Edition boxset but can’t resist Lee Binding’s artwork
Adam T
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:22amBeautiful artwork. Shame you can’t get it as a poster or something.
Either way, this brings back very happy memories. What a glorious time that was to be a Doctor Who fan 🙂
Happy Whoniversary Everyone!
Sigma
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:14amCan we lose The Name of the Doctor from this set? Seems a little bit extra when we already have it in the Series 7 steelbook.
Simba
November 23rd, 2020 - 11:26amI’m personally happy that we get the Name Of The Doctor on this boxset, as it makes the saga of Name, Night, Day and Time of the Doctor complete, if you choose not to watch Name on this version fine by you, but I prefer the three episodes (4 including the Mini-Episode of Night) to be featured on this.
Doctor Stu
November 23rd, 2020 - 1:43pmName links onto Night, Night links onto Day and Day links into Time. It’s a whole mini arc from start to finish and so it makes sense to include it. I’d have thought they were stupid if they didn’t include it to be honest.
Scott
November 23rd, 2020 - 9:52amAt last I can own this set on blu ray without spending over £100 and I can finally own Fivish Doctors!!! YES! Happy Whoniversary
Seanoff
November 23rd, 2020 - 11:41amI’m buying this specifically for the Fiveish Doctors!
JR
November 23rd, 2020 - 3:50pmIt’s the edited version, remember.
Seanoff
November 23rd, 2020 - 5:48pmJR: I didn’t know that it was an edited version. Is there much cut out?
JR
November 24th, 2020 - 8:46pmSeanoff – I’d have to check but, off the top of my head, some of RTD’s dialogue at the end is cut. Altogether, there’s not a lot missing IIRC.
Seanoff
November 27th, 2020 - 3:52pmJR – Thank you, cheers for info.
Jase
November 23rd, 2020 - 9:46amDoes anyone know if the previous audio and visual glitches on previous Blu-ray releases of this have been fixed?
The Loiterer
November 25th, 2020 - 5:02amDo you mean the first pressings of Day of the Doctor? (24fps, 5.1 mix that didn’t down-convert to stereo properly.) They did a re-press of that disc from the box set, which you could get by emailing 2|e your proof of purchase, so barring accidents they should use that one for the new release – unless there was another problem with the set?
Doctor Stu
November 23rd, 2020 - 9:31amAll those Daleks on the front and they only appear for like one scene. So much hype was made about it being set in the time war and yet we got a grand total of zero extermination’s
Rory
November 23rd, 2020 - 12:28pmDalek saucers form the main part of the climax to Day.
Daleks also pretty prominent in Time, so there’s that too.
And you could add Last Day, which is all about them.
Matias Montemayor
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:33amSo annoyed with Amazon UK. I have been importing all of the new series Steelbooks from them to Mexico. But they’ve recently/suddenly refusing to ship new stuff, marking them as out of stock. I guess I’m gonna have to buy this and the series 7 steelbook on ebay. (I know the reasons for the lack of international shipping is probably covid, but it’s still incredibly annoying. They should just charge extra like they did when I ordered the series 6 Steelbook in August.)
daz
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:19amAnother lovely steelbook. Sold my Collectors Blu-Ray 2 weeks ago in preparation. I guess it will be released around March/April.
I was hoping for Time to be on the back cover art though. And it’s a shame there’s no bonus disc so ‘Death of the Doctor’ could be squeezed in with a new Matt Smith interview too.
Looking forward to seeing what they do for Series 8…
Auton
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:07amAnother great artwork and it’s great the adventure in space and time is included
Josef Lewandowski
November 23rd, 2020 - 7:43amThis is beatfiful but I wouldve loved them tho include an unearthly child but apart from that the artwork is beatiful and I will definitely be buying one
Tardis7K
November 23rd, 2020 - 6:46amPre ordered very happy with this one
Tom
November 23rd, 2020 - 6:44amBut when will it be released?! Pre-Ordered regardless…
Judooning
November 23rd, 2020 - 5:24amOrdered without hesitation
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2020 - 7:52amI really want this in 4K. Day and Time have beautiful visuals.
Regardless. It’s basically a re-release of The 50th anniversary set which I didn’t get first time around and I have been itching for some of these special features on blu ray. Will be buying
Trixie Fox
November 24th, 2020 - 1:31amDay of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor were shot in 1080p50. No point in a 4K release. The Twice Upon a Time is notorious for looking blurry at 4K because it’s an upscale. HDR could work, but it’s better to leave it off 4K since it wasn’t shot at 4K.
Jordan9364
November 23rd, 2020 - 3:03amI stopped buying these after Series 1 and 2 when they changed the logo, plus I wasn’t that impressed with S3’s artwork. But damn this is beautiful and I adore this era of the show, so seriously considering it!
David Havers
November 23rd, 2020 - 8:17amThe current logo has to be on all the new merchandise. If you don’t like it, then don’t buy it. You will have to wait a long time before they change it.
Jackson Lake
November 23rd, 2020 - 10:13amSame, I didn’t see the point of making ALL merchandise with the same logo whereas its obviously gonna change again few years down the line. But I do know there are some nice steelbook spine magnets someone on Etsy has made so you can make all the spines use the same logo!
Anonymous
November 23rd, 2020 - 11:04amBut there’s no reason to think the logo would change. For example, The Collection team said that even when the logo changes, the CURRENT logo would remain. The Current logo is the definitve Doctor Who logo across the brand, much like how McGann’s logo became the logo for a couple of decades. It’s not just a case of changing willy-nilly. The current logo is the logo that will stay, even when Doctors change.