December 4th, 2023
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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials Steelbook
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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary specials available to pre-order on Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray
Following the Fourteenth Doctor’s TV specials to celebrate Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary, all three episodes will be available for Doctor Who fans to add to their home entertainment collection in December 2023.
The three-disc release, which includes exclusive additional content, will be available for fans to own on Steelbook, Blu-ray and DVD from 11th December with pre-orders available today.
As well as David Tennant starring as the Fourteenth Doctor and companion Catherine Tate returning as fan-favourite Donna Noble, other guest stars include Neil Patrick Harris, Yasmin Finney, Miriam Margolyes, Jemma Redgrave and many more.
The release will feature all three anniversary special episodes: The Star Beast, Wild Blue Yonder and The Giggle.
Fans can pre-order the 60th anniversary DVD, Steelbook and Blu-ray through most online retailers.
Additional content
Exclusive to the 60th Anniversary specials release:
- Rachel Talalay’s Scene Breakdown
- Chanya Button’s Scene Breakdown
- Tom Kingsley’s Scene Breakdown
Special Features:
- The Star Beast Behind The Scenes
- The Fourteenth Doctor Reveal
- Wild Blue Yonder Behind The Scenes
- The Giggle Behind The Scenes
- The Giggle In-vision Commentary
- The Star Beast In-vision Commentary
- David and Catherine’s Flashbacks
- Yasmin Finney Introduces Rose Noble
- Designing the Fourteenth Doctor
- Set Tour with Yasmin Finney
- The Star Beast – Behind The Scenes Trailer
- Wild Blue Yonder – Behind The Scenes Trailer
- The Giggle – Behind The Scenes Trailer
- The Cast Introduce the Villains in ‘Wild Blue Yonder’
- Behind The Scenes Fun with David and Catherine
- Video Diary with David Tennant’s Stand-in
- TARDIS Set Tour with David Tennant and Phil Sims
- Ruth Madeley Introduces Shirley Bingham
- Neil Patrick Harris Introduces the Toymaker
- Becoming the Toymaker
- 60th Specials Recap with David Tennant
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Trenzalore
January 22nd, 2024 - 2:08pmThis is on amazon again if anyone is looking 🙂
Loobop
January 5th, 2024 - 8:13amin one youtube steelbook review i saw just an image of david on his own on the back instead of the enemies.I don’t think they where american.
Alex
January 5th, 2024 - 9:51amDo you have a link? Would be interested to see
Mark @ Terraqueous
January 5th, 2024 - 10:32amAs a collector, IWould.love to.see this too please.
WhoCollector
January 5th, 2024 - 2:16pmCan you share this with booboo if possible? Id quite like to see it too!
Adam
January 5th, 2024 - 9:51pmI got this for Christmas, it had the enemies on the back, I’m not sure what version they had.
Matt
January 4th, 2024 - 9:54pmThis is available at Amazon again.
The Zoo Boy
January 4th, 2024 - 11:24pmThanks Matt, was able to snag one!
Star Lord
December 23rd, 2023 - 7:39pmMine was only dispatched by Amazon on Tuesday and had said “arriving 27th” all along, but then turned up today : )
Gordon
December 20th, 2023 - 9:55amAnother thing that was different from broadcast was the giggle unleashed had a tease of the goblin king song at the end. The dvd/blu ray version has a tease of the doctor and ruby in a nightclub where the doctor claims to be health and safety inspector gin and tonic division.
Gordon
December 19th, 2023 - 2:02pmFor anybody looking for disc contents
Disc 1
The Star Beast (56:58)
– The Star Beast – Unleashed (29:03)
– Rachel Talalay’s Scene Breakdown (6:10)
– The Star Beast – Behind The Scenes (14:05)
– The Star Beast – In-vision Commentary (Phil Collinson, David Tennant, Vicki Delow) (57:07)
– The Star Beast – Behind The Scenes Trailer (1:32)
– The Fourteenth Doctor Reveal (2:31)
– David and Catherine’s Flashbacks (4:35)
– Yasmin Finney Introduces Rose Noble (0:49)
– Designing the Fourteenth Doctor (1:12)
– Set Tour with Yasmin Finney (3:11)
– Trailer Reel (4:14)
Disc 2
Wild Blue Yonder (54:26)
– Wild Blue Yonder – Unleashed (28:09)
– Tom Kingsley’s Scene Breakdown (4:40)
– Wild Blue Yonder – Behind The Scenes (9:18)
– Wild Blue Yonder – Behind The Scenes Trailer (1:34)
– The Cast Introduce the Villains in ‘Wild Blue Yonder’ (0:53)
– Behind The Scenes Fun with David and Catherine (0:40)
– Video Diary with David Tennant’s Stand-in (3:45)
– TARDIS Set Tour with David Tennant and Phil Sims (3:44)
Disc 3
The Giggle (61:03)
– The Giggle – Unleashed (29:05)
– Chanya Button’s Scene Breakdown (4:57)
– The Giggle – Behind The Scenes (14:46)
– The Giggle – In-vision Commentary (Phil Collinson, David Tennant, Russell T Davies) (61:11)
– The Giggle – Behind The Scenes Trailer (2:13)
– Ruth Madeley Introduces Shirley Bingham (0:48)
– Neil Patrick Harris Introduces the Toymaker (0:46)
– Becoming the Toymaker (5:14)
Junior53
January 6th, 2024 - 8:44amTo bad they didn’t add the children in need spécial about the genesis of the Dalek.
They used to add all the minisodes before
Gordon
January 6th, 2024 - 11:28amI suspect it was all down to disc space. The star beast ep was pretty much near the 3 hour mark (which is pretty much the max the dvd version can fit without compression). It’s 15 minutes including the unleashed mini episode. I suspect it could have fitted on wild blue yonder but it probably looked out of place there
B
December 19th, 2023 - 1:34pmI tried to order off WH Smith a few days ago and despite saying there is stock on the website they emailed back a few hours later canceling my order and quickly giving back a refund. No idea why they still have it saying in stock. – Hopefully you have a better outcome!
Sime
December 19th, 2023 - 1:34pmCame home for lunch from the office today and my 60th Anniversary steelbook was waiting for me! Looks great. Looking forward to rewatching the episodes and extras this week
Prowl 1701
December 20th, 2023 - 8:55pmMine has shipped, now I just have to wait for it to cross the pond during the Christmas shopping time. Sigh. But happy it is on the way,
Gordon
December 20th, 2023 - 10:00pmHope your player is multi region prowl. This has been confirmed as region b locked.
Prowl1701
December 21st, 2023 - 2:30pmI do have a region free player, just in case! But thanks for the heads up!
D84
December 22nd, 2023 - 9:33amSurprisingly – my Amazon copy has been sent via Royal Mail and was due yesterday.
No tracking information available other than “it should have been with you by now”
First time this is happened to me
Hope it turns up eventually
D84
December 23rd, 2023 - 2:08pmIt’s arrived safe and sound
Haza14
December 18th, 2023 - 6:11pmGetting a bit worried now. Preordered from HMV the day it was announced, but no money taken yet and nothing via email since last week when they emailed around the date change. Is anyone else still waiting for it from HMV? Or is everyone that’s going to get one got one by now?
Fingers crossed it comes through. Expecting this to now be one of the more sought after steelbooks which makes eBay prices unaffordable.
Bookcollector
December 19th, 2023 - 2:39amGot mine from hmv on Saturday (16th)
Stewie456
December 18th, 2023 - 4:56pmOrdered from amazon, may be me being impatient but am getting a little worried now, normally you can expect it a day or two after the realese date, but still showing up as arriving on the 27th makes me think that maybe they haven’t got any of the stock yet.
Gareth Pugh
December 18th, 2023 - 9:30pmPeople have been receiving it from Amazon as of today but some others riders are still saying ‘Saturday 23rd’ (including mine) and other ‘Wednesday 27th’. My advice is don’t cancel your order yet – everywhere else seems to have sold out (including both London branches of HMV and Shaftesbury Avenue Fopp).
I’m Batman
December 18th, 2023 - 10:45amMine says coming 23rd even though I’m on Amazon Prime and I preordered fairly early. No info on if it’s being delivered by Royal mail or anything. Bit annoying I won’t lie but I’m not too upset. Can wait.
MJS
December 18th, 2023 - 10:42pmMine was down for the 23rd but arrived today
Richard
December 18th, 2023 - 9:45amI ordered from WHSmith as it is sold out everywhere else, no movement on the order yet.
B
December 19th, 2023 - 1:34pmI tried to order off WH Smith a few days ago and despite saying there is stock on the website they emailed back a few hours later canceling my order and quickly giving back a refund. No idea why they still have it saying in stock. – Hopefully you have a better outcome!
Richard
December 21st, 2023 - 6:50pmMy Steelbook arrived this morning from WHSmith so they must have got stock now.
Gordon
December 17th, 2023 - 11:28pmWell the discs use the Disney plus international versions. The video commentaries use the bbc broadcast versions. Only difference is the placement on the producer credits is different
Rex F
December 18th, 2023 - 1:50pmDo you mean the final end board, Gordon, where it mentions BBC and Disney? Or the actual individual named producers, like Phil Collinson? It’s making me think of the old days, where US and UK co-productions would credit the producers from their own country first.
A4geek
December 18th, 2023 - 8:48pmOrdered from Amazon and it arrived today
Gordon
December 19th, 2023 - 8:37amActual named producers. The UK broadcast version has the exec producers names as on screen text after the titles. The D+ version has them in the end credits instead. Haven’t seen it for myself yet but seen it posted enough times to know it’s legit.
Rex F
December 19th, 2023 - 11:32amInteresting. Thanks, Gordon. Assuming the international versions had to be finished first, I wonder if the UK version was a last minute change for some reason…
Gordon
December 19th, 2023 - 12:40pmApparently everything else is the same
Judooning
December 16th, 2023 - 12:43pmRecieved from HMV today, as usual on time.
Lovely looking case.
Anon
December 16th, 2023 - 11:56amCan confirm that the children in need segment is not included. Very disappointing.
Euan Bird
December 16th, 2023 - 10:57amJust received today from HMV. Noticed that this set is region locked however. Have previous Doctor Who releases been the same?
Rex F
December 16th, 2023 - 11:41pmOnly one or two, an 11th Doc and I think a 13th. There’s discussion of it on the US Blu-ray big box set page.
X08-Chill
December 15th, 2023 - 1:10pmOrdered from Zavvi and I received it today! Can’t wait to rewatch the Specials
Matt
December 16th, 2023 - 6:00pmWaited all week for HMV to capture my payment and they’ve just cancelled my order which leaves me screwed.
MC
December 20th, 2023 - 11:02pmI got mine today from Zavvi – they use Evri and it arrived in pieces ( literally) utterly disgusting. I will never order from Zavvi again.
Ray
January 4th, 2024 - 4:52pmMines finally arrived from zavvi, after waitng over a month,
But its all smashed up in pieces, so not ordering from them again, also they have charged me double, from my account once for preorder, and on December 29th, theyve also charged me for the items return, this is very greedy of them and will demand full refund.
Sime
December 15th, 2023 - 10:29amMy Amazon Steelbook order now says arriving 24th December. Hope that remains true (probably unlikely but you never know!).
Sime
December 15th, 2023 - 11:32amAlthough if the 18th December is the release date then yeah, I guess I will get it on/around 18th.
Deano
December 16th, 2023 - 12:46pmAmazon dispatched and yes as before Royal Mail delivery so hopefully before Xmas but going on the state of the service I’m not counting on it
Mark Hughes
December 14th, 2023 - 2:41pm18th december, is the actual day of release, some of us already have it…!
Snowman
December 11th, 2023 - 4:27pmDoes anyone know an Actual release date for this Steelbook?
On my account it’s showing as the 27th of December. Which I can’t really see it being delivered between Christmas and the New Year somehow.
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daz
December 11th, 2023 - 4:29pm18th December. Mine is due on 27th via Amazon. Guessing it’ll be coming via Royal Mail.
Snowman
December 11th, 2023 - 5:01pmI ordered my Copy from Amazon aswell. The Release dates been showing as the 18th of December for quite a few weeks and all of a sudden it’s changed to the 27th.
Dean Fletcher
December 11th, 2023 - 8:35pmYes it has always been for as long as I can remember that if you pre-order on most items you got it on day of release which they still seem to do on there bbc audio CDs either next day 24hr Royal Mail delivery or amazon logistics but now on the DVDs,Blu Rays etc…now unless your Prime its in most cases send via Royal Mail after release what with the state of the Royal Mail service as being reported in the media and social network daily
In my area we only get post twice a week highly unlikely it will arrive before Xmas or even the 27th most likely once everyone’s returned to work after the 2nd January.
Unless you’re lucky that is.
D84
December 12th, 2023 - 2:33pmThe release date against this on Amazon shows as 18th December – but delivery 27th.
I expect that may change Sunday/Monday – pre orders for me from Amazon usually do
Mark Hughes
December 14th, 2023 - 2:37pmMines already come, so must be the 18th latest.
I never use Amazon unless i have to.
Mark Hughes
December 14th, 2023 - 2:39pm18th december, is the actual day of release, some of us already have it…!
Snowman
December 20th, 2023 - 7:19pmMine Came on Sunday the 17th. I Was surprised as I hadn’t had any Shipping Notices or Email and my account still said the 27th.
Lewis Frisby
December 6th, 2023 - 7:12pmHow come it’s sold out everywhere will it get re stocked because I don’t want to be paying e bay prices but if not I’m not fussed as I’ll happily have the dvd could someone answer
daz
December 7th, 2023 - 1:54amBecause it is a limited edition steelbook.
It was always going to sell out especially after The Star Beast was broadcast.
It won’t be restocked.
Butterfly
December 12th, 2023 - 2:46pmIt’s still available from Galaxy 4
The DR.
December 12th, 2023 - 10:15pmI looked up Galaxy Four when you mentioned this. I didn’t realise they still traded online. I used to call in there shop in Sheffield once in awhile and when the Shop closed I thought they had gone bust altogether.
DoctorDott
December 5th, 2023 - 10:15pmSold out at both Amazon and HMV
Darren Collier
December 2nd, 2023 - 4:03pmHi. Anybody know if. BBC i player will be keeping on three episodes in UHD buying new 4k television soon can only get HD my old television plus ordered steel book why no UHD 4k discs on set. Thank you
daz
December 2nd, 2023 - 4:35pmThey will as Power of the Doctor is still in 4k.
Gregor
November 26th, 2023 - 7:18pmThe special ripping of the Johnny English reborn wheelchair wasn’t on my 2023 bingo card
Ryan
November 25th, 2023 - 8:08pmWill the CiN Destination: Skaro special be included as well as all the Doctor Who Unleashed episodes?
Star Lord
November 26th, 2023 - 3:29pmUnleashed episodes have since been confirmed, still no word about Children in Need scene.
Lewis Frisby
November 25th, 2023 - 11:42amPersonally i dont think this will be the final cover
Now hear me out on the back usually has villains on the back and some friends aswell but we have nothing on there from wild blue yonder so I think after it airs I think we will get it updated with things from that story hopefully that’s the case let me know your thoughts
Rene
November 28th, 2023 - 2:42amI don’t think for a single second that they will change this now. I’m so disappointed with this! It’s an anniversary steel book and it looks like garbage. Someone on x did a mock up of how they would design it…there’s looked infinitely more appealing to the eyes and definitely looked more up market