December 3rd, 2011
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Doctor Who “Unit” files DVD Box Set
Doctor Who Classic DVD “Unit” files
Doctor Who – Invasions of the Dinosaurs and the Android Invasion Unit Box Set DVD
Released on January 12th 2012.
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Starring: Jon Pertwee , Elisabeth Sladen , Nicholas Courtney
Directed by: Paddy Russell
Produced by: Barry Letts
Written by: Malcolm Hulke
Returning to London, the Doctor and Sarah Jane find a city almost completely devoid of life. The civilian population has been evacuated in the wake of an unimaginable event: somehow dinosaurs have returned to terrorize the Earth.
Special Features:
• Audio Commentary
• People, Power and Puppetry
• Deleted Scenes
• Now and Then
• John Levene’s Commentary
• Doctor Who Stories: Elizabeth Sladen Part 1
• Billy Smart’s Circus
• Photo Gallery
• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
• Production Note Subtitles
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
The Region one covers – The UK DVDs are the same artwork…
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
Starring: Tom Baker , Elisabeth Sladen
Directed by: Barry Letts
Produced by: Philip Hinchcliffe
Written by: Terry Nation
When the TARDIS lands in the sleepy English village of Devesham, Sarah Jane thinks the Doctor has finally got her back home. But all is not as it seems – the village is unusually deserted and deadly white-suited spacemen patrol the countryside. When the dead begin to come back to life, the Doctor decides to contact UNIT. But their UNIT friends are also dangerously changed.
Special Features:
• Audio Commentary
• The Village That Came to Life
• Life After Who – Philip Hinchcliffe
• Tie-in Weetabix commercial
• Photo Gallery
• PDF materials: Radio Times Listings, Weetabix packet promotions
• Production Note Subtitles
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
The original VHS Cover for The Android Invasion…
When the TARDIS materialises just outside a sleepy English village, it appears the Doctor and Sarah Jane are nearly “home” at last.
But all is not as it seems in rural paradise. White suited, gun wielding guards stalk the countryside, while the village itself is eerily deserted.
As the Doctor and Sarah look on, a UNIT member leaps over a cliff to his death and, as the clock strikes twelve, the local pub is suddenly filled with strangely robotic villagers.
The UNIT member is amongst them, very much alive. What exactly is happening here?
The Doctor is mystified, setting off for UNIT HQ in search of the answers. There, with the Brigadier away, Senior Defence Astronaut Guy Crayford holds court.
But just who is his shadowy master, the Thraal, Styggron? Indeed, who are the Thraals and what have they got in store for the Earth? Why has the TARDIS dematerialised seemingly of its own accord?
The Doctor must move quickly to find the truth, for the very future of mankind hangs in the balance… Originally transmitted 22 November -13 December 1975, this four part story starring Tom Baker as the Doctor and Elizabeth Sladen as his assistant, was the last UNIT adventure for fourteen years, until “Battlefield” with Sylvester Me Coy in 1989.
The original VHS Cover for The Invasion of The Dinosaurs…
Arriving back on modern-day Earth, the Doctor and Sarah discover London is deserted and under martial law.
They eventually find an army patrol, but are arrested as looters, and are sent to a detention centre as prisoners.
But as their journey begins, their transport comes under attack by a tyrannosaurus rex. Dinosaurs have invaded London!
UNIT has been called in to assist the army with the running of the city, and to try and find a solution to the problem.
Released from captivity, the Doctor takes up his old role of UNIT’S scientific advisor in order to help try and discover why dinosaurs keep appearing and disappearing from London’s streets.
The Doctor suspects a deliberate plan is causing the dinosaur menace, but who is behind the scheme?
Who amongst his allies can be trusted? And when Sarah vanishes, just how does she find herself on a spaceship carrying hundreds of people in suspended intimation towards a new life on a distant new earth. This story was broadcast on BBc1 between 12th January and 16th February 1974
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The Master
February 1st, 2012 - 8:31pmDoes anyone know where I can get it cheep from
@SirRoundSound
February 1st, 2012 - 8:33pmIt has just recently come out so its very unlikely that you will find it much lower than the RRP, but in a month or two it could be slightly reduced
booboo
February 1st, 2012 - 8:33pm£18.97 at asda is cheapest i can see
Anonymous
February 4th, 2012 - 4:40pmThe unit box set is £19.99 from Asda stores.
The Master
February 6th, 2012 - 7:56pmbooboo is Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part 1 black and white?
Gordon
February 10th, 2012 - 11:31am@the master. The default version of Episode 1 is in black and white but episodes 2 to 6 are in colour. There is a colour version of episode 1 which you can turn on through the extras menu
Anonymous
January 24th, 2012 - 5:21pmwhen does come out
Classic who is cool
January 27th, 2012 - 6:09pmapparentley it is already out, but i cant find it, not even in HMV yet 🙁
McGann is The Doctor.
January 27th, 2012 - 6:11pmTry the internet.
I really want the android invasion, tried to win it on ebay, no luck so far. 🙁
gordon
January 28th, 2012 - 10:16amTry asda. They currently have it 19.97
gordon
January 28th, 2012 - 10:17amor try amazon. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B006H4R8W6/ref=s9_simh_gw_p74_d0_g74_i4?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0J12XW9QC37ZX0HZB7VF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
gordon
January 28th, 2012 - 10:26am@Mcgann is the doctor. Going by the current prices on ebay you would be better off just buying the box set. Its almost the same price on its own on ebay as a box set in asda/amazon/play etc
McGann is The Doctor.
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:38pmTrying to win the Android Invasion on ebay, man is it proving hard.
While there is alot of this story being sold individually, there is so much demand for it, it’s almost impossible to get the winning bid !
Hope I do win it eventually though, just like I won Snakedance, and the Awakening on DVD. 😉
The Wooden Prince (Previously Admiral Icktheus)
January 16th, 2012 - 7:41pmGot it today!! Cannot wait to watch it!
dalekdrone
January 22nd, 2012 - 4:28pmHow much did it cost?
Doc3Pertwee
January 15th, 2012 - 7:54pmI think it would be really good to have a Sarah Jane figure from ‘The Android Invasion’ because then it could come with a removeable face. Maybe an Android Invasion figure set would be nice with a kraal, android, doctor and Sarah Jane.
McGann is The Doctor.
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:40pmI hear they’ve made a set for the Seeds of Doom, which contains no companion, but a Doctor and Krynoid figure !
Will get it if they have done anything different to the Doctor figure, such as a different scarf scult (like the one from City of Death) or a different face.
Maybe a better colour scheme to make the Jacket more screen-accurate. 🙂 ❗
But if it’s exactly the same as the figure from 11 Doctors set, forget about it character, no deal. 😡 ❗
Radburn
January 14th, 2012 - 1:29pmWhen this first came out on TV back in the day; I have strong memories of this being rather creepy, when the spaceship wasn’t really a spaceship. RAAARRGH! Help! Help! A t-Rex . . . Having watched it again now, I wet myself laughing with that T-Rex & Brontasaurus fight. RAAARRGH! Happy days . . .
gary
January 13th, 2012 - 4:58pmI’ve seen Android Invasion before and it’s amazing but I hadn’t seen Invasion of the Dinosaurs properly before and I absolutely loved it!! It had a beginning, middle and end and was brilliant!!!
booboo
January 13th, 2012 - 5:01pmdefinitely 2 of my favourite stories
Anonymous
January 13th, 2012 - 5:07pmI feel the sequence of events is wrong though, really they should have just ignored the Doctor’s storyline until the reveal that they were not actually on the spaceship. Kind of wrecks the suprise.
Doctorpond393
January 10th, 2012 - 9:42pmGot this today at my local asda store the episodes are cool never seen them properly but now I’ve seen them I’ll be watching them again soon!
gordon
January 9th, 2012 - 11:35amHaving seen the colour version of episode 1 of invasion of the dinosaurs i can say its fantastic.I can see why it wasnt the default version as Its not perfect and its not as good as the previous recolourisation of ep3 of planet of the daleks but its still amazing to watch.
McGann is the Doctor.
January 9th, 2012 - 11:37amIt’s good, yes, and the story is qutie good aswell but I really want the Android invasion, anyone wanting to sell me on ebay ? 🙂
Handbot Scott
January 8th, 2012 - 8:49amIn DWA it says it came out on Monday 2nd January 2012.
wayne
January 8th, 2012 - 3:34pmout this monday (tommorrow) i believe got delayed a week
gordon
December 30th, 2011 - 12:37pmBeen hearing some australian shops have been selling this already.
Tim M
January 5th, 2012 - 6:43pmHow come the Aussies get this DVD release before us in the United Kingdom. Surely that hasn’t happened before has it?
McGann is the Doctor.
January 9th, 2012 - 11:37amOh yes, it happens all the time with DW merch, they seem to sell it to Australia and America first. Must be business ?
CatManWho
January 14th, 2012 - 2:56pmIt does not happen often with DVD/video, but here are two occasions:-
The Deadly Assassin was released on VHS in the States before the UK had it.
The Key to Time was available for years in the States before we had it. I bought mine on a trip there in 2003. When they did release in the UK, they limited it to 15000 and it sells out, ironically resulting in a slightly different re-release.
Nicholas
December 29th, 2011 - 11:16ami want it on blu ray but it is only available on DVD
gordon
December 29th, 2011 - 11:40amThe cost of restoring it for blu ray is more than the money 2e would make on selling it. Plus Picture quality cant be improved much over the dvd version and Its not financially viable and prohibitly expensive so it probably wont happen.
Anonymous
January 12th, 2012 - 10:13amAt the moment there are no classic stories on blu ray yet
benlroberts
December 22nd, 2011 - 1:32pmGods sake dam you! you really want my money thid year dont you bbc? eeeeeek!
gordon
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:43amI am so looking forward to getting hold of invasion of the dinosaurs. I know that the dinosaur effects are pretty bad by 1974 standards but its a fantastic story that stands up today. Not so much looking forward to android invasion. Android invasion starts off well and the effects are good for its time but there are far too many plot holes that ruin my enjoyment of it.
McGann is the Actor.
December 16th, 2011 - 12:19pmI want “The Android Invasion” ! 🙁 Hurry up and sell this episode on ebay someone !!
😆
gordon
December 22nd, 2011 - 9:25amOr you could just buy the boxset and save you waiting for it to go on ebay.
Sammywho01
December 12th, 2011 - 7:11pmIve Just Looked On Amazon And Seen The Unit Files, The Sensorites,And Revisitations 3 Covers!
If Im Honest It Was Uncalled For.
Sammywho01
December 12th, 2011 - 7:12pmAnd Alsoo Only The Sensorites Dvd Cover Looked Good.
Doctor Who DVD Collector
December 11th, 2011 - 8:48amSorry that was me!
McGann is teh (THE) Doctor
December 8th, 2011 - 10:19amI had a good look at this Invasion of the Dinosaurs story, and quite liked it. However, I still won’t be getting the story, the Dinosaur effects are mostly quite poor, and Jon Pertees venusian Karate at the story’s conclusion is just too over the top. (
The Android Invasion I will be trying to get on ebay, no matter how long, no matter how many attempts it takes, I will get it, just like the Awakening. 😉
WHO, DOCTOR
December 3rd, 2011 - 11:24pmPlay.com have 2nd of Jan for this which makes sense given that the 12th is a Thursday which is wehn DVD’s don’t get released.
King of the weevils
December 4th, 2011 - 9:30amHarry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 was released on Friday just gone and Alice In Wonderland was released on a Friday But yeah Monday is the normal UK release date for DVDs (and blu rays) and CDs and Friday is the normal UK release date for games (mostly). I’m not too sure about the 2nd January considering it falls right after new years day and all that. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see then. 🙂
McGann is the Actor.
December 5th, 2011 - 9:25amWe didn’t ask about Harry Potter and the deathly hallows, this is DW page ! :O
gordon
December 21st, 2011 - 3:26pmamazon and play have been playing up with the releases of unit files. It Is supposed to be the 9th.
the TARDIS
December 3rd, 2011 - 9:16pmThese are two great stories and I love them both. Unfortunately, this comes out on my birthday so I have no chance of getting this on time unless my mum buys it from BBC Shop and so it may just come on the day.
By birthday falling on a monday means I have to wear the damned barthday hat in English. God help me.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
December 3rd, 2011 - 3:10pmi want to rent this on lovefilm, is sj in the robot one? i want to watch all sj eps
dalek99
December 3rd, 2011 - 6:23pmyes
Daniel Bury
November 5th, 2011 - 10:01pmI belive that ‘Ark In Space’ and ‘Praymids of Mars’ should get a re-release in a REVISITATIONS 4, With some DVD’s being held back another year
McGann is the Doctor.
November 7th, 2011 - 11:42amWhy ?
The DVDs of those episodes are fine ! The Robots of Death/Vengeance on Varos and TombOTCM don’t even have the same image of their Doctor’s face as the other DVDs because they’re so old ! ❗
Doctor Who DVD Collector
November 11th, 2011 - 6:06pmTomb of the cybermen does
lewis
November 23rd, 2011 - 8:00pmHi,
Just wondering what dates the doctor who unit files boxset of dvd’s in January 2012?
Thankyou Very Much Lewis,
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 25th, 2011 - 7:29pmbooboo,
Can you do a page for ‘The Sensorites’ DVD release?
we Know what the Special Features are:
*Audio Commentary
*Looking for Peter
*Vision On
*Secret Voices of the Sense Sphere
*Photo Gallery
*PDF materials
*PTS (Production Note Subtitles)
*Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
Plus this is the DVD cover:
[img]DrWho_Sensorites_f.jpg[/img]
booboo
October 25th, 2011 - 7:45pmwhen i get a minuet
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 25th, 2011 - 7:58pmwait this is the DVD cover:
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-The-Sensorites-and-Caves-of-Androzani-SE/16119
didn’t come out that well!
gordon
October 21st, 2011 - 8:57amInfo on the sensorites dvd extras and cover:
Audio Commentary
Looking for Peter
Vision On
Secret Voices of the Sense Sphere
Photo Gallery
PDF materials: Radio Times Listings, original design drawings
Production Note Subtitles
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-The-Sensorites-and-Caves-of-Androzani-SE/16119
gordon
October 21st, 2011 - 11:52amThats the usa cover btw
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 21st, 2011 - 7:05pmlooks alright I guess.
gordon
October 19th, 2011 - 12:47amSome info from dan hall on the classic doctor who twitter page
1. Return to devils end wont be on the daemons dvd
2. Daemons rough artwork signed off and here is a preview http://p.twimg.com/AcDU9HyCIAE6Bd7.jpg
3. Artwork for face of evil signed off but no preview
And also one of the documentaries director ed stradling confirmed that zygons is his last commision. Seeing as dan hall confirmed it for 2013 there is a chance that it could maybe be the last release
Simon
October 19th, 2011 - 4:54pmCover for daemons looks fantastic really looking forward to that dvd release!!
McGann is the Doctor.
November 7th, 2011 - 11:44amSame here !
gordon
October 18th, 2011 - 12:33pmAs classic doctor who twitter page confirmed teror of the zygons isnt coming out in 2012 (it was only rumoured for 2012) there has been a twitter page set up to try and get it released in 2012.
http://twitter.com/#!/ZygonsDVD2012
Simon
October 16th, 2011 - 5:24pmhere is the cover for this story:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icn7M022CNY
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 16th, 2011 - 11:53amIt has been anounced that this boxset is called ‘The U.N.I.T. Files’ and it is a 3-disc set.
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 15th, 2011 - 10:27amI have a 3DS and I think that there should be a ‘Doctor Who Classic DVD Trailer’ in Nintendo Video for the U.N.I.T Boxset!!
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 15th, 2011 - 9:07amGuess what?
A DVD is in production for the documentary ‘More then 30 years in the TARDIS’!
100% official!
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 15th, 2011 - 9:14amby the way the source is at the bottom of this page here under the subtitle ‘Still to be released’
http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_BBC_DVD_releases
lewis
October 15th, 2011 - 9:47amHello Again,
the doctor who the unit box set dvd on the 9th of January 2012 now, Invasion of the dinosaurs and the Android invasion dvds in January 2012?
Thankyou Lewis,
gordon
October 18th, 2011 - 12:22pmI just want to point out Just because wikepidia lists something doesnt make it fact or official. Wikepidia can be edited by anybody and ive lost count the ammount of times its been wrong.Its only been listed because the director has said on the galifrey base forum he is getting it ready for a possible dvd release. There are rights issues and paperwork to be sorted with the director and 2/e first before it can go into production. And if it does go ahead it will possibly paired with shada.
gordon
October 18th, 2011 - 12:27pmAnd i am hoping 2e manage to do a deal so we get ian lavines animated version he recently finished. Either that or we will be stuck with the vhs version of it. No offence to tom but him narrating the gaps just put me off.
Doctor Who DVD Collector
October 18th, 2011 - 8:09pmIts Wikia, not Wikapedia, and it has been confirmed!!
gordon
October 19th, 2011 - 12:15amWikia is more or less the same as wikepidia except different people invented it. And the source that wikia have for listing it is the same post from galifrey base forum that i quoted from
From kevin davies Quote:I am reding it for a dvd release but with at least 18 months to go, it’s still very much at the discussion stage.documentaries are a nightmare to clear I only hope that 2E’s contacts in the BBC can do the necessary paperwork for the proposed ‘30 Yrs’ DVD in time!
I would say that is not 100 percent official