March 5th, 2012
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Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks DVD
Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks DVD
A power failure in the TARDIS draws it off course, and the Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith end up stranded on the bleak planet of Exxilon.
They soon meet members of an Earth expedition in a similar situation.
The humans are searching for a rare mineral, but first they must find out what is draining their power and avoid what’s inside another grounded spaceship – the Doctor’s oldest enemies, the Daleks…
Due for release on 18th June 2012
Special features…
*Commentary – with actors Julian Fox (Peter Hamilton), Dalek operator Cy Town, director Michael E Briant, assistant floor manager Richard Leyland, costume designer Rowland Warne and special sounds maestro Dick Mills. Moderated by Toby Hadoke.
*Beneath the City of the Exxilons – Cast and crew look back on the making of this story. With actor Arnold Yarrow, Julian Fox, Michael E Briant, Richard Leyland, Rowland Warne and fan and Dalek voice artist Nick Briggs.
*Studio Recording – A rare glimpse into the production of a Third Doctor story.
*On the Set of Dr. Who and the Daleks – Behind the scenes on the first Dalek film in 1965.
Radio Times listings (DVD-ROM)
*Programme subtitles
*Production information subtitles
*Photo gallery
*Coming soon trailer
*Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
Original VHS Cover and information 
In this exciting space adventure the Doctor (Jon Pertwee) is forced into a desperate race against time…
An inexplicable power-loss strands the Tardis on the sinister planet Exxilon where the Doctor meets an expedition from Earth seeking a rare mineral that can cure the virulent space plague that threatens all human life throughout the galaxy. Nearby Sarah discovers a mysterious Citadel but is captured by the savage Exxilons who prepare her for sacrifice…
The Doctor must uncover the secrets of the ancient Exxilon City, locate the source of the power-drain, save Sarah and help the Earth expedition. But his plans are threatened by new arrivals on the planet – the Doctor’s oldest and deadliest enemies -the Daleks!
Produced by Barry Letts
Directed by Michael Briant
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matparks08
March 6th, 2012 - 4:47pmWe’re only likely to get about 5 more classic releases after this in 2012 – anyone know any definite titles coming up – I’ve heard Krotons is supposed to be?
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 6th, 2012 - 6:05pm2012:
Planet of Giants, Face of Evil, The Reign of Terror, Ace Tales Boxset, The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Vengeance on Varos (Special Edition). MAYBE: The Ambassadors of Death.
2013:
Ambassadors of Death, The Mind of Evil, Terror of the Zygons. MAYBE: The Tenth Planet, The Ice Warriors, The Moonbase.
Simon
March 6th, 2012 - 10:38pmI hope ambassadors of death comes out this year, it say on wiki thats is coming out late 2012 or early 2013
matparks08
March 6th, 2012 - 10:45pmHi – thanks for the list, but Ace Adventures and Face of Evil are out before this one, but that leaves 4 more on the list with Krotons so that could be them all.
gordon
March 6th, 2012 - 11:39pmAll the titles that have been officially listed as 2012 releases after death to the daleks:
1. Krotons
2. Legacy box (shada/more than 30 years)
3. Greatest show
4. Reign of terror
Bonus extra release slot vengance on varos
Planet of giants was provisionally listed (which means subject to change) as a 2012 release but due to the reconstruction of parts 3 and 4 that might change. And with ambassadors restoration work more or less on target for completion any time now its a possibility ambassadors might swap release slots with giants.
McGann is the Doctor.
March 7th, 2012 - 11:28amYou’re forgetting the Vengeance on Varos special Edition ! shame on you ! ❗
McGann is the Doctor.
March 7th, 2012 - 11:29amOh wait, you did, sors.
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 7th, 2012 - 3:09pmBecause of the popularity of the seial, I think that ‘The Tenth Planet’ would have a seperate DVD release. I recon that they should add the reconstruction and the narrated audio for episode 4.
The Master
March 7th, 2012 - 3:56pmNightmare of Eden, The Daemons, Dragonfire, The Happiness Patrol, Vengeance on Varos (Special Edition), The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and Shada.
That is all the Dr Who DVDs I know that will be released
Anonymous
March 11th, 2012 - 9:20pmTHERES TALK OF RELEASING THE RECENTLY FOUND EPISODES WITH A HARTNELL/TROUGHTON STORY IN 2013. I,M ASSUMING THIS WILL BE THE ICE WARRIORS AND TENTH PLANET STORIES.
Classic Who Is Cool !
March 6th, 2012 - 2:44pmAwsome Cover ! I hope the final peice will look like this, the cover looks very eye catching !
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 6th, 2012 - 3:11pmIt looks outstanding!
Commander Strax
March 7th, 2012 - 6:02pmi know!
Classic Who Is Cool !
March 16th, 2012 - 5:09pmyes it looks absolutley awsome, i do hope the final product will look like this 😀
McGann is Lt Bush.
March 6th, 2012 - 9:11amWoah, what a great cover. Not dissapointed atall, but it’s the story itself I’m unsure about.
Jon Pertwee was known to remark how the Daleks can be ever so boring when they are done wrong, and indeed, they were done badly in this particular story.
Their voices weren’t too bad, but the music when they appear onscreen, just makes them appear unthreatening and stupid, or it ridicules them.
I hope they atleast modify the music and make a special version on this disc, which will be optional. 😀 !
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 5th, 2012 - 8:35pmIs it a 1 disc set? Cause for some strange reason I thought it was a 2 disc set.
BOOBOO JR
March 5th, 2012 - 8:36pm1 Disc probably, by the way, like the new addition to your name 😀
Bow tie of Doom (Mood fit woo eb)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:00pmThanks! 🙂
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 5th, 2012 - 9:02pmAhh! Forgot to change it again! Lol!
The 507th Doctor (Previously King of the Tenza)
March 6th, 2012 - 1:34pmBOOBOO JR is right, your name is awesome! “Causing Doom since 2010”, that’s because the 11th Doctor joined in 2010, right? 🙂
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:16pmYes. New Years Day to be precise!
The 507th Doctor (Previously King of the Tenza)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:18pmAre you sure? He didn’t wear one on New Year’s Day because he wore the Tenth’s clothes.
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:32pmGood point! He was probably on his way to get one but you know TARDIS on fire and all that???
The 507th Doctor (Previously King of the Tenza)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:34pmYes, he probably wanted to go shopping and get his bow tie, a fez and maybe a pack of 12 jammy dodgers. Oh and while there find a companion. Although that couldn’t happen because of the TARDIS and he found Amy.
Bow tie of Doom (Causing Doom since 2010)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:40pmAlso he had just stopped THE END OF TIME ITSELF!!!!!!
The 507th Doctor (Previously King of the Tenza)
March 6th, 2012 - 4:43pmWhat would happen if… The Doctor didn’t crash land his TARDIS?
Answer: He would fly away to (let me think…) the Lost Moon of Poosh and Earth would fry but it wouldn’t die. It would turn in to a giant fried tostie floating in space and then Madame Vastra and Jenny would come to eat it lol!
Oh yes Amy is the piece of cheese.
Sonic The Hedgehog
March 5th, 2012 - 6:53pmWhy does it have the Day of the Daleks description? It looks so out of place… =/
booboo
March 5th, 2012 - 8:21pmboth play and amazon have put up the wrong info
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 5th, 2012 - 6:33pmBooBoo look at this! this is the cover fo Death of The Daleks!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Death-Daleks-DVD/dp/B007EAFV58/ref=sr_1_25?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1330972320&sr=1-25
booboo
March 5th, 2012 - 6:38pmwell it might be
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 5th, 2012 - 6:40pmcan U put it up on to the site? Thanks!
booboo
March 5th, 2012 - 6:45pmyes done that
BOOBOO JR
March 5th, 2012 - 6:48pmBooboo, are you gonna let people know about the CB Release date on either a new article or by adding it to the Character Building 2012 Pictures / Information Page?
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 5th, 2012 - 6:53pmyou’ve accidentally put the day of the daleks special features on this page!
booboo
March 5th, 2012 - 8:15pmi should have looked, both play.com and amazon have been sent the wrong info and have posted day of the Daleks details
daz
March 2nd, 2012 - 10:20pmi got this on vhs when i was about 9 years old after watching rememberance of the daleks on tv (1988) and was the first time id seen any other dalek or doctor stories.
Its great, yes the music is annoying in places but i loved it and sarah jane ever since… always remember the tardis scenes -being quite scary with the power gone and having to open the tardis interior doors manually.
Tim_M
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:24amYes it’s a great story. ‘Death to the Daleks’ was my very first Jon Pertwee story I watched, and it was on VHS as an edited 90 minute version. I actually don’t mind Carey Blyton’s incidental music as it’s very suitable for the story and a very different style to Dudley Simpson’s.
Tim_M
March 1st, 2012 - 4:21pmDeath to the Daleks is one of my favourite stories from the Jon Pertwee era. It was my first official Doctor Who VHS so for nostalgic reasons I also like it. Very underrated story from Season 11 as I think it’s the best of the season!
OwenDWF
February 29th, 2012 - 6:01pmI like the story, but i HATE the music in this. Makes the Daleks seem like they just came from the set of a Carry on Film
McGann is Lt Bush.
March 6th, 2012 - 9:15amLawl ! 😀
Alan Dobbie
February 29th, 2012 - 3:40pmI hope that one of the extras might be from the BBC’s Screen Test programme from 1975 where Michael Todd showed a clip of ‘Death to the Daleks’ – sadly I can’t remember the question or answer given; but it’s something that has always stayed in my memory. Ooooooh memories…..
Alan Dobbie
February 29th, 2012 - 3:37pmMichael E. Briant did the DVD commentary a short while back.
gordon
February 29th, 2012 - 4:56pmIn 11th december 2011. Same weekend that the commentaries for krotons planet of giants and reign of terror
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 6th, 2012 - 3:18pmIs ‘Planet of Giants’ to be released this year?
The Master
February 28th, 2012 - 8:00pmI love this story. I am defiantly getting this.
But where is the dvd cover for it
gordon
February 29th, 2012 - 11:20amNot been revealed yet
the astronaut of death
February 28th, 2012 - 7:54pmcool this is epic
king of the whoniverse
February 28th, 2012 - 7:51pmi got that on video ages ago 🙂
king of the whoniverse
February 28th, 2012 - 8:13pmi never watched it though and now ive lost it lol 🙁
the astronaut of death
February 28th, 2012 - 7:25pmjust to let you all know matt smith is going to be on daybreak tomorrow between 6.30-8.30
the astronaut of death
February 28th, 2012 - 7:25pmon itv1
The Oncoming Storm
February 28th, 2012 - 6:06pmI Have skyrim and its fantastic worth very penny!!
Jason doctorwhoone
February 28th, 2012 - 5:49pmLike the 9th Doctor would say – FANTASTIC !!!!, plus this is Sarah Jane Smith’s first ever encounter with the Daleks so thats a good reason to buy this on DVD when it comes out 😀
Booboo Jr Jr ( A Link To The Doctor Who )
February 28th, 2012 - 6:10pmUh, Sarah Jane’s first encounter is Genesis,
Isn’t it?
Classic Who Is Cool !
February 28th, 2012 - 6:34pmI thought sarahs first encounter with the daleks was genesis of the daleks 😀
Classic Who Is Cool !
February 28th, 2012 - 6:36pmactually no genesis was sarahs first encounter with the daleks with the 4th doctor,
this is sarahs first ever encounter with the daleks with the 3rd doctor, i take back that other comment
Justininferno
February 28th, 2012 - 9:26pmYes this is Sarah Janes first encounter with the Daleks. It was also Elisabeth Sladens favourite story.
BOOBOO JR
February 28th, 2012 - 5:49pmJust to let Booboo / anyone else know that Doctor Who: Mazes of Time (Full Version) is now free for a limited time on the App Store.
CONNORTHEDOCTOR
February 28th, 2012 - 4:26pmWOW i love the look of that….so i this on dvd or cd?.
volcanic7383
February 28th, 2012 - 5:12pmDVD
Bow tie of Doom (Mood fit woo eb)
February 28th, 2012 - 4:25pmThis comes out the day before my birthday! Might just get it with some birthday money though! 😀
timelord3
February 28th, 2012 - 4:12pmnot really anything to do with this but there is a book fair at school and they had a doctor who bookmark. i bought it for only 50p. it has a genesis dalek on it and the 7th doctor logo so it could be quite old. does any one know any thing about it?
Scott
February 28th, 2012 - 4:15pmit wont be worth anything, its only a bookmark probably get about a pound on ebay for it
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
February 28th, 2012 - 4:55pmI got that! Does it have an Imperial Dalek on it?
timelord3
February 28th, 2012 - 5:03pmIt was white but the desighn was simlar to a genesis dalek not a imperial.
the astronaut of death
February 28th, 2012 - 3:38pmthis looks epic i am so getting this
Tardis’nt (previously no one)
February 28th, 2012 - 3:34pmi really want this. i have always wanted to see it, the daleks look great 🙂
Thomas
February 28th, 2012 - 3:17pmThis story would be gret with a new CGI Citadel 🙂
Doctor Who DVD Collector
March 6th, 2012 - 3:17pmOnly little CGI needs to be done just like ‘The Ark in Space’, Not as much as ‘Day of the Daleks’.
stetsons are cool
February 28th, 2012 - 12:44pmi don’t usually like the old ones but i might actually get this cos it looks great!
Judooning
February 28th, 2012 - 11:53amLove the figures they released for this story so looking forward to this one!
Classic Who Is Cool !
February 28th, 2012 - 10:04amWill definatley be getting this 😀
gordon
February 28th, 2012 - 9:49amI hope the dvd cover will be like the vhs cover. The dalek on fire is so iconic.
McGann is the Doctor.
February 28th, 2012 - 11:05amAgreed !
Cymon
February 28th, 2012 - 9:02amBrilliant, been waiting for this for ages
Radburn
February 28th, 2012 - 3:29pmSame here! I have been waiting for this DVD release for a while now
DW FAN!
February 28th, 2012 - 8:06amCan’t wait!