November 10th, 2020
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Doctor Who The Collection Season 12
Available to order while stocks last from www.zoom.co.uk
The second edition of Doctor Who – The Collection: Season 12 will be released on 2nd March 2020.
Season 12 was first released as a limited edition on Blu-ray in February 2018, and is being re-released by BBC Studios to bring the total number of copies in line with other seasons in the classic collection.
Available to order while stocks last from www.amazon.co.uk (sold out)
Also available to order while stocks last from www.zoom.co.uk, and www.zavvi.com. (all sold out)
Please see below for a full summary – All content, extras and artwork will remain the same as the 1st edition.
Season 12 features five stories over 20 episodes, including The Ark in Space and Genesis of the Daleks. The Doctor is accompanied by Sarah Jane Smith (Elizabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) and was first broadcast on the BBC between December 1974 and May 1975.
BBC Studios have confirmed replacement discs will be included with this release.
Sold as Tom Baker Season One in the USA in std packaging and available to order from www.amazon.com #ad
Original Press Release:
BBC Worldwide has announced that Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 12 will be released on Blu-Ray on 2nd July 2018.
For fans of Doctor Who and collectors of Classic Who seasons, the Blu-Ray has limited edition packaging with artwork by Lee Binding and has been restored and up-scaled to HD by Peter Crocker and Mark Ayres. The new release also has a wealth of new bonus content.
Russell Minton, Executive Producer at BBC Worldwide says : “We are doing our very best at BBC Worldwide to restore and bring as many Classic Who titles out on Collector’s Edition Blu-ray, and this starts with being able to confirm one of my favourites, Tom Baker’s first season. We will also endeavour to include additional archive material and exciting newly-shot features where possible.”
Season 12, Tom Baker’s first as the Doctor, features five stories over 20 episodes, including The Ark in Space and Genesis of the Daleks. The Doctor is accompanied in this season by Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry Sullivan (Ian Marter) and was first broadcast between December 1974 and May 1975.
The new Blu-Ray release includes existing bonus material from the original DVDs as well as the brand new features below:
TOM BAKER IN CONVERSATION
- A candid new one-hour interview with the Fourth Doctor.
BEHIND THE SOFA
- Classic clips from Season 12, viewed by Tom Baker, Philip Hinchcliffe,
- Louise Jameson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Sadie Miller
NEW MAKING-OF DOCUMENTARIES
- For The Sontaran Experiment and Revenge Of The Cybermen
IMMERSIVE 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIXES
- For The Ark In Space and Genesis Of The Daleks
OPTIONAL BRAND NEW UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS
- For Revenge Of The Cybermen
GENESIS OF THE DALEKS – OMNIBUS MOVIE VERSION
- Unseen since broadcast in 1975
THE TOM BAKER YEARS
- The 1991 VHS release, on disc for the first time
PRODUCTION ARCHIVE MATERIAL
- PDF files from the BBC Archives
Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 12 will be released on Blu-Ray from Monday 11th June 2018.
The American and Australian sets available from www.amazon.com #ad and www.amazon.com.au
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James
June 16th, 2019 - 11:31amI know these special Blu-ray collections are limited edition releases. But why is it that there is so much call for season 12 to be reprinted that BBC worldwide don’t just do another run. There’s money to be made as so many of us didn’t get it the first time round. The next 2 (season 18 and 19) have seen a much higher qty made due to the first being so popular. They obviously didn’t see these releases being so in demand. I’m still going to get the rest and make sure I preorder straight away upon announcement so I don’t miss out (like others no doubt). But I will still have a gap in my collection☹️. Unless one day they do the next best thing; do Doctor box sets.
booboo
June 16th, 2019 - 11:40ami suspect there is a very fine line between how many need to be produced in a re-run V’s How many people actually want one.
If its 2000 minimum and there are only 1000 potential buyers out there the “money to be made” soon turns into a big loss.
If they can secure 2000 orders from retailers all well and good but they don’t want expensive sets tying up capitol stuck on shelves either
James
April 4th, 2019 - 9:11amALERT TO ALL: DO NOT USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE AS IT IS A CON/SPAM
https://www.dentavz.ga
ADVERTISING SEASON 12 BUT ITS A FAKE.
booboo
April 4th, 2019 - 9:22amcontact details are the same of one that just got shut down
Karl
April 8th, 2019 - 10:59amConfirmed dentavz.ga is a scam website. Found this out through another means. Reported them to ActionFraud.police.uk and paypal fraud
booboo
April 8th, 2019 - 11:06amSadly they will probably just set up under another name, already happened several times
James
March 27th, 2019 - 5:21pmJust ordered a copy. And it didn’t cost £100’s. Just have to wait now
Anonymous
April 4th, 2019 - 11:05amHow much?
Anonymous
December 27th, 2018 - 3:24amShould I order the region a version?
TigerMan1995
April 2nd, 2019 - 4:19pmYes, same on disc contents as the UK set except the Doctor Who – Times documentary but that didn’t even focus Doctor Who funnily enough and is not needed. Locked to Region A NTSC, you need a region free player that plays NTSC.
The Brigadier@2013
October 23rd, 2018 - 2:22pmI’d completely forgotten about the replacement discs until a few days ago. I thought, “Oh well, that’s that then. No discs”. Lo and behold, they turned up in the post yesterday!
Anonymous
October 23rd, 2018 - 6:34pmHopefully with people getting their replacements, Season 12 is due to be re-released.
Gordon
October 24th, 2018 - 12:34amMy disc 5 replacement turned up today
andrew townsend
November 3rd, 2018 - 7:23pmGot my replacement discs today.very easy.an email and a picture then 4 weeks ish later they arrived in post. Easy peasy lemon squeeezy. Thank you bbc.
Anonymous
October 16th, 2018 - 8:42pmDoes anyone know if they’ll get more stock for this or is it the lot? ‘Cause if they make some more, they’ll make an abspulte bomb of profits!
Lee
October 17th, 2018 - 9:49amNobody is really 100% sure yet. A couple of people on here have said they emailed the BBC and they replied saying they were not going to be producing any more. Others think there will be a second run.
Personally, I think the BBC would be crazy to only make these a very limited run, as there is clearly a demand for the Blu-rays and the BBC could easily sell a lot more.
Perhaps the BBC just thinks that physical disc sales are dying out (although, I and many others still buy our films, TV, music on disc). So, they don’t want to keep producing them? Again, nobody is really sure what the Beeb is planning right now.
MJS
October 23rd, 2018 - 1:06pmThey may do them in a standard blu ray case, maybe without the special last disc. Kind of like how the steel books are just the same discs as the standard blu rays
Doctor Mysterio
October 3rd, 2018 - 10:35pmHey Booboo, just to let you know that Amazon Video have lowered the price of Season 12 to £24.99 (from £49.99) for anyone wishing to stream this. Not sure for how long…
Tim Eggert
October 2nd, 2018 - 7:00pmCan anyone give me a UPC code for this U.K. limited edition version? The U.S. version lacks the booklet. Some vendors are using a photo of the limited edition in error, and I would like to confirm what they are selling before buying. Thanks!
Gordon
October 2nd, 2018 - 7:14pm5 05161 004353
Tim Eggert
October 2nd, 2018 - 8:28pmThanks Gordon!
Sambot22
October 1st, 2018 - 11:21pmI received my replacement disc 5 but no disc 3 does this arrive separately or together?
Lee
October 2nd, 2018 - 1:36pmThat’s strange, I got both of mine together. Might be worth emailing them and seeing what’s happened. I did state in my email that both discs 3 & 5 were the faulty ones. Did you mention that in your email?
Sambot22
October 2nd, 2018 - 8:05pmI emailed them and had a response saying that I was on the list of receiving the original disc replacements even though I didn’t. Maybe they got lost in the post, hopefully they will send me disc 3
Anonymous
September 28th, 2018 - 7:34pmStill haven’t got my discs back
I did delete my old email so I won’t know if anything has happened
I sent them my address and stuff just really impatienct
Dav
September 28th, 2018 - 2:37pmGot my replacement discs today – didn’t get a confirmation email though.
Paul Wilcox
September 28th, 2018 - 2:13pmHot my replacement discs. So what was fixed on Revenge of the Cybermen? They still have forgotten to change the original models shots to CGI effects in a couple of instances. The first on Ep 2 on the Vogan screen showing the rocket. I thought tgis was what was going to be changed…
Paul Wilcox
September 28th, 2018 - 2:15pmAh it was the credits. Surely they could have fixed CGI too
Callum
September 28th, 2018 - 3:35amI think it should be noted that if you live in Australia and you want faulty disc replacements, it’s best to just email [email protected] because that is where [email protected] redirected me when they realised I had bought my copy from Australia and that I also lived in Australia.
Lee
September 27th, 2018 - 2:03pmI received my replacement discs for S12 from Sony this morning. Haven’t watched them yet, but have to say the packaging in which I received them was very poor. They were just loose in a box with a small amount of bubble wrap. No clamshell cases, the discs were just loose. They could have easily been broken or scratched in the post.
But, grumble aside, at least they’re here now, so I’ll watch them tonight.
Anonymous
September 27th, 2018 - 2:31pmReceived mine too… Will check to see if they have sent the right ones out
Lege
September 27th, 2018 - 6:31pmThe packaging was crap but it all turned out right in the end. Now who wants a jellybaby?
Kevin225
September 27th, 2018 - 8:03pmMine arrived too – the same packaging etc
Gordon
September 26th, 2018 - 10:15pmI hear some replacement discs have started to appear. Mine hasn’t but surely can’t be much longer
Mark Belsom.
September 27th, 2018 - 10:29amGot my replacement discs this morning.
GuYTheZygon
September 27th, 2018 - 12:09pmReplacement discs also just arrived second class from Enfield (no accompanying paperwork), can’t say much about their content as don’t actually own a Blu-Ray player yet…
James Guthrie
September 27th, 2018 - 6:19pmAlso received mine today, in a stiff card envelope, discs loose but in a polythene sleeve – perfectly happy with that. And the discs are fine – Sontaran Experiment soundtrack and Revenge credits corrected. Sorted! 🙂
Lee
September 27th, 2018 - 9:32pmYou’re lucky James. While mine did arrive with bubble wrap the discs weren’t actually wrapped in them so they were just rattling around in the box. Very surprised they didn’t get scratched.
Discs are fine though, mistakes have been corrected so all good.
Anonymous
September 27th, 2018 - 10:57pmStill haven’t got mine
Anonymous
October 22nd, 2018 - 11:37pmHey, Gordon, I have just purchased the season 12 box set off eBay for around £100, could I claim the replacement discs?
Gordon
October 23rd, 2018 - 10:46amYes. You should be able to.
MJS
October 23rd, 2018 - 1:04pmAre you sure the discs you have haven’t been replaced already?
Anonymous
October 23rd, 2018 - 4:58pmYeah, he said it isnt included. Thanks Gordan and MJS.
Steven Geale
September 24th, 2018 - 8:30amI’m sorry, as I am sure this has been asked before (and I did my best to find it). Is there a problem with the mastering on the Australian Blu-Rays. Is so where do I write to to ask for replacements? Thanks in anticipation.
the4thdoc42
September 24th, 2018 - 10:08amEmail [email protected] with proof of purchase and adress (or photo of set with written adress in view) and they will put you on the list for replacements.
philip
September 19th, 2018 - 10:03amStill no sign of replacement discs for season 12… is it worth resending my receipts? It has been considerably more than the 4 -5 weeks wait!
Simon Ward
September 24th, 2018 - 12:41pmNo – just leave it as it is. Remember they have thousands to get through so try and be patient.
No news is good news that they have your original email.
Simon Wood
July 10th, 2018 - 7:09amI have to say have loved the blu Ray and the quality is noticeable, I just think it would be nicer in a steelbook this would save so much space on my shelf !
Haza14
July 10th, 2018 - 12:01amJust got round to looking at my set closely and overall it is nice. I do worry about the quality control on them a bit though as mine certainly has some rough edges in the packaging and we all know about the faulty discs.
One question I’ve got though is that does anyone else’s set have a large crease down the middle (about 2/3 across) of the back cover for no apparent reason? I thought it was supposed to be there but there’s actually no reason for it. Is this something that’s on all the sets or has mine been damaged at some point?
Dr ?
July 10th, 2018 - 8:17amA crease that goes through the letter B of the TARDIS Police Box sign on mine.
Bushboy
July 9th, 2018 - 11:42pmDoes anyone know if and when this will be released in New Zealand?
Also if it is will it have the faulty disc problem?
Dr ?
July 10th, 2018 - 10:20amGiven the problems with both the U.S./UK release I’d expect the NZ release date to be put back and that the boxset would have no faults
Jack S
July 9th, 2018 - 9:24pmA website called egate-espn.com has now opened up and seems identical to ivycorp.com and it seems very suspicious
Dr ?
July 10th, 2018 - 10:23amThey’re UK based
[email protected] / 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU
Jack S
July 8th, 2018 - 6:46pmI purchased through ivycorp.com in hopes that it’s correct. I’ve heard someone else say they just got a refund but that’s about it. I hope it’s legit
booboo
July 8th, 2018 - 6:51pmlet us know what happens
Jack S
July 8th, 2018 - 7:06pmI’ll try to keep you informed, I’ve got concerns though because I paid by PayPal and it says the sellers email is dave with a random string of numbers which seems a bit weird. It doesn’t seem too dodgy though on the site. I’m just quite desperate for the actual product now though
Anonymous
July 9th, 2018 - 2:37pmDo you get a reply from dvdsupport when you email them?
booboo
July 9th, 2018 - 3:24pmany i have sent bounce back as undelivered
Dr ?
July 9th, 2018 - 4:02pm[email protected] is the correct email address
William Byers
July 9th, 2018 - 6:07pmI ordered from Ivycorp.com. I got a refund from them aswell. Don’t know why, I had a feeling that it may have been dodgy because it was only £25.
Jack S
July 9th, 2018 - 7:08pmHow long did it take between ordering and refund William?
Oswin
July 8th, 2018 - 4:52pmDoes anyone know if there will be another Season Boxset this year and if anyone knows what the next Season Box Set it
Anonymous
July 8th, 2018 - 5:35pmAbsolutely nothingnhas been confirmed yet. Seems likely to be 19 next, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet and we don’t have a date.
Phillip
July 9th, 2018 - 4:36pmCan you supply a link to where season 19 is mentioned? I can’t find any mention of any sets in any other context than speculation. Just curious:)
Oswin
July 9th, 2018 - 5:08pmWhere did season 19 come from was there an actual statement saying the next boxset will probaly be season 19
booboo
July 9th, 2018 - 5:27pmProbably came from Gallifrey Base but most likely speculation at this stage. i’m sure the BBC know exactly what’s planned next
yes man
July 8th, 2018 - 2:44pmIs there any idea if there’ll be more stock of this? I understand it’s a Limited Edition but I’m not sure if I should wait any longer to pick this up?
booboo
July 8th, 2018 - 2:48pmit really depends of if they just decided to do one run (as they did with the 50th) so when its gone its gone, personally i would get it now if you can.
Dr ?
July 9th, 2018 - 4:42pmIt’s no 2 in the blu-ray sales chart. It’s the oackaging that’s a limited edition I believe
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 8:47pmJust asking about replacement discs
Has this ever happened before
Rob W
July 6th, 2018 - 8:41amYes Anon, with The Invisible Enemy DVD. A free copy of The Hand Of Fear DVD was sent out with the replacement too
Bicky
July 6th, 2018 - 12:17pmI have a second set on order from Base.com. It says it is due to be dispatched today. I phoned them today to see if it is stock with the corrected discs and they knew nothing about the faulty discs. They said that if i find they are the faulty discs they will accept returns!! Lack of communication somewhere!
MJS
July 6th, 2018 - 12:28pmVicky, I sincerely doubt the new discs are even ready . The ones in the shops will be the ones stocked on monday
Tipster
July 5th, 2018 - 8:13pmThere is an error during (at least) Part One of Disc Two (The Ark In Space). It’s at 20m 30sec or so… At the point Harry and The Doctor are at the control panel before entering the human chamber. It skips to several seconds later. I’ve tried it on three different blu-ray machines and it’s the same.
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 9:27pmIt must just be on your disc. That’s a significant error for nobody else to comment on, and I just checked on mine and there’s no issue.
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 9:46pmAre you sure it’s not just your disc? No one else has reported this problem, and I just checked mine and didn’t notice any skipping.
Rob W
July 6th, 2018 - 8:43amHow about clicks or pops with the sound? Part 2 at 7:22 and part 3 at 23:49 or so?
THE ERGON
July 6th, 2018 - 10:12amClicks, Pops ,Errors, Replacement Discs. This is a fiasco.
Omega63
July 6th, 2018 - 10:38amTbh, for all it’s perks, this release is a bit of a mess isn’t it?
Anonymous
July 6th, 2018 - 1:53pmBetter Quality Control
I mean, triple check a Blu Ray that costs 39.99 ARP
Tipster
July 6th, 2018 - 4:48pmDouble-checked again – still the same.
Mr Pessimistic
July 6th, 2018 - 6:31pmGood enough reasons not to spend £40.00 or more on this set. They should have delayed the release even further.
DalekAgent
July 5th, 2018 - 5:50pmFinally recieved mine but ive noticed an issue with mine, the whole book style thing where the discs are Is pushed all the way to the right side instead of the left side meaning i cant put my finger through the gap to reach the bottom discs, its not a big issue because i can still get to the bottom discs but im wondering if anyone else’s is like mine
Sam Chant
July 5th, 2018 - 9:42pmMine is like this as well just have to “tip” them out.
rgb
July 5th, 2018 - 4:34pmwhat’s the issue with the discs?
OllieOZ
July 5th, 2018 - 5:32pmSontaran Experiment’s 5.1 Surround Mix got completely messed up and Revenge of the Cybermen has got several visual errors apparently. It’s a widespread problem on this release but the BBC are luckily offering replacement discs to those affected once they’ve ironed out the issues, just a matter of getting touch with them.
bryan
July 6th, 2018 - 10:54amSontaran Experiment never had a 5.1 mix. The mono (s that is how they were made) has had to have a stero version, these have been swapped around, so is out of phase, sounding Tinny,or even metalic swirly sounding.
Its a simple fix,and one that could have been easily noticed using Automated checking. . But i do agree the release should have been halted and sorted before release. To be fair the BBC do tend to admit and repair (replacement programme) these errors, some are authoring issues, not caused by the Asset management team. There is also a small pdf file missing(one of the retail promotional material pdfs) from disc 6. but this can be added to another release.
Rob W
July 6th, 2018 - 11:02amIt would be good if the BBC or whoever posted details of the actual faults they are aware of as the U.S. sets had very simillar faults too.
The CGI on Revenge works fine apart from the first glimpse of the Star Striker which seems to be the original effect. I also can hear 2 small clicks or pops on parts 2 and 3 of the soundtrack to The Ark In Space. Otherwise, the set is very nice and I was very surprised how good the overall packaging is.
bryan
July 6th, 2018 - 2:00pmHi Rob, everybody knows, you have to pop bubblewrap 😉
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 11:25amHi,
I e-mailed [email protected] requesting replacement discs with my proof of purchase etc, but aside from a lengthy automated response I havem’t heard anything back. Has anyone had a proper response yet or is it too early to be expecting that/ confirmation of eligibility for replacement discs?
Thanks!
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 12:53pmI should not have posted this twice sorry lol XD
Anonymous
July 5th, 2018 - 11:04amHi, I emailed [email protected] a couple of days ago with my proof of purchase etc, but aside from a lengthy and kind of unhelpful automated response I have not heard anything back. Has anyone got a helpful response or is it too early to be expecting responses/ confirmation of eligibility for disc replacement?
Thanks!