October 7th, 2019
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Doctor Who The Collection Season 23 Blu-ray
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BBC Studios announces Season 23 as the next installment in the DOCTOR WHO: THE COLLECTION Blu-ray range
BBC Studios continues to offer Doctor Who fans the opportunity to build their own home archive on Blu-ray. The first jam-packed release for Colin Baker’s Sixth Doctor, Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 23, debuts on 7th October 2019 (Revised from 23rd September.)
In 1985, Doctor Who was taken off the air for an 18 month hiatus. When it returned, it was with an ambitious fourteen-episode adventure, The Trial of a Time Lord. The epic story saw the Doctor on trial for his life, with the court examining his adventures with companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) and looking to his future escapades with new companion Melanie (Bonnie Langford).
This season saw the return of popular villain Sil, along with the Master, the towering robot Drathro and the plant-based Vervoid monsters. With the Inquisitor (Lynda Bellingham) overseeing the proceedings, it was the Valeyard (Michael Jayston) who proved the greatest threat, hiding his own sinister motives for wanting the Doctor’s downfall.
With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features which include:
- Extended edits – of all fourteen episodes
- Terror of the Vervoids – four-part standalone edition with updated Fx
- Immersive 5.1 surround sound & isolated scores – on all 14 broadcast episodes
- Behind the Sofa – new episodes with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Bonnie Langford, Mark Strickson, Frazer Hines and Matthew Waterhouse
- The Writers’ Room – Eric Saward, Philip Martin, Christopher H Bidmead & Waly K Daly discuss the ‘Lost’ Season 23
- The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited – brave cast members tackle their original recipes from the 1980s official cookbook
- The Doctor’s Table – join Colin Baker and friends for dinner
- In Conversation – Matthew Sweet chats to companion Bonnie Langford
- Unseen studio footage
- Rare archive treats
- Convention footage
- Blu-ray trailer
- HD photo galleries
- Scripts, costume designs & more in the PDF Archive
The six-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD.
DOCTOR WHO: THE COLLECTION – SEASON 23 stars Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Bonnie Langford with Michael Jayston and Lynda Bellingham. Guest appearances include Anthony Ainley, Nalbil Shaban, Joan Sims, Christopher Ryan, Michael Craig, Honor Blackman, Tony Selby and Geoffrey Hughes.
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Judooning
October 4th, 2019 - 10:02amHMV have taken payment now
TheQuestion
October 4th, 2019 - 7:48amSo will any turn up today or looking more likely to be on real release day?
Gordon
October 4th, 2019 - 10:43amMy copy from zoom is still saying sent to warehouse so it won’t be today. Maybe tomorrow. If not it will be monday
James Woodard
October 4th, 2019 - 10:49amI ordered from Zoom too and mine still says sent to warehouse also. My fingers are crossed that they have despatched them today and just not updated their online system but that’s wishful thinking.
Like Gordon, I assume that they will dispatch today and we will recieve it hopefully tomorrow.
dazzleshell
October 4th, 2019 - 12:12pmMine too Gordon.
I was hoping for today though.
Gordon
October 3rd, 2019 - 7:11pmChris chapman mentioned on twitter that he was filming tom Baker for a future blu ray release. Didn’t mention which 1. Probably for 14 if rumours are true
Mark Belsom.
October 3rd, 2019 - 7:50pmSeason 14 has some excellent stories, Robots,Weng Chiang.
philip shaw
October 4th, 2019 - 7:46amMy all time fave season of Doctor Who, with Talons my favourite story ever…was sad to see Sarah Jane leave though…
The Flying Shark
October 4th, 2019 - 8:03amIf 14 is the first season of next year as rumoured, isn’t it a bit late to be recording extras for it? Could be likely I suppose, but maybe they’re doing stuff with him for Season 17, seeing as they’ve already got the Lalla content sorted for that?
James
October 4th, 2019 - 10:45amI don’t think it will be stuff for next year’s Tom set as Chris Chapman has said in the past they are usually 4-5 sets ahead when filming for the new features so I think they are recording for the 2021 Tom set, which I’m hoping will be Season 16, as this will mean we have 4 Tom sets which are evenly spread out during his tenure… 12, 14, 16, 18.
So yeah I think, 2021 set or possibly just saving time and banking extras for a Tom set which won’t be released for a few years
Gordon
October 4th, 2019 - 10:56amNot Necessary too late. They recorded the season 10 Bts about 4 and a half months and Ed stradling also recorded the Matthew sweet footage for the third man documentary about 4 and a half months ahead of release.
DoCTOR Whom
October 4th, 2019 - 1:01pmI really want them to do season 14 as it is an amazing season
BtsR
October 2nd, 2019 - 5:08pmLooks like season 23 has sold out on zavi already.
philip shaw
October 2nd, 2019 - 2:34pm“The Doctor ?…Wonderful Chap, all of them !”
Gordon
October 2nd, 2019 - 1:40amBbfc clearances of the new extras
THE MYSTERIOUS PLANET
The Doctors Table: 41 mins 21 secs
Behind the sofa: 55 mins 53 secs
Studio & OB Material: 99 mins 11 secs
35MM FILM MODEL SEQUENCE:
1 Min 1 secs
Trails and Continuities: 10 mins 35 secs
Clean opening and closing titles: 2 mins
Photo galleries: 12 mins 33 secs
MINDWARP
Behind the sofa 35 mins
Studio & OB Material: 39 mins 47 secs
50 Years in the TARDIS – Colin Baker: 20 mins 52 secs
The 6th doctor revisited: 25 mins 18 secs
Temps x: 16 mins 32 secs
Breakfast time: 8 min
Blessed on who: 19 mins 52
Trails and continuities: 3 mins 40
Photo gallery: 7 mins 59 secs
TERROR OF THE VERVOIDS
Behind the sofa: 36 mins 59 secs
Studio and OB footage: 86 mins 30 secs
Trails and continuities: 3 mins 35
Photo gallery: 9 mins 6 secs
trialess version episodes:
Episode 1: 21 mins 43 secs
Episode 2: 19 mins 38 secs
Episode 3: 21 mins 21 secs
Episode 4: 23 mins 42 secs
THE ULTIMATE FOE
Behind the sofa: 33 mins 10 secs
Bonnie Langford in conversation: 62 mins 6 secs
Studio and OB material: 59 mins 38 secs
The writers room: 32 mins 13 secs
French and Saunders: 7 mins 34 secs
Tomorow’s world quiz: 28 mins 24 secs
Trials and continuities: 1 min 20 secs
Photo gallery: 7 mins 2 secs
BONUS DISC 1
Episode 1: 29 mins 29 secs
Episode 2: 24 mins 54 secs
Episode 3: 24 mins 08 secs
Episode 4: 25 mins 43 secs
Episode 5: 26 mins 40 secs
Episode 6: 24 mins 23 secs
Episode 7: 25 mins 21 secs
Episode 8: 27 mins 50 secs
BONUS DISC 2
Episode 9: 29 mins 32 secs
Episode 10: 24 mins 50 secs
Episode 11: 23 mins 58 secs
Episode 12: 27 mins 03 secs
Episode 13: 26 mins 00 secs
Episode 14: 31 mins 40 secs
The doctor who cookbook revisited: 39 mins 31 secs
Bonus recipe 1: 3 mins 7 secs
Bonus recipe 2: 5 mins 6 secs
Bonus recipe 3: 5 mins 28 secs
The panopticon archive Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant: 32 mins 34 secs
Studio clocks: 4 mins 24 secs
Blu-ray trailer: 3 mins 46
Darren Clarke
October 2nd, 2019 - 11:43amCan not wait for this to come i think the new extras are worth the cost alone
SamWho
October 2nd, 2019 - 11:44amWow that’s a lot of studio material and extras
The Flying Shark
October 2nd, 2019 - 1:16pmI’m very impressed with this list. This is what annoys me with people complaining about the price, i.e. this having less episodes/discs than some of the others. You’re not paying for the episodes really, and if you are, get the DVDs down your local Cex. You’re paying for the hard work and dedication that goes into the new extras, packaging, promotion, etc. and £40 is not a lot to pay considering the cost of these episodes in the past. Remember, the original DVD box set of Trial of a Time Lord was £50 RRP, and this is a tenner less with almost double the original content. These sets are tremendous value, and long may they continue.
Robert Sienicki
October 2nd, 2019 - 2:08pmReally excited for this one. As much as I liked season 10, I’ve rewatched those episode not that long ago, and Trial of a Time Lord will be pretty fresh for me at this point. Also, I really enjoy Colin as the Doctor.
James
October 2nd, 2019 - 3:57pmAbsoutely cannot wait. TEspecially the 35mm film sequence in true HD is going to look absolutely stunning!!!!
philip Shaw
October 3rd, 2019 - 10:57amLooks like the Roland Rat appearances by a season 23 Colin Baker in costume aren’t on…
TARDIS traveller
October 3rd, 2019 - 4:35pmI’m just glad we have a trial-less terror, it was my first episode of who and have always enjoyed researching (always fast forwarded the trial elements)
BeeversMaster
October 4th, 2019 - 11:17amI worked out how much longer each episode is going to be based on the original lengths of the episodes:
Episode 1: 4 mins 32 secs longer
Episode 2: 10 secs longer
Episode 3: 10 secs SHORTER
Episode 4: 1 min 23 secs longer
Episode 5: 1 min 58 secs longer
Episode 6: 22 secs SHORTER
Episode 7: 48 secs longer
Episode 8: 3 mins 6 secs longer
Episode 9: 4 mins 36 secs longer
Episode 10: 32 secs longer
Episode 11: 9 secs SHORTER
Episode 12: 2 mins 18 secs longer
Episode 13: 1 min 18 secs longer
Episode 14: 2 mins 10 secs longer
3 episodes loose time which is very disappointing
However it is 22 mins 51 secs longer in total
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 1st, 2019 - 8:16pmI know that I am not the only one, but does anyone else have a thing where they just love and enjoy all doctor who episodes no matter the doctor or writer and don’t really have epsiodes thay they hate or dislike, I just feel I love doctor who too much to dislike any of it.
Richard
October 1st, 2019 - 9:24pmEven all of the new series?
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 1st, 2019 - 10:05pmMostly really, I have episodes where I like some more than others but I don’t have one that I utterly hate.
Anonymous
October 1st, 2019 - 10:33pmEven Dimensions in Time?
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 1st, 2019 - 10:39pmI think it is a fun mess of previous actors from the show with different enemies randomly put in it.
Gerard
October 1st, 2019 - 11:20pmNo. New Doctor Who 2005+ is crap and unwatchable. No offence.
James Guthrie
October 2nd, 2019 - 12:25amYes, absolutely. All Doctor Who is good Doctor Who. There’s not a single episode I don’t enjoy.
Anonymous
October 2nd, 2019 - 12:53amTwin dilemma?
Gordon
October 2nd, 2019 - 1:43amI enjoy all eras. Sure there are some stories that are weaker than others but generally there isn’t an era I take some enjoyment out of it
Jordan Clark
October 2nd, 2019 - 7:21amThankyou for the response, I posted this comment on this because I know some people don’t like Colin Baker as the doctor and his era in Doctor Who. I was just wondering if people liked the whole show and all the actors and writers that have worked on it.
Alastair. R
October 2nd, 2019 - 10:39amDefinitely! There’s always something to enjoy in every episode. There are always going to be stories that are worse off than others, just like any series… But it’s Doctor Who, so that’s good enough for me.
SamWho
October 2nd, 2019 - 11:42amYes I agree I love and enjoy all Doctor Who and I mean all of it
It makes me happy
Gerard
October 2nd, 2019 - 1:46pmI cannot watch the new series of Doctor Who. It is nothing more than a soap masked behind a sci fi fantasy. The show is Doctor Who in name only. I can’t get past the overly sentimental story lines where every episode needs an emotional consequence. They repeated themselves over and over again with companions becoming super powerful…Rose Badwolf….Donna The Doctor Donna….River Song being able to Regenerate because of exposure to the time vortex during conception (this is ridiculous…the Time Lords are the most advanced species in the universe, surely they just genetically engineered their biology hence the fixed number of 12 changes with the ability to add more. Being a time lord is more than the ability to regenerate. What about the decades upon decades of study at the Academy. The new series constantly simplifies such things)…Clara travelling the universe in a Tardis in between heart beats and Bill travelling the universe with her alien girlfriend which is just repeating Clara’s ending. Killing companions over and over and over again, but they are not really dead over and over again. Only 1 new monster is great and that is the weeping Angels. All the other new ones are forgettable. They overly use the Daleks and the Cybermen. It has been overly nostalgic. If I want to watch classic Doctors and monsters I will just put on Seasons 1-26. So I don’t think all Doctor Who is watchable…only the original seasons.
Lets do knitting
October 2nd, 2019 - 1:55pmHere we go again.
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 2nd, 2019 - 3:12pmI am sorry I started this, It was the opposite in what I wanted to happen, I just wanted to see if other people had have similar views to me.
booboo
October 2nd, 2019 - 3:31pmno need to be sorry at all, not all people will share the same view , and you tend to find the anti new series, especially series 11 can be rather aggressive in their tone.
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 2nd, 2019 - 3:42pmThankyou, that is one of the reasons I posted this comment on this is because I know that the 6th doctor era is disliked and I know that people hate series 11 aswell, I just wanted to find some positivity towards the two and counter the hate being generated. I love this website by the way, I have being using it for a while and only just created a username, thankyou for all you do for the community and showing off the cool merchandise being produced.
booboo
October 2nd, 2019 - 4:00pmI am the same as some people, i don’t “hate” any of it, but some episodes i can re watch over and over whereas some i may only watch a couple of times. There a 2 sixth Doctor Stories i can watch over and over, Attack of the Cybermen and The Two Doctors
CosmicJellybaby5269
October 2nd, 2019 - 6:12pmI really enjoy those two episodes aswell, especially The Two Doctors, I think it is a great crossover between the 2nd and 6th and has great characters thrown in with Sontarans.
Richard
October 1st, 2019 - 3:27pmI have ordered my copy of Season 23 and 26 from hmv. I have a feeling the release date for the later will change, it seems a odd choice and no way you would receive it in time for Christmas.
Judooning
October 2nd, 2019 - 12:05amI’m with HMV too for my orders. I hope all goes as it should and they actually get the stock.
Richard
October 2nd, 2019 - 3:59pmMy local hmv store recently had what seemed like an endless quantity of copies of Season 19. Not sure where they kept getting stock from when it sold out on Amazon at the beginning of the year?
booboo
October 2nd, 2019 - 4:19pmcould be stock intended for online sales but they are still only on pre-orders, clearly things have not happened a quickly as they hoped.
Richard
October 2nd, 2019 - 7:07pmhmv have never let me down before and their stock is always of perfect quality usually. I stick with hmv because I tried Zavvi and twice I had boxsets arriving all broken into bits and had to go through PayPal to claim my money back. Zoom don’t always have enough stock for pre-orders – their Trust Pilot rating is terrible.
Dean Wells
October 6th, 2019 - 7:47amZoom are the most reliable home entertainment retailers I’ve come across in a long,long time, especially with pre orders.
Every one so far arrived the Saturday before release, without fail.
Skippy
October 1st, 2019 - 4:47amWhere is the Australian release? Don’t they want our money?
Gordon
October 1st, 2019 - 9:33am4th of december
Lee
September 30th, 2019 - 2:03pmJust looked on Zoom to check on a different order, then went to check on S23 and it’s been sent to warehouse. Wasn’t expecting that for a couple more days at least.
Lege
September 30th, 2019 - 6:45amSo zoom have taken payment 🙂 Me thinks it could be here soon.
Btrs
September 30th, 2019 - 1:20pmMine says sent to warehouse, so hopefully we zoom buyers will get it friday
philip shaw
September 30th, 2019 - 5:03pmMine too…can’t wait, love Colin’s Doctor… Sad that Capaldi’s Dr was allowed to copy sixies planned route, and he didn’t get the chance…
Anonymous
September 20th, 2019 - 1:45amSays it is currently unavailable on Amazon and Zavvi, still in stock at Zoom
Skaroman
September 20th, 2019 - 8:37pmIt’s back up now. October 7th
Rob W
September 7th, 2019 - 11:18amSFX magazine 318 has a review, other extras include ‘Blessed On Who’ a 20 mins interview with… Brian Blessed, a French TV documentary from 1986, and an unbroadcast French and Saunders sketch.
Andrew Townsend
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:53pmWhat a bunch of morons.how many releases have they done similar to this???and they still can’t get it right.
Who deals with these for the BBC? The Chuckle Brothers with their boss Jeremy Beadle??? It’s a joke.
Some are saying also a release for the anniversary.Considering nothing has been said a release less than a month later is unlikely.
Gordon
September 4th, 2019 - 12:18amIf the bbc had wanted to make it as authentic to s23 as possible the bbc could delay it for 18 months
Lee
September 7th, 2019 - 12:16pmThat made me laugh Gordon! I hope they don’t take your advice though! 😀
Anonymous
September 15th, 2019 - 2:06pmActually technically season 23 wasn’t delayed for 18 months it was delayed 6 months. Because season 23 would have started a year after the debut of season 22.
Tardis7K
September 2nd, 2019 - 9:23pmIt’s delayed again amazon and zoom have changed the date to October 7th and now it has a 12 rating not a PG
GeordieW
September 3rd, 2019 - 3:29amZavvi still says 23rd of September
I Cotterill
September 3rd, 2019 - 7:40amAny idea why they’ve changed the release date?
David
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:41amPerhaps because of the certificate change it’s delayed it’s trip to the printers (also maybe checking that all the discs are labelled correctly as the mock up has disc one on all of the discs visible) but mostly probably the change from PG to 12
Thetruth
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:05pmOne day they might not get delayed after all these years does it still need to be classified?
So what’s been cut to get it down to 12 then?
Rob W
September 5th, 2019 - 7:24pmIt might not have been cut, just re-classified at a lower rating. I can’t find it listed on the BBFC’s website though…
I Cotterill
September 6th, 2019 - 9:42am12 is actually a higher rating than PG.
Lee
September 7th, 2019 - 12:13pmThings being cut out wouldn’t cause it to go from a PG to 12. Things may have been added that cause it to go from PG to 12, but not cut out, as that would lower the rating.
BBFC Ratings from highest to lowest are:
R18 – Adult works for licensed premises only
18 – Suitable only for adults
15 – Suitable only for 15 years +
12A – Cinema release suitable for 12 years +
12 – Video release suitable for 12 years +
PG – Parental Guidance
U – Universal (Suitable for all)
MIKSK89
October 1st, 2019 - 1:46pmPlus it may have been manufacturing errors on the discs themselves (even the first 3 Collection Boxsets as well as the Blu-Ray boxset of RED DWARF Series I-VIII had problems leading them to be pushed back, all still had problems despite the delays to get them fixed) the BBFC rating may not have been the reason as sometimes a proper BBFC label rather than the BBFC TBC rating to show the design layout.
anonymouse
August 25th, 2019 - 7:11pmAre there new rumors about upcoming boxsets?
The Flying Shark
August 25th, 2019 - 7:29pmSeason 26 is practically confirmed by this point, with it being the 30th anniversary since it aired, and they need a McCoy soon anyway so we’ll have a season for every Doctor whose episodes are complete. We also know extras have been worked on. Season 14 has been rumoured after that, which makes sense as it’s a split of two popular companions from a popular era, and we will get Tom sets more often than others, due to the amount there are and the need to balance them with others. Then, many people have hoped for Season 6, as it would fit the 100th anniversary of Troughton’s birth (as with Season 10 and Pertwee), plus it (after Season 2) has the least amount of missing episodes-The Invasion has already been animated and The Space Pirates is unlikely as it isn’t the most popular of stories and there is very little visual evidence left-however, this could be a positive as it could largely be remade with models (given its space setting) and we wouldn’t be able to tell the difference, with pictures and the audio to fill in the parts with actors, obviously. Maybe a cut down recon like Galaxy 4 on the Aztecs Special Edition? Who knows?
Jamie
August 28th, 2019 - 12:15pmI’m thinking Season 26 will be officially announced in the next two weeks. They seem to be announcing the next set due a few weeks before the officially announced set is released, it helps to keep momentum going for the range.
David
August 22nd, 2019 - 3:45pmAnyone have the list of extras, no where seems to have the latest issue of DWM in stock yet for some reason?
I Cotterill
August 22nd, 2019 - 4:18pmI tried to get a copy of today’s DWM in WHSmith’s this morning and they also didn’t have one in. Maybe they’re running late with publication for some reason.
David
August 22nd, 2019 - 4:28pmHopefully it’ll be in tomorrow or the day after. All it means is that I’m looking forward to seeing the season 23 bit more now haha
Gordon
August 24th, 2019 - 8:04amDisc 1
The Trial of a Time Lord Parts One to Four: ‘The Mysterious Planet’
Existing Special Features
■Audio commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Tony Selby and Adam Blackwood
■Audio commentary (Part One) with Eric Saward
■The Making of the Mysterious Planet
■Model footage
■Music videos
■Wogan extract
■The Saturday Picture Show extract
■Points of View extract
■Blue Peter extract
■Deleted and extended scenes
■BBC trails and continuity
New Special Features
■Behind the Sofa: The Trial of a Time Lord Parts One to Four
■The Doctor’s Table
■Studio and location footage
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
■Revised and updated production subtitles
■Photo gallery in HD
PDFs
■Production paperwork for Parts One to Four
■Scripts: Part One rehearsal script; Parts Two to Four transmission camera scripts
■Ken Trew’s costume designs
Disc 2
The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Five to Eight: ‘Mindwarp’
Existing Special Features
■Audio Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Philip Martin
■The Making of Mindwarp
■Now and Then – On the Trail of a Time Lord
■A Fate Worse Than Death? commentary bonus on Part Fourteen
■Deleted and extended scenes
■BBC trails and continuity
New Special Features
■Behind the Sofa: The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Five to Eight
■Blessed on Doctor Who
■The Sixth Doctor Revisited
■50 Years in the TARDIS: Colin Baker interview from 2013
■Temps X – contemporary French TV coverage of the story
■Breakfast Time extract
■Studio and location footage
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
■Revised and updated production subtitles
■Photo gallery in HD
PDFs
■Production paperwork for Parts Five to Eight
■Scripts: Part Five rehearsal script; Parts Six to Eight transmission camera scripts
Disc 3
The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Nine to Twelve: ‘Terror of the Vervoids’
Existing Special Features
■Audio Commentary with Colin Baker, Michael Craig, Pip and Jane Baker, and Chris Clough
■The Making of Terror of the Vervoids
■Deleted and extended scenes
■BBC trails and continuity
New Special Features
■Behind the Sofa: The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Nine to Twelve
■Terror of the Vervoids – a four-part version without any trial scenes
■Studio and location footage
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
■Revised and updated production subtitles
■Photo gallery in HD
PDFs
■Scripts: Parts Nine to Twelve annotated editing camera scripts
Disc 4
The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Thirteen to Fourteen: ‘The Ultimate Foe’
Existing Special Features
■Audio Commentary with Colin Baker, Tony Selby, Chris Clough, and Pip and Jane Baker
■Audio Commentary (Part Thirteen) with Eric Saward
■The Making of the Ultimate Foe
■Trials and Tribulations
■The Lost Season
■Tomorrow’s Times: The Sixth Doctor
■Stripped for Action: The Sixth Doctor
■Saturday Superstore extract
■Open Air extract
■Deleted and extended scenes
■BBC trails and continuity
■Coming Soon: Time and the Rani
New Special Features
■Behind the Sofa: The Trial of a Time Lord Parts Thirteen to Fourteen
■Bonnie Langford in Conversation with Matthew Sweet
■The Writers’ Room: The Missing Season 23
■Tomorrow’s World Christmas Quiz extract
■French and Saunders extract
■Studio and location footage
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
■Revised and updated production subtitles
■Photo gallery in HD
PDFs
■Production paperwork for Parts Nine to Fourteen
■Scripts: Part Thirteen rehearsal script and annotated editing camera script; Robert Holmes’ original script for Part Thirteen – ‘The Fantasy Factory’; Part Fourteen rehearsal script and annotated editing camera script; Eric Saward’s original script for Part Fourteen.
Matthew Sweet interviews Bonnie Langford for the latest instalment of In Conversation.
Bonnie as Mel with Colin as the Doctor, on location at the Gladstone Pottery Museum in June 1986.
Disc 5
The Trial of a Time Lord Bonus Disc One
New Special Features
■Extended episodes of Parts One to Eight
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
Disc 6
The Trial of a Time Lord Bonus Disc Two
Existing Special Features
■Now Get Out of That!
New Special Features
■Extended episodes of Parts Nine to Fourteen
■Optional 5.1 surround sound mix
■Isolated music score
■The Doctor Who Cookbook Revisited
■Three Bonus Recipes
■The Panopticon Archive – Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant
■Studio clocks
■Season 23 Blu-ray trailer
PDFs
■1986-87 Golden Wonder Doctor Who promotion
■BBC Enterprises sales sheet
■Radio Times cuttings for The Trial of a Time Lord Parts One to Fourteen
■ Zig-Zag goes behind the scenes
■BBC Press Service – The Trial of a Time Lord quotes
Rob W
August 24th, 2019 - 2:25pmThe updated FX for Terror Of The Vervoids are on Disc 3? Many thanks folks…
Gordon
August 24th, 2019 - 3:59pmYeah it’s part of the trialless version
Rob W
August 24th, 2019 - 5:25pmMuch appreciated. Enjoy the Bank Holiday one and all.
David
August 27th, 2019 - 7:22amWow so much to look forward to, I thought there was lots on the DVD, this is brilliant! I’m particularly interested in the original scripts for parts 13 and 14 by Bob Holmes and Eric Saward. Thanks for the list Gordon!
Lee
August 27th, 2019 - 3:41pmWow thanks Gordon! That’s an amazing list of extras to look forward to. Going to take a while to get through that lot! 🙂
David
August 21st, 2019 - 12:12pmI’ve just read on Twitter that discs 1-4 are the same as the dvds (the four sub stories) and then disc 5 is the extended versions of parts 1-8 and then disc 6 is extended parts 9-14. Anyone got their copy of the magazine with the full list of extras yet?
Gordon
August 21st, 2019 - 4:46pmSeen the extras list. That is correct. Looks like a great list of extras
David
August 21st, 2019 - 5:08pmOooh I can’t wait to see it, getting my copy tomorrow so I don’t now much just yet besides all the new stuff that’s already been mentioned briefly.
I Cotterill
August 21st, 2019 - 6:11pmWhich disc will the standalone version of ‘Terror of the Vervoids’ be on?
Gordon
August 21st, 2019 - 8:28pmIt will be on disc 3 ie the vervoids 4 part disc
anonimus
August 18th, 2019 - 11:09amn a future box set of season 11, if they make the special updated effects for “Invasion of the Dinosaurs”, do you think they will take into account the new scientific discoveries for the appearance of the dinosaurs? (example: t-rex with feathers)
dazzleshell
August 18th, 2019 - 12:35pmI hope they do update the dinosaurs for Season 11. And feathers would be a nice touch too.
Reading here it is expected to be the next Pertwee set. Fingers crossed.
Geordie
August 19th, 2019 - 11:57amI’m really hoping for a blu-ray of Walking With Dinosaurs, with new effects showing how different researches now believe they look (feathers). It would be good to see that on Invasion too.
Sean
August 19th, 2019 - 7:25pmIs there a chance they would re-release season 12 in the collectors packaging?
dazzleshell
August 19th, 2019 - 9:31pmI very much doubt it will get a re-release in the collectors packaging. Same for the other Seasons too as that is the ‘limited edition’ part.
I ended up getting mine on eBay. The most expensive Blurays ever.
I and others on this Site have emailled BBC and were pretty much told same thing. “No plans”.
I do expect a re-release either as complete Doctor sets or the sets in normal bluray cases at some point though for the UK at least.
Season 12 is region free from USA if you are still after the discs.
David
August 16th, 2019 - 3:17pmFigured since this is one of the more active pages, today I received my replacement disc for season 18 which I’ll be honest I completely forgot about, anyone else get it that requested one?
I Cotterill
August 16th, 2019 - 5:06pmWhich disc needed replacing?
David
August 16th, 2019 - 6:25pmDisc 1 the leisure hive, it was an issue with the 5.1 sound mix, it was as if it wasn’t mixed properly sounded very similar to the mono mix.
Ian black
August 16th, 2019 - 6:38pmYes got my leisure hive today forgot about it too!
Anonymous
August 16th, 2019 - 6:52pmany news on season 19 as i read they was looking into it ?
Anonymous
August 16th, 2019 - 7:04pmHow would I know if my audio isn’t completely right.
David
August 16th, 2019 - 7:40pmWait I got that the wrong way round I should have said the ep 1 mono mix was missing on the original disc. Check out @Cyberdevil on Twitter he’s really useful for the specifics, I just followed the posts from others saying there was an issue and then listened for the problem. It’s hard for me to put into words without messing up haha
David
August 16th, 2019 - 7:41pmSorry forgot to reply to the other anonymous, nothing on season 19 yet so far, personally I don’t see what the issues are with it but we’ll see.
dazzleshell
August 16th, 2019 - 7:47pmThere’s more comments on Season 18 page. I’ve put disc production numbers on there if people want to check.
I Cotterill
August 17th, 2019 - 6:19pmCouldn’t find any disc flaws on my Season 18 set. I’m wondering if only some of the early releases were affected and they quickly corrected it for other copies.
OllieOz
August 18th, 2019 - 12:08pmPretty sure all the sets were affected, and it’s taken months to get the replacement discs sorted. Best to email in with your delivery details and proof of purchase, it’s completely free anyway.
[email protected]
Richard
August 7th, 2019 - 1:34pmI emailed the BBC yesterday asking if the new series of Doctor Who will be included in “The Collection” range on Blu-ray. They said that there was no confirmation yet but they may know more towards the end of the year.
I personally hope it does happen.
dazzleshell
August 7th, 2019 - 3:04pmThey might keep quiet until the steelbook re-releases are near their end so not to jeopardise their sales. Although the steelbooks themselves are the reason to double dip.
I wonder if we will get Season 26 (rumoured) trailer by end of this month? Or will we have to wait til just before Season 23 is released.
James
August 8th, 2019 - 2:17pmMost likely Season 26 trailer will be end of September as it is usually announced 3 months before release and 26 is rumoured for December release.
James
August 8th, 2019 - 2:19pmIn regards to the new series being released as part of the collection, i sincerely hope so too. While there are good bonus features on some of the sets, i would love to see these expanded upon.
Ideal world would see the full length confidential episodes included and would love to see episode specific documentaries such as on the majority of the dvd/bluray releases of classic series stories. Get all the cast back for interviews for these docs and also some stuff like Writers Room features on the blurays could be done for each series also.
dazzleshell
August 8th, 2019 - 2:29pmI’d love to watch Behind the Sofa with the main cast and say RTD and Moffat. That probably would make me triple dip.
If you haven’t done it yet, RTD and Katy Manning’s commentary for Death of the Doctor is great to listen to on the Season 10 set.
Be really interesting if they could get Eccleston to do a full on interview too. Even put him and RTD in same room to have it out.
Anonymous
August 8th, 2019 - 2:37pmMaybe they could fix the 2014-2017 intros and redo the slitheen cgi
Anonymous
August 10th, 2019 - 11:06amI don’t think New Series will be in the Collection until the classics are finished. Which is fine for me. As a minor, I do not have the means to regularly spend 40-50 pounds on these sets. However when I’m older (I’d be 24 if they finish by 2028 (which the Doctor Who guide predicts)) I’d be able to buy the New Series sets as they come out.
Flo
August 13th, 2019 - 3:13pmYeah The NEW who won’t be part of it as we already have the dvd edition/ Blu-ray regular edition/ Blu-ray Doctor box set edition/ steelbook edition…
People won’t buy 5 times the same content even if the packaging changes…
If they include TORCHWOOD I would be so happy Never bought the show on Blu-ray.
Anonymous
August 13th, 2019 - 5:51pmI wish they’d do steelbooks for Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures
Bushboy
August 13th, 2019 - 11:42pmI would quite happily shell out for the new series in the collection range even though I already own them on Blu-ray.
After all what’s the point of a “collection” if it’s incomplete?
Also the packaging does use the new series logo and classic Who and new Who are now supposed to be marketed as the same thing so why not?
Gordon
August 14th, 2019 - 9:42amThere is a load of stuff that didn’t make the new series box sets. There also is a lot of scope for new extras to match the classic series (proper making of, commentaries for stories that don’t have, Matthew sweet interviews, behind the sofa etc) and considering it probably won’t get touched until the classic range is done in about 2024-25 some of the episodes will be 20 years old and ripe for a remaster. The episodes from s1-4 are in the wrong speed so it would give a chance to get the episodes right finally
James
August 14th, 2019 - 2:41pmAgreed Gordon.
Like the Series 1 deleted scenes. The proper version of the Children In Need special. Full editions of Doctor Who Confidential. And in depth documentaries for each story. For these extras i would buy again in the Collection format
Judooning
August 14th, 2019 - 3:29pmGordon, What do you mean by the episodes are in the wrong speed?
The Flying Shark
August 14th, 2019 - 7:15pmBecause of the upscaling process, episodes from Series 1-4 run about four minutes longer on Blu-Ray than DVD, I don’t know the technical details myself but it’s meant to be about a slower frame rate or something.
James
August 16th, 2019 - 2:31pmYeah instead of 25 frames per second there is only 24 so it is stretched out slightly which results in the slightly longer running time. Most of the epiosdes are only 2-3 minutes longer because of this
David
August 16th, 2019 - 3:23pmI completely agree with Gordon, so much scope for brand new extras for the 2005 and onwards era of the show, technical specs can be sorted as well lots of good work could come out if it! I’d love a behind the sofa of the doctors daughter with peter Georgia and David Tennant or an audio commentary on it.
Russell T Davies did a great commentary with Kat manning on death of the doctor I feel we need more of those too for the SJA if they were ever to get a special collection treatment too.
Doctor Mysterio
August 1st, 2019 - 2:40pmDoes anyone know why the digital releases of these box sets were stopped after Series 12?
I Cotterill
August 5th, 2019 - 9:14pmNot selling enough perhaps?
anonymus
August 1st, 2019 - 10:39amI stopped buying the box sets after season 18 and won’t buy any more. Apart from the 11, 22 and 26 seasons so to have a box set for every doctor. The seasons in B/N I’d like to have them all. According to you when will they be released? The first season certainly on the 60th anniversary and a season of Troughton for the 100th birthday I think.
Daniel
August 1st, 2019 - 12:33pmWhy have you stopped buying the box sets?
anonymus
August 1st, 2019 - 2:18pmI prefer to save money and buy other products.
Flo
August 4th, 2019 - 10:09amI understand that. I’ve waited years for the classics to come out on Blu-ray so I didn’t waste money on dvd. I will buy the complete collection and the steelbook for the new Who and then I’m done. Classic will never make it in 4K anyway and series 1/Specials New Who would be horrible.
David
July 19th, 2019 - 11:47pmI know this has been discussed potentially earlier, but what are people’s predictions for the next boxsets? Obviously it looks almost certain S26 will be a Christmas release, but I’m thinking for 2020:
Season 11 Season 14 or 17, Season 20 and Season 24 not in that order though.
Prowl
July 20th, 2019 - 7:42amI’m hoping for season 6 since Patrick’s 100th birthday is next year.
Andrew R
July 21st, 2019 - 3:00amI think it’s highly likely that we’ll get a Pertwee and a Tom Baker season per year given the number of seasons each starred in. For both of them, I would agree that seasons 11 and 17 seem likely because from what I’ve read footage has been shot for season 17 and season 11 only has one episode that would need to be colorized. I very much hope that season 6 gets released too for the reason that Prowl stated. It may make sense since they chose to release season 10 on Pertwee’s birthday. Having potentially just released a McCoy season, I feel like they might release season 10 before season 24.
I wouldn’t mind having season 14 or season 7 on blu-ray either.
Prowl
July 21st, 2019 - 8:26amI’m also hopeful that we will get Season 7 sooner than later, but I know that extensive work needs to be done on some of it, especially Ambassadors. I figure the next Tom set will be 17 and the next Pertwee will be 11, just not sure how much trouble they are having trying to colorize episode one of Dinos, I know the DVD version didn’t go too well, and was added just as an extra.
David
July 21st, 2019 - 11:30amI was tempted to buy Spearhead from Space in Blu ray the other day as I never picked it up, but with Season 7 in mind I held off, that story from what I’ve seen looked great. But the rest of the season will be tricky yes. Season 6 would be once again very fitting for Patrick’s Birthday next year so that would be great!
Just a question of when they break into the 60s sets. Colin’s remaining season will probably be out the year after. With the remaining MCCoy and Davison sets mixed throughout the coming years. I can see them maybe waiting until 2023 for season 20 even though i’d Love to see it sooner.
Pete X
July 21st, 2019 - 8:44pmWith the likely release of S26 at the end of the year there will be;
6 black and white/60’s,
4 Pertwee,
5 Tom Baker, and
5 80’s
As they are releasing 4 a year, I reckon that’s more or less one from each category each year. I’m not too interested about what will be released next, but more which story from each season is going to be CGI’d. Fingers crossed for Creature from the Pit.
If there is a release of S6 to tie in with PT’s centenary, it will be interesting to see what is done with the Space Pirates as it may indicate what will happen with S3 where there are (currently) missing episodes with no telesnaps.
Prowl
July 21st, 2019 - 11:28pmI’m also curious which stories will get the CGI treatment. I was disappointed with the CGI in Planet of the Daleks, I usually prefer the new effects in stories, but in Planets I think I prefer the original effects or am even either way.
James
July 22nd, 2019 - 10:35amMy guess is definitely season 11 next year. Season 14 probably for Tom as we haven’t got any Leela on bluray yet and we already have some Romana (also they can do 17 the year after). I think season 6 is a given as the producers have said the 60s sets won’t be done last. As we get a colin set and most likely a Sylvester set this year i think we are guaranteed a davison set next year. I think this will be season 20 as Chris Chapman said earlier this year he had done a documentary for a historic set and a picture of 4 TARDIS teapots. 4 TARDISes… The Five Doctors possibly?
Pete X
July 22nd, 2019 - 5:19pmIf S6, rather than The Faceless Ones, is tied in with PT’s centenary then, off the top of my head, that would be a March release, which we should find out about in December, 13/14 weeks ahead of release.
If you are interested; there is an interview with Rob Ritchie, animator of the PotD CGI and on the S4 animations, on last night’s Radio Free Skaro (#698) – http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/
James
July 22nd, 2019 - 11:13pmIt is possible we will get Faceless Ones and Season 6 both in March a few weeks apart although I think it’s more likely that Season 6 will be in the second half of the year and we’ll get a Tom Baker season (most likely either 14 or 17) in March.
Doctor Who Merchandise Collector
July 18th, 2019 - 12:01pmAbsolutely adore these sets so far! Hopefully another run of season 12 will come in time but the seasons lined up in a row look great on the shelf! If they were to do a TV Movie and Wilderness Years set I have been thinking about all the wonderful content that it could contain. Of course with copyright and licensing not everything in this list would be possible for inclusion however it is everything I have been able to source of who media produced from 1900 to 2004. Can anyone else think of anything that would go great in the set that I may have missed?
Main Feature:
Doctor Who: TV Movie -The Enemy Within
Webcasts:
Doctor Who Death Comes to Time
Doctor Who Shada
Doctor Who Real Time
Doctor Who Scream of the Shalka
30th Anniversary and Comic Relief Spoof:
Doctor Who Dimensions in Time
Doctor Who The Curse of Fatal Death
Other Bonus Features:
More than 30 years in the TARDIS
BBC Choice – The Take: 35 years of Doctor Who
Doctor Who Night 1999
Doctor Who @40
Doctor Who 40th anniversary Orbital Music Video
Doctor Who Children in Need 2003
The Museum of Moving image: 1991
Reeltime spin off films
Search out Science
Resistance is Useless
VHS Intros
30th anniversary Video Intro
Vodaphone Road show
Devious
Devious Behind the Scenes
Destiny of the Doctors Footage
New Zealand adverts
The Harry Hill Show
Gene Genius
Dimensions in Time Behind the Scenes Tomorrow’s World
Dimensions in Time Links with Noel Edmonds and Jon Pertwee
Curse of Fatal Death behind the scenes
French and Saunders Sketch
Verity Lambert on Talking Points
The Movie Game John Barrowman
Doctor Who on Telly Addicts
A Night in with the Girls BBC Documentary featuring Verity Lambert
Lost in space- Avid fans talk about Doctor who
Doctor Who Competition Blue Peter 1999
Win a Dalek on Whatever you want
Doctor Who Memorabillia on the Generation Game 2000
Sylvester McCoy on the Today Programme 2002
Tv’s Finest Failures – k9 and company
Michael Grade on Room 101 2002
Colin Baker on Top Gear 2003
Alchemists of Sound – Radiophonic workshop documentary
The Story of Doctor Who 2003
Doctor Who Mastermind 2004
And extras from original release of tv movie and scream of shalka and More than 30 years in the TARDIS
The ergon
July 18th, 2019 - 12:16pmThats an impressive list of stuff. Can,t bear to watch the Room 101 episode. I couldn,t believe how easily Paul Merton allowed it to go in, but having found out he hates Doctor who comes as little surprise now. One things for sure, it wouldn,t have happened on Frank Skinners watch, had he been fronting the programme then.
Doctor Who Merchandise Collector
July 18th, 2019 - 12:31pmThanks The ergon. Sourced from several blogs, one of babelcolour’s videos, the BBC site and a selection of content I have watched several times over out of fascination for the wilderness years regarding what was and what could have been. Yes that 101 episode is best left behind haha! It’s great that Grade was able to admit he liked the new series when it returned though!
The ergon
July 18th, 2019 - 12:44pmI have to say i haven,t even seen half of those on your list but will refer to this and check some of them out now.
Kenny
July 18th, 2019 - 4:14pmI had put together a rough list of what I thought would make a great Wilderness boxset, which is:
Disc One (30th Anniversary Stuff)
More than 30 Years in the TARDIS
Dimensions in Time
DVD Special Features
Disc Two (Doctor who night on BBC2 cause why not)
Doctor Who Night
Disc Three (TV movie disc 1)
TV Movie (re-scanned)
Night of the Doctor
DVD Special Features
Disc Four (TV Movie Disc 2)
TV Movie (alternate cut, again why not!)
Curse of the Fatal Death
New Documentaries/McGann Interview
Disc Five (Webcasts)
Real Time
Death Come to Time
Shada Webcast
Interweb of Fear
Disc Six (Shalka)
Scream of the Shalka
DVD Special Features
Like you said, who knows what can be cleared. It is very possible Dimensions in Time will never get negotiated on. But I think a set that shows what was going on with the show when it was off the air for 15 odd years would really round out the blu-ray shelves. Plus Imd love a rescanned TV movie, as unlikely as it may be!
Doctor Who Merchandise Collector
July 18th, 2019 - 4:54pmThanks for sharing that Kenny! Love the idea of having an alternate cut of the TV movie. I saw on YouTube at one point an alternate opening that was taken from a rough cut copy of the film. The full rough cut is nowhere to be found online from what I have seen so far but It would be great to see the process of making the film. After all there were many changes from the first cut. Hopefully one day it will surface!
Kenny
July 18th, 2019 - 6:51pmYea the alternate cut of the TV movie is a definite wish list thing. Something Imd be interested in, as I wonder if some of the issues the movie has could be fixed in editing. Probably not (chances are an alternate cut could end up being a clunkier version of a already clunky movie), but why not give it a go!
I think what I’d really like is the set having each disc explore an element of the wilderness. The first real activity was the More than 30 Years doc and Dimensions in Time. So you build a disc around that, and maybe a new doc about the Dark Dimension project that fell apart.
Then obviously the next big event was the TV movie, which I think was a big enough sea change for the show that it warrants two discs (plus McGann obviously gets the cover of the set)
Then you grab anything from that era like the Doctor Who Night or Curse of the Fatal Death. Just a lot of that weird stuff that came out when the show was off of TV but not forgotten, and there is a whole disc of goodies.
Then you end the set with the webcast era, and those original 3 can obviously take up their own disc (as they were designed to not be too much video space), and then Shalka closes out the set.
Who knows if this will happen or if it would ever be as comprehensive, but I would love to see it. If they could somehow get into Universal’s vaults and get the TV movie’s original elements and rescan them? Definitely a must buy for that alone.
Doctor Who Merchandise Collector
July 18th, 2019 - 7:18pmThat sounds like the best idea for the disc structures. It only seems fair McGann get to appear on a cover especially as the design would look stunning if they go anything by the Blu Ray release of the movie for the montage. I always hope that in some archives of the production companies are various cuts of who stories and hope that The BBC/ Universal/ Fox still have the pre air screeners tucked away somewhere. I did think a PDF of The Dark Dimension could be nice for production documents as it has been put online before but unfortunately not in an official capacity. Although saying that, have you seen the fan made animation of The Dark Dimension on YouTube? Not a bad attempt, really enjoyable and great to see an unmade story in some form.
Kenny
July 19th, 2019 - 2:24amI saw part of the Dark Dimension animation, but I am hard to please with fan productions. I struggle with amateur acting, and voice acting. I also have worked i TV as an editor and so I think I am more critical than others may be. At the very least it hurts my ability to enjoy such things.
Phillip C Niethe
July 21st, 2019 - 4:40amSeeing as how the U.S. didn’t get the Blu-ray option for Paul, it’s not impossible that we would not receive a matching release at some point and seeing as how the BBC has went above and beyond by adding not only the original extras but newly filmed extras for all these new re releases, I for one wouldn’t at all be surprised if we were gifted with a little something extra special for The Doctor with only one outing…well Two if you count the regeneration.
MJS
July 21st, 2019 - 11:25amI do think “the Collection” will only cover seasons 1-26. Everything after that are new phases for the series. Some may have a different opinion to that, but other than the TVM, everything post 2004 is already well catered for
MIKSK89
July 21st, 2019 - 11:52amI remeber reading somewhere that the producer of ‘The Collection’ range, he wants to include a new transfer of The TV Movie and its extras to Season 26 (similar to the inclusion of ‘K-9 and Company: A Girls Best Friend’ on the 18th Season set) and that they had interest in trying to do more of ‘The Collection’ range to cover New Who too.
Tegan’s distant cousin
July 18th, 2019 - 11:53amDoes anybody know of a reliable retailer to ship these box sets to Australia? Unfortunately the Australian editions now come out with inferior packaging, and are released several months later. Amazon UK and Zoom won’t ship to Australia, and Zavvi are terrible. I just received the season 10 box set from Zavvi and it was so badly packaged that the box had been all beaten up in transit. I had the same problem when I ordered season 19 from Zavvi; while I got a refund eventually, it took over a month of chasing them up and them making it really difficult for me to return it and request the refund.
booboo
July 18th, 2019 - 12:02pmthink http://www.hive.co.uk do but there prices are high
Tegan’s distant cousin
July 18th, 2019 - 12:07pmFantastic – thank you! The postage is higher, but if it means not getting items that are all beaten out of shape then it’s worth it!
MJ9
July 11th, 2019 - 5:03pmWhat has everyone done with their DVDs of the seasons released so far? I was tempted to keep hold of them but I feel like I’m doing it for the sake of it. Do they sell well on eBay?
I Cotterill
July 11th, 2019 - 9:00pmDue to the way the blu-rays are swapping some of the original dvd special features about between sets, I think it’s worth keeping hold of the original DVDs for this features that are absent.
dazzleshell
July 11th, 2019 - 11:23pmI just trade mine in at CEX at the moment. Try to sell before they officially announce next set to maximise the return and use that money off future sets. So Season 26 was sold a while ago.
And rumours on here help.
I keep the old booklets as CEX don’t care about them. I trim them so they fit into Season box nicely.
All dvd features will eventually appear in the Season sets (except the Jim’ll Fix It feature with Colin Baker for obvious reasons).
Duncan Parsons
July 12th, 2019 - 8:17amI sold mine in cex aswell. Might not get as much as selling elsewhere but as Ebay has been flooded with dvd versions of the blu-ray releases you can guarantee a sale. As long as you’ve looked after them.
MIKSK89
July 13th, 2019 - 11:19amSomeone mentioned with the ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ short with Colin and the Sontarans on The DVD release of The Two Doctors, was hoping that there would be a way to save it and just cut anything with Jimmy Saville out. Easy to Edit out the introduction from that vile man, and his appearance at the end, it is still an enjoyable litttle minisode of Who.
dazzleshell
July 13th, 2019 - 1:39pmMIKSK89. I think the BBC removed it completely on newer issues of The Two Doctors DVD.
Will be happy if they can do what you say though. Just show the short and remove the vile man from it.
Geordie
July 14th, 2019 - 9:26amI’m donating mine to my local library (though to be fair I also WORK at my local library…)
Anonymous
July 14th, 2019 - 10:13amNot selling mine at all!
I spent ages getting them all and it’d be a waste
Phillip C Niethe
July 21st, 2019 - 4:44amI donated mine to a massive Who fan who is not financially capable of collecting the sets…I feel it to be a very Doctorly thing to do.
Kenny
July 10th, 2019 - 2:58amSo I know that Season 26 is still in the rumor mill for upcoming releases, and that possibly both 14 and 17 are in the works. What are all the rumors of what is being worked on right now?
Anonymous
July 10th, 2019 - 5:09pmThe rumours I have heard are that next year, we will be getting Season 14, Season 20, Season 11 and Season 6.
Andrew R
July 10th, 2019 - 5:46pmI hope you’re right, Anonymous. In my opinion, they’re pretty strong seasons for the most part. It would be especially nice since the War Games and the Invasion are so high priced in the US. I guess that would also mean that they would need to animate Space Pirates before then.
Anonymous
July 10th, 2019 - 6:03pmThey could do the Space Pirates after the faceless ones and release it in 2021, but release it first on the collection set for season 6 which could come out around late 2020, perhaps December before it’s separate standard release in early 2021
The Flying Shark
July 10th, 2019 - 7:02pmThey’re almost meant to have done a shoot in Aldbourne for a Season 8 release, but I doubt this will be soon as Mind of Evil is still meant to be quite poor colour wise.
Anonymous
July 10th, 2019 - 7:08pmSource??
Kenny
July 11th, 2019 - 2:12am14, 20, 11, and 6? Interesting. What happened to 26? I don’t know where the rumors originate, so I am curious how folks around here get their info.
TigerMan1995
July 11th, 2019 - 5:33amThey’re talking about the 2020 releases. S26 is rumoured for Christmas 2019.
Robert Sienicki
July 11th, 2019 - 9:34amSeason 6? Interesting. They would have to animate probably all six episodes of “The Space Pirates” like they are doing with “The Faceless Ones”, but I feel like there wasn’t enough time to do those two stories. Season 20 (for “Five Doctors) and Season 17 (for “City of Death”) would be my picks, but let’s be honest – I will order each and every one of those sets, no matter which season they do next.
dazzleshell
July 11th, 2019 - 1:38pmThey might not animate the Space Pirates.
Episode 2 exists but there are no telesnaps for the rest so would be difficult. Or they could go all out and allow the animators to interpretate it their own way.
I hope that they will at least include a disc for the story even if it just includes the soundtrack with linking narration to set the scene like some of the old vhs did. And some ‘new’ features to support it. So that the Season is complete.
Gordon
July 11th, 2019 - 11:38pm@the flying shark They haven’t done a season 8 shoot in auldborne. Producer Chris chapman was in auldborne on his own free time looking for inspiration for the big finish he was working on at the time. Auldborne is also an hour away from his house
Kenny
July 12th, 2019 - 5:11amOh so 26 is still in the works for the end of this year (according to rumors). Neat. I would say if 6 is likely to be released next year they aren’t animating Space Pirates. Which is a shame. I suppose they could still have it in the works, but I find it unlikely (based on their animation rate so far) that they’d animate all the episodes in time for a 2020 release, not with Faceless Ones still in the works. Unless they release it animated first with the boxset, then solo. Again, I find it unlikely, which is unfortunate.
James
July 12th, 2019 - 10:14amYeah I think we will get Season 6, but I don’t think Space Pirates will be animated. As long as there is a good reconstruction, I am fine with that.
Anonymous
July 13th, 2019 - 12:53pmIt’s amazing that people are still pushing this. Nobody has ruled out The Space Pirates, that is entirely fan speculation.
Marco Polo and The Crusade have however been ruled out, so Seasons 1 or 2 make vastly more sense if something from the 60s had to be done.
Anonymous
July 13th, 2019 - 1:00pmOn another note, given their “creative” take on The Macra Terror a lack of telesnaps is not going to be an obstacle.
James
July 13th, 2019 - 5:31pmWhile it hasn’t been ruled out there are 18 stories still missing some episodes. And at the current rate of 1 per year we would be waiting 18 years for all episodes to be animated. The bluray range is not going to wait for 10-18 years to release Seasons 1-6 so it is much more likely that some stories will not be animated for the bluray sets.
It may be aninated and released individually later but we definitely won’t have animations for every missing ep on the season 1-6 boxsets
Anonymous
July 13th, 2019 - 5:56pmI don’t expect every story to be animated by the time this range finishes. I just think it is a bit odd to release a season if there is a chance it may get an animation in the near future.
Of course it is entirely possible they have ruled out The Space Pirates internally and have not made that public in which case fair enough, let them carry on. If there’s still a chance, it seems a bit silly to not go for one of the two seasons that are ready to go (Seasons 1 and 2).
Robert Sienicki
July 13th, 2019 - 6:55pmWell, the ideal would be if they keep animation as one disc only, so you could replace the collection disc with animated once they release it.
Gordon
July 14th, 2019 - 2:29amI’d imagine space pirates is pretty low down on the list of potential animations. For starters It’s not a well regarded story. It also has no memorable monsters or companion entrances or exits. There is very little hook other than it completes season 6 and going by those involved it has to have a stand alone release first before it gets released in the collection. It’s definitely not a story I see getting done in the next 5-6 years ie the lifespan of the collection. Other stories I can see being more pressing. Especially from seasons 3-5. I can see the collection season 6 having a recon to fill in the gap but with the ability to swap it out for the animation if and when the time comes.
Anonymous
July 14th, 2019 - 7:53amI hope they can just release a separate disc in a different release to it’s general release (if it ever gets one) in the style of a collection disc so that anyone who wants to swap out the disc, can do that
Anonymous
July 23rd, 2019 - 6:46pmOr there COULD’VE been another recovery.
Anonymous
July 6th, 2019 - 9:09amDoes anybody know how many of these limited edition sets are printed for each run?
They seem to sell out very quickly.
In fact they have all sold out now (expect Season 23).
Even Season 10 is showing as ‘out of stock’ now, and that hasn’t even reached it release date!
Billy
July 9th, 2019 - 12:05amI seen a post on twitter that said S12 was only 1000, but the rest were 10,000 prints. Don’t know if that is correct, Season 10 is back in stock now but 19 has started to inflate in price now, Season 18 goes in and out of stock!
Prof Horner
July 4th, 2019 - 11:29amNice surprise when I came home from work last night at 10.30. my copy of the American version of the season 12, had arrived from Amazon. Looking forward to watching it and season 10 should be arriving on Monday.