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Doctor Who The Collection Season 20 Limited Edition Packaging
Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.com and various retailers on www.ebay.co.uk
BBC Studios continues to offer Doctor Who fans the opportunity to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with a limited edition NINE DISC box set of the 20th Season from 1983, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor. This set is the most jam-packed release yet, with hours and hours of new and exclusive material.
- Arc Of Infinity
- Snakedance
- Mawdryn Undead
- Terminus
- Enlightenment
- The King’s Demons
- The Five Doctors (20th Anniversary Special)
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the programme, these stories feature the return of old friends, enemies and even past Doctors! Over seven exciting stories, the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa (Sarah Sutton), Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Turlough (Mark Strickson) face off against the Black Guardian, Omega, the Mara, the Master, Cybermen and the Time Lords themselves!
All episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources including original film elements for The Five Doctors – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.
The Collection: Season 20 Blu-ray box set also includes extensive Special Features including:
THE FIVE DOCTORS – 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
- A brand new version of the 90-minute anniversary special, with updated special effects,
- Dolby Atmos & surround sound, plus an exclusive new commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson.
UPDATED 2023 SPECIAL EFFECTS
- Exclusive to Blu-ray, on Snakedance and Enlightenment.
BEHIND THE SOFA
- Seven new episodes with Peter Davison, Colin Baker (The Doctor), Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor),
- Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Katy Maning (Jo) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).
BLU-RAY TRAILER
- A brand new episode of classic Doctor Who.
IN CONVERSATION
- Interviewer Matthew Sweet chats to Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton.
LET’S GO DUTCH!
- The TARDIS crew travel to Amsterdam to revisit locations and reminisce about Season 20 and their time on the programme.
LOOK WHO’S DRIVING
- Join Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton on an hilarious European Road Trip.
WHEN JANET MET MARTIN
- Janet Fielding chats to Martin Clunes, 40 years on from his appearance in Snakedance.
MAKING THE KING’S DEMONS
- The regular cast return to the castle location and reminisce.
MAKING THE SEASON 20 TRAILER
- A look behind the scenes
LONGLEAT CELEBRATION FOOTAGE
- A previously-unreleased look at the iconic 1983 convention, plus panels featuring Peter Davison, Tom Baker, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and many more.
STUDIO FOOTAGE
- Hours of material going behind-the-scenes on production of Arc Of Infinity, Snakedance and The Five Doctors.
LOCATION FILM RUSHES
- From The Five Doctors.
RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE
- Including Australian interviews with Peter Davison and Janet Fielding shot during production of this season.
ONCE UPON A TIME LORD
- A rare US documentary from the 1980s.
NEW 5.1 SURROUND SOUND MIXES
- On Snakedance and The Five Doctors. Plus Dolby Atmos mixes on The Five Doctors.
ARCHIVE TREATS
- Hours of rare and previously unreleased material from the BBC Archives.
HD PHOTO GALLERIES
- Including many previously unseen images.
INFO TEXT
- Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.
PDF ARCHIVE
- Including scripts, exclusive unseen BBC production files, the Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special and other rarities.
PLUS LOTS MORE!
This nine-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including Documentaries, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries, The Five Doctors Special Edition and more.
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Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:09pmInteresting information regarding Gary Russell on the star beast novelisation listing on Amazon. On the about the author section: He is currently overseeing animated reimaginings of old 1960s missing Doctor Who stories for BBC studios.
Prof Horner
July 15th, 2023 - 3:16pmThat will please Ian Levine ! But that is great news .
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 3:34pmYay. I thought he was only saying Gary was doing toymaker as a reason to bash him. I’m starting to think Gary might actually be doing it.
D84
July 15th, 2023 - 3:37pmExcellent news, keep the snippets coming guys
D84
July 15th, 2023 - 3:40pmI guess this means we DO potentially have Big Finish Creative working on new animations – so the statement from last year “For us, this is it” has changed???
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 4:03pmCould have been asked asked after he said it. Also might not be the same team.
D84
July 15th, 2023 - 4:22pmTrue Gordon, that was September time when Abominable came out – and we had fresh rumours of new animations beyond that in Jan 23 so yes plenty of time for fresh offers / contracts I guess.
We’ll see…
RPG74
July 15th, 2023 - 4:33pmSo, an announcement for an animated Toymaker in September with a release in November? It would tie in with the rumoured NPH part in the specials.
Prof Horner
July 15th, 2023 - 4:49pmWell if it is Toymaker that is about to be animated, it seems the perfect choice. It seems to be an open secret that the character is returning in the specials. With the Gary Russell treatment, it should turn a drab black and white serial into something quite spectacular. Plus we get another much needed season 3 story. The only downside is that The Doctor is missing from the middle two episodes.
Still hope for some missing episodes returned though.
Anonymous
July 15th, 2023 - 6:00pmAnimated is one thing. Its lost episodes we really want. I just hope the animations are done well unlike some i could mention.
Sgt. Rugg
July 15th, 2023 - 6:31pmI have heard from a few users on different forums that Ian seems to think that Toymaker is being animated for the 60th. I don’t use Gallifrey Base though, so I’m only hearing part of the discussion!
Prowl 1701
July 15th, 2023 - 7:34pmI agree that animated Toymaker would tie in nicely with the 60th anniversary. But would they have had time to do it properly or would it be rushed out? The 2016 version of Power and Fury both suffered from being rushed. Plus I would assume they will muffle out or replace that one piece of dialogue from the King.
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 8:48pmI’d rather not have it rushed out and get another power situation so if it isn’t ready for November I’d rather it be announced on the 23rd for a 2024 release
Prowl 1701
July 16th, 2023 - 12:07amExactly what I was thinking Gordon.
Samuel
July 15th, 2023 - 12:25amVery interesting to find The Doctor Who range in Germany have announced complete-Doctor boxsets for Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Patrick Troughton (I assume any missing episodes will be telesnaps)
It’s possible we in the UK might not get these sets, but if they manage to get Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant complete sets with original frame rate, in HD, then to quote the Doctor, “Good grief!” We may unintentionally be getting a very special gift on this 60th year indeed.
Jake E
July 15th, 2023 - 1:28amGermany has some sets already out too and America has got some complete sets. The UK doesn’t seem to get these. If we do they will be £80 per set I expect. I want a complete Series 1-13 Blu-Ray but knowing the BBC that’s £400+
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 1:37amI’d lower your expectations on the Troughton release. It’s just the ones that have been previously released in Germany.
Anonymous
July 15th, 2023 - 11:55amAny links to these? Would love to see what they look like!
Samuel
July 15th, 2023 - 12:44pm@Gordon regarding Troughton set, the only serials without a direct home release are ‘The Highlanders’, ‘The Wheel in Space’ and ‘The Space Pirates’ some footage of these stories are on the Lost in Time dvd, followed by Audio CD releases. I can’t imagine it would be that impossible to put the telesnap photos and subtitles to the audios.
Obviously the Collection range is more experimental with new scans, vfx, dolby Atmos, behind the sofa extras and so forth – having a minimal, complete set per Doctor, in the way you get combo sets of James Bond or Spider-Man franchises, I think would be a very good idea to help get new fans on board; therefore hardcore fans that want the luxuries of the collection set can go for them.
Sortof like a no frills, dvd combo boxset. I’d definitely go for them.
Jake E
July 15th, 2023 - 3:28pmSamuel mate you’ve got problems. If you hate the Limited Editions that much as you keep implying in every post and have basically said before then just sell them and move on bud haha 🙂
For a complete set you could sell them for well over £1000
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 3:31pmThat’s the case in the U.K. but in Germany the likes of power, menace, moonbase,terror,faceless,evil, abominable, warriors, dominators, invasion and I think the krotons and mind robber never got released there. This box set that polyband is releasing is only stories that have been localised to the German language. It’s only German dubbed versions of tomb,enemy,web, seeds and games and a subbed version of fury. The box set is called THE PATRICK TROUGHTON YEARS – CHRONICLES OF THE 2ND DOCTOR WITH ALL GERMAN EPISODES (on DVD)
Samuel
July 15th, 2023 - 6:57pm@Jake E – Odd thing to say? I don’t hate anything, pretty strong language.
Reason I post is because I’m usually very interested in the fan speculation towards home media, given we’ve just had about half a year of silence until now.
The German media announcement really caught my eye, because of how closely synced it was to the Season 20 Collection announcement, and now we have rumours of a Season 3 story animation suddenly gaining substance.
It’s also great to read, via a retweet by Matthew Purchase, that work seems to be already well underway, if not nearing completion on the very next Collection set. That’s exactly what this range needs, it’s been getting desperate for an update, never necessarily a finished product – just some kind of indication that something’s happening at all.
If the German boxsets are never expanded on towards a UK release that will be a shame. The Tennant years have had all kinds of special complete boxsets (in the wrong frame rate and sound levels), and we’ve obviously had the series 1-4 dvd boxset for the last 1.5 decades. So I don’t think it’s really that much of a stretch to just combo up the dvds, and leave the main restoration, sound and vfx work and extras to the specially tiered Collection range.
Also @JakeE the last few Collection ranges have sold for below half of that estimate you gave. Weather that’s due to the long media silence from the range affecting the set’s value or not, who knows. I do question a lot of things about the range, but the care and hard work that goes into them is second to none.
Prowl 1701
July 15th, 2023 - 7:36pmIt’s nice to finally be getting news, after all of the silence we have gotten the first half of the “anniversary year”.
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 9:49pmActually what Matthew purchase tweeted might not be referring to the next blu ray set:
Next Doctor Who BluRay project just completed and it’s splendid #NotSeason20
He also said:
Not for me to announce, but I doubt you’ll be waiting too many weeks for the official announcement. #NotMissingEpsEitherSoDoNotGetTooExcited
And there’ll be at least two more projects delivered by September.
Note that it’s called blu ray project. Might not be a season. Considering the announcement isn’t too far away I doubt it will be for another season. Anniversary year or not it’s too soon for another announcement and it’s pretty unlikely all 3 of those projects are season sets I think it’s more likely one one of the September deliveries is the next set and would fit for in for an October reveal. It Could be a surviving episode of an animated release or a colourised release or a special edition of some sort. Could be anything.
daz
July 14th, 2023 - 10:36pmJust a heads up for those who order through Amazon.
If you use the App, scroll down the front page to see if you have a £5 off when you spend £15 offer.
Activate it.
Then cancel your current DWS20 order and reorder it to get it for £49.99.
Offer not available to everyone but worth a look.
Alan
July 15th, 2023 - 11:24amThis worked! I had to use amazon pickup locations for delivery but it saved me a fiver, thank you very much 🙂
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 9:32pmDefinitely sounds like we are getting more releases this year. Peter Crocker tweeted that he just delivered the next doctor who project (he specifies it’s not season 20). Can’t say what it is but he doubts we’ll be waiting too many weeks for the official announcement. He does specify that it’s not missing episodes related though. He also said there would be at least 2 other projects delivered by September.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 10:15pmI saw that but I didn’t mention it because I think it’s going to be several months till we get an announcement. No way will it be only a few weeks
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 10:17pmBfi is showing off colourised doctor who at the missing believed wiped event in august so it’s probably for that
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 10:21pmHaving said that if they do announce something within a month then there’s a wait of 2 months till release which would equal November aka 60th Anniversary so maybe possible actually
If it’s true that Season 20 comes September then that’s a roughly 2 month wait and they took forever to announce it so maybe another will come ASAP
Gordon, Colourised Doctor Who? What does this mean, what have they colourised?
D84
July 14th, 2023 - 10:56pmDetails Gordon ….
Possibility it’s a clean up of an existing / orphan episode – that’s being included on an animated release?
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 11:41pmDon’t know if you remember but when the mirror published a report on the animations of smugglers and underwater animations it also mentioned colourised doctor who. “ BBC bosses plan to colourise certain stories from the Hartnell and Troughton eras (1963-69), for broadcast next year. This is likely to include the very first story, An Unearthly Child.”
The bfi holds an event every year called missing believed wiped where it shows off recently rediscovered and rare 50s 60s 70s telly. The press release for this year event in august has just landed. It mentions they have colourised early doctor who clips to show off at the event. No mention of what clips they are though. I’d be gobsmacked if this wasn’t the project Peter was talking about just finishing. https://core-cms.bfi.org.uk/media/30843/download
daz
July 14th, 2023 - 11:50pmProbably the very first episode of Who, An Unearthly Child, in colour. Maybe more.
Jake E
July 15th, 2023 - 1:31amGordon, interesting but why only clips?
Is this to gauge interest in complete episodes or maybe this is just a taster then a full episode will be released on DVD or BBC 4?
It does make the article seem more legit but then it could have just been a guess that panned out
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:05amIt’s a long event. Good 5-6 hours at least and they show off a lot of stuff in that time. The probably only have time to show off clips. I’d be surprised if it didn’t get a blu ray release of some sort especially as Peter did refer to this project as a blu ray project. I expect it’s probably an unearthly child. Ever since I heard the colourisation rumour I always thought a special edition of an unearthly child with colourised version and in a steelbook would make a good November 2023 release
This event was the same event in 2011 that announced the recovery of airlock and uwm 2 and also showed off the wheel in space animated minisode in 2018 so the bbc have previous working experience with the bfi and missing believed wiped events. I got the press release from the bfi website so it’s definite legit. I don’t know who wrote it though but they certainly don’t have a clue about how doctor who was filmed as it was never filmed in colour.
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:43am*In the 1960s
Rex Farrel
July 15th, 2023 - 8:42amI’m thinking that there might be some crayoned Daleks as well, since Paul V was looking at the BFI holdings for it last year (as suspected, the missing picture neg for ep 7 was in the BFI sound neg can – accidentally swapped over circa 1978). Daleks would have far more mass appeal than three eps with the cavemen, although they could have done some shorter re-edits. E.g. “Experience the beginnings of Dr Who in a brand new way!” (or words to that effect).
Rex Farrel
July 15th, 2023 - 9:08amNow that I’ve read it, that press release has a number of mistakes – including which comes first out of 1984 and 1985… (Do professional people not proofread anymore?)
Kaleidoscope themselves have apparently colourised these clips, so I suspect that they’ve used their usual guy rather than someone who works on the BBC releases. Although there’s a possibility that it’s a cover for a larger BBC project, I suspect that the animus between Paul V and the head of Kaleidoscope make that collaboration extremely unlikely. (If there is an official BBC project, I predict a comparison with undertones of sneer – whether justified or not.)
Gordon
July 16th, 2023 - 10:11pmFound out that the bbc aren’t involved with doing the colourisation. It is kaleidoscope themselves. I suspect this project that Peter Crocker has just finished is either surviving footage from a story that is being animated or for a special edition of some sort. As I said previously as it’s away to be announced in the next couple of weeks it’s way too soon to be a collection set.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 6:54pmI’m curious how they will fit so much stuff onto 9 discs only!
I could be wrong but doesn’t enlightenment have 3 versions now including this new CGI version yet it looks to be 1 disc judging by the photo?
I hope they can pull this off without compression issues etc. It looks like Five Doctors got a massive 3 discs unless one of them is a Bonus Features only disc
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 9:06pmThe new 2023 effects for enlightenment are on the episodic version of it so technically it’s only 2 versions of the story that is included. They only need 2 versions as you switch it on or off by pressing a button and it works via branching.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 10:18pmAh yes Gordon totally forgot that some of the special CGI is seamless. I’ve been watching Day of the Daleks Special Edition which is a separate disc.
Still that’s 3+ hours (equivalent of 8 episodes) without special features on a single disc but it might be ok then
Rex Farrel
July 14th, 2023 - 11:15pmThe previous reedit will probably just be in SD as well, so only a couple of GB of space used.
I
July 14th, 2023 - 3:44pmI notice that the Amazon price has gone up again compared to previous boxsets. I presume that this is due to a mixture of factors, such as inflation, larger disc content, and the release of the standard editions.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 6:58pm£39.99, £44.99, £49.99 and now £54.99. If I’m not mistaken and the £44.99 one was only a couple sets ago so like the beginning of last year unless I’m totally misremembering.
So yep inflation has done some crazy stuff. I think £54.99 is here to stay even if Season 25 for example ends up being on 6 discs. In fact I would fully expect the price to be £60+ by the end of the range. It’s worth it to me even if they double haha 🙂 as long as they keep doing everything they can to make the best product possible and don’t miss anything out or cut corners
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 3:30pmOne site has listed the release date as 18th September
D84
July 14th, 2023 - 3:38pmIf true that’s pushing it for “summer” but ill take it
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 3:39pmOops I see Gordon beat me to it
Prof Horner
July 14th, 2023 - 3:40pmI hope this is the case. Gives the chance just before Christmas.
Sgt. Rugg
July 14th, 2023 - 4:29pmSeptember 18th is also a Monday, so looks like it could be genuine.
daz
July 14th, 2023 - 6:02pmThe last week of Summer is that week so PD was telling the truth.
Prowl 1701
July 14th, 2023 - 7:17pmThat would be a great date as it would also be possible to sneak in a third set possibly before the end of the year, or January next year.
Erato
July 14th, 2023 - 3:00pmJust wondering people’s thoughts on whether we need a third version of The Five Doctors and how different it can be from the last version. I’ve always preferred the 1995 special edition over the original as its the first one I watched when I purchased in the boxset with The King’s Demons. In my opinion, the special edition is edited together in a much more logical order…
Ian Cotterill
July 14th, 2023 - 3:42pmI also can’t quite see the point of doing another version of ‘The Five Doctors’. It may be interesting to watch, but at first glance at the Time Scoop in the trailer, I think the 1995 version will still be the better version.
Blueboy
July 14th, 2023 - 5:09pmThe water swirl timescoop looked awful, much preferred the ‘dairylea triangle’ of those two. Cant wait to see what theyve done to Rassilon this time around aside from lower the tone of his voice.
Prowl 1701
July 14th, 2023 - 7:18pmFive doctors really needed some newer effects, the 1995 version has aged badly, the “whippy” effect never worked for me.
Chris P
July 14th, 2023 - 11:57pmMaybe while doing the cgi upgrade they could replace the original Rassilon with Timothy Dalton or Donald Sumpter. 😉
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:25amI always felt they should have picked Tom up during the shada bike chase. It gives Tom something a bit more exciting to do than punting. Plus it would fit better with where they drop him off
Ian Cotterill
July 15th, 2023 - 11:13amI actually like the ‘water whirl’ version of the Time Scoop. I found it pretty scary when I was little!
Good point on the Time Scoop chasing the 4th Doctor while he’s on the bike. Perhaps they’ll do that for the 40th version.
Blueboy
July 16th, 2023 - 12:51am‘Brigadier, i think our past is catching up with us or maybe an another attempt to capture the perfect CG, come on run’.
Nb7
July 14th, 2023 - 2:35pmWhat do we know about the season 16 collection.
I’ve only heard a few bits on here but nothing concrete.
we know 15 is being worked on as Louise Jameson was filmed recently on a beach/lighthouse, have I got that correct?
Who is who?
July 14th, 2023 - 8:39pmmy source said key to time season before 15
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:26amApparently there was filming done in December at the location of stones of blood. That’s really all I’ve heard
The Snowman
July 14th, 2023 - 12:57pmWell that’s number 14. Where Past halfway and heading down the final straight with just a glimpse of the Finish line.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 12:01pmDo we know roughly how much studio footage is there is for each of the 3 stories listed?
I know it equals 5 hours altogether but I thought Five Doctors was supposed to have loads (could this mostly be footage from Five Doctors?)
Also I guess this won’t include the found Season 18/19 Studio footage?
Anonymous
July 14th, 2023 - 5:02pmI think if there was going to be any place I’d put the Keeper of Traken/Four to Doomsday studio footage, it’d be Season 20 as it’s the closest season available, and it makes more sense being an early 1980s set. I’m not thrilled on the idea of it going to a Wilderness Years set when it’s not Wilderness Years content.
Gordon
July 15th, 2023 - 2:31amI’d imagine this set is rammed as it is for content. Might not fit. Suppose they could keep the 4 to doomsday for caves as it’s the last Peter story. Keeper is a bit trickier as I don’t really see anywhere to put it.
Rex Farrel
July 15th, 2023 - 9:24amThe Keeper footage could go with Planet of Fire if they keep the Remembering Anthony Ainley doc with it (I don’t think they’ve moved it to an existing set, have they?). I’m assuming it includes his first appearances in the DW studio, and not just footage of everyone else.
Prof Horner
July 14th, 2023 - 10:55amWell regarding future releases. Maybe we will have two a year from now on. Say season 16 and the biggie season 6 next year. Say season 25 ( sorry Bobby for not regarding it as a biggie!) the biggie Season 11 with CGI and full colour for dinosaurs and maybe Spiders CGI for 2025.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 11:20amThis run won’t end for like 6 years or later (2029+), I’ll be 29 years old by then if that’s true haha.
I love this and I don’t want the reveals etc to end but maybe have this done by the end of 2026/27 would be nice 🙂
Richard
July 14th, 2023 - 6:28pm@Jake E I will turn 40 in 2027. After owning some of the VHS and most of the DVD range, I will be glad that all of classic Who will have been offered as a Season set. I don’t intend on buying them all, but I am cherry picking my favourites and I will just be happy to have what I have.
Last of the Time Lords.
August 9th, 2023 - 9:18pmSome of us unfortunately can not regenerate as we have come to the end of our cycle….. i have watched the Dr from the start , so that means im over 60….. i have collected all the Bluray classic box sets , and am hoping that i will live long enough to get to see them all released, ( and quickly ) before i go home to Gallifrey. On the bright side, now i have a REASON to live ! 🙂
booboo
July 14th, 2023 - 9:15amChris Howarth
July 14th, 2023 - 9:57amI wonder if the Longleat Celebration material includes the Souvenir Booklet? I’ve still got mine, but I like these sets to be as comprehensive as possible.
simon.ss1
July 14th, 2023 - 1:09pmHave still got my Longleat Commemorative Programme too, Chris. And my entry ticket. A whopping £7.00 for the two days!
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 8:21amAny guesses for release date?
My guess is NOVEMBER. Between Season 2 getting announced and released was roughly 4 months. I think this set will be the 2nd and last for this year
Mark Moxham
July 14th, 2023 - 9:44amI agree 100%.
Spiridon86
July 14th, 2023 - 10:30amIt did mention ‘birthday treats’ in the trailer. So while I know this is the ‘birthday year’, it could very well imply November.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 11:26amAlso November is my birthday month so that works quite well haha
Obviously I wish we got the set today though 🙂
Philip Shaw
July 14th, 2023 - 1:04pmIt could also mean 20th Anniversary birthday treats.
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 3:03pmGalaxy 4 web shop is giving the 18th September as a release date
WHOme
July 14th, 2023 - 6:54pmIts due mid-september 2023 so time for another release out December/January
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 8:19amSomeone commented something similar yesterday but….
Do you think as they managed an entire 3 new CGI stories for this season that CGI Dinosaurs in Season 11 is a real possibility now?
Auton
July 14th, 2023 - 9:10amHopefully, they only need to colourise one episode for the whole of season 11 (Part 1 Invasion of the Dinosaurs) so there will be more than enough budget to go with updated dinosaur effects
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 9:18amAll depends on how expensive it will be to colourise ep1. Considering colour recovery won’t be fully possible a colourised version could end up costing a good chunk of the budget for season 11. Plus it’s a bit early to say that the 3 cgi stories would be on the same cost scale as invasion of the dinosaurs as we haven’t seen fully what has been done to them yet. Invasion of the dinosaurs would probably be the biggest ever challenge for the team in terms of number of shots and variety of assets that would need created.
Philip Shaw
July 14th, 2023 - 11:25amThe Dinosaurs don’t appear a lot and it’s mainly the T rex which is the most pitiful. Then if that works out well they can tackle the Skarasan for Terror of the zygons! Personally I’d like it full colour more if we can’t have both.
I think they toned down the spiders in ‘planet of the spiders’ so won’t make them more realistic again.
Blueboy
July 14th, 2023 - 12:07pmWho doesnt love the T rex moonwalk?
Rex Farrel
July 14th, 2023 - 1:19pmThere are many freeware models of dinosaurs and London buildings available, so that would save a fair bit. It’s certainly much easier now than it was when the dvd came out, and, in the nicest possible way, the cgi they use on these sets isn’t the highest standard to achieve (but still makes a lot of people happy). With the dino models already available it could look better than most of the previous cgi upgrades.
Who is who?
July 14th, 2023 - 5:28pmpeople have been working on various options for effects for dinos for years, i think mick tucker was looking at models rather than cgi at one point
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 6:50pm@Who is who? Well I mean if they can pull off somehow replacing them with new models go for it. I prefer practical effects to CGI anyway 🙂
Basil Funkenstein
July 14th, 2023 - 12:07amIf this gets a release in summer then I imagine we will only get 2 sets this year. I think 3 sets might be too much of an ask for the team. We might get a surprise with Season 16 but I think Season 16 will open next year and Season 6 will be later in 2024. I might be wrong but I just have a feeling.
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 6:42amDepending on when this is out they might be able to sneak out another release before the year is out. If it’s September I could see another set sneaking out in december. Season 20 was such a big set in terms of content and putting it all together I suspect the next season will be a smaller affair so they can recharge their batteries and thus the gap would be shorter. season 16 would fit that perfectly.
The season is already extremely well regarded in terms of extras. Just really a Mary tamm tribute and a kroll making of missing (even though the latter is probably unlikely due to the lack of contributors available and the ones that are having nothing positive to say on it) Tom already is on all the commentaries for s16 so he’s unlikely to record a new one either (after his performance on the destiny commentary I think it’s wise not to) and pretty much all the archival stuff from that season was already on the original DVDs. Suppose we could get a John leeson interview and lalla ward (if they had one done before she immigrated). Behind the sofa could be Tom and John but I suppose it’s all up to if Tom is able and willing. He wasn’t on the sofa for 17. If not that could make things tricky. As for new cgi no amount of cgi will make kroll a better story so I feel pirate planet would be a better choice.
After 16 they can move on to 6. It’s probably likely to be a 60s set and we haven’t a Troughton set so it would fit perfectly. Might be a bit of a struggle to get out by the start of April 2024 though (found out recently they count the year as a financial year so it’s from April to April for them)
Prowl 1701
July 14th, 2023 - 7:37amYou would need an Avengers: Endgame level budget to make Kroll look good, lol. Was Tom’s audio commentary that bad on 17? I haven’t listened to it. I also would like Pirate Planet to get some updated effects, would really help make the story a 10/10, or 9/10 for me.
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 8:26amSimply put Tom agreed to do a commentary with Toby hadoke for episode 1 and 4 of destiny of the daleks but on the day just before filming he told Toby he had no interest in talking about it. The commentary for ep1 is pretty much a ramble about his early days growing up in Liverpool and religion. It’s a nice chat but nothing connected with what was going on screen. Toby does try and head things in the right direction but he had no chance. Tom didn’t even seem to know when this story was as he thought it was early on his reign.
Prof Horner
July 14th, 2023 - 9:12amI certainly think they could only be two next year. With as last year, with season 6 coming out around June time. It would certainly make sense for season 16 as a quickie release, so we can get three this year. They have certainly made probably the dullest (but not the poorest) eighties season into a fantastic box set . Make the release soon please.
Lewis Frisby
July 13th, 2023 - 10:38pmLoved that trailer kinda scared me a bit but I love the art work definitely my favourite so far what’s everyone else favourite also I take it there isn’t a release date yet
Prowl 1701
July 13th, 2023 - 10:46pmSo hard to pick a favorite. This one has the best back art for sure though.
Basil Funkenstein
July 14th, 2023 - 12:10amIt’s definitely my favourite artwork for the back cover so far. My favourite front cover so far is either Season 12, 14, or 18. Although I wish the colours for the earlier sets were as saturated as the colours are from Season 22 onwards.
Prowl 1701
July 14th, 2023 - 5:42amyeah I love the saturation in the newer sets, the colors and backgrounds really pop.
Jake E
July 14th, 2023 - 8:14amSeason 9 then Season 22 are my fav front covers so far. Season 20 is easily the best back cover.
I quite like the simplicity of the early sets when I look at them. Having said that I would never want them to go back to doing it that way because the saturation now is sooo sweet 🙂
Doug Who
July 13th, 2023 - 9:42pmAnother truly fantastic trailer.
Really wonderfully filmed and beautifully performed by Janet. I always thought the Mara stories were the real highlight of the Davison series. The trailer is better than many of the stories on the set I think! But all of them will be lifted by the sheer amount of extras as ever.
I love that these sets make me appreciate stories (even whole seasons) I didn’t particularly like at the time.
Particularly looking forward to the new special edition of ‘Five Doctors’ which looks great from the clips. Can’t wait!
Hi
July 13th, 2023 - 9:32pmI have a feeling the next season’s that will most likely be next is 6, 15, 16 and 25.
MIKK89
July 13th, 2023 - 9:27pmJust When I Though the VFX Team’s Work on the Mara Snake of “Kinda was terrifying for the DVD release of “Mara Tales” back in 2011, the team behind the VFX redo of the Snake in “Snakedance” have surpassed them… especially in the trailer.
Richard
July 13th, 2023 - 8:33pmAlso Season 25 – looks good and underrated.
Gordon
July 14th, 2023 - 6:44amProbably next year after season 6. If not it will be season 21 and season 25 will be in 2025
Richard
July 13th, 2023 - 8:30pmMy most wanted Season is 7.
Auton
July 13th, 2023 - 9:20pmAgreed, I believe the next set though will be a Tom Baker one which will also be great, any set will be great really
Prof Horner
July 13th, 2023 - 10:46pmSeason 6 is one I want first. But 7 next after that.but unfortunately I think we will have to wait a good few years for that .
Prowl 1701
July 13th, 2023 - 10:47pmNeed a Troughton. My shelf doesn’t look right without a Troughton.
Peter C
July 13th, 2023 - 8:29pmThat artwork is brilliant!
Richard
July 13th, 2023 - 8:24pmCan’t wait for this late summer?
Really hope there is a Christmas release also – Season 1?
I also really want Season 1 / 13.
daz
July 14th, 2023 - 12:25amYou’ll be waiting a while for both of those.
Season 2 has only just come out so we won’t get 1 for at least a couple of years and Season 13 is so highly regarded I see that as the final 4th Doctor release after 16 then 15.
Prof Horner
July 15th, 2023 - 3:31pmRegarding the next box set season. I am pretty sure that season 24 was announced before season 8 was released. So we could get another announcement before 20 is released. It good news that Gary Russell is working more animations, but I do hope that some are to complete stories that may have recently returned missing episodes.we live in hope.
What ever is to come, be it box set and animations , finally it seems that the wind is blowing in the right direction.
Spiridon86
July 13th, 2023 - 7:52pmI wonder if the meaning of ‘birthday treats’ mentioned near the end of the trailer hints at it coming out in November?
Ian Cotterill
July 13th, 2023 - 7:46pmI presume the DVD feature-length version of ‘Enlightenment’ will be included as well?
Anonymous
July 13th, 2023 - 9:07pmCorrect.
Prowl 1701
July 13th, 2023 - 10:48pmI am also wondering this.
Gordon
July 13th, 2023 - 10:55pmYes I’ve heard that is included
Ian Cotterill
July 14th, 2023 - 9:13amThat’s good to hear.
Harold Shand
July 13th, 2023 - 6:55pmBack of the box looks excellent. Artwork on these sets never disappoints.
The Fishmonger
July 13th, 2023 - 6:34pmThe little launch films for these box sets are just wonderful.
D84
July 13th, 2023 - 8:41pmThey are getting better and better with each one, I really enjoy them
Grant P
July 13th, 2023 - 6:29pmOMG that cliffhanger! They can’t leave it like that surely? I so want to see Nyssa again now in the new series!
Jake E
July 13th, 2023 - 6:09pmEverybody go on Lee Bindings Twitter page now!!
He’s shown the artwork for the back of the Season 20 box and it’s even more stunning than the front.
It’s the Black Guardian and the Tardis. Might be Lee Bindings best work yet. It’s easily the best back of box by a country mile
booboo
July 13th, 2023 - 6:11pm