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Doctor Who The Collection Season 21 Limited Edition Limited Edition

Available to order from www.amazon.co.uk, www.zavvi.com and www.rarewaves.com

Doctor Who fans can continue to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with a ten-disc box set of the climactic 21stSeason, starring Peter Davison as the Fifth Doctor and introducing Colin Baker as the Sixth incarnation.

  • WARRIORS OF THE DEEP
  • THE AWAKENING
  • FRONTIOS
  • RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS
  • PLANET OF FIRE
  • THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI
  • THE TWIN DILEMMA

In his final season, the action ramps up for Peter Davison’s Doctor as he faces terrors from his past, invaders from the future, arch enemies and a battle to the death. With companions Tegan (Janet Fielding), Turlough (Mark Strickson), Peri (Nicola Bryant) and robot Kamelion (Gerald Flood) the Doctor journeys from an underwater seabase to contemporary England, from a devastated Earth colony to the beaches of Lanzarote, from a volcanic alien world to the deadly caves on Androzani.

Along the way, the TARDIS crew confront Daleks, Sea Devils, Silurians, Tractators, slug-like Gastropods, the evil Malus and the vengeful Master!

All episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.

The Collection: Season 21 is also jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:


UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS

On The Awakening, Frontios, Resurrection Of The Daleks and The Caves Of Androzani

WARRIORS OF THE DEEP: SPECIAL EDITION

An exciting four-part re-edit with updated special effects and immersive 5.1 surround sound mix

IN CONVERSATION

Matthew Sweet chats to Janet Fielding (Tegan), Mark Strickson (Turlough) and Matthew Waterhouse (Adric)

NEW MAKING-OF DOCUMENTARIES

For Resurrection Of The Daleks and The Twin Dilemma

LOOK WHO’S BOATING

Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton take to the River for an epic adventure.

48 HOURS WITH FIELDING

Toby Hadoke crashes at Janet Fielding’s

BEHIND THE SOFA

New episodes with Peter Davison (The Doctor), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Colin Baker (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Tara Ward (Preston), Keith Jayne (Will), Jeff Rawle (Plantagenet), Rula Lenska (Styles), director Graeme Harper, Paul Conrad (Romulus) and Andrew Conrad (Remus).

THE DOCTOR WHO ESCAPE ROOM

Two new teams battle it out

BRAND NEW AUDIO COMMENTARY

On The Awakening

NEW SURROUND SOUND MIXES

On Warriors Of The Deep, The Awakening and The Caves Of Androzani.

TALES OF THE TARDIS

A 2023 edit of Earthshock with new linking material from Peter Davison and Janet Fielding

THE FIVE(ISH) DOCTORS REBOOT

With brand new audio commentary

EXCLUSIVE ARCHIVE TREATS

Including never-before-released TV appearances and studio footage

HD PHOTO GALLERIES

INFO TEXT

PDF ARCHIVE

PLUS LOTS MORE!

This ten-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including Documentaries, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries and more.


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48 comments

  • Neill

    December 4th, 2025 - 6:40pm

    Looking forward to this.

    By the way anyone got any word about the Season 20 replacement disc? last I heard was two weeks ago when I enquired and said they are still collecting the info.

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  • Gareth Pugh

    December 4th, 2025 - 6:28pm

    I like the ‘half-half’ 5th and 6th faces under the clear trays. Nice touch

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  • Nb7

    December 4th, 2025 - 5:42pm

    So after this season we have only 2 blu ray sets complete for release, wow how we got so far is beyond me!
    I’m sure the 60s ones will be out one day but to have these gorgeous sets pretty much finished is an incredible feat. Please please please lay off the heavy ai wax look.

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    • Babelbro

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:17pm

      That’s the thing – they’ve doubled down on the Ai Wax.

      The title sequence is on native film and can be presented in native 1080p – yet they still went ahead and caked it in Ai slop.

      Peter Davison’s eyebrows literally have vanished in a close up of his face when he’s standing in the Tardis.

      Whole things a joke.

  • Things that go bump in the night

    December 4th, 2025 - 5:28pm

    Brilliant… really enjoyed the new mini-adventure. Nicely put together.

    Have now pre-ordered.

    As per my recent discussion with Paul Vanesiz, this is expected to be the best looking yet! There is also an amazing amount of extra content, ever expected the five(ish) doctors reboot on this set.

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    • Tony c

      December 4th, 2025 - 5:32pm

      A great pity, Paul v, not done this set, and season 13, which was awful.. take a look at blakes 7, season 2, done by Paul. 5 star excellence!!! I’ve been told, season 21, same lines as 13.. doesn’t bode well..

    • Things that go bump in the night

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:48pm

      @ Tony c…. How do you know that Paul V is not involved in this set?

      Seems from the conversation I had with him, that Paul has indeed been involved in supporting this set’s episodes restoration and remastering for Blu-Ray.

      I guess the pixel peepers and naysayers don’t need to buy this set if they are so unhappy.

  • Babelbro

    December 4th, 2025 - 4:28pm

    Oh well, appears to be another Ai waxy abomination.

    This is disgraceful. It makes Ian Levine’s Ai ‘masterpieces’ look half competent.

    How can you charge £58 for this mess? Just switch these disgusting filters off.

    There’s even Ai on the title sequence – that was shot on FILM! They really are mocking their customers with this. Seriously.

    As Peri would say, “YUCK!”

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  • Steven Taylor

    December 4th, 2025 - 3:14pm

    Off topic but will the 2025 Sea Devils get a DVD release?

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    • Whofan44

      December 4th, 2025 - 3:19pm

      Benjamin Cook said on bluesky that it would be on The War Between the Land and Sea release

    • Steven Taylor

      December 4th, 2025 - 3:39pm

      Cool, Thank you for your reply

  • DPHill

    December 4th, 2025 - 3:11pm

    Well this is a little early surprise I wasn’t expecting announced today!
    10 discs – TEN! wow!
    So many new versions of old stories, the originals, old features plus so many new ones! This set I am very excited for – one whole decade of who on the collection shelf now! I wonder if there any last minute additions like extended awakening announced just before release. They really went all out on this one, largest set so far! Guess it is good to prepare for those 60s seasons a few of which will definitely get into the double figures.

    I have just watched this season with my partner and I said as soon as we finish I bet they’ll announce this as coming out, finished twin dilemma the other day and would you look at that!?

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  • David Minter

    December 4th, 2025 - 2:51pm

    Mark one more Blu-Ray Season I needed off my list. I needed the Resurrection Of The Daleks season. I think this just leaves the Death To The Daleks season and the Key To Time that I need for The Pirate Planet. And whatever they decide to do in the future for the other 1st and 2nd Doctor seasons besides Hartnell Season 2 because of the sheer amount of missing episodes.

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  • The ergon

    December 4th, 2025 - 2:32pm

    Pretty impressive, though i would have liked the effects for planet of fire to have been included or previous effects added to the four parter rather than the previous special edition.
    So much to look forward to on this. Without a doubt my favourite 5th doctor series.

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    • Brave Heart Tegan

      December 4th, 2025 - 5:19pm

      Excellent trailer! Looking forward to this. A superb season.

    • The ergon

      December 4th, 2025 - 7:21pm

      I cant wait to see how they get around solows karate kick and the ‘close your eyes and wish for luck’ scenes.

  • Chris neal

    December 4th, 2025 - 2:31pm

    Have to wait til march, what a joke

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    • Paul

      December 4th, 2025 - 4:37pm

      102 Days to wait for release is pretty average for most Collection sets. Longest time to wait for a set was Season 24 from January to June, 158 Days in total. By comparison, Season 21 won’t be long to wait for.

    • Gareth

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:21pm

      Not sure why it’s ’a joke’. These are always announced at least 3 months in advance. It’s still being worked on. Nothing unusual or unimpressive about that is there?

    • Clay

      December 4th, 2025 - 7:05pm

      It’s better than usual imo. Generally we get the announcement and the set goes up for pre-order without a release date; a couple months later they confirm the date; a couple months after that it’s released. iirc his is the first time we’ve had the date confirmed alongside the announcement since before the pandemic

  • Bob

    December 4th, 2025 - 2:20pm

    They seem to have gone all out on this one, updated effects on every story except Planet of Fire and The Caves of Androzani, perhaps updated effects on the entirety of Season 16 isn’t completely out of the question.

    Could just be the YouTube upload or maybe I’m being paranoid after Season 13 but the trailer footage looked weirdly smooth. Season 21 is when they started using lower quality videotape so less detail is to be expected but Seasons 22-26 don’t look like this.

    I don’t think this will be a pre-order for me, I’ll wait for reviews first.

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    • Bob

      December 4th, 2025 - 2:36pm

      I meant to say The Twin Dilemma in the first paragraph, not The Caves of Androzani. I guess you could argue that Planet of Fire already has updated effects as part of the DVD special edition although I don’t recall them being particularly favoured.

    • Gordon

      December 4th, 2025 - 2:43pm

      They do have 16 mm film sequences for awakening, planet of fire caves of androzani and twin dilemma. Fronitos doesn’t have any film sequences and from memory warriors only has a couple of 16 mm shots which weren’t kept. Seeing as I found it most noticeable on the film sequences they don’t already have resurrection is the one to keep an eye on

    • Gordon

      December 4th, 2025 - 2:44pm

      Found the ai usage most noticable I mean

  • Lee B

    December 4th, 2025 - 1:41pm

    I really hope we’re going to get a CGI magma beast! It is the only weak point in Caves of Androzani for me.
    Can’t wait for this set!!

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    • Lee B

      December 4th, 2025 - 1:47pm

      Sorry guys just saw it in the trailer that we are getting an updated magma beast! Yesssss!!

    • The ergon

      December 4th, 2025 - 2:26pm

      I still have love for the original magma creature.

  • MaxPunk57

    December 4th, 2025 - 1:35pm

    Really excited for this Boxset. However not to bring down the party. I really hope they learned their lesson with season 13’s A.I generated upscale and Hopefully season 21 doesn’t follow the same fate. So far from the trailer it looks really good.

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  • Leroy

    December 4th, 2025 - 1:34pm

    These are starting to get pricey now.
    £58. !!!
    It won’t be long before they pass the £60 mark.

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    • Tom Williams

      December 4th, 2025 - 3:51pm

      In fairness I think this one is more compared too the last recent ones due too a extra disc that’s been added which is understandable considering land of sea steelbook that is infact 44.99 instead

    • Bob

      December 4th, 2025 - 5:21pm

      There is a lot of content on this boxset but some of it does feel like filler. Having Tales of the TARDIS: Earthshock in its entirety instead of just the bookends does feel like overkill. I personally would’ve been happy with less features for a lower price, but then again, this might just become the new price regardless of the amount of discs.

    • Tom Williams

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:31pm

      @Bob or an increase for the new set price especially in the future compared too the other seasons coming up one day I think we will see it as the highest off 64.99 for season 6 ? Especially now looking back at season 20 on h web that is the price I said which is now gone up so much since that came out

  • War Chief.

    December 4th, 2025 - 1:26pm

    Excellant series…..!

    Watched it in 1984……(well, so did everyone else, i suppose…)

    I was doing my O levels……and reading George Orwell’s 1984…..!

    Got them all on video, however…..

    Not to be pedantic, i think the 5th Doctor’s sonic screwdriver had been zapped by this time…..

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    • Peter

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:36pm

      It’s many years later for the characters though: they comment on their appearances as they’ve aged, plus how the sonic screw driver “never used” to work (past tense). So here, the 5th Doc has simply acquired a supposedly more souped-up one since his first set of travels with Tegan.

      When do we expect the Big Finish follow-up when they explore the story of the Daleks having invaded Trion?

      Also, I think Pete McTighe is going to be the next showrunner.

  • Timelord1963

    December 4th, 2025 - 1:11pm

    Looks and sounds fantastic. Great to see the little minisode trailers back.

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  • Auton

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:47pm

    Could be one of the best set yet! The amount of new special features

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  • Daniel

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:42pm

    Amazing mini episode/trailer. I really like the 5th Doctor’s new sonic screwdriver. I’m a bit surprised that Planet of Fire doesn’t have updated effects on the broadcast version. Enlightenment did on the Season 20 Collection

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    • Prof Horner

      December 4th, 2025 - 6:16pm

      Well they certainly have pushed the boat out for this release. I hope they do the same for the last Pertwee season 11. Look forward to look who’s boating with Peter, Janet and the lovely Sarah. This a bit of sad season for me as it was the last season I enjoyed on original transmission. Let’s hope this the first of the goodies we can look forward to in 2026

  • Andy

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:39pm

    This looks fantastic can’t wait to get this thought it might be season 21 that completes 5th and the 6th Doctors on the Blu-ray Collection yeah roll on Christmas then March for this absolutely great early Christmas announcement.

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  • Jack

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:39pm

    Where’s the tardis on the booklet doors?

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    • Auton

      December 4th, 2025 - 12:48pm

      It’s been destroyed, watch Frontios

  • Prof Horner

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:33pm

    Ordered it off Amazon again . It says 16th of March. Just got a bookcase to display all the season box set face out looking.

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    • Tom Williams

      December 4th, 2025 - 12:42pm

      Rarewaves also confirmed the date by the looks off it especially now we are getting a 10 discs one for first time

  • Fred

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:33pm

    Brilliant! Easily my favourite Davison season—The Awakening and The Caves of Androzani are classics, and Frontios and Planet of Fire are pretty meaty too. Look forward to the updated special effects—although I’m getting less and less patient when it comes to waiting two years for the cheaper version…

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  • Tom Williams

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:24pm

    Just ordered this off h very exciting too get this before Sunday now and especially it looks like 10 discs for a change ?

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    • Tom Williams

      December 4th, 2025 - 12:24pm

      It being announced not off course getting it in person lol

  • MJS

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:22pm

    Looks great! Instant pre-order!

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  • MJS

    December 4th, 2025 - 12:22pm

    Looks great! I stant ore-order

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