April 14th, 2026
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Doctor Who The Collection Season 21 Limited Edition
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Doctor Who fans can continue to build their own home archive on Blu-ray with a ten-disc box set of the climactic 21st Season, 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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Gordon
May 5th, 2026 - 9:31amWe are 100 percent getting a wilderness years set.
Paul Vanezis said on galifrey base a widescreen version of the tv movie “is under consideration for inclusion on a ‘wilderness years’ set, although that is a long way off.”
Nb7
May 5th, 2026 - 10:50amThat’s great news Gordon. There’s definitely room for it, 30 Years doc, Shalka, possible Shada with mcgann.
I’ve pre ordered the tv movie on 4K but only because I’m certain the 4k won’t be in the wilderness set.
D84
May 5th, 2026 - 1:16pmExcellent news Gordon as always
I would love to see all of the stuff that’s been mentioned before on the topic actually be included – More than 30yrs in the Tardis would be the highlight for me
I’m not holding my breath for Dimensions in Time being included but we live in hope
Babelbro
May 5th, 2026 - 1:24pm@Nb7 that’s exactly what I thought – I’m not informed on how it works as such but I can’t imagine a product can be marketed as a ‘Blu-ray boxset’ when in fact it holds a 4k disc inside of it, otherwise it would surely be classed as a ‘4k boxset’ with Blu-ray extra discs.
I guess the BBC would just prefer to do what they’ve already done with the Whittaker + Gatwa boxsets and do the Wilderness as simply a ‘Blu-ray’ boxset, despite there being content from sources much higher than 1080p (i.e the new TV Movie 4k scan).
Saves money and marketing complications on an already established collection range too and keeps buying incentive open for the TV Movie singular 4k release I suppose.
Gordon
May 5th, 2026 - 3:00pmI’d also imagine there maybe some that maybe put off from buying a set that contains a 4k disc when they don’t have a means to play it. I do remember before s7 was anounced there was some complaining about the prospect of 4k spearhead being included and adding an additional cost to the set. It’s not like the standard 4k version will disappear. It’s probably going to be around for the significant future so it’s there for those that want it.
Paul does stress that a widescreen version is only under consideration and depending on agreements with all the relevant parties and budget so it’s not a given at this point.
Personally I don’t think they are done with the tv movie. There is a couple of new featurettes and a Geoffrey sax conversation listed for the 4k but understandably there really wasn’t a huge budget for significant extras and other things and the wilderness years set or whatever it ultimately ends up being called seems like the perfect opportunity to get things like an extended version with maybe new effects, behind the sofa, McGann interview, film rushes and other things for the tv movie. That set could easily be 3 discs alone just for the tv movie stuff.
I wouldn’t rule out dimensions in time. They have been able to use footage in show last year and and I believe things are easier to clear. Plus it would be great for disc 1as a the centrepiece of the pre tv movie disc and the 30th anniversary portion of the set.
Bob
May 5th, 2026 - 3:30pm@Babelbro it’s not unheard of, the Twin Peaks from Z-A Blu-Ray boxset includes a bonus disc with the pilot and another popular episode in 4K.
If they were to include any new cuts of the film on this theoretical release then it’d be a shame for them to be 1080p only. The selling point of The Collection sets after all is for the episodes to look as good as they possibly can.
I do find it kind of weird though that Paul Vanezis is already talking about a potentially even better version before the new remaster has even released.
Gordon
May 5th, 2026 - 4:06pmThe reason it was mentioned because there was a discussion about how disappointing there wasn’t a widescreen option. Secondly there wasn’t neither the time or budget available to produce a version for this new release. Also he does stress it’s not a guarantee and it’s probably a good 3 to 4 years away min too even if does end happens (“long way off”)
Nb7
May 5th, 2026 - 5:54pmWould it be called the wilderness set though? Seems a strange one to call it, I’m assuming it’ll be called the collection 1990-2004.
I’m chuffed it’s on the cards. What about a Dapol doc to add to it!
Missyrules
May 5th, 2026 - 8:22pmThe inbetween set? The mccoy/mcgann transition era? The unloved show years? The shh… don’t mention doctor who… I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it years? (Sorry couldn’t resist)
Babelbro
May 5th, 2026 - 10:30pm‘Doctor Who – The Collection – Season XXX’
‘Includes that rare tv special with Colin Baker and Sophie Aldred playing Adam and Eve, in stunning HD and 6.9 Dolby Atmos mix by Mark Ayers
Sskel
May 7th, 2026 - 6:55pmBrilliant news Gordon. I’m guessing it’ll be called “The Legacy” as someone on here already suggested. I’m just hoping we get the original UK broadcast / VHS edit of the movie when this comes out. And if we’re really lucky, Dimensions in Time!
Babelbro
May 4th, 2026 - 9:28pmDavid Huggins on Twitter has found a piece of stock footage on a 1969 documentary that was later used for Season 7’s ‘The Ambassadors of Death’
Interestingly, I’m not sure if its the same David using a different Twitter account in the comments of the post, but they’ve just left this reply:
“Well, I never really ‘researched it’ much beyond repeatedly mentioning to anyone who’d listen that it would really help to improve the quality of dodgy stock shots if they could find the original footage. But the people remastering the discs were seldom that interested!”
Here’s the link: https://x.com/ramthelinefeed/status/2051380664067301870
Prof Horner
May 4th, 2026 - 2:41pmWell what can we expect in regards to extras for season 16, do we think? A Mary Tamm tribute is a given. I will be interested to see Mary’s early life in my home city of Bradford. A Matthew Sweet interview with John Leeson. Maybe a location trip. Maybe something on David Fisher and Anthony Read. July announcement probably.
Dylan Goodfellow
May 4th, 2026 - 6:46pmPower of krull needs a making of
MPrice
May 4th, 2026 - 7:07pmTom Talks will also be a given!
I’m expecting there to be two Sweet interviews – one with John Leeson, but the other with Mat Irvine. Also thinking they might go left-field and give us a Philip Madoc tribute as well
S16 is my absolute favourite Tom season, seeing it left for last last year did leave me worried that this set wouldn’t get any kind of love. fingers crossed it absolutely does
Missyrules
May 4th, 2026 - 7:08pmKrull was a terrible film! I’d much rather see the making of the power of kroll lol
Gordon
May 5th, 2026 - 9:03amA Mary Tamm biography should by all accounts be the main extra on s16.
Not sure we’d get a David fisher biograhpy. Philip Madoc already has a documentary with him talking about his who appearances so I’m not sure he’d get another documentary
Maybe you could get a return to 16 with John leeson doing a similar thing to the season 13 one visiting locations and people.
As said tom talks should be a given. That was filmed years ago like the previous installments. Wouldn’t expect any new commentaries with Tom as he did them all already.
In conversation with John leeson
In conversation with lalla ward (I heard she was in the country a month ish ago and also did a private signing so maybe they nabbed her)
In converstion with Mat Irvine
Behind the sofa
New fx. Not sure I’d expect all of them but maybe pirate planet or kroll.
Omnibus edits of maybe 1 or 2 of them
I’m not sure we will get a kroll making of. Ed stradling did try and do one for the dvd roughly 20 years ago and he struggled to get people and the ones that he did had very little positive or interesting to say on it. Outside of Tom and John there is 1 or 2 cast members still around I think. If they do one maybe based around the fx team as there might be some mineable stuff
Erato
May 5th, 2026 - 12:28pmThe Armageddon Factor could do with new FX to supruce it up a bit. My goodness, it is dull for a series finale and you can totally tell how they ran out of budget and ideas by the end of the season…
Prowl1701
May 5th, 2026 - 8:36pmI’m really hoping we get updated effects for Pirate Planet and Armageddon Factor.
Prof Horner
May 2nd, 2026 - 3:18pmNow we are into May. Can we expect one of the excellent Lee Bindings colour teases for the next season boxset? If it is blue it is season 11 and if it is purple it is 16. Who knows it may be green , which culd mean season 5 , which would a real carve ball. We will see.
Rob
May 3rd, 2026 - 10:13amMaybe something after the tv movie release. Could be an animation announcement?
James
May 3rd, 2026 - 12:15pmI’m going with s5.
A. Haven’t had a Troughton set yet
B. It’s the most complete between 4,5 and 6; S6 doesn’t have any telesnaps to cover Space Pirates due to only 1 ep current existing and s4 has smugglers and/or to animate. Plus we only had War Games in colour last year.
C. We had a Baker set not even 12 months ago and s11 has dinosaurs to work on.
D, we’re due a 60s set.
Guessing a tease around July/August time maybe.
As we have May for the Movie and June for Circuit Breaker.
Prof Horner
May 3rd, 2026 - 1:01pmWell usually get announcement around July. But we usually get a teases a month or two before that.
Matt L
May 3rd, 2026 - 8:38pmYeah I think we will get Season 16 later this year and I’m hopin next year we will get Season 11 and Season 6
Gordon
May 4th, 2026 - 12:19amIt’s not a Troughton next I’m pretty certain of it. Was told none of them are anywhere near ready for a release for autumn .Plus was told the first Troughton will be 6 (though that could change if need be ie avabality)due to how none of it is on blu ray unlike the other 2. Still hearing 16 then 11. 11 ain’t ready, wilderness years is too soon after the tv movie and I’m speculating 3,4,5 and 6 will all have at least 1 animation each to go before season sets , plus I’ve heard rumours of an ep 4 or 5 reign of terror eventual recovery so im not sure 1 is coming for at least a couple of sets either. That only really leaves 16. I’m still hearing Space pirates at some point then I’d speculate that team would move on to wheel due to having the same tardis team but that’s a guess at best.
Prowl 1701
May 4th, 2026 - 2:52amHoping Lee Binding will tease the colors for the next boxset front art soon!
Bellal
May 4th, 2026 - 3:34amOh how i adore The Reign of Terror. My favourite 60s story and in my opinion an overlooked classic.
Obviously its just speculation, but the likelihood of an episode turning up is relatively high compared to others. The Cyprus aspect is interesting. Could potentialy be complete at some stage. I can hope and dream.
Patiently waiting for standard Season 25 atm, more so than any new collection sets, only like 4 months(ish)
Prowl 1701
May 4th, 2026 - 5:28amI also think The Reign of Terror is great, I actually prefer it over The Aztecs (though also a good story). Would love to get it’s missing episodes back.
Auton
May 4th, 2026 - 7:40amEspecially as the 2 missing episodes were believed to be destroyed in Cyprus
Gordon
May 4th, 2026 - 1:05pmWouldn’t get too excited just yet. Could be years before the bbc actually gets their hands on the episode/s even if it is true. I’m not even sure if it’s both. I have heard different variations of the same rumour over the past few years so god knows if it’s correct or not.
Bookcollector
May 4th, 2026 - 3:03pmI think the best policy is to assume what is lost is lost forever. If stuff is returned great but I don’t think expecting episodes to turn up and waiting eagerly for announcements is a good idea. As Gordon says it could be years before we get more returned episodes if at all. Personally I prefer to err on the side of caution. Yes episodes are known to exist but knowing episodes exist and getting those episodes returned to the BBC are very different things. I know this post will be regarded as negative but actually it’s aimed at people managing their expectations. This belief that all of master plan is going to be returned is based on very little evidence. I’m all for positive thinking but I know who fans who will struggle with their expectations in the coming months and years.
James
April 29th, 2026 - 12:16pmRegards to all the Classic era being updated etc for The College…would they release each story individually after it’s been completed? Or is box setting the seasons the way forward only?
Only ask as we’ve had the recent stories separately, obviously this was because of the animations. These having 3 releases each (standard dvd, Blu-ray and steelbook). Would be another avenue to go down and another audience to attract. Not everyone collects the Collection.
James
April 29th, 2026 - 12:17pmTypo…meant to be “The Collection” not “The College”
Missyrules
April 29th, 2026 - 12:58pmAs far as I’m aware I believe the collections are meant to be the last physical releases of these stories. Seems a shame really when you consider fans have been collecting physical versions for over 40 years now. I do think some of the special edition versions could have had separate releases for those who don’t buy the collections. The only future individual releases we will see will be animations and/or returned episode stories.
Babelbro
April 29th, 2026 - 5:49pmAs Missyrules says, ‘The Collection’ range is more than likely the final physical release of Classic Who.
I think I’ve worn thin the topic of AI slop being used on these sets, but to link it to this topic – the dvd range was able to release “special editions” where errors had been corrected, but again its more than likely this will not happen for ‘The Collection’.
As it stands today, the standard collection blu-rays are going cheaper and cheaper (both new + second hand) and for too many reasons there’s just no point of 4k sets.
In a perfect world, I would love it if we eventually had per Doctor Blu-ray boxsets, with all of the errors fixed (DNR turned off, AI turned off, all editing problems mended)
Gordon
April 29th, 2026 - 6:46pmAll honesty I really don’t see stand alone steelbooks especially when you look at the price (about £30 a pop) compared with the collection sets. For example horror of fang rock. £30 on average for a steelbook or £33 for the entirety of s15. Plus how long would that take. Even 1 release a month you are looking at roughly a 13 year turn around.
The animations are different beasts as they are a) brand new never released before animations and b) need financed outside of the collections first. If and that’s a big if there is steelbooks I’d expect seasons not singular releases and even that would take 9 years even at 3 a year.
Personally I think it will be repackaged complete doctor sets and that will be pretty much it bar a couple of things. Those other things are Missing episodes if there is any that turns up, better quality prints (maybe if it’s some of the pal Pertwee eps turn up) and if there is any animations after the collection sets are done. Maybe they may also repackage some individual seasons if enough additional changes have occurred ie animations and discoveries. Honestly doctor who has been doing since 1983 in various forms it’s maybe heading to its natural end.
Missyrules
April 29th, 2026 - 7:48pmTo be honest Gordon i wasn’t thinking of steelbooks for those who haven’t bought the sets. Just DVD and bluray releases for those stories that had new effects.
Nb7
April 30th, 2026 - 11:46pmI’m a firm believer Spearhead will be released in 4k in a steelbook. Rest of the series not so sure.
Gordon
May 1st, 2026 - 10:29amI mentioned steelbook due to James mentioning them. I honestly don’t see just the ones with new effects as it would be a bit of a weird hodgepodge of releases especially when you will have some titles like genesis not getting a release. Personally I feel if they were going to do this line I’d expect it to have already started
Apparently they did look into spearhead in 4k but the results weren’t high enough of a difference to justify doing another remaster of it in 4k plus the current scan is 2k anyway. Though with the success of the tv movie 4k I could see that stance possibly change
James
May 1st, 2026 - 12:54pmThe I only mentioned steel books as that’s what the animations third release was.
I wouldn’t expect them to release all the classic era in steel book. I’d meant as they been upscale etc for The Collection, they could release the stories individually on standard Blu-ray.
Just be case of reprinted the content onto solo story disc (s) and putting together solo covers. Lee bindings could do a design for one side and have the reverse side to match the silver cover range. (Would match up to the animation silver covers)
They could do them 1 a month.
Maybe also boxset style release like the dvd range did. So updated bred for war=time warrior, sontaran experiment, invasion of time, two doctors. Updated The Begginging=unearthly, Daleks, edge. Updated key to time, updated beneath the sea=silurians, sea devils, warriors of the deep. Updated davros collection=genesis, destiny, resurrection, revelation, remeberance. Then new box sets: MultiDoctor Set = three doctors, five doctors, two doctors; Martians= ice warriors, monster and curse of pealdon. For examples.
So with 130 stories not released on blu ray. (Excluding the animation releases and still missing stories). It would look at 10 years to release 1 a month. But if you factor in the box sets they could group stores together done on individual boy ray boxes and housed in a cardboard outer box.
With the mix of box set and single titles would take around 5/6 years at 1 release a month.
Another line other than the full Doctor sets which could also happen.
Babelbro
May 1st, 2026 - 4:38pmThat’s fascinating to know they have already looked at Spearhead in 4k and deemed it effectively pointless.
That makes perfect sense to me becaus, it is 16mm footage, which in modern digital media marketing sense means you just won’t get any credible picture improvement from 4k, because Blu-ray has pretty much all of the native existing detail.
Likewise with The Sweeney, recorded in a similar time to Spearhead, and also on 16mm footage, is perfectly adequate on Blu-ray. There’s just next to zero improvement if you put them on 4k discs.
Wheras the Doctor Who TV Movie of 1996 was recorded on 35mm footage, and because all of that 35mm footage exists in raw, native, very good solid condition, then there’s definately more detail to be able to present on 4k.
I think when it comes to Classic Who, there’s still tidbits more nice condition 16mm clips in near-native condition that are on Blu-ray (Abominable Snowmen + Season 19 come to mind) but unless anyone can correct me here, I would think it unusual for a television programme like Doctor Who to have ever been allocated 35mm film, given the original intention was for the finished episodes to be presented on such tiny screens in the 60’s – 80’s. So if native 16mm is the highest spec of Classic Who, then there’s just no real benefit of releasing any of it in 4k.
Also, I’ve noticed in stores like HMV the standard Collection sets are really falling in price, and generally Amazon will do a price drop as low as £15 – £20 per standard Collection set. I still have my New Who Series 1 Volume 4 dvd from 2005 that cost me £13.99 brand new in Sainsburys (it has just 3x episodes on it).
So yeah, I think the only avenue Classic Who physical media can go now is for the ‘Per Doctor’ boxsets, just because the current ‘Per Season’ standard sets are already plummeting in price.
I would expect the existing Collection sets to be on the shelves for many years to come, so I would guess that any ‘Per Doctor’ set would likely not include any special editions or extra features on the Collection sets, or else you would lose the marketing of one range for another. It makes logical sense to want to have two different ranges going simultaneously just because the fans will buy one, the other, and/or both.
Gordon
May 2nd, 2026 - 5:52amThey simply aren’t going to start releasing them individually after spending a decade plus trying to get everything in box sets James. That’s before you even get to asking where the physical market will be in 5 years before they may even think of doing these hypothetical single releases. They didn’t see the point in doing a single disc version of the crusade or the episodic version of shada outside of the boxes. As already said If there will be a continuation of singular classic doctor who releases on physical media post collections it will be if there are still animations left or if more missing eps are found or better quality prints turn up. There maybe repackaged seasons beyond that if enough additional animations or recoveries happen but that’s way too far in the future to think of presently. Everything has its natural end and classic doctor who has maybe about 25 releases left once you take into account collection set, animations and complete doctor sets unless more episodes turn up. As babelbro said these standard edition sets are dropping in price and will be available for the foreseeable future. I doubt many will drop £15 – £20 on a single release blu ray of say for example kinda when you can spend maybe a little bit extra and get the whole of season 19.
Think there is a couple of eps that was done on 35 mm:
Daleks 4
Daleks invasion 5
Power 6
Wheel 5,6
Dominators 3
Mind robber 5
Krotons 1
Seeds 5
Space pirates 2
Babelbro
May 2nd, 2026 - 11:42am@Gordon oh wow, I wasn’t aware of the 60’s using 35mm, I’d assumed it was all 16mm.
Nevertheless it does appear they used it all too briefly on specific parts of a serial, and if I’m remembering the scenes correctly then there really wasn’t a lot of actual material shot on 35mm from that list you’ve given.
Wheras if you take Season 19’s surviving 16mm footage, not only does it look in such good condition but enough of that season was on film (same with Season 20’s ‘The Five Doctors’) so that helps to justify the Blu-ray releases.
The other inevitability that the TV Movie doesn’t have is just the sheer native + surviving quality of the other 99% of Classic Who – be it sd video tape, telecine, home recordings, vhs, at worst multi-generational-quality-loss transfers. We’ve seen the havoc that today’s technology can do to try and ‘improve’ that picture quality up to 1080p on Blu-ray, I would dare not to imagine what the results would look like attempting that awful practise to 4k.
MJS
April 27th, 2026 - 5:19pmThe 4 part Resurrection of the Daleks lists updated special effects but I can’t find how to activate them. Mine just has the original effects.
Does anyone know how to access the updated effects on the 4 part version?
Amypondfan
April 27th, 2026 - 6:26pmThink it was mentioned on here that that is a printing error and the new effects are only on the 2 part version. Could be wrong but I think it was Gordon who confirmed it for someone.
Amypondfan
April 27th, 2026 - 6:29pmFound it further down, its a misprint. Only new effects on the original broadcast version (2 part one)
MJS
April 28th, 2026 - 4:43pmThanks guys!! I thought I was going mad!!
Amypondfan
April 28th, 2026 - 5:47pmHappy to help!
Auton
April 28th, 2026 - 9:26pmI do wish they had put the updated effects on the 4 part version
DPHill
April 29th, 2026 - 12:07amtalking of special effects, sad to see that cunningmunkis matrix editions have been suspended, i don’t know if its the beeb on their rights, or if just temporary, also sorry @prowl1701 to be bearing bad news
Prowl 1701
May 4th, 2026 - 5:29amI really wish they would hire cunningmunkis for the boxsets, his updated effects are amazing.
Babelbro
April 24th, 2026 - 6:52amMark Stuckey let loose a mention of more missing Doctor Who episodes at Film is Fabulous but “I must not talk any more about it”
link here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXQV8MkfBNc&t=1s
The mention of missing Doctor Who is at exactly 27 minutes, though I highly recommend watching the video in full – what a truly fascinating chap Mark is (don’t wish to spoil the surprises throughout).
SV7
April 24th, 2026 - 9:44amSounds to me like he’s referring to DMP 1 & 3 before they were announced. Do we know if this was filmed before March ‘26?
Prof Horner
April 24th, 2026 - 9:49amWell Film is Fabulous have just turned up a Morecambe and Wise missing show from their first BBC series.so let’s hope more Who turns up soon.
Gordon
April 24th, 2026 - 10:17amIt’s filmed pre masterplan announcement
Gordon
April 24th, 2026 - 11:35amHe also did an interview on the day of the reveal implying it was the first of many discoveries and that they had more. Heard He got his knuckles wrapped for that. Though it’s true they are aware of other collectors it’s by no means a done deal that they will be getting more at this present time. Could take many months and years to acquire some of them
Babelbro
April 24th, 2026 - 2:23pmPaul Vanezis said exactly the same thing as Mark Stuckey on reveal day of DMP and I’m sure it was Richard Bignell on X that publicly outright called Vanezis’ claim as ‘Bullsh1t’.
If the lending agreements have not been completed yet between F.A.F / BBC and with those in possession of these missing episodes then I would agree in that jumping the gun can plausibly collapse any one of those deals at any given moment.
However, if the distinction here that Vanezis + Stuckey might be implying these missing episodes are digitized and sitting on a hard drive at F.A.F / BBC archives then given the current desperate state of the main show right now we very much need more positive momentum in the fandom that DMP 1+3 generated recently, rather than willingly let that energy and awareness fizzle out for everyone but a secret select few on GallifreyBase.
Unfortunately there’s no way of knowing what Vanezis + Stuckey specifically meant but as I say, that’s the really important distinction here imo.
Rob
April 28th, 2026 - 10:30amWe just need to be patient, we know there are more Hartnell episodes coming
Prof Horner
April 28th, 2026 - 1:06pmHopefully Troughton missing episodes too Rob.
Rob
April 28th, 2026 - 4:14pmI would love some trout episodes, anything is possible.
Gordon
April 19th, 2026 - 12:30pmAdam bullock has animated both crusade eps and also destruction of time for his YouTube channel.
https://youtu.be/_A1i_9ohY6w?si=mUrHT1qu68OOZ8nL
Ricky
April 20th, 2026 - 3:41pmThanks for the heads up ,will check it out later.
Craig F
April 21st, 2026 - 9:00pmNot a bad effort to be fair.
Gordon
April 21st, 2026 - 11:07pmIt’s really not a bad effort at all. It’s watchable and It fills the gaps nicely for the crusade. It goes nicely with his feast of Steven and web 3 animations that he did a decade ago. I wouldn’t expect it any of them to get picked up for dvd or anything as I do think it’s way too low budget for that (can just imagine people saying they are charging £30 for that?!) but I do understand that it has next to no budget due to it being done by a fan. I also feel with the likes of Josh snares and lz skinner’s recent efforts the standards are a lot higher in fan efforts. I’m definetly not complaining though. It’s free and Adam did not need to upload that.
I’ve always thought getting the fans all putting their heads together and each one chosing to do a story or couple of eps would be a good way of getting the episodes animated. I actually thought Ian Levine had a good idea about it in 2023 (before he fell in love with the joys of ai) with having multiple animators working on various projects with someone overseeing it all as 1 big team but Ian kind of self kyboshed that for numerous reasons.
Im sure if they ever take the animation as far as it can go and they say that’s it there will be people out there filling the remaining blanks and we will get a full run eventually
Ricky
April 22nd, 2026 - 3:39pmVery good solid effort and for me , an enjoyable watch .
He didn’t try and overdo it and overstretch the animation and it showed, in the right way .
Yes low budget but what a great effort and end result.
JRT!
April 23rd, 2026 - 9:33amWill check it out later. No fan of AI btw,but did stumble onto the trailer for next series with Billie as the Doctor and a kid companion called Jaffa and it was actually pretty good. If only it was real,lol! And actually hope he makes more.
daz
April 23rd, 2026 - 10:39amJRT. I saw that one too and would have been happy if it was real
Alydon2007
April 23rd, 2026 - 11:20amThat Billie/Doctor and Jaffa trailer is brilliant!!! The trailer alone is way more exciting and entertaining than the last two seasons combined… and those Cybermen were genuinely really creepy…
Excellent!
Mac
April 23rd, 2026 - 11:34amNot a big fan of Ai, but found the Billie / Jaffa trailer. It was pretty good
James
April 19th, 2026 - 12:29amTroughton release due October 2026??
The Collection Escape Room YouTube channel has launched with all escape room videos from The Collection sets 5 months ago.
There is a Second Doctor team due for release on the YouTube channel 19th October 2026.
So either S5 or S6 The Collection set or a animation due.
Most of the Escape Rooms were part of The Collection sets apart from the First Doctor team which was part of The Celestial Toymaker release.
So Wheel could be animated. Or either S5 or S6.
Not S4 as have Smugglers and Highlanders to work with.
With the home media released first then available online after.
However the channel has now removed the videos. Another Sci-fi Guy has done the videos about this. Either uploaded by mistake, a fan made channel or a hoax.
Gordon
April 19th, 2026 - 6:13amThis was months ago. That was an unofficial upload.
James
April 19th, 2026 - 8:30amGordon
Thanks for the confirm.. shame though..
Gordon
April 19th, 2026 - 12:27pmI’m sure we are gettting another Troughton animation at some point (keep hearing space pirates) but when thats the question. If it is next I’d guess autumn. If not maybe early next year.
James
April 19th, 2026 - 2:58pmSounds promising…so maybe s6 in late 2027/early 2028 then?
Given 16 will be late this year and 11 spring 2027 then?
Duncan
April 22nd, 2026 - 10:29pmSuch a shame that Space Pirates is missing. Season 6 would have been released already if it existed. Annoying.
I’d actually be really keen to see it. I’m convinced that its flaky reputation would be vastly improved if we could actually see the thing. The model shots of the beacons and the various craft look tantalising! I refuse to believe the story is THAT bad 🙂 It’s certainly an oddball.
Craig F
April 18th, 2026 - 9:36pmWas wondering when the next animation will be announced.
Seems overdue maybe because of uncertainty about possible more returns.
Babelbro
April 18th, 2026 - 10:13pmHopefully all on the backburner while they turn off all the sh1tty AI filters and re-release it all
Mac
April 18th, 2026 - 10:30pmBalelbro – the two are unrelated.
Gordon
April 19th, 2026 - 6:59amWhy would ai usage on one range have anything to do how another range is worked on or released ?
1. We are not over due. At the bfi savages screening it was said the next one would not start work until the new deal was in place and when it is finalised the next one wouldn’t be anounced for a further 12 ish months. Going by Paul Hembrey’s animation company filings there was movement around July 2025 so I think it’s possible that work started around then
2. Due to the funding model they animate full stories anyway. Unless it’s a full or story it’s unlikely to really effect things. From what I gather the supposed list of 6 that they know has a few eps that have already been animated.
Craig F
April 19th, 2026 - 9:42amThanks for the update Gordon.
Duncan
April 22nd, 2026 - 10:32pmIt seems ages since The Savages. I remember reading a lot of rumours that The Smugglers and The Myth Makers were next but who knows ?
Personally, I would love to have The Wheel In Space.
Or any of the others 🙂
Gordon
April 23rd, 2026 - 12:13amThe smugglers originated from a mirror article in 2023. I do believe there was crossed wires when it was reported by the mirror and was connected to the colourisation that was happening for the missing believe wiped event that year
Richard
April 16th, 2026 - 6:26pmWhen do we think all the seasons will be out on standard edition?
Bob
April 16th, 2026 - 10:15pmConsidering they release two years after the limited edition variants then it would be 2031 if they continue doing two sets a year, but the 60’s sets might not follow the same pattern so it could still be a while longer.
James
April 16th, 2026 - 10:18pmThey are roughly 18 months after the Limited. So roughly September/October 2027 for S21.
S13 roughly May/June 2027
COMICshopsDontStand
April 17th, 2026 - 9:09amIf they keep selling well yes
COMICshopsDontStand
April 17th, 2026 - 9:09amIf they keep selling well yes…
Richard
April 17th, 2026 - 12:07pmI have to say I prefer the packaging of the standard editions. The limited editions have such fragile packaging. And at least with the standard editions any problems are fixed by the time of their release. However I bought season 15 on standard from Amazon and had to return it as it had creasing to the spine. Best to buy in store at hmv so you can see what you are getting.
Bob
April 17th, 2026 - 5:53pmI agree, I only stuck with the limited edition variants for consistency with the ones I already had. I wish they had used regular Blu-Ray cases from the get-go, even if they do get damaged, they’re much easily replaced. The only real drawback aside from having to wait longer for their release is the less comprehensive booklets.
DanielM
April 8th, 2026 - 6:26pm@Babelbro
What were your issues with the Season Sets before Season 15? (Season 17,22,2,9 & 20 for reference)
DanielM
April 9th, 2026 - 9:11amAlso which DWM issue and article in it had the comment about no AI or uncanny valley-ness was used before Season 21 was released? Just curious that’s all
Babelbro
April 10th, 2026 - 4:52am@DanielM;
That would be DWM issue 626, I believe the article in question was a generous 14 page piece on the Season 21 Collection Blu-ray set.
In regards of AI issues specifically, I’ve noticed it since the 2017 Shada Blu-ray, where studio footage was defocused, while its previous 2013 dvd has the exact same shots in sharp focus.
The reason that I am confident the Shada Blu-ray used AI is because Mark Ayers has already confirmed that the entire Collection range since 2018 has used AI, and Shada’s Blu-ray has the same uncanny valley look on all of the studio footage.
In regards to the DVD range, Peter Crocker recently confirmed that the entire range used DNR similar to that of the Blu-ray range. I personally grew up with the DVDs, so in light of what I’ve read on the Restoration Team’s website, I decided to buy a non-Restoration Team VHS of Doctor Who for a direct comparison and the differences truly shocked me as a fan.
We’re not only talking about DNR erasing original picture information, or the baked-in visual deformities of VidFire, but also drastic creative revisionisms and alterations to the surviving recordings, of which we cannot access in the public domain, barring the recent slip ups on BBC iPlayer, such as the unrestored ‘Day of Armageddon’ / The Daleks’ Master Plan episode 2.
Stories such as ‘The Chase’ have overlayed digital night time vfx over the original footage, ‘Resurrection of the Daleks’ has shots completely dissected, motion interpolated and original effects such as the Tardis materialising completely changed from what was shown live. The worst one I can think of is ‘The Caves of Androzani’ – the worst DNR, various camera work altered, fake smoke stock footage thrown over scenes, mattes changed, yet, for some weird reason other ‘errors’ completely untouched, such as the Tardis dematerialization just before the Regeneration.
So all of those examples I just gave already existed on the DVDs as far back as 25 years ago. The Collection Blu-ray range decided to keep all of the changes, while crushing the exposure detail on the Season 2 set, and of course caking Season 21 with generative AI, allegedly on default quick settings in Topaz.
I honestly didn’t believe I would find myself saying this in 2026, but, aside from those unrestored episodes/serials on iPlayer (‘Day of Armageddon’, ‘Planet of Fire’) if you want the least screwed with versions of Classic Doctor Who, you have to go back to the VHS range, before the Restoration Team became involved with the releases in the late 1990’s.
YouTube channels like Pip Madeley’s help highlight the positives of the DVD sets, particularly with very damaged / warped surviving copies of stories such as ‘The Dominators’ where there’s sadly no choice but to rebuild entire scenes – and I don’t mean at all to write all of this to offend any Doctor Who fan that prefers revisited, special edition, cgi, digitally cleaner, crisper, funtastic versions of their favourite stories no matter what, because if it makes you truly happy then more power to you.
My personal argument is that I would rather watch the real thing, or as-close-as-possible to the live broadcasts. Everything from the scratches, the dirt, the camera operator and vision mixing mistakes, the odd matte wobble – that is historical preservation, and I’m not ashamed of any of it, and I would gladly pay £60 for a boxset that would just offer up those rescanned masters, uncompressed, even without the extras, as lovely as the Matthew Sweet interviews are, I think ultimately all of that money needs to go towards a brand new ‘preservation’ team to take the existing Blackmagic Terranex scans from 2017+ back to the drawing board, turn off all of these revisions and accept precisely what Doctor Who looked and sounded like between 1963-1989.
So that’s the general jist of it. I’m really sorry I couldn’t have wrapped this up in a much smaller tidier message but you just need that context to properly explain exactly why so many of us of all ages are feeling deeply upset by these digital releases, and huge respect to Josh Snares for recently giving a fair chunk of his recent video on ‘Warriors of the Deep’ to properly call this AI slop out for what it is – it sounds like he is going to cut his own ties with reviewing the Collection range and clearly his subscription base is in as good as 100% agreement with the decision.
Matt L
April 13th, 2026 - 8:01pmSo if Season 16 is next, which stories do we think will get improved for the Key to time season on blu ray?
Bob
April 13th, 2026 - 10:58pmIdeally all 6 stories would get an overhaul since it’s one big storyline. I’d imagine it’d mostly be laser replacements which isn’t particularly difficult. The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor would probably need more substantial upgrades.
Doing the full Key to Time season would make up for the lacklustre special effects Season 13 got.
James
April 14th, 2026 - 10:45amAs S16 was one story, would they name the box set just Season 16, or would it have a subtitle Season 16 – Key to Time. Or even just Key to Time. Wonder if the box will be similar design/colour to the original set. Can’t wait.
Agreed as it’s one big story the whole set/all stories should have the same treatment. Hopefully no aí.
Scotel
April 14th, 2026 - 1:27pm@James
Season 16 is six separate but interconnected serials that are each individually numbered. If they didn’t subtitle Season 23 (which is a single serial with each episode numbered 1 through 14) they definitely won’t for Season 16.
James
April 14th, 2026 - 2:32pmScotel
Forgot about s23. That would have been good to Season 23 – Trial of a Timelord.
Missed a trick. Maybe next time around
Be good to have another BIG story for the next series when ever it comes. Had s13/Flux. Was short due to COVID. A big blockbuster with a dozen eps split over 4 mini stories of 3 eps each. Time for a beggining, a middle and end. With cliffhangers.
Whofan44
April 4th, 2026 - 9:55amSo has the AI been added to the Tales of the Tardis Earthshock as well? Feel like that really would not need it
Gordon
April 4th, 2026 - 10:32amNo. As far as I’m aware it’s pretty much the same version that went up on iPlayer
Babelbro
March 31st, 2026 - 9:21pmJust to add to the topic of video tape digitising I’ve just found this truly spectacular example, using a 1987 VHS Tape recording of ‘The Cure’, a consumer VHS player and deinterlacing software readily available and free in the public domain; ( Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks1wE_NXWv8 )
Even though this deinterlacer is prone to noise reduction if unchecked, and even though the recording has been upscaled to 4k, the original visual quality appears to be completely intact and not drastically altered.
This is a 1987 consumer grade VHS tape, as opposed to a BBC studio tape used on the 1980’s Classic Doctor Who production, yet *this* is what can be acheived from a home computer and much older second hand equipment compared to modern day eye-wateringly expensive software like Blackmagic and Topaz that the Restoration Team have been using on Doctor Who.
The close-ups on this video are just mind blowing, there’s visible texture and detail on the skin and hair of the lead singer Robert Smith, while far away shapes such as the individual mic stands are completely visible, nothing vanishing or turning to mush – all of the typical VHS / SD Broadcast signal quirks are all left in, and all of that beautiful analogue signal noise containing so much original detail is left completely well alone.
Anyway just thought I’d share. Imagine how good Classic Who’s broadcast tapes could look if treated with the exact same care and attention.
James Spackman
March 31st, 2026 - 12:22amJust commenting on Series 20 , I bought the limited edition on Ebay , contacted the BBC for a replacement , attached a web capture of the transaction from Ebay and actually got the standard edition posted to me , was quite surprised.
Andy
April 8th, 2026 - 8:53pmJames, The same happened to.me. yeah i reported the same thing to the BBC support team for replacement disc for the Season 20 Limited Edition this was quite a few months ago now. Then just last month i got a standard edition of season 20 i had no idea where it came from it didn’t even say it had came from them. So if your saying that the BBC has sent you the standard edition to replace the faulty disc. It explains the mystery of the reason i got the standard edition last month it must of been sent by the BBC. So yeah instead of just replacing the one faulty disc they are just replacing the whole set with the Standard Edition. The discs are all the same just swap the faulty disc for the correct one in your Limited Edition.
daz
April 8th, 2026 - 9:47pmThere wasn’t just 1 faulty disc though, (although yes the 40 anniversary of The Five Doctors was missing a new visual effect).
There is an issue with the codex on all the limited edition discs which means they might not play correctly on certain players. Best to swap them all in case you buy a new player in the future.
This is why they sent the standard edition to everyone who contacted them, which was clearly confirmed on here many times.
James
April 9th, 2026 - 2:05pmStill awaiting my replacement for this and 18
Dunc
March 30th, 2026 - 11:54pmExcuse my ignorance. But can someone tell me where the issues with A.I are on this set please? I’ve not noticed anything.
K-9stein
April 4th, 2026 - 7:09pmI think it’s supposedly making the picture look too smooth at certain times, though personally I don’t think it’s actually as bad as the ‘waxing’ effect on the Season 13 set.
Babelbro
April 5th, 2026 - 4:56pm@Dunc here’s a comparison video for Caves of Androzani https://youtu.be/knuvWVLk6dA?si=HMGrzvgRLygI0YtY
Duncan
April 22nd, 2026 - 10:38pmI can’t spot the AI thing but my eyesight isn’t what it was. Have watched all the Season 21 box and thought it looked fine. AI or not there’s some bloody good extras in the set. Those films of Peter, Janet and Sarah larking about in a boat are genius ! Such a shame so many actors from the past are no longer with us.
Erato
March 30th, 2026 - 2:03pmMr Range’s disappearing glasses are hilarious!
daz
March 30th, 2026 - 5:55pmHappens in the dvd too though.
Babelbro
March 31st, 2026 - 12:18amSo apparently the Frontios dvd released in 2011, so quite a bit later nearer the end of the dvd range, about 4-5 years away from the 2017 Shada Blu-ray that itself has excessive DNR.
Peter Crocker mentioned on Twitter that the whole dvd range has had DNR applied, and this matches up with the earliest entry titles on the Restoration Team’s archived website articles.
So my best guess would be that the Frontios DVD would’ve had some of the strongest levels of DNR, coupled with Mpeg2 compression, definitely would’ve caused visual glitches like Mr Range’s glasses seemingly vanishing due to the detail being blurred out.
So therefore whatever Ai + DNR processing they’ve redone to the Blu-ray transfer has maybe essentially repeated the same cause to effect (the vanishing glasses) because the DNR is blurring that detail away and the Ai tries and fails to build anything from the crumbs of pixels left over that would have been the glasses.
Ultimately as well it comes back round to the original studio camera tape analogue noise – that noise would contain fine detail such as bits of the glasses, and you can’t perfectly replicate the glasses if you’ve already erased chunks of them by removing that noise.
Philip Shaw
March 31st, 2026 - 8:38amI never noticed his missing glasses, and i did look out for it. His glasses are knocked off at one point and he finds them on the ground,
COMICshopsDontStand
March 29th, 2026 - 12:15pmWith regarda AI look
It appears to be only people that have forgot to turn off the auto upscaling on their bluray players that are noticing the side effects of ai.
Ricky
March 29th, 2026 - 12:28pmUninformed and inaccurate , upscaling is either done in the player or the TV itself ,as these are 1080i full HD resolution ,nearly everyone will be watching these on a 4k resolution TV these days . Upscaling the resolution of the material on a disc to fit a panels native resolution has absolutely nothing to do with AI or the native material on a disc itself,if it wasn’t upscaled from full HD to 4k the picture would be a small square in the middle of the tv display .
Babelbro
March 29th, 2026 - 1:04pmTVs won’t upscale *any* episodes on the Collection Blu-rays because they have already been upscaled to 1080i.
If the info on Twitter is correct, the source tapes are digitised directly to 1080p using a Blackmagic Terranex, so the upscaling is the very first step applied to the source material.
I will say that as a video editor myself this does confuse me. The typical practice is to digitise tapes directly to their original resolution, in this case 576p, therefore you’re not stuck with a video file with baked in upscaling artefacts, let alone needlessly ballooning the file sizes. Maybe there’s a logical explanation that I’m unaware of but yeah.
The real culprit to the messy final product is the AI. I see NickD below has said that this range is fast becoming an industry joke, and across several forums many are stating that they can clearly visually tell that the AI comes from Topaz software via a quick and lazy one click effect with next to no manual control.
It’s one thing for one single Twitter user to say that Peter Crocker allgedly can’t notice the AI with his own eyes and needs someone next to him to tell him if it’s a bit too much, but again I seriously cannot understand how a formal ‘peer review process’ completely failed to pick up on this AI filter.
What’s more is that the AI process itself in terms of processing takes a huge amount of computer power, resources, a ton of rendering time, especially if you’re working with lossless high bitrate captures from a Blackmagic Terranex – to not check any of that before clicking render just blows my mind.
What also takes the biscuit is that the DWM prior to Season 21’s release literally stated that no AI or uncanny valley-ness was used – so whoever said that, and whoever printed that and signed that article off was directly misrepresenting the actual product and no doubt would’ve duped many Doctor Who fans already concerned about the poor AI in Season 13 to fall for it a second time for a further £60 a head.
As many including Gordon have said, the real deal will be the next Collection boxset. Personally although I didn’t imagine Season 13 would turn out as bad as it did, I felt things were gradually getting worse since about Season 17, which quickly got uncanny by Seasons 15 & 25 onwards – and as discussed a few days ago, this AI filter has been around at least since the 2017 Shada Blu-ray where so many close ups are knocked out of focus compared to the 2013 dvd.
Ricky
March 29th, 2026 - 5:21pmI get what your saying ,but if a standard Blu-ray player is set to output 1080i/p and this is connected to a 4k television the TV has to upscale the 1080 image to full 4k resolution, it has to add the extra pixels to fill the 4k pixel count of the display device
If a 4k uhd Blu-ray player is connected to a 4k TV ,the only.discs that wouldn’t require any upscaling is 4k UHD discs themselves as the source would be native 4k along with the display device at the other end .
So all dr who.discs from the latest collection sets get upscaled at home ,unless your viewing them on a older TV with 1080 as it’s maximum resolution .
So basically ,the 576 native material is upscaled to 1080 for the Blu-ray format in the studio ,then the material is then upscaled again at home if your viewing them on a 4k TV. The OP was suggesting that our players and the way we have them set up at home is causing these ai issues ,which is simply a ludicrous suggestion,although quite amusing .
Babelbro
March 29th, 2026 - 5:41pmMany thanks for the reply Ricky, and for the really clear concise explanation here, as I was kicking myself later realising I should’ve specified that ‘4k tvs’ are doing upscaling from the 1080i Blu-rays, not the original 576p resolution of the captured source material.
Modern 4k tvs and 4k players will do a very decent job upscaling 1080p Blu-rays, and in my experience with a 65 inch LG 4k (non-oled) 4k tv and LG 4k player it upscales my Doctor Who dvds from 20+ years ago exceedingly well.
My original point basically was that to pin the issue on the consumer’s tvs and players is a weak argument given the enormous amount of digital and AI processing that’s already broked the footage on the Blu-rays themselves.
The industry standard, to my understanding, would be to digitise the source tapes at 576p interlaced as a raw .avi or .mxf, and keep a copy of it on a hard drive, you then would make a new encoded copy for your project work, which should be where the upscaling, deinterlacing, and filter presets all come in that you would check right up close and get right, before encoding it and sending it off to the editing project.
My understanding is that the BBC does keep a substantial number of it’s own tv shows as 576p interlaced .mxf files in its archive, so that’s just the bit that confuses me – surely the Restoration Team are making those same spec digitisations of the physical tapes for the BBC archive, and not jumping the gun and upscaling/filtering/baking-in those quirks while digitising those tapes?
Apologies if this is a bit of a o.t.t. topic but as you can see I still haven’t had a registration link reply from GallifreyBase haha!
Ricky
March 30th, 2026 - 10:00amMany thanks for your I interesting and informative reply also ,indeed a decent Panasonic,lg etc 4k uhd TV or player does a fantastic job with even 576 material found on dvds , considering these images are being blown up to 65 inches they look great,then 1080 bluray is again another level of quality.
I’m not sure about how the BBC are treating /storing their material but I’d be surprised if they added these tweaks as permanent , I should imagine the originals stay just that ,original 576 interlaced .
I agree also that whether a disc is deinterlaced ,upscaled ,or even a players picture is tweaked within the player/TVs menus there is no way it can possibly change the native content to such an extent as to morph the image into ai territory,yes you can manipulate the images to look smooth,softer ,sharper etc ,one example is the soap opera effect with frame interpolation etc ,but it still doesn’t change the native material . If it did ,every disc played would look AI enhanced :-;
Ricky
March 30th, 2026 - 10:03am😉
Rob Watkins
March 30th, 2026 - 3:12pmMore wax on these collection sets pictures than Auto Plastics had for the Nestene invasion
DeliveryRus
March 30th, 2026 - 7:05pm@ricky lol indeed you ill informed.
Not everyone has a 4k tv and not everyone has noticed any issues DEPENDING ON THEIR BLURAY set up.
Which would indecate some people dont appear to know how to set up their bluray equipment.
The bluray is not in 4k
Barney
March 27th, 2026 - 1:55amReally nit picky kind of moan….but does anyone k ow why the planet of fire bonus disk is after caves and twin? Like just seems like an odd way to order the disks….especially with daleks having 2 disks and them being right next to each other. Loved all the set ive watched so far just thought it was a bit of a odd choice. I even checked the disk numbers encase mine had just been packaged out of order. Or does anyone know a plausible reason why……they’ve never done it before
Prowl 1701
March 27th, 2026 - 3:42amIs that Special Edition just in SD?
Gordon
March 27th, 2026 - 6:23amNo space on the planet of fire disc so moved to disc 9 ie the first bonus disc
daz
March 27th, 2026 - 11:53amSpecial Edition is just in SD dvd version unfortunately and still has 5.1 sound but the normal ‘hd’ episodes only have mono.
I watched disc 6 yesterday. I wish they’d put the special edition on disc 6 and moved the bts footage to disc 9. That and also upscaled the special edition to hd.
Minor gripe.
D84
March 27th, 2026 - 11:55amI thought it was odd to have that at the very end too
DanielM
March 28th, 2026 - 5:09pmThe Genesis of the Daleks Omnibus was on the Season 12 Bonus Disc but I don’t seem to remember anyone complaining about that?
Auton
March 28th, 2026 - 8:51pmI really don’t think what disk the Planet of Fire Special Edition is on is the main problem of this set
Peter
March 29th, 2026 - 9:16amYeah good point. I’m not an editing expert but surely it wouldn’t have taken much effort to “4 part-ify” the new effects version for inclusion?
I just wish everything wasn’t looking like it had been smeared through wax. 🙁 Tried to watch Resurrection last night…
Gordon
March 29th, 2026 - 9:38amI could be wrong but the same with the enlightenment special edition fx I believe the original files weren’t kept. That plus the new fx wasn’t popular.
Bob
March 29th, 2026 - 10:30amI did think Enlightenment’s new effects were a bit of a waste since the DVD effects still held up, unlike The Five Doctors Special Edition which somehow looks worse than the ’83 version in some aspects.
It’s a massive shame how much effort was put into the new VFX for this boxset only for them to be paired with such a botched restoration. At least Terror of the Zygon’s new effects were incredibly underwhelming so you don’t feel like you’re missing out on anything by sticking with the DVD.
Daver1974
March 26th, 2026 - 7:13pmIssue with either disc 5 or the booklet. The booklet states that disc 5 (Resurrection Of The Daleks 4 part version) should have updated special effects, but there are none.
Prowl 1701
March 26th, 2026 - 7:17pmThat’s frustrating as the 4 part version is how I like to watch the story (and how it was originally filmed to be seen.)
Gordon
March 27th, 2026 - 6:24amIt’s a misprint in the booklet
DPHill
March 27th, 2026 - 3:14pmSlight misprint on the back j card sleeve, says 26 episodes when i guess there were supposed to be, but adding the disc info episodes there are of course 24, again nothing as annoying as not having Special features on the 4 part version
Peter
March 28th, 2026 - 1:03pmProwl – doers it matter if that’s how it was originally planned to be seen? It wasn’t seen originally that way in the end. I thought fans liked things “as broadcast”?
Prowl1701
March 28th, 2026 - 2:06pmWell I would prefer having the updated effects option for both version. So people could watch whichever version they prefer with them.
DanielM
March 26th, 2026 - 10:56am@Babelbro – The 2013 DVD Shada on Season 17 is the exact same as the 2013 DVD without any noticeable DNR.
Matt L
March 25th, 2026 - 8:24amHi Gordon, once season 16 is out later this year and season 11 spring 2027c so you think season 6 will be next? Also do you think they will leave the 1990-2004 dr who legacy box set till after the remaining 60s season are all out? Thanks
D84
March 25th, 2026 - 9:49amThat seems to be the thinking, that a WY or whatever they call it will be towards the end and used as a mop up for odds and sods that don’t find another obvious home or that turn up since a particular season went out
simon.ss1
March 25th, 2026 - 11:41amMatt L, I love your term, ‘legacy’ for a potential box set for 1990-2004 Dr Who. Have always hated constant references to a possible title of ‘The Wilderness Years’ for that period. The term ‘wilderness’ has so many negative implications to it, like ‘neglected’. ‘Legacy’ is so much more positive: something that’s become part of history. Which is what those years really were, whether at the time we realised it, or felt neglected, or not. Otherwise, why would we want a Legacy box set?
Gordon
March 25th, 2026 - 1:13pmStill hear it’s 16,11,6 though the latter 2 could always change if need be. I’ll be surprised if wilderness/legacy set comes before 2028. If I was going to guess (and I want to state I know nothing) we are probably getting either 1 or a legacy set after season 6 so to not get 2 doctors in a row though if season 5 was ready I could see that being a reason to break the 2 doctors in a row tradition. That may all depend on whether or not they have plans in the works to animate Marco Polo. If they don’t I could see it next plus it would be around the 65th though they don’t deliberately plan around these things.
Jack
March 26th, 2026 - 12:17pmI seem to recall a rumour swirling around roughly 12 months ago about The Space Pirates being animated soon(ish) can anyone else recall/ shed some light on the rumour?
DPHill
March 26th, 2026 - 2:26pmThere was a little leak odd an online YouTube channel for the Doctor Who escape rooms where all seven appeared, back then five and six as well as two weren’t yet on a release but it said that that five and six would be related in April, given that this set came it this month, it fits, it said the second Doctor episode would come it in October so very possibly a September release for a Troughton animation (more likely than a collection set but still could be), i don’t know if there’s anymore info on a specific title for animation but it seems likely Troughton will be coming next
Prowl1701
March 26th, 2026 - 3:02pm@DPhill, I remember doing a video about that youtube “leak”. The channel removed those videos super fast and changed its name. Still never knew if it was actually official or not.
Tom Williams
March 26th, 2026 - 3:53pm@Dphill gordan did say too me the other day that there is always chance off a collection and animation coming out in both months when i asked if it could be june or November if it was the case they could bring out season 16 and a animation togther in October and announce either one in may or june and july
Tom Williams
March 26th, 2026 - 3:55pmMent both in a same month auto correct
DPHill
March 26th, 2026 - 9:30pm@prowl, i did see that video – was literally one of the only ways of seeing it after the pulled the leak
@tom, well in March 2019 a week apart, Animated Mara Terror and Collection Season 18 came out, so it has happened, I just think they may keep the announcements a little apart, I’m not sure if it was say Season 6 and Space Pirates releasing in the same month they would do that, but certainly if it was a Troughton animation and a Baker collection as that has already happened
Personally, i think they’ll get around to every one eventually, just not in time for the collection but Space Pirates, Wheel, Smugglers, and Myth Makers seem like great options (i mean they all do for me). Would be lovely to get either Troughton, but Wheel would be great seen as it will be sixty years of the cybermen – not that they do too much in the way of anniversaries home media wise as it is tricky
Prowl 1701
March 27th, 2026 - 3:40amI’d love to get an animation for The Space Pirates, especially if they took some liberties like they did with Macra.
Rex F
March 27th, 2026 - 4:57amIt was a hoax posted from a non-official account, using previously released Escape Rooms only.
James
March 24th, 2026 - 9:52pmJust a thought. With regards to S20 being sent out in standard box sets for replacements in mass. Would that mean the future releases will go up in price (more than already due to regular cost increases) to recoup money?
Gordon
March 24th, 2026 - 10:01pmIt’s probably going to go up anyway at some point in the 60s sets due to the size of them anyway.
D84
March 25th, 2026 - 7:58amI think the first sets to come out were £39.99
Now at £67.99 for S21 (although it was 10 Discs vs 6 for the early sets) given the backdrop of ridiculous cost increases in the world in that time im kinda “ok” with that but its alot
On a separate note, only 8 sets to go if you include a WY (Wilderness Years) set
Nearly there guys, although arguably the final 5 BW are tricky for the team to handle
D84
March 25th, 2026 - 9:50amAlthough if the current rate of 2 releases a year remains and doesn’t extend with extra time for the BW sets – its still around 4yrs before the range completes
daz
March 25th, 2026 - 12:41pmI still think after 2027 (Season 16 and possibly Wilderness) we’ll get 1 release per year.
This gives them time to release animations solo and catch up with the S3 ones to fill out Season 3 a bit more for a collection release.
So 2032 for the final end maybe.
Gordon
March 25th, 2026 - 1:39pmI could see 1 and 6 being one a year as that’s got more eps than most. 3-5 actually don’t need as much work as you think due to the blu ray animations and releases over the past couple of years. 3 for instance could only need 12 picture eps and 20 audio eps if mission/masterplan gets some sort of blu ray remastered release prior. Both airlock and 4 as it currently stands needs 9 picture eps and 16 audio eps (evil 2 got remastered for blu the rest didn’t). 5 needs 10 picture eps and 16 audio eps but could drop to 8 and 10 if wheel gets a remastered release with animation
Bob
March 25th, 2026 - 5:51pmSeasons 3-5 do feel a bit less exciting due to the already existing HD animations. Perhaps they could revamp some of them like with The Power of the Daleks and Shada, maybe at a push animate the missing scene from The Macra Terror. I’d personally like to see the TARDIS landing at the start of Fury from the Deep redone.
DeliveryRus
March 26th, 2026 - 9:07am@d84 – £57 in most places
D84
March 26th, 2026 - 9:18amSorry £57.99 yes on the last one, not £69.99
BW
March 24th, 2026 - 3:50pmThe quality of these sets has nosedived. AI denoising/upscaling is perfectly acceptable as a tool for old VT show, but it’s being used aggressively, seemingly with no QC or safeguards, and the results are horrendous. Apart from not being faithful to the source material, it looks plain ugly.
Gordon
March 24th, 2026 - 4:36pmIf the results had been good and it had been a noticeable improvement it would have maybe cut down some of the complaining. Instead we are ending up with a set that is worse than the DVDs. Still not sure what I’m doing with the remaining 2 colour sets. On the one hand I want to support the hard work on the bonus features as I do think they do a superb job on that. Same with the audio work. Mark ayres is superb at audio restoration. Same with the artwork and booklet from Lee binding. However it’s hard to support when the picture quality has went off a cliff. Unlike 21 where they were perhaps too far on to remove the ai16 wouldnt have been started when the complaints started rolling in. There will be no excuse there if it’s bad.
Bob
March 24th, 2026 - 5:46pmAI upscaling has been used as part of the restoration for quite a few movie releases now, seemingly out of laziness. I’m willing to give Doctor Who some benefit of the doubt due to the lower fidelity of videotape, especially since surviving film sequences continue to be scanned in HD and look great even on Season 13 and 21. But the AI results aren’t great and aren’t what the audience for these sets wants. The next season, whether that be 11 or 16 or randomly a 60’s one, is their last opportunity to prove they can meet their customers demands.
Auton
March 24th, 2026 - 6:02pmThe new special features has always been the main reason I buy these sets. That won’t change. However, I really hope they ditch the AI approach.
NickD
March 24th, 2026 - 8:57pmWell in the industry they are regarded as a joke. A few people have said they are just adding an AI filter to the standard DVD picture. No true restoration. I have seen a few tests on HD sources and they while not ideal are far superior to these last few sets.