January 24th, 2020
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Doctor Who The Collection Season 26 Blu-ray
Available to order while stocks last from www.amazon.co.uk
Also available to order while stocks last from www.zoom.co.uk and www.zavvi.com
On Saturday 23rd November, the BFI Southbank will be screening Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric (from the Special Edition Blu-ray) and holding a Q&A with actor Sophie Aldred and script editor Andrew Cartmel. Tickets are available from the BFI on the following dates:
- Monday 16th September – BFI Patrons and Champions
- Tuesday 17th September – BFI Members
- Tuesday 24th September – public booking
Season 26 features four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace’s past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires.
With guest stars including Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Anthony Ainley (The Master), Jean Marsh, Nicholas Parsons, Anne Reid, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Syms and comedy duo Hale & Pace, this fondly-remembered set of stories saw the end of an era for Doctor Who, and set the stage for its hugely successful revival.
Doctor Who: The Collection Season 26 contains several special features, including:
Rare Restored Extended Cuts
- The Curse Of Fenric VHS Extended Version
- The Curse Of Fenric DVD Special Edition
- Battlefield VHS Extended Version
- Battlefield DVD Special Edition
5.1 surround sound & isolated scores
- On all 14 broadcast episodes, plus 5.1 sound on all extended versions of The Curse Of Fenric and Battlefield.
Behind the Sofa
- New episodes with Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, plus companions Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Anneke Wills and Jodie-Whittaker-era writers Pete McTighe & Joy Wilkinson.
Showman – the Life of John Nathan-Turner
- A feature-length look at the life and career of Doctor Who’s longest-serving producer, who fought to keep the programme on-air during the 1980s. Contributors include Peter Davison and Colin Baker.
Making ‘The Curse of Fenric’
- A brand new documentary featuring Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Tomek Bork, Nicholas Parsons, Cory Pulman, Marek Anton, Ian Briggs, Andrew Cartmel, Mark Ayres and Ian Collins featuring unseen behind-the-scenes footage and photographs.
In Conversation
- Matthew Sweet chats to companion Sophie Aldred.
The Writers’ Room
- Ben Aaronovitch, Marc Platt, Ian Briggs, Rona Munro and Andrew Cartmel discuss their work on Season 26.
Becoming The Destroyer
- Actor Marek Anton and prosthetics designer Stephen Mansfield recall the creation of one of Doctor Who’s best ever monsters.
Blu-Ray trailer
- Sophie Aldred back in character as Ace.
Plus
- Brand new Ghost Light extended workprint
- Unseen studio footage
- Rare archive treats
- Convention footage
- HD photo galleries
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Scripts, costume designs, rare BBC production files
and other gems from our PDF archive
And lots more!
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Richard
September 3rd, 2019 - 5:59pmWas there ever a McCoy Years VHS release that could be included?
Is it likely Daleks The Early Years and Cybermen will be included on their Season sets as I have never seen either before?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 6:15pmDaleks on season 1. Cybermen on season 4. That’s what I’d do. Think they stopped by the time they got to sylvester
Matparks08
September 4th, 2019 - 1:53pmYeah – they missed out Davison, did Colin Baker and then missed McCoy annoyingly….
Mrs Croot
September 3rd, 2019 - 5:52pmWhat about the TV movie as this would of been the place for it?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 6:08pmLooks like it will get its own release as part of a wilderness years set
Type 40
September 3rd, 2019 - 5:30pmInstant pre-order. I’m really looking forward to this set.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:45pmThe jnt documentary showman was produced by Chris chapman and is over 80 minutes long. The writers room was also produced by him.
The curse of fenric making of was produced by Kablam! Writer Pete McTighe
Daz
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:09pmThat Ace clip was cool, It would be great to have her in the show again meeting the new Doctor. That door, how very console room!
Donald
September 3rd, 2019 - 3:18pmAre they still releasing these in the US? I’ve only seen the first and last of baker and the the first for Davison.
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:14pmhttps://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Pertwee-Complete-Blu-ray/dp/B07QSZWSWL/ref=sr_1_4?crid=DG4MYEU82Z23&keywords=doctor+who+the+collection+blu+ray&qid=1567523567&s=gateway&sprefix=doctor+who+the+collectoon%2Caps%2C206&sr=8-4
https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Who-Complete-Season-Blu-ray/dp/B07TNVWMQP/ref=sr_1_3?crid=DG4MYEU82Z23&keywords=doctor+who+the+collection+blu+ray&qid=1567523567&s=gateway&sprefix=doctor+who+the+collectoon%2Caps%2C206&sr=8-3
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:33pmJon pertwee’s third season is out in October and Colin baker’s second is due in December
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:10pmGordon. Jon Pertwee’s 3rd season (ie 9) is due October?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:57pmSorry 4th season. Miss counted season 10
Anonymous
September 4th, 2019 - 6:31amPerfect, thank you! To clarify there’s only been 1 Davison released season however they retitled it correct?
Gordon
September 4th, 2019 - 9:41amYeah. Only season 19/Peter Davison season 1 has had a release. I fully expect we will get another 1 next year though.
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 3:12pmI wonder why it says ‘while stocks last’ as most of the others don’t say that…
booboo
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:30pmi added that this time because they keep selling out and people often visit old post, one day i will have to go around changing them all
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:56pmOkay, thank you.
Dean Wells
September 3rd, 2019 - 2:41pmApart from the obviously fantastic content, these are worth buying for the packaging alone.
Every one has looked uniformly beautiful.
Kenny
September 3rd, 2019 - 3:04pmI dread the moment they change the branding mid-releases.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:36pmIt’s already been stated that the branding will remain the same regardless of whether or not the branding changes
MJS
September 3rd, 2019 - 2:31pmPre-ordered!! Looks gorgeous. That trailer is amazing
Lee
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:30pmGreat! Just ordered from Zoom. The date is a little close to Christmas though. I hope they’re going to take into account the Christmas Post, as it might take a little longer for delivery.
Rob W
September 3rd, 2019 - 5:46pmZoom are pretty good as I’ve had releases the Saturday, 2 days prior to the release. They also do First Class/Next Day Drlivery but at an additional charge though.
Lee
September 4th, 2019 - 4:42pmTrue, but I wouldn’t pay £5 for next day Zoom delivery, otherwise you’d lose the benefit of the 10% discount code. If paying that, it would be the same price to get it from Amazon, which would come via Amazon logistics anyway, and not through Royal Mail. Even sending first class post from Zoom, I still think it could have a few days delay at Christmas time (unless we get lucky and RM is extremely efficient). Hoping they take it into account and decide to send them out a few days earlier than usual.
I’m not in any rush for it, but it would be great to get it before Christmas, if possible.
ChrisP
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:25pmLooks great!
(though not expecting it’ll arrive till January!)
Wonder which one they’ll show at the BFI to promote it
The Flying Shark
September 3rd, 2019 - 4:53pmCurse of Fenric!
Kenny
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:08pmDefinitely will pre-order this whenever it becomes available in my continent. Pleased to see that the rumors of them including the TV movie on this set are currently unfounded, leaves hope of them building a set around that and the Wilderness Years.
flint
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:03pmcan’t wait. what do you think next years line up going to be?
The Flying Shark
September 3rd, 2019 - 1:07pmI reckon 14, 6, 20 and maybe 2 or 9?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 2:54pm14, 6, 20 and 11
EndlessTimelord
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:53amAmazing! Andrew Cartmell was telling me about this at lfcc and couldn’t wait!
I have hope we’ll get it on time as season 10 was released with no delays.
Will it be up on zoom soon?
Daniel O’Brien
September 3rd, 2019 - 12:19pmIt’s on Zoom now.
TheBrigadier@2013
September 3rd, 2019 - 12:48pmLet’s not get our hopes up too much…..Season 23 k Amazon has now been put back to 7th October. Unless, of course, they’ve slated Seaon 26 for 23rd December to give plenty of time for any delays. The gap between Season 10 and 23 is about 2 months. The gap between Season 23 and 26 is nearer to 3 months?
Chris Howarth
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:43amI Hope Nicholas Courtney’s episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures are included in this set.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 12:58pmMight be better off on the time warrior as both the brig and the sontarans feature on both the time warrior and the 2 sja adventures eps.
dazzleshell
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:15amLooking forward to getting this. My first Doctor and favourite of Classic Who. The artwork is brilliant.
I hope they manage to bring the release forward by a week on this one though (with no delays) so I can enjoy it over Christmas.
30 years since Classic Who ended. Madness.
dazzleshell
September 3rd, 2019 - 12:53pmThe trailer is great with the nod to what we learned in SJA Death of the Doctor.
Just ordered it from Zoom.
(Waiting for the usual comments about price versus episode count, especially since it is £1 more than previous releases).
Bailey H
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:57amBuying For My Doctor Can’t Wait For This To Be Out
BeeversMaster
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:50amI have all of these so far and blimey they are magnificent!
I cannot wait for this to come out.
David
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:00amThis set looks amazing! They’ve truly done it again with these features and the artwork too! Quick question though, I understand that you have broadcast versions and then extended versions of specific stories, but for what is a “work print” version of Ghost light?
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:11amIt’s an extended version, but since the deleted scenes do not exist in broadcast quality they called it that.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:19amThe deleted scenes have a massive timestamp from what I can remember
David
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:25amOooh right I get you! Sounds amazing to ha e so much included on the set. The JNT documentary is perhaps on of the selling point along with the set as a whole for me.
The Mysterious Stranger
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:24amTo expand a little further on the Ghost Light work print edition.
Almost all the episodes from this era exist as 71 edits, which is the name given to the initial rough cut of the episode before they had to be cut down to the standard 25 minutes. Often these 71 edits are used a basis for the restorations because they’re the highest quality masters
Sadly, these don’t survive for Ghost Light and the only deleted material that does survive is low-quality timecoded VHS footage. Yet, Ghost Light is largely cited as a story that would benefit from an extended edit, it was even considered during its production extending it from 3 episodes to 4. So, because of the limited source material it’s being treated as a ‘what-if’ edition, rather than as a special or extended edition, as per other stories, such as Battlefield and Fenric, hence ‘work print’ edition.
The Flying Shark
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:47amBeautiful design!
Robert Sienicki
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:14amWeren’t there a speculations about adding Wilderness Years to this release? Or the rumour was about separate release for them?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:42amIt was speculation based upon peter crocker mentioning the TV movie might appear on a s26 set. It seems that it won’t be the case though
Neill Stringer
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:39amIs there a possibility the TV movie and wilderness years could still be a release and give Paul McGann his cover?
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:00amAfter Seeing what they manage to cook up for season 23 and 26 I can definitely see it.
dazzleshell
September 3rd, 2019 - 11:20amI expect we will get a Wilderness Years Collection separately in the future. Including the TV Movie, Comic Relief special etc…
I still can’t see us getting Dimensions in Time though. Unless some of sale goes towards Children in Need and surviving cast agree to it. It was made on understanding it wouldn’t be released apparently.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:08amCracking set of extras. 3 versions of battlefield and curse. A workprint of ghost light. A making of for curse of fenric. A Matthew sweet in conversation with Sophie Aldred. Writers room with all the s26 writers and Andrew Cartmel. A feature length documentary on jnt. Marek anton back discussing the destroyer. There is plenty to like.
The ergon
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:03amGhostlight extended workprint. I may purchase when i find out more whats been done. This particular story would benefit also from optional updated special effects
DWSeblingg
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:47amYes! I’m so excited for this. This is the only one I’m going to get and hopefully go to the screening to.
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:37amBit disappointed with the extras on this given where the bar was set on the previous sets. Plus Janet grates on me in Behind the Sofa as she quite rudely talks over the top of the other guests.
philip Shaw
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:38amI imagine there are more features to be announced as it seems a bit sparse for 7 discs. Perhaps the TV movie may be included…maybe not though as McGann is not on the cover and you would have thought he would have a small pic behind McCoy…
Toast Fright
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:08amJanet Fielding is one of the highlights of Behind the Sofa. She’s a very funny person. She seems to intimidate a lot of of online fans, which is also very funny!
Paul Armstrong
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:15amJanet does come across as fairly rude. I know the mouth on legs thing is a running gag, but let other people finish speaking. She kind of spoiled a lot of behind the sofa for me.
Gordon
September 3rd, 2019 - 10:25amThe TV movie won’t be on this. There is simply no room for it and it’s extras.
Albus Klimt
September 3rd, 2019 - 6:27pmI don’t find Janet intimidating, I just find her incredibly ill-mannered in these features
TigerMan1995
September 4th, 2019 - 1:44amI find Janet quite enjoyable on the Behind the Sofas.
Geoff Lake
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:12amLet’s hope Ghostlight looks better than previous releases.
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:06amFinally. Ghost Light will be restored slightly better.
TheMaster
September 3rd, 2019 - 8:00amWill it really be released Christmas week?
As companies tend not to release dvds/bluray around then normally.
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2019 - 7:56amI love 7 but 23rd of December
You can’t be serious???
That’ll never arrive on time
Jason
September 3rd, 2019 - 9:46amBearing in mind how often these releases are delayed by a week or more, it’ll probably be pushed back until early 2020!
Tardis7K
September 3rd, 2019 - 7:50amI don’t like the release date a little close to call