April 18th, 2019
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Doctor Who The Complete Series 4 Steelbook
Available to order from www.zoom.co.uk
Also available to order from www.amazon.co.uk
BBC Studios to release Doctor Who Series Four as Blu-ray Steelbook. Release date 27th May
Re-live the action of David Tennant’s final season as the Doctor in Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series on Steelbook Blu-ray, with new and exclusive artwork. Released on Monday 27th May.
Series Four marked the arrival of the award-winning actor Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show) as the Doctor’s new companion, Donna Noble.
Series Four sees the return of previous companions – Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) and Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) plus an array of guest cast including Sarah Lancashire (Happy Valley), Felicity Kendal (Inside No.9), Fenella Woolgar (Call the Midwife), Tim McInnerny (Game of Thrones), Peter Capaldi (The Thick of It, Fallen Angel, Skins), Phil Davis (Vera Drake) and Tracey Childs (Broadchurch).
Bonus features exclusive to the release include Doctor Who confidential, video diaries, commentaries, Children In Need ‘Time Crash’, plus teasers, trailers and deleted scenes.
The 14 episodes are:
- Voyage of The Damned
- Partners in Crime
- The Fires of Pompeii
- Planet of the OOD
- The Sontaran Stratagem
- The Poison Sky
- The Doctor’s Daughter
- The Unicorn and the Wasp
- Silence of the Library
- Forest of the Dead
- Midnight
- Turn Left
- The Stolen Earth
- Journey’s End
The Doctor and Donna travel back to Pompeii on the eve of the infamous eruption where people are slowly turning to stone, investigate a series of grisly murders with the help of Agatha Christie, journey to the home world of the sinister Ood and come face to face with an old enemy of the Doctor.
RELEASE DATE: 27th May RRP: £35.73
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The Jamie
May 21st, 2019 - 1:20pmZoom has sent mine to the warehouse so hopefully not to long now
Anonymous
April 25th, 2019 - 1:26pmBought the Steelbook as it’s slimmer than the standard Blu-Ray set also the artwork is excellent 🙂
Doctor909
April 23rd, 2019 - 11:30amAnyone else kinda hoping that when they get round to Series 8 the get Alice X Zhang to do it in the style she did 9&10? Just thought it’d be pretty cool to have like ‘themes’ for each Drs steelbooks
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2019 - 11:57amStrangely enough yes, I really do perhaps with capaldi looking like he did when he looked at the camera in deep breath after pushing the half face man on to big Ben
Prowl
April 23rd, 2019 - 8:07pmLike the newer style of having the Doctor and companion on the front with series baddies on the back myself. Plus series 9 is soooo expensive now, I would want another chance to get a series 9 steelbook.
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2019 - 2:58amIs it possible to email the BBC if I only want to ask if day of the doctor, time of the doctor and twice upon a time are possible steelbook releases?
Prowl
April 23rd, 2019 - 9:29amI’d like to email them about it as well. Would love those steelbooks.
Daz
April 23rd, 2019 - 11:15amThey will no doubt say there is no information at this time….
Although I have Specials to Series 10 on Bluray already and the Season 5 (crack) steelbook, I will happily buy them again on Steelbook if done. They just look so much better on the shelf.
Just wish they would speed up the releases so we get them faster. Even if 2 series a year.
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2019 - 11:27amIn 2017 we got series 1, 2 and 10 but last year all we got was series 3… I emailed them last year about series 4 and they said that it wasn’t on their release schedule for 2018/2019 but obviously they changed their minds. If we emailed about TDOTD, TTOTD and TUAT, do you think they would subconsciously consider it?
J45ON96
April 23rd, 2019 - 12:46pmIt was probably not on the release schedule for that financial year (April 2018-April 2019) so that’s why they didn’t mention it at the time, that’s normally how they plan these sorts of things.
Rob W
April 23rd, 2019 - 8:02pmFor information on content, potential and forthcoming DVD releases, contact the DVD Enquiry line:-
[email protected]
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 1:40pmWould have been really cool if they’d included the specials in this, as usually they are counted as part of series 4
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 4:56pmSpecials are not part of Series 4. They were shown the follwing year in 2009. They have always been seperate releases. On past DVD’s and Blurays.
They were however numbered as part of series 4 in production.
Anonymous
April 20th, 2019 - 5:08pmRelease position really doesn’t count for much. Episodes are included for convenience (see The Next Doctor which was produced alongside Series 4 and not the Specials) or because of fan demand (see The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe which was not considered part of any series and was not intended to be included in any box sets until there was a fan outcry).
MJS
April 20th, 2019 - 7:13pmAgreed. It seems pointless to have 5 episodes for £3X when you can have 14 for the same. I wish they’d included them in this too.
Prowl
April 21st, 2019 - 7:10amI wanted the specials to be seperate. I’m getting this line for the awesome Steelbook art and want one more Tennant steelbook. Wonder if the specials steelbook would be just him on the front.
JK
April 22nd, 2019 - 3:58pmAgreed. Technically the Christmas specials aren’t part of a series, yet most are included on boxsets as a way to round up a whole series without leaving any extras floating around. The same can be said with “The Day/Time of the Doctor” being apart of Series 7.
Also, they stretched out the 2009 Specials boxset across 5 discs when there’s really only 3 discs worth of content, they could have easily reduced it and bookended it onto S4, but the BBC aren’t in the market of redoing disc content (e.g. that rough copy of Born Again on Series 2 boxset really needs to be replaced), only the packaging now.
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2019 - 2:38amThey are produced and classified with various series, but that’s not always a guarantee of how they’ll be released or marketed.
It’s also possible somebody will come along five years later and completely reclassify everything (The Face of Evil was marketed at the time as the start of a brand new series, yet now we lump it in to “Season 14” because of JNT’s marketing to the Americans in the 80s).
The Flying Shark
April 19th, 2019 - 9:03amIf only people would stop complaining about the logo! I get the collection will look slightly different, but it’s no surprise considering literally everything else has the 2018 logo on now. Doctor Who has never been consistent, but at least you’ll finally have the (almost) complete Tennant era as a steelbook, rather than the different sized cases that plagued the DVD/Blu-Ray range.
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 9:53amExactly!! Thankyou! The logo isn’t important
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 11:05amDo you think they’ll do steelbooks for standalone releases, such as day of the doctor, time of the doctor and twice upon a time? As these 3 stories were never included on a complete series boxset
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 11:20amHope so as it would seem like a waste of resources to do three seperate releases when they could incorporate the stories into the related series cover art
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 12:27pmThe only problem for twice upon a time is there has already been a steelbook for series 10. Would they do a separate one for it? Day of the doctor, time of the doctor and twice upon a time are all significant enough to warrant a steelbook (imo)
Star Lord
April 19th, 2019 - 4:28pmDay/Time were released in the 4 disc 50th Collector’s Edition set, not sure they’d rerelease those discs in a steel book though as it would greatly diminish the value of the original.
I would love to see TwiceUponATime get the steelbook treatment however, as I don’t intend to buy it unless it fits in with the rest of my collection
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 5:01pmHoenslty if they re-released the 50th specials in the form of a steel book, then I would buy
Or perhaps a 4K steelbook. C’mon, Name / Day / Time of the Doctor are some of the best looking doctor who stories and need a 4K treatment, and also include the rest of the 50th stuff as extras. I would pay whatever price they wanted to get an adventure in space and time on blu Ray aswell as the five ish doctors reboot
Star Lord
April 19th, 2019 - 5:38pmI’d actually forgotten Adventure only ever got a blu-ray release as part of the 50th set, pity that.
Anyone know if the 4K version of TUAT is actually all that amazing?
Prowl
April 19th, 2019 - 10:26pmI’d love to see Day/Time get a steelbook together with Day of the Doctor art on it, and I would love a TUAT steelbook as well since it is a regeneration story and a multi doctor story, would buy both in a heartbeat.
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 10:29pmUmmm…TUAT’s 4K isn’t exaclty amazing
Filled with tons of ups along issues. Some parts are really blurry and other very detailed. You can make out the glue on David Bradley’s Wig (deliberate or not). Also it doesn’t help that the episode looks a bit cheap so it doesn’t look all that good. A better use of the 4K treatment is day and time of the Doctor
Anonymous
April 20th, 2019 - 12:57pmRight I am probably the only one one who thinks this. But I honestly love the new logo on the side of the dvd’s And stuff. I love the slipcover for the Macra Terror I didn’t want to take it off. But I do like the old logo on the front, it’s just the new logo is better suited for the side. But that’s very unpopular
Omega63
April 20th, 2019 - 4:15pmI don’t think people have an issue with the new logo itself, just the lack of consistency that it’ll cause here.
J45ON96
April 22nd, 2019 - 11:01amUnfortunately everything is still recorded in plain 1080p up until the start of Series 11, as far as I’m aware.
4K will therefore be an upscale, and while this will allow HDR functionality, and therefore richer colours on screen, you’ll see diminishing returns with regards to the quality of the image comparing it between 4K and standard Blu-ray.
Anonymous
April 23rd, 2019 - 5:33pmSeries 11 was still shot and edited in HD
René
April 18th, 2019 - 8:52pmI also think that this set should have included the specials but hey ho. I understand that season 5 has already had a steel book but it was completely stand alone. Please don’t exclude it. Don’t stop at series 4. Please take greater care with design and continuity in future Amazon
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 12:55amThese steelbooks aren’t Amazon exclusive, the artist also said that it was the BBC who put the logo on the spine, she only did the artwork, but she also said that she would pass on feedback, maybe if enough people have her similar feedback, it would encourage the BBC to keep the 2018 logo to the front of the j card but have the 3rd doctor logo printed on the spine
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 10:24pmWill they redo the season 5 Steelbook?
Prowl
April 19th, 2019 - 10:27pmIf the Series 4 steelbook sells then hopefully we will get a Specials steelbook and it that sells then hopefully a series 5 one.
Jakcson
April 22nd, 2019 - 4:01pmWhat will the side of the Specials steel book say?
THE SPECIALS / 2008-10 SPECIALS?
And how about the 50th with Time of the Doctor – 50th ANNIVERSARY SET?
These are the real questions lol
Step Pasqua
April 18th, 2019 - 1:43pmIs that the same artwork for the ‘April Fool’ announcement of this?
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 4:07amNo, but it is similar.
Anonymous
April 21st, 2019 - 2:20pmDo u have a link?
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:40pmI’ve come to accept that Doctor Who isn’t consistent with branding however as the Logo on the Steelbook isn’t that dominant I think the cardboard slipcase should have the new logo on for the sake of wanting the brand to be 100% consistent but then on the spine for continuity purposes have the old logo on.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 1:46pmWell thats good for the environment. I know people want everything to be uniform, i did when i used to collect the dvds. But its the content, not the packaging that should be the focus. At least they are finally releasing it.
Omega63
April 18th, 2019 - 4:15pmHow can you argue the content should be the focus when the content has been released many years prior. Literally the main selling point of this product is the packaging.
JK
April 18th, 2019 - 4:42pmThey could at least try to get one set of DVD/blu-ray boxsets looking consistent, these steelbooks were the closest thing until the logo / artist change 🙁
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 5:26pmWell you will still buy it anyway so what does it matter if the artist is different and the logos not the same? It is one tiny issue that doesn’t detract from the beautiful artwork or the fact that there is still some interest in rereleasing these series in a better standard for the fans. I love the target books, none of the spines look the same throughout the entire range but it doesn’t stop me from appreciating that it is the content and cover art that entice me. You wont spend hours pouring over the logo, you will spend hours enjoying the artwork and the content which are the most important things.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 10:40pmI’m not complaining with my original comment. I’m just pleased we’ve got this release. I was just suggesting a potential thing that could be done.
Star Lord
April 18th, 2019 - 10:59amPre-ordered from Zoom with 10% off code.
Love that the artist combined Binding’s stardust effects with the softer character art of the Series 3 set. Would still love to see Lee commissioned for the The Specials though.
Moodbeam
April 18th, 2019 - 10:40amI LOVE THIS! But there is ONE problem for me. I know that they want to push the new logo out but WHY OH WHY on a set built for serious collectors do they insist on changing the logo on the spine halfway through the releases. It’s irritating me to no end.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:00pmSame here. They never changed the logo on the complete History even though the spines didn’t even use a logo, but it’s very jarring for these steel books isn’t it 🙁
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:41pmThat was probably down to that line nearing completion at the time the new branding was in place.
J.L
April 18th, 2019 - 4:44pmThe new logo thing is a bad idea..I know they want EVERYTHING Doctor Who-related to have one logo but there’s probably gonna be a new one in a few years time, so that kinda defeats the purpose.
Bushboy
April 18th, 2019 - 9:33pmI just wish that for all merchandise they would use the logo appropriate to the era of the show it represents.
That would at least create a sort of constant diversity, with every period of the shows history made recognisable in its own right.
DWS
April 18th, 2019 - 10:30amBooboo, the comments are closed for The Dalek Parliment eaglemoss set, just wanted to know if they’d fit in with the 5″ inch range?
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 10:36amno they are much smaller, more like the 3.75″
Judooning
April 18th, 2019 - 9:28amOh go on then, I’ll start collecting these now as well as everything else haha
OllieOz
April 18th, 2019 - 8:50amLooks awesome, so glad we’re finally getting this! One minor thing, I think Tennant’s face looks just a bit too soft? Might just be me though.
Prowl
April 18th, 2019 - 8:27amDoesn’t look like Lee did this one to me, would have prefered him. Still looks nice, already pre-ordered it. I wish Donna wsn’t takng up more room on the front than David is, I prefer a 50/50 split of room used by the doctor and compaion more like the first two had. I’m spoiled by the style used for them, still looking forward to owning this one, just as I love my season 3 one. The purple background looks awesome.
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 8:34amThis is the artist…
Prowl
April 18th, 2019 - 8:39pmThe back feels photoshopped too quickly, but the front is really growing on me. I think it captures both the Doctor and Donna’s personalities and the dynamic of their frienship perfectly. Happy with my pre-order.
René
April 18th, 2019 - 8:48pmLove the front. Back seems a little rushed and cramped and cheap. Could have been more detailed. At least it’s been released and it’s not ugly like season 11
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 8:17amOH ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ONE’s ANNOUNCEMENT. I am so glad I never bought series 4 on blu Ray normal. Also the artwork is amazing. Yes it’s got the new logo. But I honestly at this point do not mind that it doesn’t fit the last one. Also this is the regarded best series of New Who by many so it will sell a few copies.
DalekAgent
April 18th, 2019 - 8:07amNow this is a really nice surprise, i have been really tempted for a while to just buy the standard series 4 blu ray box set but i thought they have just cancelled the whole range and im so glad i waited
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 8:20amI think i’ll Just say the same
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 3:57amThis is perfection. I can’t think of anything I would improve.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 1:36amI love how they lost someone from just from game of thrones, despite his starring role in skins, and then have Capaldi credited for a very minor skins role
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 1:37amList*
SJF
April 18th, 2019 - 1:44amYeah…Tim McInnerny wasn’t in Skins…at all…
Robert Sienicki
April 18th, 2019 - 8:59amThey should credit them all for being in Doctor Who.
Starring Sarah Lancashire (Doctor Who), Felicity Kendal (Doctor Who), Fenella Woolgar (Doctor Who), Tim McInnerny (Doctor Who), Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who), Phil Davis (Doctor Who) and Tracey Childs (Doctor Who).
Anonymous
April 19th, 2019 - 1:42pmI took a gamble that is was the guy who plays Chris in skins, as he’s now back in GOT in a big way, and he’s in the Doctor’s Daughter. Got that wrong haha
SJF
April 19th, 2019 - 3:45pmThat really confused me, I was like when was Mr Halpen a main character in skins. He’d be a bit out of place.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:59amHope for the continuation of the steelbook releases to continue after this one has returned.
Doctor Stu
April 18th, 2019 - 12:57amIs this just a standard set you can buy at any time? It’s not limited edition or anything? I really like the art and it’d be good to have the best series as a collection but I’d rather wait until birthday or Christmas so will this still be around by then or is it something that you should order as soon as possible? I’m not really familiar with steel books
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 1:10amlimited edition but then they all were and most are still available, its just a gamble waiting in case they lowered the edition numbers but i expect it will be around for a while
Doctor Stu
April 18th, 2019 - 11:29amAlright thank you
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:47amI think zoom has sorted itself out now
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:34amBig step up from the last steelbook
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:33amI JUST HAD THE DEEPEST BREATH OF LOVE IN MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:36amAND THE BEST SERIES IS GETTING THIS RELEASE ON MA BDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Sorry for this over excited-ness)
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:28amI just bought from zoom.co.uk for £21.50 and it’s now gone up to £999.99 on the website
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 12:18amwell this time zoom’s on the ball
WhovianLife
April 18th, 2019 - 12:26am£999? lol what
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 12:30amwas 23.99 they changed it goodness know why and Amazon link not working
unbelievable
WhovianLife
April 18th, 2019 - 12:35amMaybe it’s being held back for an official announcement from @bbcdoctorwho on Twitter tomorrow?
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 12:37amofficial press release had gone out for 00.01 today so all links should have worked properly for then because they were contained with in it
the Amazon page is there they just haven’t made it viewable on time
goodness knows what zoom are doing, they did just add pictures
WhovianLife
April 18th, 2019 - 12:42amUnusual! It looks stunning though! I wonder what they must be doing with the specials? Separate release?
TheDoctor99
April 18th, 2019 - 12:47amLooks like Zoom fixed the price
booboo
April 18th, 2019 - 12:48amyes all good now
MadamWhatYearIsThis
April 18th, 2019 - 12:17amI was hoping that the specials would be part of this steelbook but oh well, they’ve already ruined the logo uniformity
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:42amThere’s always one….
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:45amI’m not too bothered as we’ve never had a completely uniformed collection, plus I’m just glad that it’s getting a release as I emailed them last year and they said that this was not on their 2018/2019 release schedule, guess they changed their minds!!!
Richard Turner
April 18th, 2019 - 1:26amWhy on earth would it have the specials? They’ve always had their own release.
JK
April 18th, 2019 - 8:37amHaving the specials with Series 4 collection is just tidier, no gaps on the shelf.
MadamWhatYearIsThis
April 18th, 2019 - 2:29pmthat’s exactly why I wanted the specials in with series 4 JK
TheDoctor99
April 18th, 2019 - 12:14amFinally! looks great, I’m guessing the specials will get its own steelbook release then?
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:42amMost likely (most hopefully)
Prowl
April 18th, 2019 - 8:41pmI’m hoping we get the Specials next. even though it’s just 5 episodes, I’d still fork over the money for it.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:11amDo zoom charge right away for preorders?
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 12:43amNo, as I ordered the season 19 blu ray but my card changed between reordering it and dispatch date and my order got cancelled so I had to reorder, so the answer to your question is they charge you ON DISPATCH.
Anonymous
April 18th, 2019 - 5:37pmUnless you use paypal
MJS
April 18th, 2019 - 12:10amAt last!!!