January 4th, 2010
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Doctor Who The Complete Specials DVD Box Set
Doctor Who The Complete Specials DVD Box Set
American artwork but UK is virtually identical
The Next Doctor
Doctor Who at the proms
The next Doctor confidential
New special moving menus
Planet of the Dead
Planet of the Dead Confidential
New special moving menus
The Waters of Mars
Waters of Mars confidential
The End of Time: Part One
Xmas confidential
David Tennant video diary – the final days
BBC idents
Audio commentary on feature
The End of Time: Part Two
New Year confidential
Russell T Davies intro to deleted scenes & deleted scenes
Doctor Who at comic-con 2009
Audio commentary on feature
The Next Doctor: It’s Christmas Eve in 1851 in The Next Doctor and Cybermen stalk the snow of Victorian London. When the Doctor arrives and starts to investigate a spate of mysterious deaths, he’s surprised to meet another Doctor (David Morrissey), and soon the two must combine forces to defeat the ruthless Miss Hartigan (Dervla Kirwan). But are two Doctors enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing?
Planet of the Dead: Starring Michelle Ryan and Lee Evans, Planet Of The Dead was the first of this year’s specials. When a London bus takes a detour to an alien world, the Doctor must join forces with the extraordinary Lady Christina. But the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets, hidden in the sand. And time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer…
The Waters of Mars: The Waters of Mars welcomes Lindsay Duncan as the Doctor’s cleverest and most strong-minded companion. The Waters of Mars is a dark, scary thriller that sees the Doctor land on the planet Mars, at a base in peril. A creeping infection beneath the Martian surface threatens not only the human race, but also the Doctor’s most fundamental beliefs. Together with Adelaide Brooke – the base’s commander – the Doctor must stop a seemingly unstoppable menace before it can reach Earth, and wipe out mankind.
The End of Time: Part One: Join the Tenth Doctor for his final journey in The End of Time Parts One and Two, when his psychotic nemesis the Master has been reborn, on Christmas Eve. With both determined to cheat death, the battle ranges from the wastelands of London to the mysterious Immortality Gate, while the alien Ood warn of an even greater danger approaching, as a terrible shadow falls across the entire Universe.
The End of Time: Part Two: The Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master’s plans hurtle out of control. With the sound of drums growing louder, and an ancient trap closing around the Earth, the Doctor and Wilf must fight alone. But sacrifices must be made, and the deadly prophecy warns: “He will knock four times.”
Released on 11/01/2010
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TheClassicsAreAce
December 21st, 2016 - 11:48amI wonder why they didn’t re-release this on Blu-Ray, as the first 4 series were released on Blu-Ray around that time I think. Anyway, I’d got The Complete Specials on Blu-Ray and Series 1-4 on DVD on my birthday about 1 or 2 years ago.
josh smith
July 21st, 2013 - 2:34pmthe next doctor 2/10
planet of the dead 7/10
the waters of mars 9/10
the end of time part 1 6/10
the end of time part 2 1/10
Angel Of Death
January 1st, 2013 - 5:14pmcan’t wait to get this
this month
The Flying Shark
July 15th, 2012 - 8:29pmI got this from Cash Converters for £8.99. it should have been £9.99, but since I’m such a good customer, she let me have it cheaper. It is amazing, the episode guide is great, but it could have had more special features.
mad man with a box
June 15th, 2011 - 7:55pm😆 really want this got everything else
biggest doctor who fan
November 30th, 2010 - 4:32pmonly got mine from the post saturday
don’t have a clue what it’s like though as I’m keeping it for xmas
here are my ratings for all 5 specials
the next doctor:9/10
planet of the dead:8/10
the waters of mars:8/10
the end of time part 1:10/10
the end of time part 2:10/10
Blu-Ray Dvd
October 26th, 2010 - 3:45pmif someone could create a page on wikipedia about the specials with the dvd artwork on, that would be great 🙂
Jamesbondisatimelord
October 9th, 2010 - 8:25pmthere not vanillas, they have special features so probably not
Chas
October 9th, 2010 - 8:20pmshould i bother with the boxset? i already have the vanillas
davidj
August 21st, 2010 - 12:20pmive got this sad theres no trailers but still awsom
Sontar 7
May 28th, 2010 - 3:59pmI got this. It’s weird how the two parts of ‘The End of Time’ are on two different discs. Also there is a lot missing. Commentaries, trailers, David Tennants’ voiceover announcement…
McGann is The Doctor
May 16th, 2010 - 7:40pmThe Special features for this Box Set are pretty frail in total, there should have really been much much more. I find that with the Classic Series DVDs, the older releases (before dear old 2]Entertain took over) often had rather dissapointing cover, and looked less good without the too entertain Logo at the bottom of the spine, and the Special features were often CRIMINALLY low, apart from the Two Doctors ofcourse, which had Tonnes and Tonnes of them!!
There were never any Box sets until too entertain took over, were there? Goota go now.
McGann is The Doctor
April 3rd, 2010 - 2:16pmQUESTION: How much does it bother me that The Next Doctor, Planet of The Dead and Waters Of Mars, Two Great episodes, do NOT EVEN HAVE AN AUDIO COMMENTARY?! Answer: ALOT.
I recall (Total Recall ,that was a great movie. Sigh Im so easily distracted.) taht when POTD (no, not Pirates Of The Dead-sea. Im referring to Planet of The Dead you stupid…) was being repeated on BBC something, you could press the red button on your remote control and listen to an audio commentary for that episode with David Tennant, and I think Russel T and J Gardiner were the other two people.
The DV people could have EASILY put that onto the DVD. Did they run out of time or were they just to busy lying in bed when they were meant to be creating a worthy DVD Boxset for the Complete Specials?
McGann is The Doctor.
January 26th, 2010 - 9:14amWhat is “As sen in America?” You mean we get to see “The Waters Of Mars uncut and gruesome edition too scary for kids?” Excellantay.
McGann is The Doctor.
January 26th, 2010 - 9:12amNope, cest pas de in the stores every where i have checked but only the rubbish little 3 special cuboid box, I want this one! I want the BIG BOX SET. But then again why buy it just after recently seeing the specials? Lets wait till March or May. Probably March because thats before the new series comes out.
drwhoiscool
January 23rd, 2010 - 9:59amwhere can you get this ive tried everywhere but still cant find it even though its 23/01/10 when it was out on 11/01/10 HELP!!!
Za
January 7th, 2010 - 12:49pmThe cover is a bit of a letdown, but hey, who cares…?
McGann is The Doctor.
January 6th, 2010 - 6:57amHAH! Its only a small matter of time until someone tells me off for writing such lengthy comments! It takes some getting used to, and i have alot to say.
Youll forgive me, I am the Master.
McGann is The Doctor.
January 6th, 2010 - 6:54amNice! I know there wont be one on my Dr who DVD shelf for until about……mayish.
Why? Well it makes sense not to buy a specials box set when you have only recently seen them! By may time it will be more enjoyable to watch them but for now my wallet will be losing weight on the following items:
The four EOT AFs, starting with the gel haired Doctor.
While i buy that, i might spoil myself to death with one Ice Warrior….in addition to two more Ice Warriors! Yes, my bros, the forecast is great:
On jan 15 we can expect half a dozen classic series Dr Who villains and monsters, shortly after Time And The Rani, lets treat our selves to dreamland on DVD.
What did i think of Dreamland? Well, in spite of….wait a sec, this has NOTHING to do with what i think of the Five Specials Box Set! Sheesh one day I could end up writing my life story on this thing.
abc123
January 5th, 2010 - 3:08pmlooks fab can’t wait to get it!!!!
Gsg2dws1
January 5th, 2010 - 8:59amPre-ordered mine 😛