March 15th, 2019
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Doctor Who The Collection Season 18 Blu-ray
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BBC Studios announces Tom Baker’s final series as the next instalment in the DOCTOR WHO: THE COLLECTION Blu-ray range
BBC Studios continues to offer Doctor Who fans the opportunity to build their own home archive on Blu-ray. Following the sell-out success of Tom Baker’s debut season, his seventh and final series will be released on 25th February as Doctor Who – The Collection: Season 18.
Tom Baker’s final year saw the programme undergo radical changes in front of the cameras and behind the scenes.
Producer John Nathan-Turner revamped the series with new writers, new directors, a new title sequence and theme arrangement, glossy production standards and – throughout the course of the season – a brand new regular cast. Over seven classic adventures the Doctor and his companions encountered the Foamasi, Meglos, the Marshmen, vampires and Tharils, building to a final deadly showdown between the Doctor and his arch nemesis the Master.
As a special bonus this set also includes the 1981 K9 & Company Christmas pilot episode, plus hours of brand new material.
Starring alongside Tom Baker are Lalla Ward as Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan, Anthony Ainley as the Master, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah-Jane Smith and John Leeson as K9.
Special Features exclusive to this set include:
- New Making-Of documentary and updated special effects for Logopolis
- Revealing new 2019 commentaries moderated by Matthew Sweet (Tom Baker on The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward & Rachel Davies on State Of Decay)
- Surround sound mix for Warriors’ Gate
- Rare behind-the-scenes footage from The Leisure Hive, Full Circle and Logopolis
- Eight more editions of Behind The Sofa
- Brand new documentaries The Writers Room and Weekend With Waterhouse
- New interview with K9 & Company’s Ian Sears
- Another dip into the Panopticon convention archives with Tom Baker
- HD photo galleries plus scripts, production files and rare documentation provided as PDFs
- The eight-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD.
All material has been remastered for Blu-ray by Peter Crocker and Mark Ayres. Lee Binding has provided stunning packaging and new series writer/content consultant Pete McTighe has written another extensive booklet. Russell Minton is Executive Producer.
Blu-ray trivia: when filming took place for Logopolis (1980), Tom Baker’s last adventure, the intention was to shoot at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory. Instead, production took place at Crowsley Park with the team using model shots.
For the brand new Blu-ray, almost 40 years later, BBC Studios received permission to film at Jodrell Bank with a drone. Offered as an alternative viewing option, fans will now be able to experience the finished product just as it was originally intended.
DOCTOR WHO: THE COLLECTION – SEASON 18 includes the following stories from 1980/81:
- The Leisure Hive (four episodes)
- Meglos (four episodes)
- Full Circle (four episodes)
- State Of Decay (four episodes); Warriors’ Gate (four episodes)
- The Keeper Of Traken (four episodes)
- Logopolis (four episodes)
- plus K9 & Company – A Girl’s Best Friend.
RRP: £56.16
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creed
December 1st, 2018 - 11:09amIf I preorder from hmv, will I charged upon ordering or when the item is dispatched?
Gordon
December 1st, 2018 - 11:14amYou get charged when it gets dispatched. There is also the PayPal option which means you get charged straight away
Anonymous
December 1st, 2018 - 4:27pmAnd if the hmv price goes down that’s the price you’ll pay
Andrew
November 30th, 2018 - 6:25pmIf you order this on Amazon before 5th December use code freedelivery and you won’t pay delivery on it! Just cancelled my original order and placed a new order with the code
philip shaw
November 30th, 2018 - 8:56pmYou don’t pay delivery on anything over £20 usually anyway…
Lee
November 30th, 2018 - 9:52pmWhy did you cancel the original?
I just select free delivery every time, as it’s always free on anything over £20.
The cheapest this will go down to is £39.99, so it’ll still be free delivery.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 11:24pmHi
If I order from Zoom
Do they take the money on dispatch or when you place the order
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 11:30pmThey will do a hold charge of £1. Which is returned to you. Then the money gets taken off just before delivery. The option of paying it now via PayPal is also available
Rob W
November 29th, 2018 - 9:19amYou may also recieve your blu-rays on the Saturday before the Monday release day too…
Anonymous
November 29th, 2018 - 10:53amHi
Thank you for the replies
Thanks for the help
booboo
November 29th, 2018 - 11:09amyes is a paypal thing with all retailers
Dr. 1963
November 28th, 2018 - 8:32pmMost likely, it will ACTUALLY be released in December!
TigerMan1995
November 28th, 2018 - 9:49pmSeason 19 is December, Season 18 is February/March (UK/US)
Dr. 1963
November 29th, 2018 - 3:39pmNo, what i meant was next December since they delay the boxsets so much!
Gordon
November 29th, 2018 - 4:14pmA 3 week delay is hardly 10 months.
Dr. 1963
November 29th, 2018 - 9:24pmTrust me, Gordon the delay feels like 10 months
Gordon
November 29th, 2018 - 10:18pmBut necessary. There was authoring issues which meant manufacturaring taking longer than expected. I’d rather see them take as long as necessary
At least it isn’t as bad as the 14 month delay for the ambassadors dvd
Dr. 1963
November 30th, 2018 - 6:48pmYeah, Gordon, you are right, always!
Roosta
November 28th, 2018 - 7:39pmI am frustrated by these releases because as I missed out on S12 and future collection will forever be missing that set – which makes owning the others all a bit pointless IMO. If they re-release in a “standard” packaging then I can get those but as Gordon has suggested that they won’t actually be doing this and no further physical copies of S12 will be produced why should I bother investing in these other sets? Although even if they did re-release in a Standard I would then want ALL of them in the same packaging and so would wait each time rather than by a set that won’t match! It is so silly from where I sit, that knowing from past experience with the dvd range and how fussy we can be with our spines and “sets” that they would go down this route but there you have it, it is what it is! My loss i suppose.
Lee
November 28th, 2018 - 10:13pmWhy don’t you pick up the US set? I know it won’t exactly match when it comes to the boxes, but at least you’ll have the HD episodes and extra content. Better than nothing and at least you’ll be able to have the full set.
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 10:37pmI’d still buy seasons 19/18. There is always the chance that someone may sell an affordable version of season 12. Of it ever does gets rereleased down the line the ltd box set version price will drop considerably.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 11:08pmCopies of 12 on ebay for £60
Jon
November 30th, 2018 - 11:13amI’m in the same boat and can totally relate to you. I Missed 12 and now not going to be picking-up any of these because I doubt there will be a re-release in the same packaging.
Such a shame for those of us who aren’t as committed as the hardcore fans and have a more casual attitude towards purchasing. At least if there were some communication around series 12 and if it were going to be re-released in this packaging. The entire ‘grab it now or forever loose your chance’ just turns me right off. What ever happened to just going to a shop and buying something when you wanted to?
I would have bought every single one of these and now will not be buying any for the sake of one boxset, what’s the point to drop hundreds and hundreds of pounds to have an incomplete set?
Plus, the streaming version on Amazon is SD and not HD so not even going to go that route. As a viewer I miss out, the BBC miss out on my money so where does that leave us? Makes zero business sense and a total farce IMO.
Rick
November 28th, 2018 - 2:07pmGordon, what is the likelyhood that the new series could be released as part of The Collection range on Blu-Ray?
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 4:05pmPossibly. No guarantees though
Prof Horner
November 28th, 2018 - 1:43pmDisappointed it’s not season ten , sti!l look forward to getting this and this and season nineteen are the best of JNT. Just need to get a Blu-ray player for Christmas and I will be away!
Ogron
November 29th, 2018 - 8:33amSeason 10 is next.
Gordon
November 29th, 2018 - 8:57amThat’s whats rumoured to be next. For a while it was rumoured the running order was going to be 19 10 18 but obviously that didn’t happen. Plans may change
Alvin Amey
November 28th, 2018 - 1:14pmI’m not too keen on Season 18 and I already own all the stories on DVD, but what the heck I’ll still buy it and support the range,
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 1:02pmCan I just say I adore the cover on this. The best out of the three. I do hope season 7 or 10 is next
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 12:42pmYes another set with a few episodes i havent seen, out of this set ive only watched and own The Keeper of Traken and Logopolis, whats everyones opinions of the other episodes and K9 and Company because i havent seen that either (as much as i am a massive Doctor Who fan theres still a lot of classic episodes i havent seen haha)
DalekAgent
November 28th, 2018 - 12:43pmThat was me
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 4:37pmSeason 18 looks good and the stories are less tongue in cheek than the previous season. I quite like this season. Lalla and tom work well together, k9 keeps being sidelined In these stories which I didn’t mind. Nyssa is a great addition, tegan is performed well but she does grate a bit! Adric is a bit marmite, people either love him or hate him. I didn’t mind his character, but I do think his acting inexperience does show through sometimes.
As for the stories. The leisure hive is good fun, meglos is the same, although both suffer from some overacting (names have been withheld to protect the hammy) but overall I enjoy them. Full circle is great, good story and good looking monster. I love state of decay, great story, good acting and vampires in a teatime time slot! Which meant no blood! I have to say I find warrior’s gate a bit hard work, acting is good though. Keeper is great as well, Geoffrey beevers is excellent as the master and it introduces nyssa as well. I like logopolis as well, although I find ainley less convincing as the master. He’s fun but overly loopy.
Now the important bit. My opinion means nothing. Try them all yourself and make up your own mind
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 4:43pmSorry missed out k9 and company. Lots of people have a downer on it but it’s ok. Story is decent, acting is generally good but there are few dodgy performances. I find it passes over quickly enough and I’ve always enjoyed watching it. Not perfect but it is decent. The theme tune is embarrassing though!
Moonfall777
November 30th, 2018 - 12:18amThe Leisure Hive and Meglos are interesting, albeit bizarre, but feel totally unique compared to the previous seasons. Next, Full Circle never completely comes together, but is still a decent watch. State of Decay is my personal fave out of the run, and one of my all-time favorite episodes, period. And lastly, I never finished Warrior’s Gate before Hulu removed it, but it’s an intriguing, atmospheric tale, from what I can tell. And since the last two stories lead directly to Castrovalva, I’m glad 19 and 18 are being released so close to each other.
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 12:41pmhttps://youtu.be/WqgaRb3Le5Q
Trailer. Pure class
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 12:55pmGalactic Glitter Package Tours were created by Chameleon Tours and Navarion Nostalgia Trips, as part of the Max Capricorn/Kerblam Company.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 2:43pmThe E stands for Excellent.
GallifreyanKnight
November 28th, 2018 - 11:57amWell I’m glad that this is an ongoing range.
Hopefully all 26 seasons will eventually end up on blu-ray, minus the still missing 97 episodes from the archive of course.
I just wish I had got S12 when it was available. I had the money, so I have no idea why I didn’t pull the trigger.
When this range is eventually complete, my S12 and Lost In Time DVD’s are going to stand out like a sore thumb.
doctor whom
November 28th, 2018 - 11:41amwhy do these have to be blue rays, iv’e been wanting to collect these for ages but i don’t have a blue ray player!!
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 11:58amBecause a lot of the technological improvements used to restore these episodes wouldn’t benefit the dvds. Also due to the sheer amount of extras it would take much more discs than the dvds. For instance season 19 has about 27 hours of extras. That’s about 9 discs just for the extras. You would be looking at about 16 discs. The cost of the dvds would end up being more expensive than the blu rays.
Alvin Amey
November 28th, 2018 - 1:16pmI recommend investing in a bluray player as they are dropping in price these days and they will still play your DVDs
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 5:10pmThen buy the DVDs?!
doctor whom
November 30th, 2018 - 12:26pmthanks for getting back to me so quickly!!!
Bryan
November 28th, 2018 - 11:29amWow, was not expecting the Third instalment so soon,specially as Season 19 has been pushed back to 10th September.
Excellent these are coming faster. Beautiful Cover and internal images (is that Tom Baker,sitting in an Alzarian glade, from the Stereoscopic pics. looks stunning.
and the extras look superb
Tyler Prescott
November 28th, 2018 - 10:17amI’d get these, but I’d rather have a complete DVD collection than a mix of DVDs and Blu-Rays.
Dalek Eye Stalk
November 28th, 2018 - 1:01pmI’m happy enough with the quality of the episodes on the DVDs. I’ve spent a lot of money buying those over the years. I can’t get excited about upcoming Blu-ray releases. Seems a waste of money to me.
Duncan
November 28th, 2018 - 9:34amDoes anyone know if these sets are going to get a standard release?
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 10:15amno, BBC have been very clear that these are “the final” releases, all will be available online digitally but when they are gone, they are gone. Few commenters on her will tell you different but I can assure you when season 12 was announced the BBC was upfront that this was the last physical release for all of these, this is why the extras are so full as they have squeezed everything they can
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 10:36amIf you want the standard versions just buy the us version. They are region free
the ergon
November 28th, 2018 - 3:01pmAre the region free US versions in Blu-ray Sealed plastic cases?
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 4:03pmYes
Luck4Unow
November 28th, 2018 - 6:42amWell that is my preorder set.
And I now can now set my viewing schedule for early 2019. I will watch Season 18 in February, going into a Season 19 marathon in March. Perhaps Season 10 will be ready for mid-year?
Lee
December 1st, 2018 - 7:17pmJust a bit of friendly advice here – watch them as soon as you get them. After the Season 12 mistakes, I’d advise watching them to check there’s no mistakes on the discs ASAP. Hopefully there won’t be on future releases, but I’d rather find out sooner than later.
Gordon
December 1st, 2018 - 8:45pmI’m sure if there is any issues people will notice them and bring them to peoples attention. It’s out in the us on Tuesday. We should at least know by release date if there are any issues. Chris chapman who has been doing some of the documentary’s on these sets has said they are taking the criticism of the season 12 on board and taking quality control very seriously
Lee
December 1st, 2018 - 9:08pmCompletely agree on that Gordon, however there could still be faults with individual sets, discs not playing, etc. And I wouldn’t want to risk waiting 3 months. As you’d never get a refund after that time from a retailer. Plus you’d probably not be able to pick one up cheap again if they sell out. I wouldn’t risk waiting 3 months on anything I’d bought before finding out there’s a problem with it. Retailers aren’t always as forgiving about sending things back. Although I don’t know what the BBC policies are. If you found out you had a defective disc after 3 months, would they let you return it?
Good to hear they’ve taken the feedback on board though.
flo
November 28th, 2018 - 5:47amyes….yes….yes….YESSSSS ! 🙂
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 5:33amJesus, that’s possibly Lee Binding’s best work.
Anon
November 28th, 2018 - 2:47amWhat!? Out of all the classic-who seasons? Season 18? Who could forget such critically acclaimed episodes such as “The Leisure Hive” featuring the Slitheen’s reptilian cousins, or “That one with the cactus”! Introducing fan-favourite companions like Adric!
Tell you what though, the Jodrell Bank stuff for Logopolis sounds interesting. I hope they fix those awful model shots of the action figure Tom dangling from the radio telescope.
Matt P
November 28th, 2018 - 11:05amNot forgetting the cardboard cut out Master in the doorway watching the action 😉
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 1:59amJust over £35 for 8 discs and plenty of new extras. Bargain
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 1:27amKnew it was coming sooner rather than later. Glad it’s out before season 10. There is much higher scope for extras in season 18 than 10
Adam W
November 28th, 2018 - 12:35amLooks like zoom.co.uk have also got it, at 38.99
flo
November 28th, 2018 - 5:41amAmazon pre-order prices will decrease as usual 🙂
Adam W
November 28th, 2018 - 12:33amLooks like zoom.co.uk have it too. For 38.99.
http://www.zoom.co.uk
TM
November 28th, 2018 - 12:31amBlu-Ray is expensive, DVD is cheaper.
J45ON96
November 28th, 2018 - 12:43amBlu-ray has been getting consistently cheaper for the better part of a decade, look at the upcoming Red Dwarf set for an example of that.
Blu-ray allows for 50-60hz recordings to be utilised properly, and uncompressed video and audio, and other High-definition content to be used.
So, to respond to your comment, yes, DVD is cheaper, but it’s also a much lesser format, so what do you expect?
TigerMan1995
November 28th, 2018 - 12:59amWell, Amazon’s set wrong. It’s the usual 40 quid. And the DVD all added up are 43.16 and that has Castrovalva included
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 1:42amAmazon is just listing the rrp price. It will drop. Nobody pays that
Steven Appleton
November 28th, 2018 - 1:46amDVD is also old hat too, keep with the times
Duncan
November 28th, 2018 - 9:30amDvd maybe old hat but they still outsell blu rays
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 10:14amShada sold more on blu ray than dvd
the ergon
November 28th, 2018 - 10:43amI would buy these if they had the same kind of packaging as the shada release. These are more prone to wear and are more fragile.
i say this because i got the season 12( with the faults) having checked it over and the overall picture quality for Bluray didn,t seem any different in fact a few of the episodes weren,t as good and looked quite blurry. The additional extras were alright but not good enough to justify keeping this so i sent it back. I can only hope the replacements for that release were a massive improvement. it put me off but i,m glad so many people are enjoying them. If season 12 hadn,t had the problems i may have bought them just for the disc and replaced them inside the standard DVD release.
the ergon
November 28th, 2018 - 10:46amGordon. How do you personally rate these stories for this season?
Gordon
November 28th, 2018 - 11:05amMy copy of season 12 is in fantastic condition. Not damaged in any way. I can’t agree with the picture quality being better on dvd. Watching it on a 50 inch tv I found the difference very noticeable. As for rating the stories it’s been years since I watched these so my memory might seem a bit off but from memory:
Leisure hive: 6/10
Meglos: 4/10
Full circle: 8/10
State of decay: 7/10
Warriors gate: 9/10
Keeper Of Traken: 3/10 (dullllllllll)
Legopolis 8/10
K9 and company: 5/10
I’m not a massive fan of the season
the ergon
November 28th, 2018 - 3:14pmMay seem a lot clearer if on 50 inch or play clearer on UHD, even though the picture is downgraded and just for 4k. We own a standard HD 39 inch tv and for me it seemed less the experience, but that may have been those Discs again for season 12.
I like those cliffhangers and the incidental music for the keeper of Traken but yes, there is a lot of dull drawn out conversation inbetween.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 12:31amSo I’m gonna take a guess that the next box set is season 21
TigerMan1995
November 28th, 2018 - 12:59amActually no, Maybe 10. Then 26 at the end of the year.
J45ON96
November 28th, 2018 - 12:30amI just want to say as always, the packaging and artwork is phenomenal, I absolutely love it.
Anonymous
November 28th, 2018 - 12:30amIs the price gonna change?
Adam W
November 28th, 2018 - 12:30amLooks like hmv have it for 39.99
J45ON96
November 28th, 2018 - 12:31amYes, it’s on amazon, and it always will, if you pre-order it and the price drops, you will pay the lower price.
It’s amazing how often this question gets asked.
Adam W
November 28th, 2018 - 12:29amWow! Hope they also release season 12 some point. But this looks good. See how season 19 is and hopefully no issues 🙂
Adam W
November 28th, 2018 - 12:30am*re-release
the ergon
November 28th, 2018 - 12:21amThe liesure hive 7
Meglos 6 A guilty pleasure
full circle 7
State of Decay 5 like the gothic feel and the weakest link of the E space trilogy
Warriors Gate 9 Steve gallaghers Who masterpiece
The keeper of traken 8
logopolis 8 Tom deserved a grander finale instead of that dodgy CS0
K-9 A girls best friend 4. Cheesy and slightly cringeworthy. so 80s