December 19th, 2013
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Time of the Doctor & other Specials DVD
Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor & Other Eleventh Doctor Christmas Specials (DVD)
Release date: 13th January
Available to order from www.bbcshop.com Enter DWMAS10 at checkout for 10% off.
USA Customers can order from www.amazon.com (Time of The Doctor only)
Orbiting a quiet backwater planet, the massed forces of the universe’s deadliest species gather, drawn to a mysterious message that echoes out to the stars. And amongst them – the Doctor. Rescuing Clara from a family Christmas dinner, the Time Lord and his best friend must learn what this enigmatic signal means for his own fate and that of the universe.
This must-have release for fans of Matt Smith’s incarnation of the Doctor will also feature for the first time in one box his other Christmas specials from throughout his four years in the role.
Written by Steven Moffat. Directed by Jamie Payne. Produced by
Marcus Wilson. Executive Producers: Steven Moffat and Brian Minchin.
BONUS FEATURES
• Behind the Lens
• Tales from the TARDIS
• Farewell to Matt Smith
ALSO INCLUDES
• A Christmas Carol (2010 Christmas Special)
• The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe (2011 Christmas Special)
• The Snowmen (2012 Christmas Special)
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Nicholas
December 19th, 2013 - 6:04pmLook. I was against the idea before but look at it this way.
You’re getting the Christmas special, plus 3 extra episodes for the same price as a single DVD. And it looks like a single episode when on the shelf too, at least it isn’t a huge box.
Let’s all stop complaining.
Jaffa Cakes
December 19th, 2013 - 6:18pmIt’s three stories we already own via boxsets though… This set isn’t for “us”.
Nicholas
December 19th, 2013 - 7:07pmI own them all too. (3 copies of ACC, 1 copy of TDTWATW and 2 copies of TS) But you aren’t paying any extra for the other episodes. They’re free.
DWfan
January 17th, 2014 - 8:01pmWho’s “us”
videogamemad00
December 19th, 2013 - 6:01pmHope it gets a seperate release. Otherwise that would be my 3rd copy of A Christmas Carol.
Sam Bentley
December 19th, 2013 - 5:59pmHighly disappointed with this. TTotD won’t be on the Series 8 DVD, and I have all the other specials already. It better get a single release. I won’t be happy if they don’t release it. I don’t want all the others again.
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:27pmWhat’s wrong with having extra episodes. It’s just a tribute to Matt Smith.
Alex
December 19th, 2013 - 5:49pmda fuq? why is this must have, i already have all the other specials, i expect the time of the doctor to be released seperately aswell
CyberGuy500
December 18th, 2013 - 5:53pmDoes anyone know if The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot will be included on this?
matparks08
December 19th, 2013 - 5:58pmit’s not an ’11th Doctor Xmas Special’ so wouldn’t have thought so
Jedi Jim
December 17th, 2013 - 12:37amThe “other” specials will probably be BBC America extras.
callum simmons
December 16th, 2013 - 11:27pmI reckon this will be the “Doctor” Trilogy. That title screams preliminary. My thoughts on what this may be:
Name Of The Doctor
Day of The doctor (2D as 3D would just muck it up again like it did on vanilla release)
Time Of The Doctor.
Plus some special features like: Doctor who proms 2013, Ultimate guide, Probs a behind the scenes for Time Of The Doctor, Maybe another minisode or something else, a trailer maybe.
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:28pmStart a petition. I would, I just don’t know how or where to do it.
Johnny
December 16th, 2013 - 8:21amGreat spoiler there, in the synopsis!
Morgan
December 16th, 2013 - 6:13amOK. I want to just focus on the adventure itself. People, this can’t be the final incarnation of the Doctor as towards the ending of ‘Let’s Kill Hitler’ River Song gave all her remaining regenerations to the Doctor! So either it’s not the final Dr or Steven just doesn’t want to do the show anymore.
BigBangTwo
December 16th, 2013 - 4:41pmShe didn’t give him all her regenerations, she used up them all up to bring him back to life.
Andy
December 17th, 2013 - 8:23amI gather you missed all the Peter Capaldi announcements, to believe what you have written. Of course he isn’t the last Doctor.
Mikeyboss182
December 15th, 2013 - 6:53pmI like to think that this box set will include The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor. I purposely did not buy the vanilla release of The Day of the Doctor because I assumed that it would be released in a box set along with Time similar to the 2009 specials in 2010.
DWfan
January 17th, 2014 - 9:33pmWrong
whorules
December 15th, 2013 - 4:06pmit doesn’t actually state that this is a box set. i think it will be the time of the doctor dvd and maybe more of the small mini-sode type things, some of those have not been released yet. but at £20 it won’t feature lots of other stories.
DWfan
January 17th, 2014 - 9:34pmIt features another 3
The Other Scarman
December 15th, 2013 - 10:12amSONTARANS?! :O
Cyberking281
December 15th, 2013 - 8:24amI bet after all this guessing of what they mean by “other matt smith specials”, they could be somthing new and exclusive, only time will tell 🙂
Sam Davern
December 14th, 2013 - 8:55pmIt might include an Extended Edition of The Day of the Doctor.
Andy
December 15th, 2013 - 11:22amIt really won’t. Not while DotD is so new and available.
RORY DOCTOR RIVER POND
December 14th, 2013 - 7:40pmso what is actually in this set?
videogamemad00
December 14th, 2013 - 7:49pmProbably The Day Of The Doctor and The Time Of The Doctor. I believe it was originally going to have The Doctor, The Widow And The Wardrobe but everyone complained it wasn’t on the series 7 box set.
Joe
December 15th, 2013 - 11:37amI would have thought
1 A Christmas Carol
2 The Dr, The Widow and the Waldrobe
3 The Snowmen
4 The Night of the Dr
5 The Last Day
6 The Day of the dr
7 The Time of the dr
Mark P
December 14th, 2013 - 7:28pmOn release the David Tennant 2009 specials box sets had a DVD RRP of £39.99 and Blu-ray RRP of £49.99 (before any retailer discounts) and in the case of the DVD had The Next Doctor/ Planet of the Dead/ Waters of Mars and extras on 5 discs.
These Matt Smith 2014 specials box set have a DVD RRP of £20.42 and Blu-ray RRP of £25.52 so the disc count and content will be less than the previous specials box set.
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:31pmThere is no Matt Smith specials box set yet. If so give a link.
the astronaut of death
December 14th, 2013 - 5:22pmI imagine is this will be
a Christmas carol
the doctor the widow and the wardrobe
the snowmen
the day of the doctor
the time of the doctor
and mabey the 11th hour
Sam Bentley
December 14th, 2013 - 5:31pmI doubt it. Four of those are already on Series Boxsets. It’ll be like the Tennant specials – the ones that aren’t on a Series Boxset. I really con’t see them releasing some of those for a third time.
the astronaut of death
December 14th, 2013 - 5:42pmwell out of those the only ones that are not on a box set is the day of the doctor and the time of the doctor
so I imagine it will be ALL his special
there is no point in releasing a box set with just 2 eps
Sam Bentley
December 14th, 2013 - 5:51pmYes there is. Why is there no point in that? I reckon it will be The Day of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor – and they may even include The Name of the Doctor just so that the whole trilogy is there.
I really just can’t see them releasing all of those, especially as it is only £20.43, and if this is the only release that The Time of The Doctor is getting – then I don’t want to have two copies of some of these episodes. Waste of money then.
Trenzalore
December 14th, 2013 - 6:01pmDon’t forget night of the doctor 😉
the astronaut of death
December 14th, 2013 - 6:22pmyeah but the name of the dr is not a specail
Alex The Geek
December 15th, 2013 - 2:50pmI agree with Sam Bently. Although it may include AAISAT or Night Of The Doctor it won’t include things like a Christmas Carol or The Snowmen.
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:32pmIt does include A Christmas Carol and The Snowmen.
McGann is the Doctor
December 14th, 2013 - 4:40pmSo this won’t get a single release? that’s lame
CyberGuy500
December 14th, 2013 - 4:37pmDoes this mean all his Christmas specials or just the 2013 specials (The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor)?
Anonymous
December 14th, 2013 - 4:11pm1. The Christmas Carol
2. The doctor the window the wardrobe
3. The snowmen
4 The day of the doctor maybe
And The time of the doctor
James A
December 14th, 2013 - 3:31pmOther specials?
I feel it would be better to either re-release series 7 boxset with Day and Time of the Doctor on a additional disc or release it with series 8 (even though that wont be out till early 2015 at the last, plus it would look weird having two Doctors presenting one season.
drjakeyoung
December 14th, 2013 - 12:55pmIt’s almost guaranteed that this boxset will include the following:
The day of the doctor
the time of the doctor
an adventure in time and space
all mini episodes/prequels that haven’t yet been released.
all the extra’s on the individual releases
a couple of exclusive minisodes
all the programs that have been show to celebrate the 50th (including the next doctor live) plus the proms 2013, comic con 2013 and the official 50th celebration as when i was there, they were filming bits of it that looked like it could be a DVD extra.
drjakeyoung
December 14th, 2013 - 1:08pmI am going to send an email to BBC worldwide and see what this boxset is about.
gordon
December 14th, 2013 - 1:16pmDoubt it will have adventure in time in space. With the cost quoted its rrp is £25 I doubt it will be as many as 4 discs which would be needed for all the items you listed.
drjakeyoung
December 14th, 2013 - 1:44pmWell series 7 is 5 disks and at the moment on BBC shop it is £25.
gordon
December 14th, 2013 - 4:45pmBut that wasn’t the rrp of it. Series 7 rrp was 51 quid when first released. This set is an rrp of half that. Thats why I think it won’t be as much as 4 discs. 3 at most.
Sam Bentley
December 14th, 2013 - 4:53pmWhy would An Adventure in Space and Time be included? It wasn’t a Matt Smith Special. Neither was the Proms 2013. And the Celebration Event was shown on YouTube.
I expects this boxset to be The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor and maybe even The Name of the Doctor thrown in there for good measure and to complete the trilogy. And don’t expect many new bonus features, in fact don’t expect too much at all, not until we have confirmation of what’s included.
Sam Bentley
December 14th, 2013 - 4:59pmThis won’t include An Adventure in Space and Time. Why would it, it is not a Matt Smith Special.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this boxset consisted of just The Day of the Doctor and The Time of the Doctor – and maybe The Name of the Doctor thrown in for good measure and to complete the trilogy.
Don’t expect much when it comes to bonus features either. I’m not saying there won’t be any – but not as many as you are hoping for. Especially not the Doctor Who Live specials.
G Soanes
December 15th, 2013 - 3:09amIt is a 2 disc DVD/Blu-ray set, the main feature being ‘The Time Of The Doctor’ [2013 Christmas special], also included are ‘Doctor Who; The Ultimate Guide'[as seen on BBC3], ‘The Science Of Doctor Who'[ shown on BBC2] and ‘Doctor Who At The Proms 2013. Release date 13/1/13
Sam Bentley
December 15th, 2013 - 11:43amIf G Soanes is correct then I’ll be very happy with that boxset.
Shane McEntee
December 15th, 2013 - 11:58pmI hope it has An Adventure in Time and Space since that’s unavailble on Bluray. i doubt it though as its an Eleventh Doctor Specials set rather than a 50th Anniversary Specials set which would have made more sense.
Shane McEntee
December 16th, 2013 - 12:00amWhy is it almost guaranteed that all those will be on it. i’d say it’s almost guaranteed they won’t. That’s a lot of content considering the price. It will be a 2 disk set at most.
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:34pmYou are an extremely bad guesser!!!!
DWfan
December 29th, 2013 - 10:34pmNext Doctor Live was not a 50th Special.
the astronaut of death
December 29th, 2013 - 10:36pmspeaking of the next doctor live o hope that gets released on dvd as I would realy like to see that again ii hope it gets released in a series 8 box set or somthing
I Froze Gallifrey
December 29th, 2013 - 10:40pmHehe, it’s certainly not almost guaranteed!
Anonymous
December 14th, 2013 - 12:04pmThis is not on either Amazon or the BBC shop
timelord22
December 14th, 2013 - 12:03pmI didn’t know the Sontarans were in it! Thought the Weeping Angels would get a mention.
Joe
December 15th, 2013 - 11:40amMany they accidentally put the Somtarans on there and they were supposed to say the Weeping angles
Alex The Geek
December 15th, 2013 - 2:54pmWell actually if you look at one of the posters you can see a Sontaran space ship. Also the Radio Times mentioned Sontarans.
PlanetProductiosn123
December 14th, 2013 - 11:50amI KNEW THEY WOULD DO THIS! THE ONLY REASON WHY EVERYTHING FOR A WHILE HAS BEEN CALLED THE …. OF THE DOCTOR IS FOR THIS 😛
doc fan
December 14th, 2013 - 2:02pmLike…
The name of the doctor,
the night of the doctor,
the day of the doctor
& the time of the doctor.
Good thinking panetproduttiosn123.
😉
Melkur
December 14th, 2013 - 11:34amI guess this will be similar to the Specials boxset that was released in 2010.
Perhaps it will have Day of the Doctor and Time of the Doctor. Perhaps even the Science of Doctor Who to bulk it up a bit.
James A
December 14th, 2013 - 3:39pmYeah, but a ‘boxset’ with just two episodes doesnt sound like a ‘boxset’, so a number of special features might be added.
Trenzalore
December 14th, 2013 - 11:24amso, by ‘specials’ does this mean The name of the doctor, the night of the doctor, the day of the doctor and the time of the doctor will be in a box set?
the astronaut of death
December 14th, 2013 - 11:20amwill the time of the doctor still get a single rlese
booboo
December 14th, 2013 - 11:23amits not on the schedule we received
the astronaut of death
December 14th, 2013 - 11:25amso do you think in order to get the time for the doctor you will have to get this
booboo
December 14th, 2013 - 11:26amlooks like it, at least for now
BUY ME
December 14th, 2013 - 11:15amSO
(MAYBE THE END OF TIME)
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE DOCTOR THE WIDOW AND THE WARDROBE
THE SNOWMEN
THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR
THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR
I MIGHT GET THIS
dalek 105
December 14th, 2013 - 11:14amEPIC!!!!!!