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| | #REDIRECT [[Doctor Who on DVD#Region differences]] |
| A '''DVD region code''' is a way to manage rights associated with home video. By encoding DVDs with a particular region code, the DVD distributor at least partially assures itself that the DVD will only be playable in a certain area of the world. Though defeated by so-called "region free" DVD players, the vast majority of end-users only have DVD players which will play DVDs encoded with the region code that their player shares. Hence, people in the UK can usually only play DVDs sold in the UK.
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| ==Relevance to ''Doctor Who'' releases==
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| ''[[Doctor Who]]'' DVDs tend to debut in Region 2, with releases later coming in Region 1 and Region 4. Generally, there are only minimal differences between a Region 2 and Region 1 release of any particular ''Doctor Who'' adventure. The most obvious difference is mainly in the packaging of the particular adventure. Insofar as the 1963 version of the show is concerned, Region 2 releases have a distinctive packaging format which is mostly shared with Region 4 releases, but is quite dissimilar to Region 1 packaging.
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| ==Chart of regions==
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| {| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse:collapse"
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| !style="background:#f0f0f0"| Region code!!style="background:#f0f0f0"| Area
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 0
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| | Informal term meaning "worldwide". Region 0 is not an official setting; discs that bear the region 0 symbol either have no flag set or have region 1–6 flags set.
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 1
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| |[[Canada]], [[United States]]; U.S. territories; Bermuda
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 2
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| |Western and Central [[Europe]]; Western [[Asia]]; [[Israel]], [[Iran]], [[Egypt]], [[Japan]], [[South Africa]], Swaziland, Lesotho; [[United Kingdom]], [[Turkey]], French overseas territories
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 3
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| |Southeast [[Asia]]; South [[Korea]]; [[Taiwan]]; [[Hong Kong]]; [[Macau]]
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 4
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| |[[Mexico]], Central and [[South America]]; [[Caribbean]]; [[Australia]]; [[New Zealand]]; Oceania;
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 5
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| |[[Ukraine]], [[Belarus]], [[Russia]], Continent of [[Africa]], Central and South [[Asia]], [[Mongolia]], [[North Korea]].
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 6
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| |People's Republic of [[China]]
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 7
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| | Reserved for future use (found in use on protected [[screener]] copies of [[MPAA]]-related DVDs and "media copies" of pre-releases in [[Asia]])
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| 8
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| | International venues such as [[aircraft]], [[cruise ship]]s, etc.
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| !style="font-size:1.25em"| ALL
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| | Region ALL discs have all 8 flags set, allowing the disc to be played in any locale on any player.
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| {{wikipediainfo|DVD region code}}
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| [[Category:Recording formats]]
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