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'''''Doctor Who DVD Files''''' was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by [[GE Fabbri Ltd]], authorised by [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] and [[BBC Worldwide]]. As well as a magazine, each issue included a DVD of two episodes of the re-launched series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[David Tennant]] as the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s, launching Issue 1 with ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'' and ''[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]'' ([[DWDVDF 1]]).


'''Doctor Who DVD Files''' was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by [[GE Fabbri Ltd]], authorised by [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] and [[BBC Worldwide]]. As well as a magazine, each issue included a DVD of two episodes of the re-launched series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' with [[Christopher Eccleston]] and [[David Tennant]] as the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]] Doctors (and later [[Matt Smith]] as the [[Eleventh Doctor]]).
From Issue 29, the series was extended beyond ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' release ([[DWDVDF 28]]), with DVDs of classic stories, starting with ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' ([[DWDVDF 29]]). Following the first black/white release, with the story ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' ([[DWDVDF 73]]), the magazine began releasing back-to back episodes of the Eleventh Doctor's televised adventures (from [[DWDVDF 74]]) up to ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'' ([[DWDVDF 80]]). Following that they returned to releasing classic stories, starting with ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' ([[DWDVDF 81]]) and ending with ''[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]'' ([[DWDVDF 152]]).
 
From issue 29, the series was extended beyond ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]'' release ([[DWDVDF 28]]), with DVDs of classic stories. Following the first black and white release of the story ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]'' ([[DWDVDF 73]]), the magazine began releasing back-to back episodes of the Eleventh Doctor's televised adventures (from [[DWDVDF 74]]) up to ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
* [[GE Fabbri Ltd]] ended their successful ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' collection after an extended run of 70 issues. Doctor Who DVD Files was launched on [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] 2009 throughout the UK and Ireland after a regional test in the north-east of the UK (from September 2008).
* [[GE Fabbri Ltd]] ended their successful ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' collection after an extended run of 70 issues. Doctor Who DVD Files was launched on [[14 January (releases)|14 January]] 2009 throughout the UK and Ireland after a regional test in the north-east of the UK (from September 2008).
* This new title was promoted with a £1 million advertising campaign in magazines and on the commercial channels.
* This new title was promoted with a £1 million advertising campaign in magazines and on the commercial channels.
* Due to licensing issues involving the inclusion of the DVDs, this magazine will not be distributed in North America. However, beginning in February 2009 the magazine introduced an online version without DVD content that was accessible worldwide (see below).
* Due to licensing issues involving the inclusion of the DVDs, this magazine was not distributed in North America. However, beginning in February 2009 the magazine introduced an online version without DVD content that was accessible worldwide (see below).
* The magazine title by necessity had to include "DVD" so avoid confusion with the [[Doctor Who Files]], a range of BBC Children's Books.
* The magazine title by necessity had to include "DVD" so as to avoid confusion with the [[Doctor Who Files]], a range of BBC Children's Books.
* Initially launched as a twenty-eight-part series (including releases up to and including ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''), the title was expanded to forty issues with "classic" story releases as "vanilla" editions (i.e., without extras). It was expanded several more times, completing after some 152 issues in November 2014.
* Initially launched as a twenty-eight-part series (including releases up to and including ''[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]''), the title was expanded to forty issues with "classic" story releases as "vanilla" editions (i.e., without extras). It was expanded several more times, completing after some 152 issues in November 2014.


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* [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Who On Earth|Who On Earth]]
* [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Who On Earth|Who On Earth]]
* [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Alien Worlds|Alien Worlds]]
* [[Doctor Who DVD Files: Alien Worlds|Alien Worlds]]
== Issue List ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Issue
!Episodes Included
!Release Date
|-
|1
|[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]/[[The End of the World (TV story)|The End of the World]]
|14 January 2009
|-
|2
|[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]/[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]
|28 January 2009
|-
|3
|[[World War Three (TV story)|World War Three]]/[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]
|11 February 2009
|-
|4
|[[The Long Game (TV story)|The Long Game]]/[[Father's Day (TV story)|Father's Day]]
|25 February 2009
|-
|5
|[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]/[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]
|11 March 2009
|-
|6
|[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]/[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]
|25 March 2009
|-
|7
|[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]/[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]
|8 April 2009
|-
|8
|[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]/[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]
|22 April 2009
|-
|9
|[[School Reunion (TV story)|School Reunion]]/[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]
|6 May 2009
|-
|10
|[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]/[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]
|20 May 2009
|-
|11
|[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]/[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]
|3 June 2009
|-
|12
|[[The Satan Pit (TV story)|The Satan Pit]]/[[Love & Monsters (TV story)|Love & Monsters]]
|17 June 2009
|-
|13
|[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]/[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]
|1 July 2009
|-
|14
|[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]/[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]
|15 July 2009
|-
|15
|[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith & Jones]]/[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]
|29 July 2009
|-
|16
|[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]/[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]
|12 August 2009
|-
|17
|[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]/[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]
|26 August 2009
|-
|18
|[[42 (TV story)|42]]/[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]
|9 September 2009
|-
|19
|[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family Of Blood]]/[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]
|23 September 2009
|-
|20
|[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]/[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]
|7 October 2009
|-
|21
|[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time-Lords]]/[[Voyage of the Damned (TV story)|Voyage of the Damned]]
|21 October 2009
|-
|22
|[[Partners in Crime (TV story)|Partners in Crime]]/[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]
|4 November 2009
|-
|23
|[[Planet of the Ood (TV story)|Planet of the Ood]]/[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]
|18 November 2009
|-
|24
|[[The Poison Sky (TV story)|The Poison Sky]]/[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]
|2 December 2009
|-
|25
|[[The Unicorn and the Wasp (TV story)|The Unicorn and the Wasp]]/[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]
|16 December 2009
|-
|26
|[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]/[[Midnight (TV story)|Midnight]]
|30 December 2009
|-
|27
|[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]/[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]
|13 January 2010
|-
|28
|[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]/[[The Next Doctor (TV story)|The Next Doctor]]
|27 January 2010
|-
|29
|[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]
|10 February 2010
|-
|30
|[[The Three Doctors (TV story)|The Three Doctors]]
|24 February 2010
|-
|31
|[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]
|10 March 2010
|-
|32
|[[Earthshock (TV story)|Earthshock]]
|24 March 2010
|-
|33
|[[Pyramids of Mars (TV story)|Pyramids of Mars]]
|7 April 2010
|-
|34
|[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]
|21 April 2010
|-
|35
|[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]
|5 May 2010
|-
|36
|[[The Caves of Androzani (TV story)|The Caves of Androzani]]
|19 May 2010
|-
|37
|[[City of Death (TV story)|City of Death]]
|2 June 2010
|-
|38
|[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]
|16 June 2010
|-
|39
|[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]
|30 June 2010
|-
|40
|[[The Brain of Morbius (TV story)|The Brain of Morbius]]
|14 July 2010
|-
|41
|[[The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)|The Talons of Weng-Chiang]]
|28 July 2010
|-
|42
|[[The Visitation (TV story)|The Visitation]]
|11 August 2010
|-
|43
|[[The Hand of Fear (TV story)|The Hand of Fear]]
|25 August 2010
|-
|44
|[[Inferno (TV story)|Inferno]]
|8 September 2010
|-
|45
|[[The Two Doctors (TV story)|The Two Doctors]]
|22 September 2010
|-
|46
|[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]
|6 October 2010
|-
|47
|[[Castrovalva (TV story)|Castrovalva]]
|20 October 2010
|-
|48
|[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]
|3 November 2010
|-
|49
|[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]
|17 November 2010
|-
|50
|[[Mawdryn Undead (TV story)|Mawdryn Undead]]
|1 December 2010
|-
|51
|[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]
|15 December 2010
|-
|52
|[[The Deadly Assassin (TV story)|The Deadly Assassin]]
|29 December 2010
|-
|53
|[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]
|12 January 2011
|-
|54
|[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]
|26 January 2011
|-
|55
|[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]/[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]
|9 February 2011
|-
|56
|[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]
|23 February 2011
|-
|57
|[[Enlightenment (TV story)|Enlightenment]]
|9 March 2011
|-
|58
|[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]
|23 March 2011
|-
|59
|[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]
|6 April 2011
|-
|60
|[[Carnival of Monsters (TV story)|Carnival of Monsters]]
|20 April 2011
|-
|61
|[[Horror of Fang Rock (TV story)|Horror of Fang Rock]]
|4 May 2011
|-
|62
|[[Delta and the Bannermen (TV story)|Delta and the Bannermen]]
|18 May 2011
|-
|63
|[[The Mark of the Rani (TV story)|The Mark of the Rani]]
|1 June 2011
|-
|64
|[[The Masque of Mandragora (TV story)|The Masque of Mandragora]]
|15 June 2011
|-
|65
|[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|The Silurians]]
|29 June 2011
|-
|66
|[[The Sea Devils (TV story)|The Sea Devils]]
|13 July 2011
|-
|67
|[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]
|27 July 2011
|-
|68
|[[Vengeance on Varos (TV story)|Vengeance on Varos]]
|10 August 2011
|-
|69
|[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]
|24 August 2011
|-
|70
|[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]
|7 September 2011
|-
|71
|[[The Curse of Peladon (TV story)|The Curse of Peladon]]
|21 September 2011
|-
|72
|[[The Androids of Tara (TV story)|The Androids of Tara]]
|5 October 2011
|-
|73
|[[The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)|The Tomb of the Cybermen]]
|19 October 2011
|-
|74
|[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]/[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]
|2 November 2011
|-
|75
|[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]/[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]
|16 November 2011
|-
|76
|[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]/[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]
|30 November 2011
|-
|77
|[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]/[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]
|14 December 2011
|-
|78
|[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]/[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]
|28 December 2011
|-
|79
|[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]/[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]
|11 January 2012
|-
|80
|[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]/[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]
|25 January 2012
|-
|81
|[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]
|8 February 2012
|-
|82
|[[Attack of the Cybermen (TV story)|Attack of the Cybermen]]
|22 February 2012
|-
|83
|[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]
|7 March 2012
|-
|84
|[[The Mind Robber (TV story)|The Mind Robber]]
|21 March 2012
|-
|85
|[[Full Circle (TV story)|Full Circle]]
|4 April 2012
|-
|86
|[[State of Decay (TV story)|State of Decay]]
|18 April 2012
|-
|87
|[[Warriors' Gate (TV story)|Warriors' Gate]]
|2 May 2012
|-
|88
|[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]: Episodes 1-4
|16 May 2012
|-
|89
|The Invasion: Episodes 5-8
|30 May 2012
|-
|90
|[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]
|13 June 2012
|-
|91
|[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]
|27 June 2012
|-
|92
|[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]
|11 July 2012
|-
|93
|[[Kinda (TV story)|Kinda]]
|25 July 2012
|-
|94
|[[Planet of Evil (TV story)|Planet of Evil]]
|8 August 2012
|-
|95
|[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]
|22 August 2012
|-
|96
|[[Ghost Light (TV story)|Ghost Light]]
|5 September 2012
|-
|97
|[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]
|19 September 2012
|-
|98
|[[The Leisure Hive (TV story)|The Leisure Hive]]
|3 October 2012
|-
|99
|[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]
|17 October 2012
|-
|100
|[[Frontios (TV story)|Frontios]]
|31 October 2012
|-
|101
|[[Terror of the Autons (TV story)|Terror of the Autons]]
|14 November 2012
|-
|102
|[[Silver Nemesis (TV story)|Silver Nemesis]]
|28 November 2012
|-
|103
|[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]
|12 December 2012
|-
|104
|[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]
|26 December 2012
|-
|105
|[[Four to Doomsday (TV story)|Four to Doomsday]]
|9 January 2013
|-
|106
|[[Paradise Towers (TV story)|Paradise Towers]]
|23 January 2013
|-
|107
|[[The Ribos Operation (TV story)|The Ribos Operation]]
|6 February 2013
|-
|108
|[[Arc of Infinity (TV story)|Arc of Infinity]]
|20 February 2013
|-
|109
|[[Meglos (TV story)|Meglos]]
|6 March 2013
|-
|110
|[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]
|20 March 2013
|-
|111
|[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]
|3 April 2013
|-
|112
|[[The Pirate Planet (TV story)|The Pirate Planet]]
|17 April 2013
|-
|113
|[[The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (TV story)|The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]]
|1 May 2013
|-
|114
|[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]
|15 May 2013
|-
|115
|[[The Seeds of Death (TV story)|The Seeds of Death]]
|29 May 2013
|-
|116
|[[Planet of Fire (TV story)|Planet of Fire]]
|12 June 2013
|-
|117
|[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Daemons]]
|26 June 2013
|-
|118
|[[The Invasion of Time (TV story)|The Invasion of Time]]
|10 July 2013
|-
|119
|[[The Happiness Patrol (TV story)|The Happiness Patrol]]
|24 July 2013
|-
|120
|[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]
|7 August 2013
|-
|121
|[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]
|21 August 2013
|-
|122
|[[The Aztecs (TV story)|The Aztecs]]
|4 September 2013
|-
|123
|[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]
|18 September 2013
|-
|124
|[[The Face of Evil (TV story)|The Face of Evil]]
|2 October 2013
|-
|125
|[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]
|16 October 2013
|-
|126
|[[The Android Invasion (TV story)|The Android Invasion]]
|30 October 2013
|-
|127
|[[The Twin Dilemma (TV story)|The Twin Dilemma]]
|13 November 2013
|-
|128
|[[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|An Unearthly Child]]
|27 November 2013
|-
|129
|[[The Mysterious Planet (TV story)|The Mysterious Planet]]
|11 December 2013
|-
|130
|[[Mindwarp (TV story)|Mindwarp]]
|25 December 2013
|-
|131
|[[Terror of the Vervoids (TV story)|Terror of the Vervoids]]
|8 January 2014
|-
|132
|[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]
|22 January 2014
|-
|133
|[[The Invisible Enemy (TV story)|The Invisible Enemy]]
|5 February 2014
|-
|134
|[[Nightmare of Eden (TV story)|Nightmare of Eden]]
|19 February 2014
|-
|135
|[[Time-Flight (TV story)|Time-Flight]]
|5 March 2014
|-
|136
|[[The Armageddon Factor (TV story)|The Armageddon Factor]]
|19 March 2014
|-
|137
|[[The Time Monster (TV story)|The Time Monster]]
|2 April 2014
|-
|138
|[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]
|16 April 2014
|-
|139
|[[The Horns of Nimon (TV story)|The Horns of Nimon]]
|30 April 2014
|-
|140
|[[Terminus (TV story)|Terminus]]
|14 May 2014
|-
|141
|[[Timelash (TV story)|Timelash]]
|28 May 2014
|-
|142
|[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]
|11 June 2014
|-
|143
|[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]
|25 June 2014
|-
|144
|[[The Awakening (TV story)|The Awakening]]
|9 July 2014
|-
|145
|[[The Ambassadors of Death (TV story)|The Ambassadors of Death]]
|23 July 2014
|-
|146
|[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]: Episodes 1-5
|6 August 2014
|-
|147
|The War Games: Episodes 6-10
|20 August 2014
|-
|148
|[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]
|3 September 2014
|-
|149
|[[The Creature from the Pit (TV story)|The Creature from the Pit]]
|17 September 2014
|-
|150
|[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]
|1 October 2014
|-
|151
|[[Terror of the Zygons (TV story)|Terror of the Zygons]]
|15 October 2014
|-
|152
|[[Black Orchid (TV story)|Black Orchid]]
|29 October 2014
|}


== Regular issue covers (for new series releases 1-28) ==
== Regular issue covers (for new series releases 1-28) ==
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File:DWDVDF13.jpg|[[DWDVDF 13|Issue 13]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]] and [[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]
File:DWDVDF13.jpg|[[DWDVDF 13|Issue 13]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]] and [[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]
File:DWDVD14.jpg|[[DWDVDF 14|Issue 14]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]] and [[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]
File:DWDVD14.jpg|[[DWDVDF 14|Issue 14]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]] and [[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]
File:DWDVD15.jpg|[[DWDVDF 15|Issue 15]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]] and [[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespear Code]]
File:DWDVD15.jpg|[[DWDVDF 15|Issue 15]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]] and [[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]
File:DWDVDF16.jpg|[[DWDVDF 16|Issue 16]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]] and [[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]
File:DWDVDF16.jpg|[[DWDVDF 16|Issue 16]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]] and [[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]
File:DWDVDF17.jpg|[[DWDVDF 17|Issue 17]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]] and [[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]
File:DWDVDF17.jpg|[[DWDVDF 17|Issue 17]] - DVD includes the episodes [[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]] and [[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]
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[[File:DWDVDSubOffer.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Doctor who DVD Files Folder.jpg|thumb]]
Early subscribers to this title received a number of bonus free gifts worth over £50 (UK) that included:
Early subscribers to this title received a number of bonus free gifts worth over £50 (UK) that included:
* Three [[Character Options series 3 action figures|character options 5" action figures]] (various figures dispatched)
* Three [[Character Options series 3 action figures|character options 5" action figures]] (various figures dispatched)

Latest revision as of 05:35, 13 April 2024

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Doctor Who DVD Files: Issue 1 (Released 14 January 2009)

Doctor Who DVD Files was a fortnightly partwork magazine published by GE Fabbri Ltd, authorised by 2|entertain and BBC Worldwide. As well as a magazine, each issue included a DVD of two episodes of the re-launched series of Doctor Who with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant as the Ninth and Tenth Doctors, launching Issue 1 with Rose and The End of the World (DWDVDF 1).

From Issue 29, the series was extended beyond The Next Doctor release (DWDVDF 28), with DVDs of classic stories, starting with Remembrance of the Daleks (DWDVDF 29). Following the first black/white release, with the story The Tomb of the Cybermen (DWDVDF 73), the magazine began releasing back-to back episodes of the Eleventh Doctor's televised adventures (from DWDVDF 74) up to A Christmas Carol (DWDVDF 80). Following that they returned to releasing classic stories, starting with Planet of the Daleks (DWDVDF 81) and ending with Black Orchid (DWDVDF 152).

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • GE Fabbri Ltd ended their successful Doctor Who: Battles in Time collection after an extended run of 70 issues. Doctor Who DVD Files was launched on 14 January 2009 throughout the UK and Ireland after a regional test in the north-east of the UK (from September 2008).
  • This new title was promoted with a £1 million advertising campaign in magazines and on the commercial channels.
  • Due to licensing issues involving the inclusion of the DVDs, this magazine was not distributed in North America. However, beginning in February 2009 the magazine introduced an online version without DVD content that was accessible worldwide (see below).
  • The magazine title by necessity had to include "DVD" so as to avoid confusion with the Doctor Who Files, a range of BBC Children's Books.
  • Initially launched as a twenty-eight-part series (including releases up to and including The Next Doctor), the title was expanded to forty issues with "classic" story releases as "vanilla" editions (i.e., without extras). It was expanded several more times, completing after some 152 issues in November 2014.

Online content[[edit] | [edit source]]

DWDVDWebsite.jpg

The publisher (GE Fabbri Ltd) anticipated that before this title was announced there would be interest in the magazine portion only from UK fans who already had access to the stories on DVD, individually or as part of a boxset release, as well as non-UK Doctor Who fans. DVD licensing prevented the magazine from being distributed outside the British Isles.

Because the DVDs were supplied with all copies of the magazine, a magazine-only version was not practical. A different approach was adopted. Following the launch of the accompanying website [1], an expansion into an archive subscription service (updated with each new issue released) was announced and implemented in February 2009.

For a subscription fee of £3 per month (or £25 per year), this archive service allowed online readers unlimited access to the 600+ pages of the magazine and a further 150 pages that made up the comic strip that ran in their other successful title, Doctor Who: Battles in Time.

The website also included bonus features including a desktop Dalek, online games and downloadable wallpapers.

Content[[edit] | [edit source]]

This partwork magazine with detachable pages and online archive service had pages that could be divided and filed under seven headings (denoted by colour and page references). Not all sections were represented each issue and some pages are of a fold-out nature.

  • The Doctor (what we know about the last of the Time Lords from Gallifrey)
  • Allies (with quotes of wit and wisdom)
  • Enemies (with essential data)
  • Behind The Scenes (with exclusive interviews)
  • Technology (with special artwork)
  • Flashback (with new artwork reliving classic moments)
  • DVD Episode Guide (with essential facts, previous encounter notes and a test yourself quiz on accompanying DVD release)

Two further sections were added from issue 51. These are:

Issue List[[edit] | [edit source]]

Issue Episodes Included Release Date
1 Rose/The End of the World 14 January 2009
2 The Unquiet Dead/Aliens of London 28 January 2009
3 World War Three/Dalek 11 February 2009
4 The Long Game/Father's Day 25 February 2009
5 The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 11 March 2009
6 Boom Town/Bad Wolf 25 March 2009
7 The Parting of the Ways/The Christmas Invasion 8 April 2009
8 New Earth/Tooth and Claw 22 April 2009
9 School Reunion/The Girl in the Fireplace 6 May 2009
10 Rise of the Cybermen/The Age of Steel 20 May 2009
11 The Idiot's Lantern/The Impossible Planet 3 June 2009
12 The Satan Pit/Love & Monsters 17 June 2009
13 Fear Her/Army of Ghosts 1 July 2009
14 Doomsday/The Runaway Bride 15 July 2009
15 Smith & Jones/The Shakespeare Code 29 July 2009
16 Gridlock/Daleks in Manhattan 12 August 2009
17 Evolution of the Daleks/The Lazarus Experiment 26 August 2009
18 42/Human Nature 9 September 2009
19 The Family Of Blood/Blink 23 September 2009
20 Utopia/The Sound of Drums 7 October 2009
21 Last of the Time-Lords/Voyage of the Damned 21 October 2009
22 Partners in Crime/The Fires of Pompeii 4 November 2009
23 Planet of the Ood/The Sontaran Stratagem 18 November 2009
24 The Poison Sky/The Doctor's Daughter 2 December 2009
25 The Unicorn and the Wasp/Silence in the Library 16 December 2009
26 Forest of the Dead/Midnight 30 December 2009
27 Turn Left/The Stolen Earth 13 January 2010
28 Journey's End/The Next Doctor 27 January 2010
29 Remembrance of the Daleks 10 February 2010
30 The Three Doctors 24 February 2010
31 Genesis of the Daleks 10 March 2010
32 Earthshock 24 March 2010
33 Pyramids of Mars 7 April 2010
34 Resurrection of the Daleks 21 April 2010
35 Spearhead from Space 5 May 2010
36 The Caves of Androzani 19 May 2010
37 City of Death 2 June 2010
38 Revelation of the Daleks 16 June 2010
39 The Curse of Fenric 30 June 2010
40 The Brain of Morbius 14 July 2010
41 The Talons of Weng-Chiang 28 July 2010
42 The Visitation 11 August 2010
43 The Hand of Fear 25 August 2010
44 Inferno 8 September 2010
45 The Two Doctors 22 September 2010
46 Logopolis 6 October 2010
47 Castrovalva 20 October 2010
48 The Green Death 3 November 2010
49 Robot 17 November 2010
50 Mawdryn Undead 1 December 2010
51 Survival 15 December 2010
52 The Deadly Assassin 29 December 2010
53 The Time Warrior 12 January 2011
54 The Robots of Death 26 January 2011
55 Planet of the Dead/The Waters of Mars 9 February 2011
56 The End of Time 23 February 2011
57 Enlightenment 9 March 2011
58 Destiny of the Daleks 23 March 2011
59 Battlefield 6 April 2011
60 Carnival of Monsters 20 April 2011
61 Horror of Fang Rock 4 May 2011
62 Delta and the Bannermen 18 May 2011
63 The Mark of the Rani 1 June 2011
64 The Masque of Mandragora 15 June 2011
65 The Silurians 29 June 2011
66 The Sea Devils 13 July 2011
67 The Stones of Blood 27 July 2011
68 Vengeance on Varos 10 August 2011
69 The Keeper of Traken 24 August 2011
70 Image of the Fendahl 7 September 2011
71 The Curse of Peladon 21 September 2011
72 The Androids of Tara 5 October 2011
73 The Tomb of the Cybermen 19 October 2011
74 The Eleventh Hour/The Beast Below 2 November 2011
75 Victory of the Daleks/The Time of Angels 16 November 2011
76 Flesh and Stone/The Vampires of Venice 30 November 2011
77 Amy's Choice/The Hungry Earth 14 December 2011
78 Cold Blood/Vincent and the Doctor 28 December 2011
79 The Lodger/The Pandorica Opens 11 January 2012
80 The Big Bang/A Christmas Carol 25 January 2012
81 Planet of the Daleks 8 February 2012
82 Attack of the Cybermen 22 February 2012
83 Warriors of the Deep 7 March 2012
84 The Mind Robber 21 March 2012
85 Full Circle 4 April 2012
86 State of Decay 18 April 2012
87 Warriors' Gate 2 May 2012
88 The Invasion: Episodes 1-4 16 May 2012
89 The Invasion: Episodes 5-8 30 May 2012
90 The Ark in Space 13 June 2012
91 The Daleks 27 June 2012
92 Day of the Daleks 11 July 2012
93 Kinda 25 July 2012
94 Planet of Evil 8 August 2012
95 The Dalek Invasion of Earth 22 August 2012
96 Ghost Light 5 September 2012
97 The Claws of Axos 19 September 2012
98 The Leisure Hive 3 October 2012
99 Time and the Rani 17 October 2012
100 Frontios 31 October 2012
101 Terror of the Autons 14 November 2012
102 Silver Nemesis 28 November 2012
103 Snakedance 12 December 2012
104 Frontier in Space 26 December 2012
105 Four to Doomsday 9 January 2013
106 Paradise Towers 23 January 2013
107 The Ribos Operation 6 February 2013
108 Arc of Infinity 20 February 2013
109 Meglos 6 March 2013
110 Planet of the Spiders 20 March 2013
111 Revenge of the Cybermen 3 April 2013
112 The Pirate Planet 17 April 2013
113 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1 May 2013
114 Death to the Daleks 15 May 2013
115 The Seeds of Death 29 May 2013
116 Planet of Fire 12 June 2013
117 The Daemons 26 June 2013
118 The Invasion of Time 10 July 2013
119 The Happiness Patrol 24 July 2013
120 The Seeds of Doom 7 August 2013
121 Invasion of the Dinosaurs 21 August 2013
122 The Aztecs 4 September 2013
123 Dragonfire 18 September 2013
124 The Face of Evil 2 October 2013
125 The Monster of Peladon 16 October 2013
126 The Android Invasion 30 October 2013
127 The Twin Dilemma 13 November 2013
128 An Unearthly Child 27 November 2013
129 The Mysterious Planet 11 December 2013
130 Mindwarp 25 December 2013
131 Terror of the Vervoids 8 January 2014
132 The Ultimate Foe 22 January 2014
133 The Invisible Enemy 5 February 2014
134 Nightmare of Eden 19 February 2014
135 Time-Flight 5 March 2014
136 The Armageddon Factor 19 March 2014
137 The Time Monster 2 April 2014
138 The Chase 16 April 2014
139 The Horns of Nimon 30 April 2014
140 Terminus 14 May 2014
141 Timelash 28 May 2014
142 The War Machines 11 June 2014
143 The Mind of Evil 25 June 2014
144 The Awakening 9 July 2014
145 The Ambassadors of Death 23 July 2014
146 The War Games: Episodes 1-5 6 August 2014
147 The War Games: Episodes 6-10 20 August 2014
148 Colony in Space 3 September 2014
149 The Creature from the Pit 17 September 2014
150 The Time Meddler 1 October 2014
151 Terror of the Zygons 15 October 2014
152 Black Orchid 29 October 2014

Regular issue covers (for new series releases 1-28)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Regular issue covers (for classic series releases 29-73)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Regular issue covers (for Eleventh Doctor releases 74-80)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Regular issue covers (for releases 81-152)[[edit] | [edit source]]

Subscription offer[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Early subscribers to this title received a number of bonus free gifts worth over £50 (UK) that included:

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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