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An '''in-vision commentary''' is commentary in which the participants are filmed and the resulting video dropped into the video of the episode on which they were commenting. This lets the viewer divine extra meaning by reading the facial expressions of the participants as they speak. It also overcomes the occasional problem encountered on audio commentaries of participants making visual references. Such commentaries were a major feature of the [[series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] box set, but they were not extensively used thereafter until the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|series 5]] box set.
An '''in-vision commentary''' is commentary in which the participants are filmed and the resulting video dropped into the video of the episode on which they were commenting. This lets the viewer divine extra meaning by reading the facial expressions of the participants as they speak. It also overcomes the occasional problem encountered on audio commentaries of participants making visual references. Such commentaries were a major feature of the [[series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 2]] box set, but they were not extensively used thereafter until the [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] box set.


A form of "video commentary" was also later used on the official ''Doctor Who'' website, as a part of the [[Adventure Calendar]] series. These commentaries differed from those on the DVD boxset, in that they were simply recordings of the commentary participants; no footage from the actual episodes was included. Indeed, most of these "in-vision commentaries" were later repurposed as simple audio commentaries in the podcast series of commentaries used in the [[RTD]] era or on the DVD box sets. Nevertheless, they were labelled "in vision commentary" on their respective title cards.
A form of "video commentary" was also later used on the official ''Doctor Who'' website, as a part of the [[Adventure Calendar]] series. These commentaries differed from those on the DVD boxset, in that they were simply recordings of the commentary participants; no footage from the actual episodes was included. Indeed, most of these "in-vision commentaries" were later repurposed as simple audio commentaries in the podcast series of commentaries used in the first [[Russell T Davies]] era or on the DVD box sets. Nevertheless, they were labelled "in vision commentary" on their respective title cards.
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Beginning with {{cs|The Star Beast (TV story)}}, in-vision commentaries were released to [[BBC iPlayer]]'s ''[[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]]'' catalog of ''Doctor Who'' content under the title '''''Doctor Who: Video Commentaries'''''.
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! valign="top" style="width=" 24%" |Episode
|-align=center
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|[[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|2]]
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|''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''
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|- align="center"
| rowspan="8" |[[Series 2 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 2]] (2005-06)
|''[[The Christmas Invasion (TV story)|The Christmas Invasion]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep0.jpg|thumb|centre]]
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep0.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''
|''[[New Earth (TV story)|New Earth]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|[[2006]] [[Adventure Calendar]] (day 6)
|[[2006]] [[Adventure Calendar]] (day 6)
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep1.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''
|''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Derek Riddell]], [[Simon Winstone]]
|[[David Tennant]], [[Derek Riddell]], [[Simon Winstone]]
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|''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]''
|''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Sophia Myles]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|[[David Tennant]], [[Sophia Myles]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep4.jpg|thumb|centre]]
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep4.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[The Age of Steel (TV story)|The Age of Steel]]''
|''[[The Age of Steel]]''
|[[Graeme Harper]], [[Nick Briggs]], [[Paul Kasey]]
|[[Graeme Harper]], [[Nick Briggs]], [[Paul Kasey]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep6.jpg|thumb|centre]]
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep6.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|-
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|''[[The Impossible Planet (TV story)|The Impossible Planet]]''
|''[[The Impossible Planet]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Will Cohen]], [[Shaun Parkes]]
|[[David Tennant]], [[Will Cohen]], [[Shaun Parkes]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep8.jpg|thumb|centre]]
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S2_Ep8.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''
|''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Billie Piper]]
|[[David Tennant]], [[Billie Piper]]
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|[[File:InVisionCommentary.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''Doomsday''
|''Doomsday''
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Phil Collinson]]
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Phil Collinson]]
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|[[series 3 (Doctor Who)|3]]
| rowspan="2" |[[series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 3]] (2006-07)
|''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]''
|''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]], [[Dave Houghton]]
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[David Tennant]], [[Dave Houghton]]
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|''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]''
|''[[The Sound of Drums]]''
|[[Freema Agyeman]], [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Trevor Laird]]
|[[Freema Agyeman]], [[Gugu Mbatha-Raw]], [[Trevor Laird]]
|2007 Adventure Calendar (day 22)
|2007 Adventure Calendar (day 22)  
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|[[series 5 (Doctor Who)|5]]
| rowspan="6" |[[series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]] (2010)
|''[[The Eleventh Hour]]''
|''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
|[[Steven Moffat]], [[Beth Willis]], [[Piers Wenger]]
|[[Steven Moffat]], [[Beth Willis]], [[Piers Wenger]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep1.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|-
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|''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''
|''[[Victory of the Daleks]]''
|[[Mark Gatiss]], [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|[[Mark Gatiss]], [[Nicholas Briggs]], [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep3.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''
|''[[The Time of Angels]]''
|[[Karen Gillan]], [[Steven Moffat]]
|[[Karen Gillan]], [[Steven Moffat]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep4.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|-
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|''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]''
|''[[The Vampires of Venice]]''
|[[Jonny Campbell]], [[Toby Whithouse]], [[Alex Price]]
|[[Jonny Campbell]], [[Toby Whithouse]], [[Alex Price]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep6.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|-
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|''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]''
|''[[Cold Blood]]''
|[[Ashley Way]], [[Alun Raglan]], [[James DeHaviland]]
|[[Ashley Way]], [[Alun Raglan]], [[James DeHaviland]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
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|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep9.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|-
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|''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''
|''[[The Big Bang]]''
|[[Toby Haynes]], [[Karen Gillan]], [[Arthur Darvill]]
|[[Toby Haynes]], [[Karen Gillan]], [[Arthur Darvill]]
|DVD boxset
|DVD boxset
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_S5_Ep13.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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| rowspan="2" |N/A ([[60th Anniversary Specials]])
|''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Phil Collinson]], [[Vicki Delow]]
|BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_60th_Ep1.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''
|[[David Tennant]], [[Phil Collinson]], [[Russell T Davies]]
|BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_60th_Ep3.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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| rowspan="3" |[[Season 1 (Doctor Who 2023)|Season 1]] (2023-24)
|''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]''
|[[Millie Gibson]], [[Phil Collinson]], [[Russell T Davies]]
|BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
|[[File:In-vision_commentary_SS1_Ep0.jpg|thumb|centre]]
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|''[[Boom (TV story)|Boom]]''
|[[Steven Moffat]], [[Russell T Davies]], [[Joel Collins]]
|BBC iPlayer
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|''[[Empire of Death (TV story)|Empire of Death]]''
|[[Russell T Davies]], [[Vicki Delow]], [[Bonnie Langford]]
|BBC iPlayer
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[[Category:Terminology]]
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 17 July 2024

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An in-vision commentary is commentary in which the participants are filmed and the resulting video dropped into the video of the episode on which they were commenting. This lets the viewer divine extra meaning by reading the facial expressions of the participants as they speak. It also overcomes the occasional problem encountered on audio commentaries of participants making visual references. Such commentaries were a major feature of the series 2 box set, but they were not extensively used thereafter until the series 5 box set.

A form of "video commentary" was also later used on the official Doctor Who website, as a part of the Adventure Calendar series. These commentaries differed from those on the DVD boxset, in that they were simply recordings of the commentary participants; no footage from the actual episodes was included. Indeed, most of these "in-vision commentaries" were later repurposed as simple audio commentaries in the podcast series of commentaries used in the first Russell T Davies era or on the DVD box sets. Nevertheless, they were labelled "in vision commentary" on their respective title cards.

Beginning with The Star Beast [+]Loading...["The Star Beast (TV story)"], in-vision commentaries were released to BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content under the title Doctor Who: Video Commentaries.

Series/Season Episode Participants Where located Image
Series 2 (2005-06) The Christmas Invasion Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep0.jpg
New Earth Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Phil Collinson 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 6)
In-vision commentary S2 Ep1.jpg
Tooth and Claw David Tennant, Derek Riddell, Simon Winstone 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 23)
The Girl in the Fireplace David Tennant, Sophia Myles, Phil Collinson DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep4.jpg
The Age of Steel Graeme Harper, Nick Briggs, Paul Kasey DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep6.jpg
The Impossible Planet David Tennant, Will Cohen, Shaun Parkes DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep8.jpg
Doomsday David Tennant, Billie Piper DVD boxset
InVisionCommentary.jpg
Doomsday Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 18)
Series 3 (2006-07) Gridlock Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Dave Houghton 2007 Adventure Calendar (day 11)
The Sound of Drums Freema Agyeman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Trevor Laird 2007 Adventure Calendar (day 22)
Series 5 (2010) The Eleventh Hour Steven Moffat, Beth Willis, Piers Wenger DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep1.jpg
Victory of the Daleks Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep3.jpg
The Time of Angels Karen Gillan, Steven Moffat DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep4.jpg
The Vampires of Venice Jonny Campbell, Toby Whithouse, Alex Price DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep6.jpg
Cold Blood Ashley Way, Alun Raglan, James DeHaviland DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep9.jpg
The Big Bang Toby Haynes, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep13.jpg
N/A (60th Anniversary Specials) The Star Beast David Tennant, Phil Collinson, Vicki Delow BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
The Giggle David Tennant, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
Season 1 (2023-24) The Church on Ruby Road Millie Gibson, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies BBC iPlayer/DVD/Blu Ray
Boom Steven Moffat, Russell T Davies, Joel Collins BBC iPlayer
Empire of Death Russell T Davies, Vicki Delow, Bonnie Langford BBC iPlayer