List of BBC VHS releases: Difference between revisions

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===1993===
===1993===


The releases from [[The Dæmons]] to [[The Two Doctors]] featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.
The releases from [[Terror of the Autons]] to [[The Two Doctors]] featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.


*Jan [[Terminus (TV story) | Terminus]]
*Jan BBCV4890 [[Terminus (TV story) | Terminus]]
*Feb [[Enlightenment (TV story) | Enlightenment]]
*Feb BBCV4891 [[Enlightenment (TV story) | Enlightenment]]
*Mar [[The Dæmons]]
*Mar BBCV4941 [[Image of the Fendahl]]
*Mar [[Image of the Fendahl]]
*Mar BBCV4950 [[The Dæmons]]
*Apr [[Terror of the Autons]]
*Apr BBCV4957 [[Terror of the Autons]]
*Apr [[Silver Nemesis]]
*Apr BBCV4888 [[Silver Nemesis]]
*May BBCV4962 [[Vengeance on Varos]]
*May BBCV4962 [[Vengeance on Varos]]
*Jun [[The Keeper of Traken]]
*Jun BBCV4973 [[The Keeper of Traken]]
*Jun [[The Invasion]] (incomplete)
*Jun BBCV4974 [[The Invasion]] (incomplete)
*Jul [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]
*Jul BBCV4990 [[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]
*Aug [[The Curse of Peladon]]
*Aug BBCV4978 [[The Curse of Peladon]]
*Sep [[Dalek Tin]]: [[The Chase]]/BBCV5005 [[Remembrance of the Daleks]]
*Sep [[Dalek Tin]]: [[The Chase]]/BBCV5005 [[Remembrance of the Daleks]]
*Oct [[TARDIS Tin]]: [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]
*Oct BBCV5008 [[TARDIS Tin]]: [[The Trial of a Time Lord]]
*Nov BBCV5143 [[Resurrection of the Daleks]]
*Nov BBCV5143 [[Resurrection of the Daleks]]
*Nov BBCV5148 [[The Two Doctors]]
*Nov BBCV5148 [[The Two Doctors]]
*Dec [[Planet of Evil]]
*Dec BBCV5181 [[Dragonfire (TV story) | Dragonfire]]


===1994===
===1994===

Revision as of 10:31, 17 May 2007

BBC Video, a division of BBC Enterprises (rebranded BBC Worldwide in 1997), was tasked with releasing Doctor Who onto home video cassette. Fans attending the 1983 Longleat convention were polled to determine the first title to be released. The Tomb of the Cybermen topped the poll but, as that story would not be recovered till 1992 and was thus missing at that point, BBC Video elected to release another Cybermen adventure instead. The choice was Revenge of the Cybermen and was released towards the end of the same year.

While The Five Doctors had an artwork cover, the releases up to and including 1989 were primarily photographic in nature. During the eighties the stories released were also edited into a movie-length format (with other occasional cuts), something that prompted complaints from fans. Until the late nineties the early William Hartnell stories would also be edited to remove the 'Next Episode' captions that led into the next story, and Carnival of Monsters was accidentally released with the 1981 edit instead of the unedited 1973 version and the episodic version of Death to the Daleks released in 1995 contained edits.

While the releases would come to an eventual end twenty years later in 2003, the series was already being released on DVD, by BBC DVD, from 1999 onwards.

Timeline of releases

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

The releases from Terror of the Autons to The Two Doctors featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.

1994

More than 30 Years in the TARDIS was a new 90 minute edit of the documentary 30 Years in the TARDIS which had aired on the BBC in November 1993.

1995

The Key to Time releases of April, May, and June featured artwork on the spine of the video cases (by Andrew Skilleter). Starting Carnival of Monsters, the releases each came with a postcard with the video cover art on the front that could be put into the album that came with the combined The King's Demons/The Five Doctors Special Edition set. These would end with The Hand of Fear in 1996.

1996

The video range was suspended in February due to the imminent release of the Fox telemovie. This resulted in many back titles being deleted, including the release of The Hand of Fear which made this particular title most sought after. When the range returned in August it had adopted the new logo from the telemovie, although a consistent template would not be established till 1997.

1997

The March release of The Awakening/Frontios marked the end of painted artwork covers for the range.

1998

The Ice Warriors release came with a CD for the soundtrack of the missing episodes 2 and 3.

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

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