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The discovery of the previously missing episode "The Lion" (Episode 1 of [[The Crusade]]) at the start of the year prompted its release in July. It featured linking material for the missing episodes from [[William Russell]].
The discovery of the previously missing episode "The Lion" (Episode 1 of [[The Crusade]]) at the start of the year prompted its release in July. It featured linking material for the missing episodes from [[William Russell]].


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=== [[2000]] ===
=== [[2000]] ===

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The following is a list of VHS titles released by the BBC, broken down by year of release. Doctor Who and K9 and Company are the only two Whoniverse-related programmes to be released to VHS. They were released in both PAL and NTSC formats for both European and North American audiences. The catalogue number and release dates given here apply only to the PAL UK releases, with North American and other territory releases usually occurring at some point after (but occasionally before) the UK release.

Until about 1995, the William Hartnell releases would be edited to remove "next episode" captions that lead into a different story so as not to confuse casual buyers. Also, until the release of The Daleks in late 1989, the releases were edited together into an omnibus format which removed cliffhangers and opening and closing credits between episodes. Additionally, some releases prior to this point also featured other edits for content reasons (such as the nunchaku scene from The Talons of Weng-Chiang).

Timeline of Releases

1983

The selection of Revenge of the Cybermen for release was based on a survey undertaken by BBC Video at the Longleat convention earlier in 1983. The favourite title voted for release was The Tomb of the Cybermen, but as this story was then missing from the archives an existing colour Cyberman story was selected as an appropriate replacement.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV2003 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/10/1983

1984

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV2003 Revenge of the Cybermen[1] Fourth Doctor ??/05/1984
BBCV2012 The Brain of Morbius[2] Fourth Doctor ??/07/1984

1985

In 1985, BBC Video removed the "Star Ident" from the VHS artwork and replaced it with simple italic text, thus the last release to display the "Star Ident" was "The Brain of Morbius" in 1984.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV2014 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor ??/02/1985
BBCV2019 The Seeds of Death Second Doctor ??/07/1985
BBCV2020 The Five Doctors Fifth Doctor ??/09/1985

1986

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV2030 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor ??/04/1986
BBCV2036 Day of the Daleks Third Doctor ??/07/1986
BBCV4013 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/??/1986

1987

The release of The Seeds of Death marked the first black and white Doctor Who released as part of the range.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4055 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor ??/??/1987
BBCV4072 The Seeds of Death Second Doctor ??/07/1987
BBCV4073 Death to the Daleks Third Doctor ??/07/1987

1988

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4107 Spearhead from Space Third Doctor ??/02/1988
BBCV4108 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor ??/04/1988
BBCV4109 Day of the Daleks Third Doctor ??/07/1988
BBCV4187 The Talons of Weng-Chiang Fourth Doctor ??/11/1988
BBCV4186 Terror of the Zygons Fourth Doctor ??/11/1988

1989

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4245 The Time Warrior Third Doctor ??/06/1989
BBCV4244 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor ??/06/1989
BBCV4242 The Daleks (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/06/1989

1990

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4311 An Unearthly Child First Doctor ??/02/1990
BBCV4310 The War Games (2 tapes) Second Doctor ??/02/1990
BBCV4353 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/05/1990
BBCV4352 The Mind Robber Second Doctor ??/05/1990
BBCV4387 The Five Doctors Fifth Doctor ??/07/1990
BBCV4388 The Brain of Morbius Fourth Doctor ??/07/1990
BBCV4405 The Web Planet (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/09/1990
BBCV4406 The Dominators[3] Second Doctor ??/09/1990

1991

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4453 The Curse of Fenric[4] Seventh Doctor ??/02/1991
BBCV4452 The Krotons Second Doctor ??/02/1991
BBCV4491 Planet of the Spiders (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/04/1991
BBCV4492 City of Death Fourth Doctor ??/04/1991
BBCV4608 The Hartnell Years First Doctor 03/06/1991
BBCV4609 The Troughton Years Second Doctor 03/06/1991
BBCV4642 The Masque of Mandragora Fourth Doctor ??/08/1991
BBCV4650 The Three Doctors Third Doctor ??/08/1991
BBCV4643 The Sontaran Experiment / Genesis of the Daleks (2 tapes) Fourth Doctor ??/10/1991
BBCV4645 The Deadly Assassin Fourth Doctor ??/10/1991

1992

The recovery of The Tomb of the Cybermen at the beginning of the year allowed for it to be hurriedly slotted into the release schedule in May. The release of Shada saw the story completed by having Tom Baker fill in the gaps in the narrative by giving simple summaries of the missing action. The release also included a copy of all six scripts. The Tom Baker Years departed in format from the previous three releases, having Tom Baker commenting on a clip from each of his television adventures as opposed to introducing selected individual episodes.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4713 The Caves of Androzani Fifth Doctor ??/01/1992
BBCV4714 Robot Fourth Doctor ??/01/1992
BBCV4736 Logopolis Fourth Doctor ??/03/1992
BBCV4737 Castrovalva Fifth Doctor ??/03/1992
BBCV4756 The Pertwee Years Third Doctor 02/03/1992
BBCV4742 The Claws of Axos Third Doctor ??/05/1992
BBCV4783 The Twin Dilemma Sixth Doctor ??/05/1992[5]
BBCV4772 The Tomb of the Cybermen Second Doctor ??/05/1992
BBCV4810 Daleks: The Early Years First Doctor
Second Doctor 		??/07/1992
BBCV4813 Cybermen: The Early Years Second Doctor ??/07/1992
BBCV4814 Shada[6] Fourth Doctor 06/07/1992
BBCV4839 The Tom Baker Years (2 tapes) Fourth Doctor ??/09/1992
BBCV4840 Earthshock Fifth Doctor ??/09/1992
BBCV4743 The Aztecs First Doctor ??/11/1992
BBCV4874 Mawdryn Undead Fifth Doctor ??/11/1992

1993

The release of Silver Nemesis (originally planned for January), for which the cover broke with the established template, also had an US documentary on the story included as a bonus. The Dæmons release was based on the colorisation created and broadcast in 1992, and the releases of Terror of the Autons and Doctor Who and the Silurians would also be released in a colorised format. The releases from Terror of the Autons to The Two Doctors featured the 30th Anniversary logo on the front cover rather than the standard one. They would also feature a special anniversary title sequence at the start of the tape. The Invasion was released with narration from Nicholas Courtney filling in for the missing episodes 1 and 4. The Dalek Tin also included a booklet, Daleks: A Brief History by Andrew Pixley. The bottom of the tin featured a photo of a Dalek, with 5 different variations each with a different Dalek photo. Similarly, the TARDIS Tin had 7 variations, one photo for each of the then seven Doctors. Planet of Evil and Dragonfire had originally been scheduled for early 1994, but were brought forward to December at the last minute.

There had been several "special releases" planned for the anniversary year. Alongside The Invasion, The Reign of Terror was originally scheduled with narration from Carole Ann Ford filling the gaps left by the missing episodes 4 and 5. Similarly, The Tenth Planet with narration by Michael Craze for Episode 4, was also planned for release. John Nathan-Turner had also planned a double tape pack consisting of clips and interviews for the 30th anniversary. Additionally, a release titled "The BBC Documentaries" had been planned, featuring Whose Doctor Who (1977) and Resistance is Useless (1992). Finally, The Davison Years, The Colin Baker Years, and The McCoy Years had all been scheduled (with the Colin Baker title being recorded). Following complaints from fans, Nathan-Turner departed from BBC Video, meaning these planned titles were abandoned (the Colin Baker title eventually been released in 1994).

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV4890 Terminus Fifth Doctor ??/01/1993
BBCV4891 Enlightenment Fifth Doctor ??/02/1993
BBCV4941 Image of the Fendahl Fourth Doctor ??/03/1993
BBCV4950 The Dæmons Third Doctor ??/03/1993
BBCV4957 Terror of the Autons Third Doctor ??/04/1993
BBCV4888 Silver Nemesis[7] Seventh Doctor ??/04/1993
BBCV4962 Vengeance on Varos Sixth Doctor ??/05/1993
BBCV4973 The Keeper of Traken Fourth Doctor ??/06/1993
BBCV4974 The Invasion (2 tapes) Second Doctor ??/06/1993
BBCV4990 Doctor Who and the Silurians (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/07/1993
BBCV4978 The Curse of Peladon Third Doctor ??/08/1993
BBCV5005 Dalek Tin: (BBCV5006) The Chase / (BBCV5007) Remembrance of the Daleks (2 tapes) First Doctor
Seventh Doctor 		??/09/1993
BBCV5008 TARDIS Tin: (BBCV5009) The Trial of a Time Lord (3 tapes) Sixth Doctor ??/10/1993
BBCV5143 Resurrection of the Daleks Fifth Doctor ??/11/1993
BBCV5148 The Two Doctors Sixth Doctor ??/11/1993
BBCV5180 Planet of Evil Fourth Doctor 29/12/1993
BBCV5181 Dragonfire Seventh Doctor 29/12/1993

1994

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

The Green Death had originally been scheduled for March, but would end up being delayed until 1996 as a result of being pre-empted by a BBC2 repeat of the story in January/February. Likewise, a release of Revelation of the Daleks for May was abandoned due to its repeat on BBC2 in early 1993 (it would be released eventually in 1999). The Greatest Show in the Galaxy had been planned for a November release, but was dropped till 2000.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV5218 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5219 Day of the Daleks Third Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5220 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5199 Arc of Infinity Fifth Doctor ??/03/1994
BBCV5324 The Colin Baker Years Sixth Doctor ??/03/1994
BBCV5269 Inferno (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/05/1994
BBCV5334 Ghost Light Seventh Doctor ??/05/1994
BBCV5349 The Visitation / Black Orchid (2 tapes) Fifth Doctor 04/07/1994
BBCV5350 Destiny of the Daleks Fourth Doctor 04/07/1994
BBCV5377 The Seeds of Doom (2 tapes) Fourth Doctor 01/08/1994
BBCV5378 The Rescue / The Romans (2 tapes) First Doctor 05/09/1994
BBCV5432 Kinda Fifth Doctor ??/10/1994
BBCV5403 More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS N/A 07/11/1994
BBCV5433 Snakedance Fifth Doctor ??/12/1994

1995

The Key to Time releases of April, May, and June featured artwork on the spine of the video cases (by Andrew Skilleter). Starting with 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 come to an end with The Hand of Fear in 1996. Carnival of Monsters also came with 3 cards with photos on one side and part of the cover art on the other. These could be combined with 3 cards released with Doctor Who Magazine issue 224 to complete the cover art. The initial release of The Five Doctors had an error with the Dolby Surround and replacement tapes had to be issued.

Releases provisionally scheduled for this year included The Keys of Marinus in March (released 1999) and The Ice Warriors in May (released 1998). Planet of Giants (released 2002) and Invasion of the Dinosaurs (released 2003) were set for November (and then early 1996) while Delta and the Bannermen (released 2001) was planned for December.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV5509 Spearhead from Space Third Doctor ??/02/95
BBCV5520 Death to the Daleks[8] Third Doctor ??/02/95
BBCV5521 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor ??/02/95
BBCV5526 The Android Invasion Fourth Doctor ??/03/95
BBCV5556 Carnival of Monsters[9] Third Doctor ??/03/95
BBCV5607 The Ribos Operation Fourth Doctor ??/04/95
BBCV5608 The Pirate Planet Fourth Doctor ??/04/95
BBCV5610 The Stones of Blood Fourth Doctor ??/05/95
BBCV5611 The Androids of Tara Fourth Doctor ??/05/95
BBCV5612 The Power of Kroll Fourth Doctor ??/06/95
BBCV5613 The Armageddon Factor Fourth Doctor ??/06/95
BBCV5603 The Mark of the Rani Sixth Doctor ??/07/95
BBCV5617 Time and the Rani Seventh Doctor ??/07/95
BBCV5640 Frontier in Space[10] (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/08/95
BBCV5635 K.9 & Company Sarah Jane Smith ??/08/95
BBCV5667 The Sea Devils (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/09/95
BBCV5668 Warriors of the Deep Fifth Doctor ??/09/95
BBCV5686 Paradise Towers Seventh Doctor ??/10/95
BBCV5687 Survival Seventh Doctor ??/10/95
N/A (BBCV5733) The King's Demons / (BBCV5734) The Five Doctors Special Edition (2 tapes) Fifth Doctor ??/11/95
BBCV5781 The Monster of Peladon (2 tapes) Third Doctor 27/12/95

1996

The video range was suspended on February 19th due to the imminent release of the forthcoming TV movie. This also resulted in many back titles being deleted, including the very recent release of The Hand of Fear, which made this particular title most sought after. When the range returned in October it had adopted the new logo from the telemovie, although a consistent template would not be established till 1997.

Time-Flight (released 2000) and The Happiness Patrol (released 1997) had both been planned for March, The Green Death for April, The Leisure Hive (released 1997) for May, Horror of Fang Rock (released 1998) and The Horns of Nimon (released 2003) for June, Timelash (released 1998) for July, The Awakening/Frontios (released 1997) for August, and The War Machines (released 1997) and The Invasion of Time (released 2000) for September.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV5789 The Hand of Fear Fourth Doctor 05/02/96
BBCV5882 Doctor Who[11] Eighth Doctor ??/05/96
BBCV5816 The Green Death (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/10/96

1997

The release of The Awakening/Frontios marked the end of painted artwork covers for the range. From The War Machines onwards the covers would be photographic montages created by the design house Black Sheep.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV5821 The Leisure Hive Fourth Doctor ??/01/97
BBCV6120 The Awakening / Frontios (2 tapes) Fifth Doctor ??/03/97
BBCV6183 The War Machines First Doctor ??/06/97
BBCV5803 The Happiness Patrol Seventh Doctor ??/08/97
BBCV6229 The E-Space Trilogy: (BBCV6230) Full Circle / (BBCV6231) State of Decay / (BBCV6232) Warriors' Gate (3 tapes) Fourth Doctor ??/11/97

1998

The Ice Warriors release came with a CD for the soundtrack of the missing episodes 2 and 3, while on the tape they were replaced by a cut down 15 minute reconstruction using stills and narration.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV6329 Timelash Sixth Doctor ??/01/98
BBCV6330 Battlefield[12] Seventh Doctor ??/03/98
BBCV6361 The Mind of Evil[13] Third Doctor ??/05/98
BBCV6536 Horror of Fang Rock Fourth Doctor ??/07/98
BBCV6567 Planet of Fire Fifth Doctor ??/09/98
BBCV6609 The Ark First Doctor ??/10/98
BBCV6387 The Ice Warriors Box Set: (BBCV6755) The Ice Warriors /
(BBCV6766) The Missing Years & The Underwater Menace: Episode 3 (2 tapes) 		First Doctor
Second Doctor 		??/11/98

1999

The discovery of the previously missing episode "The Lion" (Episode 1 of The Crusade) at the start of the year prompted its release in July. It featured linking material for the missing episodes from William Russell.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date
BBCV6610 Nightmare of Eden Fourth Doctor ??/01/99
BBCV6671 The Keys of Marinus First Doctor ??/03/99
BBCV6773 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/04/99
BBCV6672 The Face of Evil Fourth Doctor ??/05/99
BBCV6888 The Crusade: Episodes 1 & 3 / The Space Museum (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/07/99
BBCV6774 Terror of the Zygons[14] Third Doctor ??/08/99
BBCV6889 The Curse of Fatal Death[15] Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
Twelfth Doctor
Thirteenth Doctor 		??/09/99
BBCV6889 Dalek Tin II: (BBCV6928) Planet of the Daleks[16] / (BBCV6927) Revelation of the Daleks (2 tapes) Third Doctor
Sixth Doctor 		??/11/99

2000

2001

2002

2003

VHS covers

A list of all VHS covers can be found here

See also

References

  1. ↑ Re-release of previous version. Differentiated by alternative cover art.
  2. ↑ This was a 60 minute edit of the story.
  3. ↑ This title featured several minor censor edits due to the prints used.
  4. ↑ This was an extended edit of the story, but was still presented in an episodic format.
  5. ↑ This was a Woolworths exclusive release. It was made available for general release in February 1993. Originally it had planned on being The Aztecs, however Woolworths wanted a colour title.
  6. ↑ Whilst a single tape release, this story was released in a double-tape box so as to allow space for the script book.
  7. ↑ This was an extended edit of the story include 12 minutes of extra footage, but was still presented in an episodic format.
  8. ↑ Despite being presented in an episodic format, the release is still edited with a scene from Episode Two missing.
  9. ↑ This featured the 1981 Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat edit of Episode Four, which trimmed one scene toward the end of the episode. It also presented an extended edit of Episode Two (about 4 minutes longer) which featured the Delaware version of the theme arrangement.
  10. ↑ Episode 5 was presented in an extended edit (about 1 minute of footage) and the Delaware version of the theme arrangement.
  11. ↑ This was an edited version of the TV movie that matched the 1996 BBC1 screening.
  12. ↑ This was an extended edit of the story, but was still presented in an episodic format.
  13. ↑ The story was presented in black & white, although surviving colour footage from Episode 6 was presented at the end of the tape.
  14. ↑ Also included was a small clip from Disney Time.
  15. ↑ Three other comedy sketches were included on the release.
  16. ↑ Episode 3 was presented in black & white.
  17. ↑ This was a partially colour restored version with roughly 45% of the story presented in colour.
  18. ↑ Episode 1 of the story was presented in black & white.
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