List of BBC DVD releases

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The following is a list of DVD releases by the BBC, broken down by year of release. It includes the catalogue number for each release, as used on the Region 2 version of each DVD. Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures have been released on this medium from 1999 until the present.

See Missing episodes for a list of stories that will require significant degrees of restoration before home video release is possible.

Timeline of Releases

1999

Doctor Who was chosen as one of six DVDs released to represent the BBC as a 'test' of the DVD market by BBC Worldwide. (The other titles were The Black Adder, Noddy in Toyland, The Planets, Persuasion, and Volume I of The Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.)

The chosen title for this 'test' was The Five Doctors, which was picked due to an already existing in a Special Edition format from the BBC Video release of 1995, which allowed it it to take 'better advantage' of the DVD format with the use of 5.1 Surround Sound.

Region 2 BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Region 1 Region 4
01/11/1999 BBCDVD1006 The Five Doctors 10/09/2000

2000

After The Five Doctors, which was something of a false start, the range eventually kicked off properly (with a different cover art template) a year later with The Robots of Death.

Region 2 BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Region 1 Region 4
13/11/2000 BBCDVD1012 The Robots of Death 02/07/2001

2001

Region 2 BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Region 1 Region 4
29/01/2001 BBCDVD1033 Spearhead from Space 15/04/2002
26/02/2001 BBCDVD1040 Remembrance of the Daleks 13/05/2002
18/06/2001 BBCDVD1042 The Caves of Androzani 07/01/2002
13/08/2001 BBCDVD1043 The Movie
15/10/2001 BBCDVD1044 Vengeance on Varos 14/08/2003

2002

Pyramids of Mars was originally to have been the Tom Baker title released in the second slot, but issues to do with contract negotiations led to it being postponed and The Ark in Space was put in its place. After the release of The Five Doctors, the original plan was to release one title from each Doctor of the eight Doctors, but as the range progressed this was not quite achieved as The Ark in Space and Carnival of Monsters were then slipped into the schedule to prevent two black and white stories being released back to back.

Region 2 BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Region 1 Region 4
14/01/2002 BBCDVD1032 The Tomb of the Cybermen 01/04/2002
08/04/2002 BBCDVD1097 The Ark in Space 03/06/2002
15/07/2002 BBCDVD1098 Carnival of Monsters 02/09/2002
21/10/2002 BBCDVD1099 The Aztecs 02/12/2002
18/11/2002 BBCDVD1100 Resurrection of the Daleks 03/02/2003

2003

For the 40th Anniversary of Doctor Who, BBC DVD wanted to release one title from each Doctor.

Region 2 BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Region 1 Region 4
17/02/2003 BBCDVD1151 The Seeds of Death (2 disc) 05/05/2003
28/04/2003 BBCDVD1152 The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2 disc) 30/06/2003
09/06/2003 BBCDVD1156 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 disc) 13/08/2003
18/08/2003 BBCDVD1153 Earthshock 01/10/2003
08/09/2003 BBCDVD1213 The Two Doctors (2 disc) 07/01/2004
06/10/2003 BBCDVD1154 The Curse of Fenric (2 disc) 07/02/2004
24/11/2003 BBCDVD1144 The Three Doctors 12/11/2003

2004

Pyramids of Mars was released after being voted most wanted DVD release in a 2003 Doctor Who Magazine poll and the Lost in Time set came about due to the recovery of the previously missing episode Day of Armageddon from The Daleks' Master Plan which happened in the January of 2004.

2005

From Revelation of the Daleks and onwards the DVDs featured the logo of 2 entertain, a DVD release company formed by the BBC and Woolworths.

2006

The Sontaran Experiment in October 2006 marked the start of an increase in the number of releases, with titles being assigned as either a "Super Value Edition" (like The Sontaran Experiment, which meant a reduced extras package, or "Special Editions" like the two disc releases of the past.

2007

The Series Three DVD box set was, in an exclusive release at Amazon.co.uk, made available with the choice of two additional covers beyond that of the standard cover. The Remembrance of the Daleks disc, as part of The Complete Davros Collection DVD box set, marked the first example of the range re-visiting a previous release (the new disc correcting mistakes with effects and the multi-angle feature, and upgrading the Photo Gallery feature, as well as adding new documentaries).

2008

The release of The Five Doctors is the second re-release of the series, making the original 1983 version of the story available on DVD for the first time.

2009

The Special Edition release of Remembrance of the Daleks that was part of the 2007 Davros box set is released separately this year as an extra title above the number of regular releases.

2010 and Onwards

The following are rumoured to be upcoming releases but have not been officially confirmed or announced.

Still to be Announced

William Hartnell

Patrick Troughton

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Peter Davison

Sylvester McCoy

David Tennant

Re-releases

Re-releases, with improved restoration and more extras, have been rumoured but not confirmed for the following stories, originally released in 2000-2002. They were the first titles released for their respective Doctors. The first William Hartnell DVD, The Aztecs, was released later and is regarded as being of higher quality and therefore not requiring a reissue. The majority of the reissues may or may not come out in a boxed set: Zeta Minor [source needed]

External Links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BBFC DOCTOR WHO - THE KING'S DEMONS & PLANET OF FIRE accessed 12th August 2009
  2. ↑ Peter Purves in Doctor Who accessed 12th August 2009
  3. ↑ Zeta Minor DVD listing The Curse of Peladon/Monster of Peladon accessed 12th August 2009
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Brendan Sheppard Official Website 2009 accessed 12th August 2009
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