List of BBC DVD releases

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Doctor Who has been released by BBC DVD since 1999, with K9 and Company, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures also having been released on the DVD format by BBC DVD since their inceptions.

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 title chosen for this test was The Five Doctors. This was picked because of it already existing in a "Special Edition" format from the BBC Video release of 1995. This permitted better use of the DVD format with 5.1 surround sound. The Region 1 release of this title featured a commentary not available on the Region 2 and 4 versions, but which would later be included on the "Special Edition" re-release of 2008.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1006 The Five Doctors Fifth Doctor 1999-11-01 2001-09-11 2000-10-09

2000

The Five Doctors was something of a false start. The range kicked off properly a year later with The Robots of Death. with a different cover art template. Although the menu intro sequence was the same as for The Five Doctors, in all other respects the menu system was completely redesigned. It was planned for each disc to feature the story's theme music over the menu intro sequence. This was dropped early into 2001 as it was felt that the Howell version of the theme fitted the sequence best and has been used on every release since.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1012 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor 2000-11-13 2001-09-11 2001-07-02

2001

Spearhead from Space was a last minute addition to the schedule and was primarily based on the restoration done for the 1999 repeat broadcast.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1033 Spearhead from Space Third Doctor 2001-01-29 2001-09-11 2002-04-15
BBCDVD1040 Remembrance of the Daleks Seventh Doctor 2001-02-26 2002-04-02 2002-05-13
BBCDVD1042 The Caves of Androzani Fifth Doctor 2001-06-18 2002-04-02 2002-01-07
BBCDVD1043 The Movie Eighth Doctor 2001-08-13 N/A[1] N/A[1]
BBCDVD1044 Vengeance on Varos Sixth Doctor 2001-10-15 2003-03-04 2003-08-14

2002

Pyramids of Mars was originally to have been the Tom Baker title in the second slot. Issues with contract negotiations led to it being postponed and The Ark in Space put in its place. The original plan was to release one title from each Doctor. This was not managed as The Ark in Space and Carnival of Monsters were slipped into the schedule to avoid two black and white stories being released back to back. This year saw the first major discontinuity between UK (Region 2) and North American (Region 1) DVD releases. A box set of the six stories from the Key to Time season was released in Region 1 years before a similar release in Region 2.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1032 The Tomb of the Cybermen Second Doctor 2002-01-14 2002-08-06 2002-04-01
BBCDVD1097 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor 2002-04-08 2002-08-06 2002-06-03
BBCDVD1098 Carnival of Monsters Third Doctor 2002-07-15 2003-07-01 2002-09-02
N/A The Key to Time Collection: The Ribos Operation / The Pirate Planet / The Stones of Blood / The Androids of Tara / The Power of Kroll / The Armageddon Factor (6 disc) Fourth Doctor N/A 2002-10-01[2] N/A
BBCDVD1099 The Aztecs First Doctor 2002-10-21 2003-03-04 2002-12-02
BBCDVD1100 Resurrection of the Daleks Fifth Doctor 2002-11-18 2003-07-02 2003-02-03

2003

For Doctor Who's fortieth anniversary, BBC DVD wanted to release one title from each Doctor. The Three Doctors was originally planned for the first release slot of the year, but was held back for the anniversary month. For the year most releases included a special music video. Clips from the show were accompanied by the popular cover version of the Doctor Who theme music by Orbital. In Region 4 these releases, except for The Curse of Fenric, had an additional slip cover fitted over the cases, which were covered in silver TARDIS roundels and replaced the standard DVD range logo with the Fortieth Anniversary variation.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1151 The Seeds of Death (2 disc) Second Doctor 2003-02-17 2004-03-02 2003-05-05
BBCDVD1152 The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2003-04-28 2003-10-07 2003-06-30
BBCDVD1156 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 disc) First Doctor 2003-06-09 2003-10-07 2003-08-13
BBCDVD1153 Earthshock Fifth Doctor 2003-08-18 2004-09-07 2003-10-01
BBCDVD1213 The Two Doctors (2 disc) Sixth Doctor 2003-09-08 2004-06-01 2004-01-07
BBCDVD1154 The Curse of Fenric (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 2003-10-06 2004-06-01 2004-02-11
BBCDVD1144 The Three Doctors Third Doctor 2003-11-24 2004-03-02 2003-11-12

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 occurred in the January of 2004. The release of Lost in Time marked the first time BBC DVD released a Doctor Who boxset, instead of releasing individual serials. It also marks the first time two different Doctors were released together, without it being a multi-Doctor story.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1329 The Visitation Fifth Doctor 2004-01-19 2005-03-01 2004-04-08
BBCDVD1350 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor 2004-03-01 2004-09-07 2004-06-10
BBCDVD1142 The Green Death Third Doctor 2004-05-10 2005-03-01 2004-08-05
BBCDVD1351 The Leisure Hive Fourth Doctor 2004-07-05 2005-06-07 2004-10-07
BBCDVD1352 Ghost Light Seventh Doctor 2004-09-20 2005-06-07 2005-02-03
BBCDVD1353 Lost in Time (3 disc) First Doctor
Second Doctor
2004-11-01 2004-11-02 2004-11-02

2005

From Revelation of the Daleks onwards, the DVDs featured the logo of 2|entertain, a DVD release company formed by the BBC and Woolworths. The release of the Dalek collection was the first time that 2|entertain released a DVD collection exclusively to a shop - W H Smith. This was available only in the UK, and not worldwide.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1356 Horror of Fang Rock Fourth Doctor 2005-01-17 2005-09-06 2005-04-07
BBCDVD1358 The Mind Robber Second Doctor 2005-03-07 2005-09-06 2005-05-05
BBCDVD1354 The Claws of Axos Third Doctor 2005-04-25 2005-11-08 2005-06-02
BBCDVD1755 Doctor Who - Volume 1 Ninth Doctor 2005-05-16 2006-11-07 2005-06-17
BBCDVD1756 Doctor Who - Volume 2 Ninth Doctor 2005-06-13 2006-11-07 2005-08-03
BBCDVD1357 Revelation of the Daleks Sixth Doctor 2005-07-11 2006-06-06 2005-09-01
BBCDVD1757 Doctor Who - Volume 3 Ninth Doctor 2005-08-01 2006-11-07 2005-08-31
BBCDVD1758 Doctor Who - Volume 4 Ninth Doctor 2005-09-05 2006-11-07 2005-10-06
BBCDVD1355 The Web Planet First Doctor 2005-10-03 2006-09-05 2005-11-03
BBCDVD1384 Dalek Collector's Edition: The Dalek Invasion of Earth / Resurrection of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks (4 disc)(W H Smith exclusive) First Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
2005-10-06 N/A N/A
BBCDVD1664 City of Death (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2005-11-07 2005-11-08 2005-12-01
BBCDVD1770 Doctor Who - The Complete First Series (5 disc) Ninth Doctor 2005-11-21 2006-02-14 (Canada)
2006-07-04 (US)[3]
2006-07-20

2006

The Sontaran Experiment in October 2006 marked the start of more frequent releases. Titles might be a "Super Value Edition" (like The Sontaran Experiment). This meant fewer extras. Some releases were "Special Editions" like the two disc releases of the past. Super Value Editions were abandoned around 2008. The two missing episodes of The Invasion were originally animated for BBCi and used for the story's DVD release. The Mark of the Rani was a release brought forward to plug a gap created by the delay of Arc of Infinity.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1882 The Beginning: An Unearthly Child / The Daleks / The Edge of Destruction (3 disc) First Doctor 2006-01-30 2006-03-28 2006-03-02
BBCDVD1813 Genesis of the Daleks (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2006-04-10 2006-06-06 2006-05-04
BBCDVD1960 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 2006-05-01 N/A 2006-07-20
BBCDVD1961 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 2006-06-05 N/A 2006-08-17
BBCDVD1802 Inferno (2 disc) Third Doctor 2006-06-19 2006-09-05 2006-07-06
BBCDVD1962 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 2006-07-10 N/A 2006-09-07
BBCDVD1833 The Hand of Fear Fourth Doctor 2006-07-24 2006-11-07 2006-09-07
BBCDVD1963 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 2006-08-07 N/A 2006-10-05
BBCDVD2224 The Mark of the Rani Sixth Doctor 2006-09-04 2006-11-07 2006-11-02
BBCDVD1964 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 5 Tenth Doctor 2006-09-25 N/A 2006-11-02
BBCDVD1811 The Sontaran Experiment Fourth Doctor 2006-10-09 2007-03-06 2006-12-07
BBCDVD1829 The Invasion (2 disc) Second Doctor 2006-11-06 2007-03-06 2007-01-03
BBCDVD2262 The Cybermen Collection: The Tomb of the Cybermen / The Invasion / Earthshock (4 disc)
(Amazon.co.uk exclusive)
Second Doctor
Fifth Doctor
2006-11-06 N/A N/A
BBCDVD2263 The Third Doctor Collection: Spearhead from Space / Inferno / The Claws of Axos / The Three Doctors / Carnival of Monsters / The Green Death (7 disc)(Amazon.co.uk exclusive) Third Doctor 2006-11-06 N/A N/A
BBCDVD2122 Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 2006-11-20 2007-01-16 (US)
2007-02-06 (Canada)[4]
06/12/2006
BBCDVD2241 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 1 Torchwood 2006-12-26 N/A 2007-07-31

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 as well as 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 an earlier release. The new disc corrected mistakes with effects and the multi-angle feature; it upgraded the Photo Gallery feature and added new documentaries.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1331 New Beginnings: The Keeper of Traken / Logopolis / Castrovalva (3 disc) Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
2007-01-27 2007-06-05 2007-03-07
BBCDVD???? The Dalek Collection: The Dalek Invasion of Earth / Genesis of the Daleks / Resurrection of the Daleks / Revelation of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks (7 disc) (Amazon.co.uk exclusive) First Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
2007-01-27 N/A N/A
BBCDVD2251 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 2 Torchwood 2007-02-26 N/A 2007-09-06
BBCDVD2345 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 3 Torchwood 2007-03-26 N/A 2007-10-02
BBCDVD2380 The Runaway Bride Tenth Doctor 2007-04-02 N/A 2007-07-03[5]
BBCDVD1834 Survival (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 2007-04-16 2007-08-14 2007-06-06
BBCDVD2381 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 2007-05-21 N/A 2007-08-01[5]
BBCDVD2332 Robot Fourth Doctor 2007-06-04 2007-08-14 2007-07-04
BBCDVD2382 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 2007-06-25 N/A 2007-09-05[5]
BBCDVD2333 Timelash Sixth Doctor 2007-07-09 2008-04-01 2007-07-31
BBCDVD2383 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 2007-07-23 N/A 2007-10-03[5]
BBCDVD2327 Time-Flight / Arc of Infinity (2 disc) Fifth Doctor 2007-08-06 2007-11-06 2007-09-05
BBCDVD2384 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 2007-08-20 N/A 2007-11-07[5]
BBCDVD2334 The Time Warrior Third Doctor 2007-09-03 2008-04-01 2007-10-03
BBCDVD2335 The Key to Time: The Ribos Operation / The Pirate Planet / The Stones of Blood / The Androids of Tara / The Power of Kroll / The Armageddon Factor (7 disc) Fourth Doctor 2007-09-24 2009-03-03[6] 2007-11-07
BBCDVD1814 Planet of Evil Fourth Doctor 2007-10-15 2008-03-04 2007-12-05
BBCDVD2390 The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane Sarah Jane Smith 2007-10-29 N/A 2009-01-12
BBCDVD2385 Doctor Who - The Complete Third Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 2007-11-05 2007-11-06 2007-12-06
BBCDVD2253 Torchwood - The Complete First Series (5 disc) Torchwood 2007-11-19 2008-01-22 2008-02-06
BBCDVD2452 The Infinite Quest Tenth Doctor 2007-11-05 2008-11-18 2008-06-05
BBCDVD2434 Destiny of the Daleks Fourth Doctor 2007-11-26 2008-03-04 2008-02-06
BBCDVD2508 The Complete Davros Collection: Genesis of the Daleks / Destiny of the Daleks / Resurrection of the Daleks / Revelation of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks (8 disc) Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
2007-11-26 N/A 2008-02-06

2008

The release of The Five Doctors was the second re-release of the series. The first had been Remembrance of the Daleks in 2007. This made the original 1983 version of the story available on DVD for the first time. The release of The Invisible Enemy featured an authoring error on the Region 2 release. A replacement disc could be obtained directly from 2|entertain and the error was corrected for later pressings.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD2438 Beneath the Surface: Doctor Who and the Silurians / The Sea Devils / Warriors of the Deep (4 disc) Third Doctor
Fifth Doctor
2008-01-14 2008-06-03 2008-03-05
BBCDVD2331 The Time Meddler First Doctor 2008-02-04 2008-08-05 2008-04-02
BBCDVD2450 The Five Doctors (2 disc) Fifth Doctor 2008-03-03 2008-08-05 2008-05-08
BBCDVD2604 Voyage of the Damned (including Time Crash) Tenth Doctor 2008-03-10 N/A 2008-06-30
BBCDVD2432 Black Orchid Fifth Doctor 2008-04-14 2008-08-05 2008-06-05
BBCDVD2586 The Invasion of Time (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2008-05-05 2008-09-02 2008-07-03
BBCDVD2617 Bred for War: The Time Warrior / The Sontaran Experiment / The Invasion of Time / The Two Doctors (6 disc) Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
2008-05-05 N/A 2008-07-08
BBCDVD2605 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 2008-06-02 N/A 2008-08-06
BBCDVD2439 K9 Tales: (BBCDVD2799) The Invisible Enemy / (BBCDVD2798) K9 and Company (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2008-06-16 2008-09-02 2008-09-04
BBCDVD2618 Torchwood - The Complete Second Series (5 disc) Torchwood 2008-06-30 2008-09-16 (US)
2008-11-11 (Canada)[7]
2009-10-02
BBCDVD2606 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 2008-07-07 N/A 2008-09-04
BBCDVD1816 The Brain of Morbius Fourth Doctor 2008-07-21 2008-10-07 2008-10-02
BBCDVD2607 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 2008-08-04 N/A 2008-10-02
BBCDVD2441 The War Machines First Doctor 2008-08-25 2009-01-06 2008-11-07
BBCDVD2608 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 2008-09-01 N/A 2008-11-07
BBCDVD2431 Four to Doomsday Fifth Doctor 2008-09-15 2009-01-06 2008-12-04
BBCDVD2422 The Trial of a Time Lord (4 disc) Sixth Doctor 2008-09-29 2008-10-07 2009-01-05
BBCDVD2700 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete First Series (including Invasion of the Bane) (4 disc) Sarah Jane Smith 2008-11-10 2008-10-07 2010-01-07[8]
BBCDVD2609 Doctor Who - The Complete Fourth Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 2008-11-17 2008-11-18 2008-12-04
BBCDVD2440 Battlefield (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 2008-12-26 2009-05-05 2009-02-05

2009

The Special Edition release of Remembrance of the Daleks, part of the 2007 Davros box set, was released separately this year. This was in addition to the regular releases. The Dalek War box set had been planned as a late December release; it was brought forward to fill a hole created by the Torchwood: Children of Earth DVD being released closer to the broadcast date. Dalek War also saw the first release of episode 3 of Planet of the Daleks in colour because of new colourisation techniques.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD2903 The Next Doctor (including Doctor Who at the Proms and Music of the Spheres) Tenth Doctor 2009-01-19 2009-09-15 2009-03-05
BBCDVD1835 The E-Space Trilogy: Full Circle / State of Decay / Warriors' Gate (3 disc) Fourth Doctor 2009-01-26 2009-05-05 2009-03-05
BBCDVD2698 (BBCDVD2970) The Rescue / (BBCDVD2971) The Romans (2 disc) First Doctor 2009-02-23 2009-07-07 2009-04-02
BBCDVD2436 Attack of the Cybermen Sixth Doctor 2009-03-16 2009-07-07 2009-05-07
BBCDVD2905 The Cybermen Collection: The Age of Steel / Rise of the Cybermen / Army of Ghosts / Doomsday (2 disc) Tenth Doctor 2009-04-13 N/A 2009-08-06
BBCDVD1820 Image of the Fendahl Fourth Doctor 2009-04-20 2009-09-01 2009-06-04
BBCDVD2430 The Deadly Assassin Fourth Doctor 2009-05-11 2009-09-01 2009-07-02
BBCDVD2599 Delta and the Bannermen Seventh Doctor 2009-06-22 2009-09-01 2009-08-06
BBCDVD3009 Planet of the Dead Tenth Doctor 2009-06-29 2009-07-28 2009-07-02
BBCDVD1800 The War Games (3 disc) Second Doctor 2009-07-06 2009-11-03 2009-09-03
BBCDVD2981 Torchwood: Children of Earth (2 disc) Torchwood 2009-07-13 2009-07-28 2009-10-01
BBCDVD2451 Remembrance of the Daleks (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 2009-07-20 2010-03-02 2009-10-01
BBCDVD2596 The Black Guardian Trilogy: Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment (4 disc) Fifth Doctor 2009-08-10 2009-11-03 2009-11-05
BBCDVD2598 The Twin Dilemma Sixth Doctor 2009-09-07 2010-01-05 2009-12-03
BBCDVD2616 The Keys of Marinus First Doctor 2009-09-21 2010-01-05 2010-01-07
BBCDVD2614 Dalek War: Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks (4 disc) Third Doctor 2009-10-05 2010-03-02 2010-04-02
BBCDVD2998 The Dalek Collection: Dalek / Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways / Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks / The Stolen Earth / Journey's End (3 disc) Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
2009-10-19 N/A 2009-12-05
BBCDVD3065 Torchwood - Series 1-3 (14 disc) Torchwood 2009-10-26 2011-07-19 2010-08-05
BBCDVD3058 Doctor Who - The Complete Series 1-4 (23 disc) Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
2009-10-26 2009-10-27 2009-12-03
BBCDVD2919 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Second Series (4 disc) Sarah Jane Smith 2009-11-09 2009-11-10 2010-06-03
BBCDVD2754 The Key to Time (7 disc) Fourth Doctor 2009-11-16[9] N/A N/A

2010

The Kamelion Tales DVD box set was originally scheduled for the January release slot. It was pushed back due to an administrative error. Its replacement, the Peladon Tales box set, had originally been planned for 2008, but was also held back until this year. Three new special editions of stories released early in the range appeared in Revisitations 1 box set. The rights issues with the 1996 TV Movie were cleared and it was released on DVD for the first time in Regions 1 & 4. A limited edition version of the Season Five box set, a metal tin (BBCDVD3344), was released alongside the standard version.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD3105 The Waters of Mars / The End of Time (3 disc) Tenth Doctor 2010-01-11 2010-02-02 WOM: 2010-02-04
EOT: 2010-03-04
BBCDVD3104 Doctor Who - The Complete Specials Boxset (5 disc) Tenth Doctor 2010-01-11 2010-02-02 2010-07-01
BBCDVD2744 Peladon Tales: The Curse of Peladon / The Monster of Peladon (3 disc) Third Doctor 2010-01-18 2010-05-04 2010-03-04
BBCDVD3163 Dreamland Tenth Doctor 2010-02-01 2010-10-05 2010-06-03
BBCDVD2805 The Masque of Mandragora Fourth Doctor 2010-02-08 2010-05-04 2010-03-31
BBCDVD2809 The Space Museum / The Chase (3 disc) First Doctor 2010-03-01 2010-07-06 2010-05-06
BBCDVD2851 Myths and Legends: The Time Monster / Underworld / The Horns of Nimon (3 disc) Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
2010-03-29 2010-07-06 2010-06-03
BBCDVD2849 The Creature from the Pit Fourth Doctor 2010-05-03 2010-09-07 2010-07-01
BBCDVD3213 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 1 Eleventh Doctor 2010-06-07 N/A 2010-07-01
N/A Lost in Time First Doctor
Second Doctor
N/A N/A 2010-07-01
BBCDVD2738 Kamelion Tales: The King's Demons / Planet of Fire (3 disc) Fifth Doctor 2010-06-14 2010-09-07 2010-08-05
BBCDVD3214 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 2 Eleventh Doctor 2010-07-05 N/A 2010-08-05
BBCDVD2807 The Dominators Second Doctor 2010-07-12 2011-01-11 2010-09-02
BBCDVD3215 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 3 Eleventh Doctor 2010-08-02 N/A 2010-09-02
BBCDVD2854 Revenge of the Cybermen / Silver Nemesis (2 disc) Fourth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
2010-08-09 2010-11-02 2010-10-07
BBCDVD3216 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 4 Eleventh Doctor 2010-09-06 N/A 2010-10-07
BBCDVD2808 Time and the Rani Seventh Doctor 2010-09-13 2011-06-14 2010-11-04
BBCDVD2806 Revisitations 1: The Talons of Weng-Chiang / The Caves of Androzani / The Movie (7 disc) Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Eighth Doctor
2010-10-04 TOWC: 2011-10-11
COA: 2012-02-14
TVM: 2011-02-08
2010-12-02
TVM only: 2011-03-03
BBCDVD3044 The Seeds of Doom (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 2010-10-25 2011-03-08 2010-12-02
BBCDVD3137 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Third Series (2 disc) Sarah Jane Smith
Tenth Doctor
2010-11-01 2011-01-04 2011-06-04[10]
BBCDVD3285 Doctor Who - The Complete Fifth Series (6 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2010-11-08 2010-11-09 2010-12-02

2011

For 2011, 2|entertain switched to unified release dates. Titles were generally released worldwide within a few weeks of each other. New special editions of three previously available stories were released in the Revisitations 2 box set. A new special edition of Spearhead from Space was paired with Terror of the Autons for the Mannequin Mania boxset.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD2852 Meglos Fourth Doctor 2011-01-10 2011-01-11 2011-01-20
BBCDVD3346 A Christmas Carol (including Doctor Who at the Proms) Eleventh Doctor 2011-01-24 2011-02-15 2011-03-03
BBCDVD3042 The Mutants (2 disc) Third Doctor 2011-01-31 2011-02-08 2011-02-03
BBCDVD2957 The Ark First Doctor 2011-02-14 2011-03-08 2011-03-03
BBCDVD2871 Mara Tales: Kinda / Snakedance (2 disc) Fifth Doctor 2011-03-07 2011-04-12 2011-04-07
BBCDVD2956 Revisitations 2: The Seeds of Death / Carnival of Monsters / Resurrection of the Daleks (6 disc) Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fifth Doctor
2011-03-28 SOD: 2012-06-12
COM: 2012-04-10
ROTD: 2012-06-12
2011-05-05
BBCDVD1809 Planet of the Spiders (2 disc) Third Doctor 2011-04-18 2011-05-10 2011-06-02
BBCDVD3135 Mannequin Mania: Spearhead from Space / Terror of the Autons (2 disc) Third Doctor 2011-05-09 SFS: 2012-08-14
TOTA: 2011-05-10
2011-06-02
BBCDVD3004 Frontios Fifth Doctor 2011-05-30 2011-06-14 2011-07-07
BBCDVD3380 Earth Story: The Gunfighters / The Awakening (2 disc) First Doctor
Fifth Doctor
2011-06-20 2011-07-12 2011-08-04
BBCDVD3428 Doctor Who - Series 6 Part 1 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2011-07-11 2011-07-19 2011-08-04
BBCDVD3002 Paradise Towers Seventh Doctor 2011-07-18 2011-08-09 2011-09-01
BBCDVD2955 The Sun Makers Fourth Doctor 2011-08-01 2011-08-09 2011-09-01
BBCDVD3043 Day of the Daleks (2 disc) Third Doctor 2011-09-12 2011-09-13 2011-10-06
N/A Doctor Who - The Complete David Tennant Years (26 disc) Tenth Doctor N/A 2011-10-11 N/A
BBCDVD3381 Colony in Space Third Doctor 2011-10-03 2011-11-08 2011-12-01
BBCDVD3429 Doctor Who - Series 6 Part 2 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2011-10-10 2011-11-08 2011-11-03
BBCDVD3503 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Fourth Series (2 disc) Sarah Jane Smith
Eleventh Doctor
2011-10-31 2011-12-06 2012-03-01
BBCDVD3500 Torchwood - Miracle Day (3 disc) Torchwood 2011-11-14 2012-04-03 2011-12-01
BBCDVD3430 Doctor Who - The Complete Sixth Series (5 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2011-11-21 2011-11-22 2011-12-01

2012

The three stories in Revisitations 3, plus Vengeance on Varos and The Claws of Axos are new special editions of stories released early in the range. The U.N.I.T Files box contains an alternate colour version of Invasion of the Dinosaurs part 1 achieved through new colourisation techniques in addition to the surviving black & white copy. The same techniques enabled the release of The Ambassadors of Death in full colour for the first time.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD3376 U.N.I.T Files: Invasion of the Dinosaurs / The Android Invasion (3 disc) Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
2012-01-09 2012-01-10 2012-01-05
BBCDVD3501 The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe Eleventh Doctor 2012-01-16 2012-02-14 2012-03-01
BBCDVD3377 The Sensorites First Doctor 2012-01-23 2012-02-14 2012-02-02
BBCDVD3580 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Fifth Series Sarah Jane Smith 2012-02-06 2012-06-12 2012-07-04
BBCDVD3604 The Sarah Jane Adventures - Series 1-5 (12 disc) Sarah Jane Smith 2012-02-06 N/A N/A
BBCDVD3003 Revisitations 3: The Tomb of the Cybermen / The Three Doctors / The Robots of Death (5 disc) Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
2012-02-13 2012-03-13 2012-01-03
BBCDVD3379 The Face of Evil Fourth Doctor 2012-03-05 2012-03-13 2012-04-05
BBCDVD3383 The Dæmons (2 disc) Third Doctor 2012-03-19 2012-04-10 2012-04-19
BBCDVD3378 Nightmare of Eden Fourth Doctor 2012-04-02 2012-05-08 2012-05-03
BBCDVD3387 Ace Adventures: Dragonfire / The Happiness Patrol (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 2012-05-07 2012-05-08 2012-06-07
BBCDVD3483 Death to the Daleks Third Doctor 2012-06-18 2012-07-10 2012-07-05
BBCDVD3480 The Krotons Second Doctor 2012-07-02 2012-07-10 2012-08-02
BBCDVD3481 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Seventh Doctor 2012-07-30 2012-08-14 2012-08-16
BBCDVD3479 Planet of Giants First Doctor 2012-08-20 2012-09-11 2012-09-05
BBCDVD3512 Vengeance on Varos (2 disc) Sixth Doctor 2012-09-10 2012-09-11 2012-09-05
BBCDVD3484 The Ambassadors of Death (2 disc) Third Doctor 2012-10-01 2012-10-09[11] 2012-10-03
BBCDVD3670 The Claws of Axos (2 disc) Third Doctor 2012-10-22[12] 2012-11-13[13] 2012-11-07[14]
BBCDVD3697 Doctor Who - Series 7 Part 1 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2012-10-29[15] 2012-11-13[16] 2012-11-14[14]
N/A Doctor Who - Series 1-6 (41 disc) Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Eleventh Doctor
N/A 2012-11-20[17] N/A

2013

There will be at least 4 further 'Revisitations', one of which is the special edition of Inferno.[18]

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD???? The Legacy: Shada / More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS (2 disc?)[19][20] Fourth Doctor First release of 2013[21] TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? The Reign of Terror (2 disc?)[22][23] First Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? The Tenth Planet First Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? The Ice Warriors (2 disc?)[24] Second Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? Inferno (2 disc?)[25] Third Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? The Mind of Evil (2 disc)[26][27][28] Third Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? Terror of the Zygons[29] Fourth Doctor 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? Galaxy 4 - Episode 3 (Air Lock)[30] / The Underwater Menace - Episode 2[30] First Doctor
Second Doctor
2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? 2nd revisted title[18] TBA 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? 3rd revisted title[18] TBA 2013-??-?? TBA TBA
BBCDVD???? 4th revisted title[18] TBA 2013-??-?? TBA TBA

DVD covers

The covers for all BBC DVD releases can be found here.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Originally this title remained unreleased in Regions 1 & 4. The international rights issues with Universal were finally settled in 2010, finally enabling the release of the 1996 TV Movie on DVD, although by that time this release was replaced by the "Special Edition" release.
  2. This was a Region 1 exclusive release. The individual stories were also available for sale separately.
  3. Release delayed due to Series 1 not having yet aired in North America at the time of the Canadian release.
  4. Release delayed due to Series 2 still being broadcast in Canada at the time of the US release.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Region 4 titled The Runaway Bride as "Series 3 Volume 1", so the rest of Series 3's releases were one volume number ahead of the Region 2 releases. Ezydvd.com.au shows Series 3 Volume 1 titled as Volume 2.
  6. A previous edition of The Key to Time, with fewer extra features, had been released as a Region 1 exclusive on October 1st, 2002.
  7. Release delayed due to Series 2 still being broadcast in Canada at the time of the US release.
  8. This is the general release date. The set is also available as an ABC Shop exclusive which was released on June 4th, 2009.
  9. This was a non-"Limited Edition" release of same 2007 DVD set, minus outer plastic slip. This is not likely to appear as a release in Regions 1 & 4 as the original releases in those regions were already non-limited editions.
  10. An ABC Shop exclusive of the set was released earlier on March 3rd, 2011.
  11. Doctor Who DVD News - TVShowsonDVD.com accessed 24th July 2012
  12. The Claws of Axos at Play.com accessed 8th July 2012
  13. The Claws of Axos - TVShowsonDVD.com accessed 2nd August 2012
  14. 14.0 14.1 FilmInk - Release Listings November 2012 accessed 1st September 2012
  15. Series Seven - Part 1 at Play.com accessed 22nd August 2012
  16. Doctor Who DVD News - TVShowsonDVD.com accessed 5th September 2012
  17. Doctor Who DVD News - TVShowsonDVD.com accessed 29th September 2012
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 DVD 2013 Discussion at Recon accessed 1 October 2012
  19. Classic Doctor Who Twitter feed accessed 26th October 2011
  20. Blogtor Who - Shada Documentary World Premiere accessed 10th November 2011
  21. Blogtor Who accessed 26th September 2012
  22. Classic Doctor Who DVD Twitter feed accessed 2nd June 2011
  23. Classic Doctor Who Twitter feed accessed 3rd March 2011
  24. DVD Developments at Doctor Who News assessed 8th May 2012
  25. DVD producer Chris Chapman @ Twitter accessed 13th May 2012
  26. Colour Recovery - Wikispaces
  27. Radio Free Skaro #296
  28. Gallifrey Base - Forthcoming DW DVD/BD speculation (Part 2) accessed 20th June 2010
  29. Twitter @classicdw
  30. 30.0 30.1 Radio Times - Doctor Who: two long-lost episodes uncovered accessed 11th December 2011