List of BBC DVD releases

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BBC DVD, a division of BBC Worldwide, began releasing Doctor Who onto DVD in 1999 when the series 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 The Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus - Volume 1).

The chosen title for this 'test' was The Five Doctors and was chosen due to already existing in a Special Edition format from the BBC Video release of 1995.

It was something of a false start, with the range eventually kicking off properly (with a different cover art template) a year later in 2000 with The Robots of Death.

1999

2000

After The Five Doctors, the plan was to release one title from each Doctor. This was not quite achieved as The Ark in Space and Carnival of Monsters were slipped in to stop two black and white stories being released back to back.

2001

Some errors crept in, with some FX work missing from Remembrance of the Daleks and the Production Subtitles on Vengeance on Varos stopping part way through Part Two.

2002

2003

For the show's 40th Anniversary, BBC DVD wanted to release one title from each Doctor.

2004

Pyramids of Mars was originally scheduled for release much earlier than 2004, but clearance issues with one of the actors involved held the release up and it was replaced by The Ark in Space. It came out in 2004 when it was voted by DWM readers in the 2003 40th Anniversary DVD Poll as their the most wanted DVD release.

The release of the Lost in Time set was prompted by the recovery of Day of Armageddon (Episode 2 of The Daleks' Master Plan) in January 2004.

2005

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

2008?