List of BBC Blu-ray releases

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The following is a list of Blu-ray disc 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 Blu-ray disc (official abbreviation: BD).

Doctor Who has been released on this medium from 2009 until the present. Planet of the Dead (2009) was the first Doctor Who episode to be broadcast to early 21st century HDTV (High Definition Television) standards and thus it became the first Doctor Who BD release. By 2013, only two previous stories will have been released in this format: The Next Doctor (2008) as part of The Complete Specials Boxset and Spearhead from Space. The latter will be upgraded into High Definition, because it is the only Classic Doctor Who story that was shot entirely on 16mm film. Torchwood has been released on this medium since its inception.

Timeline of releases

2008

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD0015 Torchwood – The Complete First Series (6 disc) Torchwood 30/06/2008 16/09/2009 30/09/2009

2009

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD0040 Torchwood – The Complete Second Series (4 disc) Torchwood 22/06/2009 16/09/2009 30/09/2009
BBCBD0053 Doctor Who - Planet of the Dead Tenth Doctor 29/06/2009 28/07/2009 01/10/2009
BBCBD0041 Torchwood – Children of Earth (2 disc) Torchwood 13/07/2009 28/07/2009 03/03/2011

2010

A "limited edition" metal tin (BBCBD0130) of Doctor Who - The Complete Fifth Series was released on November 8th, 2010 alongside the regular release.

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD0059 Doctor Who - The Complete Specials (5 disc) Tenth Doctor 11/01/2010 02/02/2010 29/06/2010
N/A Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars Tenth Doctor N/A 02/02/2010 04/02/2010
N/A Doctor Who - The End of Time Tenth Doctor N/A 02/02/2010 04/03/2010
N/A Doctor Who - The Next Doctor Tenth Doctor N/A N/A 03/06/2010
BBCBD0082 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 1 Eleventh Doctor 07/06/2010 N/A 01/07/2010
BBCBD0083 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 2 Eleventh Doctor 05/07/2010 N/A 05/08/2010
BBCBD0084 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 3 Eleventh Doctor 02/08/2010 N/A 02/09/2010
BBCBD0085 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 4 Eleventh Doctor 06/09/2010 N/A 07/10/2010
BBCBD0061 Torchwood - Series 1-3 (12 disc) Torchwood 30/09/2010 N/A 04/11/2010
BBCBD0115 Doctor Who - The Complete Fifth Series (6 disc) Eleventh Doctor 08/11/2010 09/11/2010 02/12/2010

2011

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD0132 Doctor Who - A Christmas Carol Eleventh Doctor 24/01/2011 15/02/2011 03/03/2011
BBCBD0151 Doctor Who - Series 6 Part 1 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 11/07/2011 19/07/2011 04/08/2011
BBCBD0152 Doctor Who - Series 6 Part 2 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 10/10/2011 08/11/2011 3/11/2011
BBCBD0169 Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Series 4 (? disc) Sarah Jane Smith

Eleventh Doctor

31/10/2011 TBC TBC
BBCBD0170 Torchwood - Miracle Day (3 disc)

Torchwood

14/11/2011 TBC 01/12/2011
BBCBD0183 Torchwood - Series 1-4 (? disc) Torchwood 14/11/2011 TBC TBC
BBCBD0193 Doctor Who - The Complete Sixth Series (4 disc?) Eleventh Doctor 21/11/2011 22/11/2011 01/12/2011

2012

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD0171 Doctor Who - The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe Eleventh Doctor 2012-01-16 2012-02-14 2012-03-01
BBCBD0215 Doctor Who - Series 7 Part 1 (2 disc) Eleventh Doctor 2012-10-29[1] 2012-11-13[2] 2012-11-14[3]

2013

BBCBD Cat. No. Title Characters United Kingdom North America Australia
BBCBD???? Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space[4] Third Doctor 2013-06-?? TBA TBA

See also

Footnotes

  1. Play.com - Series 7 - Part 1 accessed 31st July 2012
  2. Doctor Who DVD News - TVShowsonDVD.com accessed 5th September 2012
  3. FilmInk - Release Listings November 2012 accessed 1st September 2012
  4. Doctor Who Magazine 453 accessed 17th October 2012