List of BBC DVD releases
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
- 01/11/1999 BBCDVD1006 The Five Doctors
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.
- 13/11/2000 BBCDVD1012 The Robots of Death
2001
- 29/01/2001 BBCDVD1033 Spearhead from Space
- 26/02/2001 BBCDVD1040 Remembrance of the Daleks
- 18/06/2001 BBCDVD1042 The Caves of Androzani
- 13/08/2001 BBCDVD1043 The Movie
- 15/10/2001 BBCDVD1044 Vengeance on Varos
2002
- 14/01/2002 BBCDVD1032 The Tomb of the Cybermen
- 08/04/2002 BBCDVD1097 The Ark in Space
- 15/07/2002 BBCDVD1098 Carnival of Monsters
- 21/10/2002 BBCDVD1099 The Aztecs
- 18/11/2002 BBCDVD1100 Resurrection of the Daleks
2003
For the show's 40th Anniversary, BBC DVD wanted to release one title from each Doctor.
- 17/02/2003 BBCDVD1151 The Seeds of Death (2 disc)
- 28/04/2003 BBCDVD1152 The Talons of Weng-Chiang (2 disc)
- 09/06/2003 BBCDVD1156 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 disc)
- 18/08/2003 BBCDVD1153 Earthshock
- 08/09/2003 BBCDVD1213 The Two Doctors (2 disc)
- 06/10/2003 BBCDVD1154 The Curse of Fenric (2 disc)
- 24/11/2003 BBCDVD1144 The Three Doctors
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.
- 19/01/2004 BBCDVD1329 The Visitation
- 01/03/2004 BBCDVD1350 Pyramids of Mars
- 10/05/2004 BBCDVD1142 The Green Death
- 05/07/2004 BBCDVD1351 The Leisure Hive
- 20/09/2004 BBCDVD1352 Ghost Light
- 01/11/2004 BBCDVD1353 Lost in Time (3 disc)
2005
- 17/01/2005 BBCDVD1356 Horror of Fang Rock
- 07/03/2005 BBCDVD1358 The Mind Robber
- 25/04/2005 BBCDVD1354 The Claws of Axos
- 16/05/2005 BBCDVD1755 Doctor Who - Volume 1
- 13/06/2005 BBCDVD1756 Doctor Who - Volume 2
- 11/07/2005 BBCDVD1357 Revelation of the Daleks
- 01/08/2005 BBCDVD1757 Doctor Who - Volume 3
- 05/09/2005 BBCDVD1758 Doctor Who - Volume 4
- 09/09/2005 BBCDVD1355 The Web Planet
- 06/10/2005 BBCDVD1384 Dalek Collector’s Edition: The Dalek Invasion of Earth/Resurrection of the Daleks/Remembrance of the Daleks (4 disc / W.H. Smith exclusive)
- 07/11/2005 BBCDVD1664 City of Death (2 disc)
- 21/11/2005 BBCDVD1770 Doctor Who - The Complete First Series
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.
- 30/01/2006 BBCDVD1882 The Beginning: An Unearthly Child/ The Daleks/The Edge of Destruction (3 disc)
- 10/04/2006 BBCDVD1813 Genesis of the Daleks (2 disc)
- 01/05/2006 BBCDVD1960 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 1
- 05/06/2006 BBCDVD1961 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 2
- 19/06/2006 BBCDVD1802 Inferno (2 disc)
- 10/07/2006 BBCDVD1962 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 3
- 24/07/2006 BBCDVD1833 The Hand of Fear
- 07/08/2006 BBCDVD1963 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 4
- 04/09/2006 BBCDVD2224 The Mark of the Rani
- 25/09/2006 BBCDVD1964 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 5
- 09/10/2006 BBCDVD1811 The Sontaran Experiment
- 06/11/2006 BBCDVD1829 The Invasion (2 disc)
- 06/11/2006 BBCDVD2262 The Cybermen Collection: The Tomb of the Cybermen/The Invasion/Earthshock (4 disc / Amazon.co.uk exclusive)
- 06/11/2006 BBCDVD???? 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)
- 20/11/2006 BBCDVD2122 Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series
- 26/12/2006 BBCDVD2241 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 1
2007
- 27/01/2007 BBCDVD1331 New Beginnings: The Keeper of Traken/Logopolis/Castrovalva (3 disc)
- 27/01/2007 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)
- 26/02/2007 BBCDVD2251 Torcwhood - Series 1 Part 2
- 26/03/2007 BBCDVD2345 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 3
- 02/04/2007 BBCDVD2380 Doctor Who - The Runaway Bride
- 16/04/2007 BBCDVD1834 Survival (2 disc)
- 28/05/2007 BBCDVD???? Robot
- 25/06/2007 BBCDVD???? Timelash
2008?
- BBCDVD2331 The Time Meddler
