List of BBC VHS releases
The following is a list of VHS releases by the BBC, broken down by year of release. Doctor Who and K-9 and Company are the only two Whoniverse-related programmes to be released to VHS. They were released in both PAL and NTSC formats for both European and North American audiences. The catalogue number given generally applies only to the PAL release.
Timeline of Releases
1983
- Oct BBCV2003 Revenge of the Cybermen
1984
- May BBCV4013 Revenge of the Cybermen
- Jul BBCV2012 The Brain of Morbius (60 min edit)
1985
In 1985, The BBC removed the Star Ident from the VHS artwork and replaced it with italic text. The last release to display the star ident on its artwork was "The Brain of Morbius" (BBCV2012), released in 1984.
- Feb BBCV2014/BBCV4055 Pyramids of Mars
- Jul BBCV2019 The Seeds of Death
- Sep BBCV2020 The Five Doctors
1986
- Apr BBCV2030/BBCV4108 The Robots of Death
- Jul BBCV2036/BBCV4109 Day of the Daleks
1987
- Jul BBCV4072 The Seeds of Death (rerelease)
- Jul BBCV4073 Death to the Daleks
1988
- Feb BBCV4107 Spearhead from Space
- Nov BBCV4187 The Talons of Weng-Chiang
- Nov BBCV4186 Terror of the Zygons
1989
- Jun BBCV4245 The Time Warrior
- Jun BBCV4244 The Ark in Space
- Jun BBCV4242 The Daleks (2 tapes)
1990
- Feb BBCV4311 An Unearthly Child
- Feb BBCV4310 The War Games (2 tapes)
- May BBCV4353 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 tapes)
- May BBCV4352 The Mind Robber
- Jul BBCV4387 The Five Doctors (rerelease)
- Jul BBCV4388 The Brain of Morbius (rerelease)
- Sep BBCV4405 The Web Planet (2 tapes)
- Sep BBCV4406 The Dominators
1991
- Feb BBCV4453 The Curse of Fenric (Extended edit)
- Feb BBCV4452 The Krotons
- Apr BBCV4491 Planet of the Spiders (2 tapes)
- Apr BBCV4492 City of Death
- 03/06/1991 BBCV4608 The Hartnell Years (Pilot/The Crusade: The Wheel of Fortune/The Celestial Toymaker: The Final Test)
- 03/06/1991 BBCV4609 The Troughton Years (The Abominable Snowmen: Episode 2/The Enemy of the World: Episode 3/The Space Pirates: Episode 2)
- Aug BBCV4642 The Masque of Mandragora
- Aug BBCV4650 The Three Doctors
- Oct BBCV4643 The Sontaran Experiment/The Genesis of the Daleks
- Oct BBCV4645 The Deadly Assassin
1992
- Jan BBCV4714 Robot
- Jan BBCV4713 The Caves of Androzani
- Mar BBCV4736 Logopolis
- Mar BBCV4737 Castrovalva
- 02/03/1992 BBCV4756 The Pertwee Years (Inferno: Episode 7/The Dæmons: Episode 5/Frontier in Space: Episode 6)
- May BBCV4742 The Claws of Axos
- May BBCV4783 The Twin Dilemma (Woolworths exclusive - general release February 1993)
- May BBCV4772 The Tomb of the Cybermen
- Jul BBCV4810 Daleks: The Early Years (The Daleks' Master Plan: Counter Plot & Escape Switch/The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2)
- Jul BBCV4813 Cybermen: The Early Years (The Moonbase: Episodes 2 & 4/The Wheel in Space: Episodes 3 & 6)
- Jul BBCV4814 Shada
- Sep BBCV4839 The Tom Baker Years
- Sep BBCV4840 Earthshock
- Nov BBCV4743 The Aztecs
- Nov BBCV4874 Mawdryn Undead
1993
The releases from Terror of the Autons to The Two Doctors featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.
- Jan BBCV4890 Terminus
- Feb BBCV4891 Enlightenment
- Mar BBCV4941 Image of the Fendahl
- Mar BBCV4950 The Dæmons
- Apr BBCV4957 Terror of the Autons
- Apr BBCV4888 Silver Nemesis
- May BBCV4962 Vengeance on Varos
- Jun BBCV4973 The Keeper of Traken
- Jun BBCV4974 The Invasion (incomplete)
- Jul BBCV4990 Doctor Who and the Silurians
- Aug BBCV4978 The Curse of Peladon
- Sep BBCV5005 Dalek Tin: BBCV5006 The Chase/BBCV5007 Remembrance of the Daleks
- Oct BBCV5008 TARDIS Tin: BBCV5009 The Trial of a Time Lord
- Nov BBCV5143 Resurrection of the Daleks
- Nov BBCV5148 The Two Doctors
1994
More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS was a new 90 minute edit of the documentary Thirty Years in the TARDIS which had aired on the BBC in November 1993.
- Jan BBCV5180 Planet of Evil
- Jan BBCV5181 Dragonfire
- Feb BBCV5218 The Ark in Space
- Feb BBCV5219 Day of the Daleks
- Feb BBCV5220 Pyramids of Mars
- Mar BBCV5199 Arc of Infinity
- Mar BBCV5324 The Colin Baker Years
- May BBCV5269 Inferno
- May BBCV5334 Ghost Light
- Jul BBCV5349 The Visitation/Black Orchid
- Jul BBCV5350 Destiny of the Daleks
- Aug BBCV5377 The Seeds of Doom
- Sep BBCV5378 The Rescue/The Romans
- Oct BBCV5432 Kinda
- Nov BBCV5403 More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS
- Dec BBCV5433 Snakedance
1995
The Key to Time releases of April, May, and June featured artwork on the spine of the video cases (by Andrew Skilleter). Starting Carnival of Monsters, the releases each came with a postcard with the video cover art on the front that could be put into the album that came with the combined The King's Demons/The Five Doctors Special Edition set. These would end with The Hand of Fear in 1996.
- Feb BBCV5509 Spearhead from Space
- Feb BBCV5520 Death to the Daleks
- Feb BBCV5521 The Robots of Death
- Mar BBCV5526 The Android Invasion
- Mar BBCV5556 Carnival of Monsters
- Apr BBCV5607 The Ribos Operation
- Apr BBCV5608 The Pirate Planet
- May BBCV5610 The Stones of Blood
- May BBCV5611 The Androids of Tara
- Jun BBCV5612 The Power of Kroll
- Jun BBCV5613 The Armageddon Factor
- Jul BBCV5603 The Mark of the Rani
- Jul BBCV5617 Time and the Rani
- Aug BBCV5640 Frontier in Space
- Aug BBCV5635 K.9 & Company
- Sep BBCV5667 The Sea Devils
- Sep BBCV5668 Warriors of the Deep
- Oct BBCV5686 Paradise Towers
- Oct BBCV5687 Survival
- Nov BBCV5733 The King's Demons/BBCV5734 The Five Doctors (Special Edition)
- Dec BBCV5781 The Monster of Peladon
1996
The video range was suspended in February due to the imminent release of the TV movie. This resulted in many back titles being deleted, including the release of The Hand of Fear which made this particular title most sought after. When the range returned in October it had adopted the new logo from the telemovie, although a consistent template would not be established till 1997.
- Feb BBCV5789 The Hand of Fear
- May BBCV5882 Doctor Who
- Oct BBCV5816 The Green Death
1997
The March release of The Awakening/Frontios marked the end of painted artwork covers for the range.
- Jan BBCV5821 The Leisure Hive
- Mar BBCV6120 The Awakening/Frontios
- Jun BBCV6183 The War Machines
- Aug BBCV5803 The Happiness Patrol
- Nov BBCV6229 The E-Space Trilogy: BBCV6230 Full Circle/BBCV6231 State of Decay/BBCV6232 Warriors' Gate
1998
The Ice Warriors release came with a CD for the soundtrack of the missing episodes 2 and 3.
- Jan BBCV6329 Timelash
- Mar BBCV6330 Battlefield (Extended edit)
- May BBCV6361 The Mind of Evil
- Jul BBCV6536 Horror of Fang Rock
- Sep BBCV6567 Planet of Fire
- Oct BBCV6609 The Ark
- Nov BBCV6387 The Ice Warriors box: BBCV6755 The Ice Warriors (incomplete)/BBCV6766 The Missing Years & The Underwater Menace: Episode 3
1999
- Jan BBCV6610 Nightmare of Eden
- Mar BBCV6671 The Keys of Marinus
- Apr BBCV6773 Revenge of the Cybermen
- May BBCV6672 The Face of Evil
- Jul BBCV6888 The Crusade: Episodes 1 & 3/The Space Museum
- Aug BBCV6774 Terror of the Zygons
- Sep BBCV6889 The Curse of Fatal Death
- Nov BBCV6875 Dalek Tin II: BBCV6928 Planet of the Daleks/BBCV6927 Revelation of the Daleks
2000
- Jan BBCV6998 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
- Mar BBCV6876 The Invasion of Time
- Apr BBCV6877 The Edge of Destruction/Pilot Episode
- Jul BBCV6878 Time-Flight
- Sep BBCV6959 An Unearthly Child
- Nov BBCV7030 Cyberman Tin: BBCV6874 The Tenth Planet (incomplete)/BBCV7048 Attack of the Cybermen
2001
- Feb BBCV6960 The Daleks
- Mar BBCV7131 Delta and the Bannermen
- May BBCV7132 City of Death
- Jul BBCV7133 The Sun Makers
- Sep BBCV7134 Four to Doomsday
- Sep The Davros Collection: BBCV7251 Genesis of the Daleks/BBCV7252 Destiny of the Daleks/BBCV7253 Resurrection of the Daleks/BBCV7254 Revelation of the Daleks/BBCV7255 Remembrance of the Daleks
- Nov BBCV7175 The Master Tin: BBCV7176 Colony in Space/BBCV7177 The Time Monster
2002
- Jan BBCV7263 Planet of Giants
- Mar BBCV7264 Underworld
- May BBCV7265 The Ambassadors of Death
- Jul BBCV7266 The Creature from the Pit
- Sep BBCV7267 The Invisible Enemy
- Sep BBCV7346 The Time Lord Collection: BBCV7363 The War Games/BBCV7364 The Three Doctors/BBCV7365 The Deadly Assassin
- Nov BBCV7278 The First Doctor Box Set: BBCV7276 The Sensorites/BBCV7275The Time Meddler/BBCV7277 The Gunfighters
2003
- Feb BBCV7331 The Mutants
- Mar BBCV7332 Meglos
- Jun BBCV7334 The Horns of Nimon
- Oct BBCV7333 Invasion of the Dinosaurs
- Nov BBCV7335 The Reign of Terror (incomplete)/The Faceless Ones: Episodes 1 & 3/The Web of Fear: Episode 1
