List of BBC DVD releases

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The following is a list of DVD 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 DVD. Doctor Who has been released on this medium from 1999 until the present. Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures have also been released on this medium since their inception. The dual Blu-ray release of every episode of Doctor Who since The Next Doctor seems to indicate that this format, like VHS before it, is near the end of its life cycle as of 2010. The classic (1963-1996) Doctor Who DVD range is generally expected to conclude in 2013, which is the 50th Anniversary year for the program.

Though it is uncertain how many future episodes of Doctor Who universe shows will appear on DVD, it is believed that BBC Video, through 2 entertain, intend to master all possible episodes of the 1963 version of Doctor Who for DVD. Precedent can be found in the fact that they made all Doctor Who serials available on VHS, long after VHS had ceased to be the dominant home video medium.

Missing episodes, however, will never see a DVD release in their original form, or indeed a release in any visual format. However, it is conceivable that some missing episodes might be reconstructed in some way (eg animation) for a DVD release, as happened with the two missing episodes of The Invasion.

All the covers for the BBC DVD releases can be found here. This page has links to covers for each region.

Timeline of releases

1999

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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 chosen title for this 'test' was The Five Doctors, which was picked due to it already existing in a Special Edition format from the BBC Video release of 1995, which allowed it it to take 'better advantage' of the DVD format with the use of 5.1 surround sound. The Region 1 release of this title would feature 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 01/11/1999 11/09/2001 10/09/2000

2000

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After The Five Doctors, which was something of a false start, the range eventually kicked off properly (with a different cover art template) a year later with The Robots of Death. Although the menu intro sequence was the same as that used on The Five Doctors, in all other respects the menu system was completely redesigned; the plan originally being that each disc would feature the relevant theme music of the story 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 ever since.

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

2001

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Spearhead from Space was a last minute addition to the schedule and was primarily based on the restoration done for the 1999 repeat broadcast. After the release of Spearhead from Space, four other DVDs were released, including the only televised Eighth Doctor's adventure, the TV Movie. The TV Movie and the Fifth Doctor's final adventure, The Caves of Androzani were later released again on DVD in 2010 as part of the Revisitations box set, alongside The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

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

2002

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Pyramids of Mars was originally to have been the Tom Baker title released in the second slot, but issues to do with contract negotiations led to it being postponed and The Ark in Space was put in its place. After the release of The Five Doctors, the original plan was to release one title from each Doctor of the then eight Doctors, but as the range progressed this was not quite achieved as The Ark in Space and Carnival of Monsters were then slipped into the schedule to prevent two black and white stories being released back to back. This year saw the first major discontinuity between UK and North American DVD releases as a box set containing the six stories from the Key to Time season was released in Region 1 years before a similar release occurred in the UK/Region 2.

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD1032 The Tomb of the Cybermen Second Doctor 14/01/2002 06/08/2002 01/04/2002
BBCDVD1097 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor 08/04/2002 06/08/2002 03/06/2002
BBCDVD1098 Carnival of Monsters Third Doctor 15/07/2002 02/07/2003 02/09/2002
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 01/10/2002[2] N/A
BBCDVD1099 The Aztecs First Doctor 21/10/2002 04/03/2003 02/12/2002
BBCDVD1100 Resurrection of the Daleks Fifth Doctor 18/11/2002 02/07/2003 03/02/2003

2003

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For the 40th Anniversary of Doctor Who, 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 then held back for release in the anniversary month. To mark the anniversary most of the 2003 releases included a special music video tribute to the series using clips from the show 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, included a special edition slip cover for the cases, which were silver TARDIS roundels, and had the Doctor Who logo replaced with the 40th Anniversary variation.

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

2004

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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 single episodes. It also marks the first time two different Doctors where 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 19/01/2004 01/03/2005 08/04/2004
BBCDVD1350 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor 01/03/2004 07/11/2004 10/06/2004
BBCDVD1142 The Green Death Third Doctor 10/05/2004 01/03/2005 05/08/2004
BBCDVD1351 The Leisure Hive Fourth Doctor 05/07/2004 07/06/2005 07/10/2004
BBCDVD1352 Ghost Light Seventh Doctor 20/09/2004 21/06/2005 03/02/2005
BBCDVD1353 Lost in Time (3 disc) First Doctor
Second Doctor 		01/11/2004 02/11/2004 02/12/2004

2005

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From Revelation of the Daleks and onwards the DVDs featured the logo of 2 entertain, a DVD release company formed by the BBC and Woolworths. 2005 was the year that Doctor Who returned to TV, with a brand new series and therefore saw the first release of the new series on DVD, starting with part one, 2 entertain released the first series in four part, before releasing its first box set of a complete series. The release of the Dalek collection saw 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 17/01/2005 06/11/2005 07/04/2005
BBCDVD1358 The Mind Robber Second Doctor 07/03/2005 06/11/2005 05/05/2005
BBCDVD1354 The Claws of Axos Third Doctor 25/04/2005 08/11/2005 02/06/2005
BBCDVD1755 Doctor Who - Volume 1 Ninth Doctor 16/05/2005 07/11/2006 17/06/2005
BBCDVD1756 Doctor Who - Volume 2 Ninth Doctor 13/06/2005 07/11/2006 03/08/2005
BBCDVD1357 Revelation of the Daleks Sixth Doctor 11/07/2005 06/06/2006 01/09/2005
BBCDVD1757 Doctor Who - Volume 3 Ninth Doctor 01/08/2005 07/11/2006 31/08/2005
BBCDVD1758 Doctor Who - Volume 4 Ninth Doctor 05/09/2005 07/11/2006 06/10/2005
BBCDVD1355 The Web Planet First Doctor 09/09/2005 05/11/2006 03/11/2005
BBCDVD1384 Dalek Collector's Edition: The Dalek Invasion of Earth /
Resurrection of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks (4 disc)(W H Smith exclusive) 		First Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Seventh Doctor 		06/10/2005 N/A N/A
BBCDVD1664 City of Death (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 07/11/2005 08/11/2005 01/12/2005
BBCDVD1770 Doctor Who - The Complete First Series (5 disc) Ninth Doctor 21/11/2005 14/02/2006 (Canada)
04/07/2006 (US)[3] 		20/07/2006

2006

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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. Super Value Editions were abandoned around 2008. The two missing episodes of The Invasion were animated 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. The second series of Doctor was released this year, released in five parts, it would later be released in a boxset by the end of the year. At the end of the year, the first part of the first series of Torchwood was released on DVD. This marked the first time Torchwood was released on DVD.

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 30/01/2006 28/03/2006 02/03/2006
BBCDVD1813 Genesis of the Daleks (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 10/04/2006 06/06/2006 04/05/2006
BBCDVD1960 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 01/05/2006 N/A 20/07/2006
BBCDVD1961 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 05/06/2006 N/A 18/08/2006
BBCDVD1802 Inferno (2 disc) Third Doctor 19/06/2006 05/09/2006 06/07/2006
BBCDVD1962 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 10/07/2006 N/A 07/09/2006
BBCDVD1833 The Hand of Fear Fourth Doctor 24/07/2006 07/11/2006 07/09/2006
BBCDVD1963 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 07/08/2006 N/A 05/10/2006
BBCDVD2224 The Mark of the Rani Sixth Doctor 04/09/2006 07/11/2006 02/11/2006
BBCDVD1964 Doctor Who - Series 2 Volume 5 Tenth Doctor 25/09/2006 N/A 02/11/2006
BBCDVD1811 The Sontaran Experiment Fourth Doctor 09/10/2006 06/03/2007 07/12/2006
BBCDVD1829 The Invasion (2 disc) Second Doctor 06/11/2006 06/03/2007 03/01/2007
BBCDVD2262 The Cybermen Collection: The Tomb of the Cybermen / The Invasion / Earthshock (4 disc)
(Amazon.co.uk exclusive) 		Second Doctor
Fifth Doctor 		06/11/2006 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 06/11/2006 N/A N/A
BBCDVD2122 Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 20/11/2006 16/01/2007 (US)
15/02/2007 (Canada)[4] 		06/12/2006
BBCDVD2241 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 1 Torchwood 26/12/2006 N/A 01/08/2007

2007

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The Series Three DVD box set was, in an exclusive release at Amazon.co.uk, made available with the choice of two additional covers beyond that of 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 a previous release (the new disc correcting mistakes with effects and the multi-angle feature, and upgrading the Photo Gallery feature, as well as adding 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 		27/01/2007 05/06/2007 05/06/2007
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) 		First Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor 		27/01/2007 N/A N/A
BBCDVD2251 Torcwhood - Series 1 Part 2 Torchwood 26/02/2007 N/A 05/09/2007
BBCDVD2345 Torchwood - Series 1 Part 3 Torchwood 26/03/2007 N/A 03/10/2007
BBCDVD2380 The Runaway Bride Tenth Doctor 02/04/2007 N/A 03/07/2007[5]
BBCDVD1834 Survival (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 16/04/2007 14/08/2007 06/06/2007
BBCDVD2381 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 21/05/2007 N/A 31/07/2007[5]
BBCDVD2332 Robot Fourth Doctor 04/06/2007 14/08/2007 04/07/2007
BBCDVD2382 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 25/06/2007 N/A 06/09/2007[5]
BBCDVD2333 Timelash Sixth Doctor 09/07/2007 01/04/2008 31/07/2007
BBCDVD2383 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 23/07/2007 N/A 02/10/2007[5]
BBCDVD2327 Time-Flight/Arc of Infinity (2 disc) Fifth Doctor 06/08/2007 06/11/2007 05/09/2007
BBCDVD2384 Doctor Who - Series 3 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 20/08/2007 N/A 07/11/2007[5]
BBCDVD2334 The Time Warrior Third Doctor 03/09/2007 01/04/2008 03/10/2007
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 24/09/2007 03/03/2009[6] 07/11/2007
BBCDVD1814 Planet of Evil Fourth Doctor 15/10/2007 04/03/2008 05/12/2007
BBCDVD2390 The Sarah Jane Adventures - Invasion of the Bane Sarah Jane Smith 29/10/2007 N/A 04/03/10
BBCDVD2385 Doctor Who - The Complete Third Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 05/11/2007 06/11/2007 06/12/2007
BBCDVD2253 Torchwood - The Complete First Series (5 disc) Torchwood 19/11/2007 22/01/2008 06/02/2008
BBCDVD2452 The Infinite Quest Tenth Doctor 05/11/2007 18/11/2008 05/06/2008
BBCDVD2434 Destiny of the Daleks Fourth Doctor 26/11/2007 04/03/2008 06/02/2008
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 		26/11/2007 N/A 06/02/2008

2008

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The release of The Five Doctors is the second re-release of the series, the first being Remembrance of the Daleks, which was released in 2007. This made the original 1983 version of the story available on DVD for the first time. This year also saw Series 4 of Doctor released on DVD, firstly being sold in four parts before being sold as a boxset at the end of the year. Also, 2008 saw the first release of The Sarah Jane Adventures on DVD, which was broadcast the previous year, although it would not be released in region four till 2010. The second series of Torchwood was also released this year.

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 		14/01/2008 03/06/2008 05/03/2008
BBCDVD2331 The Time Meddler First Doctor 11/02/2008 05/08/2008 02/04/2008
BBCDVD2450 The Five Doctors (2 disc) Fifth Doctor 03/03/2008 05/08/2008 08/05/2008
BBCDVD2604 Voyage of the Damned (including Time Crash) Tenth Doctor 10/03/2008 N/A 30/06/2008
BBCDVD2432 Black Orchid Fifth Doctor 14/04/2008 05/08/2008 05/06/2008
BBCDVD2586 The Invasion of Time Fourth Doctor 05/05/2008 02/09/2008 03/07/2008
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 		05/05/2008 N/A 08/07/2008
BBCDVD2605 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 1 Tenth Doctor 02/06/2008 N/A 06/08/2008
BBCDVD2439 K9 Tales: (BBCDVD2799) The Invisible Enemy / (BBCDVD2798) K9 & Company (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 16/06/2008 02/09/2008 04/09/2008
BBCDVD2618 Torchwood - The Complete Second Series (5 disc) Torchwood 30/06/2008 16/09/2008 (US)
11/11/2008 (Canada)[7] 		02/10/2009
BBCDVD2606 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 2 Tenth Doctor 01/07/2008 N/A 04/09/2008
BBCDVD1816 The Brain of Morbius Fourth Doctor 21/07/2008 07/10/2008 02/10/2008
BBCDVD2607 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 3 Tenth Doctor 04/08/2008 N/A 02/10/2008
BBCDVD2441 The War Machines First Doctor 25/08/2008 06/01/2009 07/11/2008
BBCDVD2608 Doctor Who - Series 4 Volume 4 Tenth Doctor 01/09/2008 N/A 07/11/2008
BBCDVD2431 Four to Doomsday Fifth Doctor 15/09/2008 06/01/2009 04/12/2008
BBCDVD2422 The Trial of a Time Lord (4 disc) Sixth Doctor 29/09/2008 07/10/2008 05/01/2009
BBCDVD2700 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete First Series
(includes Invasion of the Bane) (4 disc) 		Sarah Jane Smith 10/11/2008 07/10/2008 07/01/2010[8]
BBCDVD2609 Doctor Who - The Complete Fourth Series (6 disc) Tenth Doctor 17/11/2008 18/11/2008 04/12/2008
BBCDVD2440 Battlefield Seventh Doctor 29/12/2008 05/05/2009 05/02/2009

2009

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The Special Edition release of Remembrance of the Daleks that was part of the 2007 Davros box set was released separately this year as an extra title above the number of regular releases. The Dalek War box set was originally planned as a late December release, but was brought forward to fill a hole created by the Torchwood: Children of Earth DVD release being brought closer to the broadcast date. Due to new recolourisation methods, Dalek War also saw the first release of episode 3 of Planet of the Daleks in colour. This year also saw Doctor Who Series 1-4 released on DVD, making it the first time more than one full series of Doctor Who has been released as part of a boxset.

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 19/01/2009 15/09/2009 05/03/2009
BBCDVD1835 The E-Space Trilogy: Full Circle / State of Decay / Warriors' Gate (3 disc) Fourth Doctor 26/01/2009 05/05/2009 05/03/2009
BBCDVD2698 (BBCDVD2970) The Rescue / (BBCDVD2971) The Romans (2 disc) First Doctor 23/02/2009 07/07/2009 02/04/2009
BBCDVD2436 Attack of the Cybermen Sixth Doctor 16/03/2009 07/07/2009 07/05/2009
BBCDVD2905 The Cybermen Collection: The Age of Steel / Rise of the Cybermen /
Army of Ghosts / Doomsday (2 disc) 		Tenth Doctor 13/04/2009 N/A 06/08/2009
BBCDVD1820 Image of the Fendahl Fourth Doctor 20/04/2009 01/09/2009 04/06/2009
BBCDVD2430 The Deadly Assassin Fourth Doctor 11/05/2009 01/09/2009 02/07/2009
BBCDVD2599 Delta and the Bannermen Seventh Doctor 22/06/2009 01/09/2009 06/08/2009
BBCDVD3009 Planet of the Dead Tenth Doctor 29/06/2009 28/07/2009 02/07/2009
BBCDVD1800 The War Games (3 disc) Second Doctor 06/07/2009 03/11/2009 03/09/2009
BBCDVD2981 Torchwood: Children of Earth (2 disc) Torchwood 13/07/2009 28/07/2009 01/10/2009
BBCDVD2451 Remembrance of the Daleks (2 disc) Seventh Doctor 20/07/2009 02/03/2010 01/10/2009
BBCDVD2596 The Black Guardian Trilogy: Mawdryn Undead / Terminus / Enlightenment (4 disc) Fifth Doctor 10/08/2009 03/11/2009 05/11/2009
BBCDVD2598 The Twin Dilemma Sixth Doctor 07/09/2009 05/01/2010 03/12/2009
BBCDVD2616 The Keys of Marinus First Doctor 21/09/2009 05/01/2010 07/01/2010
BBCDVD2614 Dalek War: Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks (4 disc) Third Doctor 05/10/2009 02/03/2010 04/02/2010
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 		19/10/2009 N/A 05/12/2009
BBCDVD3065 Torchwood - Series 1-3 (14 disc) Torchwood 26/10/2009 TBC 05/08/2010
BBCDVD3058 Doctor Who - The Complete Series 1-4 (23 disc) Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor 		26/10/2009 27/10/2009 03/12/2009
BBCDVD2919 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Second Series (4 disc) Sarah Jane Smith 09/11/2009 10/11/2009 03/06/2010
BBCDVD2754 The Key to Time (7 disc) Fourth Doctor 16/11/2009[9] N/A N/A

2010

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The Kamelion Tales DVD box set was originally scheduled for the January release slot, but was pushed back due to an administrative error. Its replacement, the Peladon Tales box set, had originally been planned for 2008, but was likewise held back until this year. Re-releases started on a larger scale with the Revisitations 1 boxset. The rights issues with the 1996 TV Movie were cleared and it was released on DVD for the first time in Regions 1 & 4. This year also saw the last of the Tenth Doctor's adventure being relased on DVD, as well as the first series of the Eleventh Doctor's. 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
BBCDVD3104 Doctor Who - The Complete Specials Boxset (5 disc) Tenth Doctor 11/01/2010 02/02/2010 01/07/2010
BBCDVD3105 The Waters of Mars / The End of Time (3 disc) Tenth Doctor 11/01/2010 02/02/2010 WOM: 04/02/2010
EOT: 04/03/2010
BBCDVD2744 Peladon Tales: The Curse of Peladon / The Monster of Peladon (3 disc) Third Doctor 18/01/2010 COP: 04/05/2010
MOP: 04/05/2010 		04/03/2010
BBCDVD3163 Dreamland Tenth Doctor 01/02/2010 05/10/2010 03/06/2010
BBCDVD2805 The Masque of Mandragora Fourth Doctor 08/02/2010 04/05/2010 01/04/2010
BBCDVD2809 The Space Museum / The Chase (3 disc) First Doctor 01/03/2010 06/07/2010 06/05/2010
BBCDVD2851 Myths and Legends: The Time Monster / Underworld / The Horns of Nimon (3 disc) Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor 		29/03/2010 06/07/2010 03/06/2010
BBCDVD2849 The Creature from the Pit Fourth Doctor 03/05/2010 07/09/2010 01/07/2010
BBCDVD3213 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 1 Eleventh Doctor 07/06/2010 N/A 01/07/2010
BBCDVD2738 Kamelion Tales: The King's Demons / Planet of Fire (3 disc) Fifth Doctor 14/06/2010 07/09/2010 05/08/2010
BBCDVD3214 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 2 Eleventh Doctor 05/07/2010 N/A 05/08/2010
BBCDVD2807 The Dominators Second Doctor 12/07/2010 11/01/2011 02/09/2010
BBCDVD3215 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 3 Eleventh Doctor 02/08/2010 N/A 02/09/2010
BBCDVD2854 Revenge of the Cybermen / Silver Nemesis (2 disc) Fourth Doctor
Seventh Doctor 		09/08/2010 02/11/2010 07/10/2010
BBCDVD3216 Doctor Who - Series 5 Volume 4 Eleventh Doctor 06/09/2010 N/A 07/10/2010
BBCDVD2808 Time and the Rani Seventh Doctor 13/09/2010 14/06/2011[10] 04/11/2010
BBCDVD2806 Revisitations 1: The Talons of Weng-Chiang / The Caves of Androzani / The Movie
(7 disc) 		Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Eighth Doctor 		04/10/2010 TOWC: TBC
COA: TBC
TVM: 08/02/2011 		02/12/2010
TVM only: 03/03/2011
BBCDVD3044 The Seeds of Doom (2 disc) Fourth Doctor 25/10/2010 08/03/2011[11] 02/12/2010
BBCDVD3137 The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete Third Series (2 disc) Sarah Jane Smith
Tenth Doctor 		01/11/2010 04/01/2011 TBC
BBCDVD3285 Doctor Who - The Complete Fifth Series (6 disc) Eleventh Doctor 08/11/2010 09/11/2010 02/12/2010

2011

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For 2011 2 entertain switched to unified release dates, meaning that the same Region 1, 2 & 4 titles are released ideally within two weeks of each other. Some releases of 2011 in R1 come in pairs: the new UK title is released simultaneously with a DVD in the backlog.[12]

BBCDVD Cat. No. Title Doctor Region 2 Region 1 Region 4
BBCDVD2852 Meglos Fourth Doctor 10/01/2011 11/01/2011 20/01/2011
BBCDVD3346 A Christmas Carol (including Doctor Who at the Proms) Eleventh Doctor 24/01/2011 15/02/2011 03/03/2011
BBCDVD3042 The Mutants (2 disc) Third Doctor 31/01/2011 08/02/2011 03/02/2011
BBCDVD2957 The Ark First Doctor 14/02/2011 08/03/2011[13] 03/03/2011
BBCDVD2871 Mara Tales: Kinda / Snakedance (2 disc)[14][15][16][17] Fifth Doctor 07/03/2011[18] 12/04/2011[19] 07/04/2011[20]
BBCDVD2956 Revisitations 2: The Seeds of Death / Carnival of Monsters /
Resurrection of the Daleks (6 disc)[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] 		Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fifth Doctor 		28/03/2011[29] TBC ??/04/2011
BBCDVD???? Planet of the Spiders (2 disc)[30][31] Third Doctor 18/04/2011[32] 10/05/2011[33] ??/05/2011
BBCDVD???? Mannequin Madness: Spearhead from Space / Terror of the Autons (2 disc?)[34][30] Third Doctor 09/05/2011[35] SFS: TBC
TOTA: 10/05/2011[36] 		??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Frontios

[30]

Fifth Doctor 30/05/2011[35] 14/06/2011[37] ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Doctor Who - Series 6 Volume 1[38] Eleventh Doctor ??/??/2011 TBC ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Earth Story: The Gunfighters / The Awakening (2 disc?)[30] First Doctor
Fifth Doctor 		20/06/2011[39] ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Paradise Towers

[40][30][41]

Seventh Doctor ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Revisitations 3: The Tomb of the Cybermen / The Three Doctors / The Robots of Death (6 disc?)[42][30] Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor 		??/??/2011 ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? The Sun Makers

[30][43]

Fourth Doctor ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Doctor Who - Series 6 Volume 2[38] Eleventh Doctor ??/??/2011 TBC ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Doctor Who - The Complete Sixth Series[38] Eleventh Doctor ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011
BBCDVD???? Day of the Daleks (2 disc)[44][45][46][30] Third Doctor ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011 ??/??/2011

Future releases

  • The Sensorites - Commentary was recorded in January 2011.[47]
  • The Reign of Terror - Episodes 4 and 5 missing. To be released as complete as realistically can be achieved. Release date in late 2012.[48]
  • Planet of Giants - Currently being reviewed for release.[49]
  • The Ambassadors of Death - Originally announced for release in 2011 with The Sun Makers, The Ambassadors of Death has now been delayed to 2012 at the least due to ongoing restoration issues.[50][51]
  • The Mind of Evil - Colour Recovery has been attempted on episodes two-six of this story (the first episode lacks the necessary 'chromadots', so would require some other means of colourisation), but a great deal of post-processing is needed before these episodes can be considered for release on DVD.[52] Commentary and interviews have been recorded as of June 2010.[53]
  • Colony in Space - Commentary was recorded in January 2011.[47]
  • The Dæmons - In pre-production by October 2010, expected to be released on DVD in 2012 .[54]
  • Nightmare of Eden - Production of extras started in February 2011. This will most likely be paired in a box set with DW: Shada, as it has been confirmed for release by Dan Hall in DWM 427[55]
  • The Ace Box - Will combine two of the remaining Sylvester McCoy stories.[56][57] Although not confirmed, more than likely to contain Dragonfire, Ace's first story.

Re-releases

New versions of some of the stories originally released in 1999-2003 have been released or will be released in the near future. Barring a few exceptions (The Five Doctors, Remembrance of the Daleks and Spearhead from Space), such re-releases have been compiled to the Revisitations boxsets. According to Dan Hall, the commissioning editor of 2 Entertain's Classic Doctor Who range, all story re-releases have now been announced and no further are being planned.[30] However, Hall has promised to reconsider revisiting Vengeance on Varos if he receives enough feedback encouraging to do so.[58]

Still to be released

William Hartnell

Patrick Troughton

Jon Pertwee

Tom Baker

Sylvester McCoy

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The international rights issues with Universal were settled in 2010, finally enabling the release of the 1996 TV Movie on DVD in regions 1 & 4.
  2. ↑ Region 1-exclusive release. The individual stories were also available for sale separately.
  3. ↑ Release delayed due to the season not having yet aired on the Sci-Fi Channel 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 title volume 2.
  6. ↑ A previous edition of The Key to Time, with fewer extra features was released in North America, Region 1, on 01/10/2002.
  7. ↑ Release delayed due to broadcast being still underway in Canada in September.
  8. ↑ This is the general release date. The set is also available as an ABC Shop exclusive which was released on 4th June 2009.
  9. ↑ Non-Limited Edition release of 2007 DVD set minus outer plastic slip. Not likely as a release in Regions 1 & 4 as the original releases in those regions were as non-limited editions.
  10. ↑ TVShowsOnDVD.com: Doctor Who DVD Newsaccessed 2nd February 2011
  11. ↑ TVShowsOnDVD: Doctor Who DVD Newsaccessed 18th November 2010
  12. ↑ [1]accessed 14th September 2010
  13. ↑ TVShowsOnDVD: Doctor Who DVD Newsaccessed 18th November 2010
  14. ↑ Trailer with a "Coming 2011" tag has been uploaded by Dan Hall.accessed 27th April 2010
  15. ↑ BBFC - Doctor Who: Mara Tales Coming Soon Traileraccessed 17th October 2010
  16. ↑ British Board of Film Classification - Kinda extrasaccessed 8th November 2010
  17. ↑ British Board of Film Classification - Snakedance extrasaccessed 8th November 2010
  18. ↑ Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who - Mara Talesaccessed 10th December 2010
  19. ↑ TVShowsonDVD: Announcement for Doctor Who - Kinda and Snakedanceaccessed 16th December 2010
  20. ↑ FetchDVD.com.au - Doctor Who: Mara Talesaccessed 10th February 2011
  21. ↑ Gallifrey Base - Forthcoming DW DVD/BD speculationaccessed 9th October 2010
  22. ↑ Zeta Minor - Doctor Who Revisitations Volume 2accessed 9th October 2010
  23. ↑ BBC America Shop: Doctor Who - The Seeds of Death Special Editionaccessed 19th October 2010
  24. ↑ Radio Free Skaro podcast #221accessed 24th October 2010
  25. ↑ British Board of Film Classification: Doctor Who - Revisitations 2 (trailer)accessed 9th November 2010
  26. ↑ Additional material, Doctor Who Seeds of Deathaccessed 2nd February 2011
  27. ↑ Doctor Who - Carnival of Monsters - DVD Extras Disc 2accessed 2nd February 2011
  28. ↑ Doctor Who - Resurrection of the Daleks - DVD Extras Disc 2accessed 2nd February 2011
  29. ↑ Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who - Revisitations 2accessed 10th December 2010
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.8 Doctor Who Magazine 430 (13th January 2011)
  31. ↑ British Board of Film Classification - Doctor Who Coming Soon to DVD... Planet of the Spidersaccessed 29th January 2011
  32. ↑ Doctor Who Online Twitter feedaccessed 2nd February 2011
  33. ↑ BBC America Shop - Doctor Who: Planet of the Spidersaccessed 26th January 2011
  34. ↑ BBC America Shop: Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space Special Editionaccessed 19th October 2010
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Doctor Who Online Twitter feedaccessed 18th February 2011
  36. ↑ BBC America Shop - Doctor Who: Terror of the Autonsaccessed 26th January 2011
  37. ↑ TVShowsOnDVD.com: Doctor Who DVD Newsaccessed 2nd February 2011
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 Doctor Who Magazine 431 (10th February 2011)
  39. ↑ Amazon.co.uk: Doctor Who - Earth Storyaccessed 27th February 2011
  40. ↑ News of commentary and interview (recorded by October 2010) from StephenWyatt.co.ukaccessed 21st November 2010
  41. ↑ BBC America Shop - Doctor Who: Paradise Towersaccessed 29th January 2011
  42. ↑ Bernard Holley has recorded a commentary, stating Tomb will be released in 2011.accessed 25th November 2010
  43. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 28th January 2011
  44. ↑ [2]accessed 22nd March 2010
  45. ↑ Day of the Daleks on DVDaccessed 10th October 2010
  46. ↑ Gallifrey Base - Forthcoming DW DVD/BD speculationaccessed 9th October 2010
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 DVD Commentary Newsaccessed 11th January 2011
  48. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 3rd March 2011
  49. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 26th February 2011
  50. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 26th January 2011
  51. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 28th January 2011
  52. ↑ http://colourrecovery.wikispaces.com/Processed+programmes
  53. ↑ [3]accessed 20th June 2010
  54. ↑ Gallifrey Base - Forthcoming DW DVD/BD speculationaccessed 9th October 2010
  55. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 27th February 2011
  56. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 26th February 2011
  57. ↑ Classic Doctor Who Twitter feedaccessed 27th February 2011
  58. ↑ Classic Doctor Who DVD Twitter accountaccessed 12th January 2011
  59. ↑ Gallifrey Base - Forthcoming DW DVD/BD speculationaccessed 9th October 2010
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