List of BBC VHS releases

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The following is a list of VHS releases by the BBC, broken down by year of release. Doctor Who and K9 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 and release dates given generally applies only to the PAL release, with North American release usually occurring at some point after (but occasionally before) the PAL release.

Timeline of Releases

1983

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV2003 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/10/1983 File:4756 1.jpg

1984

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4013 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/05/1984 File:3434 1.jpg
BBCV2012 The Brain of Morbius (60 min edit) Fourth Doctor ??/07/1984 The Brain of Morbius VHS UK 1st release cover.jpg

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.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV2014/BBCV4055 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor ??/02/1985 4g-video.jpg
BBCV2019 The Seeds of Death Second Doctor ??/07/1985 Xx-video.jpg
BBCV2020 The Five Doctors Fifth Doctor ??/09/1985

1986

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV2030/BBCV4108 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor ??/04/1986 4r-video.jpg
BBCV2036/BBCV4109 Day of the Daleks Third Doctor ??/07/1986

1987

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4072 The Seeds of Death (re-release) Second Doctor ??/07/1987
BBCV4073 Death to the Daleks Third Doctor ??/07/1987

1988

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4107 Spearhead from Space Third Doctor ??/02/1988
BBCV4187 The Talons of Weng-Chiang Fourth Doctor ??/11/1988
BBCV4186 Terror of the Zygons Fourth Doctor ??/11/1988

1989

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4245 The Time Warrior Third Doctor ??/06/1989
BBCV4244 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor ??/06/1989
BBCV4242 The Daleks (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/06/1989

1990

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4311 An Unearthly Child First Doctor ??/02/1990
BBCV4310 The War Games (2 tapes) Second Doctor ??/02/1990
BBCV4353 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/05/1990
BBCV4352 The Mind Robber Second Doctor ??/05/1990
BBCV4387 The Five Doctors (re-release) Fifth Doctor ??/07/1990
BBCV4388 The Brain of Morbius (re-release) Fourth Doctor ??/07/1990 The Brain of Morbius VHS UK 2nd release cover.jpg
BBCV4405 The Web Planet (2 tapes) First Doctor ??/09/1990
BBCV4406 The Dominators Second Doctor ??/09/1990

1991

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4453 The Curse of Fenric (Extended edit) Seventh Doctor ??/02/1991
BBCV4452 The Krotons Second Doctor ??/02/1991
BBCV4491 Planet of the Spiders (2 tapes) Third Doctor ??/04/1991
BBCV4492 City of Death Fourth Doctor ??/04/1991
BBCV4608 The Hartnell Years First Doctor 03/06/1991
BBCV4609 The Troughton Years Second Doctor 03/06/1991
BBCV4642 The Masque of Mandragora Fourth Doctor ??/08/1991
BBCV4650 The Three Doctors Third Doctor ??/08/1991
BBCV4643 The Sontaran Experiment / Genesis of the Daleks Fourth Doctor ??/10/1991
BBCV4645 The Deadly Assassin Fourth Doctor ??/10/1991

1992

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4714 Robot Fourth Doctor ??/01/1992
BBCV4713 The Caves of Androzani Fifth Doctor ??/01/1992
BBCV4736 Logopolis Fourth Doctor ??/03/1992
BBCV4737 Castrovalva Fifth Doctor ??/03/1992
BBCV4756 The Pertwee Years Third Doctor 02/03/1992
BBCV4742 The Claws of Axos Third Doctor ??/05/1992
BBCV4783 The Twin Dilemma (Woolworths exclusive - general release February 1993) Sixth Doctor ??/05/1992
BBCV4772 The Tomb of the Cybermen Second Doctor ??/05/1992
BBCV4810 Daleks: The Early Years First Doctor
Second Doctor
??/07/1992
BBCV4813 Cybermen: The Early Years Second Doctor ??/07/1992
BBCV4814 Shada Fourth Doctor ??/07/1992
BBCV4839 The Tom Baker Years Fourth Doctor ??/09/1992
BBCV4840 Earthshock Fifth Doctor ??/09/1992
BBCV4743 The Aztecs First Doctor ??/11/1992
BBCV4874 Mawdryn Undead Fifth Doctor ??/11/1992

1993

The releases from Terror of the Autons to The Two Doctors featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV4890 Terminus Fifth Doctor ??/01/1993
BBCV4891 Enlightenment Fifth Doctor ??/02/1993
BBCV4941 Image of the Fendahl Fourth Doctor ??/03/1993
BBCV4950 The Dæmons Third Doctor ??/03/1993
BBCV4957 Terror of the Autons Third Doctor ??/04/1993
BBCV4888 Silver Nemesis Seventh Doctor ??/04/1993
BBCV4962 Vengeance on Varos Sixth Doctor ??/05/1993
BBCV4973 The Keeper of Traken Fourth Doctor ??/06/1993
BBCV4974 The Invasion (incomplete) Second Doctor ??/06/1993
BBCV4990 Doctor Who and the Silurians Third Doctor ??/07/1993
BBCV4978 The Curse of Peladon Third Doctor ??/08/1993
BBCV5005 Dalek Tin: (BBCV5006) The Chase / (BBCV5007) Remembrance of the Daleks (2 tapes) First Doctor
Seventh Doctor
??/09/1993
BBCV5008 TARDIS Tin: (BBCV5009) The Trial of a Time Lord (4 tapes) Sixth Doctor ??/10/1993
BBCV5143 Resurrection of the Daleks Fifth Doctor ??/11/1993
BBCV5148 The Two Doctors Sixth Doctor ??/11/1993

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.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV5180 Planet of Evil Fourth Doctor ??/01/1994
BBCV5181 Dragonfire Seventh Doctor ??/01/1994
BBCV5218 The Ark in Space Fourth Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5219 Day of the Daleks Third Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5220 Pyramids of Mars Fourth Doctor ??/02/1994
BBCV5199 Arc of Infinity Fifth Doctor ??/03/1994
BBCV5324 The Colin Baker Years Sixth Doctor ??/03/1994
BBCV5269 Inferno Third Doctor ??/05/1994
BBCV5334 Ghost Light Seventh Doctor ??/05/1994
BBCV5349 The Visitation / Black Orchid Fifth Doctor ??/07/1994
BBCV5350 Destiny of the Daleks Fourth Doctor ??/07/1994
BBCV5377 The Seeds of Doom Fourth Doctor ??/08/1994
BBCV5378 The Rescue / The Romans First Doctor ??/09/1994
BBCV5432 Kinda Fifth Doctor ??/10/1994
BBCV5403 More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS N/A ??/11/1994
BBCV5433 Snakedance Fifth Doctor ??/12/1994

1995

The Key to Time releases of April, May, and June featured artwork on the spine of the video cases (by Andrew Skilleter). Starting with 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.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV5509 Spearhead from Space Third Doctor ??/02/1995
BBCV5520 Death to the Daleks Third Doctor ??/02/1995
BBCV5521 The Robots of Death Fourth Doctor ??/02/1995
BBCV5526 The Android Invasion Fourth Doctor ??/03/1995
BBCV5556 Carnival of Monsters Third Doctor ??/03/1995
BBCV5607 The Ribos Operation Fourth Doctor ??/04/1995
BBCV5608 The Pirate Planet Fourth Doctor ??/04/1995
BBCV5610 The Stones of Blood Fourth Doctor ??/05/1995
BBCV5611 The Androids of Tara Fourth Doctor ??/05/1995
BBCV5612 The Power of Kroll Fourth Doctor ??/06/1995
BBCV5613 The Armageddon Factor Fourth Doctor ??/06/1995
BBCV5603 The Mark of the Rani Sixth Doctor ??/07/1995
BBCV5617 Time and the Rani Seventh Doctor ??/07/1995
BBCV5640 Frontier in Space Third Doctor ??/08/1995
BBCV5635 K9 & Company N/A ??/08/1995
BBCV5667 The Sea Devils Third Doctor ??/09/1995
BBCV5668 Warriors of the Deep Fifth Doctor ??/09/1995
BBCV5686 Paradise Towers Seventh Doctor ??/10/1995
BBCV5687 Survival Seventh Doctor ??/10/1995
BBCV5733 The King's Demons / (BBCV5734) The Five Doctors: Special Edition Fifth Doctor ??/11/1995
BBCV5781 The Monster of Peladon Third Doctor ??/12/1995

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.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV5789 The Hand of Fear Fourth Doctor ??/02/1996
BBCV5882 The Movie Eighth Doctor ??/05/1996
BBCV5816 The Green Death Third Doctor ??/10/1996

1997

The March release of The Awakening/Frontios marked the end of painted artwork covers for the range.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV5821 The Leisure Hive Fourth Doctor ??/01/1997
BBCV6120 The Awakening / Frontios Fifth Doctor ??/03/1997
BBCV6183 The War Machines First Doctor ??/06/1997
BBCV5803 The Happiness Patrol Seventh Doctor ??/08/1997
BBCV6229 The E-Space Trilogy: (BBCV6230) Full Circle / (BBCV6231) State of Decay / (BBCV6232) Warriors' Gate Fourth Doctor ??/11/1997

1998

The Ice Warriors release came with a CD for the soundtrack of the missing episodes 2 and 3.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV6329 Timelash Sixth Doctor ??/01/1998
BBCV6330 Battlefield (Extended edit) Seventh Doctor ??/03/1998
BBCV6361 The Mind of Evil Third Doctor ??/05/1998
BBCV6536 Horror of Fang Rock Fourth Doctor ??/07/1998
BBCV6567 Planet of Fire Fifth Doctor ??/09/1998
BBCV6609 The Ark First Doctor ??/10/1998
BBCV6387 The Ice Warriors Box: (BBCV6755) The Ice Warriors (incomplete) / (BBCV6766) The Missing Years & The Underwater Menace Second Doctor ??/11/1998

1999

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV6610 Nightmare of Eden Fourth Doctor ??/01/1999
BBCV6671 The Keys of Marinus First Doctor ??/03/1999
BBCV6773 Revenge of the Cybermen Fourth Doctor ??/04/1999 File:B00004CIQM 02 LZZZZZZZ.jpg
BBCV6672 The Face of Evil Fourth Doctor ??/05/1999
BBCV6888 The Crusade (incomplete) / The Space Museum First Doctor ??/07/1999
BBCV6774 Terror of the Zygons Fourth Doctor ??/08/1999
BBCV6889 The Curse of Fatal Death N/A ??/09/1999
BBCV6875 Dalek Tin II: (BBCV6928) Planet of the Daleks / (BBCV6927) Revelation of the Daleks Third Doctor
Sixth Doctor
??/11/1999

2000

With the Release of the Cyberman Tin, The Colin Baker Era was complete on video. (Although Revelation of the Daleks would be re-released in 2001 in the Davros Boxset)

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV6998 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy Seventh Doctor ??/01/2000
BBCV6876 The Invasion of Time Fourth Doctor ??/03/2000
BBCV6877 The Edge of Destruction / Pilot Episode First Doctor ??/04/2000
BBCV6878 Time-Flight Fifth Doctor ??/07/2000
BBCV6959 An Unearthly Child First Doctor ??/09/2000
BBCV7030 Cyberman Tin: (BBCV6874) The Tenth Planet (incomplete) / (BBCV7048) Attack of the Cybermen First Doctor
Sixth Doctor
??/11/2000

2001

With the release of Delta and the Bannermen, the Sylvestor McCoy Era was complete on video, While Four to Doomsday completed the Peter Davison Era. (Although both Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks would be re-released in the Davros Boxset later that year)

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV6960 The Daleks First Doctor ??/02/2001
BBCV7131 Delta and the Bannermen Seventh Doctor ??/03/2001
BBCV7132 City of Death Fourth Doctor ??/05/2001
BBCV7133 The Sun Makers Fourth Doctor ??/07/2001
BBCV7134 Four to Doomsday Fifth Doctor ??/09/2001
N/A 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 Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Sixth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
??/09/2001
BBCV7175 The Master Tin: (BBCV7176) Colony in Space / (BBCV7177) The Time Monster Third Doctor ??/11/2001

2002

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV7263 Planet of Giants First Doctor ??/01/2002
BBCV7264 Underworld Fourth Doctor ??/03/2002
BBCV7265 The Ambassadors of Death Third Doctor ??/05/2002
BBCV7266 The Creature from the Pit Fourth Doctor ??/07/2002
BBCV7267 The Invisible Enemy Fourth Doctor ??/09/2002
BBCV7346 The Time Lord Collection: (BBCV7363) The War Games / (BBCV7364) The Three Doctors / (BBCV7365) The Deadly Assassin Second Doctor
Third Doctor
Fourth Doctor
??/09/2002
BBCV7278 The First Doctor Box Set: (BBCV7276) The Sensorites / (BBCV7275) The Time Meddler / (BBCV7277) The Gunfighters First Doctor ??/11/2002

2003

The Horns of Nimon completed the Tom Baker Era, while Invasion of the Dinosaurs completed the Jon Pertwee Era.

BBCV Cat. No. Title Doctor Date UK Cover
BBCV7331 The Mutants Third Doctor ??/02/2003
BBCV7332 Meglos Fourth Doctor ??/03/2003
BBCV7334 The Horns of Nimon Fourth Doctor ??/06/2003
BBCV7333 Invasion of the Dinosaurs Third Doctor ??/10/2003
BBCV7335 The Reign of Terror (incomplete) / The Faceless Ones / The Web of Fear First Doctor
Second Doctor
??/11/2003