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{{As of|2012|6}}, the majority of episodes available from the 1963-89 series had been released by BBC Video/2|entertain in the DVD format, which by this time was slowly being supplanted by the higher-resolution Blu-ray format (a format that will require classic-series episodes to undergo further extensive restoration and remastering in order to be acceptable for release). In October 2009, Steve Roberts of the ''Doctor Who'' Restoration Team indicated that DVD-format releases of the classic series are expected to continue until at least November 2013, indicating there are no immediate plans for the format to be retired. Blu-ray players are, at present, backwards-compatible with DVD, though picture and sound quality varies depending on the type of television used. This has made it less urgent that Blu-ray versions of the classic series be issued. Blu-ray editions of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' have been available for several years, however, and beginning with ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'', new-series ''Doctor Who'' stories are being released in both Blu-ray and DVD formats.