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By the end of 2015, all surviving/recovered episodes from the 1963-89 series had been released by BBC Video/2|entertain in the DVD format. There had also been one special release in the | By the end of 2015, all surviving/recovered episodes from the 1963-89 series had been released by BBC Video/2|entertain in the DVD format. There had also been one special release in the higher-resolution Blu-ray format of ''[[Spearhead from Space (TV story)|Spearhead from Space]]'', which was made possible due to its unique nature of having been completely shot on film. A Blu-ray release of the 1996 TV movie has also been discussed. Due to the video/film hybrid nature of the Classic Era series, Blu-ray release of the remaining stories is, at present, considered impossible. | ||
In October 2009, Steve Roberts of the ''Doctor Who'' Restoration Team indicated that DVD-format releases of the classic series were expected to continue until at least November 2013, indicating there were no immediate plans for the format to be [[retire]]d. Blu-ray players are, at present, backwards-compatible with DVD, though picture and sound quality varies depending on the type of television used. This made it less urgent that Blu-ray versions of the classic series be issued. Ultimately, most major releases were completed by the end of the 50th anniversary year, however due to the post-2009 recovery of a number of lost episodes (including the entirety of ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'', most of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', and other individual episodes, new issues in DVD continued into 2015, with the final release (barring any future episode recoveries) being ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]''. | In October 2009, Steve Roberts of the ''Doctor Who'' Restoration Team indicated that DVD-format releases of the classic series were expected to continue until at least November 2013, indicating there were no immediate plans for the format to be [[retire]]d. Blu-ray players are, at present, backwards-compatible with DVD, though picture and sound quality varies depending on the type of television used. This made it less urgent that Blu-ray versions of the classic series be issued. Ultimately, most major releases were completed by the end of the 50th anniversary year, however due to the post-2009 recovery of a number of lost episodes (including the entirety of ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'', most of ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'', and other individual episodes, new issues in DVD continued into 2015, with the final release (barring any future episode recoveries) being ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]''. | ||
