Planet of the Daleks is due for release on DVD this year as revealed in this month's
Doctor Who Magazine. Episode three of the 1973
Jon Pertwee story previously only existed in the BBC archive as a black and white film recording. However, using partly the same process recently used on an old episode of Dad's Army ("Room at the Bottom", broadcast on BBC2 last month in colour for the first time in 39 years) using information contained in the film print, and partly artificial re-colouring in the United States, colour has been restored to the episode. The story will be released as a box set with
Frontier in Space, which sees the Doctor meet the Draconians and features the last appearance of
Roger Delgado as the Master. Full details of the restoration of episode three of Planet of the Daleks can be found in
an article on the Restoration Team website.
Other stories due for release in 2009 are the swansong of the Second Doctor,
The War Games, the Fourth Doctor stories
The Deadly Assassin and
Image of the Fendahl and the Seventh Doctor story
Delta and the Bannermen.
The current release schedule is subject to change:
- 26 Jan 2009 E-Space Trilogy Box set comprising of the 4th Doctor stories Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate.
- 23 Feb 2009 - The Rescue / The Romans
- 16 Mar 2009 - Attack of the Cybermen
- TBA - Delta and the Bannermen
- TBA - Image of the Fendahl
- TBA - The Deadly Assassin
- TBA - Dalek War box set: Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks
- TBA -The War Games
