DVD Special Promotion

Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - Reported by Marcus

From July 2nd, 2Entertain will re-release a number of DVDs aimed at bringing the classic series to a new audience.

For a limited period, the DVDs will be available at a lower price and with new packaging. The titles have been carefully chosen as stories that may appeal to fans of the new series, that have not already purchased classic Doctor Who DVDs.

The actual content of the DVDs will be identical to the previously released version.

The eight stories to be re-released are:

Spearhead from Space
Genesis of the Daleks
The Hand of Fear
Earthshock
The Five Doctors
Revelation of the Daleks
Remembrance of the Daleks
The TV Movie

FILTER: - UK - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Sea Devils Planned For DVD

Friday, 25 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

The Sea Devils is being prepared for release on DVD, the latest edition of the Royal Navy's official newspaper has revealed.

Navy News was contacted on behalf of the Restoration Team in the hope of tracking down naval personnel involved in or who witnessed the story's filming - in particular, the team hopes to find a rating believed to have shot some cine footage.

The June edition of the publication says that as part of the DVD, a documentary is being produced on the making of the Jon Pertwee six-parter. The adventure originally aired in 1972 and the location work was carried out in the Portsmouth area in October 1971.

A story about the location filming was done at the time by the local daily paper, The News, which photographed Pertwee chatting with three ratings at the Fraser gunnery range.

One of the ratings, an Able Seaman David King, pictured above right, who was then aged 26, appears to be capturing the moment for posterity on a cine camera.

In the Navy News piece, project team member Richard Bignell says: "If Mr King did take any cine film of the shoot, we would be very interested in talking to him!"

The documentary-makers also hope to track down people who took still pictures.

A release date for the DVD has yet to be confirmed.

Click on the thumbnail below for a larger version of the picture showing Pertwee with the ratings.

(Photo courtesy of and copyright The News, Portsmouth)

FILTER: - Jon Pertwee - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Timelash Cover

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

The official Doctor Who website has revealed the cover illustration for the forthcoming UK DVD release of Timelashstarring Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Series 3 Volume 2 DVD

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by Shaun Lyon

Outpost Gallifrey has received the cover illustration for the Series Three, Volume Two UK DVD release, which includes the episodes "Daleks in Manhattan," "Evolution of the Daleks," "The Lazarus Experiment," and "42". Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the cover. The disc will be released later this summer.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Blu-ray/DVD

Planet Of Evil Planned For DVD

Thursday, 17 May 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Hot on the heels of the announcement that The Time Warrior and theKey To Time season will be out on DVD in the UK later this year comes the news that 2Entertain is planning to release the 1975 Tom Baker four-parter Planet of Evil.

The British Board of Film Classification yesterday cleared just over 60 minutes of extras for the DVD of Planet of Evil, although a release date is unknown.

The extras, which have a PG rating, include three features entitled Hidden Hinchcliffe, A Darker Side andPlanetary Performance - Acting In Doctor Who.

(Thanks to Tony Clark.)

Time Warrior And Key To Time Season On DVD

May 18, 2007 • Posted By John Bowman

The Time Warrior and the Key To Time season are to be released on DVD in the UK by 2Entertain later this year, says the official programme website.

September 3 will see The Time Warrior available. This story launched Jon Pertwee's final season as the Third Doctor and saw the debuts of companion Sarah Jane Smith, as played by Elisabeth Sladen, and classic monsters the Sontarans.

According to the British Board of Film Classification site, the extras will include a 30-minute documentary entitledBeginning The End - Making The Time Warrior, as well as a trailer, two Easter eggs and a photo gallery.

Sixteen new CGI shots have also been created, spanning all four episodes.

A box set of the six-story Season 16, with Tom Baker as the Doctor andMary Tamm as assistant Romana, will apparently be out on September 23, although that date is a Sunday.

The Key To Time season has already been available on DVD in the USA and Canada for a number of years, although its UK release will include "the full extras it deserves", according to the BBC website.

Further details of those extras will be announced at a later date.

(With thanks to Scott Kinnaird.)

UK DVD Release Schedule

28 May 2007 - Robot - Tom Baker
25 June 2007 - Series 3, Volume 2
9 July 2007 - Timelash - Colin Baker
23 July 2007 - Series 3, Volume 3
6 August 2007 - Time Flight/Arc of Infinity - Peter Davison
3 September 2007 - The Time Warrior - Jon Pertwee
23 September 2007 - Key to Time - Tom Baker

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

North America DVD Releases

Wednesday, 9 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

TvShowsOnDVD.com have announced August 14th as the North American release date for Robot and Survival.

FILTER: - Canada - USA - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

DVD Update

Friday, 4 May 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

The Doctor Who Restoration Team have released updated information on the extras for their upcoming releases. The schedule for the DVD releases from late July has been altered, with Series 3, Volume 2on June 25th, Timelash now out on July 9th, and Series 3, Volume 3released on July 23rd. A box set of Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity is currently slated for release on August 6th, with the special features listed below.

Time Flight:

Commentary featuring Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Eric Saward
Mouth on Legs - Interview with Janet Fielding
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Jurassic Larks - Behind the scenes action
Outtakes
Peter Grimwade interview from 1987
Photo Gallery
Coming Soon trailer
1983 Doctor Who Annual / Radio Times listings in PDF format
Subtitles / Production Information

Arc of Infinity:
Commentary featuring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton
Anti-Matter from Amsterdam - Making-of Documentary
The Omega Factor - A look at the various Omega stories
Deleted Scenes
Under Arc Lights - Behind the Scenes studio footage
CGI effects option
BBC 1 Trailer
Continuity announcements
Photo Gallery
Coming Soon trailer
Subtitles / Production Information.

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD - Radio Times

The future of animated episodes

Sunday, 29 April 2007 - Reported by Chuck Foster

Daniel Hall, commissioning editor for DVD publisher 2Entertain, has recently made an announcement concerning the future for animated episodes of Doctor Who. Speaking on the Restoration Team's Technical Forum, he stated: "After due consideration and for the foreseeable future, we are withdrawing from co-commissioning and co-producing any "classic" Doctor Who animations. I feel our energies will be better spent working on existing stories. With the New Series such a success, and the forthcoming animations for Totally Doctor Who, the BBC is in a far superior position to develop this idea. After all, the original commission of The Invasion came from them."

Having recently made a request for animators to get in touch with them, 2Entertain have now said that they will pass any details on to the BBC. Says Hall: "Please continue to express your support for this excellent and innovative idea. The quality of creative response from my earlier post was thrilling, and bodes well for the future possibilities of animated stories."

FILTER: - Classic Series - Blu-ray/DVD

Season Three Releases Update

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Doctor Who Magazine has announced another vanilla release for season three. As previously reported, Volume One will be released on May 21st and will include Smith and Jones, The Shakespeare Code, and Gridlock. The second volume will be released on June 18th and will include Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks and The Lazarus Experiment. The remaining volumes will be released later in the year, with a box set for the whole series being released in the autumn.

FILTER: - Series 3/29 - Blu-ray/DVD

New DVD Special Features Announced

Tuesday, 24 April 2007 - Reported by Jarrod Cooper

Doctor Who Magazine has released information on the special features for this summer's DVD releases. Robot is currently set to be released on June 4th, while Timelash will follow on July 2nd.

Robot will include the following special features:
- A 40-minute documentary called Are Friends Electric? will look at Tom Baker's introduction to the series and the making of his first story. This documentary will include contributions from Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Terrance Dicks, Philip Hinchcliffe, and Barry Letts.
- A clip from Blue Peter recorded on the Robot sets
- A 15-minute featurette called "The Tunnel Effect" which focuses on the creation of the Fourth Doctor title sequence
- A photo gallery
- Subtitle Production noted
- Radio Times listings in pdf format
- Commentary from Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Barry Letts, and Terrance Dicks

Timelash will include the following:
- A 25-minute documentary called The Good, the Bad and the Uglynarrated by Terry Molloy and featuring contributions from Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow, and Eric Saward.
- A photo gallery
- Subtitle Production notes
- Radio Times listings in pdf format
- Commentary from Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, and Paul Darrow
- There will also be a 'Coming Soon' trailer for the next DVD release

FILTER: - Magazines - Blu-ray/DVD - Radio Times

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Sea Devils Planned For DVD

Timelash Cover

Series 3 Volume 2 DVD

Planet Of Evil Planned For DVD

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The future of animated episodes

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