The cover illustration for the forthcoming UK DVD release of Revelation of the Daleks has been issued by the BBC Shop; click on the thumbnail for a larger version. The DVD's official release date is July 11, 2005. Meanwhile, the BBC Shop also confirms the release of The Web Planet on DVD (reported as "being considered" in the latest DWM), as previously reported by Outpost Gallifrey some time ago; the William Hartnell serial is due out September 5 in the UK, followed on by "City of Death" in November and "The Beginning" in January 2006 as previously reported.

At last, Warner Home Video has announced full details on the releases ofHorror of Fang Rock and The Mind Robber, due out later this year in North America on DVD. Both will be released on September 6, 2005 in the US and Canada; the WHV codes are E2317 (Fang Rock) and E2316 (Mind Robber). We originally brought you small side-view thumbnails of the cover illustrations courtesy the TV Shows on DVD website; we now have larger, better versions of these covers below... click on each for the full version.

The BBC Shop has posted details of two items already confirmed for delivery but updating a little information. They've confirmed Revelation of the Daleks as the July DVD, with a release date of July 11 and a release code of BBCDVD1357, along with a brief blurb: "The Doctor and Peri arrive on Necros to attend the funeral of an old friend of the Doctor who has recently died. However, Tranquil Repose is not all it seems and an attempt is made on the Doctor's life. Soon the Doctor comes face to face with the Great Healer, only to discover it is none other than Davros, the creator of the Daleks, intent on rebuilding the Dalek race decimated by the Movellans. DVD Extras: 5.1 Surround Sound Mix; Audio Commentary featuring Graeme Harper, Eric Saward, Nicola Bryant and Terry Molloy; Isolated Music Score; CGI Effects; Revelation Exhumed Documentary; In Studio Featurette; Deleted Scenes; Continuity; Photo Gallery; Production Notes; Easter Egg."

Also, a new blurb for Gary Russell's novel Spiral Scratch, due out from BBC Books in August 2005, is as follows: "Carsus: the largest repository of knowledge in the universe - in any universe, for there is an infinite number of potential universes - or rather, there should be. So why are there now just 117,863? And why, every so often, does another one just wink out of existence? The Doctor and Mel arrive on Carsus to see the Doctor's old friend Professor Rummas - but he has been murdered. Can they solve the mystery of a contracting multiverse, and expose the murderer? With the ties that bind the Lamprey family to the past, present and future coming unravelled around him, only the Doctor can stop the descent into temporal chaos. But he is lost on Janus 8. And Schyllus. And a twentieth-century Earth where Rome never fell. And..." Note that this is a different blurb altogether from the one we've previously featured from Amazon.

BBC Video/2Entertain has released the cover illustration for the forthcoming second Doctor Who new series DVD set, featuring three episodes: "Aliens of London," "World War Three" and "Dalek". It was expected originally that this disc might have four episodes, but this is the final episode count. Click on the thumbnail at right for a larger version. (Thanks to Louise Gray/2Entertain)

The British Board of Film Classification has issued details of 80 minutes and 7 seconds of extra features for the UK DVD release of Revelation of the Daleks that we reported two days ago had finally been confirmed for release by BBC Worldwide. The DVD is classified PG as of 29 April, and is due out in July. The details are as follows:

As Outpost Gallifrey reported some time ago, it has now been confirmed that the Season 22 serial Revelation of the Daleks starring Colin Baker is the July 2005 Doctor Who DVD release for the UK. An article today on theRestoration Team website describes the clean-up work done on the episode and notes that rights could not be obtained to use the Jimi Hendrix track, "Fire", which plays over one of the DJ sequences. "When the VHS version of this story was released it also had to be replaced, but the job was done rather crudely with simple filtering and editing of the original mix," says the article. "This was odd, as the undubbed audio was on the second track of the master video tape. Mark re-dubbed this section from scratch, replacing the music with something hopefully more appropriate than what was used on the VHS, and carefully matching the original ambience and equalisation." Nicola Bryant (Peri), Terry Molloy (Davros), script editor Eric Saward and director Graeme Harper provided the commentary for the episode. Extras includeRevelation Exhumed, a 45-minute documentary featuring interviews with Saward, Harper, Alan Spalding (designer), John Brace (Visual Effects), Roger Limb (incidental music) and Pat Godfrey (costumer designer), plus cast members Trevor Cooper (Takis), Clive Swift (Jobel), Roy Skelton (Dalek voices), Terry Molloy (Davros), William Gaunt (Orcini), Hugh Walters (Vogel) and Colin Spaull (Lilt), as well as archive interview footage with Alexei Sayle;In Studio, a 15-minute look behind the scenes during some of the studio recording sessions, culled from the single-surviving tape of studio material that was originally pulled together for video effects work; Optional Replacement Effects, an alternative (non-default) set of alternate effects ranging from simple replacement of the ray-gun and blaster effects, through to a complex reshoot involving a model Dalek (notes about which are included in the RT article); an isolated music score (mono only); an optional Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround mix; off-air continuity announcements; three short deleted scenes; plus the usual photo gallery, production notes and an easter egg (which is said to be the actors recreating some of their lines for use in the 5.1 remix). (Thanks to the Restoration Team)

Roadshow Video/BBC Video have confirmed two forthcoming DVD release dates in Australia: June 2 will see the release ofThe Claws of Axos, and June 16 will feature the release of the first of the four Doctor Who new series DVDs (the 'vanilla' ones without extras). (Thanks to "Cyberman Dan" and Michael Plowright)

The Mind Robber starring Patrick Troughton and Horror of Fang Rockstarring Tom Baker are the next two DVD releases to be confirmed for North American release, as first reported on the TV Shows on DVD website. The cover illustrations as displayed on that site are seen below. The two DVDs will likely be released in early September 2005 on the usual three-month release schedule; "The Leisure Hive" and "Ghost Light" are due out in June. Once details are released by Warner Home Video we'll have more details, including confirmed release dates, and high-quality cover scans. (Thanks to David Lambert at TV Shows on DVD and everyone who let us know!)

BBC Video will release In The Beginning, a boxed set of the first three classic Doctor Who series stories -- "An Unearthly Child," "The Daleks" and "The Edge of Destruction" -- on DVD in the UK in January 2006, according to an interview with Marketing Manager Matthew Parkes of 2Entertain/BBCDVD in the newly released edition of Ultimate DVDmagazine. A boxed set (at the time noted as "The Beginning") was touted for release several years ago, both as a VHS and DVD set, but was pushed aside for various reasons; it was also at one point a likely release for this autumn, but we heard some months ago it was moved to 2006. There is no word, as yet, on what this year's other UK DVD release will be; "City of Death" is confirmed for November according to the BBC, Outpost Gallifrey previously learned that "Revelation of the Daleks" is the likely release for July, and there will be one other classic series release in September... our money's on either a First Doctor ("The Web Planet") or Fifth Doctor ("Frontios") story. (Thanks to Justin Thomas, James Wendt)

According to the ezyDVD retailer, the Australian DVD release of The Mind Robber has been scheduled for May 5, 2005. Note that "Horror of Fang Rock" was just released last week as well, and "The Claws of Axos" is due out on July 7. (Thanks to Carl Davidson)