The Classic 'Doctor Who' DVD Release Guide

[Susan Foreman]

#106: The Tenth Planet

NOTE - Episodes 4 is missing from the BBC archives, so it has been animated for this release

Release date - October 2013



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS lands at the South Pole in 1986. The arrival coincides with the appearance of Earth's forgotten twin planet Mondas along with visitors from that world — the emotionless Cybermen. It's up to the Doctor and his friends to stop the creatures before they convert Earth's population into similar cyber creations — but the encounter will have a devastating effect on the Doctor...

This DVD contains a brand-new animated episode 4, currently missing from the BBC Archives."

Special features:
Disc 1

• Commentary with Anneke Wills (Polly), Christopher Matthews (Radar Technician), Earl Cameron (Williams), Alan White (Schultz), Donald Van Der Maaten (Cybermen Shav and Gern), Christopher Dunham (R/T Technician) and Peter Kindred (designer). Moderated by Toby Hadoke
• Subtitle Information Text
• Episode 4 VHS Reconstruction (dur. 25.21) – The reconstruction of the missing fourth episode using audio, stills and surviving clips, which featured on the BBC Video VHS release of the story in 2000
• Frozen Out (dur. 29.09) – The making of 'The Tenth Planet'
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Moonbase (dur. 1.04)
• Photo Gallery

Disc 2

• William Hartnell Interview (dur. 3.18) - Shortly after leaving Doctor Who, William Hartnell joined the 1966 Christmas pantomime tour of ‘Puss in Boots’. Interviewed in his dressing room for BBC Bristol’s ‘Points West’ programme, Hartnell talks frankly about Daleks, the merits of pantomime and his own thoughts on his future career in this extremely rare glimpse into the mind of the man who first brought the role of the Doctor to life…
• Doctor Who Stories: Anneke Wills (dur. 13.38) – Anneke Wills look back on her role as Polly in the series
• The Golden Age (dur. 15.49) – Historian Dominic Sandbrook examines the myth of a 'Golden Age' of Doctor Who
• Boys! Boys! Boys! (dur. 19.32) – A companion piece to the 'Girls Girls Girls' features, this looks at the role of the male companions in 'Doctor Who'
• Peter Purves, Frazer Hines and Mark Strickson talk about their time as companions to the First, Second and Fifth Doctors respectively.
• Companion Piece (dur. 24.23) – An examination into what it means to be a Time Lord’s fellow traveller
• Blue Peter (dur. 9.04) – Two weeks before the show’s tenth anniversary, the Blue Peter team take a look back at Doctor Who’s history. Ironically, the strict preservation of Blue Peter’s history means that the clip of the first regeneration has been preserved, but the final episode of ‘The Tenth Planet’ that it came from was never again seen after its use here

[Susan Foreman]

#107: The Enemy Of The World

Release date - November 2013



Back cover info:
"Recovered and restored — a classic Patrick Troughton adventure!

The TARDIS lands on an Australian beach in the 21st century. But this is no seaside holiday — within minutes, the Doctor, Jamie and Victoria are under attack.

They soon discover that the Doctor bears a startling resemblance to Leader Salamander, a would-be dictator intent on world domination. Before long, the Doctor and his companions are plunged into a dangerous game of espionage, intrigue and deceit as they face off against the enemy of the world..."

Special features:
Coming Soon Trailer: The Web Of Fear

[Susan Foreman]

#108: The Moonbase

NOTE - Episodes 1 and 3 are missing from the BBC archives, so they have been animated for this release

Release date - January 2014



Back cover info:
"In 2070 Earth's weather is being controlled with ease from the Moon. When the TARDIS arrives at the Moonbase, the Doctor, along with his friends Polly, Ben and Jamie, is accused of starting a plague that is killing off the base's crew. It's not long, however, before the time travellers discover the true cause of the deaths — a powerful, unstoppable race that the Doctor has met before: the Cybermen.

This classic Second Doctor adventure is complete at last with two animated episodes!"

Special features:

• Commentary/Interviews on Episodes 1 and 3 with Lucy Pedler (writer Kit Pedler's daughter), Carol Topolski (writer Kit Pedler's daughter), Innes Lloyd (Producer), Lovett Bickford (Assistant Floor Manager), Barry Noble (Cyberman), Derek Chaffer (Cyberman) and Reg Whitehead (Cyberman)
• Commentary on Episodes 2 and 4 with Anneke Wills (Polly), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Edward Phillips (scientist) and Brian Hodgson (Special SOunds Creator). Moderated and linked by Toby Hadoke
• Subtitle Information Text
• Lunar Landing (dur. 21.29) - The making of 'The Moonbase'
• Coming Soon Trailer: The Underwater Menace (dur. 1.00)
• Photo Gallery

[Susan Foreman]

#109: The Web Of Fear

NOTE - Episode 3 is missing from the BBC archives, so it has been covered with a telesnap reconstruction for this release

Release date - February 2014



Back cover info:
"Recovered and restored — a classic Patrick Troughton adventure!

In order to escape an attack in space, the TARDIS makes an unscheduled landing and ends up deep inside the London Underground.

Here the travellers soon find themselves engulfed in a thrilling battle with the Great Intelligence and the Yeti, a deadly enemy set to invade the Earth. But as events take a turn for the worse, it becomes clear that the golden prize is not just the Earth, but the Doctor's mind too..."

Special features:
Available Now Trailer: The Enemy Of The World

[Susan Foreman]

#110: The Underwater Menace

NOTE - Episodes 1 and 4 are missing from the BBC archives, so they have been covered with stills for this release

Release date - October 2015



Back cover info:
"The TARDIS lands in the lost city of Atlantis, where the crazed Professor Zaroff has convinced the Atlanteans that he can raise their city from beneath the sea. But the Doctor discovers the terrible truth behind Zaroff's plan — he intends to destroy the entire planet. With the doomsday clock ticking, the Doctor and his companions must battle to prevent the apocalypse...

Episodes 2 and 3 of this adventure feature fully restored picture and audio. The missing Episodes 1 and 4 are presented using photographic stills and a restored soundtrack."

Special features:

• Commentary on episode 1 Michael Troughton (Patrick Troughton's son) *
• Commentary on episodes 2 and 3 with Anneke Wills (Polly), Frazer Hines (Jamie), Catherine Howe (Ara), Brian Hodgson (Special Sounds Supervisor) and Quentin Mann (Floor Assistant)
• Commentary on episode 4 containing archival material interviews with Patrick Troughton (The Doctor), Julia Smith (Director), Hugh David (Director) and Innes Lloyd (Producer)
• A Fishy Tale (dur. 28.26) - The making of 'The Underwater Menace'
• The Television Centre of the Universe (dur. 32.12) - Yvette Fielding tours BBC Television Centre in the company of Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson
• Censor Clips (dur. 0.46) - Footage edited out of episodes 1 and 4 for broadcast in Australia
• Photo Gallery

* NOTE - The first part of this interview appeared as a commentary track on episode 3 of release #104 - 'The Ice Warriors' on page #14

[Susan Foreman]

#111: Power Of The Daleks

Release date - November 2016



Back cover info:
"50 years after its only UK broadcast on BBC One, one of Doctor Who's most celebrated, lost adventures is regenerated, with a brand new hand-drawn black and white animation, synchronised with a digitally remastered recording of the original 1966 audio.

The six-part adventure takes place immediately after the first regeneration, as the Time Lord and his companions, Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze), do battle with an old foe on the mysterious planet Vulcan. How will Polly and Ben cope with a new Doctor? How will the Doctor take to his new body? And how will they ever overcome the power of the Daleks?"

Special features:
Disc 1

• Commentary with Anneke Wills (Polly), Derek Dodd (Designer) and Robert Shearman (Nu-Who Writer). Moderated Toby Hadoke
• Alternate soundtracks — The option to listen to the story with a series of completely new digital re-masters of the original soundtrack — a stereo mix; a 5.1 surround sound mix and version of the original 1966 mono sound mix

Disc 2

• Animation And Photo Gallery
• Animation Test Footage (dur. 6.05) - A compilation of animation tests, created during the production of the new animated series
• Original Title Sequence: new restoration (dur. 1.07) - An unedited presentation of the full original 'Doctor Who' title sequence, prepared using an all new HD re-master of the original film elements
• Servants and Masters (dur. 22.36) - The making of 'Power Of The Daleks'
• Surviving Footage & Original Trailer (dur. 7.44) - A compilation of short film fragments and clips from the original 1966 BBC television production. This contains the only surviving footage from the show's original BBC1 broadcast
• Telesnap reconstruction (dur. 148.49) - The entire story told in telesnap form
• Original Dalek Voice Session Recording (dur. 5.14) - Rare and previously unreleased sections from the studio recordings that were made at Maida Vale Studios in 1966 for the Dalek voices

A Special Edition Blu-Ray Steelbox version of this story was later released



In addition to both the DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the release, this also contained a new colourised version of the story which the original DVD edition did not feature

[Susan Foreman]

Appendices #1
Collections, repackaging and Box Sets

In addition to the Revisitation and Special Edition discs, and number of stories have been reissued as collections and box sets, or with different packaging. For the most part, they are exactly the same as the previously released editions

Here is a rundown of these titles. Instead of using illustrations, where possible I have linked to Amazon pages:

40th Anniversary 1963-2003 Dalek Collector's Edition – Released October 2003 - Chronologically between #18 'The Curse Of Fenric' (page 2) and #19 'The Three Doctors' (page 3) - Limited edition (5,000 copies) Region 2 DVD box set, exclusive to UK retailer WH Smith. Contains the previously released titles 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth', 'Resurrection of the Daleks' and 'Remembrance of the Daleks', packaged together in a fold-out digipak box

The Cybermen Collection – Released November 2006 - Chronologically between #38 'The Invasion' (page 5) & #39 'New Beginnings' (page 5) - Box set exclusive to Amazon, containing the previously-released DVDs 'Tomb of the Cybermen', 'The Invasion' and 'Earthshock'. NOTE - This set is not to be confused with the new series box set also called 'The Cybermen Collection'

The Third Doctor Collection – Released November 2006 - Chronologically between #38 'The Invasion' (page 5) and #39 'New Beginnings' (page 5) - Box set exclusive to Amazon, containing 6 previously released Third Doctor DVDs: 'Spearhead from Space', 'Inferno', 'The Claws of Axos', 'The Three Doctors', 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'The Green Death'

The Dalek Collection – Released January 2007 - Chronologically between #38 'The Invasion' (page 5) and #39 'New Beginnings' (page 5) - Box set exclusive to Amazon, containing the previously-released Dalek DVDs 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth', 'Genesis of the Daleks', 'Resurrection of the Daleks', 'Revelation of the Daleks' and 'Remembrance of the Daleks'. NOTE - thsi set is not to be confused with the two other DVD releases also called "The Dalek Collection": one a new series box set, and the other a Peter Cushing movie box set

The Complete Davros Collection – Released November 2007 - Chronologically between released between #47 'Destiny Of The Daleks' (page 6) and #48 'Beneath The Surface' (page 6) - Limited-edition box set containing 'Genesis of the Daleks', 'Destiny of the Daleks', 'Resurrection of the Daleks', 'Revelation of the Daleks' and 'Remembrance of the Daleks'. This release also contained a new disc of audio dramas:

• I, Davros 1: Innocence
• I, Davros 2: Purity
• I, Davros 3: Corruption
• I, Davros 4: Guilt
• Big Finish: Davros
• Big Finish: The Juggernauts
• Big Finish: Terror Firma
• New exclusive audio drama: The Davros Mission

Bred For War: The Sontaran Collection – Released May 2008 - Chronologically between #51 'The Invasion Of Time' (page 7) and #52 'K9 Tales' (page 7) - Box set containing all 4 Sontaran stories from the classic series: 'The Time Warrior', 'The Sontaran Experiment', 'The Two Doctors' and 'The Invasion of Time'

Regenerations – Released June 2013 - Chronologically between #103 'The Mind Of Evil' (page 14) and #3 'Spearhead From Space Blu-Ray' (page 1) - Limited edition (10,000 copies), individually numbered, box set telling the story of the Doctor's regenerations

• Disc 1
• THE TENTH PLANET Episodes 01—03 / Episode 04 Reanimation *
• THE WAR GAMES Episodes 01—05
  Disc 2
• THE WAR GAMES Episodes 06—10
  Disc 3
• PLANET OF THE SPIDERS
  Disc 4
• LOGOPOLIS
• THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI
  Disc 5
• TIME AND THE RANI
• DOCTOR WHO — THE MOVIE
  Disc 6
• BAD WOLF / THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
• THE END OF TIME: PARTS ONE & TWO

The set also included a lavish coffee-table book containing 'superb photography from across the era' plus 'detailed and informative accounts of each regeneration'

* NOTE - The version of 'The Tenth Planet' included here was an exclusive pre-release version of the story. The official standalone version was release a few months later

The Fourth Doctor Time Capsule – Released July 2013 - Chronologically between #3 'Spearhead From Space Blu-Ray' (page 1) and #22 'The Green Death Special Edition' (page 3) - Limited edition (5,000 copies), individually numbered box set. Contains the first DVD release of the 'Terror of the Zygons' (although a barebones version) plus a host of other items:

• An exclusive 4th Doctor action figure
• a copy of 'Genesis of the Daleks' on CD
• a copy of the novel 'Tomb of Valdemar' by Simon Messingham
• an audio interview with Tom Baker
• exclusive art cards
• a 4th Doctor sonic screwdriver
• Memorabilia art cards
• photographic print

NOTE - 'Terror Of The Zygons' was released as a standalone version, filled with special features, a few months later

'An Introduction To The Third Doctor' – Released November 2015 - Chronologically between #110 'The Underwater Menace' (page 15) and #3 'Spearhead From Space' Steelbox (page 1) - HMV Exclusive, containing 'Spearhead from Space', 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'The Time Warrior'

'An Introduction To The Fourth Doctor' – Released November 2015 - *Chronologically between #110 'The Underwater Menace' (page 15) and #3 'Spearhead From Space' Steelbox (page 1) - HMV Exclusive containing 'Robot', 'Genesis of the Daleks' and 'The Pyramids of Mars'

'An Introduction To The Fifth Doctor' – Released November 2015 - Chronologically between #110 'The Underwater Menace' (page 15) and #3 'Spearhead From Space' Steelbox (page 1) - HMV Exclusive containing 'Castrovalva', 'Earthshock' and 'The Caves of Androzani'