Due to receiving numerous emails over the past few years — generally requesting details about DVDs of various UK series not covered by the book guide itself — I've compiled the following list which (hopefully) includes every single release on shiny disc to date.
As with the main book guide, the focus is essentially on UK telefantasy series and related episodes from otherwise non-telefantasy series. To the less geeky among you: everything sci-fi, horror and fantasy-related that I can think of that has been produced for UK television and which has been released on DVD. The emphasis is primarily on releases in the UK (Region 2) and the United States (Region 1).
High definition releases on Blu-ray are also mentioned where relevant, although it should be noted that the vast majority of UK television programmes prior to around 2005 would not see any major benefit from a Blu-ray release as they were not produced in a high definition format. Anything produced on 35mm film, however, would be ideally suited to a Blu-ray release — The Prisoner and Thunderbirds have already been released and the film seasons of The Avengers are due out in 2010.
As with the main section of the web site, it's almost inevitable that there will be something missing that should be included. If anyone manages to spot any omissions — or, indeed, anything that's incorrect — please get in contact via the email address at the top of the page.
Please note that, unless specified, the "Notes" generally refer to the Region 2 DVD releases and other editions may (or may not) differ.
A for Andromeda — My Parents are Aliens The Avengers Neverwhere — The Year of the Sex Olympics
| First Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
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100,000 BC The Daleks Inside the Spaceship |
The first three Doctor Who stories were released together in The Beginning box set. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Keys of Marinus | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Aztecs | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Dalek Invasion of Earth | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
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The Rescue The Romans |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Web Planet | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
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The Space Museum The Chase |
amazon.co.uk | T.B.A. | |
| The Time Meddler | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The War Machines | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Second Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| The Tomb of the Cybermen | Currently deleted in the UK. A revised version containing new extras, and utilising the VidFIRE process, which restores the video look to the episodes which now only exist as 16mm telecordings, is rumoured to be on the cards for 2010. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Mind Robber | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Invasion | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Seeds of Death | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The War Games | An extras-packed, three-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Third Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Spearhead from Space | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Doctor Who and the Silurians | Doctor Who and the Silurians has been released on DVD as part of the four-disc Beneath the Surface box set, which also includes The Sea Devils and the Fifth Doctor story Warriors of the Deep. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Inferno | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Claws of Axos | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Curse of Peladon | The Curse of Peladon is due to be released alongside The Monster of Peladon on Region 2 DVD in the UK in January 2010 in the Peladon Tales box set. |
January 2010 amazon.co.uk |
T.B.A. |
| The Sea Devils | See Doctor Who and the Silurians | ||
| The Time Monster | The Time Monster is due to be released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in March 2010 as part of the Myths and Legends box set, which will also include Underworld and The Horns of Nimon. |
March 2010 amazon.co.uk |
T.B.A. |
| The Three Doctors | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Carnival of Monsters | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
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Frontier in Space Planet of the Daleks |
Two-story set released in the UK in October 2009 under the title Dalek War, and due for release in the United States in March 2010. Of major interest is that Episode Three of Planet of the Daleks, held only as a 16mm black and white telerecording, has been restored to full colour. Online rumours had previously suggested that this would be done entirely from scratch, as with the colourisations of the early years of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. However, the project to extract the original colour subcarrier from black and white telerecordings advanced dramatically in 2008, as evidenced by the broadcasting on BBC Two in December 2008 of the Dad's Army episode Room at the Bottom, which was also originally produced in colour and now only held as a 16mm film print. Although the Doctor Who episode was artificially re-coloured in the United States, the newly developed colour recovery process has allowed major improvements to be made to the resultant effort. Full details can be found in the Dalek War article on the Doctor Who Restoration Team web site. |
amazon.co.uk |
March 2010 amazon.com |
| The Green Death | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Time Warrior | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Monster of Peladon | See The Curse of Peladon | ||
| Fourth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Robot | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Ark in Space | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Sontaran Experiment | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Genesis of the Daleks | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Planet of Evil | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Pyramids of Mars | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Brain of Morbius | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Masque of Mandragora |
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| The Hand of Fear | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Deadly Assassin | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Robots of Death | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Two-disc release. The major extra is the 1977 documentary Whose Doctor Who, produced for the Lively Arts series. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Horror of Fang Rock | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Invisible Enemy |
Released as part of the K9 Tales box set, which also included the unsuccessful Doctor Who spin-off K9 and Company. The DVD of The Invisible Enemy included an authoring error which resulted in several scenes from Part Three being played out of order. A replacement disc was subsequently pressed by 2 Entertain and made available to people who had purchased it. Anyone unsure about their own copy should check the catalogue number on the front of the disc. The affected version is "BBCDVD2799", while the corrected version is "BBCDVD2799 - A". |
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| Image of the Fendahl | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Underworld | See The Time Monster | ||
| The Invasion of Time | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
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The Ribos Operation The Pirate Planet The Stones of Blood The Androids of Tara The Power of Kroll The Armageddon Factor |
The six stories from Season 16 were first released on Region 1 DVD in the United States in 2002, both individually and as a complete Key to Time box set. The subsequent Key to Time box set released in the UK in September 2007 included the limited extras from the US release as well as a whole host of new features, including a second commentary on three of the stories. However, unlike the earlier release, the episodes were fully remastered. The set was initially limited to just 15,000 copies, but finally gained a proper release in November 2009. The remastered versions of the six stories were released in the United States in March 2009, both individually and as a new Key to Time box set. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Destiny of the Daleks | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| City of Death | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Horns of Nimon | See The Time Monster | ||
| The Leisure Hive | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
|
Full Circle State of Decay Warriors' Gate |
The three stories that make up the loosely-linked "E-Space" trilogy have been released together on DVD under the imaginative title The E-Space Trilogy. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
|
The Keeper of Traken Logopolis |
The final two Fourth Doctor stories have been released on DVD as part of the New Beginnings box set, which also includes the first Fifth Doctor story, Castrovalva. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Fifth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Castrovalva | See The Keeper of Traken | ||
| Four to Doomsday | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Visitation | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Black Orchid | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Earthshock | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
|
Time-Flight Arc of Infinity |
Released together in the UK as the Tegan Tales box set. The stories were only released individually in the United States. | amazon.co.uk |
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Mawdryn Undead Terminus Enlightenment |
Released together in the Black Guardian Trilogy box set. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The King's Demons | The King's Demons is due to be released alongside Planet of Fire on Region 2 DVD in the UK in 2010 in the Kamelion Collection box set. |
2010 amazon.co.uk |
T.B.A. |
| Five Doctors |
The 1999 release of The Five Doctors was the BBC's very first Doctor Who DVD to be made available, and was of the 1995 "Special Edition" which had previously been released on VHS and which included new effects and extra scenes. The only extra on the disc was an audio track featuring the isolated soundtrack — as an added bonus it ran at the wrong speed! The release of the story in the United States gained an exclusive commentary track featuring Peter Davison and Terrance Dicks. More recently, the story has been re-released in both countries as a two-disc set which includes the transmitted version of the story as well as the 1995 re-edit. As usual, the release features a whole host of extras, among which are three commentary tracks, including the one from the original US release. |
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| Warriors of the Deep | See Doctor Who and the Silurians | ||
| Resurrection of the Daleks | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Planet of Fire | See The King's Demons | ||
| The Caves of Androzani | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Sixth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| The Twin Dilemma | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Attack of the Cybermen | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Vengeance on Varos | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Mark of the Rani | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Two Doctors | Two-disc release. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Timelash | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Revelation of the Daleks | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Trial of a Time Lord | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Seventh Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Time and the Rani | amazon.co.uk | T.B.A. | |
| Delta and the Bannermen | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| Remembrance of the Daleks |
Originally released in 2001, the original DVD of Remembrance of the Daleks had a number of issues — namely a missing special effect which was inadvertently omitted when the story was re-built from higher generation source tapes, a bungled attempt to implement a multi-angle scene in the extras, and a general lack of extras on the making of the story. The story was later issued as part of the Davros Collection set, which included a whole host of new extras for the story. A brand-new two-disc Special Edition was released on Region 2 DVD in the UK in July 2009. |
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| Battlefield | Two-disc release. The major extra is a feature-length re-edit of the story, utilising new special effects and re-instating various deleted scenes. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Ghost Light | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com | |
| The Curse of Fenric |
Two-disc release. The major extra is a feature-length re-edit of the story, utilising new special effects and re-instating various deleted scenes. NOTE: The extended version is not the same as the version which was released on video in 1990. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Survival | Two-disc release. The scond disc includes a comprehensive, two-part making of documentary and also a look at how the series would have continued if it had not been cancelled in 1989. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Eighth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Doctor Who |
One-off TV movie produced in the United States and starring Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor. Rights problems currently prevent the story from being released on DVD outside of the UK, although it is dual coded for Region 2 and Region 4, so fans in Australia and New Zealand should have no problems in playing the disc. |
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| Ninth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| The Complete First Series |
Rose / The End of the World / The Unquiet Dead / Aliens of London / World War Three / Dalek / The Long Game / Father's Day / The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances / Boom Town / Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways The original Region 2 release contained an authoring error which meant that the episode World War Three skipped a chapter when it was chosen from the main episode menu. Although it was possible to watch the episode properly by using the 'Play All' option, 2 Entertain swiftly announced that a replacement disc would be made available. The numerous extras include commentaries on all thirteen episodes, new 5.1 sound mixes and the cutdown version of the Doctor Who Confidential episodes which covered the making of the series. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Series 1 — Volume 1 | Rose / The End of the World / The Unquiet Dead | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Series 1 — Volume 2 | Aliens of London / World War Three / Dalek | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Series 1 — Volume 3 | The Long Game / Father's Day / The Empty Child / The Doctor Dances | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Series 1 — Volume 4 | Boom Town / Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Tenth Doctor | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| The Complete Second Series |
The Christmas Invasion / New Earth / Tooth and Claw / School Reunion / The Girl in the Fireplace / Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel / The Idiot's Lantern / The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit / Love & Monsters / Fear Her / Army of Ghosts / Doomsday The numerous extras include commentaries on all fourteen episodes, new 5.1 sound mixes and the cutdown version of the Doctor Who Confidential episodes which covered the making of the series. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Complete Third Series |
The Runaway Bride / Smith and Jones / The Shakespeare Code / Gridlock / Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks / The Lazarus Experiment / 42 / Human Nature / Family of Blood / Blink / Utopia / The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords The numerous extras include commentaries on all fourteen episodes, new 5.1 sound mixes and the cutdown version of the Doctor Who Confidential episodes which covered the making of the series. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Complete Fourth Series |
Voyage of the Damned / Partners in Crime / The Fires of Pompeii / Planet of the Ood / The Sontaran Strategem / The Poison Sky / The Doctor's Daughter / The Unicorn and the Wasp / Silence in the Library / The Forest of the Dead / Midnight / Turn Left / The Stolen Earth / Journey's End The numerous extras include commentaries on all fourteen episodes, new 5.1 sound mixes and the cutdown version of the Doctor Who Confidential episodes which covered the making of the series. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Complete Specials |
The Next Doctor / Planet of the Dead / The Waters of Mars / The End of Time, Part One / The End of Times, Part Two NOTE: As The Next Doctor was not produced in high definition, the version in the Blu-ray set will either be a standard DVD or a professionally upscaled copy which will be of a lesser quality than the other episodes in the set. Either way, it'll still be far better than the terrible Freeview transmissions in the UK! |
January 2010 (DVD) amazon.co.uk (Blu-ray) amazon.co.uk |
T.B.A. |
| Series 2 — Volume 1 | The Christmas Invasion / New Earth | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 2 — Volume 2 | Tooth and Claw / School Reunion / The Girl in the Fireplace | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 2 — Volume 3 | Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel / The Idiot's Lantern | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 2 — Volume 4 | The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit / Love & Monsters | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 2 — Volume 5 | Fear Her / Army of Ghosts / Doomsday | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Runaway Bride | Also includes the Doctor Who Confidential special Music and Monsters. | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 3 — Volume 1 | Smith and Jones / The Shakespeare Code / Gridlock | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 3 — Volume 2 | Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks / The Lazarus Experiment / 42 | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 3 — Volume 3 | Human Nature / The Family of Blood / Blink | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 3 — Volume 4 | Utopia / The Sound of Drums / The Last of the Time Lords | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Infinite Quest | One-off animated adventure, originally broadcast in three-minute segments as part of Season 2 of Totally Doctor Who. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Voyage of the Damned | Includes an edited version of the Christmas Doctor Who Confidential, and Time Crash, the Children in Need special featuring David Tennant and Peter Davison. | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 4 — Volume 1 | Partners in Crime / The Fires of Pompeii / Planet of the Ood | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 4 — Volume 2 | The Sontaran Stratagem / The Poison Sky / The Doctor's Daughter / The Unicorn and the Wasp | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 4 — Volume 3 | Silence in the Library / Forest of the Dead / Midnight | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Series 4 — Volume 4 | Turn Left / The Stolen Earth / Journey's End | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Next Doctor | As well as the Christmas 2008 special starring David Morrissey and Dervla Kirwan, the DVD also includes the Doctor Who Prom, which was broadcast on New Year's Day 2009. | amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| Planet of the Dead | Easter 2009 special starring David Tennant and Michelle Ryan. Notably, this was the first Doctor Who story to be produced in high definition. |
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| The Waters of Mars / The End of Time, Part One / The End of Time, Part Two | The final three Tenth Doctor stories. |
January 2010 amazon.co.uk |
T.B.A. |
| Other Releases | Notes |
UK (Region 2 / PAL) |
United States (Region 1 / NTSC) |
| Lost in Time |
Three-disc set containing eighteen episodes from the black and white era of the programme — the only existing examples from the stories which were destroyed in the 1960s and 1970s. The stories with less than 50% of their episodes missing (The Reign of Terror / The Tenth Planet /The Ice Warriors) are expected to be released individually as part of the ongoing range of DVDs. The release also gathers together numerous clips, recovered footage, off-screen 8mm recordings and home movie footage, as well as an expanded version of the Missing Years documentary, originally released on video in 1998. |
amazon.co.uk | amazon.com |
| The Dalek Collection |
The two Dalek movies from the 1960s featuring Peter Cushing. In the UK, the collection also included the Dalekmania documentary. The two movies were released seperately in the United States. |
amazon.co.uk |
Dr. Who and the Daleks amazon.com Daleks — Invasion Earth 2150AD amazon.com |
| The Davros Collection |
Boxset containing all five Davros stories from the original 1963-1989 television series. Genesis of the Daleks / Destiny of the Daleks / Resurrection of the Daleks / Revelation of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks The copy of Remembrance of the Daleks also saw the reinstatement of a special effect which was mistakenly omitted from the original DVD release, as well as a set of completely new extras for the story. In addition to the Remembrance extras, the set also included subtitled copies of all the Big Finish audio dramas to have featured Davros, as well as a brand-new story exclusive to the collection. Unfortunately, authoring errors meant that a PDF extra was omitted from the Destiny disc and several holes in the new 5.1 sound mix for Remembrance meant that 2 Entertain offered replacement discs to anyone who contacted them. |
amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Jon Pertwee Collection |
Amazon.co.uk exclusive. Spearhead from Space / Inferno / The Claws of Axos / The Three Doctors / Carnival of Monsters / The Green Death |
amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Cybermen |
Amazon.co.uk exclusive. The Tomb of the Cybermen / The Invasion / Earthshock |
amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Daleks |
Amazon.co.uk exclusive. The Dalek Invasion of Earth / Genesis of the Daleks / Resurrection of the Daleks / Revelation of the Daleks / Remembrance of the Daleks |
amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| Bred for War |
Box set of all four Sontaran stories from the original 1963-1989 television series. The Time Warrior / The Sontaran Experiment / The Invasion of Time / The Two Doctors |
amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Cybermen | Collection of Cybermen episodes from the new television series. In practice, just Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday. Also includes an exclusive David Tennant interview and a feature on the 25 best Cyberman moments. | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Dalek Collection | Follow-up to the earlier Cybermen set, which collects together all of the Dalek episodes from the new television series: Dalek, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan, Evolution of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End. | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
| The Complete Series 1-4 | Re-packaged version of all the episodes between Rose and Journey's End. | amazon.co.uk | N/A |
