May 28 sees the release of Doctor Who Series 7 Part Two on DVD and Blu-Ray, but it also sees the release of the standalone version of The Snowmen. Also available on both DVD and Blu-Ray, the extras for The Snowmen will appear on the standalone release as well as the aforementioned Series 7 Part Two box set – as will, as mentioned previously on Radio Free Skaro, the episode [ Read More ]
June 11 will see a few Doctor Who releases on DVD, not the least of which is a standalone, 4-disc set for The Doctors Revisited. The set includes not only the specials themselves but also the stories accompanying their BBC America airings. The Aztecs, The Tomb of the Cybermen, Spearhead from Space and Pyramids of Mars will be included. Specially-recorded introductions by Steven Moffat will be featured on the shiny [ Read More ]
Two weeks after the release of the special edition DVD of The Visitation, on May 28, North American Blu-Ray and DVD buyers will be able to buy Series 7 Part Two; the set will include The Snowmen and the other eight episodes of Series 7B. Edit: Extras have now been announced for this set, which include a behind-the-scenes for The Snowmen, “prequels” to The Snowmen and The Bells of St [ Read More ]
No North American Doctor Who DVDs have been announced yet for April, and none may yet be announced, but a May release has been announced today. The Visitation SE is being rereleased on May 14 in Region 1. More details on the release can of course be heard on the recent Radio Free Skaro coverage of Gallifrey One, but suffice it to say some nice extras will be included on [ Read More ]
February 12, 2013 will see the North American release of The Reign of Terror. The second DVD release featuring animated reconstructions of episodes will hit store shelves early next year; as with The Invasion, released a few years ago, two episodes of Reign have been animated. Different to The Invasion, Reign features the animation talents of Theta-Sigma rather than Cosgrove Hall. Extras will include a Making-Of and the regular Photo [ Read More ]
Potentially the final classic series DVD release of 2012 has been announced for a North American release on November 13, and it is a special edition of a previously released story. The Claws of Axos, which was previously released in 2005, will be getting a picture upgrade this time around, along with a whole host of new special features. The first edition was the first using a process known as [ Read More ]
The first (and potentially only) Doctor Who DVD release for October in North America has been announced, and it is a doozy. The Ambassadors of Death, the only remaining Season 7 story yet to be released, will hit the streets on October 2. Long championed by we here at Radio Free Skaro, The Ambassadors of Death has had to go through a tumultuous restoration process. Initially released on VHS in [ Read More ]
The first DVD release for September has been announced for North America, to wit the last complete William Hartnell serial yet to be made available on shiny disc. Planet of Giants, which led off Season 2 in 1964, was originally a four-part story before the decision was made to edit together the final two installments in order to make the action flow a little better. An audio reconstruction of the [ Read More ]
August will see two more classic Doctor Who DVDs hit retail channels in North America, on the second Tuesday as has been the norm. Spearhead From Space: Special Edition finally makes its North American debut on August 14, and it also means fans on this side of the Atlantic will be caught up with the special edition, aka Revisitations, releases. This is the debut story for Jon Pertwee, the Third [ Read More ]
