Details have emerged for DVDs due in North America in March, 2011. Two DVDs will street on March 8, one to play catch-up with the UK releases and one due not long after its UK counterpart. The Seeds of Doom and The Ark will help bring North America more in line with releases across the pond. Many people on this side of the Atlantic, not the least of which are [ Read More ]
To follow up from yesterday’s post about the first specially-recorded linking scene on the Series 5 DVD box set, here is the second specially-recorded scene for your delectation, linking Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice:
It’s long been known the Series 5 DVD box set will feature some specially-recorded scenes linking some episodes, but until now we’ve not been able to see these scenes. For your entertainment and to help satisfy any completionist bent you may have, check out the first such scene connecting The Eleventh Hour with The Beast Below:
As promised by 2 Entertain’s Dan Hall in Radio Free Skaro #221, 2011 is indeed shaping up to be a very busy year for Doctor Who DVD fans in North America. Hot on the heels of two releases in January, February 8 sees another two DVDs coming out in the form of the 1996 TV Movie and the 1972 serial The Mutants. The TV Movie finally sees its first North [ Read More ]
We here at Radio Free Skaro are thrilled to unveil the draft artwork for the upcoming 2 Entertain DVD release of the 1972 Jon Pertwee story The Mutants! Big thanks go to Dan Hall (@classicdw on Twitter) for providing us with the artwork. You can hear our feature length interview with Dan coming this weekend on Radio Free Skaro #221! Click on the image below to see a larger version. [ Read More ]
The first North American DVD release of 2011 will take place on Tuesday, January 11 when the Tom Baker story Meglos and the Season 6 opener, The Dominators, will hit the shelves. It was announced earlier this month that Meglos will be the first DVD that will be see a simultaneous release overseas on the same day (or near enough) as it does in the UK. The Dominators was released [ Read More ]
BBC America has announced that classic Doctor Who DVD releases, beginning with Meglos in 2011, will be synchronized across all major regions. Whereas in the past months would pass between a UK and North American or Australian/New Zealand release, releases will now come in the same week beginning next year. This will certainly make DVD buyers outside the UK very happy, including those of us at Radio Free Skaro who [ Read More ]
As heard in an exclusive interview on the Hoo On Who podcast, 2Entertain Commissioning Editor Dan Hall announced that the 1996 FOX Doctor Who TV Movie will be released in North America before the end of 2011. The long and convoluted history regarding broadcast and distribution rights between the various production companies responsible for the movie have kept it off of North American VHS and DVD shelves since its original [ Read More ]
November 9 has now been confirmed as the North American release date for the Series 5 box set on DVD and Blu-Ray, and DVD box art has now been made available (previously only Blu-Ray art was available). Along with the “Meanwhile, in the TARDIS…” content mentioned previously, the feature list confirms story commentaries. While the past few series have featured both DVD- and internet-based commentary releases, the powers that be [ Read More ]
November 2 will see the North American release of two Classic Doctor Who Cybermen stories, Tom Baker’s Revenge of the Cybermen and Sylvester McCoy’s Silver Nemesis. Neither of these two stories is often rated very highly relative to some other Cybermen stories but they’ve both got certain charms. Unlike the UK, and as has happened a lot of late in North America, the titles will be sold separately. It should [ Read More ]
