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September 2010 Doctor Who DVD Releases for North America

Chris — Thu, 27 May 2010 18:30:03 +0000

September 7th sees the North American release of, well, a couple not-so-great Doctor Who titles. Thankfully Planet of Fire is amongst the bunch to give the month a little bit of cred. Coupled with The King’s Demons in the UK, the North American release sees separation again as with the Peladon stories released recently. The first story produced for Season 17, The Creature From The Pit is the last of the month’s releases.

Below are the covers for each DVD, click on the thumbnail for a larger version.

Check out the full story at TVShowsOnDVD.com.

Edit: Warner has issued corrected cover art for The King’s Demons, removing the spelling error in Peter Davison’s name. Planet of Fire has now also been confirmed as a 2-disc release however updated cover art is not yet available. See the update at TVShowsOnDVD.com.

Edit #2: Warner has now issued corrected cover art for Planet of Fire, similarly fixing the spelling error in Peter Davison’s name, and now reflecting the fact it’s a 2-disc release. See the update at TVShowsOnDVD.com.

July 2010 Doctor Who DVD Releases for North America

Steven — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 01:43:44 +0000

A bumper crop of four different Doctor Who DVDs, comprising five stories, will be released in North America on July 6. The Space Museum/The Chase set represents the William Hartnell era. As noted in Radio Free Skaro #184, the scene containing The Beatles’ performance of “Ticket To Ride” will be excised from all DVD versions outside of Europe.

Also due out are the three stories included in the UK “Myths and Legends” box set, but sold separately in North America: The Time Monster, Underworld, and The Horns of Nimon.

Below are the covers for each DVD:

Doctor Who – Story #015, 016: The Space Museum / The Chase (The 1st Doctor/William Hartnell)
3-DVD set (4 episodes and 6 episodes), $49.98 SRP

Doctor Who – Story #064: The Time Monster (The 3rd Doctor/Jon Pertwee)
1-DVD set (6 episodes), $24.98 SRP

Doctor Who – Story #096: Underworld (The 4th Doctor/Tom Baker)
1-DVD set (4 episodes), $24.98 SRP

Doctor Who – Story #108: The Horns of Nimon (The 4th Doctor/Tom Baker)
1-DVD set (4 episodes), $24.98 SRP

Check out the full story at TV Shows on DVD.

May North American DVD Releases

Steven — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:25:05 +0000

May 4 will see the North American release of both Peladon stories from the Jon Pertwee era, The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon, as well as the 1976 Tom Baker story The Masque of Mandragora. What’s interesting to note is that the Peladon stories will only be sold separately, as opposed to the box set that came out this month in the UK.

Read the full details of the releases on TVShowsOnDVD.com.

Doctor Who – The End of Time & The Specials Box Set Region 1 Art

Chris — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 23:42:28 +0000

Artwork for the Region 1 releases of the gap year specials has been released.

On February 2, we will see a standalone release of The Waters of Mars, a standalone release of The End of Time and a box set containing all the gap year specials, including the previously-released The Next Doctor and Planet of the Dead. All releases will be available on both DVD and Blu-Ray (except The Next Doctor which was not shot in HD and will be unavailable on Blu-Ray).

The US packaging carries an “As Seen on BBC America” notation; we can but assume the Canadian packaging will carry an “As Seen on SPACE” notation.

Edit: Per Steve Manfred, The Next Doctor will be upconverted to 1080i and be on Blu-Ray as part of The Specials Box Set.

March 2010 North American DVD Releases

Chris — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:43:14 +0000

The next batch of North American DVDs has been announced, and March 2, 2010 will see the releases of the Special Edition of Remembrance of the Daleks alongside the much-anticipated Dalek War box set containing the Jon Pertwee stories Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks. Both of these titles have already been released in the UK, and of course Planet of the Daleks features the much-anticipated recolourized version of Episode 3 while the Remembrance of the Daleks Special Edition is the version previously found in the UK-only Davros box set from a couple years back. Suggested retail price for Remembrance of the Daleks will be $24.98 while the Dalek War box set will set you back $59.98 at SRP.