The Best & Worst of Who on DVD!?

[Dirk Gently]

While the argument over IoT rages as to whether it's crap & if we've had a glut of 'poor' stories released recently or not, I was wondering...what would your ideal annual release schedule look like?
And to balance, what would your idea of a total load of buzzcocks look like as an annual release schedule?

List time!

[Pip Madeley]

A year of black and white releases would be heaven.

A year of season 19 & 20 Davison stories would be hell.

[Wayne]

what would your ideal annual release schedule look like?
And to balance, what would your idea of a total load of buzzcocks look like as an annual release schedule?

Does it have to fair & balanced & representive of each era etc.. etc...
Or can we just put all the ones we really want/don't want?

[Dirk Gently]

All personal. If you want a year of Pertwee then on your head be it.



(I personally would hate a year of the same Doctor my self).

[Wayne]

Ok, assuming it's 10 per year(?)

My personal Who DVD heaven would be:

Planet of the Spiders
Terror of the Autons
Frontier in Space/Planet of the Daleks box set
Seeds of Doom
Day of the Daleks
Death to the Daleks
Terror of the Zygons
Brain of Morbius
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Revenge of the Cybermen

Any surprises? (4 non Pertwees)



My personal Who DVD hell would be:

Paradise Towers
The Gunfighters
Time & the Rani
Delta & the Bannermen
The Crapiness Patrol
The Twin Dilemma
The Romans
Nightmare of Eden
Meglos
Warriors Gate

[SiHart]

A yell of yay:

The War Machines
The Krotons
Day of the Daleks
Seeds of Doom
Nightmare of Eden
The E-Space Trilogy
Frontios
Time and the Rani

A year of Nay:

The Keys of Marinus
The Time Monster
Planet of the Daleks
Monster of Peladon
The Sun Makers
Underworld
Four to Doomsday
Dragonfire

Si xx

[Dirk Gently]

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist, Si. You love a list.
You were top of my list to reply first.

[SiHart]

The things I love about lists include:

1. They list things
2. They tell you things in order of preference
3. etc



Si xx

[Lissa]

Ten I'd like -

The War Games
The Time Monster
Planet of the Daleks
Trial of a Time Lord
The Keys of Marinus
The Sensorites
The Seeds of Doom
Planet of the Spiders
The Krotons
Planet of Fire

There aren't any I don't want to see released. Unless they start releasing discs with no extras or effort I'm fine with everything that comes out.

[Dirk Gently]

There aren't any I don't want to see released. Unless they start releasing discs with no extras or effort I'm fine with everything that comes out.

A woman after my own heart. Are you sure you're not interested in me?

[Antony Cox]

A year of Nay:

The Keys of Marinus
The Time Monster
Planet of the Daleks
Monster of Peladon
The Sun Makers
Underworld
Four to Doomsday
Dragonfire

Si xx

Whaaaat? No Dominators, Si?

[SiHart]

It doesn't do to be predictable!

But really, like Lissa, I don't mind. I'll watch them all you know.

Si xx

[Ralph]

On the basis of a monthly DVD

Dream Ticket
Day of the Daleks
Seeds of Doom
Terror of the Autons
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Spiders
The Android Invasion
The Daemons
Brain of Morbius
Mind of Evil
Death to the Daleks
Terror of the Zygons
Invasion of The Dinosaurs


The Nightmare from Hell
The Gunfighters
The Romans
The Happiness Patrol
The Twin Dillema
Nightmare of Eden
Underworld
Invasion of Time
Time and the Rani
Warrior's Gate
The Horns of Nimon
Delta and the Bannermen
Time and the Rani

[Jonno]

10 To Savour

The War Machines
The War Games
Planet of the Spiders
Terror of the Zygons
Brain of Morbius
Seeds of Doom
Deadly Assassin
E-Space Trilogy box set
Planet of Fire
Attack of the Cybermen

10 To Save Me From

The Space Museum
Colony In Space
The Mutants
The Time Monster
Underworld
Four to Doomsday
The Twin Dilemma
Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Happiness Patrol

[SiHart]

I like the sound of Ralph's year of hell!

Si xx

[Si Hunt]

I would pick the majority of great stories, a couple of lesser stories cleverly packaged and a few unusual choices. So my year of DVD's would be:

Terror of the Zygons
Attack of the Cybermen
The Sunmakers
The Rescue
Frontier In Space/Planet of the Daleks double pack
Image of the Fendahl
Kinda/Snakedance
Paradise Towers
The Deadly Assassin
Greatest Show In The Galaxy
E-Space Trilogy

That would be my sort of year. A couple of the lesser-liked stories discretely released, one Hartnell, Colin and McCoy to rashion them, two decent box sets, and plenty of those reliable, generally popular, decent four-parters like "Zygons", "Greatest Show" or "Deadly Assassin" to keep the momentum going. That way you slip out the bad stories without anyone really noticing. At the moment, it almost seems to be the other way round.

As for bad year, well that would surely just be a list of all the dross in one year. So here we go: "Timelash", "Time Flight", "Robot", "Arc of Infinity"... oh, hang on...

Si.

[Simon R]

Good times:

The Romans,
The Seeds of Doom,
Day of the Daleks,
Revenge of the Cybermen,
The E-Space Trilogy,
Time and The Rani,
Delta and the Bannermen,
Battlefield,
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy,
Trial of a Time Lord.

Bad Times:

The Gunfighters,
Colony in Space,
The Sunmakers,
The Invisible Enemy,
Four To Doomsday,
The Face of Evil,
Underworld,
Monster of Peladon.

Ah yeah!

[The Secretive Bus]

Tip top:

The E Space Trilogy
The Gunfighters
The Creature from the Pit
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
The Rescue / The Romans double pack
The Curse of Peladon
The Seeds of Doom
The Deadly Assassin
Kinda / Snakedance
The War Games



A yeah of Hell:

The Twin Dilemma
The Android Invasion
Battlefield
The Ark
The Dominators
The Daemons
The Sunmakers
Dragonfire
Silver Nemesis
Attack of the Cybermen

[Carol Baynes]

I would love:

The Krotons
The War Games
Terror of the Autons
Day of the Daleks
Planet of the spiders
The brain of Morbius
Image of the Fendahl
Full circle
Kinda
Snakedance

I wouldn't be too bothered about any of the remaining Colins or Sylvesters.

[Jim]

yay

The Romans
The War Machines
Day of the Daleks
Curse of Peladon
Zygons
Seeds of Doom
Masque of Madragora
Fendahl
Kinda/Snakedance
Mawdryn/Terminus/Enlightenment
Trial
Happiness Patrol


Nay

Time Monster
Colony in Space
Most of the remaining from season eleven (sorry!)
Nimon
Underpants
Time and Rani
Silver Nemesis

(Most of the crap from 80's is already out!)

[Ralph]

I like the sound of Ralph's year of hell!

Si xx

Actually I just noticed I put Time and The Rani in twice

I'd say your year of "Nay" is not too bad either

[Dirk Gently]

I noticed that, but I thought that you were impressing to us that you never want to see it, ever!

[WhiteCrow]

I would love to know who on this site would be sucker enough to buy Dr Who stories all over again if they come out in Blu Ray format.

Personally I can't think of anything I'm really desparate to see on DVD at the moment. I hope they continue to release missing stories like Invasion using animation to patch up the holes, as I felt that was the most exciting 2007 release, cos it allowed me to see the full story without missing bits. I got similarly excited over Shada a few years before, which I also felt was terrific.

[Ralph]

I would love to know who on this site would be sucker enough to buy Dr Who stories all over again if they come out in Blu Ray format.

In my view the majority of films and TV I like are probably not going to look any better on a supposedly upgraded format. I haven't seen Blu-Ray to know if it's worth having - I can't help but feel it appeals to the materialistic need to dissatisfy people with what they've got.

One of the best restored films I've seen on DVD is 1964's "My Fair Lady" and I think it looks fabulous on normal DVD so how better can it be? If it gets this good on normal DVD I don't see how DW can look any better.

So I think the normal DVD format will do me just fine - the move from VHS is the major one, Blue-Ray is a gimmick is it not?

[Dino]

I'd like to see

The Keys Of Marinus
The War Games
Planet Of The Spiders
Nightmare Of Eden
Frontios
Greatest Show In The Galaxy


I'd hate to see

The Sensorites
The Dominators
The Time Monster
Underworld
Planet of Fire
Battlefield