2009 UK DVD Release Schedule

[Pip Madeley]

A new year is almost upon us...

19th January 2008
The Next Doctor (DVD)
the 2008 Christmas Special plus two hours of extras
RRP 15.99

26th January 2008
The E-Space Trilogy (3 DVD)
containing Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate
RRP 34.99GBP

Containing the following extras:

Disc 1 - Full Circle

• Commentary with actor Matthew Waterhouse, writer Andrew Smith and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead.
• All Aboard the Starliner (dur. 24' 18") - cast and crew look back at the making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, George Baker, John Leeson and Bernard Padden, director Peter Grimwade, writer Andrew Smith, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and film cameraman Max Sammett.
• K9 in E-Space (dur. 4' 36") - a look at the robot dog's role in the E-Space arc. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, writers Andrew Smith and Terrance Dicks.
• Swap Shop (dur. 8' 06") - Noel Edmonds chats to Matthew Waterhouse and takes calls from viewers of the Saturday morning entertainment show after Waterhouse's first appearance as Adric.
• E-Space - Fact or Fiction? (dur. 14'34") - a look at the science behind the concept of Exo-Space. Could E-Space really exist? With script editor Christopher H. Bidmead, visual effects designer (and Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society) Mat Irvine, authors Stephen Baxter and Paul Parsons, planetary scientist Dr. Andrew Ball and astronomer and television presenter Sir Patrick Moore. Narrated by Sophie Aldred.
• Continuity (dur. 2' 54") - BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.

Disc 2 - State of Decay

• Commentary with actor Matthew Waterhouse, director Peter Moffatt and writer Terrance Dicks.
• The Vampire Lovers (dur. 20' 23") - cast and crew look back at the making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson and Clinton Greyn, director Peter Moffat, writer Terrance Dicks, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and designer Christine Ruscoe.
• Film Trims (dur. 5' 32") - mute 35mm film trims from the model effects filming for the story, featuring alternative takes of the tower and the scout ship staking the Great Vampire.
• Leaves of Blood (dur. 17' 02") - a history of Vampires in literary fiction. With authors Ramsey Campbell, Stephen Gallagher, Kim Newman, Pete Crowther, Simon Clark, Alison L R Davies, Chris Fowler and vampire specialist Dr. Tina Rath. With Nick Scovell reading excerpts from 'Dracula', 'I am Legend', 'Interview with the Vampire' and 'Anno Dracula'. Narrated by Nicholas Briggs.
• The Blood Show (dur. 10' 28") - a fascinating insight into the use and meaning of blood in society and culture. With haematology specialist Simon Clare, cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling, goth club promoter Emily Richards, anthropologist Dr. Lola Martinez, broadcaster and food writer Stefan Gates, chef Fergus Henderson and butcher Frank Baker.
• The Frayling Reading (dur. 4' 35") - cultural historian Sir Christopher Frayling looks at 'State of Decay' with reference to the vampire stories of film and literature.
• Continuity (dur. 3' 32") - BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.

Disc 3 - Warriors' Gate

• Commentary with actors Lalla Ward and John Leeson, director Paul Joyce, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and visual effects designer Mat Irvine.
• The Dreaming (dur. 27' 10") - cast and crew look back at the troubled making of this story. With actors Lalla Ward, John Leeson, Clifford Rose and David Weston, director Paul Joyce, writer Stephen Gallagher, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and visual effects designer Mat Irvine. Narrated by Stephen Greif.
• The Boy with the Golden Star (dur. 19' 40") - actor Matthew Waterhouse looks back on his time on the show.
• Lalla's Wardrobe (dur. 16' 59") - a trip through Romana's time on the show via the medium of the many costumes actress Lalla Ward wore along the way. With Lalla Ward, costume designers June Hudson and Louise Page, writers Nev Fountain and Jonathan Morris.
• Extended and Deleted Scenes (dur. 4' 11") - missing scenes from an earlier edit of episode two.
• Continuity (dur. 2' 00") - BBC1 continuity announcements from the original transmission.
• Isolated Score - option to watch the story with the isolated music score.

All three discs carry the usual photo gallery, Coming Soon trailers, PDF versions of the Radio Times listing and subtitle production notes etc.

February 2008
The Rescue & The Romans (2 DVD)
RRP 24.99GBP

Containing the following extras:

00:08:11:09 THE RESCUE - PHOTO GALLERY
00:21:45:16 MOUNTING THE RESCUE - DOCTOR WHO
00:07:13:11 BLUE PETER ROMAN BANQUET
00:02:31:18 ROMA PARVA
00:06:02:21 THE ROMANS - PHOTO GALLERY
00:33:59:02 WHAT HAS 'THE ROMANS' EVER DONE FOR US?
00:17:45:01 DENNIS SPOONER - DOCUMENTARY
00:17:38:08 GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! THE 1960S DOCUMENTARY

Also rumoured but not confirmed:

• The War Games
• Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks
• The Masque of Mandragora
• Enlightenment (possibly as part of a Black Guardian boxset)
• The Twin Dilemma
• Attack of the Cybermen
• Delta And The Bannermen

[Ralph]

On the whole I should be saving a lot of money on my Who DVD expenditure again next year

[Pip Madeley]

You forgot to add



to that post, Ralph...

[Wayne]

@Pip You'll have to find a stuck record emoticon for Ralph.

Well depite my dislike of 'Warriors Gate' i shall probably buy E-Space when it comes down in price a bit, because i really do rather like 'State of Decay'.
'Full Circle' doesn't really help to swing it either way because i'm fairly meh about that one. I neither like it a lot, nor dislike it a lot.

Rescue/Romans i certainly will not be buying. I don't mind 'The Rescue', but it's pretty inconsequential, & The Romans is just twaddle.

[SiHart]

Rescue/Romans i certainly will not be buying. I don't mind 'The Rescue', but it's pretty inconsequential, & The Romans is just twaddle.

Wayne, you forgot the



Si xx

[Wayne]

Wayne, you forgot the



Si xx

No, because i don't say that about every story that's not from a perceived 'Golden Era'. You might have noted last night that i was enthusiastic about the possible release of 'Enlightenment' on another thread.
Last time i checked, that wasn't a Pertwee or Tom Baker story.

[SiHart]

No I know Wayne, I just know that you dislike most historical stories, that's what I meant.

Si xx

[Wayne]

No I know Wayne, I just know that you dislike most historical stories, that's what I meant.

Si xx

I knew what you meant. And you know that i knew what you meant. And i know that you knew that i knew what you meant. And you know that i knew that you knew that i knew what you meant.


ETA - But it's not just because it's a historical, it's because it's lightweight pish!

[Jonno]

Strongest line up for years there - the only one that doesn't float my boat is Twin Dilemma. Aren't we supposed to have Attack with Nemesis and Revenge in a boxset?

[Ralph]

the only one that doesn't float my boat is Twin Dilemma.

[Ralph]

Anyway it's bollocks that I don't like it if it's not a Pertwee or Baker!!!

I like The Invasion, Attack of the Cybermen, Mark of the Rani, Resurrection of the Daleks, The Daleks, The Ice Warriors, Earthshock, The War Machines,The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Visitation, Revelation of the Daleks, The Seeds of Death, The Aztecs, The Space Museum among others so shove it where the sun don't shine mateys!!

[Wayne]

Be easier to tell you the ones i don't like/not bothered about:

Marco Polo
The Reign of Terror
The Rescue
The Romans
The Time Meddler
The Myth Makers
The Celestial Toymaker
The Gunfighters
The Savages
The Smugglers
The Highlanders
The Underwater Menace
The Enemy of the World
The Wheel in Space
The Space Pirates
The Time Monster
The Mutants
The Masque of Mandragora
The Pirate Planet
City of Death
The Creature from the Pit
Nightmare of Eden
The Horns of Nimon
Shada
The Leisure Hive
Meglos
Full Circle
Warriors' Gate
Logopolis
Castrovalva
Four To Doomsday
Kinda
Black Orchid
Time-Flight
The King's Demons
Warriors of the Deep
Planet of Fire
The Twin Dilemma
Vengeance On Varos
The Mark of the Rani
The Two Doctors
Timelash
The Mysterious Planet
Mindwarp
Terror of the Vervoids
The Ultimate Foe
Time And the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta And the Bannermen
Dragonfire
The Happiness Patrol
Silver Nemesis
The Greatest Show In the Galaxy
TWM
The End of the World
Aliens of London/World War III
The Long Game
The Christmas Invasion
New Earth
The Girl in the Fireplace
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Fear Her
The Runaway Bride
Gridlock
42
Utopia
The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords
Voyage Of The Damned
Partners in Crime
The Fires of Pompeii
Planet of the Ood
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead
Midnight

They're not all terrible, but they range from meh to crap.

[Larry]

AAlso rumoured but not confirmed:

• The War Games
• The Masque of Mandragora
• Enlightenment (possibly as part of a Black Guardian boxset)
• The Twin Dilemma
• Attack of the Cybermen
• Delta And The Bannermen

well there is IMO no possibly about it the chances of Enlightenment or any of the stories in The Black Gaurdian, trilogy being released indvidualy is highly unlikely.

As for Attack this has been rumoured as being part of a Cyberman box set along with Revenge and Silver Nemisis.

& The Twin Dilema, two Colin Bakers in one year - not sure about that..

[Jonno]

Why was my reply predictable, Ralph?

[Ralph]

I pose the challenging and quintessential question of what makes anybody's reply predictable?

[Dirk Gently]

I knew you were going to say that, Ralph.

[Perry Vale]

As for Attack this has been rumoured as being part of a Cyberman box set along with Revenge and Silver Nemisis.

And dismissed by Steve Roberts as untrue. Attack will come out on it's own.

Another strongly rumoured release for 2009 is Frontier In Space/Planet Of The Daleks....

[shada pavlova]

Right, I'm DEFINITELY getting Frontier/Planet and The War Games.

2009's going to be a bloody amazing year...

[Andrew Curnow]

Could it be a fully-coloured Planet I wonder... Restoration Team site

[Larry]

Another strongly rumoured release for 2009 is Frontier In Space/Planet Of The Daleks....

well from recent comments by Steve Robert's over on O.G it could be a good year for Pertwee fans, i'll vertainly be happy with plant but frontier is definitely the Dusty Bin prize

[Rob McCow]

it could be a good year for Pertwee fans

Aye, the first good year in decades!

[Phillip Culley]

well from recent comments by Steve Robert's over on O.G it could be a good year for Pertwee fans, i'll vertainly be happy with plant but frontier is definitely the Dusty Bin prize

Alternatively I'll be happy with Frontier, but Planet can languish on my shelf for all I care (although the possibility of a colour Episode 3 might mean I watch it )

[SiHart]

Even I would brave Planet of the Daleks if part 3 was in colour.

Si xx

[Mr BHT]

Sylvester McCoy said at Dimensions that he had recorded a commentary for Time and the Rani too, so that could be imminent.

[Tom Simpson]

Oooh, did he give any hints to everyones general feelings on it?