Classic Doctor Who DVD Deals from the BBC Shop!

The BBC Shop have some amazing offers on classic Doctor Who DVDs! Nearly every DVD is £5.99! This is a great way to finish your collection or a good way to get yourself started!

Click here for 3 DVDs for £15 

Click here for 2 Box Sets for £18

BBC VIP Offer on DVDs and Blu-Ray

If you fancy grabbing some bargains on Doctor Who DVDs, now is the time! The BBC Shop has an offer on for the next five days which includes The Time of the Doctor, Terror of the Zygons, the Series 7 Boxset and more!

You can get yours by clicking here! 

New animation images and full details on The Moonbase DVD release

A range of images from the animated recreation of episodes 1 and 3 of The Moonbase have been released, including full specifications on the DVD's contents. 

You can preorder your copy from the BBC Shop or Amazon by using the links on the right. 

• Fully remastered Episodes 2 and 4.
• Newly animated Episodes 1 and 3, using original off-screen soundtrack recordings.
• Commentary on Episodes 2 and 4: a traditional commentary with actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Edward Phillips and Special Sounds creator Brian Hodgson.
• Commentary on Episodes 1 and 3: a series of interviews featuring writer Kit Pedler’s daughters Lucy Pedler and Carol Topolski, archive interviews with producer Innes Lloyd, AFM Lovett Bickford, and Cyberman actors Barry Noble, Derek Chaffer and Reg Whitehead. Moderated and linked by Toby Hadoke.
• Lunar Landing – cast and crew look back on the making of the story. With actors Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines and Reg Whitehead, production assistant Desmond McCarthy.
• Photo Gallery – production, design and publicity photos from the story.
• Coming Soon – a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
• Radio Times listings.
• Programme subtitles.
• Subtitle Production Notes.

The Moonbase cover revealed!

The DVD cover for The Moonbase has been revealed! I think it looks rather good! I've always been a fan of this particular story, and it does seem quite mad that we're going to be adding this to our DVD collections. I remember the days where the earliest story we had for Troughton on VHS was Tomb of the Cybermen. How things change, eh?

The DVD is released on the 20th January, and you can pre-order it from the BBC Shop and Amazon  ad links on the right.

Lost now Found! The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear returned at last!

With rumour and speculation zipping about all over the place, the BBC finally revealed during their press conference yesterday, that all remaining episodes of The Enemy of the World and episodes two, four, five and six of The Web of Fear had been discovered in Nigeria gathering dust.

This is, of course, a monumental find. The Enemy of the World joins the ranks of one of the very few surviving full Patrick Troughton stories, and The Web of Fear is so near to that title too. The find of The Web of Fear is particularly important, given it's inclusion of the Yeti and the Great Intelligence, the latter of which has re-appeared in the latest series. Coincidence? Behind the scenes plot? Who knows, either way I am totally psyched to watch these episodes over the weekend. My brother was desperate for us to watch them together, but sadly that's not going to be possible, so instead we're going to try and watch the first part of The Enemy of the World tomorrow, just to start us off. I may post our initial thoughts here, just for fun!

So does this mean we may get more in the future? Lets hope so! This is the largest find we've had since Tomb of the Cybermen back in 1992. So maybe we can live in hope that more black and white classics are sitting around waiting to be found.

The news of this find has been everywhere, and the BBC have wasted no time in getting these episodes out to fans. Both stories are available to download on iTunes for £9.99 each, with The Web of Fear including a telesnap photo reconstruction of episode three.

The BBC also announced the DVD release dates, and the covers of both stories. The Enemy of the World is scheduled for the 22nd of November at the Doctor Who Celebration, with a general release on the 25th. The Web of Fear is scheduled for release on the 24th of February.

The BBC Shop also have a limited edition version available to pre-order, which includes a limited edition T-Shirt. You can pre-order this version and the standard versions by following the ad link on the right.

As if that wasn't enough, Doctor Who Magazine have two variant covers that also feature the big news.

The Day of the Doctor - Available to Pre-Order on Blu-Ray, 3D Blu-Ray and DVD

The episode hasn't even aired and it's contents remain a mystery! Still, that doesn't mean we can't pre-order the episode on various formats!

Prices range from £13.99 to £17.49

If you follow the ad link on the right, you can pre-order now! Spend over £20 and use the code DOCTOR1 to get 10% off your order!

The Quest for the Regeneration 4th Doctor

If there's one thing that irritates me, it is exclusive figures. It is one of the curses of being an action figure collector. You know that sometimes you will never own a particular figure. I know I will never get hold of the original SDCC King Grayskull in the electronic packaging. I know I'll never own that 200X Keldor. Now the Doctor Who classic line seems hit by that same curse. With this guy:

The Regeneration Fourth Doctor. Even the name fills me with annoyance. Originally spotted on 'the Big Picture' featuring prototypes of as yet (and in some case never to be) released figures, this chappy later popped up on ebay, leading to much speculation as to what sort of set this figure would be in or whether it was the SDCC 2013 release. 

Sadly it was neither. Instead it was a BBC exclusive, limited to 5000 pieces in a Fourth Doctor Time Capsule Set. Now normally that would be just dandy. I'd just go, "Oooh nice, I'll get that". But sadly the contents of this particular set are about as desirable as an empty box of chocolates. Now I am aware that some people are fans of this set, and yes I can  understand the appeal if you are in the right circumstances. Unfortunately I am not in those circumstances and I think a lot of collectors probably aren't either, and for a set that retails at around £54.99 it seems madness to contemplate buying x amount of items we already have bought. Allow me to elaborate further by talking you through the contents of this set:

• Regeneration Fourth Doctor Figure - an odd choice of outfit considering this set celebrates the Fourth Doctor, but regardless I want the figure. The sculpt doesn't look much like Tom, but I'm one of those completist nut jobs. 
• Sonic Screwdriver - Now this is where it all goes downhill. It's bad enough that I paid £24.99 when it was released and now they've re-released it at £9.99, but to include it here too! Why in heaven's name would I want it a second time?
• Terror of the Zygons Vanilla DVD - This is the main stupid thing in this set. Firstly, why in the name of the bowels of Hell would you want this when a fully restored version, complete with special features and lost footage, is out later this year? To make matters worse they stick it in a stupid box that cannot be displayed with the other DVDs. Now if they just included the DVD that's being released later in the year in the actual box I would have bought this set. I'd excuse the Screwdriver because I'd be getting this DVD anyhow. But no, they took away the only other part of this set that would have made it desirable to myself and many other collectors. They missed a trick here.
• An Interview with Tom Baker - Now I have no idea what the run time is on this, but I can only assume its not overly long. Nice, but not enough to warrant me buying the set.
• Audio version of 'Genesis of the Daleks' - Now this is again somewhat baffling considering I can just turn to my left at this very second and pick the DVD off the shelf and watch it with moving images. Now I know people like the audio books, but I have this particular one on cassette from back in the day and I don't listen to that either. So this would sit in the box.
• Tomb of Valdemar novel - Much like the CD this would more than likely never get read and stay in the box. I don't have an issue with it's inclusion, it's just something that would never see daylight in this house.
• Art Cards of the Doctor's Companions - Again, just something of nothing. Nice if you want to get them signed I suppose, otherwise they're just going to sit in the box.
• A Letter from Tom Baker - A nice touch, but again not enough to make me want to hand over £54.99

You can probably tell that this box set gets right on my nerves. Now I'll be honest, I like the way it is presented. I like the casket that is akin to the Black Scrolls of Rassilon casket in 'The Five Doctors'. I like the roundel design with the Seal of Rassilon on the DVDs and CDs (excluding the Zygons), and the little decoder thing is another nice touch. But just because it's presented nicely doesn't mean I want the contents. 

Now I immediately assumed that scalpers would be buying this set and selling the separate contents left right and centre. But no. I have seen a grand total of one Fourth Doctor figure on ebay since this set was released. That was from the US and the price went up and up and up to stupid money. I have pretty much searched the interwebs day and night looking for a loose figure... but alas no. So I am left with an ultimatum. I either keep looking until one day I find something, or I wait for the cost of the set to go down or get one second hand, something I can't see happening for a long time.

I hope this never happens again. It'll drive me mad. 

Are you getting or have got this set? What do you think about it? Do you have the Regeneration Fourth Doctor and are willing to part company with it for a reasonable price? If so then please, please, please get in touch! 

Human Nature/Family of Blood Review

Jonathan and I are back! We're taking a look at this highly acclaimed episode from 2007, which neither of us had seen for many years. So what did we think? Check out the video below!

Silver Nemesis Review

Bit of a different one this time as I am joined by my brother, Jonathan! As someone who isn't fond of this story I thought it would be interesting to get the views of a McCoy fanatic, and my brother was the perfect man for the job!

If you fancy tracking down this story along with 'Revenge of the Cybermen' don't forget to use the links on the left to various online retailers and help keep this site going. Many thanks! 

Doctor Who: The Monster Collection DVDs

A new collection of DVDs are being released that collects classic and new series Doctor Who stories in one set based around particular monsters and villains. A neat way of getting some new viewers into the original series by utilising the episodes of characters they are familiar with. £39.99

Order through the BBC Shop link on the right and receive 10% off during August using the code RP0813

The Monster Collection: The Daleks

The Daleks are the most feared race in the entire universe. The hideous mutant creatures contained inside almost indestructible casings conquer and exterminate wherever they go…

The Daleks is a seven-part adventure first shown in 1963/64. Starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, it introduced the world to the Daleks for the first time.

Asylum Of The Daleks was first shown in 2012. The Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith, falls into a Dalek trap and ends up on a dangerous mission for his oldest enemies.

The Monster Collection: The Master

The Master is a dangerous, power-mad Time Lord and one of the Doctor’s deadliest foes. He brings death, danger and chaos to every story in which he appears.

Terror of the Autons is a four-part adventure first shown in 1971. This story, with Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor, introduces the Master to Doctor Who.

The End of Time is a two part-story first shown in 2009/10. It is the last story to feature the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, and sees an unstable Master unleash a deadly plan.

The Monster Collection: Cybermen

The Cybermen were once human but chose to replace all living tissue with plastic and steel. Seeing emotions as a weakness, they removed those too and now Cyber massive armies try to upgrade the universe…

The Tomb of the Cybermen is a four-part story from 1967. Starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, it is set in eerie Cybermen tombs on Telos.

The Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel were first shown in 2006. The Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, falls into a parallel universe and witnesses the creation of the Cybermen.

The Monster Collection: Sontarans

The Sontarans are a short, battle-loving race from the planet Sontar. Bred for war, these cloned creatures have produced one of the most powerful armies in the universe.

The Time Warrior is four-part adventure from 1973/74 and marks the first appearance of the Sontarans in the series. Jon Pertwee stars as the Third Doctor.

The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky was first shown in 2008 and brought the Sontarans back to the new series to fight the Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant.

The Monster Collection: Davros

Davros is a genius scientist responsible for creating the most dangerous races in the universe – the Daleks. Ruthless and dangerous, he is determined that his creations will always win.

Genesis of the Daleks is a six-part adventure from 1975. The Fourth Doctor, played by Tom Baker, is sent on Time Lord mission to Skaro to destroy the Daleks.

The Stolen Earth and Journey’s End was first shown in 2008 and saw the return of Davros to Doctor Who. The Tenth Doctor, played by David Tennant, needs help from old friends to defeat his old enemy…

The Monster Collection: Silurians

The Silurians lived on Earth millions of years before humans. This reptile race was forced to hibernate and lay undiscovered for years until they eventually started to wake up…

Doctor Who and the Silurians is a seven-part adventure from Jon Pertwee’s first season as the Third Doctor in 1970. It introduced the Silurians to the series for the first time.

The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood saw the return of the Silurians to Doctor Who in 2010. With an updated look, here they fight the Eleventh Doctor, played by Matt Smith.

Doctor Who: Tenth Planet DVD Cover Revealed

One of the most eagerly awaited releases from the DVD library! William Hartnell's last story as the first Doctor as well as the first appearance of the Cybermen! Back when they were still creepy!

The DVD features the highly anticipated animated version of Episode Four of this story, which is missing from the BBC archives.

Definitely worth picking up! Follow the links on the right and pre-order your copy!