The Doctor Who Thread

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by ArrowFan

Hi. Just started collecting the Doctor Who DVDs not that long ago as most here know. Was wondering if the Revisitations boxsets were worth picking up and which is the best.

It depends what you are looking for. The first one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 1 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains a triple disc version of the excellent 'The Talons of Weng Chaing', and double disc versions of the over-rated 'The Caves of Androzani' and the awful 'Doctor Who: The Movie'

The second one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 2 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains double disc versions of 'The Seeds of Death', 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'Resurrection of the Daleks'

The third one, which doesn't seem to have been reviewed at Digital Fix, is a five-disc set containing "The Tomb of the Cybermen", "The Robots of Death" and "The Three Doctors"

All three Revisitation sets are fun and worth having, but personally I think that vol 2. is the lesser of the three

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

It depends what you are looking for. The first one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 1 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains a triple disc version of the excellent 'The Talons of Weng Chaing', and double disc versions of the over-rated 'The Caves of Androzani' and the awful 'Doctor Who: The Movie'

The second one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 2 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains double disc versions of 'The Seeds of Death', 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'Resurrection of the Daleks'

The third one, which doesn't seem to have been reviewed at Digital Fix, is a five-disc set containing "The Tomb of the Cybermen", "The Robots of Death" and "The Three Doctors"

All three Revisitation sets are fun and worth having, but personally I think that vol 2. is the lesser of the three

Carnival of Monsters is extremely overrated imo.

Every one harped on about the Drashigs and all we saw onscreen were a couple of sock puppets.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Carnival of Monsters is extremely overrated imo.

Every one harped on about the Drashigs and all we saw onscreen were a couple of sock puppets.

Agreed

For a show which is known for having dodgy CSO effects, 'Carnival of Monsters' must rank as the worst

I won't go as far as to say that it is unwatchable, but it would not be the story I played to someone who had never seen the show before

[Criterion7]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

It depends what you are looking for. The first one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 1 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains a triple disc version of the excellent 'The Talons of Weng Chaing', and double disc versions of the over-rated 'The Caves of Androzani' and the awful 'Doctor Who: The Movie'

The second one [reviewed here - Doctor Who: Revisitations 2 | DVD Video Review | Film @ The Digital Fix contains double disc versions of 'The Seeds of Death', 'Carnival of Monsters' and 'Resurrection of the Daleks'

The third one, which doesn't seem to have been reviewed at Digital Fix, is a five-disc set containing "The Tomb of the Cybermen", "The Robots of Death" and "The Three Doctors"

All three Revisitation sets are fun and worth having, but personally I think that vol 2. is the lesser of the three

I am honestly a features guy and I'll go for features first. The second volume having the 50 minute retrospective on the 5th doctor .

Talons is one of my favorite stories of all time and Caves I love because its my favorite regeneration story.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by ArrowFan

I'm a huge cybermen fan although I really hate the revamp new cybermen.

.

I'm the opposite.

I was really impressed with them in Rise of the Cybermen. They seemed big, noisy and above all a lot of them.

Army of Ghosts was also excellent (ending aside), and i thought The Next Doctor was a great slice of entertainment, a big dollop of Christmas fun.

Moffat has no idea what to do with them it seems and i hope they have a rest for a while.

They need to come back all big and menacing once more, not just be seen as the whipping boys. They could kill a companion, that would be cool.

[Hawkmonger]

Army of Ghosts/ Doomsday's finale is what killed the Davis era of righting for me.
Soppy tripe.
The war scene's where big and epic though. And that's good.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by ArrowFan

I am honestly a features guy and I'll go for features first

Revisitations vol 1

The Talons of Weng Chiang

Disc 1

• Commentary - with actors Louise Jameson (Leela), John Bennett (Li H'sen Chang), Christopher Benjamin (Jago), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) and David Maloney (director)
• Coming Soon trailer
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes

Disc 2

• The Last Hurrah - Tom Baker and Philip Hinchcliffe meet at Tom’s home to discuss the making of what would be their final story together
• Moving On - ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ was to be Philip Hinchcliffe’s last story as the producer of Doctor Who. In this featurette he looks back at the ideas he had for the next season.
• The Foe from the Future - a look at the original concept idea for the un-made story ‘The Foe from the Future’, which eventually became ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’
• Now & Then - the latest instalment of this series visits the locations used in the story and compares how they looked on screen in 1977 to how they look now.
• Look East - in January 1977, the BBC’s local news programme paid a visit to the filming of ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ in Northampton Repertory Theatre, where reporter David Cass interviewed Tom Baker.
• Victoriana and Chinoiserie - a discussion of the literary references that can be found within the story
• Music Hall - ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ is set within a music hall, a theatrical tradition which is upheld to this day by groups of dedicated performers. This documentary looks at the history of the music hall and features performances by those who continue to uphold its traditions.
• Limehouse - A Victorian Chinatown - Limehouse, in the old docklands area of London’s East End is not only the setting for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ but for many other stories in English literature. Dr. Matthew Sweet investigates the area and its history

Disc 3

• Whose Doctor Who (dur. 58' 42") - a 1977 documentary from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, looking back at the history of the programme and its psychological impact on the viewers, particularly children
• Blue Peter Theatre (dur. 25' 58”) - starts with a 1974 introduction, featuring a strike-bound Blue Peter team having to leave their usual studio and present the programme from the set of the first Tom Baker story, then continues with a series of articles from 1977 in which the team make a Doctor Who theatre, complete with sets and monsters and, with the help of Dick Mills, show how to make your own sound effects to accompany the performance.
• Behind the Scenes (dur. 24'00") - very poor quality (ex DW production office timecoded Shibaden tape) but exceptionally rare footage from the studio recording of the story.
• Philip Hinchcliffe Interview (dur. 11' 30") - series producer Philip Hinchcliffe interviewed on 'Pebble Mill at One' about the show and the possible effects of on-screen violence.
• Trails and Continuity (dur. 2'24”) - trails and continuity announcements (mostly derived from off-air domestic recordings) for 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' and 'Whose Doctor Who'.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 3’ 24”)
• TARDIS-Cam No.6 (dur. 1’ 41”) - originally produced for the BBC Doctor Who website, this animation shows the TARDIS encountering a pod of space whales.

The Caves of Androzani

Disc 1

• Commentary with actors Peter Davison (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri) and Graeme Harper (director)
• Subtitle Production Notes
• Isolated Music - option to view the episodes with isolated music scores.
• Behind the Scenes - The Regeneration (dur. 7’ 53”) - a look inside the studio during the shooting of the climactic regeneration scene. Features an optional commentary track.
• Behind the Scenes - Creating Sharaz Jek (dur. 5’ 04”) - inside the character of Sharaz Jek, courtesy of an audio recording of the late Christopher Gable talking about his role in the story, photographs from Gable’s own collection and footage from the studio recording.
• Extended Scenes (dur. 4’ 12”) - three extended scenes taken from the original film sequences and timecoded production tapes. The first has an optional commentary track.
• Trailer (dur. 0’ 28”) - BBC1 trailer for the first episode.
• News (dur. 5’ 21”) - a compilation of news reports and interviews about Peter Davison leaving the series.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings

Disc 2

• Chain Reaction (dur. 36’ 04”) - cast and crew look back at the making of the story that is regularly voted as the best Doctor Who story of all time
• Directing Who: Then & Now (dur. 11’ 44” ) - Graeme Harper is the only director to have worked on both the classic and new series of Doctor Who. In this featurette he talks about the different production techniques used on both.
• Russell Harty (dur. 8’ 36”) - Peter Davison and Colin Baker appear on the Russell Harty Show in the week between Davison’s last episode and Baker’s first.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 4’ 55”)

Doctor Who: The Movie

Disc 1

• Commentary 1 (2001) – original DVD release solo commentary by director Geoffrey Sax.
• Commentary 2 (2009) – new commentary with actors Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy, moderated by Nicholas Briggs.
• Subtitle Production Notes
• Isolated Music - option to view the movie with isolated music score.
• The Seven Year Hitch (dur. 53’ 53”) – This documentary looks at executive producer Philip Segal’s seven-year quest to return Doctor Who to the screen, from his initial contact with the BBC shortly before its cancellation in 1989, through to the production and transmission of the movie in 1996
• The Doctor’s Strange Love (dur. 17’ 10”) – writers Joe Lidster and Simon Guerrier discuss how they stopped worrying and learned to love the TV Movie with comedian Josie Long.
• Photo Gallery (dur.3’ 46”)
• Music Tracks – four music tracks from the production presented in full: ‘In a Dream’, ‘All Dressed Up’, ‘Ride into the Moonlight’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release
• PDF material - Radio Times listings

Disc 2

• Paul McGann Audition (dur. 7’ 38”)
• VFX Tests June 1994 (dur. 0’ 50”) – early video effects tests by Amblin Imaging in 1994, featuring the ‘Spider Dalek’ design.
• VFX March 1996 (dur. 2’ 32”) – video effects build-ups presented as mute timecoded ‘work in progress’ shots from the CGI effects department.
• EPK (dur. 15’ 36”) – the Electronic Press Kit put out by Fox in 1996 included a short documentary and interview segments to allow other broadcasters to put together their own packages about the movie.
• Behind the Scenes (dur. 4’ 47”) – on set and on location during the filming of the movie.
• Philip Segal’s Tour of the TARDIS Set (dur. 2’33”)
• Alternate Takes (dur. 1’ 02”) – two alternate versions of scenes from the movie.
• BBC Trails (dur. 1’ 00”) – BBC television trails for the movie.
• Who Peter 1989-2009 (dur. 26’ 42”) - since the birth of Doctor Who in the sixties, it has shared an almost symbiotic relationship with the long-running BBC children’s magazine show ‘Blue Peter’. In the second part of this special documentary series, some of those involved look back over the history of that relationship in the ‘new series years’.
• The Wilderness Years (dur. 23’ 29”) – in the seven years between the end of the classic series and the broadcast of the TVM, Doctor Who survived in print, video and audio, kept alive by fans within those industries who were determined not to let it die
• Stripped for Action – The Eighth Doctor (dur. 19’ 45”) – the final part of the series looking at the Doctor’s adventures in comic-strip form
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Eighth Doctor (dur. 10’ 47”) - another in the series looking at Doctor Who’s contemporary coverage in daily newspapers and other publications

Revisitations vol 2:

The Seeds of Death:

Disc 1

• Commentary with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Coming Soon Trailer

Disc 2

• Lords of the Red Planet- Documentary with cast and crew
• Monster Masterclass - director Michael Ferguson talks about his experiences directing some of Doctor Who’s most famous monster stories.
• Monsters Who Came Back For More!– Nick ‘Voice of the Daleks’ Briggs and Doctor Who Magazine’s assistant editor Peter Ware take a look at the reasons why monsters often return for further adventures.
• Sssowing the Ssseedsss Documentary
• Photo Gallery
• TARDIS Cam no.6
• Easter Egg

Carnival of Monsters:

Disc 1

• 2 Different Commentaries – with with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Episode Two – Early Edit– a longer early edit of the second episode, featuring the subsequently rejected ‘Delaware’ version of the theme music. It is presented here completely un-restored.
• Behind the Scenes
• Visual Effects Models
• ‘Five Faces of Doctor Who’ Trailer
• Director’s Amended Ending
• CSO Demo
• TARDIS Cam no.2
• Easter Egg
• Coming Soon Trailer
• PDF material

Disc 2

• Destroy All Monsters! Making of with cast and crew
• On Target with Ian Marter
• The A-Z of Gadgets and Gizmos
• Mary Celeste Documentary
• Photo Gallery

Resurrection of the Daleks:

Disc 1

• 2 x 45 minute episodes version
• Commentary with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Isolated Music Option
• Casting Far and Wide Documentary
• On Location
• Extended and Deleted Scenes
• Breakfast Time - Janet Fielding and John Nathan-Turner interviewed on the BBC’s breakfast
• The Last Dalek– a behind-the-scenes look at the Ealing studios filming for 1967’s epic Dalek story, ‘The Evil of the Daleks’
• TARDIS Cam no.4
• Original Trailer & Isolated Music
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Easter Egg x 2
• PDF material

Disc 2

• 4 x 25 Minute Episodes Version
• Commentary with cast
• Information Subtitles
• Come In Number Five – a retrospective of Peter Davison’s tenure as the fifth Doctor.
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Fifth Doctor Documentary
• Walrus – an oddity from the BBC’s archives.
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer
• PDF material

Revisitations vol 3

The Tomb of the Cybermen

• Morris Barry Introduction - The director’s introduction from the 1993 VHS release.
• Title Sequence - Tests and build-up elements for the Patrick Troughton title sequence.
• Late Night Line-Up - behind the scenes at the BBC Visual Effects department to interview Jack Kine.
• The Final End - The Evil of the Daleks is mostly missing from the BBC archives. A small taste of the climactic battle…
• Abominable Snowmen Audio Trailer
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Production Subtitles
• The Lost Giants - Cast and crew look back on the making of the story.
• The Curse of the Cybermen’s Tomb - Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr Debbie Challis examine the ancient Egyptian origins to the story.
• Cybermen – Extended Edition - A history of the Cybermen.
• The Magic of VidFIRE - A look at the technology behind the VidFIRE process.
• Sky Ray Advert - 1960’s Doctor Who themed promo for Walls Sky Ray ice lolly.
• Photo Gallery
• Radio Times Listings

The Three Doctors

• Commentary
• Happy Birthday To Who - A brand-new look at the making of this anniversary story.
• Was Doctor Who Rubbish? - Raising a defence against criticism of the classic series.
• Girls, Girls, Girls – The 1970s Katy Manning, Caroline John (Liz Shaw) and Louise Jameson (Leela) on being a 1970s Doctor Who girl.
• Pebble Mill At One - Archival interview with the second Doctor Patrick Troughton and visual effects wizard Bernard Wilkie.
• Blue Peter Jon Pertwee introduces the Whomobile.
• BSB Highlights Cast and crew discuss The Three Doctors
• The Five Faces Of Doctor Who - The full trailer for the 1981 repeat season which included The Three Doctors.
• BBC1 Trailer
• 40th Anniversary Trailer
• Radio Times listings
• Production Subtitles
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Digitally remastered picture and sound

The Robots of Death

• Commentary 1 - Original release commentary.
• Commentary 2 - New commentary with actors Tom Baker (the Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Pamela Salem (Toos), and director Michael E Briant.
• The Sandmine Murders - Cast and crew look back at the making of the story.
• Robophobia - Toby Hadoke takes a humorous look at the history of robots.
• Studio Sound - Example of a studio scene before the robot voice effects were added.
• Model Shots Black and white time-coded recording of the original model insert film.
• Studio Floor Plan - Interactive view of the studio layout via the original floor plan drawings.
• Continuity - Off-air continuity for the first episode’s original transmission plus mute continuity slide.
• Radio Times listings
• Programme subtitles
• Production information subtitles
• Photo gallery
• Coming soon trailer
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

[Criterion7]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

Revisitations vol 1

The Talons of Weng Chiang

Disc 1

• Commentary - with actors Louise Jameson (Leela), John Bennett (Li H'sen Chang), Christopher Benjamin (Jago), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer) and David Maloney (director)
• Coming Soon trailer
• Programme Subtitles
• Subtitle Production Notes

Disc 2

• The Last Hurrah - Tom Baker and Philip Hinchcliffe meet at Tom’s home to discuss the making of what would be their final story together
• Moving On - ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ was to be Philip Hinchcliffe’s last story as the producer of Doctor Who. In this featurette he looks back at the ideas he had for the next season.
• The Foe from the Future - a look at the original concept idea for the un-made story ‘The Foe from the Future’, which eventually became ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’
• Now & Then - the latest instalment of this series visits the locations used in the story and compares how they looked on screen in 1977 to how they look now.
• Look East - in January 1977, the BBC’s local news programme paid a visit to the filming of ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ in Northampton Repertory Theatre, where reporter David Cass interviewed Tom Baker.
• Victoriana and Chinoiserie - a discussion of the literary references that can be found within the story
• Music Hall - ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ is set within a music hall, a theatrical tradition which is upheld to this day by groups of dedicated performers. This documentary looks at the history of the music hall and features performances by those who continue to uphold its traditions.
• Limehouse - A Victorian Chinatown - Limehouse, in the old docklands area of London’s East End is not only the setting for ‘The Talons of Weng-Chiang’ but for many other stories in English literature. Dr. Matthew Sweet investigates the area and its history

Disc 3

• Whose Doctor Who (dur. 58' 42") - a 1977 documentary from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, looking back at the history of the programme and its psychological impact on the viewers, particularly children
• Blue Peter Theatre (dur. 25' 58”) - starts with a 1974 introduction, featuring a strike-bound Blue Peter team having to leave their usual studio and present the programme from the set of the first Tom Baker story, then continues with a series of articles from 1977 in which the team make a Doctor Who theatre, complete with sets and monsters and, with the help of Dick Mills, show how to make your own sound effects to accompany the performance.
• Behind the Scenes (dur. 24'00") - very poor quality (ex DW production office timecoded Shibaden tape) but exceptionally rare footage from the studio recording of the story.
• Philip Hinchcliffe Interview (dur. 11' 30") - series producer Philip Hinchcliffe interviewed on 'Pebble Mill at One' about the show and the possible effects of on-screen violence.
• Trails and Continuity (dur. 2'24”) - trails and continuity announcements (mostly derived from off-air domestic recordings) for 'The Talons of Weng-Chiang' and 'Whose Doctor Who'.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 3’ 24”)
• TARDIS-Cam No.6 (dur. 1’ 41”) - originally produced for the BBC Doctor Who website, this animation shows the TARDIS encountering a pod of space whales.

The Caves of Androzani

Disc 1

• Commentary with actors Peter Davison (The Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri) and Graeme Harper (director)
• Subtitle Production Notes
• Isolated Music - option to view the episodes with isolated music scores.
• Behind the Scenes - The Regeneration (dur. 7’ 53”) - a look inside the studio during the shooting of the climactic regeneration scene. Features an optional commentary track.
• Behind the Scenes - Creating Sharaz Jek (dur. 5’ 04”) - inside the character of Sharaz Jek, courtesy of an audio recording of the late Christopher Gable talking about his role in the story, photographs from Gable’s own collection and footage from the studio recording.
• Extended Scenes (dur. 4’ 12”) - three extended scenes taken from the original film sequences and timecoded production tapes. The first has an optional commentary track.
• Trailer (dur. 0’ 28”) - BBC1 trailer for the first episode.
• News (dur. 5’ 21”) - a compilation of news reports and interviews about Peter Davison leaving the series.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release.
• PDF material - Radio Times listings

Disc 2

• Chain Reaction (dur. 36’ 04”) - cast and crew look back at the making of the story that is regularly voted as the best Doctor Who story of all time
• Directing Who: Then & Now (dur. 11’ 44” ) - Graeme Harper is the only director to have worked on both the classic and new series of Doctor Who. In this featurette he talks about the different production techniques used on both.
• Russell Harty (dur. 8’ 36”) - Peter Davison and Colin Baker appear on the Russell Harty Show in the week between Davison’s last episode and Baker’s first.
• Photo Gallery (dur. 4’ 55”)

Doctor Who: The Movie

Disc 1

• Commentary 1 (2001) – original DVD release solo commentary by director Geoffrey Sax.
• Commentary 2 (2009) – new commentary with actors Paul McGann and Sylvester McCoy, moderated by Nicholas Briggs.
• Subtitle Production Notes
• Isolated Music - option to view the movie with isolated music score.
• The Seven Year Hitch (dur. 53’ 53”) – This documentary looks at executive producer Philip Segal’s seven-year quest to return Doctor Who to the screen, from his initial contact with the BBC shortly before its cancellation in 1989, through to the production and transmission of the movie in 1996
• The Doctor’s Strange Love (dur. 17’ 10”) – writers Joe Lidster and Simon Guerrier discuss how they stopped worrying and learned to love the TV Movie with comedian Josie Long.
• Photo Gallery (dur.3’ 46”)
• Music Tracks – four music tracks from the production presented in full: ‘In a Dream’, ‘All Dressed Up’, ‘Ride into the Moonlight’ and ‘Auld Lang Syne’.
• Coming Soon (dur. approx 1' 00") - a trail for a forthcoming DVD release
• PDF material - Radio Times listings

Disc 2

• Paul McGann Audition (dur. 7’ 38”)
• VFX Tests June 1994 (dur. 0’ 50”) – early video effects tests by Amblin Imaging in 1994, featuring the ‘Spider Dalek’ design.
• VFX March 1996 (dur. 2’ 32”) – video effects build-ups presented as mute timecoded ‘work in progress’ shots from the CGI effects department.
• EPK (dur. 15’ 36”) – the Electronic Press Kit put out by Fox in 1996 included a short documentary and interview segments to allow other broadcasters to put together their own packages about the movie.
• Behind the Scenes (dur. 4’ 47”) – on set and on location during the filming of the movie.
• Philip Segal’s Tour of the TARDIS Set (dur. 2’33”)
• Alternate Takes (dur. 1’ 02”) – two alternate versions of scenes from the movie.
• BBC Trails (dur. 1’ 00”) – BBC television trails for the movie.
• Who Peter 1989-2009 (dur. 26’ 42”) - since the birth of Doctor Who in the sixties, it has shared an almost symbiotic relationship with the long-running BBC children’s magazine show ‘Blue Peter’. In the second part of this special documentary series, some of those involved look back over the history of that relationship in the ‘new series years’.
• The Wilderness Years (dur. 23’ 29”) – in the seven years between the end of the classic series and the broadcast of the TVM, Doctor Who survived in print, video and audio, kept alive by fans within those industries who were determined not to let it die
• Stripped for Action – The Eighth Doctor (dur. 19’ 45”) – the final part of the series looking at the Doctor’s adventures in comic-strip form
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Eighth Doctor (dur. 10’ 47”) - another in the series looking at Doctor Who’s contemporary coverage in daily newspapers and other publications

Revisitations vol 2:

The Seeds of Death:

Disc 1

• Commentary with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Coming Soon Trailer

Disc 2

• Lords of the Red Planet- Documentary with cast and crew
• Monster Masterclass - director Michael Ferguson talks about his experiences directing some of Doctor Who’s most famous monster stories.
• Monsters Who Came Back For More!– Nick ‘Voice of the Daleks’ Briggs and Doctor Who Magazine’s assistant editor Peter Ware take a look at the reasons why monsters often return for further adventures.
• Sssowing the Ssseedsss Documentary
• Photo Gallery
• TARDIS Cam no.6
• Easter Egg

Carnival of Monsters:

Disc 1

• 2 Different Commentaries – with with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Episode Two – Early Edit– a longer early edit of the second episode, featuring the subsequently rejected ‘Delaware’ version of the theme music. It is presented here completely un-restored.
• Behind the Scenes
• Visual Effects Models
• ‘Five Faces of Doctor Who’ Trailer
• Director’s Amended Ending
• CSO Demo
• TARDIS Cam no.2
• Easter Egg
• Coming Soon Trailer
• PDF material

Disc 2

• Destroy All Monsters! Making of with cast and crew
• On Target with Ian Marter
• The A-Z of Gadgets and Gizmos
• Mary Celeste Documentary
• Photo Gallery

Resurrection of the Daleks:

Disc 1

• 2 x 45 minute episodes version
• Commentary with cast and crew
• Information Subtitles
• Isolated Music Option
• Casting Far and Wide Documentary
• On Location
• Extended and Deleted Scenes
• Breakfast Time - Janet Fielding and John Nathan-Turner interviewed on the BBC’s breakfast
• The Last Dalek– a behind-the-scenes look at the Ealing studios filming for 1967’s epic Dalek story, ‘The Evil of the Daleks’
• TARDIS Cam no.4
• Original Trailer & Isolated Music
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Easter Egg x 2
• PDF material

Disc 2

• 4 x 25 Minute Episodes Version
• Commentary with cast
• Information Subtitles
• Come In Number Five – a retrospective of Peter Davison’s tenure as the fifth Doctor.
• Tomorrow’s Times – The Fifth Doctor Documentary
• Walrus – an oddity from the BBC’s archives.
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer
• PDF material

Revisitations vol 3

The Tomb of the Cybermen

• Morris Barry Introduction - The director’s introduction from the 1993 VHS release.
• Title Sequence - Tests and build-up elements for the Patrick Troughton title sequence.
• Late Night Line-Up - behind the scenes at the BBC Visual Effects department to interview Jack Kine.
• The Final End - The Evil of the Daleks is mostly missing from the BBC archives. A small taste of the climactic battle…
• Abominable Snowmen Audio Trailer
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Production Subtitles
• The Lost Giants - Cast and crew look back on the making of the story.
• The Curse of the Cybermen’s Tomb - Sir Christopher Frayling and Dr Debbie Challis examine the ancient Egyptian origins to the story.
• Cybermen – Extended Edition - A history of the Cybermen.
• The Magic of VidFIRE - A look at the technology behind the VidFIRE process.
• Sky Ray Advert - 1960’s Doctor Who themed promo for Walls Sky Ray ice lolly.
• Photo Gallery
• Radio Times Listings

The Three Doctors

• Commentary
• Happy Birthday To Who - A brand-new look at the making of this anniversary story.
• Was Doctor Who Rubbish? - Raising a defence against criticism of the classic series.
• Girls, Girls, Girls – The 1970s Katy Manning, Caroline John (Liz Shaw) and Louise Jameson (Leela) on being a 1970s Doctor Who girl.
• Pebble Mill At One - Archival interview with the second Doctor Patrick Troughton and visual effects wizard Bernard Wilkie.
• Blue Peter Jon Pertwee introduces the Whomobile.
• BSB Highlights Cast and crew discuss The Three Doctors
• The Five Faces Of Doctor Who - The full trailer for the 1981 repeat season which included The Three Doctors.
• BBC1 Trailer
• 40th Anniversary Trailer
• Radio Times listings
• Production Subtitles
• Photo Gallery
• Coming Soon Trailer
• Digitally remastered picture and sound

The Robots of Death

• Commentary 1 - Original release commentary.
• Commentary 2 - New commentary with actors Tom Baker (the Doctor), Louise Jameson (Leela) and Pamela Salem (Toos), and director Michael E Briant.
• The Sandmine Murders - Cast and crew look back at the making of the story.
• Robophobia - Toby Hadoke takes a humorous look at the history of robots.
• Studio Sound - Example of a studio scene before the robot voice effects were added.
• Model Shots Black and white time-coded recording of the original model insert film.
• Studio Floor Plan - Interactive view of the studio layout via the original floor plan drawings.
• Continuity - Off-air continuity for the first episode’s original transmission plus mute continuity slide.
• Radio Times listings
• Programme subtitles
• Production information subtitles
• Photo gallery
• Coming soon trailer
• Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

Those are the mother of all feature-laden dvds. Any thoughts on what could be coming in volume 4.

I really love Talons and its features look incredible.

[RedEyeTheCylon]

Originally Posted by ArrowFan

Those are the mother of all feature-laden dvds. Any thoughts on what could be coming in volume 4.

I really love Talons and its features look incredible.

I'm pretty sure Steve Roberts said somewhere that The Aztecs, The Ark in Space and The Claws of Axos would be the likeliest choices if they were to release a Revisitations volume 4.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by ArrowFan

Any thoughts on what could be coming in volume 4.

As far as I am aware, there isn't a Volume 4 being planned at the moment.

However, we do have a 'special edition' of 'Vengeance on Varos' to look forward to later in the year

When it comes to box-sets, these are the ones that have been released:

Many serials have been released in box sets:

• Lost in Time—Contains various "orphan episodes" and clips from the time of the first two doctors (see above for details on this).
• The Beginning—Contains the first three serials: An Unearthly Child, The Daleks, The Edge of Destruction, plus a condensed reconstruction of the fourth serial Marco Polo (see above for details on this)
• New Beginnings—Contains The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis, and Castrovalva.
• The Key to Time—Contains The Ribos Operation, The Pirate Planet, The Stones of Blood, The Androids of Tara, The Power of Kroll, and The Armageddon Factor. All regions received the boxed set only. Was released in Region 1 only in 2002 with a minimal restoration effort, as BBC Worldwide believed a full season boxed set would sell better than the individual releases. It received a full restoration and Region 2 release in 2007 but this was a limited 15,000 copy run. A non-limited Region 2 release was released on 16 November 2009.
• Time-Flight and Arc of Infinity were released in a boxed set in Regions 2 and 4, but separately in Region 1. Released on 6 August 2007 in Region 2.
• The Complete Davros Collection — the five serials featuring Davros (Genesis of the Daleks, Destiny of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks, and a remastered version of Remembrance of the Daleks). The remastered version of Remembrance of the Daleks was released separately from this set on 20 July 2009 along with the Davros Connections documentary. The boxed set also contains all seven Davros-related Big Finish audio plays except for the Unbound play Masters of War (Davros, The Juggernauts, Terror Firma, I, Davros: Innocence, I, Davros: Purity, I, Davros: Corruption, and I, Davros: Guilt) as well as a new play, The Davros Mission, which is not available separately from this box set. The boxed set also contains two documentaries—Davros Connections, and Big Finish's audio documentary on the making of I, Davros.
• Beneath the Surface—Contains the three serials Doctor Who and the Silurians, The Sea Devils, and Warriors of the Deep.
• K9 Tales—Contains K-9's debut story The Invisible Enemy as well as the spin-off show K-9 and Company.
• The Trial of a Time Lord—Contains The Trial of a Time Lord, the season-spanning story from Colin Baker's final season.
• The E-Space Trilogy—Contains three stories from Tom Baker's final season, Full Circle, State of Decay and Warriors' Gate which together form a trilogy set in E-Space
• The Rescue and The Romans were released together
• The Black Guardian Trilogy—Contains the Season 20 stories Mawdryn Undead, Terminus, Enlightenment and a new special edition of Enlightenment.
• Dalek War—Contains the two consecutive Jon Pertwee stories Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks.
• Peladon Tales—Contains the two Jon Pertwee stories set on the planet of Peladon featuring the Ice Warriors. The Curse of Peladon and The Monster of Peladon.
• The Space Museum and The Chase were released together. In Region 1 a scene was cut out of The Chase involving The Beatles due to rights issues.
• Myths & Legends—Contains the three stories The Time Monster, Underworld and The Horns of Nimon.
• Kamelion Tales—Contains the two stories featuring the Doctor's shape changing robotic companion Kamelion: The King's Demons and Planet of Fire.
• Cyberman Set—Contains Revenge of the Cybermen and Silver Nemesis.
• Mara Tales—Contains Kinda and Snakedance with brand new CGI effects.
• Mannequin Mania—Contains Spearhead from Space: Special Edition and Terror of the Autons
• Earth Story—Contains The Gunfighters and The Awakening
• U.N.I.T. Files—Contains Invasion of the Dinosaurs and The Android Invasion
• Ace Adventures—Contain Dragonfire and The Happiness Patrol

To be released in 2012

• The Legacy Box—To contain the unfinished segments of Shada, with the 1993 documentary More Than 30 Years In The TARDIS

Other box sets have been released repackaging previously released serials (often with a recently released one):

• 40th Anniversary Set—Contains The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Resurrection of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks.
• Cyberman Collection—Contains The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Invasion & Earthshock.
• The Third Doctor Collection—Contains Spearhead from Space, Inferno, The Claws of Axos, The Three Doctors, Carnival of Monsters, and The Green Death.
• The Daleks Collection—Contains The Dalek Invasion of Earth, Genesis of the Daleks, Resurrection of the Daleks, Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks
• Bred for War—Contains the four Sontaran serials from the classic series (The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Experiment, The Invasion of Time, and The Two Doctors)