List of BBC DVD releases

The following is a list of DVD releases by the BBC, broken down by year of release. It includes the catalogue number for each release, as used on the Region 2 version of each DVD. Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures have been released on this medium from 1999 until the present.


 * See Missing episodes for a list of stories that will require significant degrees of restoration before home video release is possible.

1999
Doctor Who was chosen as one of six DVDs released to represent the BBC as a 'test' of the DVD market by BBC Worldwide. (The other titles were The Black Adder, Noddy in Toyland, The Planets, Persuasion, and Volume I of The Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.) The chosen title for this 'test' was The Five Doctors, which was picked due to an already existing in a Special Edition format from the BBC Video release of 1995, which allowed it it to take 'better advantage' of the DVD format with the use of 5.1 Surround Sound.



2000
After The Five Doctors, which was something of a false start, the range eventually kicked off properly (with a different cover art template) a year later with The Robots of Death. The DVD range was given a new menu intro sequence, the plan originally being that each disc would feature the relevant theme music of the story over the menu intro sequence. This was dropped early into 2001 as it was felt that the Howell version of the theme fitted the sequence best and has been used on every release ever since.



2002
Pyramids of Mars was originally to have been the Tom Baker title released in the second slot, but issues to do with contract negotiations led to it being postponed and The Ark in Space was put in its place. After the release of The Five Doctors, the original plan was to release one title from each Doctor of the eight Doctors, but as the range progressed this was not quite achieved as The Ark in Space and Carnival of Monsters were then slipped into the schedule to prevent two black and white stories being released back to back.



2003
For the 40th Anniversary of Doctor Who, BBC DVD wanted to release one title from each Doctor. The Three Doctors was originally planned for the first release slot of the year, but was then held back for release in the anniversary month.



2004
Pyramids of Mars was released after being voted most wanted DVD release in a 2003 Doctor Who Magazine poll and the Lost in Time set came about due to the recovery of the previously missing episode Day of Armageddon from The Daleks' Master Plan which happened in the January of 2004.



2005
From Revelation of the Daleks and onwards the DVDs featured the logo of 2 entertain, a DVD release company formed by the BBC and Woolworths.



2006
The Sontaran Experiment in October 2006 marked the start of an increase in the number of releases, with titles being assigned as either a "Super Value Edition" (like The Sontaran Experiment, which meant a reduced extras package, or "Special Editions" like the two disc releases of the past. The Mark of the Rani was a release brought forward to plug a gap created by the delay of Arc of Infinity.



2007
The Series Three DVD box set was, in an exclusive release at Amazon.co.uk, made available with the choice of two additional covers beyond that of the standard cover. The Remembrance of the Daleks disc, as part of The Complete Davros Collection DVD box set, marked the first example of the range re-visiting a previous release (the new disc correcting mistakes with effects and the multi-angle feature, and upgrading the Photo Gallery feature, as well as adding new documentaries).



2008
The release of The Five Doctors is the second re-release of the series, making the original 1983 version of the story available on DVD for the first time.



2009
The Special Edition release of Remembrance of the Daleks that was part of the 2007 Davros box set is released separately this year as an extra title above the number of regular releases. The Dalek War boxset was originally planned as a late December release, but was brought forward to fill a hole created by the Torchwood Children of Earth DVD release being brought closer to the broadcast date.



Future Titles
The following are rumoured to be upcoming releases:


 * Box set pairing the linked stories The Space Museum and The Chase.
 * The Tenth Planet and The Ice Warriors - Dan Hall, who supervises the Doctor Who DVD range, has said in an interview with Doctor Who Online that two animated titles are in development but did not specify which titles or guarantee that the animation will be completed; however, these are by far the most likely two stories.
 * The Dominators - An official Coming Soon trailer was illegally uploaded to Youtube and then pulled.
 * The Time Monster - Steve Roberts hinted at a further Pertwee release in 2010 and Dan Hall has apparently confirmed this release. This may happen as part of the rumoured Myths and Legends boxset.
 * Revenge of the Cybermen - Coming Soon trailer has been produced
 * The Masque of Mandragora - Coming Soon trailer has been produced
 * Mara Boxset - Kinda and Snakedance
 * Silver Nemesis - Coming Soon trailer has been produced

William Hartnell

 * The Sensorites
 * The Reign of Terror - incomplete; nature of DVD release unknown
 * Planet of Giants
 * The Space Museum
 * The Chase
 * The Ark
 * The Gunfighters
 * The Tenth Planet - incomplete; part four rumoured to be animated

Patrick Troughton

 * The Ice Warriors - incomplete; parts two and three rumoured to be animated
 * The Dominators
 * The Krotons

Jon Pertwee

 * The Ambassadors of Death
 * Terror of the Autons
 * The Mind of Evil
 * Colony in Space
 * The Dæmons
 * Day of the Daleks
 * The Mutants
 * The Time Monster
 * Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * Death to the Daleks
 * Planet of the Spiders

Tom Baker

 * Revenge of the Cybermen
 * Terror of the Zygons
 * The Android Invasion
 * The Seeds of Doom
 * The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Face of Evil
 * The Sun Makers
 * Underworld
 * The Creature from the Pit
 * Nightmare of Eden
 * The Horns of Nimon
 * Shada - unfinished; nature of DVD release unknown
 * Meglos

Peter Davison

 * Kinda
 * Snakedance
 * The Awakening
 * Frontios

Sylvester McCoy

 * Time and the Rani
 * Paradise Towers
 * Dragonfire
 * The Happiness Patrol
 * Silver Nemesis
 * The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

David Tennant

 * The Waters of Mars - unaired
 * 4.17 - unaired
 * The End of Time - unaired

Re-releases
Re-releases, with improved restoration and more extras, have been rumoured but not confirmed for the following stories, originally released in 2000-2002. They were the first titles released for their respective Doctors:


 * The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * Spearhead from Space
 * The Robots of Death - according to Louise Jameson, she and Tom Baker have recorded a new commentary
 * The Caves of Androzani
 * Vengeance on Varos
 * The Movie

The first William Hartnell DVD, The Aztecs, was released later and is regarded as being of higher quality and therefore not requiring a reissue. The majority of the reissues may or may not come out in a boxed set Zeta Minor. Dan Hall has apparently confirmed the release of such a set titled Revisitations, with no indication of what stories it will contain.