List of BBC VHS releases

BBC Video, a division of BBC Enterprises (rebranded BBC Worldwide in 1997), was tasked with releasing Doctor Who onto home video cassette. Fans attending the 1983 Longleat convention were polled to determine the first title to be released. The Tomb of the Cybermen topped the poll but, as that story would not be recovered till 1992 and was thus missing at that point, BBC Video elected to release another Cybermen adventure instead. The choice was Revenge of the Cybermen and was released towards the end of the same year.

While The Five Doctors had an artwork cover, the releases up to and including 1989 were primarily photographic in nature. During the eighties the stories released were also edited into a movie-length format (with other occasional cuts), something that prompted complaints from fans. Until the late nineties the early William Hartnell stories would also be edited to remove the 'Next Episode' captions that led into the next story, and Carnival of Monsters was accidentally released with the 1981 edit instead of the unedited 1973 version and the episodic version of Death to the Daleks released in 1995 contained edits.

While the releases would come to an eventual end twenty years later in 2003, the series was already being released on DVD, by BBC DVD, from 1999 onwards.

1983

 * Revenge of the Cybermen

1984

 * The Brain of Morbius (60 min edit)
 * The Five Doctors

1985

 * Feb BBCV4055 Pyramids of Mars
 * Jul BBCV2019 The Seeds of Death
 * Day of the Daleks

1986

 * Apr BBCV4108 The Robots of Death

1987

 * Jul BBCV4072 The Seeds of Death

1988

 * Feb BBCV4107 Spearhead from Space
 * Nov BBCV4187 The Talons of Weng-Chiang
 * Nov BBCV4186 Terror of the Zygons

1989

 * ??? The Ark in Space
 * ??? BBCV4242 The Daleks (2 tapes)
 * ??? The Time Warrior

1990

 * ??? BBCV4311 An Unearthly Child
 * ??? The War Games (2 tapes)
 * May The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2 tapes)
 * May The Mind Robber
 * Jul The Five Doctors
 * Jul The Brain of Morbius
 * Sep BBCV4405 The Web Planet (2 tapes)
 * Oct The Dominators

1991

 * Feb BBCV4453 The Curse of Fenric (Extended edit)
 * Feb The Krotons
 * Apr BBCV4491 Planet of the Spiders (2 tapes)
 * Apr City of Death
 * Jun The Hartnell Years ( Pilot/ The Crusade: The Wheel of Fortune/ The Celestial Toymaker: The Final Test)
 * Jun The Troughton Years (The Abominable Snowmen: Episode 2/The Enemy of the World: Episode 3/The Space Pirates: Episode 2)
 * Aug The Masque of Mandragora
 * Aug BBCV4650 The Three Doctors
 * Oct The Sontaran Experiment/ The Genesis of the Daleks
 * Oct The Deadly Assassin

1992

 * Jan Robot
 * Jan BBCV4713 The Caves of Androzani
 * Mar Logopolis
 * Mar Castrovalva
 * Mar The Pertwee Years (Inferno: Episode 7/The Dæmons: Episode 5/Frontier in Space: Episode 6)
 * May BBCV4742 The Claws of Axos
 * May The Twin Dilemma (Woolworths exclusive - general release February 1993)
 * May BBCV4772 The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * Jul Daleks - The Early Years (The Daleks' Master Plan: Counter Plot & Escape Switch/The Evil of the Daleks: Episode 2)
 * Jul BBCV4813 Cybermen - The Early Years (The Moonbase: Episodes 2 & 4/The Wheel in Space: Episodes 3 & 6)
 * Jul BBCV4814 Shada
 * Sep BBCV4839 The Tom Baker Years
 * Sep BBCV4840 Earthshock
 * Nov BBCV4743 The Aztecs
 * Nov Mawdryn Undead

1993
The releases from Terror of the Autons to The Two Doctors featured the 30th Anniversary logo rather than the standard one.


 * Jan BBCV4890 Terminus
 * Feb BBCV4891 Enlightenment
 * Mar BBCV4941 Image of the Fendahl
 * Mar BBCV4950 The Dæmons
 * Apr BBCV4957 Terror of the Autons
 * Apr BBCV4888 Silver Nemesis
 * May BBCV4962 Vengeance on Varos
 * Jun BBCV4973 The Keeper of Traken
 * Jun BBCV4974 The Invasion (incomplete)
 * Jul BBCV4990 Doctor Who and the Silurians
 * Aug BBCV4978 The Curse of Peladon
 * Sep Dalek Tin: BBCV5005 The Chase/BBCV5006 Remembrance of the Daleks/BBCV5007
 * Oct TARDIS Tin: BBCV5008 The Trial of a Time Lord/BBCV5009
 * Nov BBCV5143 Resurrection of the Daleks
 * Nov BBCV5148 The Two Doctors

1994
More than 30 Years in the TARDIS was a new 90 minute edit of the documentary 30 Years in the TARDIS which had aired on the BBC in November 1993.


 * Jan Planet of Evil
 * Jan BBCV5181 Dragonfire
 * Feb BBCV5218 The Ark in Space
 * Feb BBCV5219 Day of the Daleks
 * Feb BBCV5220 Pyramids of Mars
 * Mar BBCV5199 Arc of Infinity
 * Mar The Colin Baker Years
 * May BBCV5269 Inferno
 * May BBCV5334 Ghost Light
 * Jul BBCV5349 The Visitation/ Black Orchid
 * Jul BBCV5350 Destiny of the Daleks
 * Aug BBCV5377 The Seeds of Doom
 * Sep BBCV5378 The Rescue/ The Romans
 * Oct BBCV5432 Kinda
 * Nov More than 30 Years in the TARDIS
 * Dec Snakedance

1995
The Key to Time releases of April, May, and June featured artwork on the spine of the video cases (by Andrew Skilleter). Starting Carnival of Monsters, the releases each came with a postcard with the video cover art on the front that could be put into the album that came with the combined The King's Demons/The Five Doctors Special Edition set. These would end with The Hand of Fear in 1996.


 * Feb BBCV5509 Spearhead from Space
 * Feb BBCV5520 Death to the Daleks
 * Feb BBCV5521 The Robots of Death
 * Mar The Android Invasion
 * Mar Carnival of Monsters
 * Apr BBCV5607 The Ribos Operation
 * Apr BBCV5608 The Pirate Planet
 * May BBCV5610 The Stones of Blood
 * May BBCV5611 The Androids of Tara
 * Jun BBCV5612 The Power of Kroll
 * Jun BBCV5613 The Armageddon Factor
 * Jul The Mark of the Rani
 * Jul Time and the Rani
 * Aug Frontier in Space
 * Aug K.9 & Company
 * Sep BBCV5667 The Sea Devils
 * Sep BBCV5668 Warriors of the Deep
 * Oct Paradise Towers
 * Oct Survival
 * Nov The King's Demons/The Five Doctors (Special Edition)
 * Dec The Monster of Peladon

1996
The video range was suspended in February due to the imminent release of the Fox telemovie. This resulted in many back titles being deleted, including the release of The Hand of Fear which made this particular title most sought after. When the range returned in October it had adopted the new logo from the telemovie, although a consistent template would not be established till 1997.


 * Feb The Hand of Fear
 * May BBCV5882 Doctor Who
 * Oct BBCV5816 The Green Death

1997
The March release of The Awakening/Frontios marked the end of painted artwork covers for the range.


 * Jan BBCV5821 The Leisure Hive
 * Mar The Awakening/ Frontios
 * Jun The War Machines
 * Aug The Happiness Patrol
 * Nov The E-Space Trilogy: Full Circle/State of Decay/Warrior's Gate

1998
The Ice Warriors release came with a CD for the soundtrack of the missing episodes 2 and 3.


 * Jan Timelash
 * Mar Battlefield (Extended edit)
 * May The Mind of Evil
 * Jul Horror of Fang Rock
 * Sep Planet of Fire
 * Oct The Ark
 * Nov The Ice Warriors (incomplete)/The Missing Years & The Underwater Menace: Episode 3

1999

 * Jan Nightmare of Eden
 * Mar The Keys of Marinus
 * Apr Revenge of the Cybermen
 * May The Face of Evil
 * Jul The Crusade: Episodes 1 & 3/ The Space Museum
 * Aug Terror of the Zygons
 * Sep The Curse of Fatal Death
 * Nov DALEK TIN II: Planet of the Daleks/Revelation of the Daleks

2000

 * Jan The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * Mar The Invasion of Time
 * Apr BBCV6877 The Edge of Destruction/ Pilot Episode
 * Jul Time-Flight
 * Sep BBCV6959 An Unearthly Child
 * Nov CYBERMAN TIN: The Tenth Planet (incomplete)/Attack of the Cybermen

2001

 * Feb BBCV6960 The Daleks
 * Mar BBCV???? Delta and the Bannermen
 * May BBCV???? City of Death
 * Jul BBCV???? The Sun Makers
 * Sep BBCV???? Four to Doomsday
 * Sep The Davros Collection: BBCV7251 Genesis of the Daleks/BBCV7252 Destiny of the Daleks/BBCV7253 Resurrection of the Daleks/BBCV7254 Revelation of the Daleks/BBCV7255 Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Nov The Master Tin: BBCV???? Colony in Space/BBCV???? The Time Monster

2002

 * Jan BBCV7263 Planet of Giants
 * Mar BBCV???? Underworld
 * May BBCV???? The Ambassadors of Death
 * Jul BBCV???? The Creature from the Pit
 * Sep BBCV???? The Invisible Enemy
 * Sep The Time Lord Collection: BBCV7363 The War Games/BBCV7364 The Three Doctors/BBCV7365 The Deadly Assassin
 * Nov BBCV7278 The First Doctor Box Set: BBCV7276 The Sensorites/BBCV7275The Time Meddler/The Gunfighters

2003

 * Feb BBCV???? The Mutants
 * Mar BBCV???? Meglos
 * Jun BBCV???? The Horns of Nimon
 * Oct BBCV???? Invasion of the Dinosaurs
 * Nov BBCV7335 The Reign of Terror (incomplete)/The Faceless Ones: Episodes 1 & 3/The Web of Fear: Episode 1