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An in-vision commentary is commentary in which the participants are filmed and the resulting video dropped into the video of the episode on which they were commenting. This lets the viewer divine extra meaning by reading the facial expressions of the participants as they speak. It also overcomes the occasional problem encountered on audio commentaries of participants making visual references. Such commentaries were a major feature of the series 2 box set, but they were not extensively used thereafter until the series 5 box set.

A form of "video commentary" was also later used on the official Doctor Who website, as a part of the Adventure Calendar series. These commentaries differed from those on the DVD boxset, in that they were simply recordings of the commentary participants; no footage from the actual episodes was included. Indeed, most of these "in-vision commentaries" were later repurposed as simple audio commentaries in the podcast series of commentaries used in the first Russell T Davies era or on the DVD box sets. Nevertheless, they were labelled "in vision commentary" on their respective title cards.

Beginning with The Star Beast [+]Russell T Davies, adapted from Doctor Who and the Star Beast (Pat Mills and John Wagner), Doctor Who 2023 specials (BBC One and Disney+, 2023)., in-vision commentaries were released to BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content under the title Doctor Who: Video Commentaries.

Series Episode Participants Where located Image
2 The Christmas Invasion Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep0
New Earth Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Phil Collinson 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 6)
In-vision commentary S2 Ep1
Tooth and Claw David Tennant, Derek Riddell, Simon Winstone 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 23)
The Girl in the Fireplace David Tennant, Sophia Myles, Phil Collinson DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep4
The Age of Steel Graeme Harper, Nick Briggs, Paul Kasey DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep6
The Impossible Planet David Tennant, Will Cohen, Shaun Parkes DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S2 Ep8
Doomsday David Tennant, Billie Piper DVD boxset
InVisionCommentary
Doomsday Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Phil Collinson 2006 Adventure Calendar (day 18)
3 Gridlock Russell T Davies, David Tennant, Dave Houghton 2007 Adventure Calendar (day 11)
The Sound of Drums Freema Agyeman, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Trevor Laird 2007 Adventure Calendar (day 22)
5 The Eleventh Hour Steven Moffat, Beth Willis, Piers Wenger DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep1
Victory of the Daleks Mark Gatiss, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep3
The Time of Angels Karen Gillan, Steven Moffat DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep4
The Vampires of Venice Jonny Campbell, Toby Whithouse, Alex Price DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep6
Cold Blood Ashley Way, Alun Raglan, James DeHaviland DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep9
The Big Bang Toby Haynes, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill DVD boxset
In-vision commentary S5 Ep13
2023 specials The Star Beast David Tennant, Phil Collinson, Vicki Delow BBC iPlayer/Dvd/Blu Ray
The Giggle David Tennant, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies BBC iPlayer/Dvd/Blu Ray
1 The Church on Ruby Road Millie Gibson, Phil Collinson, Russell T Davies BBC iPlayer/Dvd/Blu Ray
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