Standard Blu-ray versions of Doctor Who Season 10 and Season 18 will be released this summer after the Limited Edition boxsets sold out, leaving fans aghast at the holes in their collections.
The pair form part of Doctor Who: The Collection, a range that upscales Classic serials to Blu-ray and bundles them together by season.
Both Seasons 10 and 18 will be released in standard packaging on 5th July 2021 in the UK. Here’s what’s inside:
Doctor Who Season 10
- The Three Doctors
- Carnival of Monsters
- Frontier in Space
- Planet of the Daleks
- The Green Death
A classic season featuring the Third Doctor – all 26 episodes newly restored for Blu-ray and packed with bonus material including:
- Optional Updated Effects and 5:1 Surround Sound For Planet Of The Daleks
- Doctor Who and the Third Man: A new feature-length documentary covering the Pertwee era
- Keeping up with the Joneses: Katy Manning and Stewart Bevan return to Wales
- Looking for Lennie The life and career of director Lennie Mayne
- The Green Death 1973 Omnibus Repeat Available for the first time
- Special Blu-ray Trailer Featuring the return of Jo and Cliff Jones
This set also features extensive Special Features previously released on DVD including:
- Making Of Documentaries
- Featurettes
- Rare Footage
- Audio Commentaries
- Info Text
- Bonus Episodes From The Sarah Jane Adventures and more.
- Also Includes 12-Page Booklet Detailing Disc Contents.
Doctor Who Season 18
- The Leisure Hive
- Meglos
- Full Circle
- State Of Decay
- Warriors’ Gate
- The Keeper Of Traken
- Logopolis
- K9 & Company
Packed with bonus material including:
- New Audio Commentaries Tom Baker On The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward On State Of Decay
- Optional Updated Special Effects For Logopolis
- New Logopolis Making-Of Documentary
- The Writers’ Room Season 18’s Writers Discuss Their Work
- A Weekend With Waterhouse Toby Hadoke Spends A Weekend With Matthew Waterhouse
- Behind The Sofa New Episodes With Tom Baker, John Leeson, June Hudson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton & Wendy Padbury
- Rare Behind-The Scenes Footage From Logopolis
- New & Rare archival Interviews With Tom Baker, Matthew Waterhouse & Ian Sears
- Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound Mix For Warriors’ Gate
- Production Archive Material Rarities From The Bbc Archives (PDF)
Special Features previously released on DVD include:
- Documentaries
- Featurettes
- Surround Sound Mixes
- Audio Commentaries
- Rare Footage
- Production Information
- Subtitles
- Isolated Music Scores and more.
Also includes 12-page booklet detailing disc contents.
Will you be buying either of these sets? Were you lucky enough to get one of the Limited Edition versions? Or are you avoiding The Collection completely?
