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Coming Soon: Season 25 Announced as Next Blu-ray Set in Doctor Who The Collection

Season 25 will be the next run of episodes to be added to the Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-ray boxset range.

The eight-disc set, starring Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor and Sophie Aldred as Ace, includes Remembrance of the Daleks, The Happiness Patrol, Silver Nemesis, and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

The set further features exclusive brand new extended special editions of all four adventures; these come with unseen footage, updated special effects, immersive surround sound, and surprises. All episodes have been newly remastered from available sources meaning these classic adventures have never looked or sounded so good on home media.

The Collection: Season 25 includes a whole heap of bonus material…

UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS

  • Exclusive to Blu-ray, on the original broadcast versions of Remembrance of The Daleks,
    Silver Nemesis
    , and The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.

BEHIND THE SOFA

  • New episodes with Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), Bonnie Langford (Mel), Nicola Bryant (Peri), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Dame Sheila Hancock (Helen A), Jessica Martin (Mags), Karen Gledhill (Allison), and Mark Hardy (Cyber-Lieutenant).

IN CONVERSATION

  • Three new episodes, with Sophie Aldred, script editor Andrew Cartmel and director Chris Clough.

LOOKING FOR DURSLEY

  • A documentary looking back at the life and career of Dursley McLinden (Mike).

THE MAKING OF DOCTOR WHO

  • A rare vintage documentary from 1988, previously only available on VHS.

SILVER NEMESIS – VHS EXTENDED VERSION

A version of the story originally released on VHS with extra footage.

SILVER NEMESIS – SPECIAL EDITION OMNIBUS

  • A special cut-down feature-length version of this adventure, in the tradition of the 1970s Christmas repeats.

THE COLLECTORS – THE 1980s

  • Host Emily Cook chats to Doctor Who collectors about their 1980s treasures.

THE DOCTOR WHO ESCAPE ROOM – TEAM SEVENTH DOCTOR

  • Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, and Bonnie Langford attempt to escape the room of doom.

WHEN SOPHIE MET LESLEY

  • Sophie Aldred chats to Lesley Dunlop, her co-star from The Happiness Patrol who also appeared in the Fifth Doctor story, Frontios (1984).

STEPHEN MANSFIELD INTERVIEW

  • The practical effects genius looks back on his Season 25 work.

STUDIO & LOCATION FOOTAGE

  • Hours of raw footage and outtakes captured during the making of all four stories.

5.1 SURROUND SOUND

RARE ARCHIVAL MATERIAL FROM THE BBC VAULTS

EXCLUSIVE CONVENTION FOOTAGE

HD PHOTO GALLERIES

INFO TEXT

PDF ARCHIVE

PLUS LOTS MORE!

This eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including documentaries, featurettes, audio commentaries, and more.

The Collection: Season 25 will be released on 21st October 2024, and is available to pre-order now. If you’ve missed the other Seventh Doctor era sets, you can also buy Season 24 and Season 26.

Philip Bates

Editor and co-founder of the Doctor Who Companion. When he’s not watching television, reading books ‘n’ Marvel comics, listening to The Killers, and obsessing over script ideas, Philip Bates pretends to be a freelance writer. He enjoys collecting everything. Writer of The Black Archive: The Pandorica Opens/ The Big Bang, The Silver Archive: The Stone Tape, and 100 Objects of Doctor Who.

Coming Soon: Season 25 Announced as Next Blu-ray Set in Doctor Who The Collection

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