The BBC is set to release a Blu-ray collection of Doctor Who stories spanning 20th and 21st Century Who under its Circuit Breaker arc.
Circuit Breaker is a multi-platform story with Jo Martin’s Fugitive Doctor and further fronted by Osgood of UNIT (played on screen in the past by Ingrid Oliver). The stories will be accompanied by a new interview with Jo Martin, exclusive to the set… and an obvious attempt to get fans who already have these episodes on disc to buy the new release. You can’t blame them!
Here’s the blurb:
In the depths of UNIT’s most secure facility, the Black Archive, familiar objects have been pulled through time and space surrounded with a dangerous energy signature threatening to tear reality apart. With time running out, newly appointed Head of the Black Archive, Osgood and her assistant Andrew turn to the only person who can help… the Doctor.
This is no ordinary crisis, and not the Time Lord they are familiar with. As the Fugitive Doctor confronts her most infamous enemies such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and a rogue Weeping Angel, she is forced to complete a mission with an insidious presence lurking in the shadows.
Secrets begin to surface, and trust between UNIT and the Fugitive Doctor begins to erode as those who idolise her start to question if she really is the Time Lord they thought they knew…
Osgood has pulled together top-secret accounts from UNIT’s records of the Doctor’s adventures to help the Fugitive Doctor return these objects and complete the mission.
So these episodes generally feature notable adversaries in some capacity. Those episodes ate:
- Fugitive of the Judoon
- Dalek
- The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky
- Time Heist
- Genesis of the Daleks
- War of the Sontarans
- Blink
- The Shakespeare Code
- The Girl in the Fireplace
- The Impossible Astronaut/Day of the Moon
It’s a tad curious that Time Heist, The Shakespeare Code, and The Girl in the Fireplace are here, unless the Teller, Carrionites, and Clockwork Droids will be part of the Circuit Breaker storyline.
This Blu-ray also includes an exclusive bonus booklet, plus English Subtitles.
Still, there are some decent episodes there, so it might go down pretty well.
Circuit Breaker: The Black Archive Files will be released on 31st August 2026
