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‘The Abominable Snowmen’ cover art and special features revealed

‘The Abominable Snowmen’ cover art and special features revealed

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The cover art and special features of the animated version of the missing Doctor Who adventure, releasing on DVD, Blu-Ray and Steelbook on 5th September 2022, have been revealed.

DVD cover of 'The Abominable Snowmen'

Most of the original 1967 master recordings of the six-part adventure ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings of all the episodes have survived and have been used here to create six brand new fully animated presentations of this lost classic, as well as the one surviving segment, Episode Two.

In the 17th century, an old Tibetan friend of the Doctor’s reached out and touched the mind of an alien disembodied energy, known only as the Great Intelligence, giving it a conduit to Earth.

300 years later, the Doctor revisits the Himalayas because he wants to return the Holy Ghanta, an ancient relic he was given many centuries ago by the grateful monks and their Master, Padmasambhava, at Det-Sen Monastery. On arriving however, the Doctor is treated as a villain –blamed for a series of brutal murders in the area. Jamie and Victoria meanwhile discover the true culprits –the previously peaceful Yeti that live in seclusion on the mountainside have apparently turned violent.

The Doctor must convince the monks that not only is he not their enemy, but the real foe –and the power controlling the Yeti –is living amongst them.

Steelbook cover of 'The Abominable Snowmen'

The six new animated episodes are being made in full colour and high definition and will include the following exclusive special features:

  • Episodes 1-6 (Animated Black & White)
  • Episodes 1-6 (Animated Colour)
  • Restored Surviving Original Episode 2
  • Photographic Reconstructions of Episodes 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6
  • Making-of Documentary
  • Audio Commentaries
  • 8mm Home Movie Footage
  • Archive interview with writer Mervyn Haisman
  • Photo Gallery
  • Teaser Trailer
  • PDF ROM Content

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NOW ON THE BIG SCREEN – IN COLOUR! (AGAIN)

NOW ON THE BIG SCREEN – IN COLOUR! (AGAIN)

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At the moment you can already enjoy Doctor Who on TV and on the BBC Sounds app – but this summer, you’ll also be able to enjoy it on the big screen. Well, sort of.

You see, it’s not Doctor Who coming to the multiplex but ‘Dr. Who’ – aka the two ‘Daleks’ movies starring Peter Cushing that were created as big-screen remakes of the BBC sci-fi series in the 1960s (and which made a few changes to the original William Hartnell-starring TV stories).

Now, nearly 60 years after they were first released in 1965 and 1966, Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. will be back in cinemas.

Remastered and restored in full 4K, they’ll be released theatrically in the UK from 10th July 2022 together with an exciting new trailer for the films, showing off the restoration and sure to intrigue a new generation of fans.

The Cushing movies are to date the only big-screen outing for a Doctor Who adventure (barring a few screenings of the 50th anniversary special in 2013), and this release will give Whovians another chance to see them as they were originally intended.

However, a home release option is also planned to give viewers a chance to watch at home.

According to StudioCanal, both films will be released on 4K UHD Collector’s Editions, steelbooks and digital platforms, with Dr. Who and the Daleks releasing first on 20th June followed by Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. on the 18th July.

The DVD releases will include booklets with a brand new essay, a 32-page Titan mini-book, two new posters and behind-the-scenes features including audio commentaries from cast and Doctor Who experts (including Mark Gatiss, Rob Shearman, Kim Newman, Bernard Cribbins and Gareth Owen) and new featurettes including The Dalek Legacy and Restoring Dr. Who in 4K among others.

In other words, even as the main Doctor Who series is winding down and less regularly on TV ahead of Jodie Whittaker’s regeneration, there’ll be plenty for fans to enjoy in the wider Whoniverse throughout 2022. Hip hip, Who-ray!

Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. return to UK cinemas on 10th July 2022.

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Season 22 heading to Blu-ray Soon

Season 22 heading to Blu-ray Soon

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Across an action-packed season of double-length episodes, Colin Baker’s Doctor and companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) face off against a host of classic monsters and villains, including Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, Davros (Terry Molloy) and The Master (Anthony Ainley) – as well as introducing new female nemesis The Rani (Kate O’Mara) and the villainous slug-like Sil (Nabil Shaban). Also returning is Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and his companion Jamie (Frazer Hines).

ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN
VENGEANCE ON VAROS
THE MARK OF THE RANI
THE TWO DOCTORS
TIMELASH
REVELATION OF THE DALEKS

With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive Special Features including:

BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARIES
Including a Making-Of documentary for The Two Doctors, and a nostalgic trip back for Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant to Season 22’s filming locations.

IN CONVERSATION
Not one but THREE insightful feature-length interviews, with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and a surprise guest.

BEHIND THE SOFA
New episodes with actors Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Sylvester McCoy and Wendy Padbury.

EXTENDED EPISODES
Including Vengeance On Varos, The Two Doctors (Part One) and Revelation Of The Daleks (Part One).

A FIX WITH SONTARANS
The Doctor and Tegan battle the Sontarans in this special mini-episode.

UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS
View Timelash with optional new effects.

EXCLUSIVE NEW AUDIO COMMENTARIES
With Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Alexei Sayle & Terry Molloy on Revelation Of The Daleks and Colin Baker, Janet Fielding & Gareth Jenkins on A Fix With Sontarans.

IMMERSIVE 5.1 SURROUND SOUND
On Attack Of The Cybermen, Vengeance On Varos and Revelation Of The Daleks.

THE ETERNAL MYSTERY
A brand new mini-episode of classic Doctor Who.

STUDIO FOOTAGE
Rare behind-the-scenes material from Vengeance On Varos, The Two Doctors, Timelash and Revelation Of The Daleks.

CONVENTION FOOTAGE
Featuring actors Colin Baker and Jacqueline Pearce alongside producer John Nathan-Turner.

RARE GEMS FROM THE ARCHIVES
BBC archive material including ‘The Colin Baker Years’, plus content covering the promotion of the season and the controversial hiatus.

RADIO SERIAL
Slipback, a six-part radio adventure.

HD PHOTO GALLERIES
Including many previously unseen images.

INFO TEXT
Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.

SCRIPTS, COSTUME DESIGNS, RARE BBC PRODUCTION FILES AND OTHER RARITIES FROM OUR PDF ARCHIVE AND LOTS MORE!

The eight-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD.

The release date for Doctor Who: The Collection Season 22 is TBC, however will of course update this page as soon as we have news.

Season 14 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-Ray standard packaging

Season 14 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-Ray standard packaging

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Season 14 of Doctor Who: The Collection is the next Blu-ray title to be re-issued in standard packaging after Season 26.

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In 1976, Doctor Who took a dramatic new turn, electrifying audiences with changes in format, companion and appearance of the TARDIS. Season 14 saw the departure of the Fourth Doctor’s long-term companion Sarah Jane Smith, and the introduction of Leela. The season contains some of Tom Baker’s most iconic serials, with intrepid investigations in Victorian London, deadly robots in a murderous whodunit, a return to the Doctor’s homeworld, and one of the saddest goodbyes in Doctor Who history.

Producer Phillip Hinchliffe led Doctor Who through a creative high, joined by Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith, Louise Jameson as the Doctor’s captivating new companion Leela and guests stars Tim Pigott-Smith, Stephen Thorne, Peter Pratt, Pamela Salem, David Collings, Christopher Benjamin and Trevor Baxter.

With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive special features which include:

Immersive 5.1 surround sound – The Deadly Assassin

Brand new audio commentaries – Tom Baker and Matthew Sweet on selected episodes of The Face of Evil and The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Behind the Sofa – New episodes with Tom Baker, Louise Jameson, Philip Hinchcliffe, plus companions Sophie Aldred and Peter Purves.

Our Sarah Jane – Elisabeth Sladen Tribute – A feature-length look at the life and career of Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen.

Whose Doctor Who Revisited – Toby Hadoke meets the producers and grown-up stars of the very first Who Documentary.

In Conversation – Matthew Sweet chats to producer Philip Hinchcliffe.

Blu-Ray trailer – Louise Jameson has trouble with her new home assistant.

Brand new interviews

Rare archive material

Convention footage

HD photo galleries

Scripts, costume designs, rare BBC production files and other gems from our PDF archive

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 14 includes the following stories from 1976-1977:

  • The Masque of Mandragora
  • The Hand of Fear
  • The Deadly Assassin
  • The Face of Evil
  • The Robots of Death
  • The Talons of Weng-Chiang

You can pre-order the standard packaging edition of Season 14 from Amazon ahead of its release coming soon.

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Doctor Who animations of lost episodes ‘cancelled’

Doctor Who animations of lost episodes ‘cancelled’

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The Abominable Snowmen could be the final animated offering?

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The remaining Doctor Who animated specials, which have been restoring lost episodes for a new generation, have reportedly been scrapped by the BBC.

The latest entries in the series of releases include last year’s The Evil of the Daleks and Galaxy 4, following Patrick Troughton’s Second Doctor and William Hartnell’s First Doctor respectively.

The collaborative project between BBC Studios and BBC America had made much progress towards giving die-hard Whovians a complete library of stories, but that looks as if it might now be cut short.

The Mirror reports that BBC America has pulled its funding from the project, meaning only the one story already in development will be released this year: The Abominable Snowmen (which recently dropped a teaser trailer).

If the report proves to be true, no doubt it will provoke an outcry from Doctor Who fans, for whom the missing episodes are a long-standing frustration.

Certain Doctor Who serials have been left incomplete due to the archiving practices of the ’60s and ’70s, which saw numerous programmes deleted for logistical reasons.

Fortunately, audio of all the missing episodes remains thanks to the diligence of the show’s fans, a number of whom have donated their recordings to the restoration effort.

If BBC America has withdrawn its support of the Doctor Who animated specials, it’s possible that another funder could step in to save the project.

Among the candidates is streaming service BritBox, which has become a haven for Doctor Who fans with its vast library of classic episodes, as well as the animated specials released thus far.

The strongest way to make a case for future entries in the series would be to throw support behind upcoming edition The Abominable Snowmen, which is currently scheduled for release on DVD, Blu-ray and Steelbook this year.

Doctor Who animated specials are available to stream on BritBox.

Season 26 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-Ray standard packaging

Season 26 will be re-issued in The Collection Blu-Ray standard packaging

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Season 26 of Doctor Who: The Collection is the next Blu-ray title to be re-issued in standard packaging after Season 23.

The Collection: Season 26

The Collection offers fans the opportunity to build their own home archive of classic content, and has proved hugely popular with collectors and fans of the TV series. The new standard packaging range is being introduced in response to this success, offering fans a second opportunity to fill gaps in their collection, and enjoy the classic era of Doctor Who.

Releases within the Doctor Who: The Collection Limited Edition Packaging range will continue to offer fans bespoke, premium packaging featuring a beautifully presented box containing the discs and a full-length, premium-printed booklet which includes illustrations and in-depth, behind the scenes insight.

Whilst this new, standard packaging Doctor Who: The Collection range will feature a standard, plastic Blu-ray case inside a slipcase, with a condensed, standard-printed 12-page booklet featuring disc-breakdowns and selected illustrations. The new range will include all of the watchable content and special features included in the original Limited Edition Packaging release.

The Collection Season 26

Season 26 featured four epic adventures traversing a future Britain invaded by inter-dimensional knights, a strange Victorian house haunted by ghosts from Ace’s past, an alien world populated by Cheetah People and a 1940s army camp under siege from monstrous vampires.

With guest stars including Nicholas Courtney (Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart), Anthony Ainley (The Master), Jean Marsh, Nicholas Parsons, Anne Reid, Ian Hogg, Sylvia Syms and comedy duo Hale & Pace, this fondly-remembered set of stories saw the end of an era for Doctor Who and set the stage for its hugely successful revival.

You can pre-order the standard packaging edition of Season 26 from Amazon ahead of its release on the 17th January 2022.

‘The Abominable Snowmen’ to be animated in 2022

‘The Abominable Snowmen’ to be animated in 2022

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The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook, filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes.

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Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen is a six-part story based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was lost soon after the programme’s original transmission in 1967 and only the audio recordings of the episodes survived.

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen follows the Doctor as he returns to the Himalayas 300 years after his first visit to the Holy Ganta, an ancient relic he was given many centuries ago by the grateful monks at Det-Sen Monastery. On arriving, the Doctor is blamed for a series of brutal murders in the area, however companions Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield discover the true culprits – the previously peaceful Yeti that live in seclusion on the mountainside have apparently turned violent.

The Doctor must convince the monks that not only is he not their enemy, but the real foe is living amongst them. Their ancient Master, Padmasambhava, is being controlled by an alien entity known only as the Great Intelligence.

The release gives fans the opportunity to enjoy the six new fully animated presentations of this lost classic, which will be released alongside the one surviving segment episode two.

Russell Minton, Executive Producer of The Abominable Snowmen, said:

“We’re delighted to announce Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, something Doctor Who fans have been waiting patiently for over the years. We’re grateful for the surviving audio-only recordings, which we are very lucky to have courtesy of several Doctor Who fans, which have allowed us to create another exciting and action-packed chapter in the Doctor’s story.”

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Doctor Who: City of Death at The BFI

Doctor Who: City of Death at The BFI

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Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17 is released on Blu-ray soon.

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Dir Michael Hayes
With Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell
4x25min + bonus content
Certificate PG
Courtesy of BBC Studios

The most-watched episode of Doctor Who ever, which had over 16 million viewers when first shown in 1979 is coming to the big screen in December.

The reason that City of Death is the most-watched episode isn’t because it was co-written by Douglas Adams, or that it stars Julian Glover, nor that it was filmed in Paris — but simply that ITV was on strike at the time, and with the Saturday evening alternative being a choice of a community activity show on BBC2 or Doctor Who on BBC1, it’s not a surprise that Doctor Who won.

The story, City of Death was set in 1970s Paris and is one of those legendary Doctor Who stories, that was at the time panned by critics and Doctor Who fans for its comedy aspect, and has since become a firm favourite.

It was reputedly a very difficult story to film, being done in Paris and seemingly no one checked for French bank holidays meaning they arrived when a lot of filming locations were closed for the holiday. Tom Baker was also surprised to be left alone when in the UK he was more used to being followed around by fans. John Cleese also agreed to a cameo in the show along with Eleanor Bron, as he was filming in the BBC on the same day as they would shoot an indoor scene they needed an extra actor for.

The story was not well received at the time, especially amongst the Doctor Who fans, who are never shy at expressing their opinion about the show, criticising the light-hearted tone of the story. More recently that’s become its main appeal, along with a fairly decent plot.

Tickets to see the show on the big screen will go on sale on the BFI website at 11:30am on Thursday 4th November.

Tickets £15, concessions £12 (Members pay £2 less), restricted to two per booker.

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17 is released on Blu-ray soon.

Season 17 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range.

Season 17 announced as the next instalment in The Collection Blu-ray range.

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The penultimate season for Tom Baker’s Fourth Doctor, with a full season of Lalla Ward as Romana, is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 17.

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In 1979, Tom Baker’s Doctor was in full flight. With Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) as script editor, the series leaned into Baker’s penchant for humour, and paired his Doctor with a regenerated Romana (Lalla Ward) as his traveling companion. Together, they would form one of the most popular Doctor/companion duos of all time.

Although Season 17 was crippled behind-the-scenes by strike action (resulting in the season finale being abandoned part-way through production), it remains a beloved slice of Doctor Who history, featuring the return of Davros and the Daleks, and one of the all-time classic stories, Douglas Adams’ own City Of Death.

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With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also includes extensive and exclusive Special Features including:

  • Brand New Documentaries – Including a Making-Of documentary for Destiny Of The Daleks, and new featurette for The Creature From The Pit
  • Tom Talks – A candid interview with Tom Baker as he gives us his unique take on life, the universe and everything
  • Douglas Adams Tribute – Friends and colleagues remember the Doctor Who writer/script editor and creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy
  • In Conversation – Matthew Sweet chats to Bob Baker, writer of Nightmare Of Eden, co-creator of K9 and one of the creative forces behind Wallace & Gromit
  • Behind The Sofa – New episodes with actors Colin Baker, Katy Manning, Matthew Waterhouse, Nicola Bryant, June Hudson, Graeme Harper & Mat Irvine
  • Lalla Ward Interview – An extensive interview discussing her first year on the programme.
  • Updated Special Effects – View Nightmare Of Eden with optional new effects
  • Shada – An updated version of the ‘lost’ story, completed with enhanced animation and presented in six episodes for the very first time, alongside the original 1992 VHS and 2017 versions
  • Exclusive New Audio Commentaries – With Tom Baker on episodes of Destiny Of The Daleks and City Of Death, and Lalla Ward & Catherine Schell on City Of Death
  • Extended Episodes – An early cut of The Creature From The Pit Three
  • Blu-ray Trailer – A familiar face returns in a brand new mini-episode of classic Doctor Who
  • Immersive 5.1 Surround Sound – On Destiny Of The Daleks and Shada
  • Rare Gems From the Archive – BBC archive material covering the promotion of this season
  • Convention Footage – A triumphant 1997 appearance from Tom Baker
  • HD Photo Galleries – Including many previously unseen images
  • Production Subtitles
  • Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode
  • Scripts, Costume Designs, Rare BBC Production Files and Other Rarities from our PDF Archive
  • And Lots More!

The seven-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD.

A specially shot announcement trailer has debuted on the Doctor Who YouTube channel, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring David Gooderson back as Davros in Risen.

Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17 includes the following stories from 1979 and 1980:

  • Destiny Of The Daleks
  • City Of Death
  • The Creature From The Pit
  • Nightmare Of Eden
  • The Horns Of Nimon
  • Shada

Pre-order Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 17 from Amazon, Zavvi, Rarewaves and HMV in the UK, from Sanity and JB in Australia and Amazon in the US.

Missing adventure ‘Galaxy Four’ to be animated in 2021

Missing adventure ‘Galaxy Four’ to be animated in 2021

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Galaxy Four, the mostly-missing serial starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, has been given the animation treatment.

It will be released on 15th November 2021 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year, filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes.

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Galaxy 4 (alternatively spelled Galaxy Four) is the mostly-missing first serial of the third season of Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly episodes from 11th September to 2nd October 1965.

Audio-only recordings of all four episodes have survived from this classic story, and have been used to create a brand new, fully animated story, filling the gaps alongside the original surviving Episode 3 and over five minutes of original footage from the otherwise lost Episode 4.

The Doctor and his travel companions, Vicki and Steven land the TARDIS on a planet which is on the verge of total annihilation, as it drifts too close to the three suns it orbits. Trapped on the planet with them are the Drahvins, a race of warrior women, and the Reptillian Rills.

The Drahvins want to steal the Rills spacehip to escape the planet’s death throes, and enlist the Doctor’s help, which he is forced to give when Maaga, the cunning Drahvin leader, keeps Vicki and Steven as hostage. Even though the Doctor is determined to broker a peace deal between the two sides, Maaga doesn’t trust him, or the Rills…

This two disc release gives fans the opportunity to enjoy the four new animated episodes of Galaxy Four in either colour or black and white. The release will also include:

  • Remastered surviving original footage of Episode 3
  • Remastered surviving clip from Episode 1
  • Telesnap reconstructions of Episodes 1, 2 and 4.
  • Audio commentaries
  • A Making Of documentary
  • A Finding Galaxy 4 documentary
  • Photo gallery
  • Production subtitles

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