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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. 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…

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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)….

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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…

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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. 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…

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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? 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…

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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 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…

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‘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. 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…

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Doctor Who: City of Death at The BFI

Doctor Who: City of Death at The BFI

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UK 1979Dir Michael HayesWith Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Julian Glover, Catherine Schell4x25min + bonus contentCertificate PGCourtesy 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…

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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. 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…

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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. 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…

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