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[edit] Table order, etc.

Looking good, Tim! One question, though: should the Region 1 column come before or after Region 2 (that is, left or right)? My instinct would be to expect to see Region 2 first, since that's where the DVDs are released first.

Also, is there a way to get the tables for each Doctor to line up neatly? I suppose it could be done by combining it all into one big table, with merged cells across for the Doctor headings, but that has the disadvantage of losing the table of contents. I've only done a little wiki table formatting, so I'm not much use except to ask these niggling questions. :) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 23:51, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I did a little homework and created a combined table at User:Josiah Rowe/Doctor Who DVD releases (temp). Take a look and see whether you think it's an improvement. The disadvantage, of course, is that we lose the table of contents. There is another way to keep the Doctors separate and standardize the column widths, but then the table wouldn't autoscale to width of the browser window. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 01:19, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Please feel free to edit it mercilessly ... but I don't need to tell you that :-) --TimPope 18:10, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

OK, on that principle I've replaced the tables for each Doctor with the single table I'd worked out. If you think it looked better before, feel free to split it back up. I also added the Region 4 dates, from the Australian distributor's website. We're still missing the R4 release dates for the TVM and The Five Doctors, which aren't on the website: perhaps they've been deleted in Oz? There are also a few oddities in the dating, such as Spearhead from Space being released significantly later in R4 than in R1, but barring any clerical errors on my part, those are the dates from the website. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:42, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Hmmph. I like it, but the TOC was nice. I can live without it, though.--Sean|Bla ck 07:06, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

I hacked out a TOC for you Sean ;-) --TimPope 18:42, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, that's absolutely briliant. You rock. :)--Sean|Bla ck 21:24, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Cool beans! I didn't know you could do that. Where did you pick that trick up? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:28, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

It was an adaptation of template:TOC which is sometimes used on lists such as List of Doctor Who items, plus an annoying amount of twiddling before realising whilst you cannot use <a> tags, <span> tags can be used instead --TimPope 18:03, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

I have a silly little question - aren't most of the BBC Video/2 Entertain DVD releases actually coded for Region 2+4? What becomes the difference (other than perhaps artwork I guess) when the discs are released for Australia/New Zealand? Oh, one other teensy thing - the BBC website indicates that "The Beginning" boxset will contain "a condensed version of the (missing) fourth story Marco Polo" - should that be noted in the table? --JohnDBuell | Talk 14:49, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Beginning Box Set

I know that we are awaiting more information about this set but I wanted to note two things that you hardworking wiki-Dr Who-caretakers will want to keep a watch on. First, there is not yet any mention of this project on 'The Restoration Team's' website (or at least there wasn't 2 days ago when I last checked it). I certainly hope that they will be working on this as their worke on previous DVD releases has been superb. Second the BBC website states that they will include the originally filmed, but unaired, pilot episode that was on the 'Hartnell Years' videotape, so I have changed the episode count to 14 + 1 and, of course, it may change yet again.MarnetteD | Talk 20:25, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

The Restoration Team website is usually one of the last to be updated, depending on when their bosses say they can actually talk about it! The BBC's Doctor Who site has a news blurb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/11/07/26839.shtml and Outpost Gallifrey has what might be preliminary box art :) --JohnDBuell 01:15, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Outpost Gallifrey reported on the 23rd that the official Restoration Team article about this box set has been posted. They also reported that after the January 30 UK release, there will be a March 28 US/Canada release. Woohoo! --JohnDBuell 04:15, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Differences between Region releases

There is no information about differences in Region 4 releases, only between Regions 1 and 2. I would guess that the Region 4 DVDs would be identical to the Region 2 ones, but clarification would be an improvement (for want of a better word).

Usually Region 2 and 4 are the same (the discs are dual coded for R2 and R4, so the same masters are used for both), the only exceptions are Vengeance on Varos (missing production notes on episode 2 are fixed on the R4) and Rememberance of the Daleks (uses the R1 NTSC version instead, probably becuase of rights problems). FredOrAlive 16:39, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

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Region 1 release of The Claws of Axos

Why delete the picture? It's an example. -james_anatidae 10:39, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't know who deleted the picture. I deleted the wiki markup, but not the picture. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 11:36, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I meant the deleting of the markup. I don't know why the picture was deleted at the Commons. I was given no warning, despite the fact I took it myself. But why not show an example of what the article is talking about? -james_anatidae 04:18, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

A bit top specific, really, was my feeling. If it was a picture of a whole bunch of Doctor Who DVDs, that would be more appropriate. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 04:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

If I took a photo of my shelf full of R2 and R1 Doctor Who DVDs, would you allow me to include it? :) --JohnDBuell 03:35, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Allow is such a loaded word. I think it's just more appropriate to have a bunch rather than just one. :) --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 03:47, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Okay okay - would you prefer an image of DVD spines, or laid out "fan" style? --JohnDBuell 05:14, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Nevermind, I just took, edited, and uploaded a photo of my shelf. ;) Image:Doctor Who DVD spines.jpg Description is on that page, though it should be pretty legible which discs I've crammed onto that shelf! ;) --JohnDBuell 05:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reformatting of sets

I started off wanting to know which serials were in Lost in Time, then my reformatting kind of snowballed. I think this is an improvement. The formatting starts going slightly squiffy if any of the serial names wrap in the sets, but it's good enough. Could someone who isn't bothered about spoilers for series 2 tidy up its DVDs to match the rest? --KJBracey 10:31, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reliable sources

I'm trying to find a good DVD release schedule that extends further than June 2006. The BBC's site doesn't extend futher than that... Any recommendations, both for my own use and to help keep Wikipedia happy and updated? ^_^ 147.174.150.163 16:57, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Sean

There really isn't one - they like to keep it hush hush. Current scuttlebut is that The Hand of Fear and The Mark of the Rani are next two. Morwen - Talk 19:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Five Doctors cover

Should we add to the footnote about the R2 Five Doctors DVD that this has a cover style that is significantly distinct to all the other releases, and that the BBC published an official alternative cover on their website in December 2004 so that owners wanting a consistent set appearance could print it off and use it? The cover can still be downloaded at the URL below, although when I printed it off it was about 1cm too big all round - I haven't worked out a fix for this yet! http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2004/12/23/16240.shtml --86.27.60.124 10:23, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

That would probably belong on the page for the story, if anywhere. I've got the R2 release of the disc and the graphic saved on my computer, I just haven't tried to print it. --JohnDBuell 11:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dalek collector's edition

Also, there is no mention on this page of the R2/4 40th anniversary Dalek collector's edition BBCDVD1384, which contains Dalek invasion of Earth (both discs) as well as Ressurection and Remembrance. http://www.timelash.com/tardis/images/bbcdvd26-uk.jpg I don't know of any other officially licensed BBC product which contains stories already released as individual packages. This was limited to 5000 copies (mine is no. 2278), and I have been told it was sold exclusively by W H Smith, although I don't know if that's the gospel truth. Perhaps this could be added as a footnote to the three individual Dalek stories? Finally, is this page specifically for BBC DVDs or should there also be a mention of the Cushing movies and related box sets? --86.27.60.124 10:34, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

There are more collections like this being released too. Like a Jon Pertwee Limited Edition 7 Disc Box Set, a cybermen set, and a Dalek set. All of them are marked with (Exclusive To Amazon.co.uk) so I'm not sure if they should be included in the list. Maybe as a footnote? Davhorn 09:03, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Next releases

So, reliable news of The Sontaran Experiment and The Invasion have leaked now (Invasion to be partly animated). Apparently the new DWM has an example of the animation. Morwen - Talk

Oh, and also a "Return of the Master" box set. Morwen - Talk 13:59, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Plus arcording to the Restoration Team in a post on Outpost gallifrey, they will be releasing 10 dvds a year instead of 6.IanC 19:13, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

There's a brief trailer on the bbc.co.uk page (in RealPlayer format). If you'll forgive my saying so, it looks "Excellent." --JohnDBuell 11:10, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UMD

Should we note the availability of series one on Universal Media Disc on this page, or should we keep it DVD-only? (I know UMD is a different technology, but it's similar enough that I thought I should ask.) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 18:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

It's about to get trickier I think - Warner Home Video has UMD listed for the "vanilla" releases of the new season one, on their website, and Amazon seems to be listing the same under DVDs. So which are being released on July 4th (or shortly thereafter, considering what holiday that is), in addition to the box set? --JohnDBuell 11:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category:Doctor Who serials on DVD

I know this category should someday be redundant, but that should be several years from now and until then I think it might be useful. —Jonathan D. Parshall (talk • contribs) 17:11, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Time Meddler

The BBC shop currently has this up as a 2 disc release in March. However, Steve Roberts said the following on the RT forum:

"I'll repeat what I've said in other places - it's not coming out in March and if and when it does come out it will undoubtedly be a single-disc vanilla release. BBC Shop are using out-of-date information from a schedule that has almost completely changed in the last few months."

The post itself has jumped off the page on the forum, but you can temporarily access a paste someone else did here. Davhorn 07:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

And almost 11 months later... This was put up on BBFC's website today. It looks like The Time Meddler will be the second release of 2008, most likely in March if we go by the schedule. Add or wait for exact date? Davhorn 19:36, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survival

Survival has been confirmed as the March 2007 release in December's DWM82.2.113.79 10:39, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Key to Time in R2 and R4

I just noticed that the Key to Time serials are marked as "n/a" under R2 and R4. Does this mean these serials won't be released in those regions? Or should "TBA" be the more correct notation here? If for some reason the Key to Time serials can't or won't be released in R2/R4 (much like the 1996 movie can't be released in R1) then there should be a footnote explaining this. 23skidoo 16:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

You're right, TBA is the correct one. Mary Tamm (Romana) has even said on her website that she's provided commentaries for Key to Time and she wouldn't have done that if they're not going to release it. I'll fix it. Davhorn 10:19, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

News is that it will be released this september http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2007/05/18/44552.shtml

[edit] Runaway Bride part of Series 3?

Hi there, I am just a casual passer-by (I have a log in but can't remember it) and I was thinking, surely if The Christmas Invasion is considered part of series 2, then The Runaway Bride should be part of series 3 despite the dvd release being of that single episode? Yes? No? Maybe?

You're right. It doesn't make sense to have one Christmas special as part of a season and not the other. The note doesn't exlain it either except that whoever wrote it thinks that's how it should be. Davhorn 13:16, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

It looks like the only difference between TCI and TRB is that TRB was released on a DVD by itself where TCI was released with "New Earth" making it fit into the full table for season 2. You can bet your bottom dollar (er sorry pound note - Er sorry again - pound coin) that it will be part of the complete season 3 set when it comes out later this year. If someone who is better at working with these then I am will please tweak the table it would be appreciated. MarnetteD | Talk 15:50, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, TRB was released with the 90 min concert of Doctor Who music from November last year. That's most likely why there are no other episodes on the disc. Davhorn 17:20, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the update Davhorn. As a Yank I don't get to see these "vanilla" releases. I also note that this DVD was released about two days after "Smith and Jones" aired so they wouldn't have put it on it in any event. I guess that it is up to the editors who oversee this page if they want to remove the n/a from the far left column or not. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Infinite Quest?

Should we put The Infinite Quest in the list? The release date is November 12 2007. and does anyone know if this will be part of the Series 3 boxset? StuartDD 22:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I think so, but not sure where it would go. It seems a bit weird that they would release it alone since it's only about 45 mins. The contents of the series 3 boxset hasn't been announced yet, so no idea there, but it wouldn't surprise me if they included it. Davhorn 07:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lost Info on Number of Episodes?

There are several spots where the breakdown of episodes per serial is confusing or unreadable or missing numbers. For example "An Unearthly Child" has adjacent to it only "+ unaired pilot" and not the number of episodes broken down per serial. Also, in my browser (Firefox 2.0.0.5) the vertical alignment of some of the rows is off so it is hard to read across. This appears for other serials as well. I would take a crack at fixing this up but I am not an HTML or Wiki markup expert and did not want to step on any toes. Any suggestions? Paul R. Potts 16:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

The listings for "The Beginning" box set is for the entire number of episodes in the set. Thus the 13 (4 for UC, 7 for TD and 2 for TEoD) + unaired pilot + 1 compilation episode for Marco Polo. I will switch it to match the Lost in Time box set although this makes the table look cluttered to my eye. I don't have any idea how to fix your other problem though, sorry :( MarnetteD | Talk 18:49, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Davros DVD collection

A Davros collection has been announced here. It is not clear what is included, but should we mention it in the article? StuartDD ( t • c ) 19:01, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

What's known so far is that it'll have Destiny which is also released the same month. Remembrance of the Daleks will also be included with the missing effects re-instated and new featurettes. The new edition of Remembrance may be released separately later. The set contains eight discs though, so what's on the rest will be revealed in this month's issue of DWM, which is coming on the 20th, I believe. Davhorn 20:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DVD news from latest DWM

The contents of the Davros collection was announced. It'll have the already released versions of Genesis, Resurrection, and Revelation of the Daleks; the new Destiny of the Daleks which will also be released separately the same month; a new release of Remembrance of the Daleks with extras (Steve Roberts has indicated this could get a separate release later); and a bonus disc of all seven Davros audio plays from Big Finish plus a new exclusive audio play and a couple of documentaries. To me that looks like seven discs so I don't know why Play and BBC's own webshop says the collection has eight discs...

The complete series 3 set will include all 13 eps, the 2006 Christmas special, and shortened confidentials. Infinite Quest is not included. Davhorn 15:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

The answer to the 8th disc may lie in the fact that Genesis of the Daleks is a two disc set while all the other titles were a one disc release. Another question to think ahead about is how to acknowledge this box set on the table on the main page. Previous box sets, with the exception of Lost in Time, have contained sequentially connected stories. Thus, it was easy to include the sets overarching title in the table (and even LiT's titles are from three successive seasons). This sets titles cover items spread over 14 some odd seasons so maybe an small note saying something like "included in the Davros box set" next to each title might work. Any other suggestions are welcome. MarnetteD | Talk 16:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Genesis - 2, Destiny - 1, Resurrection - 1, Revelation - 1, Remembrance - 1, Bonus disc - 1 = 7 discs total. Where's the eighth? :)

I think we should also add to the note that Remembrance is a new edition and not just a re-release of the original edition. Davhorn 17:37, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't do the math better Davhorn. No. 8 might be the extras being added to Remembrance or, perhaps, a whole new disc of the documentaries covering Davros that you mentioned above. One other thought, since I have not followed the audio plays would seven already produced ones plus the new one you mentioned need two discs to get all of them in the package? Whatever the case I am sure we will get the correct info eventually. The restoration teams webpage usually winds up giving the full details and always leaves me looking forward to when the discs go on sale here in the US. You are right about the mention of the new Remembrance. It sounds like it is like the updated Key to Time set, which is going to have a great deal more on it than the set that I already own. MarnetteD | Talk 20:55, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the RT article will most likely give us a disc breakdown. Steve Roberts said he'd put it up a couple of days after DWM is officially out so probably sometime this weekend. Davhorn 21:43, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

BBC's own Doctor Who page has revealed what January's release will be (check the penultimate extra). The first boxset with previously unreleased non-consecutive stories. I wonder how that should be added. Another footnote? :) Davhorn 16:54, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Glitchy DVD's with Horror on them

I was wondering if it would be worthy of notice to point out the problems with certain rental copies of DR. Who series 2, as illustrated here: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor/6831 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.146.49.227 (talk) 03:58, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moving statement from the article until it can be verfied

I am moving the following statement from the article to the talk page:

"There is also a video fault in the Region 1 version of the episode "The Wheel of Fortune" from The Crusade (about 10 minutes into the episode) in the William Hartnell Lost in Time DVD that is not present in the Region 2 version."

I have just watched my DVD of this episode and there is no video fault that I can see at any point in the episode. The runtime also match up with the 24' 51" listed at various websites. I purchased my box set on the day that it was released here in the US so it can't be something that was an error on its initial release that was fixed later. Since there is no description of what this fault is in the above statement it has always hard to tell what the sentence is referring to. It makes me wonder if the editor had a bad DVD and thought that all of them might be this way. In any event if any editor can find a verifiable statement as to the specifics of this sentence please feel free to add it back into the article with a better description of what the alledged fault is. Thank you for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 07:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Check out the article over at the Restoration Team site. It mentions the fault and what it is at the bottom. Davhorn 13:52, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note Davhorn. I checked out what the page that you linked to said and then rechecked my DVD and all I can say is that there is no "judder" visible. I went from the 8" to the 12" mark just to be sure. I wonder if their note is based on some advance copy that they previewed? All I can say is that I will leave it up to a consensus of the members of the Doctor Who wikiproject whether this note should be on the main page or not. Thanks again for your research. MarnetteD | Talk 16:14, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Or you could ask them over at the RT forum. It should fall within what you can post about. Davhorn 20:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I believe that it's the same fault present on disc 2 of The Invasion, when they used an old standards conversion machine to convert the disc. It's visible on some players, but not others, and it sometimes has to be pointed out to see it. — Brother Flounder 03:04, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Five Doctors SSE

With The Five Doctors being rereleased in March, should we add it into the table to reflect this (as well as the known release dates?)--Sqrnookle (talk) 07:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)also the trial of a timeload will be relised some as said on some websites as colin baker has been doing the commentary for it

[edit] Black Orchid

BBFC has revealed that Black Orchid is coming with Invasion of Time following. What's funny is that the extras for The Five Doctors isn't up yet, but I guess we'll see them soon if it's really the next release after The Time Meddler. Davhorn (talk) 14:35, 7 January 2008 (UTC) the war games which saw the regenation of the 2ed doctor is ready for relise

[edit] Season 24

With the appearance of Trial of a Time Lord, season 24 is now the only season that has no material from it released on DVD (although seasons 3 & 4 are only represented in the Lost in Time set). Bearing in mind the quality of the S24 stories, this may be a good thing ... :) 91.105.152.224 (talk) 22:22, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Planet of Evil R1 release

Just a note to those of you who oversee this page. It looks like the R1 release of this story may have been delayed. Two stores that I went to today and one that I called all state that this stories release date has been shifted to April 1, 2008. That makes this the first time in my years of buying the Classic series DVD's that only one title has been released on a given date. So I checked to see whether The Time Warrior or Timelash (both scheduled for Apr 1 release) had been shifted to today. This has not happened. This would seem to indicate that we won't be able to buy this title at retail outlets until next month.

As to catalog or online sales I also called BBC America, whose catalog listed today as the release date, but, they did not have any new info. Amazon.com still lists today as the release date. But, if any delays have taken place, I wouldn't expect either of these sources to have any updates on this for a few days.

Those of you who have multiple resources to check these things may wish to do so and, if it turns out that the release has been delayed, we may wish to change the date on the main article page. However, if it is just retail outlets where it has been delayed but it is availabe now through other sources, then it is probably okay to leave the info as it is. My thanks in advance to any editors who are able to help keep the page accurate. MarnetteD | Talk 18:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

I received my copy in the mail from Amazon.com earlier this week. if that helps. Hal 10000.0 (talk) 23:19, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note Hal. I think that this means that leaving the date on the article page is okay. This is an odd situation so I guess that I will just have to be patient and envy you getting to see it now. Thanks again. MarnetteD | Talk 00:24, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Upcoming R4 Releases

An Australian dvd website (www.ezydvd.com.au) has release dates listed for The Five Doctors '25th Anniversary edition' (8th of May), Black Orchid and The Infinity Quest (5th of June). I would have edited them in but I probably would have messed up the referencing... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.254.112.248 (talk) 02:37, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

They've been added as requested. DonQuixote (talk) 09:55, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced statement

Today I removed the following statement.

As of 2007, 2|entertain has revealed its intention to "complete" mostly-released seasons so as to repackage the single releases as complete season sets.

There are a couple of reasons for this.

The reference provided went to the reliable Steve Manfred's page. Nowhere on that page was this statement made.
The evidence of the recent and upcoming releases just don't seem to back up this assertion. The releases of stories like Black Orchid and Timelash , which do come close to completing a season, are not being followed up with releases of Snakedance and Attack of the Cybermen. In fact we are getting stories like The Time Warrior, The Sea Devils and Planet of Evil . The first two of these are the first releases from their seasons and the third only has one other story from its season on DVD.

I did a cursory search on the web to try and find another source for this statement and could not find one. However, if any of you do find some backup for this please feel free to put the statement back in with the new source cited. My thanks ahead of time for anyone who can clear this up. MarnetteD | Talk 13:00, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Out of list?

Why were the contents of the Lost in Time and Key to Time box sets removed from the list and why wasn't the same done to The Beginning and New Beginnings? Seems a bit backwards to me, removing information like that... Davhorn (talk) 23:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Got the same question for the vanilla editions of the new series episodes. Yes, I know they were released in a boxed set later, but they were still individual releases. Davhorn (talk) 02:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I looked it up and it was this edit [1] that removed the info that so many had worked so diligently to enter. This is the only edit that this person has ever made at wikipedia and the did not give a reason in the edit summary. This deletion was then hidden behind five more edits altering what had come before. Unfortunately, the edit cannot be undone. I feel that it should be put back in unless there is a consensus that it should not be part of the article. MarnetteD | Talk 04:03, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Items from the Classic series have been restored. Made a couple of attempts to restore the vanilla releases from the new series but my attempts kept messing up the tables so I did not save them. I am not quite sure why so if anyone else is able to fix these your help will be appreciated. MarnetteD | Talk 04:32, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

I managed to get the new series releases back in. I also updated some of the series 4 DVDs with new dates from ezydvd.com.au. Davhorn (talk) 12:50, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dalek Films

Should the various DVD releases of the Dalek Fims (Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD) be added to the list - perhaps in an "Also" section or something? Etron81 (talk) 17:02, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello Etron81. The usual response to this question is no. Since the films are about a human who happens to have invented a Tardis rather then our wandering Time Lord they aren't considered part of the Doctor Who canon. I tend to agree with this notion. However, if consensus went the other way on this I would not argue with it. I do notice that there is no "commercial release" section on the page for either film and you could certainly add one mentioning the various VHS and DVD releases. Especially the nice box set that includes the retrospective documentary. I hope that others will respond so that you get more opinions than just mine. Cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 18:03, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree the films aren't canon, but I didn't think this list was conerned with that - it includes The Infinite Quest whose canon status is open to debate. If we're just dealing with TV Who, I can understand that the films would be excluded... The article title "Doctor Who DVD releases" implies a wider scope though... Etron81 (talk) 15:02, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] A suggestion

Hello to all. The table on the article page is growing in length and, of course, will continue to grow. I would like to suggest that we split this long table up into separate tables for each Doctor the way that the are at the List of Doctor Who serials page. This will allow new entries to be made without having to scroll through miles (well inches anyway) of data to get to the section that is to be edited. Unfortunately, I am not very adept with working with these tables so I am afraid that I would make a mess of things. So any help that can be given would be much appreciated. If you feel that they should stay as they are that is okay too as this is only a suggestion. Thanks for your time. MarnetteD | Talk 19:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC)