I like to consider these two seasons, because they're so short and because they're so interconnected via Ace's arc (basically the first proper companion arc spanning a series of stories), I like to brand them and consider them as one season, really.
New Classic Who Blu-Ray Sets (2021 edition)
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I'm super excited for Season 25, as it's one of my favorites, but October feels like such a long ways away! And it also looks like we're only going to get two sets per year now, which is unfortunate.
There's so much to look forward to here, especially the special editions. I think this means we've got extended and/or special editions of every story from Revelation of the Daleks through The Curse of Fenric.
There's so much to look forward to here, especially the special editions. I think this means we've got extended and/or special editions of every story from Revelation of the Daleks through The Curse of Fenric.
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I enjoyed the McCoy run from the start, with his Doctor tied (with Davison's) as my 2nd favorite interpretation and storylines overall.
This is not Doctor Who but likely of interest to many DW fans. They're releasing Blake's 7 on Blu-ray! Looks like they're giving it the full DW Blu-ray treatment with remastered video, updated SFx, new interviews, and so on.
Season 1 is available for preorder now. 6 Discs. Available November 11.
Blake's 7 Season 1 Blu-Ray
THE ULTIMATE ARCHIVE OF THE CLASSIC SCIENCE-FICTION SERIES
Framed for crimes he did not commit, freedom fighter Blake (Gareth Thomas) escapes a prison ship and enlists a crew of rogue heroes to fight back against the tyrannical Federation. With Avon, Vila, Jenna, Cally and Gan, Blake boards fantastical spacecraft the Liberator and begins his quest to free the galaxy.
All 13 episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources, including the original film where available. These stories have never looked or sounded so good on home media. PLUS, fans can experience their favourite show like never before, with brand new optional updated effects on EVERY EPISODE, exclusive to this Blu-ray set.
Blake’s 7 The Collection: Series 1 is also jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:
•UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS On all thirteen episodes
•ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY The previously unreleased Making of Blake’s 7, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew
•NEW FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY A new look back at the making of the first series
•IN CONVERSATION Matthew Sweet interviews actor Sally Knyvette
• STEPHEN GREIF TRIBUTE A look at the life and career of the first incarnation of Travis
•RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE Previously unreleased panels with the cast and crew
• ARCHIVE TREATS BBC continuity, TV coverage and music from the Blake’s 7 vinyl record
•HD PHOTO GALLERIES With previously unseen images
•DVD CONTENT Featurettes, audio commentaries and more
•WRITTEN ARCHIVE Production paperwork, scripts, studio floorplans and much more, available for the first time
Season 1 is available for preorder now. 6 Discs. Available November 11.
Blake's 7 Season 1 Blu-Ray
THE ULTIMATE ARCHIVE OF THE CLASSIC SCIENCE-FICTION SERIES
Framed for crimes he did not commit, freedom fighter Blake (Gareth Thomas) escapes a prison ship and enlists a crew of rogue heroes to fight back against the tyrannical Federation. With Avon, Vila, Jenna, Cally and Gan, Blake boards fantastical spacecraft the Liberator and begins his quest to free the galaxy.
All 13 episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources, including the original film where available. These stories have never looked or sounded so good on home media. PLUS, fans can experience their favourite show like never before, with brand new optional updated effects on EVERY EPISODE, exclusive to this Blu-ray set.
Blake’s 7 The Collection: Series 1 is also jam-packed with hours of new and exclusive material including:
•UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS On all thirteen episodes
•ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTARY The previously unreleased Making of Blake’s 7, featuring extensive interviews with cast and crew
•NEW FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY A new look back at the making of the first series
•IN CONVERSATION Matthew Sweet interviews actor Sally Knyvette
• STEPHEN GREIF TRIBUTE A look at the life and career of the first incarnation of Travis
•RARE CONVENTION FOOTAGE Previously unreleased panels with the cast and crew
• ARCHIVE TREATS BBC continuity, TV coverage and music from the Blake’s 7 vinyl record
•HD PHOTO GALLERIES With previously unseen images
•DVD CONTENT Featurettes, audio commentaries and more
•WRITTEN ARCHIVE Production paperwork, scripts, studio floorplans and much more, available for the first time
I haven't seen this posted here but the next Blu-ray set is Hartnell's 2nd Season. Due to be released on December 2nd in the UK. Got mine pre-ordered!
Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2
CONTINUE YOUR DOCTOR WHO ARCHIVE WITH THE ULTIMATE COLLECTORS’ SET!
PLANET OF GIANTS
THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH
THE RESCUE
THE ROMANS
THE WEB PLANET
THE CRUSADE
THE SPACE MUSEUM
THE CHASE
THE TIME MEDDLER
All nine stories, with picture and sound newly restored from the best available sources, plus hours of extra material including:
IN CONVERSATION Two brand-new interviews conducted by Matthew Sweet, featuring William Russell and Maureen O’Brien
BEHIND THE SOFA An all-star line-up of Doctor Who companions watch stories from this classic season
FLIGHT THROUGH ETERNITY A full-length documentary looking back at the early years of Doctor Who
COLLECTIBLES DOCUMENTARY Examining the 1960s Doctor Who merchandise explosion
MISSING EPISODE RECONSTRUCTIONS Watch The Crusade with its two missing episodes reconstructed using off-air soundtracks and photographs
THE STORYTELLER A special short film produced to launch this set
PDF WRITTEN ARCHIVE Scripts, production documents
Each disc also features extensive Special Features previously released on DVD including: DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURETTES, AUDIO COMMENTARIES, UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS, INFO TEXT AND MUCH MORE.
Doctor Who: The Collection Season 2
CONTINUE YOUR DOCTOR WHO ARCHIVE WITH THE ULTIMATE COLLECTORS’ SET!
PLANET OF GIANTS
THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH
THE RESCUE
THE ROMANS
THE WEB PLANET
THE CRUSADE
THE SPACE MUSEUM
THE CHASE
THE TIME MEDDLER
All nine stories, with picture and sound newly restored from the best available sources, plus hours of extra material including:
IN CONVERSATION Two brand-new interviews conducted by Matthew Sweet, featuring William Russell and Maureen O’Brien
BEHIND THE SOFA An all-star line-up of Doctor Who companions watch stories from this classic season
FLIGHT THROUGH ETERNITY A full-length documentary looking back at the early years of Doctor Who
COLLECTIBLES DOCUMENTARY Examining the 1960s Doctor Who merchandise explosion
MISSING EPISODE RECONSTRUCTIONS Watch The Crusade with its two missing episodes reconstructed using off-air soundtracks and photographs
THE STORYTELLER A special short film produced to launch this set
PDF WRITTEN ARCHIVE Scripts, production documents
Each disc also features extensive Special Features previously released on DVD including: DOCUMENTARIES, FEATURETTES, AUDIO COMMENTARIES, UPDATED SPECIAL EFFECTS, INFO TEXT AND MUCH MORE.
Um... the Hartnell Season 2/Doctor Who the Collection Season 2 Blu Ray set released in December 2022 in the UK, and March 2023 in the US. I own it and am literally looking at it right now (I'm in the US).
Oh, geez. Is this a reissue or something? The listing says it hasn't been released yet.
I had gotten a previous Hartnell but forgetting which season it was assumed this one was a different one!
It looks like the UK originally got a "Limited Edition" release in December 2022, with a bunch of physical extras and fancy packaging while the US got a standard release in march 2023. That standard release is what is coming to the UK in December 2024. It seems weird for them to wait that long to release a normal edition of the set, but that seems to be what is happening.
This is the standard release. I'm looking forward to it as I've been collecting the standard releases (they're cheaper and take up less shelf space). I just wish they'd accelerate the SE releases as there's more than enough LEs out to ensure that people who collect the latter won't switch to the former.
Yeah the standard reissues are all the same content in a smaller box. They are released around two years after the initial limited packaging releases. The only difference is the physical package, and the standard set comes with a slimmed-down booklet that only lists the disc content and omits the mini essays about each story.
Worth noting that the US editions never got these booklets, and I don't think they even get the disc contents listed, so the UK standard editions are still better releases.
Worth noting that the US editions never got these booklets, and I don't think they even get the disc contents listed, so the UK standard editions are still better releases.
Season one is roughly average (with some great lines added by the script editor when scripts ran short). Later seasons have higher highs and lower lows.
It's exactly the same here, I'm wondering if the box and packaging will be better than the episodes!
Well here I sit in Germany and hope, that we'll get these collections, too - dubbed in German, of course. ^^
Yup. At the time, most of the derision came from the fact that the BBC was increasingly switching to videotape for outside recording (ditching 16mm film) - the result looked cheap. Back then it looked cheap compared to previous seasons. Nowadays anything made over 5 years ago looks cheap. Either way, it's all r-r-r-r-r-r-relative.
The other issue I recall was fandom moaning over how the show was all about the companion now, "Ace Who" and such. There's greater emphasis on the companion, and there's still only one companion (the 60s and 70s had it right with two), but the companion didn't overtake, Ace being a rebellious/antisocial teen gave her a breath of fresh air and individuality (show vs tell), and she was written for as intelligently as the Doctor was. Even if "Fenric"'s showing her mommy-at-her-age was obvious from three thousand miles away, the scene following more than made up for it.
Not sure on all the special edition edits, with alternate takes, were needed. Most were and all were edited in incredibly well, but a few scenes quickly remind why they weren't used in the first place (acting, pacing, tone, and/or the scene was such a dumb idea they removed it. )
Partial template. The 1996 TVM with far greater use of metatextual and fourth wall jokes and slicker VFX make it as much an influence.
True.
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