Not very likely. In fact, I think there've been recent discussions on this at the R-T forum to that effect. I'm sure they will hold off on those two stories (Planet of the Daleks and Invasion of the Dinosaurs for those keeping score) until near the end of the range, or until the process becomes more affordable.

I agree, but that is one of those stories that was "recoloured" in the early '90s. I don't think the R-T intend to tackle the recoloured stories just yet.

A little bit OT, but...
 

According to Outpost Gallifrey:

Outpost Gallifrey just reported that it's offical - Claws of Axos starring Jon Pertwee will be a 2005 DVD release.

Hah - I knew the Nation estate would fold. They have this amazingingly profitable property . . . . that they cant do a damn thing with outside of the context of Doctor Who.

So, once they played their little game and figured out that they indeed were being held by the short and curleys by the BBC, they would cave. I wonder if it's soon enough to get into season 1, or will we have to wait for S2?

And Axos is cool. It's time we had some proper Master episodes on disc.

Well, I don't know if I'd say that.

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So, once they played their little game and figured out that they indeed were being held by the short and curleys by the BBC, they would cave. I wonder if it's soon enough to get into season 1, or will we have to wait for S2?

I can't imagine that they'd make an announcement like this, two weeks into filming of the new series, and not find a way to get them into the first season. I mean, they were planning on using them until just three or four weeks ago. They announced that they had already done designs of what the new daleks would look like. The episodes wouldn't be likely to air until probably February, so I'm sure there's plenty of time to get it sorted out.

I'm a long time fan of Doctor Who ever since the first episode I've seen from the start of Tom Baker era to the end of the entire series and was able to watch the reruns starting from William Hartnell and onwards.

Well, anyways, I was wondering will they still have the suspenseful ending that they always had as you wait for the next episode in the chapter? I hope they do. That was an important part of Doctor Who in my eyes.

Yeah, but instances like that outside of Who apperances, are few and far between. Sure you get the occasional appearnce in a Loony Toons movie or comic strip - but every TV show, every movie (beyond the peter cushing films) have always fallen through.

Well, they have said that they will do some two part episodes, so yes - we will get some cliffhangers.

Me - I hope we get pre-credit teasers. I know the show very rarely used those in the past, but if we cant have the traditional cliffhanger every half hour, perhaps we can get a mini-cliffhanger at the start of every week.

I understand that there WILL be clifthangers on ALL the episodes of the new series. even tho some will be stand alone single 45 minute stories, there will be clifthangers that lead into the next story.

some people are posting rumors over on the OG Doctor Who forum that The 1st Doctors (William Hartnell) Web Planet will be a 2005 DVD release.

I could live with that!

The Web Planet is one of the first Who stories I never really cared for (next to Underworld). But maybe a second viewing after all these years might change things. I recall not caring too much for The Aztecs when I was younger but when I picked up the DVD and watched it, I thought it was great!

One mellows with age, I guess.

Andrew

The Web Planet is one of the few stories that I usually put into the VCR if I need to fall asleep quick. It works all the time. That's why I'll get it when it comes out on DVD. THAT, and because I'm a die-hard Who fan.

I love when the Zarbi bumps into the camera.

From Outpost Gallifrey:

YAY! Just about 2 weeks until we get Earthshock and Pyramids of Mars here in the States

ok, one week to go! Who got them early? I can't wait, a couple times in the past Best Buy has put out Doctor Who DVD's a week early, so I might stop by to check tommorrow.

HEADS UP!! - Doctor Who VHS Sale!!

Amazon.com is selling a bunch of thier Doctor Who VHS videos for $4.95 each!! Including some double tape sets like War Games and Visitation/Black Orchid, and alot of single tape classics like Time Meddler, War Machines, Frontier in Space, Planet of the Daleks, Colony in Space and many more. lots of Pertwee and Davison!

Remember they are only releasing about 8 Doctor Who DVD's a year and with over 150 stories to release, if you want to see some of these stories, you should pick these up before they sell out because it might be a long time before they come out on DVD.

Rob

Wow. $4.95 for some double tape sets. I remember shelling out close to 30 for some of them before I found my friends at Suncoast way back.

Earlier this year, I sold off nearly all my Who videos on the Gallifrey Forums ($5 for single tapes, $10 for doubles). I sold a chunk of them before some guys in Chicago (it was Chicago, right? Can't remember now) pooled their money together and bought out everything I had left. I ended up with a little over 220 bucks in my pocket after that venture.

I kept some of the stuff I thought wouldn't creep up on DVD (Shada, the original version of the Five Doctors, etc). I also kept the Early Years videos (Daleks & Cybermen) and the Hartnell & Troughton Years tapes thinking all those missing episodes would never show up on DVD.

Whoops!

I also have all my BBV videos too. For some reason, I just couldn't part with my Stranger vids. Weird.

Andrew

Sorry if I sound like a newbie, but what is different about The Five Doctors on DVD?

The Special Edition includes some small scenes here and there that were cut for time, some new special effects (to the Time Scool effect, mostly), and footage from Shada of the 4th Doctor going back that matches up with when he was Time Scooped. That's about it, if I remember correctly.

Cool, but not that earth-shattering. Still, I'm keeping my Laserdisc of the non-SE version, too.

the original Five Doctors isn't THAT much different, the "special Edition" has some "improved" special effects and some extended scenes... mostly extra scenes of people walking around in hallways. To tell the truth, when I first saw the Five Doctors Special Edition, I didn't notice anything different, I had to look up online what was changed.

oh and to correct myself above... Planet of the Daleks and Frontier in Space are double tape sets too!

Do you think they'll ever release all the work by any one doctor as a set?

That would be really great!

Those would be some pretty big sets.....well, at least Tom's would be huge.

Colin and Sylvester's could be a decent set with all their stories. Troughton would be a small set only because most of his stories don't exist (tho The War Games would add a lot episode-wise).

McGann's would be an itsy-bitsy set. In fact, it's already out!

Andrew

Yeah, I know they'd be huge. And it's Tom's set that I want the most!

Still, I wish it would happen. I'd love to have every episode Tom ever did on DVD. I just can't afford them as single episodes unfortunately...

Well they do come out slow enough that getting the single releases isnt that big of a strain on the pocket book. That or wait for DDD's %20 off Christmas sale.

What are DDDs?

Thanks for the info.

Deep Discount DVD - an online store with probably the lowest price around. About twice a year they have a series of coupons that knock 20% off their price. And the folks on the forum go apeshit and spend thousands of dollars.

Last year they had a sale in early december. They had one just a little while ago around May. There's no confirmation one way or another, but forum folks speculate that there will be one sometime towards the end of the year.

DDD is a great source for affordable Who DVDs. Another route is Amazon's Share the Love (which is how I pre-ordered Pyramids & Earthshock next week). Each title rounds out around 17 bucks.

If I have the money, I'll buy the titles as soon as they come out. If I'm short, I'll wait a bit.

Come to think of it, I still haven't finished Seeds of Death yet. I need to finish that one up before next week.

Welcome aboard, Whoster69!!


Andrew

OK, thanks for the info everyone. I've bought stuff from Deep Discount DvD but didn't realize this was DDD (too tired I guess to think straight).

Glad to be here and get info about Doctor Who!

I'm confused. I ordered this from Digital Eyes.


http://www.digitaleyes.net/Details.c...info=BBC020230

It states Doctor Who - Pyramids of Mars/Earthshock. Are these on the same DVD? Is it a mistake? Maybe they are seperate DVD's?

I want Earthshock. Pyramids I am ho-hum about, but my favorite Doctor Who villians are Cybermen. Can anyone sort this out because I received a shipping notice and I would like to know if Digital Eyes has the DVD listed correctly.

Thanks.

From the description, it looks like it is supposed to be a two-pack, and the two titles are supposedly being sold separately as well. But I don't see either title listed separately on their site. So if you ordered this, you might end up receiving both -- at a discount of almost 64% off! :eek:

But given that this same description appears on the individual titles at DDD, my guess is that you would only receive Earthshock (the title pictured).

this is how Earthshock is listed on Overstock.com, too. Can't find "Pyramids" listed separately as a DVD. They have "Earthshock/Pyramids" VHS also listed, which I know is a mis-print. That's probably really the Pyramids DVD by itself.

I pre-ordered the "Earthshock/Pyramids" from them. If I only get Earthshock, I won't be too disappointed, as I'm positive it's just a typo, but if they do decide to honor their mistake and send me both, I'll be pleasantly surprised (worth a gamble. Who knows, maybe they'll honor their mistake like Tower Records did when they listed Talons and Dalek Invasion of Earth for what appeared to be wholesale price).

Update on the $4.95 Doctor Who VHS Sale...

Below are all the Doctor Who stories that have been reduced to $4.95 on VHS Video... when they sell out that's all there is. Many stories are already sold out. I listed those below the $4.95 list.

some but not all are the ones that have already been released on DVD. I added a "*" next to the stories that have been released on DVD. Some of these stories won't be released on DVD for years, so if you want to see them, this is your last chance.

$4.95 VIDEOS
1st Doctor
The Daleks (double tape)
The Edge of Destruction / "The Missing Years" Documentary (double tape)
The Keys of Marinus (double tape)
* The Aztecs
The Web Planet
The Time Meddler
The War Machines
2nd Doctor
* The Tomb of the Cybermen
* The Seeds of Death
The War Games (double tape)
3rd Doctor
* Spearhead From Space
Terror of the Autons
The Claws of Axos
Colony in Space
The Curse of Peladon
The Time Monster
* The Three Doctors
* Carnival of Monsters
Frontier in Space (double tape)
Planet of the Daleks (double tape)
4th Doctor
Terror of the Zygons
The Brain of Morbius
* The Robots of Death
* The Ribos Operation
* The Pirate Planet
* The Power of Kroll
5th Doctor
Kinda
The Visitation/Black Orchid (double tape)
* Earthshock
Time-Flight
Arc of Infinity
Snakedance
Warriors of the Deep
* The Caves of Androzani
6th Doctor
* The Two Doctors
Revelation of the Daleks
7th Doctor
Dragonfire
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Ghost Light
* The Curse of Fenric
Survival

Below are the stories that are already sold out on VHS. Out of stock, you can't buy them anymore. Some are selling for around $50 on eBay now!

SOLD OUT
1st Doctor
The Rescue / The Romans (double tape)
The Crusade / The Space Museum (video / CD set)
The Chase
3rd Doctor
The Sea Devils
The Monster of Peladon
4th Doctor
Full Circle
State of Decay
Warriors' Gate
5th Doctor
Planet of Fire
6th Doctor
The Twin Dilemma
The Mark of the Rani
Timelash
7th Doctor
Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
* Remembrance of the Daleks

All of that list can be found in stock at whona.com except

1st Doctor
The Crusade / The Space Museum (video / CD set)
3rd Doctor
The Monster of Peladon
5th Doctor
Planet of Fire
6th Doctor
The Mark of the Rani
Timelash

The Crusade/The Space Museum is still in stock at bbcamericashop.com , and Planet of Fire might still be available at tampoo.com.

Timelash and The Monster of Peladon have been gone for a while, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're up to $50 on eBay. Because of the low opinion of these two particular stories, it might be a long while before they come to DVD.

Just picked up my copies of Earthshock and Pyramids!!

Can't wait to get home to watch Earthshock!!

woohoo!!

A tidbit for you all - Outpost Gallifrey has some information about the DVD line in america. I wont post the whole thing here, I will include this snippit for you:

What does the future look like for Doctor Who releases on DVD in North America? Are there plans to continue into 2005 and beyond?

We plan to continue to roll out the classic series at a rate of two stories per quarter, and we hope to release the new series as soon as possible.

Keen.

my local Best Buy store had 4 copies each of both Earthshock and Pyramids of Mars at $20.99 each.

I've looked over the extras and they are excellent as always, the quality of the extras on these discs make the long wait completely worth it. I loved "Putting the Shock in Earthshock" and the "Did You See" TV show from 1982, those old vintage footage shows are so great to see. The easter egg on Earthshock is too funny. I watched the first episode of Mars... I had forgotten how good it was.

The commentary for Earthshock is pure gold. I loved the cast ripping on each other like that.

I thought the extras for Pyramids was pretty damn cool too - the one about the horror overtones that the series had was really well done. (and of course "I bring Sutek's gift of . . . milk" - great stuff!)

Well, received my package from Digital Eyes. Pyramids of Mars was within. ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH! I was hoping to get Earthshock.Am I going to exchange Pyramids of Mars for Earthshock? Well, no. After all, it is Doctor Who, man.It is Doctor Who :D

Ordered Earthshock from Amazon. Hopefully will get it by the end of next week.

Anyway, can anyone tell me if there are any differences between the boxed set of the LOST IN TIME DVD's and the individual DVD's themselves. I mean it seems to be a helluva lot cheaper to get the boxed set.

Thanks.

Ah, thats easy.

The first set is a single disc with all of 1st Doctor's missing episodes (The Crusade 1&3, Dalek Master Plan 2, 5 and 10 and
The Celestial Toymaker, plus various clips)

Set two is a two disc set with all of the 2nd Doctor's missing episodes (The Underwater Menace, The Moonbase 2 and 4, The Faceless Ones 1 and 3 and Evil of the Daleks, plus clips).

Take all three discs, mush them together in one big box, knock off a couple of bucks from the MSRP and - Ta-dah: You have the entire Lost in Time collection!