This was the second season released, on 10th December 2018 in the UK. On 31st May 2021, Season 19 (along with Season 12) became the first to be reissued in standard packaging, with a shorter booklet.
Sources
All episodes are sourced from the original PAL VT two-inch tapes via D3, with film sequences dropped in (necessitating the rebuilding of some video effects), in true HD, and opening and closing credits rebuilt from the original film masters.
When originally mastering the DVDs, the Restoration Team noted that Four to Doomsday in particular suffered from a high level of videotape dropout, quad banding in the second part of Earthshock (likely present on the original broadcast) and an early shot in Concorde in Time-Flight had a deep scratch that needed extra work.
UK Release History
| VHS | VHS Art | DVD | DVD Art | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castrovalva | 2/3/92 | Andrew Skilleter | 29/1/07 | Clayton Hickman |
| Four to Doomsday | 3/9/01 | Uncredited [Black Sheep] | 15/9/08 | Clayton Hickman |
| Kinda | 3/10/94 | Colin Howard | 7/3/11 | Clayton Hickman |
| The Visitation | 4/7/94 | Pete Wallbank | 19/1/04 6/5/13 | Clayton Hickman Lee Binding |
| Black Orchid | 4/7/94 | Pete Wallbank | 14/4/08 | Clayton Hickman |
| Earthshock | 7/2/92 | Andrew Skilleter | 18/8/03 | Clayton Hickman |
| Time-Flight | 1/7/00 | Uncredited [Black Sheep] | 6/8/07 | Dan Budden |
Castrovalva was released on VHS the same month as Logopolis, and likewise Kinda and Snakedance just two months apart. For more information, see our VHS Guide.
The New Beginnings DVD box set contained The Keeper of Traken, Logopolis and Castrovalva. Kinda was part of the Mara Tales set with Snakedance, and Time-Flight was paired with Arc of Infinity as Tegan Tales. The Visitation received a standalone reissue in 2013 with enhanced special features and restoration.
Kinda and The Visitation: SE both had reversible sleeves due to the change in BBC logo.
Earthshock was also released in numerous other forms:
- 2006: The Cybermen Collection (UK, Amazon-exclusive packaging of three Cybermen stories)
- 2007: Revised ‘O-Ring’ packaging in the UK
- 2013: The Doctors Revisited 5-8 (US and Australia) in omnibus format
- 2015: The Cybermen (US, later reissued in Australia) along with several new series stories and an exclusive documentary ‘Cybermen Origins’
- 2015: An Introduction to The Fifth Doctor (UK, HMV exclusive) also including Castrovalva.
All of the restored episodes, devoid of extras, were issued as part of the Doctor Who DVD Files magazine (2009-14) across the following issues: 32: Earthshock (24th March 2010), 42: the original DVD version of The Visitation (11th August 2010), 47: Castrovalva (20th October 2010), 93: Kinda (25th July 2012), 105: Four to Doomsday (9th January 2013), 135: Time-Flight (5th March 2014), and 152: Black Orchid (29th October 2014, the last issue in the range).
Summary
All episodes contain their original mono soundtracks, with Kinda and Earthshock also containing new optional 5.1 mixes. Those two stories, along with Castrovalva and The Visitation, contain optional isolated scores as per their original DVD releases (the later German Blu-rays would expand these to include isolated scores for Four to Doomsday, Black Orchid and Time-Flight).
Castrovalva contains new optional CGI effects (by Neil Bushnell), as do Earthshock (by Mike Tucker, Nick Sainton-Clark and Dave Jervis) and the final episode of Kinda (by Chris Petts and Sally Clayton), both from their original DVD releases.
Information text is available on all episodes, mostly from Martin Wiggins (updating his own Castrovalva and Time-Flight, and replacing Richard Molesworth’s Four to Doomsday) but also Jim Smith (updating his own Kinda), Richard Molesworth (from The Visitation SE, updated from the original DVD release by Nicholas Pegg), David Brunt (Black Orchid, replacing the original by Karen Davies) and Paul Scoones (Earthshock, replacing Richard Molesworth’s DVD).
Behind the sofa are:
- Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Matthew Waterhouse
- Mark Strickson and Sophie Aldred
Disc Layout
With the exception of the audio commentaries, titles are as they appear on the menu screen (and in the same order), with explanatory information in square brackets.
Disc 1: Castrovalva (1:36:24)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse, Christopher H. Bidmead and Fiona Cumming
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Time Trap] | HD | 39:16 | New |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 39:45 | New |
| Deleted Scenes | HD | 1:36 | Castrovalva |
| Studio Footage | SD | 49:24 51:35 22:58 | New |
| Being Doctor Who | SD | 13:31 | Castrovalva |
| Directing Castrovalva | SD | 11:19 | Castrovalva |
| The Crowded TARDIS | SD | 11:26 | Castrovalva |
| Blue Peter [10.11.80 with Peter Davison] | SD | 9:16 | Castrovalva |
| Pebble Mill at One [03.12.80 with Peter Davison] | SD | 12:02 | New |
| Saturday Night at the Mill [26.12.80 with Peter Davison] | SD | 14:26 | Four to Doomsday |
| Lord Mayor’s Show Parade [14.11.81 with Doctor Who float] | SD | 0:32 | Castrovalva [Easter Egg] |
| Swap Shop [09.01.82 with Peter Davison] | SD | 20:42 | Castrovalva |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 5:29 | Castrovalva |
| Clean Opening & Closing Titles | HD | 2:05 | New |
| Theme Music Video | SD | 3:34 | Castrovalva, stereo only/Four to Doomsday with 5.1 surround |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 9:30 | Alternate SD 5:19 on original disc. |
| Coming Soon | SD | 0:55 | The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe |
Total contents: 6:55:45
- No features were removed from the DVD to create this Blu-Ray.
Disc 2: Four to Doomsday (1:37:01)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse and John Black
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Days of Wrath] | HD | 35:27 | New |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 30:18 | New |
| Studio Recording (Highlights) | SD | 27:13 | Four to Doomsday |
| Studio Recording (Unedited) | SD | 1:02:29 | New |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 2:37 | New |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 7:27 | Alternate SD 6:40 on original disc. |
| Audio Archive [Interview with Stratford Johns] | Audio | 14:47 | New |
Total contents: 4:37:19
- Theme Music Video and Saturday Night at the Mill moved to Disc 1
- Coming Soon: The War Machines expected to be on Season 3
Disc 3: Kinda (1:38:49)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse and Nerys Hughes
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Dream Time] | SD | 34:07 | Kinda |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 33:27 | New |
| Deleted and Extended Scenes | SD | 14:38 | Kinda |
| Directing with Attitude | SD | 23:00 | Kinda |
| Effects Comparison | SD | 1:37 | Kinda |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 4:16 | Kinda |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 7:45 | Alternate SD 4:45 on original disc. |
| Coming Soon | SD | 1:02 | The Ark in Space SE |
Total contents: 3:38:41
- Coming Soon: Revisitations 2 removed; was not on Season 10 but could be used on Seasons 6 and/or 21.
Disc 4: The Visitation (1:36:43)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse, Peter Moffatt
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Grim Tales] | SD | 45:10 | The Visitation SE |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 28:19 | New |
| Film Trims & Studio Footage | SD | 5:32 | The Visitation (and SE) |
| Writing a Final Visitation | SD | 12:51 | The Visitation (and SE) |
| Scoring The Visitation | SD | 16:19 | The Visitation (and SE) |
| Directing Who | SD | 26:14 | The Visitation (and SE) |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 1:27 | The Visitation (and SE) [Easter Egg on both] |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 7:42 | Alternate SD 5:12 on original discs. |
| Coming Soon | SD | 0:56 | Never released, except on RT website |
Total contents: 4:01:13
- Coming Soon: Inferno SE expected on Season 7.
- The Television Centre of the Universe – Part One and Doctor Forever! The Apocalypse Element both removed, expected on The Wilderness Years.
Disc 5: Black Orchid (49:42)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton, Matthew Waterhouse
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extended Part One | HD | 27:32 | New |
| Making-of Documentary [Double Trouble] | HD | 37:02 | New |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 26:26 | New |
| Deleted Scenes | SD | 7:04 | Black Orchid |
| Blue Peter | SD | 8:38 | Black Orchid |
| Points of View [29.01.82] | SD | 2:06 | Black Orchid |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 0:50 | Black Orchid [Easter Egg] |
| Now & Then | SD | 9:03 | Black Orchid |
| DVD Film Restoration | SD | 2:41 | Black Orchid |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 6:26 | Alternate SD 4:40 on original disc. |
| Audio Archive [Tony Burrough] | Audio | 23:49 | New |
Total contents: 3:21:19
- Coming Soon: The Trial of a Time Lord expected on Season 22.
- Stripped for Action: The Fifth Doctor expected on Season 21.
Disc 6: Earthshock (1:37:46)
Commentary with Peter Davison. Janet Fielding. Matthew Waterhouse
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Earthshocked] | HD | 41:23 | New |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 36:09 | New |
| Location Film Sequences | SD | 8:47 | Earthshock |
| Studio Footage | SD | 1:43:04 | New |
| Putting the Shock into Earthshock | SD | 32:37 | Earthshock |
| The Boy with the Golden Star | SD | 19:41 | Warriors’ Gate |
| Did You See? [14.03.82] | SD | 10:16 | Earthshock |
| Pebble Mill at One [16.03.82 with Peter Davison] | SD | 8:37 | New |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 4:06 | New |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 5:14 | Alternate SD 4:40 on original disc. |
| Claymation short [aka Episode 5] | SD | 1:39 | Earthshock |
Total contents: 6:09:19
- German language version ‘Erdstoß’ on April 2018 Pandastorm DVD but not included here.
- Widescreen, unrestored, omnibus version with introduction by Steven Moffat appeared on The Doctors Revisited 5-8 (a 2013 US/Australian DVD) but not included here.
- 40th Anniversary music video removed, likely saved for The Wilderness Years.
- The Real McCoy comedy sketch (Easter Egg) removed, likely saved for Season 22, closer to its broadcast date.
Disc 7: Time-Flight (1:38:05)
Commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding. Sarah Sutton, Eric Saward
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Turbulence] | HD | 33:47 | New. Rated 12. |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 27:05 | New |
| Deleted & Extended Scenes | SD | 3:44 | Time-Flight |
| Studio Footage (Highlights) [Jurassic Larks] | SD | 19:33 | Time-Flight |
| Studio Footage | SD | 2:01:23 44:18 | New. Second part rated 12. |
| Out-takes | SD | 13:52 | Time-Flight |
| Peter Grimwade Interview | SD | 4:12 | Time-Flight |
| BBC1 Continuity | SD | 2:30 | New |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 8:24 | Alternate SD 8:22 on original disc. |
| Audio Archive [Peter Grimwade] | Audio | 27:38 | New |
Total contents: 6:44:31
- Coming Soon: The Time Warrior moved to Season 10.
- Mouth on Legs removed, likely moving to Resurrection of the Daleks.
Disc 8: Bonus
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Davison in Conversation | HD | 1:08:35 | New |
| Time Crash | SD | 8:29 | The Complete Fourth Series |
| Jovanka Airlines Trailer [BD trail] | HD | 2:28 | New |
| The Panopticon Archive [Janet Fielding, Matthew Waterhouse and Nicholas Courtney] | SD | 36:53 | New |
| Take Two [20.07.82] | SD | 4:02 | New |
| Audio Archive [Ron Jones] | Audio | 32:51 | New |
| Mara Tales DVD Trailer | SD | 1:15 | The Ark |
| Tegan Tales DVD Trailer | SD | 1:16 | Timelash |
| Studio Clocks | SD | 7:43 | New |
Total contents: 2:43:32
PDF Material
The original discs contained the following PDFs:
- Castrovalva: Radio Times listings, a letter, articles, the 1982 Annual and the BBC Enterprises 1982 Sales Sheets.
- Four to Doomsday, Kinda, The Visitation SE and Black Orchid: Radio Times Listings
- Time-Flight: Radio Times Listings and 1983 Annual
Errata
Many errors occured in the production of this complex set, leading to greater quality control in future:
Castrovalva Part One
3:19: A shot of the sky (after Adric points to E-space) stays on-screen too long, and the start of the next shot of the ambulance moving away is shorter as a result.
4:08: Nyssa activates the TARDIS scanner, but the animation of the door rising is missing, cutting straight to it being already open. In the US edition, this also triggers the audio being out of sync for the next few minutes.
4:38: The effects of the Master’s TARDIS are missing some minor elements (the shot also isn’t blanked fully, extending beyond the 4:3 frame).
5:10: There are some shifting sections of the screen, particularly over Tegan’s legs, perhaps the result of attempts to fix film damage.
Castrovalva Part Four
21:07: The following captions are missing from the info text track (and when they return, the remaining captions all appear to be out of sync with the relevant shots).
If Adric looks a bit green, it’s not necessarily the colour balance on your screen.
The script says that he is “still a little pallid after his long ordeal”, and Matthew Waterhouse had other reasons for looking off-colour: he’d had a good time the night before.
The BBC1 continuities also suffer audio sync. These were corrected and included in the s18 set.
Kinda Part Two
0:47: There is a blanking error on the right hand side.
The Visitation Part Two
11:05: A shot of the Android flicking a switch is missing between the shot of the poacher and the close-up of the axe.
The Visitation Part Three
17:01: The scanner screen insert has been relaid (in common with similar shots throughout the episode) but left at 50% opacity, so the original footage is also visible blurred behind it.
The booklet refers to the PDF of The Making of a Television Series which could not be cleared and was removed from the set at the last moment.
Black Orchid Part Two
18:00: The visuals start too early – the studio sound is still audible from the previous scene at the start. This was an issue with the DVD too (the original VHS release shows this was not an editing error present on the transmission master).
In the Blue Peter clip, the song If They Could See Me Now can be heard, but has been badly drowned out by a piece of stock music, presumably due to clearance issues.
Time-Flight Part One
1:03: A shot of Captain Urquhart is on for too long, removing a shot of air traffic contol.
Time-Flight Part Four
12:40: Visible film perforations.
The US received a disc replacement programme purely for the audio issue in Castrovalva.
