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The Complete Second Series


After complaints over the lack of bonus features and the overly-large box for the previous series, fandom was presented with a box with even less bonuses and (if one purchased via Amazon) a very unwieldy Cyberman head design (see left).

The release pattern followed the previous year's in all but one important way - the PSP UMD releases were dropped. Other than this, fandom received the same treatment as in 2005: Vanilla DVDs throughout the year followed by a complete set for Christmas.

DVD Releases - Vanilla [UK only - released by 2Entertain]


01/05/2006: Series 2, Volume 1 (The Christmas Invasion, New Earth)
05/06/2006: Series 2, Volume 2 (Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace)
10/07/2006: Series 3, Volume 3 (Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern)
07/08/2006: Series 3, Volume 4 (The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love and Monsters)
25/09/2007: Series 3, Volume 5 (Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday)

These episodes were all as-broadcast, right down to the sound mix (the series was mixed in 5.1, but downmixed for transmission to 2.0, as they appear here).

Volume 3 was released with an exclusive Abzorbaloff Top Trumps card at Amazon UK.

Covers designed by Peacock Design, with TARDIS 3D model (and Guenivere for Vol 1) by themindrobber. An early design for vol 1 was darker and contained a circuitboard motif (see right), and the Doctor/Rose image on the cover of vol 3 is from New Earth, but with the costumes digitally altered.

DVD Releases - Box-Set

 
20/11/2006: UK - 2Entertain - BBCDVD2122
06/12/2006: Aus/NZ - Roadshow Entertainment Ltd - Cat# Unknown [Not pictured, but identical art to UK]
16/01/2007: US - Warner Home Video - Cat# Unknown

Amazon had an exclusive Cyberhead tin, with two lenticular postcards contained within, based on the lenticular artwork of the standard case and also designed by themindrobber. The plastic slipcover also differed slightly - the reverse side, rather than being blank, had a Cyberman on it (with no lenticular Dalek/Cyberman art behind it).

The episode breakdown was the same as that of the vanilla versions, with one extra disc added for the main bonus features.

Although the UK and US sets look identical, the US set's slipcover lists the episodes and bonus features on the back.

DVD Bonus Features

Commentaries
The Christmas Invasion: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Phil Collinson* (in-vision)
New Earth: James Hawes, Julie Gardner, Will Cohen
Tooth and Claw: Russell T Davies, Dave Haughton, Edward Thomas
School Reunion: David Tennant, Toby Whithouse, Julie Gardner
The Girl in the Fireplace: David Tennant, Sophia Myles, Phil Collinson (in-vision)
Rise of the Cybermen: Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Andrew Hayden-Smith
The Age of Steel: Graeme Harper, Nick Briggs, Paul Kasey (in-vision)
The Idiot's Lantern: David Tennant, Edward Thomas, Charlie Bluett
The Impossible Planet: David Tennant, Will Cohen, Shaun Parkes (in-vision)
The Satan Pit: James Strong, Mike Jones, Ronny Jhutti
Love & Monsters: Dan Zeff, Camille Coduri, Julie Gardner
Fear Her: Julie Gardner, Nina Sosanya, Matthew Graham
Army of Ghosts: Noel Clarke, Tracy Ann Overman, Raji James
Doomsday: David Tennant, Billie Piper (in-vision)

*the audio for this featured on the BBC website from Boxing Day 2005, and a video clip appeared briefly during December 2006.

Note that the in-vision commentary for The Christmas Invasion features a slightly earlier edit of the episode, with David Tennant credited as Doctor Who rather than The Doctor (see rollover, right).
Outtakes (8'17")
A collection of outtakes, including some with added CG characters by The Mill.
Deleted Scenes (16'05")
A collection of unused scenes from the second series, some with unfinished effects. Series One scenes were rumoured to appear here, but ultimately would not.
Billie's Video Diaries (4'17")
A short video by Piper, mainly looking behind the scenes of School Reunion.
Children in Need Special (8'02")
A slight re-edit of the special broadcast in November 2005, with (accidentally) the temporary soundtrack, including music from the movie Road to Perdition, included.

David's Video Diaries (85'31")
Extensive behind the scenes footage and comments by David Tennant through the making of the fourteen episodes (Disc 6)
Thanks to: Wayne Humphreys, Malcolm Kearney, Arwel Wyn Jones, Anna Lau, James Hawes, Phil Collinson, Kevin McCurdy, Tim Hodges, Benjamin Cook, Billie Piper, Lindsey Muir, Sarah Davies, Ben Turner, Euros Lyn, Sophia Myles, Zanna Roberts

Doctor Who Confidential: Cut Down
Disc six features all fourteen episodes of Confidential from 2006, cut down to around 15 minutes in length.

All episodes also feature audio in 5.1 (unlike the broadcast and first release versions, in stereo) and options for audio descriptions.

Classifications

25/04/2006: The Christmas Invasion and New Earth passed as PG by the BBC for the UK.
17/05/2006: School Reunion and The Girl in the Fireplace passed as PG by the BBC for the UK, Tooth and Claw passed as 12.
07/06/2006: The Age of Steel passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
28/06/2006: The Idiot's Lantern passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
05/07/2006: The Impossible Planet passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
12/07/2006: The Satan Pit passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
18/07/2006: Love & Monsters passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
07/08/2006: Doomsday passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
15/09/2006: Confidential Cutdown 9, 11, 12 and 13 passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK.
21/09/2006: Doomsday repassed, 26 seconds shorter than before, as PG by the BBFC for the UK. Confidental Cutdown 5 and 10 passed as U and PG for 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8
02/10/2006: Both video diaries and the Confidential Cutdown 6 passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK. Outtakes passed as U.
06/10/2006: Children in Need special passed as PG by the BBFC for the UK. The following stories also repassed as PG with various cuts: The Christmas Invasion (10s), The Girl in the Fireplace (8s), The Age of Steel (10s), The Impossible Planet (9s).
23/10/2006: Last three episodes passed  as PG ('Mild Science Fiction Violence') by the OFLC for Aus/NZ.
06/11/2006: First eight episodes passed as PG ('Mild Violence, Mild Themes') by the OFLC for Aus/NZ.
07/11/2006: Last six episode passed as PG ('Mild Science Fiction Violence, Some Frightening Scenes') by the OFLC for Aus/NZ - note this included three repasses from 23/10/2006.