This was the eleventh season released, on 20th June 2022 in the UK. It was reissued on 17th June 2024 in standard packaging, with a shorter booklet.
Sources
All episodes originate from their PAL 1″ masters, with the credit sequences rebuilt using the raw SD masters, colour-graded to match the original episodes. A scratch throughought the second part of Timelash has proven particularly troublesome over the years, with fixes made manually and sometimes with U-matic dub from the John Nathan-Turner estate. Some film sequences from Revelation of the Daleks were available for re-use, but the film for The Two Doctors has remained elusive.
UK Release History
| VHS | VHS Art | DVD | DVD Art | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attack of the Cybermen | 6/11/00 | Uncredited [Black Sheep] | 16/3/09 | Clayton Hickman |
| Vengeance on Varos | 10/5/93 | Andrew Skilleter | 15/10/01 10/9/12 | Photographic [original] Lee Binding [SE] |
| The Mark of the Rani | 3/7/95 | Colin Howard | 4/9/06 | Clayton Hickman |
| The Two Doctors | 1/11/93 | Colin Howard | 8/9/03 | Clayton Hickman |
| Timelash | 13/1/98 | Uncredited [Black Sheep] | 9/7/07 | Lee Binding |
| Revelation of the Daleks | 1/11/99 | Uncredited [Black Sheep] | 11/7/05 | Clayton Hickman |
Attack of the Cybermen and Revelation of the Daleks were both first released on VHS as part of themed tins for the Christmas market, paired with The Tenth Planet and Planet of the Daleks respectively.
For more information on the VHS releases, see our guide.
Revelation of the Daleks was included in the January 2007 Amazon exclusive Dalek Collection DVD and the November 2007 Complete Davros Collection DVD, as well as being reissued individually in revised packaging in 2007.
The Two Doctors was reissued as part of the Bred for War DVD collection in May 2008.
Vengeance on Varos was released in the US and Australia (but not the UK) in omnibus format on the 2013 DVD The Doctors Revisited 5-8.
The restored stories were issued as part of the Doctor Who DVD Files magazine (2009-14) across the following issues: 82: Attack of the Cybermen (Feb 22nd 2012); 68: Vengeance on Varos (Aug 10th 2011); 63: The Mark of the Rani (1st June 2011); 45: The Two Doctors (Sep 22nd 2010); 141: Timelash (May 28th 2014); and 38: Revelation of the Daleks (Jun 16th 2010).
Summary
Information text on all episodes by Ewan Morgan (Attack of the Cybermen, Timelash), Paul Scoones (Vengeance on Varos, updating his own from the SE, and Mark of the Rani, replacing Richard Molesworth’s), William Arthur (The Two Doctors) and William Arthur and James Cooray Smith (Relevation of the Daleks, both replacing originals by Richard Molesworth).
Optional 5.1 surround sound on Attack of the Cybermen (new), Vengeance on Varos (from SE, remastered here) and Revelation of the Daleks (from DVD but enhanced here).
Isolated soundtrack on Attack of the Cybermen (from DVD), Vengeance on Varos (from SE in both mono or 5.1), The Mark of the Rani (new), The Two Doctors (new) and Revelation of the Daleks (from DVD).
Isolated production audio on Vengeance on Varos (from original DVD and SE)
Alternative soundtrack by John Lewis for Mark of the Rani Part One (from original DVD, extended here into the early scenes of Part Two)
CG effects options for Timelash (new) and Revelation of the Daleks (from DVD).
Behind the Sofa are:
- Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant and Terry Molloy
- Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton
- Sylvester McCoy and Wendy Padbury.
German audio dubs are all available but unused as per s23 and s26.
Audio navigation is provided by Colin Baker.
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.
The disc layout was previewed in Doctor Who Magazine 578 (released 26 May 2022, cover date July 2022) with the features listed out of order, and with alternate titles.
Disc 1: Attack of the Cybermen (1:28:50)
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy [1], Sarah Berger [2] (2007)
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [The Cold War] | SD | 27:25 | Attack of the Cybermen |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 32:52 | New |
| Colin Baker in Conversation | HD | 1:23:41 | New |
| The Cyber Story | SD | 22:51 | Attack of the Cybermen |
| Breakfast Time [13.07.84 Faith Brown; 04.01.85 Preview] | SD | 3:54 | New |
| Saturday Superstore [05.01.85 Baker, Bryant, Tamm, Pearce] | SD | 14:47 | New |
| BBC Trails & Continuities | SD | 3:18 | Extended from 3:12 on Attack of the Cybermen |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 12:41 | 8:12 SD version on Attack of the Cybermen |
| Cybermen Photo Gallery | SD | 7:54 | Attack of the Cybermen |
| Human Cyborg | SD | 8:10 | Attack of the Cybermen |
| Coming Soon [Vengeance on Varos SE] | SD | 1:10 | Planet of Giants |
| Human Cyborg [with The Cybernetic Autonomous Dalek easter egg] | SD | 9:12 | Attack of the Cybermen |
Total Disc Contents: 5:16:45
Coming Soon: Image of the Fendahl (from the original DVD) moved to Season 15.
Disc 2: Vengeance on Varos (1:29:31)
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Nabil Shaban (2001)
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of documentary [Nice or Nasty] | SD | 29:39 | Vengeance on Varos SE |
| Deleted & Extended Scenes | SD | 18:44 | Vengeance on Varos SE (extended from shorter version on original) |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 31:27 | New |
| The Idiot’s Lantern | SD | 7:31 | Vengeance on Varos SE |
| See Hear [20.01.85, Nabil Shaban] | SD | 6:06 | New |
| Points of View [01.02.85] | SD | 1:52 | The Two Doctors [Easter Egg] |
| BBC Trails & Continuities | SD | 1:31 | 0:35 on Vengeance on Varos (and SE) |
| Audio Archive [Ron Jones] | Audio | 2:41 | New |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 9:43 | Vengeance on Varos (as slideshow) and 6:40 SD version on SE |
Total Disc Contents: 3:18:45
- The US-only ‘Who’s Who’ feature from the original release is not present, as usual.
- Two casting news features from the SE moved to The King’s Demons on Season 20.
- Tomorrow’s Times: The Sixth Doctor and the French and Saunders sketch (both from the SE) moved to Season 23.
- Coming Soon: The Ambassadors of Death (from the SE) expected to move to Season 7.
- A Saturday Superstore feature from 17/3/84 with Baker and Bryant (2m3s on the Mark of the Rani DVD and 15m7s on the Vengeance on Varos SE) is absent here, perhaps to be saved for Season 21.
- On the initial UK release, the production subtitles stopped ten minutes into episode two due to an error in authoring. This was corrected for the Region 4 (Australasia/South America) release, and fixed on the SE.
- The 5.1 version of the isolated score was not mentioned in the DWM preview. Points of View was considered a new feature, though it was an easter egg on The Two Doctors DVD.
Disc 3: Vengeance on Varos: Extended Versions (1:45:06)
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colin Baker Years | SD | 1:30:08 | VHS special release |
| Michael Grade in Conversation | HD | 53:29 | New |
| Studio Footage | SD | 1:18:47 | 4:42 on Vengeance on Varos (and SE) |
| Alternate Music Cue | SD | 1:37 | Vengeance on Varos SE |
| Audio Archive [Slipback] | Audio | 1:03:06 | New |
Total Disc Contents: 6:32:13
- Out-takes from the original and SE removed in favour of a longer set of studio footage.
- In the DWM preview, The Colin Baker Years was listed under existing special features, contrary to previous issues where VHS-sourced features were counted as new.
Disc 4: The Mark of the Rani (1:29:39)
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Kate O’Mara (2006)
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary [Lords and Luddites] | SD | 43:20 | The Mark of the Rani |
| Deleted Scenes | SD | 8:40 | The Mark of the Rani |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 31:50 | New |
| Now and Then | SD | 4:06 | The Mark of the Rani |
| Location Location Location | HD | 47:24 | New |
| Composer Featurette [Playing with Time] | SD | 9:44 | The Mark of the Rani |
| Blue Peter [16.02.78 featuring Ironbridge Gorge Museum] | SD | 11:22 | The Mark of the Rani |
| Breakfast Time [01.02.85 preview] | SD | 1:02 | New |
| Female Villains Featurette [Those Deadly Divas] | SD | 22:37 | More Than Thirty Years in the TARDIS |
| Rogue Time Lords Featurette | SD | 13:11 | The Armageddon Factor |
| BBC Trails & Continuities | SD | 1:53 | 1:39 version on The Mark of the Rani [Easter Egg] |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 9:57 | 5:57 SD version on The Mark of the Rani |
Total Disc Contents: 4:54:45
A Saturday Superstore feature from 17/3/84 with Baker and Bryant (2m3s on Mark of the Rani and 15m7s on the Varos SE) is absent here, perhaps to be saved for Season 21.
Disc 5: The Two Doctors (2:14:05)
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, Jacqueline Pearce, Peter Moffatt (2003)
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of Documentary (Fiesta del Mal) | HD | 38:18 | New |
| Adventures in Time and Spain | SD | 29:26 | The Two Doctors |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 31:07 | New |
| Convention Message [DWAS Whocon 21, Hines and Bryant] | SD | 4:14 | New |
| Hiatus News Reports | SD | 5:59 | New, similar collection appeared on Revelation of the Daleks |
| A Fix with Sontarans [aka Jim’ll Fix It 02.03.85] | SD | 8:15 | The Two Doctors, though was removed from later pressings; back for the Collection, re-edited from 9:18 and with optional commentary by Colin Baker, Janet Fielding and Gareth Jenkins |
| Points of View [5.03.85] | SD | 1:12 | New |
| BBC Trails & Continuity | SD | 1:22 | New |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 13:35 | 8:05 SD version on The Two Doctors |
Total Disc Contents: 4:27:33
Disc 6: The Two Doctors
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part One – Extended | HD | 47:33 | New |
| On Location with Nicola Bryant [In the Footsteps of The Two Doctors] | SD | 40:48 | Archive straight-to-DVD feature |
| Location Footage [Beneath the Sun] | SD | 36:15 | The Two Doctors |
| Studio Footage | SD | 52:30 | The Two Doctors as 27:57 compilation |
| Robert Holmes Documentary | SD | 45:28 | The Two Doctors |
| The Panopticon Archive [Baker, Pearce and JN-T] | SD | 1:09:37 | New |
| Audio Archive: Robert Holmes Interview | Audio | 1:32:46 | New |
| Audio Archive: Wavelength Radio Documentary [20.09.84] | Audio | 28:56 | The Two Doctors |
Total Disc Contents: 6:53:53
- 40th Anniversary music video expected to be moved to The Wilderness Years.
- Clean titles easter egg removed, likely for Season 21.
Disc 7: Timelash (1:29:40)
Commentary with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Paul Darrow (2006)
| Format | Length | Orginal DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Making-of documentary [The Good, The Bad and The Ugly] | SD | 25:03 | Timelash |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 30:49 | New |
| HG Wells Featurette [All’s Wells That Ends Wells] | SD | 13:16 | The Ark |
| Nicola Bryant in Conversation | HD | 1:12:15 | New |
| Studio Footage | SD | 21:01 | New |
| Was Doctor Who Rubbish? | SD | 14:01 | The Three Doctors: SE |
| BBC Trails & Continuities | SD | 1:29 | 1:30 version on Timelash [Easter Egg] |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 9:47 | 8:52 SD version on Timelash |
Total Disc Contents: 4:37:21
Coming Soon: Tegan Tales (from the original DVD) moved to Season 19
Disc 8: Revelation of the Daleks (1:30:04)
Commentary with Nicola Bryant, Terry Molloy, Eric Saward, Graeme Harper (2005)
Commentary #2 with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Alexei Sayle and Terry Molloy (2021), new for BD
| Format | Length | Original DVD Source & Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extended Part One | HD | 45:50 | New |
| Making-of Documentary [Revelation Exhumed] | SD | 45:52 | Revelation of the Daleks |
| Deleted Scenes | SD | 2:16 | Revelation of the Daleks |
| Behind the Sofa | HD | 31:22 | New |
| Directing Who [Graeme Harper] | SD | 11:46 | The Caves of Androzani: SE |
| The Eternal Mystery [BD Trailer] | HD | 6:54 | New |
| The Lenny Henry Show [03.10.85 sketch] | SD | 4:35 | The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp |
| Children in Need [22.11.85 extracts: (i) Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant visit the Doctor Who exhibition in Blackpool, (ii) many Doctors and companions emerge from the TARDIS with a cheque] | SD | 3:16 | The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp |
| Breakfast Time: Eleanor Bron | SD | 2:54 | New |
| Breakfast Time: Exhibition | SD | 1:08 | New |
| Breakfast Time: JNT | SD | 4:51 | New |
| Take Two | SD | 2:48 | New |
| Micro Live | SD | 1:37 | New |
| Film Rushes | HD | 28:12 | New |
| Studio Footage Highlights [studio footage, with optional commentary by Graeme Harper, Terry Molloy] | SD | 15:37 | Revelation of the Daleks |
| Studio Footage | SD | 1:05:10 | New |
| Doctor in Distress | SD | 3:45 | The Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe |
| BBC Trails & Continuities | SD | 6:04 | 3:29 version on Revelation of the Daleks |
| Photo Gallery | HD | 10:37 | 5:56 SD version on Revelation of the Daleks |
| DVD Easter Egg | SD | 0:49 | Revelation of the Daleks |
| Coming Soon [The Trial of a Time Lord] | SD | 1:16 | Black Orchid, The Brain of Morbius |
Total Disc Contents: 6:26:43
- A 3:55 compilation of hiatus news reports (from the original DVD) replaced with a longer one on The Two Doctors disc.
- The Extended Part One is listed on the Episode Selection screen, between Parts One and Two. The audio navigation menu describes it as “Special Episode 1”.
The original releases of Attack, the Varos: SE, Mark of the Rani and Timelash contained Radio Times listings and articles (one of which – about the increase in violence in the programme – was also on both Varos: SE and Rani). Attack of the Cybermen contained Radio Times listings for The Invasion and an article by Kit Pedler from Listener which will naturally be moved to Season 6. The Sales Document was present on the Varos: SE release and the 1985 annual on Mark of the Rani, which will presumably be moved to Season 21.
Errata
At the start of Revelation of the Daleks Part Two, the first shot holds for too long, and as a result the second shot appears for only half a second before the episode re-syncs. This is likely because of the crossfade needed from the opening credits resulting in the first shot being lifted from the end of Part One.
