The Beginnings Boxset offical cover art

[Metarock Sam]

Here is the offical cover art for the first three stories in 'The Beginnings Boxset'.

An Unearthly Child



The Daleks



The Edge of Destruction



Enjoy!!!!!!!

[The Signal]

Thanks for the pics! Am wonderin whether to buy these or not, most likely will

[Metarock Sam]

Well mine has already been preorderd so I should get it just before my birthday. (Feb 2nd)

[Deputy-Assistant-Second-Prime]

Oh dear, Carole Ann Ford looks absolutely silly biting her nail, sucking her finger, sampling cake batter, or whatever she's supposed to be doing.

I hope the region 1 version has a better picture.

Well, no matter...I'm making my own covers anyhow.

[Deputy-Assistant-Second-Prime]

They could have picked a better picture of William Hartnell. Facing us directly, head down, glancing up...yuck.

For an actor who really knew how to work a camera, I've noticed a surprising lack of style in the still pictures of him.

Head tilted up, looking down on us probably would have been more appropriate for his character in this story.

[Deputy-Assistant-Second-Prime]

I like the backgrounds on each cover.

But The Edge of Destruction cover is the best all around.

Barbara & Ian look better in this cover than Susan or the Doctor do in theirs.

Finally, we have the TARDIS interior spread out on a cover. Awesome.

[Metarock Sam]

Well I have to say in my opinion the 2nd cover is the best due to the coolness of blue tinted daleks !!!

[Flyboy]

Are these the covers for the UK DVDs? If so, what happened to the dark blue box cover?

[Metarock Sam]

These DVDS are in the blue box. kinda like a stargate boxset.

[Billz]

These DVDS are in the blue box. kinda like a stargate boxset.

I was hoping that the BBC would release all the previous Doctor Who storys in their own TARDIS styled boxes like the recent series was. Are the BBC still missing some episodes?

[Deputy-Assistant-Second-Prime]

I was hoping that the BBC would release all the previous Doctor Who storys in their own TARDIS styled boxes like the recent series was. Are the BBC still missing some episodes?

Yeah, about 107 individual episodes are still missing from the first six seasons.

Many incomplete stories were released in The Lost in Time collection.

[Metarock Sam]

Currently there are four boxsets available (well you have to preorder the beggingings boxset for the moment and in the US and Canada the New series first season has been postponed after Scifi bought the show). 3 in the UK and 4 in the US and Canada. Those boxsets are...
The lost in time collection: starring William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton
The Beginnings boxset: see above
The complete first series of new Doctor Who: Starring Christopher Ecclestone and Billie Piper
and the one only for US and Canada The Key to Time Giftset.

[Billz]

Yeah, about 107 individual episodes are still missing from the first six seasons.

Many incomplete stories were released in The Lost in Time collection.

I was just thinking becasue i hve several William Hartnell storys on copied tapes in my loft. I think i'll find out which episodes are missing and see if i have them somewhere.

[Metarock Sam]

well if you have them send them to the bbc and then perhaps we will have more complete stories.

[Deputy-Assistant-Second-Prime]

I was just thinking becasue i hve several William Hartnell storys on copied tapes in my loft. I think i'll find out which episodes are missing and see if i have them somewhere.

If you have any high quality recordings of the first six seasons, missing or not, they still could be very useful to the BBC.

Many of the tapes in the BBC archive aren't the highest quality.

Here is a link to Outpost Gallifrey's Episode Guide which has a complete list of missing episodes. Simply click on each story to see which episodes are stored in the BBC archive. Also it will tell you what format each stored episode has been recorded on. Early in the history of the show, each episode in a story was given a unique title, so it may a little time consuming if you don't know what to look for.

Any questions, let me know.

Here is a link to the Restoration Team responsible for remastering Doctor Who episodes for release on DVD.