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    #16
    Region 1

    Looks like "The Gunfighters" and "The Awakening" will be the July releases for this side of the pond, on July 12!
    http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doc...fighters/15160

    (original post updated)
    "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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      #17
      Region 1

      Seventh Doctor story #149 "Paradise Towers" has been announced as the first story to be released in August!
      "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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        #18
        Looks like Series 32/6 will be getting first the horrid split-season releases, and then later on a complete season release.
        http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Season-6/15202

        Also, Amazon is showing a July 11 release date for REGION 2 Season 6.0:
        http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/re...X7Q|B004ULEX9O
        "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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          #19
          The BBC release "moderately priced" Dr. Who? Not a chance. I don't know about the US, but the full price for the Dr. Who seasons is probably the most expensive box sets (good thing for sales). £25 for 7 episodes is a bit much, especially you can get Stargate box sets for about £30 (less during sales) with 20 episodes.

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            #20
            Originally posted by DigiFluid View Post
            Looks like Series 32/6 will be getting first the horrid split-season releases, and then later on a complete season release.
            http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-Season-6/15202

            Also, Amazon is showing a July 11 release date for REGION 2 Season 6.0:
            http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search/re...X7Q|B004ULEX9O
            Darn those half-season sets! Darn those long hiatus periods! But at least we know there will be a complete series set, its going to be quite a wait.

            Originally posted by SaberBlade View Post
            The BBC release "moderately priced" Dr. Who? Not a chance. I don't know about the US, but the full price for the Dr. Who seasons is probably the most expensive box sets (good thing for sales). £25 for 7 episodes is a bit much, especially you can get Stargate box sets for about £30 (less during sales) with 20 episodes.
            Doctor Who and Torchwood is pretty expensive in the US, especially for a TV show. I could buy a PS3 instead of two or three seasons! But I choose Who over PS3.

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              #21
              UK DVD Release Update
              Friday, April 08, 2011 - Posted by Chuck Foster


              2|Entertain have announced release dates for DVDs coming up in the next few months. As well as other recently listed stories, the schedule indicates Earthstory - the boxed set featuring The Awakening and The Gunfighters - for 20th June, followed by Paradise Towers on 18th July, The Sun Makers on 1st August, and Day of the Daleks on 12th September.


              The company has also released details on the DVD features for Earthstory (detailed below). The box itself has an air of finality about it: The Awakening brings an end the adventures of the Fifth Doctor, being the final story of this era to be released on DVD; The Gunfighters is the last complete story before William Hartnell departed the role (The Tenth Planet has yet to appear on DVD, but is missing its final episode).
              Earthstory
              Release Date: 20th June 2011 (available for pre-order)

              The Gunfighters

              Starring William Hartnell as The Doctor, with Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet and Peter Purves as Steven Taylor.
              Written by Donald Cotton
              Directed by Rex Tucker

              Broadcast: 30th April - 21st May 1966

              Take a trip to the Wild West in The Gunfighters, when the TARDIS arrives in Tombstone, Arizona in 1881. The Doctor, suffering from toothache, seeks out the local dentist - the notorious Doc Holliday. Tensions are running high between the feuding Clanton family and Doc Holliday, whilst the local lawman, Wyatt Earp, struggles to keep the peace. When legendary gunman Johnny Ringo comes to town, events start to escalate. Can the Doctor, Steven and Dodo do anything to stop the situation getting any worse? Or will there be a gunfight at the OK Corral?


              Special Features

              * Commentary - with actors Peter Purves, Shane Rimmer, David Graham and Richard Beale, production assistant Tristan de Vere Cole and moderator Toby Hadoke.

              * The End of the Line – after two years on the screen, Doctor Who had become a television phenomenon, regularly reaching an audience of ten million viewers. But with a change of producer and script editor and the looming prospect of losing the lead actor, the programme’s third year was the one that would make or break it… With actors Maureen O’Brien, Anneke Wills and Peter Purves, script editor Donald Tosh, new series writer Gareth Roberts and long time Doctor Who viewer Ian Levine.
              * Tomorrow’s Times – The First Doctor – looking at the newspaper coverage of Doctor Who during the programme’s opening years. Presented by Mary Tamm.
              * Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story, set to the entirety of The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon.
              * Coming Soon - a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
              * Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.
              * Programme subtitles.
              * Subtitle Production Notes.

              The Awakening


              Starring Peter Davison as The Doctor, with Janet Fielding as Tegan Jovanka and Mark Strickson as Turlough
              Written by Eric Pringle
              Directed by Michael Owen Morris

              Broadcast: 19th-20th January 1984

              The TARDIS has brought the Doctor, Tegan and Turlough to the picture postcard English village of Little Hodcome. Tegan has come to visit her grandfather - well known local historian Andrew Verny - but he seems to be missing. The residents of Little Hodcombe, led by the obsessive Sir George Hutchinson, are playing a vicious war game - an exact recreation of a battle of the English Civil War fought there in 1643.

              As each of the TARDIS crew witnesses a terrifying apparition from the past, the Doctor realises that he faces a far greater menace than the unstable Hutchinson. An ancient and alien force for evil is at work - one which will glory in the slaughter of them all...


              Special Features

              * Commentary - with actor Michael Owen Morris and script editor Eric Saward, moderated by Toby Hadoke.

              * Return to Little Hodcombe – director Michael Owen, actors Janet Fielding and Keith Jayne and script editor Eric Saward return to the three villages that played host to the locations for The Awakening, and along with locals they reminisce about a memorable shoot…
              * Making the Malus – visual effects designer Tony Harding and modelmaker Richard Gregory are reunited with the Malus prop they built for the story. Current owner Paul Burrows is on hand to describe the reality of living with a giant stone monster on the lounge wall…
              * Now & Then – the latest in the ongoing series visits the villages of Martin, Shapwick and Tarrant Monkton to compare the locations used in the story with how they appear today.
              * From the Cutting Room Floor – extended and deleted scenes from a timecoded VHS of the original edit and unedited film sequences, plus location action from the film rushes.
              * The Golden Egg Awards – the inadvertent destruction of a prop lychgate by a horse was the winner of The Late Late Breakfast Show’s Golden Egg Award. Peter Davison is on hand to collect the trophy from host Noel Edmonds.
              * Photo Gallery - production, design and publicity photos from the story.
              * Isolated Music – option to view the story with the isolated music score.
              * Coming Soon - a trailer for a forthcoming DVD release.
              * Radio Times Listings in Adobe PDF format.
              * Programme subtitles.
              * Subtitle Production Notes.

              Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/04...se-update.html

              THE TARDIS DATA CORE - Encyclopaedia and reference site covering DOCTOR WHO, K-9 AND COMPANY, TORCHWOOD,THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES,
              K-9, CLASS and much more...

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                #22
                Yay. Netflix is carrying Dr.WHO classics again.
                I like Sharky
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                  #23
                  Region 1's second release on August 9 will be "The Sun Makers"!
                  "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                    #24
                    The Reign Of Terror episodes to be animated
                    Thursday, June 02, 2011 - Posted by Chuck Foster


                    2|Entertain have announced that the missing episodes four and five of the William Hartnell adventure The Reign of Terror are to be animated as part of the forthcoming DVD, which the company previously reported would provisionally be released late 2012. The animators for the project are to be announced shortly.

                    The Invasion received a similar treatment back in 2006 when its missing episodes one and four were re-created by award-winning animators Cosgrove Hall.


                    The story is one of the remaining to have its surviving episodes released on DVD, leaving only those of the incomplete The Tenth Planet and The Ice Warriors still to be scheduled.

                    Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/06...of-terror.html

                    THE TARDIS DATA CORE - Encyclopaedia and reference site covering DOCTOR WHO, K-9 AND COMPANY, TORCHWOOD,THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES,
                    K-9, CLASS and much more...

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                      #25
                      That's an interesting choice. I'll be interested to see how that turns out.
                      "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                        #26
                        The Reign Of Terror episodes to be animated (UPDATED)
                        Thursday, June 02, 2011 - Posted by Chuck Foster



                        Early character study from REIGN OF TERROR based on available promotional still (2|Entertain, via yfrog)


                        2|Entertain have announced that the missing episodes four and five of the William Hartnell adventure The Reign of Terror are to be animated as part of the forthcoming DVD, which the company previously reported would provisionally be released late 2012.

                        The animators for the project have been named as Big Finish - long-term Doctor Who audio producers, and whose Real Time and Shada adventures were animated for the BBC Doctor Who website - and animation company Theta Sigma, whose Thetamation is described as "a totally new style of animation, a hybrid of the classic anime styles of the 80s and high-technology".

                        The story is one of the remaining to have its surviving episodes released on DVD, leaving only those of the incomplete The Tenth Planet and The Ice Warriors still to be scheduled. Prior to this, The Invasion received a similar treatment in 2006 when its missing episodes one and four were re-created by award-winning animators Cosgrove Hall.

                        Link to original article here: http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/06...of-terror.html

                        THE TARDIS DATA CORE - Encyclopaedia and reference site covering DOCTOR WHO, K-9 AND COMPANY, TORCHWOOD,THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES,
                        K-9, CLASS and much more...

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                          #27
                          o_O Interesting. I guess the animation choice is only going to happen in cases where they're certain that the original episodes are never going to turn up. Shame, but it's a whole lot better than nothing!
                          "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                            #28
                            Forgot about this thread for a while, but I've updated it now
                            "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                              #29
                              Series 6 Boxset Art Revealed. Nothing shocking, I have to say. Nice though.

                              Spoiler:
                              "A society grows great when old men plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in. Good people do things for other people. That's it, the end." -- Penelope Wilton in Ricky Gervais's After Life

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                                #30
                                I love that they are animating the lost episodes, beats using stills.
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                                Although bow ties are cool, the scarf is cooler!

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