DR. WHO (1 Viewer)

[battlebeast]

Has any of the DR. WHO been released to Blu Ray? I’m speaking of the series circa 1963.

I’d like to start watching it from episode 1, but I know that many episodes are missing...

has BBC released season sets? Is there somewhere I can watch from episode one?

 

[Lord Dalek]

In chronological order:

SEASON 4 --

The Power of the Daleks (OOP)
The Macra Terror
The Faceless Ones

SEASON 7 --

Spearhead From Space

SEASON 10

SEASON 12

SEASON 14

SEASON 17 --

Shada

SEASON 18

SEASON 19

SEASON 23

SEASON 26

Paul McGann

The William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton eras will likely never come to blu ray due to the sheer amount of missing episodes and existing ones in substandard quality. Also aside from Spearhead and those animated reconstructions, these are all upscales.

 

[David Norman]

Several series/seasons have been released on BD reconstructed from various quality elements that exist -- mixtures of Tape and some 16mm footage. Most of the it looks pretty good considering.

BBC isn't releasing them in order so it's a hodgepodge what available right now. As I understand many of them are being released b/c they are available and being readied on the fly and waht extras have already been finished. Some seasons require a lot less repair/'restoration'/preparation

Classic Season 12/19/18/10/23/26 have been released in the UK and 14 is pending for May or June. Region Free, but the episodes are 1080/50 encodes and some of the extras could be PAL SD. These are/were in Limited Edition packages and generally release 1-3 months ahead of the US and sell out quickly and not evidence that standard packaged sets will ever show up.

EDIT Lord Dalek has a more complete list esp with some of the partial seasons.

S 12/19/18/10/23/26 (just released this week) have been released in the US --std, non limited packaging, I 1080/60i encodes and most but not all of the UK extras.

There are a couple streaming services that have some if not all of the series, but I think may be SD quality. PlutoTV has many if not all for awhile and I think is Free. BritBox I think has all, but it $7/month though I think a 7 day free trial if you want to check it out

 

[battlebeast]

Thanks all!!

 

[Garysb]

Bernard Cribbins. who played Donna Noble's (Catherine Tate) grandfather, Wilfred Mott, has died. He will appear in next year's 60th Anniversary story that features the return of the David Tennant Doctor and Donna Noble. He was 93.

Bernard Cribbins Dies: Veteran British Actor Who Starred In ‘The Railway Children’ & ‘The Wombles’ Was 93

Bernard Cribbins, the veteran British actor who narrated The Wombles and starred in the popular film adaptation of The Railway Children, has died. He was 93. Cribbins’ agent, Gavin Barker Ass…

deadline.com

 

[jayembee]

Here's the BBC News obit.

Bernard Cribbins: Doctor Who and Wombles star dies aged 93

Actor and singer Bernard Cribbins, whose career in TV and film spanned seven decades, dies aged 93.

www.bbc.com

 

[Garysb]

Here is a clip of Bernard Cribbins on Faulty Towers