Pre-Order ‘Doctor Who: Season 18’ Blu-Ray

❉ The moment has been prepared for! Season 18 Blu-Ray is available to pre-order from today.

Lee Binding has provided stunning packaging (BBC Studios)

Following the sell-out success of Tom Baker’s debut season, his seventh and final series will be released by BBC Studios on Blu-ray on 25th February as Doctor Who – The Collection: Season 18. The title is now available to pre-order from Amazon and HMV.

Tom Baker’s final year saw the programme undergo radical changes in front of the cameras and behind the scenes. Producer John Nathan-Turner revamped the series with new writers, new directors, a new title sequence and theme arrangement, glossy production standards and – throughout the course of the season – a brand new regular cast.

Over seven classic adventures the Doctor and his companions encountered the Foamasi, Meglos, the Marshmen, vampires and Tharils, building to a final deadly showdown between the Doctor and his arch nemesis the Master. As a special bonus this set also includes the 1981 K9 & Company Christmas pilot episode, plus hours of brand new material.

Starring alongside Tom Baker are Lalla Ward as Romana, Matthew Waterhouse as Adric, Sarah Sutton as Nyssa, Janet Fielding as Tegan, Anthony Ainley as the Master, Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah-Jane Smith and John Leeson as K9.

Doctor Who – The Collection: Season 18 cover art (Lee Binding/BBC Studios).

Exclusive Special Features:

A new Making-Of documentary and updated special effects for Logopolis

Logopolis Optional Alternative Footage filmed at Jodrell Bank Observatory:

When filming took place for Logopolis (1980), Tom Baker’s last adventure, the intention was to shoot at the University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory. Instead, production took place at Crowsley Park with the team using model shots. For the brand new Blu-ray, almost 40 years later, BBC Studios received permission to film at Jodrell Bank with a drone. Offered as an alternative viewing option, fans will now be able to experience the finished product just as it was originally intended.

Photo taken by Professor T.J. O’Brien – Associate Director Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics

New 2019 commentaries moderated by Matthew Sweet (Tom Baker on The Leisure Hive, Lalla Ward & Rachel Davies on State Of Decay)

Surround sound mix for Warriors’ Gate

Rare behind-the-scenes footage from The Leisure Hive, Full Circle and Logopolis

Eight more editions of Behind The Sofa

Brand new documentaries The Writers Room and Weekend With Waterhouse

A new interview with K9 & Company’s Ian Sears

Another dip into the Panopticon convention archives with Tom Baker

HD photo galleries

Scripts, production files and rare documentation provided as PDFs.

All material has been remastered for Blu-ray by Peter Crocker and Mark Ayres

❉ An extensive booklet written by new series writer/content consultant Pete McTighe

The eight-disc box set also includes hours of extensive special features previously released on DVD and stunning packaging by Lee Binding. Russell Minton is Executive Producer.


❉ ‘Doctor Who: The Collection’ S18 will be released on 25th February 2019, RRP: £56.16. The title is now available to pre-order from Amazon and HMV

❉ News source: BBC Studios.

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