List of Doctor Who home video releases


This is a list of Doctor Who serials and episodes that have been released on DVD and Blu-ray.

DVD

Release

Most Doctor Who DVDs have been released first in the United Kingdom with Region 2, and released later in Australia and New Zealand and in North America. Aside from differences in the external packaging, special features and commentaries are mostly identical in all versions. All Region 1 releases prior to September 2005 included a "Who's Who" feature that identified key cast members and gave brief biographies and filmographies. The Region 1 releases of The Robots of Death, The Ark in Space, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and Pyramids of Mars also include a featurette with the syndicated Time Life introductions and closings narrated by Howard da Silva.
There are also minor variations having to do with technical glitches that occurred in the Region 2 discs but were corrected in time for the Region 1 release. The Region 2 discs released up to 2009 have also been dual coded with Region 4, so the two have been identical; this practice ceased for new releases in 2010. The only exceptions are Vengeance on Varos, which fixed an error on the Region 2 version in episode 2, and Remembrance of the Daleks, which used the NTSC master due to errors on the UK version and issues about music clearance.

Features

With few exceptions, each of the 'classic series' stories have been carefully restored by the Doctor Who Restoration Team from the best available materials, and are presented as originally broadcast—in episodic format, where applicable. Other features present on every DVD include cast and crew commentary, subtitles, production notes, and a photo gallery.
"Special edition" releases also typically include one or more documentaries relating to the serial in question, any relevant archive material, and—where applicable—the occasional highlight such as a Dolby 5.1 mix or enhanced movie edit. The precise features vary, depending on the available resources and the nature of the story.
Most, but not all, Doctor Who mini-episodes, prequels and webcasts are bundled as part of the DVD and Blu-ray releases. For example, five prelude videos were released online as part of series 6, and these are extras on the series 6 box set. Some Doctor Who webcasts were released on their own special DVDs.

Blu-ray

Release

"Planet of the Dead" was the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed and broadcast in high definition. It was released on Blu-ray on the same day as its corresponding DVD in Region 2. All subsequent episodes have also been filmed and broadcast in high-definition and released on Blu-ray, usually simultaneously with the corresponding DVDs. An upscaled version of "The Next Doctor" was also released on Blu-ray as part of a box set containing all of the 2008–2010 specials. It was also released individually in Australia and New Zealand. In 2011, the 1975 Doctor Who serial Pyramids of Mars was included on both the DVD and Blu-ray box sets for The Sarah Jane Adventures Season 4.
Spearhead from Space, the only serial of the classic series shot completely on film, was released on Blu-ray on 15 July 2013 with exclusive bonus features. The 1996 telemovie received a Blu-ray release on 19 September 2016. Despite being shot entirely on film, the Blu-ray release is simply an HD upscale of the 480i broadcast copy. A limited edition Blu-ray box-set containing Series 1-7 of Doctor Who was released 5 November 2013. Series 1-4 was shot on standard definition video but upscaled and remastered to full 1080p for this release.

''The Collection''

The classic-era began to receive complete season Blu-ray releases from 2018 onward, under the banner "The Collection". In 2021, the BBC rebranded the range as "The Collection Limited Edition Packaging", with the original "The Collection" name to be used for standard edition versions of the releases.
Complete
Season		DoctorRegion B / UK
release date		Region B / AU
release date		Region A / US
release date
Season 2First Doctor5 December 202225 January 202328 March 2023
Season 7Third Doctor3 March 20254 June 20253 June 2025
Season 8Third Doctor8 March 202126 May 20211 June 2021
Season 9Third Doctor20 March 202323 August 202311 July 2023
Season 10Third Doctor8 July 201913 November 201915 October 2019
Season 12Fourth Doctor2 July 20181 August 201819 June 2018
Season 13Fourth Doctor20 October 20253 December 202520 January 2026
Season 14Fourth Doctor4 May 202015 July 20204 August 2020
Season 15Fourth Doctor18 March 202419 June 20249 July 2024
Season 17Fourth Doctor20 December 202116 February 20225 April 2022
Season 18Fourth Doctor18 March 201917 April 201919 March 2019
Season 19Fifth Doctor10 December 201823 January 20194 December 2018
Season 20Fifth Doctor18 September 202324 July 20244 June 2024
Season 21Fifth Doctor16 March 2026
Season 22Sixth Doctor20 June 202214 September 202218 October 2022
Season 23Sixth Doctor7 October 20194 December 20193 December 2019
Season 24Seventh Doctor21 June 202125 August 202121 September 2021
Season 25Seventh Doctor21 October 202418 December 202425 February 2025
Season 26Seventh Doctor27 January 202011 March 202024 March 2020

Specifications

Episodes released on Blu-ray starting with "Planet of the Dead" were shot in full 1080p high definition and have been released with DTS-HD High Resolution 5.1 soundtracks. All Ninth and Tenth Doctor episodes appearing on Blu-ray produced prior to "Planet of the Dead" have been upscaled to 1080p for those releases. The first classic series serial released on Blu-ray in HD, Spearhead from Space, was shot entirely on 16mm film and true 1080p masters for those episodes were produced from the original film elements; the Blu-ray release was in 1080i. Other classic series releases have been upscaled, with HD film scans inserted where possible, and some releases use specially made animated elements. "Twice Upon a Time", Peter Capaldi's final episode, was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in 2018.

Releases

All releases are for DVD
unless otherwise indicated
:

  • indicates a DVD release for a specific date
  • indicates a Blu-ray release
  • indicates a simultaneous DVD and Blu-ray release
  • indicates a 3D Blu-ray release
  • indicates a simultaneous DVD and 3D Blu-ray release
  • indicates an Ultra HD Blu-ray release