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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 ( Region 4) and in North America ( Region 1). 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 Caves of An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating List of Doctor Who villains, foes. The Doctor usually travels with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Beginning with William Hartnell, List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; the most recent being Ncuti Gatwa, who portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor from 2023 to 2025. The transition between actors is written into the plot of the series with the Regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Scaler
A video scaler is a system that converts video signals from one display resolution to another; typically, scalers are used to convert a signal from a lower resolution (such as 480p standard definition) to a higher resolution (such as 1080i high definition), a process known as "upconversion" or "upscaling" (by contrast, converting from high to low resolution is known as "downconversion" or "downscaling"). Video scalers are typically found inside consumer electronics devices such as televisions, video game consoles, and DVD or Blu-ray players, but can also be found in other AV equipment (such as video editing and television broadcasting equipment). Video scalers can also be completely separate devices, often providing simple video switching capabilities. These units are commonly found as part of home theatre or projected presentation systems. They are often combined with other video processing devices or algorithms to create a video processor that improves the apparent definit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 12
The twelfth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 28 December 1974 with Tom Baker's first serial ''Robot'', and ended with '' Revenge of the Cybermen'' on 10 May 1975. This is the first season to feature Tom Baker as the fourth incarnation of the Doctor, an alien Time Lord who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. He is accompanied by companions Sarah Jane Smith ( Elisabeth Sladen), continuing from season eleven, and Harry Sullivan ( Ian Marter), who joins in this season. With Barry Letts and Terrance Dicks having both departed along with Jon Pertwee, new producer Philip Hinchcliffe and new script editor Robert Holmes worked on this series. Letts's last story as producer was ''Robot'', with Hinchcliffe producing the rest of the season. Holmes had previously written for the programme. Casting Main cast * Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor * Elisabeth Sladen as Sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 10
The tenth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 30 December 1972 with the tenth anniversary special '' The Three Doctors'', and ended with Katy Manning's final serial '' The Green Death''. This is the Third Doctor's (played by Jon Pertwee) fourth series, as well as fourth for producer Barry Letts and script editor Terrance Dicks. Casting Main cast * Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor * Katy Manning as Jo Grant Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, and Jo Grant played by Katy Manning makes her final regular appearance in '' The Green Death''. Recurring and guest cast * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * John Levene as Sergeant Benton * Richard Franklin as Mike Yates * Roger Delgado as The Master * Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor * William Hartnell as the First Doctor Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their recurring roles of UNIT personnel Brigadier Lethbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 9
The ninth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 1 January 1972 with '' Day of the Daleks'', and ended with ''The Time Monster''. This is the third series of the Third Doctor, played by Jon Pertwee, as well as the third to be produced by Barry Letts and script edited by Terrance Dicks. Casting Main cast * Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor * Katy Manning as Jo Grant Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor, as does Katy Manning playing Jo Grant. Recurring cast * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * John Levene as Sergeant Benton * Richard Franklin as Mike Yates * Roger Delgado as The Master Nicholas Courtney, John Levene and Richard Franklin continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sergeant Benton and Captain Mike Yates respectively. Roger Delgado returns to play The Master in '' The Sea Devils'' and ''The Time Monster''. Guest stars Alan Bennion makes his second of three app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 8
The eighth season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 2 January 1971 with '' Terror of the Autons'' and ended with '' The Dæmons'' featuring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor. This is the second of five series which Barry Letts produced consecutively and Terrance Dicks was the script editor. Casting Main cast * Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor * Katy Manning as Jo Grant Jon Pertwee continues his role as the Third Doctor. Katy Manning makes her first appearance as companion Jo Grant in '' Terror of the Autons''. Recurring cast * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart * John Levene as Sergeant Benton * Richard Franklin as Mike Yates * Roger Delgado as The Master Nicholas Courtney and John Levene continue their roles of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant Benton, while Richard Franklin makes his first appearance as Captain Mike Yates. Roger Delgado makes his first appearance as The Master in '' Terror of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is an incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, the protagonist of the British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Jon Pertwee. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Extraterrestrials in popular culture, alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who Time travel in fiction, travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. At the end of life, the Doctor regeneration (Doctor Who), regenerates. Consequently, both the physical appearance and personality of the Doctor changes. Preceded in regeneration by the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), he is followed by the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker). Pertwee portrays the Third Doctor as a dapper man of action, in stark contrast to his wily but less action-orientated predecessors. While previous Doctors' stories had all involved time and space travel, for production reasons Pertwee's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 7
The seventh season of British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' began on 3 January 1970 with Jon Pertwee's first story '' Spearhead from Space'' and ended with '' Inferno''. The first season to be made in colour, it marked the beginning of Barry Letts's five seasons as series producer, but it has been described as "essentially devised" by his predecessor, Derrick Sherwin, who produced the opening story. The season sees the beginning of the Doctor's exile to Earth by the Time Lords and his attachment to UNIT as its scientific advisor. Casting Main cast * Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor * Caroline John as Liz Shaw * Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Jon Pertwee makes his first appearance as the Third Doctor, replacing Patrick Troughton in the role. Caroline John makes her first appearance as companion and assistant Liz Shaw in '' Spearhead from Space'' and last in '' Inferno''. Nicholas Courtney returns as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Doctor
The First Doctor is the original incarnation of The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor, the protagonist of the British Science fiction on television, science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor William Hartnell in the first three series from 1963 to 1966 and the tenth anniversary story ''The Three Doctors (Doctor Who), The Three Doctors'' from 1972 to 1973. The character occasionally appeared in the series after Hartnell's death, played by Richard Hurndall in the 1983 special "The Five Doctors" and by David Bradley (English actor), David Bradley in 2017 and 2022. To date, the First Doctor is the sole incarnation of the Doctor to have been Casting (performing arts), recast for later televised appearances. Within the series' narrative, the Doctor is a centuries-old Extraterrestrials in popular culture, alien Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who Time travel in fiction, travels in time and space in the TARDIS, frequently with Companion (Doctor Who), co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who Season 2
The second season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 1964 and 1965. The season began on 31 October 1964 with ''Planet of Giants'' and ended with ''The Time Meddler'' on 24 July 1965. Like the first season, production was overseen by the BBC's first female producer Verity Lambert. Story editor David Whitaker continued to handle the scripts and stories during early production, handing over to Dennis Spooner as the season began to air; Spooner subsequently left his role by the season's end, and was replaced by Donald Tosh for its final serial. By the season's end, Lambert was the only remaining production member from the team responsible for creating the series. The season continued to star William Hartnell as the first incarnation of the Doctor, an alien who travels through time and space in his TARDIS, which appears to be a British police box on the outside. Carole Ann Ford continued her role as the Docto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who (film)
''Doctor Who'', also referred to as ''Doctor Who: The Movie'' or as ''Doctor Who: The Television Movie'' or ''Dr Who'' in America is a 1996 television film continuing the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Developed as a co-production (media), co-production between Universal Pictures, Universal Studios and BBC Worldwide, it premiered on 12 May 1996 on CITV-TV, CITV in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 15 days before its first showing in the United Kingdom on BBC One and two days before being broadcast in the United States on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox. It was theatrically released in some countries. The first attempt to revive ''Doctor Who'' following its suspension in 1989, it was intended as a backdoor pilot for a new American-produced ''Who'' TV series. It introduced Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in his only televised appearance as the character until "The Night of the Doctor" in 2013 (though McGann has portrayed the Doctor also in various audio product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spearhead From Space
''Spearhead from Space'' is the first serial of the seventh season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 to 24 January 1970. It was the first ''Doctor Who'' serial to be produced in colour and the only one to be made entirely on 16 mm film. In the serial, which is set in Essex and London, the alien time traveller the Doctor (Jon Pertwee), now freshly regenerated and exiled to Earth by the Time Lords, joins Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart ( Nicholas Courtney) of UNIT and the scientist Liz Shaw ( Caroline John) to stop the incorporeal intelligence the Nestenes from colonising the planet through their use of the Autons, killer plastic automatons which act as human duplicates and shop-window mannequins. The serial introduced Pertwee as the Doctor and was the first to feature the Autons. It also introduces Caroline John as the Doctor's new assistant, Liz. Nicholas Courtney becomes a regular cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
