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Doctor Who: Season 18 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1980-81)
The eighteenth season of the venerable scifi classic and the seventh and last starring Tom Baker.Director: Lovett Bickford, John Black, Terence Dudley, Peter Grimwade, Paul Joyce, Peter Moffat
Year of Copyright: 1980-81
Year of Production: 1980-81
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Leisure Hive
Episodes (Play All - 87:11):
- "Part One" (23:36)
- "Part Two" (20:49)
- "Part Three" (21:24)
- "Part Four" (21:22)
(1.) Audio commentary with director Lovett Bickford, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and star Lalla Ward (2004)
(2.) Audio commentary with star Tom Baker and moderator Matthew Sweet (2019)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"A New Beginning" 2004 documentary (30:20)
"From Avalon to Argolis: Writing The Leisure Hive" 2004 featurette (14:19)
"Behind the Sofa: The Leisure Hive" 2019 featurette (29:12)
"Synthesizing Starfields: Redesigning the Titles" 2004 featurette (9:14)
"June Hudson's LeisureWear: Summer 1980" 2004 featurette (6:50)
"Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive" Raw footage from the original studio recordings bbc Television Centre in TC1 and TC3 in April 1980 (26:21)
Clean Opening & Closing Titles (1:55)
Blue Peter (3:57)
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive - BBC1 Continuity 30 August - 20 September 1980 (5:21)
The Leisure Hive Photo Gallery (10:14)
Coming Soon: Meglos (1:08)
DISC TWO: Meglos
Episodes (Play All - 87:13):
- "Part One" (24:47)
- "Part Two" (21:29)
- "Part Three" (21:22)
- "Part Four" (19:34)
Audio commentary with star Lalla Ward (1-4), writer John Flanagan (1-2,4), actor Christopher Owen (1,3-4), composers Paddy Kingsland (1-2) and Peter Howell (3) (2011)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"Meglos Men" 2011 featurette (18:10)
"Behind the Sofa: Meglos" 2019 featurette (28:28)
"The Scene-Sync Story" 2011 featurette (11:04)
"Jaqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures" 2011 featurette (12:57)
BBC News Report (1:12)
BBC Continuity (3:04)
Meglos Photo Gallery (7:53)
Coming Soon: The E-Space Trilogy (1:12)
DISC THREE: Full Circle
Episodes (Play All - 93:00):
- "Part One" (24:26)
- "Part Two" (22:14)
- "Part Three" (21:59)
- "Part Four" (24:18)
Audio commentary with star Matthew Waterhouse, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and writer Andrew Smith (2006)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"All Aboard the Starliner: The Making of Full Circle" 2009 documentary (24:19)
"K9 in E-Space" 2009 featurette (4:38)
"A Weekend with Waterhouse" 2019 documentary (40:14)
"E-Space: Fact or Fiction?" 2009 featurette (14:36)
"Behind the Sofa: Full Circle" 2019 featurette (26:29)
"Full Circle Studio Footage" a short selection of mute footage from the studio recording of Full Circle (9:33)
Swap Shop (8:08)
BBC News Report (0:31)
Nationwide (3:42)
BBC1 Continuity (6:38)
Full Circle Photo Gallery (8:00)
DISC FOUR: State of Decay
Episodes (Play All - 95:01):
- "Part One" (22:27)
- "Part Two" (23:19)
- "Part Three" (24:16)
- "Part Four" (24:57)
(1.) Audio commentary with director Peter Moffat, star Matthew Waterhouse and writer Terrence Dicks (2003)
(2.) Audio commentary on with moderator Matthew Sweet, star Lalla Ward and actress Rachel Davies (2019)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"The Vampire Lovers: The Making of State of Decay" 2009 documentary (20:25)
"Behind the Sofa: State of Decay" 2019 featurette (21:19)
"Leaves of Blood: Literary Vampires" 2009 featurette (17:04)
"The Blood Show" 2009 featurette (10:29)
"The Frayling Reading" 2009 featurette (4:36)
Film Trims (5:34)
BBC News Report (0:25)
BBC1 Continuity (3:18)
Pickwick Audiobook: State of Decay read by Tom Baker (60:55)
State of Decay Photo Gallery (5:11)
DISC FIVE: Warriors' Gate
Episodes (Play All - 94:04):
- "Part One" (22:57)
- "Part Two" (23:51)
- "Part Three" (22:19)
- "Part Four" (24:57)
Audio commentary with director Paul Joyce, star John Leeson, SPFX technician Matt Irvine, script Editor Christopher H. Bidmead and star Lalla Ward
Episode Info Text (2009)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"The Dreaming" 2009 documentary (27:10)
"Behind the Sofa: Warriors' Gate" 2019 featurette (23:13)
"Lalla's Wardrobe: A Frockumentary" 2009 featurette (19:00)
"The Axe Man" 2009 featurette (1:04)
Multic-Coloured Swop Shop featuring Matt Irvine: BBC1 TX 31.01.1981 (9:18)
Extended & Deleted Scenes (4:11)
Prime Computer Adverts (3:09)
BBC1 Continuity (2:04)
Warriors' Gate Photo Gallery (8:22)
DISC SIX: The Keeper of Traken
Episodes (Play All - 98:04):
- "Part One" (24:06)
- "Part Two" (24:52)
- "Part Three" (23:51)
- "Part Four" (25:13)
Audio commentariy with star Matthew Waterhouse (1-4), writer Johnny Byrne (1-4), star Sarah Sutton (2-4) and star Anthony Ainley (2-4) (2003)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"Being Nice to Each Other: Making The Keeper of Traken" 2007 documentary (30:01)
"Behind the Sofa: The Keeper of Traken" 2019 featurette (21:08)
"The Return of the Master" 2007 featurette (9:40)
The Keeper of Traken Part 4 Commentary Overuns ... (2:56)
Swap Shop (11:15)
BBC1 Continuity (6:37)
The Keeper of Traken Photo Gallery (7:27)
DISC SEVEN: Logopolis
Episodes (Play All - 98:29):
- "Part One" (24:36)
- "Part Two" (24:06)
- "Part Three" (24:35)
- "Part Four" (25:11)
Audio commentary with script editor Christopher Bidmead, stars Janet Fielding and Tom Baker (2007)
Episode Info Text
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Option to watch with updated SPFX
"Hanging on a Thread: The Making of Logopolis" 2019 documentary (58:08)
"A New Body at Last" 2007 documentary (50:23)
"Behind the Sofa: Logopolis" 2019 featurette (26:48)
"Logopolis: Audio Remastering" 2019 featurette (3:11)
Tomorrow's Times: The Fourth Doctor" 2010 featurette (14:06)
"Stripped for Action: The Story of Doctor Who Comics - The Fourth Doctor" 2008 featurette (20:20)
"Doctor Who Stories: Tom Baker" 2012 featurette (22:56)
"Entropy Explained" 2010 featurette (4:53)
Studio Footage (21:08)
BBC1 Continuity (5:58)
The Five Faces of Doctor Who (4:11)
Logopolis Photo Gallery (8:34)
DISC EIGHT: K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend + Extras
"K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend" (with optional audio commentary) with star Elisabeth Sladen, actress Linda Polan, actor John Leeson and script editor Eric Saward) (2008) (49:58)
Episode Info Text
"The K9 Files" 2008:featurette (11:41)
"A Dog's Tale" 2008 featurette (3:25)
"Behind the Sofa: K9 & Company" 2019 featurette (36:25)
"Brendon & Company: A Boy's Best Friend" 2019 featurette (13:34)
Pebble Mill at 1 (2:40)
Trailers and Continuity (2:19)
Happy Christmas Trailer (0:46)
K9 & Company Photo Gallery (5:23)
"The Writer's Room: Season 18" 2019 documentary (35:19)
"Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor" 2013 featurette (27:45)
"50th Anniversary Archive: Matthew Waterhouse" 2013 featurette (7:44)
"The Panoptican Archive: Tom Baker joined Briefly by Anneke Wills and Elizabeth Sladen at Novotol, Hammersmith 4th September 1993" 1993 documentary (59:23)
New Zealand Commercial Breaks (1997) (3:17)
Blu-ray Trailer: Season 18 (2:41)
Studio Clocks (4:14)
Scratchman Trailer (0:15) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080i60 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (all seven serials and K9 & Company)
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (The Leisure Hive, Warriors' Gate) -
Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE: The Leisure Hive
Episodes (Play All - 87:14):
- "Part One" (23:37)
- "Part Two" (20:49)
- "Part Three" (21:24)
- "Part Four" (21:24)
(1.) Audio commentary with director Lovett Bickford, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and star Lalla Ward (2004)
(2.) Audio commentary with star Tom Baker and moderator Matthew Sweet (2019)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"A New Beginning" 2004 documentary (30:20)
"From Avalon to Argolis: Writing The Leisure Hive" 2004 featurette (14:21)
"Behind the Sofa: The Leisure Hive" 2019 featurette (29:13)
"Synthesizing Starfields: Redesigning the Titles" 2004 featurette (9:15)
"June Hudson's LeisureWear: Summer 1980" 2004 featurette (6:50)
"Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive" Raw footage from the original studio recordings bbc Television Centre in TC1 and TC3 in April 1980 (26:21)
Clean Opening & Closing Titles (1:56)
Blue Peter (3:59)
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive - BBC1 Continuity 30 August - 20 September 1980 (5:21)
The Leisure Hive Photo Gallery (8:12)
Coming Soon: Meglos (1:08)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (171 pages)
- Production Document Archive (245 pages)
- Radio Times Material (10 pages)
DISC TWO: Meglos
Episodes (Play All - 87:11):
- "Part One" (24:47)
- "Part Two" (21:28)
- "Part Three" (21:22)
- "Part Four" (19:34)
Audio commentary with star Lalla Ward (1-4), writer John Flanagan (1-2,4), actor Christopher Owen (1,3-4), composers Paddy Kingsland (1-2) and Peter Howell (3) (2011)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"Meglos Men" 2011 featurette (18:11)
"Behind the Sofa: Meglos" 2019 featurette (28:29)
"The Scene-Sync Story" 2011 featurette (11:05)
"Jaqueline Hill: A Life in Pictures" 2011 featurette (12:57)
BBC News Report (1:12)
BBC Continuity (3:04)
Meglos Photo Gallery (6:17)
Coming Soon: The E-Space Trilogy (1:13)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (195 pages)
- Production Document Archive (102 pages)
- Radio Times Material (7 pages)
DISC THREE: Full Circle
Episodes (Play All - 92:58):
- "Part One" (24:26)
- "Part Two" (22:14)
- "Part Three" (21:59)
- "Part Four" (24:19)
Audio commentary with star Matthew Waterhouse, script editor Christopher H. Bidmead and writer Andrew Smith (2006)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"All Aboard the Starliner: The Making of Full Circle" 2009 documentary (24:19)
"K9 in E-Space" 2009 featurette (4:38)
"A Weekend with Waterhouse" 2019 documentary (40:14)
"E-Space: Fact or Fiction?" 2009 featurette (14:36)
"Behind the Sofa: Full Circle" 2019 featurette (26:30)
"Full Circle Studio Footage" a short selection of mute footage from the studio recording of Full Circle (9:33)
Swap Shop (8:08)
BBC News Report (0:31)
Nationwide (3:42)
BBC1 Continuity (6:37)
Full Circle Photo Gallery (8:01)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (201 pages)
- Production Document Archive (148 pages)
- Radio Times Material (8 pages)
DISC FOUR: State of Decay
Episodes (Play All - 95:01):
- "Part One" (22:27)
- "Part Two" (23:20)
- "Part Three" (24:17)
- "Part Four" (24:57)
(1.) Audio commentary with director Peter Moffat, star Matthew Waterhouse and writer Terrence Dicks (2003)
(2.) Audio commentary with moderator Matthew Sweet, star Lalla Ward and actress Rachel Davies (2019)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"The Vampire Lovers: The Making of State of Decay" 2009 documentary (20:25)
"Behind the Sofa: State of Decay" 2019 featurette (21:20)
"Leaves of Blood: Literary Vampires" 2009 featurette (17:04)
"The Blood Show" 2009 featurette (10:30)
"The Frayling Reading" 2009 featurette (4:37)
Film Trims (5:34)
BBC News Report (0:26)
BBC1 Continuity (3:18)
1982 Pickwick Audiobook: State of Decay read by Tom Baker (58:25)
State of Decay Photo Gallery (5:11)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (249 pages)
- Production Document Archive (217 pages)
- Radio Times Material (6 pages)
DISC FIVE: Warriors' Gate
Episodes (Play All - 94:05):
- "Part One" (22:57)
- "Part Two" (23:51)
- "Part Three" (22:19)
- "Part Four" (24:58)
Audio commentary with director Paul Joyce, star John Leeson, SPFX technician Matt Irvine, script Editor Christopher H. Bidmead and star Lalla Ward (2009)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"The Dreaming" 2009 documentary (27:11)
"Behind the Sofa: Warriors' Gate" 2019 featurette (23:14)
"Lalla's Wardrobe: A Frockumentary" 2009 featurette (19:00)
"The Axe Man" 2009 featurette (1:04)
Multic-Coloured Swop Shop featuring Matt Irvine: BBC1 TX 31/01/1981 (9:19)
Extended & Deleted Scenes (4:12)
Prime Computer Adverts (3:10)
BBC1 Continuity (2:04)
Warriors' Gate Photo Gallery (8:23)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (242 pages)
- Production Document Archive (201 pages)
- Radio Times Material (5 pages)
DISC SIX: The Keeper of Traken
Episodes (Play All - 98:04):
- "Part One" (24:07)
- "Part Two" (24:52)
- "Part Three" (23:51)
- "Part Four" (25:14)
Audio commentariy with star Matthew Waterhouse (1-4), writer Johnny Byrne (1-4), star Sarah Sutton (2-4) and star Anthony Ainley (2-4) (2003)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
"Being Nice to Each Other: Making The Keeper of Traken" 2007 documentary (30:00)
"Behind the Sofa: The Keeper of Traken" 2019 featurette (21:08)
"The Return of the Master" 2007 featurette (9:41)
"The Keeper of Traken, Part 4 Commentary Overuns ..." 2007 featurette (2:56)
Swap Shop (11:15)
BBC1 Continuity (6:37)
The Keeper of Traken Photo Gallery (7:27)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Transmission Scripts) (201 pages)
- Production Document Archive (260 pages)
- Radio Times Material (10 pages)
DISC SEVEN: Logopolis
Episodes (Play All - 98:29):
- "Part One" (24:36)
- "Part Two" (24:06)
- "Part Three" (24:35)
- "Part Four" (25:12)
Audio commentary with script editor Christopher Bidmead, stars Janet Fielding and Tom Baker (2007)
Isolated Music track in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
Option to watch with updated SPFX
"Hanging on a Thread: The Making of Logopolis" 2019 documentary (58:08)
"A New Body at Last" 2007 documentary (50:24)
"Behind the Sofa: Logopolis" 2019 featurette (26:29)
"Logopolis: Audio Remastering" 2007 featurette (3:11)
Tomorrow's Times: The Fourth Doctor" 2010 featurette (14:06)
"Stripped for Action: The Story of Doctor Who Comics - The Fourth Doctor" 2008 featurette (20:20)
"Doctor Who Stories: Tom Baker" 2012 featurette (22:56)
"Entropy Explained" 2010 featurette (4:54)
Studio Footage (21:08)
BBC1 Continuity (5:58)
The Five Faces of Doctor Who (4:11)
Logopolis Photo Gallery (8:34)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Rehearsal Scripts + Annotated Ending Script for Part 4) (358 pages)
- Production Document Archive (278 pages)
- Radio Times Material (6 pages)
DISC EIGHT: K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend + Extras
Episode:
- "K9 & Company: A Girl's Best Friend" (49:58)
Audio commentary with star Elisabeth Sladen, actress Linda Polan, actor John Leeson and script editor Eric Saward (2008)
"The K9 Files" 2008 featurette (11:42)
"A Dog's Tale" 2008 featurette (3:26)
"Behind the Sofa: K9 & Company" 2019 featurette (36:21)
"Brendon & Company: A Boy's Best Friend" 2019 featurette (13:34)
Pebble Mill at 1 (2:41)
Trailers and Continuity (2:19)
Happy Christmas Trailer (0:46)
K9 & Company Photo Gallery (5:24)
"The Writer's Room: Season 18" 2019 documentary (35:19)
"Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor" 2013 featurette (25:21)
"50th Anniversary Archive: Matthew Waterhouse" 2013 featurette (7:44)
"The Panoptican Archive: Tom Baker joined Briefly by Anneke Wills and Elizabeth Sladen at Novotol, Hammersmith 4th September 1993" 1993 documentary (59:22)
New Zealand Commercial Breaks (1997) (3:17)
Blu-ray Trailer: Season 18 (2:42)
Studio Clocks (4:15)
Scratchman Trailer (0:16)
Castrovalva Continuity (5:25)
BD-Rom:
- Scripts: Parts 1-4 (Original Script) (77 pages)
- Production Document Archive (221 pages)
- Radio Times Material (4 pages)
- Radio Times Material (The Five Faces of Doctor Who) (26 pages)
- The Doctor Who Annual 1982 (1981) (59 pages)
- The K9 & Annual 1983 (1982) (60 pages)
- K9 and the Time Trap (36 pages)
- K9 and the Beasts of Vega (36 pages)
- K9 and the Zeta Rescue (36 pages)
- K9 and the Missing Planet (36 pages)
- Season 18 BBC Enterprises Sales Document (14 pages) -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:1080i50 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (all seven serials and K9 & Company)
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (The Leisure Hive, Warriors' Gate) -
Case type:Special Case
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Notes:In a special digipack encased in a hard card box with a 28-page liner notes booklet by Pete McTighe.
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
The UK release for the "Castrovalva Continuity" featurette.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL America- BBC - No cuts (703:00)
- Blu-ray ALL The Collection: Season 18 Limited Edition United Kingdom- BBC - No cuts (703:00 - 25fps)
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Comparison added by Rick_Curzon on 17/03/19
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 18/12/21UPDATE LOG:
17/03/19: Initial entry.
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18/03/19: Typo.
13/04/19: Added US.
28/05/21: Dates.
18/12/21: Added TV to the title.
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