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Doctor Who: Season 20 (TV) (Blu-ray) (1983)
The twentieth season of the venerable scifi classic and the second starring Peter Davison.Director: Fiona Cumming, Ron Jones, Peter Moffat, Mary Ridge, Tony Virgo
Year of Copyright: 1982-83
Year of Production: 1982-83
OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL-
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Extras:DISC ONE: Arc of Infinity
Episodes (Play All - 98:28):
- "Part One" (24:38)
- "Part Two" (24:45)
- "Part Three" (24:40)
- "Part Four" (24:30)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Janet Fielding and Colin Baker (2007)
Information text subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
Optional CGI special effects
"Anti-Matter from Amsterdam" 2007 documentary (34:56)
"Behind the Sofa: Arc of Infinity" 2023 featurette (31:07)
"The Omega Factor" 2007 featurette (14:56)
"Saturday Superstore: BBC1 20 November 1982 & 27 November 1982" TV excerpts with Peter Davison and Bonnie Langford (21:11)
"Russell Harty: Christmas Party Broadcast 21 December 1982" TV excerpt with Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, Esther Rantzen and Russell Harty (3:32)
"Captain Zep: Space Detective" outtake with Peter Davison and Paul Greenwood that was used on the BBC VT Engineers' Christmas tape (0:37)
"Under Arc Lights: In Studio" 2007 featurette (11:32)
"Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity" Monday 31st May & Tuesday 1st June 1982 studio footage (59:31)
Deleted Scenes (2:55)
Arc of Infinity: Trails and Continuity BBC1 January 1983 (3:42)
Arc of Infinity Photo Gallery (9:15)
"Audio Archive: Ron Jones Interview" for Doctor Who Magazine, 19th June 1984 (5:22)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 392 pages
- Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 352 pages
- Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 321 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 1 - 15 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 2 - 35 pages
- Production Document Archive - 324 pages
- Radio Times Material - 7 pages
- Dee Robson's Costume Designs - 4 pages
DISC TWO: Snakedance
Episodes (Play All - 98:13):
- "Part One" (24:28)
- "Part Two" (24:39)
- "Part Three" (24:32)
- "Part Four" (24:33)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton and Janet Fielding (2010)
Information text subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
Optional CGI special effects
"Snake Charmer: The Making of Snakedance” 2011 featurette (24:39)
"Behind the Sofa: Snakedance" 2023 featurette (30:55)
Deleted Scenes (3:07)
"When Janet Met Martin" 2023 interview with Janet Fielding and Martin Clunes (23:23)
"The Passenger" 2023 trailer for the Season 20 (13:03)
"Making The Passenger" 2023 featurette (5:57)
"In Conversation: Christopher Bailey & Rob Shearman" 2011 interview (14:19)
"Sarah Sutton & Matthew Waterhouse at the 50th Anniversary Celebration" November 2013 (36:01)
Film Footage (1:01)
Studio footage (21:14)
Snakedance Trails & Continuity BBC1 January 1983 (3:09)
Snakedance Photo gallery (9:18)
Coming Soon: Mawdryn Undead, Terminus & Enlightenment (1:10)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 300 pages
- Annotated Editing Camera Scripts: Parts 1-3 - 218 pages
- Camera Script: Part 4 - 67 pages
- Transmission Camera Script: Part 4 - 69 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 1 - 30 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 2 - 36 pages
- Production Document Archive - 332 pages
- Radio Times Material - 5 pages
- Studio Floor Plans - 4 pages
- Ken Trew's Costume Designs - 4 pages
DISC THREE: Mawdryn Undead
Episodes (Play All - 97:48):
- "Part One" (24:04)
- "Part Two" (24:34)
- "Part Three" (24:34)
- "Part Four" (24:36)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Nicholas Courtney and Eric Saward (2007)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
Optional CGI special effects
"Who Wants to Live Forever?” 2009 documentary (24:32)
"Behind the Sofa: Mawdryn Undead" 2023 featurette (33:18)
"Mawdryn Undead: Deleted and Extended Scenes" (5:17)
"Mawdryn Undead: Film Trims" (3:33)
"Mawdryn Undead: Out Takes" (7:50)
"Liberty Hall by Karen Davies" 2009 featurette (7:21)
"Finding Mark Strickson" 2009 interview (8:30)
"Points of View" excerpt from 11 February 1983 (1:42)
"Doctor Who: Once Upon a Time Lord" 1982 documentary (28:23)
"The Merseyside Doctor Who Appreciation Society Local Group: Monstercon 2 convention, November 1st 1986 with Sarah Sutton and Mark Strickson (47:36)
DVD Easter Eggs (1:11):
- TARDIS information System (0:50)
- VT countdown clocks (0:21)
Mawdryn Undead: Trails & Continuity BBC1 February 1983 (3:48)
Mawdryn Undead Photo Gallery (10:09)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 317 pages
- Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 297 pages
- Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 289 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 1 - 135 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 2 - 34 pages
- Production Document Archive - 382 pages
- Radio Times Material - 9 pages
- Studio Floor Plans - 4 pages
- Amy Roberts' Costume Design - 1 page
- Production Design Drawing - 1 page
DISC FOUR: Terminus
Episodes (Play All - 99:16):
- "Part One" (25:01)
- "Part Two" (24:42)
- "Part Three" (24:41)
- "Part Four" (24:52)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Mark Strickson and Stephen Gallagher (2007)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
Optional CGI special effects
"Janet Fielding & Sarah Sutton: In Conversation" 2023 interview with Matthew Sweet (66:15)
"Breaking Point" 2009 documentary (22:54)
"Behind the Sofa: Terminus" 2023 featurette (31:59)
"Finding Sarah Sutton" 2009 interview (7:46)
"Origins of the Universe" 2009 featurette (6:29)
"Terminus: Original Storyboards" (1:19)
"Terminus: Unused Model Shots" (3:30)
DVD Easter Eggs (1:26):
- TARDIS Information System (0:54)
- VT countdown clocks (0:32)
Terminus: Trails & Continuity BBC1 February 1983 (3:36)
Terminus Photo Gallery (9:41)
Audio Archive: Sarah Sutton on BBC Radio WM broadcast 21 September 1984 (8:42)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 271 pages
- Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 287 pages
- Annotated Editing Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 289 pages
- Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 291 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 1 - 17 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 2 - 18 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 3 - 3 pages
- Production Document Archive - 249 pages
- Radio Times Material - 5 pages
- Studio Floor Plans - 4 pages
- Dee Robson's Costume Designs - 6 pages
- Production Design Drawings - 11 pages
- Steve Gallagher's Working Story Notes - 121 pages
DISC FIVE: Enlightenment
Episodes (Play All - 98:02):
- "Part One" (24:27)
- "Part Two" (24:15)
- "Part Three" (24:43)
- "Part Four" (24:37)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Mark Strickson, Barbara Clegg and Fiona Cumming (2007)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
Optional CGI special effects
Enlightenment: Special Edition (75:39):
- 2009 introduction by Fiona Cumming (1:29)
- Special Edition Edit (74:10)*
“Winner Takes All” 2009 documentary (23:48)
"Behind the Sofa: Enlightenment" 2023 featurette (32:11)
"Casting Off!" 2009 featurette (10:10)**
"Single Write Female" 2009 featurette (5:14)
"Enlightenment: Visual Effects" 2009 featurette (7:44)
"The Story of the Guardians" 2009 featurette (11:55)
"Enlightenment: Original Storyboards & Visual Effects Shots" 2009 featurette (5:58)
"Re-Enlightenment" 2009 featurette (14:22)
"Enlightenment: Film Trims" 2009 featurette (5:44)
"Original Edit Comparison: Enlightenment - Part Three" 2009 featurette (2:35)
"Breakfast Time: 1 March 1983" interview with Peter Davison and Patrick Troughton (15:50)
Enlightenment Photo Gallery (7:42)
"Re-Enlightenment" 2009 featurette (14:23)
DVD Easter Eggs (4:37):
- TARDIS Information System (1:20)
- Janet's Boob Tube (1:20)
- Photo Gallery: Making the Guardian Trilogy DVD Box Set (1:57)
Enlightenment: Trails & Continuity BBC1 March 1983 (3:07)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 297 pages
- Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 299 pages
- Annotated Editing Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 304 pages
- Transmission Camera Scripts: Parts 1-4 - 307 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 1 - 17 pages
- Recording Schedule - Block 2 - 29 pages
- Production Document Archive - 167 pages
- Radio Times Material - 6 pages
- Studio Floor Plans - 3 pages
- Production Design Drawings - 9 pages
DISC SIX: The King's Demons
Episodes (Play All - 49:46):
- "Part One" (24:54)
- "Part Two" (24:52)
(1.) Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Isla Blair and Eric Saward (2010)
(2.) Audio commentary with Tony Virgo on Part One (2010)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
"Back to Bodiam: Making The King's Demons" 2023 documentary (34:33)
"Behind the Sofa: The King's Demons" 2023 featurette (29:56)
"Kamelion: Metal Man" 2010 featurette (13:54)
"Magna Carta: The Dawn of Democracy" 2010 featurette (20:43) **
TV promotion: Season 20:
- "Nationwide" excerpt with Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton, broadcast 18.9.1983 (9:09)
- "Points of View: 25 March 1983" TV excerpt (0:39)
- "Saturday Superstore: BBC1 26 March 1983" TV excerpt (23:04)
- "Nationwide: BBC1 30 March 1983" TV excerpt (10:03)
- "Swap Shop Star Awards: 11 April 1982" TV excerpt (3:23)
- "South East at Six Convention Report: BBC1 South East 19 July 1983" TV excerpt (4:16)
Longleat Celebration Content:
- "BBC1 News: 3 April 1983 Longleat Convention Report" TV excerpt (0:56)
- "The Doctor Who Celebration: 20 Years of a Time Lord at Longleat Wiltshire" 1983 BBC Enterprises featurette (12:19)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 3rd 1983: Jon Pertwee" interview (8:07)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 3rd 1983: John Nathan Tuner & Patrick Troughton (20:26)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 4th 1983: Nicholas Courtney, Richard Franklin, Jon Pertwee (5:48)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 4th 1983: Anthony Ainley, Janet Fielding, Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton, Mark Strickson, Valentine Dyall" interviews (14:25)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 4th 1983: John Nathan Turner, Carole Ann Ford, Heather Hartnell, Anne Hartnell, Nicholas Courtney" interviews (12:17)
- "Doctor Who Celebration Longleat House April 4th 1983: John Nathan Turner, Tom Baker & John Leeson" interviews (12:08)
- 20th Anniversary Photo Gallery (9:01)
- Audio Archive: Ed Stewart at Longleat (28:37)
TV Promotion: All Change:
- "Breakfast Time: BBC1 6 July 1983" TV excerpt with Nichola Bryant (8:59)
- "BBC News Davison departs" TV excerpt (1:48)
- "John Craven's Newsround: 28 July 1983" TV excerpt (0:37)
- "Southeast at Six: Peter Davison & John Nathan Turner" TV excerpt (3:39)
- "Breakfast Time: BBC1 3 August 1983" TV excerpt with Peter Davison & Sandra Dickinson (11:36)
- "BBC News: 19 August 1983" TV excerpt reporting on Colin Baker becoming the Doctor (1:16)
- "Breakfast Time: 22 August 1983" TV excerpt with Colin Baker (8:26)
"Janet Fielding at the 8th Doctor Who Party: Stephen Robert's Theatre Sydney University May 29th 1983" 1983 Australian convention (57:00)
The King's Demons: Trails & Continuity BBC1 March 1983, July 1984 (4:52)
The King's Demons: Photo Gallery (6:10)
Audio Archive:
- Blackpool Doctor Who Exhibition on BBC Radio Sheffield (5:47)
- Gerald Flood (27:59)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Scripts: Parts 1-2 - 125 pages
- Camera Scripts: Parts 1-2 - 130 pages
- Production Document Archive - 185 pages
- Radio Times Material - 8 pages
- Studio Floor Plans - 1 page
- Production Design Drawings - 3 pages
- Doctor Who Celebration - Longleat 1983 - 38 pages
DISC SEVEN: The Five Doctors - Broadcast Version
* The Episode (90:29)
(1.) Audio commentary with Nicholas Courtney, Carole Ann Ford, Elisabeth Sladen and Mark Strickson (2007)
(2.) Audio commentary with David Tennant, Phil Collinson and Helen Raynor (2006)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
"Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983" 2008 documentary (52:09)**
"Behind the Sofa: The Five Doctors" 2023 featurette (34:44)
Studio Footage Highlights:
- "Five Doctors, One Studio" 2008 featurette (18:46)
- "(Not So) Special Effects" 2008 featurette (9:00)
- Outtakes (6:36)
"The Ties That Bind Us" 2008 featurette (15:55)
TV Promotion:
- "The Late, Late Breakfast Show: BBC1 19 November 1983" TV excerpt (1:07)
- "Pebble Mill at One: BBC1 21 November 1983" TV excerpt (9:06)
- "Blue Peter" TV excerpt with Simon Groom, Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis (8:04)
- "BBC2 Closedown 23 November 1983" TV excerpt (4:11)
- "Breakfast Time The Five Doctors Preview: BBC1 November 1983" TV excerpt (1:33)
- "Children in Need: BBC1 25 November 1983" TV excerpt with Terry Wogan and Peter Davison (3:12)
- "BBC News: 28 November 1983" TV excerpt (2:03)
- "Saturday Superstore: BBC1 19 [20] November 1983" TV excerpt with Sarah Greene (2:02)
- "Saturday Superatore: BBC1 17 December 1983" TV excerpt with Sarah Greene (1:04)
- The Five Doctors Trails & Continuity: BBC1 November 1983, August 1984 (9:26)
Repeat Screening:
- "Breakfast Time The Five Doctors Repeat Preview: BBC1 14 August 1984" TV excerpt with Pam Tibbets (1:07)
- The Five Doctors: 4-part Version Titles and Recaps (9:51)
BBC Video Ident (from the 1995 special edition VHS) (0:22)
The Five Doctors Photo Gallery (13:26)
Audio Archive: John Nathan-Turner on Radio London (19:54)
BD-Rom:
- Rehearsal Script: Version 1 - 201 pages
- Rehearsal Script: Version 2 - 207 pages
- Camera Script - 221 pages
- Production Document Archive - 456 pages
- Radio Times Material - 14 pages
- Production Design Drawings - 7 pages
DISC EIGHT: The Five Doctors - 40th Anniversary Edition
* The Episode (90:32)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and Mark Strickson (2023)
Optional CGI special effects
"The Five Doctors: Film Rushes" 2008 featurette (32:41)
Studio Footage:
- Tuesday 29th March 1983 (53:30)
- Wednesday 30th March 1983 (77:03)
- Thursday 31st March 1983 (80:07)
"Peter Davison & Sandra Dickinson at the 7th Doctor Who Party" 1983 Australian convention footage (87:30)
"The Panopticon Archive: Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker & Sylvester McCoy at Novotel, Hammersmith 5th September 1993" interviews (41:30)
Coming Soon: The Five Doctors 25th Anniversary Edition (1:13)
"Doctor Who: Messages from Space" 2019 / 2023 featurette with Tom Baker, Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton (21:14)
DISC NINE: The Five Doctors - 1995 Special Edition
* The Episode (100:38)
Audio commentary with Peter Davison and Terrance Dicks (2001)
Information Text Subtitles
Isolated score in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono (48kHz)
"Look Who's Driving" 2023 documentary (67:14)
"Let's Go Dutch!" 2023 documentary (75:46)
BD-Rom:
- Doctor Who Annual 1984 - 65 pages
- Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special - 66 pages
- Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special Promotion - 1 page
- Season 20 BBC Enterprises Sales Sheets - 14 pages
- Season 20 Programme-as-Broadcast Information - 76 pages
- Doctor Who Production Handbook - 37 Pages -
Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1 / 1.78:1
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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 stories) (48kHz)
English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (Enlightenment Special Edition, The Five Doctors 40th anniversary edition, The Five Doctors - 1995 Special Edition) (48kHz)
English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (Snakedance, Enlightenment Special Edition, The Five Doctors broadcast version, The Five Doctors 40th anniversary edition, The Five Doctors - 1995 Special Edition) (48kHz)
English Dolby Atmos (The Five Doctors broadcast version, The Five Doctors 40th anniversary edition) (48kHz) -
Case type:Special Case
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UPC Number:5051561005169
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Notes:In a special digipack encased in a hard card box.
40-page liner notes booklet "Twenty Years of a Time Lord" by Pete McTighe.
* Zoom cropped to 1.78:1.
** Cut for "compliance reasons":
- Casting Off! By 0:26 seconds to remove an anecdote by Janet Fielding concerning a guest star touching her bum.
- Magna Carta is cut by 1:43: As well as the image of Bin Laden at just over half a minute in and an accompanying comment from the narration - "What on Earth does it have to do with this man?" - there's also, right at the end of it, covering most of the last two minutes before the credits start, a discussion about the aftermath of the 11.9.2001 attacks in the US, and detaining people uncharged in places like Guantanamo Bay, and people being tortured, with the historians commenting on it, saying e.g. "Now that is completely in opposition to the principles of Magna Carta and the rule of law. It's arbitrary power being exercised by an executive authority." All of that is absent from the Blu-ray (thanks to Roobarb's Forum member Forever love)
- Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983 has been cut by 0:08 to remove shots of Rolf Harris. -
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OVERALL: Blu-ray ALL
The only version we currently have the specifications for.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray ALL The Collection: Season 20 Limited Edition United Kingdom- BBC - No cuts - The episodes themselves aren't cut but three of the documentaries made for the DVD releases have been cut for "compliance reasons" (see notes) (632:02 - 25fps)
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Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 19/09/23UPDATE LOG:
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