| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Doctor Who has been released by BBC DVD since 1999. Leftover, Rebel Zero, Panopticon, Cold Front and The Elysium have also been released on DVD since their inception.
Timeline of releases
1999
Doctor Who was chosen as one of six DVDs released to represent the BBC as a "test" of the DVD market by BBC Worldwide. The other titles were The Black Adder, Noddy in Toyland, The Planets, Persuasion and Volume I of The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus. The title chosen for this test was The Five Doctors. This was picked because of it already existing in a "Special Edition" format from the BBC Video release of 1995. This permitted better use of the DVD format with 5.1 surround sound.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1006 | Doctor Who | The Five Doctors: Special Edition | 1 November 1999 |
2000
After somewhat of a false start, BBC DVD decided to release a set comprising of the recent BBC Two Remastered & Colourised versions of the first three stories of Doctor Who. The plan had been to then release other Remastered 60s stories, later down the line, in the same style.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1012 | Doctor Who | The Beginning | 13 November 2000 |
2001
After the success of the Beginning set, in the new year, the BBC chose to release Season 37, the season just broadcast, on DVD. Each DVD would use one of the story's title as it's main title but include one or two other stories from the season. After four releases, all of Season 37 was covered. BBC DVD went onto release the other anniversary specials The Lords of Time and The Three Doctors, before releasing special Star Trek crossover episode, A Case for the Blue Box, and the first of several (planned) sets featuring prominent stories featuring certain companions. In addition, the first season of Leftover was released as a whole season Boxset, which was very successful.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1033 | Doctor Who | The Puppet Master | 29 January 2001 |
| BBCDVD1040 | The Conspiracy of Time | 26 February 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1041 | Who Killed Kennedy? | 26 March 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1042 | The Chimes of Midnight | 23 April 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1048 | The Lords of Time | 18 June 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1051 | The Three Doctors | 13 August 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1057 | A Case for the Blue Box | 15 October 2001 | |
| BBCDVD1058 | Leftover | The Complete First Series | |
| BBCDVD1068 | Doctor Who | Janet's Journeys | 10 December 2001 |
2002
Despite the success of releasing Season 37 over multiple releases, as the VHS range did, BBC DVD were encouraged, based upon the success of the Leftover Boxset, to release Season 38 in a DVD Boxset. After its success, charting at #1 in the DVD Charts, BBC DVD commissioned releases of Season 35, Season 30 and a Boxset featuring the episodes of the recent BBC Two & UPN Remastered Editions of Season 1.
These Boxsets were relatively easy to compile, and with a quick turnaround, as they were mostly little more than the episodes on DVD, with limited Special Features, such as one singular documentary about the making of the season, a commentary track on just one story in the season, and then subtitles.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1076 | Doctor Who | The Complete Thirty-Eighth Season | 8 April 2002 |
| BBCDVD1082 | The Complete Thirty-Fifth Season | 15 July 2002 | |
| BBCDVD1098 | Leftover | The Complete Second Series | 14 October 2002 |
| BBCDVD1099 | Doctor Who | The Complete Thirtieth Season | 21 October 2002 |
| BBCDVD1100 | The Remastered First Season | 18 November 2002 |
2003
The four DVD boxset releases in 2002 were so successful, that BBC DVD commissioned a further 7 seasons to be released on DVD before the end of the year, especially as the 40th Anniversary was coming up, and the aim was to have released one season from every Doctor by then. Season 16 was the first to be chosen as it features one of the most popular Doctors and it had one long story arc, which made it very suitable for people watching on DVD, at a faster rate than broadcast. As well as this, the latest season, Season 39 and Leftover Series 3, were released too.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1151 | Doctor Who | The Complete Sixteenth Season: The Key to Time | 17 February 2003 |
| BBCDVD1152 | The Complete Thirty-Ninth Season | 28 April 2003 | |
| BBCDVD1156 | The Complete Tenth Season | 9 June 2003 | |
| BBCDVD1153 | The Complete Nineteenth Season | 18 August 2003 | |
| BBCDVD1160 | Leftover | The Complete Third Series | 25 August 2003 |
| BBCDVD1213 | Doctor Who | The Complete Twenty-Seventh Season | 8 September 2003 |
| BBCDVD1154 | The Remastered Sixth Season | 6 October 2003 | |
| BBCDVD1144 | The Complete Twenty-Third Season - The Trial of a Time Lord | 24 November 2003 |
2004
BBC DVD increased the number of releases to 10, for 2004, including the release of both Season 40 and the Movie, which had the budget for a couple of more special features than the Season Boxsets. The majority of the releases focused on more recent seasons of the show, as they tended to sell better.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1329 | Doctor Who | The Complete Thirty-Sixth Season | 19 January 2004 |
| BBCDVD1350 | The Complete Thirty-Second Season | 1 March 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1492 | The Complete Fortieth Season | 5 April 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1431 | Doctor Who - The Movie | 10 May 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1460 | The Complete Fourteenth Season | 5 July 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1498 | The Complete Thirty-First Season | 9 August 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1509 | The Complete Twenty-Fifth Season | 20 September 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1548 | The Complete Thirty-Third Season | 11 October 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1574 | The Complete Twentieth Season | 1 November 2004 | |
| BBCDVD1589 | The Complete Twelfth Season | 6 December 2004 |
2005
As well as Season 41 getting a release, most other releases focused upon more recent seasons, however, the Remastered Editions of Season 2, were also released on DVD. In addition, Season 37 was also released in a DVD Boxset, which had already been released in vanilla form back in 2001.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1604 | Doctor Who | The Complete Eighth Season | 17 January 2005 |
| BBCDVD1633 | The Complete Forty-First Season | 7 March 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1676 | The Complete Twenty-Eighth Season | 25 April 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1755 | The Complete Seventeenth Season | 16 May 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1778 | The Complete Thirty-Fourth Season | 11 July 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1800 | The Remastered Second Season | 1 August 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1835 | The Complete Twenty-Ninth Season | 5 September 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1857 | The Complete Thirty-Seventh Season | 3 October 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1868 | The Complete Seventh Season | 7 November 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1879 | The Complete Twenty-Second Season | 21 November 2005 | |
| BBCDVD1880 | Leftover | The Complete Fourth Season | 5 December 2005 |
2006
The releases continued in 2006, with a further 9 Doctor Who Boxsets being released, including Season 42. As most of the more recent seasons had now been released, in 2006, a lot more older ones were released. The year also marked a more notable difference for the releases, with more special features beginning to appear, usually, one or two extra documentaries appearing, going in-depth about the making of one or two of the stories in the season, and commentaries on every story.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD1882 | Doctor Who | The Remastered Fifth Season | 30 January 2006 |
| BBCDVD1921 | The Complete Forty-Second Season | 10 April 2006 | |
| BBCDVD1960 | The Complete Thirteenth Season | 1 May 2006 | |
| BBCDVD2002 | The Complete Twenty-First Season | 19 June 2006 | |
| BBCDVD2008 | Rebel Zero | The Complete Collection | 26 June 2006 |
| BBCDVD2064 | Doctor Who | The Remastered Fourth Season | 24 July 2006 |
| BBCDVD2175 | The Complete Twenty-Sixth Season | 4 September 2006 | |
| BBCDVD2206 | The Complete Eleventh Season | 9 October 2006 | |
| BBCDVD2241 | The Complete Fifteenth Season | 6 November 2006 | |
| BBCDVD2262 | The Complete Twenty-Fourth Season | 26 December 2006 |
2007
2007 saw the end of the regular Season Boxset range, as all previous seasons had been released on DVD, leaving only 1 release a year for the range, when a new season came out. BBC DVD decided to replace this range with a new range comprising of all the stories in each Doctor's tenure, in one boxset. The main selling point of these sets was the fact that BBC DVD were producing one new documentary for each story on the set, and recording commentaries for any stories which didn't already have them. As these took a lot of time to produce, only one would be released every six months, or so, vastly cutting down on the number of releases a year. The aim was to complete the range before the 50th Anniversary.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD2312 | Doctor Who | The Complete Ninth Season | 27 January 2007 |
| BBCDVD2333 | The Complete Eighteenth Season | 26 February 2007 | |
| BBCDVD2345 | The Remastered Third Season | 26 March 2007 | |
| BBCDVD2380 | The Complete Forty-Third Season | 16 April 2007 | |
| BBCDVD2418 | Doctor Who: Revelation | 20 August 2007 | |
| BBCDVD2432 | The William Hartnell Era | 26 November 2007 |
2008
BBC DVD only released 3 releases in 2008, due to the new 'Era' Boxsets. All 3 releases did sell very well, however, and did top the UK DVD Chart. Also as from Season 44 onwards, the show was produced in HD, the new Season Boxsets were also released in the Blu-ray format.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD2508 | Doctor Who | The Complete Forty-Fourth Season | 14 April 2008 |
| BBCDVD2618 | The Patrick Troughton Era | 30 June 2008 | |
| BBCDVD2619 | Panopticon | The Complete First Series | |
| BBCDVD2719 | Doctor Who | The Jon Pertwee Era | 13 October 2008 |
| BBCDVD2798 | K9 & Company | A Girl's Best Friend | 16 November 2008 |
2009
The same type of releases from 2008, continued for 2009, but with the edition of a vanilla version of the 2008 Christmas Special, The One Doctor, in January, which would've been released on the Season 45 Boxset, a few months later. The Tom Baker Era Boxset held the distinction of being the highest-selling Doctor Who release ever, at the time.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD2855 | Doctor Who | The One Doctor | 19 January 2009 |
| BBCDVD2905 | The Complete Forty-Fifth Season | 11 May 2009 | |
| BBCDVD2968 | Panopticon | The Complete Second Series | 22 June 2009 |
| BBCDVD2981 | Doctor Who | The Tom Baker Era | 6 July 2009 |
| BBCDVD3058 | The Peter Davison Era | 10 November 2009 |
2010
The 'Era' Boxsets continued into 2010, with the additions of Season 46's Boxset and the release of Doctor Who: Vengeance, both of these were also released on Blu-ray.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3163 | Doctor Who | The Complete Forty-Sixth Season | 29 March 2010 |
| BBCDVD3213 | Doctor Who: Vengeance | 5 July 2010 | |
| BBCDVD3285 | The Colin Baker Era | 2 August 2010 | |
| BBCDVD3286 | Panopticon | The Complete Third Series | |
| BBCDVD3300 | Doctor Who | The Sylvester McCoy Era | 2 December 2010 |
2011
Like with The One Doctor, Hark! The Weeping Angels Sing, was also released on its own in January but was also released with the Season 47 Boxset, later in the year. This Boxset was notable for not only changing the naming style of the Season Boxsets, but also changing the Cover Art style of them too, distancing themselves from the previous Season Boxes range, and causing many headaches for fans when trying to line up the spines on the shelf. The 'Era' releases continued in 2011, as well, taking them up to the end of the Ninth Doctor's tenure.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3346 | Doctor Who | Hark! The Weeping Angels Sing | 24 January 2011 |
| BBCDVD3380 | The Complete Season 47 | 28 March 2011 | |
| BBCDVD3411 | Leftover | Leftover - End of Days | 20 June 2011 |
| BBCDVD3428 | Doctor Who | The Richard Griffiths Era | 11 July 2011 |
| BBCDVD3503 | The Michael French Era | 14 November 2011 | |
| BBCDVD3534 | Panopticon | The Complete Fourth Series | 21 November 2011 |
2012
The 'Era' range continued in 2012, with two further Doctor's sets being released, leaving only 2 left for 2013. In addition, both Season 48 and Doctor Who: Endgame were released.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3604 | Doctor Who | The Complete Season 48 | 2 April 2012 |
| BBCDVD3670 | The Richard E Grant Era | 2 July 2012 | |
| BBCDVD3756 | Doctor Who: Endgame | 10 September 2012 | |
| BBCDVD3789 | Panopticon | The Complete Fifth Series | 29 October 2012 |
| BBCDVD3800 | Doctor Who | The Anthony Head Era | 20 November 2012 |
2013
The 50th Anniversary year saw, not just the completion of the 'Era' range, as originally intended when it started, but also the discovery of two 'missing' stories from the 1960s, which were remastered and colourised by CBS Digitial before they were released on DVD. However, only one of these two stories was released in 2013, due to the quick turnaround time of the new remaster. The final two 'Era' boxsets were also released on Blu-ray, as the Joseph and Suchet eras were both produced in HD.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3838 | Doctor Who | The Paterson Joseph Era | 11 March 2013 |
| BBCDVD3840 | Cold Front | The First Season | 20 March 2013 |
| BBCDVD3852 | Panopticon | The Complete Sixth Series | 15 July 2013 |
| BBCDVD3857 | Cold Front | The Second Season | 2 August 2013 |
| BBCDVD3858 | The Complete Collection | ||
| BBCDVD3863 | Panopticon | The Complete Seventh Series | 24 September 2013 |
| BBCDVD3864 | Panopticon: Doctor | ||
| BBCDVD3871 | The Complete Box-Set Collection | 2 October 2013 | |
| BBCDVD3878 | Doctor Who | The David Suchet Era | 28 October 2013 |
| BBCDVD3913 | The Enemy of the World | 25 November 2013 |
2014
As the 'Era' range had been completed the previous year, BBC DVD only released the newly discovered, The Web of Fear, on DVD, although Part Three was still missing and the 2001 Animated version. was included, as well as Doctor Who: Genesis, which was released separately from the Blu-ray, and the first half of Season 49, which had just completed broadcast. From 2014 onwards, BBC Worldwide imposed stricter brand guidelines on the Doctor Who Merchandise ranges, including the fact that all releases had to use the Chapter Four logo unless they had special dispensation. Due to this, The Web of Fear, used the Chapter Four logo, while The Enemy of the World used the Chapter Three logo.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3914 | Doctor Who | The Web of Fear | 24 February 2014 |
| BBCDVD3965 | Doctor Who: Genesis | 26 May 2014 | |
| BBCDVD3998 | Season 49: Part One | 24 November 2014 |
2015
Wanting to cash in on more money, BBC DVD attempted to increase the number of releasing in 2015, by releasing a 'Complete Movie Collection' Boxset, featuring all 5 Movies between 2003 and 2013, but this set did not include the Dalek Movies. They also released, The Underwater Menace on DVD, as episode 2 had been found, as the original Remastered Release was a cut-down Omnibus Animation, for this release, Episodes 1 and 4 were given completely new, full length, animations.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD3933 | Doctor Who | The Complete Movie Collection | 26 January 2015 |
| BBCDVD3965 | Season 49: Part Two | 27 April 2015 | |
| BBCDVD3969 | The Complete Season 49 | 13 July 2015 | |
| BBCDVD4000 | The Elysium | The Complete Season 1 | 19 October 2015 |
| BBCDVD4003 | Doctor Who | The Underwater Menace | 26 October 2015 |
| BBCDVD4059 | Season 50: Part One | 2 December 2015 |
2016
Like the 'Complete Movie Collection', the previous year, BBC DVD decided to commission a similar, but much larger, collection of Chapter Three, containing every Doctor Who television episode between 2004 and 2011, as well as all 5 movies, and several selected spinoff episodes. Even though Season 41-43 were only produced in SD, they were upscaled for the Blu-ray release of this set. Also, in addition to the normal Season 50 releases, The Third Planet, was released in a vanilla edition, soon after the episode had aired, as the BBC expected, many would be looking to get their hands on it, quite soon.
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4083 | Doctor Who | Chapter Three: The Complete Collection | 4 January 2016 |
| BBCDVD4123 | The Third Planet | 28 March 2016 | |
| BBCDVD4234 | Season 50: Part Two | 25 April 2016 | |
| BBCDVD4263 | The Complete Season 50 | 7 September 2016 | |
| BBCDVD4296 | The Elysium | The Complete Season 2 | 12 December 2016 |
2017
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4323 | Doctor Who | The Last Winter | 23 January 2017 |
| BBCDVD4367 | The Complete Season 51 | 26 July 2017 | |
| BBCDVD4398 | The Making of Doctor Who | 13 November 2017 | |
| BBCDVD4399 | The Anniversaries |
2018
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4421 | The Elysium | The Complete Season 3 | 8 January 2018 |
| BBCDVD4423 | Doctor Who | The Martian Equinox | 22 January 2018 |
| BBCDVD4451 | Season 52: Part One | 28 May 2018 | |
| BBCDVD4464 | The Elysium | Season 4: Part One | 27 August 2018 |
| BBCDVD4452 | Doctor Who | Season 52: Part Two | 29 October 2018 |
| BBCDVD4465 | The Elysium | Season 4: Part Two | 3 December 2018 |
| BBCDVD4478 | Doctor Who | The Complete Season 52 | 17 December 2018 |
2019
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4484 | Doctor Who | Doctor Who: Until the World Ends | 4 February 2019 |
| BBCDVD4489 | The Doomsday Cannon | 18 February 2019 | |
| BBCDVD4496 | The Elysium | The Complete Season 4 | 25 March 2019 |
| BBCDVD4490 | Doctor Who | Homeland | 27 May 2019 |
| BBCDVD4491 | The Long Struggle | 24 June 2019 | |
| BBCDVD4492 | Praxeus | 16 September 2019 | |
| BBCDVD4504 | Dokter Wie / Doctor Misterio / Through Time and Space / Mysteriet Doktorn | Into the Toymaker's Realm: Season 1 | 28 October 2019 |
| BBCDVD4493 | Doctor Who | The March of Evil | 2 December 2019 |
2020
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4494 | Doctor Who | Her Final Stand | 13 January 2020 |
| BBCDVD4513 | The Elysium | The Complete Season 5 | 27 January 2020 |
| BBCDVD4495 | Doctor Who | The Screams of Terror | 13 February 2020 |
| BBCDVD4517 | The Complete Series 1 | ||
| BBCDVD4496 | Vajahnari's Curse | 29 June 2020 | |
| BBCDVD4506 | Doctor Who: The New Renegade | The Complete Season 1 | 13 July 2020 |
| BBCDVD4507 | Doctor Who: Adventures | The Complete Series 1 | 27 July 2020 |
| BBCDVD4497 | Doctor Who | The Age of Discovery | 28 September 2020 |
| BBCDVD4517 | The Complete Series 1 - Reissue | 5 October 2020 |
2021
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4498 | Doctor Who | No Good Deed | 18 January 2021 |
| BBCDVD4518 | The Complete Series 2 | 22 February 2021 | |
| BBCDVD4508 | Doctor Who: Adventures | The Complete Series 2 | 21 June 2021 |
| BBCDVD4509 | Doctor Who: The New Renegade | The Complete Season 2 | 20 September 2021 |
| BBCDVD4499 | Doctor Who | Rebirth | 25 October 2021 |
| BBCDVD4519 | Series 3: Part One | 15 November 2021 | |
| BBCDVD4520 | Series 3: Part Two | 13 December 2021 |
2022
TBA
| BBCDVD Cat. No. | Show | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBCDVD4521 | Dokter Wie / Through Time and Space / Mysteriet Doktorn | Into the Toymaker's Realm: Season 2 | 11 January 2022 |
| BBCDVD4522 | Doctor Who | The Complete Series 3 | 8 February 2022 |
| BBCDVD4523 | Doctor Who: Adventures | The Complete Series 3 | 14 June 2022 |
| BBCDVD4524 | Doctor Who | The Daleks’ Master Plan | 19 July 2022 |