The Power of the Daleks BBC Worldwide
21/11/2016 BBC Worldwide UK
Animated versions of all six episodes, using the off-air audio recordings for the soundtrack.
Cover by Colin Howard.
BBC Store offered exclusive set of 6 art cards with the DVD
EXTRAS
- Alternate soundtracks – DVD only The option to listen to the story with a series of completely new digital re-masters of the original soundtrack – a stereo mix; a 5.1 surround sound mix and version of the original 1966 mono sound mix.
- Animation Test Footage A compilation of animation tests, created during the production of the new animated series.
- Audio Commentaries on all 6 episodes – DVD only Members of the original cast and crew are joined by members of the new animation unit to discuss the production of the story and its new animated reconstruction. Moderated by Toby Hadoke. Includes archive audio.
- Booklet with Production Notes – DVD only An extensively researched set of production notes, written by the noted television historian Andrew Pixley, covering the behind the scenes story of how the original production was made.
- Original Camera Scripts – DVD only Selected items of original production paperwork and a complete set of original camera scripts
- Original Title Sequence - new restoration An unedited presentation of the full original 'Doctor Who' title sequence, prepared using an all new HD re-master of the original film elements.
- The Power of the Daleks Animation and Photo Gallery An extended gallery of images, featuring production photographs from the original 1966 series and artwork from the latest animated production, accompanied by incidental music from the story, which has been digitally re-mastered from the original music production tapes.
- The Power of the Daleks Surviving Footage & Original Trailer A compilation of short film fragments and clips from the original 1966 BBC television production - the only surviving footage to remain of the show's original BBC1 run.
- Original Dalek Voice Session Recording (1966) DVD only Rare and previously unreleased sections from the studio recordings that were made at Maida Vale Studios in 1966 for the Dalek voices.
- Servants and Masters - The Making of The Power of the Daleks A specially prepared documentary directed by John Kelly and featuring interviews with members of the original 1966 cast and crew.
- Telesnap reconstruction.
- Around 400 individual still frames of film exist from the original 1966 television production of The Power of the Daleks. These images were kept in the programme's production files by the BBC Written Archive Centre. These images are here combined with the programme's soundtrack to present a photographic reconstruction of the original programme.
REF: BBCDVD4163
OP: £20.42
14/12/2016 Roadshow Entertainment Australia
DVD release of the black and white version.
REF: R-123310-9OP: AUS $29.99
24/01/2017 BBC Home Entertainment USA
USA DVD Release containing both the black and white and colour versions.
OP: $24.98
06/02/2017 BBC Worldwide UK
Steelbook Blu-Ray release. 2 x BDs, 2 x DVDs.
Cover by Stuart Manning.
Contains both the black and white, and colour animated episodes, with all the extras from the original DVD release.
REF: BBCBD0390OP: £22.99
15/02/2017 Roadshow Entertainment Australia
Blu-ray release of both the black and white and colour versions
REF: R-123309-8OP: AUS $29.99
15/02/2017 Roadshow Entertainment Australia
DVD release of the colour version.
REF: R-125498-9OP: AUS $19.99
27/07/2020 BBC Studios UK
The six animated episodes replace the 2016 physical and digital release, with new and improved animation and authentic black and white visuals. The latest release also showcases a vast array of exciting new special features, in addition to all of the VAM on the 2016 release.
New additional material includes:
Two new documentaries about Power of the Daleks
1993 BBC audio version of The Power of the Daleks narrated by Tom Baker
Raw incidental music
Photogrammetry Featurette
Whicker’s World – I Don’t Like My Monsters to Have Oedipus Complexes
Daleks – The Early Years: A 1992 documentary presented by Peter Davison
Robin Hood – 1953 Episode: Patrick Troughton’s earliest surviving TV appearance
BBC archive footage from BBC regional news, BBC Breakfast, Blue Peter and Newsnight
Previously unreleased animation trailers and animatics
Easter Eggs
And old favourites including:
Audio commentaries by Anneke Wills on each episode
Animation test footage
Photo Gallery, including previously unreleased and rediscovered full colour on-set photos from 1966.
Servants & Masters – The Making of The Power of the Daleks
Doctor Who – The Highlanders
OP: £25.52 BD / £20.42 DVD
