The Issues We Ignore About The Doctor Who Collection Boxsets! 

Their holding out on the first 2 doctors not because of them being black and white it’s that their trying to recover as much of those episodes as they can as the 90+ missing episodes are theirs and theirs still a few they haven’t animated all of them yet

The 60s series are definitely on their way; they just have a lot of technical issues picture-wise due to their varying nature in the archives.

I thought you were going to talk about the actual issues with these box sets? Like how the disc holder gets ripped off during transit or how the finger gap is way too small to access the different discs. Saying that I did get burnt with the season 8 pre-order with zavvie after waiting months, they then tell me sorry but we are out of stock and cannot get more :( not happy

The thing that annoys me other than the ebay prices is that while they are marketed on social media, there isn’t really a reliable way to follow news on new releases, I could be scrolling on twitter and see a tweet from a few days prior about a new release from a fan but there’s not like a “dvd news twitter page” or anything to follow

I have three Region 1 US sets (released prior to the newer standard editions), one of which I bought used. Aside from that, I put my discs in binder sleeves and did without the cases. At first I couldn't figure out why the UK versions were so different from their US counterparts, but I don't spend much time looking at package art anyway. Instead, I pay more attention to the videos themselves. I think everyone should have a choice though, but not have to pay so much for printed images.

My left ear loved this video, abit weird that your voice is only coming into my left ear with quiet music on the right. Other than that really good video!

Yeah, I've been watching lately a lot of the classic era and thought for a while trying to collect the blu rays... One eBay search and I completely abandoned the idea hahah

To some extent they're focusing on the seasons where they can have interviews with the crew, writers, actors and actresses (main, supporting, and/or guest star) etc. that are still alive and are available to be part of the Special Features. Since they keep releasing individual blus for the Second and (soon) the First Doctor, those season sets will be easy enough to assemble down the road

Totally agree with everything said, I only have a small collection and it is real hard to get hold of them if you don't get them straight away

I recommend pre-ordering as soon as they become available to pre-order. That’s how I got them all except 12 which I found in Sydney.

I'm glad they're re-releasing the sets now, even if they are in standard packaging. I don't mind as it gives me a chance to start collecting them, without the ludicrous prices.

Lol well if you put it in layers of two then it’d be even, technically five wouldn’t be, but great vid 🙃

I have collected the complete Dvd collection but i just haven't got the heart to start all over again though the blurays are marvellous of what i've seen.

Enjoyed the video Dan. I agree with you. I've lost many an auction because of snipers. In the US the sets are easier to get because of the ugly, low budget packaging. I hope you're able to obtain the missing seasons to complete your collection.

The new season 8 the collection has a studio vt clock compilation on the last disc of the special features however it only has the vampire from space/Claws of Axos and Colony in space VT Clocks, oddly the VT clock for the Daemons episode 4 is not included even though the 2"Quad tape for this story survived the wipe and reuse policy, so presumably a VT clock for this episode does exist!

anyone else have an issue with audio and picture being out of sync on the standard sets?

One of the reasons I’m glad to be an American Whovian is that the Season box sets, despite the underwhelming packaging are cheap and look real nice on the shelf. To me, it’s somewhat worth the months of waiting after the UK fans get theirs

I feel your pain , I took my eye off the ball with season 14 and didn't preorder and ended up paying more than double the price on ebay, I justified the price as a one off to fill the gap in my collection and also because I regret missing the boat with collecting the nuWho steelbook series

They do plan to release all 26 seasons. They are waiting to have all of the seasons in colour boxsets done first as they have all of those still in the archives. They do aim to release seasons 1 to 6 when these are all done, they are also waiting on the animations for the 1st and 2nd doctors to be completed as all the audio for their episodes still exist.

I brought the series 9 steal book years ago and iv never knew it is so rare damn

well they have actually said there working on 60's who so we are getting the Hartnell and Troughton years it might just take a lot longer and pre covid we were getting 3 a year but 2 year is due to the fact were in A GLOBAL PANDEMIC so 2 a year ill happily take what we get.

"The Collection range of Doctor Who will be re-issued in standard packaging! The first titles to join this range will be Season 12 and Season 19, which are available to pre-order now." Good chance to fill your gaps.

Best idea is to pre-order and save ahead... as for the previous ones, yeah disgusting that people over charging!!

They went on the record saying they plan to release all of the seasons including the first six, as early as just after season 19 came out, the second set. They're holding back on the black and white seasons because all of the first six have missing episodes which are currently in the process of receiving animations. It makes perfect sense to hold off until they're complete or at least more so. I don't think saying the worst thing about them is that they're limited holds any weight whatsoever and hammers home how good the sets really are that you have nothing concretely bad to say about them. I'm sorry you've missed out but they've also been widely advertised as being limited from the very first set. Preorder if you want them, it's a simple solution. The season 14 issue was sorted out with further printings just a couple of months after they botched the orders. I know it's popular opinion to complain that they're too limited now but when they first started coming out it was popular opinion to say they weren't worth getting. It's only since they've turned out so well that the same people complain they can't get hold of something they were told was strictly limited at the time. They had the same facts we did. They will obviously re-release them at some point in the future in a less limited format, and presumably digitally too, but these expensively made and deluxe sets don't make sense to make on mass. The reissues will be more like the American version, plastic, cheaper and more flat packed, and presumably won't see light until after they've finished the limited sets. It's hard to argue with the business model. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few season 12 like limited reissues along the way for some of the early releases though.

Great video I really like theses kind of videos you are doing and I definitely think thet should make it wildly available the cheapest I managed to get one for was £20 and the seller even though in a enemy of the world dvd and have you pre ordered the season 8 and 24

Yeah there are certainly some annoying aspects to them.... but they are lovely though 😄

Thanks to the reiusses, the prices for the regular sets have gone down on eBay so I’m still able to get the versions with superior packaging! I’ve almost got Season 12 and Season 19 and 10 seem to be going for good prices but I will probably wait for Season 18 when its re-issue is announced so the better version’s price will go down on eBay

I’ve got the series 9 steelbook gonna be gutted if I didn’t sell it and they do a rerelease since the series 8 steelbook is out in April.

There's no conspiracy regarding the 60s seasons, nothing to do with black and white. They can't release them because there are episodes missing. I would have thought that was fairly obvious. Also, it took twenty years to release the VHSs and DVDs so that's normal. You're not exactly going to be old at 28. Anyway 2 a year would be 13 years, not 20.

I pre order Season 8 last week really annoyed me one season I got in my self

Great review as always Dan! I totally get what your talking about on these Collection Blu Rays. The pricing, availability, and the frustration of trying to get a complete collection is indeed stressful! I know I've been complaining a bit about how us US fan's seem to get the unfair treatment from the BBC when it comes to the releases. Fortunately I've been lucky when it comes to at least the Complete Blu Ray Collections. Like I've told you I was fortunate to run into a dealer at my local swamp meet who happens to sell entertainment product from the UK. Doctor Who actually was his specialty. Though he doesn't carry to many of the dvd releases, I have bought from him some of the Complete History Books, all the animated steel book sets, and most importantly ALL the Compete Blu Ray Seasons. AND at ridiculously cheap prices! ( $20/$30 ) They may be "hot" but just so long that I can get them is perfectly fine with me! LOL! Just kidding. They do have a promo label on the cover but otherwise it is exactly the same. BUT I still have to buy the US version as well just so I can still watch them! So combining the price of having to buy both the US and UK versions I still wined up paying anywhere from $60/$70, but at least it's for the two together. So, actually I am pleased with the release schedule. It does give me the time to save up the money. Though, like you said, at the rate the BBC is releasing these, it will take approximately 20 years for the whole series to be released. For me, that sucks at my age! I'll be old and in a wheelchair before I see it. I didn't realize how young you were and you are indeed lucky. 20 years or not you'll still be a "youngster" thus still enjoy the Collection sets! This does bring up one thing that does bother me and that is the technology aspect. In 20 years what's the technology going to be like. Will there be yet another new format/change? Anyway, I realize this pandemic has slowed down things and I do miss when these sets were released at 4 times a year. 5 years is certainly better than having to wait 20 years for the complete series. Keep up the good work Dan. So until next time!

Some ideas for you. 1. Preorder them from a company that take the money up front AND from Amazon. You can return your Amazon one if the prepaid and preordered one comes.You could keep both and put one up for sale on eBay to get enough money to buy a missing boxset. 2. You said you play lego video games. Why not go and get a job instead of wasting time on games and vlogs and you might be able to afford them 🙂

I only got the seasons i didn't have the single dvds of. I got 18, 19 and 26. Best thing to do was just buy them when the preorders go up when they're about £39.99. Scalpers will be scalpers buy in bulk and sell for an astronomical price.

I'm lucky enough to own all the box sets, (my season 12 is the re-release but nevermind) but I had a scare when Zoom.co.uk cancelled my season 14 set and I couldn't find it anywhere for a couple weeks. Luckily HMV had a restock. I also share your fear of having inconsistent designs, I hope the logo doesn't change with 3 box sets left or something like that. I think the main reason 60s stuff hasn't been released yet is because of the missing episodes and animations currently coming out. I want the 2 missing episodes of crusade to be animated for a season 2 release - one of my favourite seasons.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the look of these box sets. They are gorgeous. What I hate is the limited value of these sets. I’ve heard some horror stories of people not being able to get the S14 set despite ordering it! I’m happy to stick with the classic DVD’s as I have spent YEARS building that collection. Great video :)

I'm exactly the same!! I own the exact same four boxsets and im really struggling to find S10, 18, 19 for a decent price - I've already told myself i'm not going over 65/70 per one because it's ridiculous. I understand they wanted to make them limited edition but its not fair to fans who join throughout the years, (like myself) they're absolutely gorgeous, i just hope they announce a re-release soon because I don't see the point in collecting them if i cant ever get the complete thing.

Just preorder them for around £45.00

I completely agree with you, this is why I won't be buying the Blu Ray collections. Actually the only reason to buy them is for the new special features (which even then to me aren't worth the upgrade) and because they take up less space on the shelves. It's taken me 5 years to complete my DVD collection and I don't see any reason to replace it (mind you I'm not a double dipper, if I have a film on DVD I won't bother upgrading to Blu Ray unless it's for a specific reason). With limited editions they would normally release a limited version first an then a standard edition after the limited edition has sold out, this usually happens with boutique labels like Arrow Video who would first release a limited edition box set of a film with posters and write ups and other shit and shortly after they would reissue the title in a standard Blu Ray case with just the disc (maybe a booklet as well) but it looks like the BBC aren't planning on doing this, even the reissue of Season 12 was released because the BBC didn't expect the demand for it (even I was baffled given most people who buy these already have the DVD versions and they are mostly upscaled so they don't show any major image quality improvements). Needless to say the DVD versions will suffice, a lot of them have been in print since 2003 and show no signs of going away.

Have you tried cex online

Instant pre-orders required for these on announcement. 40-45 pounds is cheap for a Who season. If you missed the boat on previous releases then you can at least get another 15 seasons on release for RRP while hoping on a re-release. Pre-order pre-order pre-order. You can still get an awesome collection of these if you make sure you pre-order from now on. I do accept that the purposeful limiting is overdone on these, though. It only helps ebay scalpers. Speaking as someone who has them all including first issue Season 12, making them unlimited and torpedoing the ebay market would be so much better for fans. I've seen at least two comments on a Doctor Who discord where people have bragged about buying dozens of copies to sell on ebay. It's just not in the spirit of being a Who fan to me... It reminds me of Disney DVDs when they were first released. The parents of kids weren't buying them up, shady ebay dealers were to sell on for 100% a unit when that feature goes back into the "Disney vault".

It's insane that the BBC is allowing Doctor Who Blu-Rays to go out of print in the UK. I can't figure out why they'd cost themselves so many sales by letting supply fall so far short of demand. It feels weird to have to import US editions of a BBC series in case they're never reissued in the UK (I'm not going to pay silly eBay prices for UK versions - it'd be nice to have a matching set but ultimately it's the programmes I want). Fingers crossed that we'll either have non-limited releases or multi-season boxes in the future. Tbh, I'd happily have them in standard plastic cases like the US ones if the packaging is the issue. Sooner or later the pretty card cases are gonna get tatty.

Tbh I see why they raise in price you have to see it from actual people’s view not sellers I genuinely have been collecting them for awhile now they are limited so why people complaining I under sold season 18 for 80 pound had to buy a few at £70 each yeah season 14 was a piss take to get as it was cancelled for me they are all gonna be released most likely season 1 1st due to it only missing MP and 2 episodes from a another story

I’m in the middle of catching up with them now ( started collecting them this year 😬) the only ones im now missong are season 10 and 19 😪

I know it sound very nitpicky but I'd much prefer it if they had the specific Doctor Who logos for their respective years. In a few years time the Whittaker era logo will end up being out of date... and it just wouldn't look right personally.

Interesting discussion dude but word of advice, work on your audio mixing. Your levels are quite low and not stereo balanced. I know you said you don't have much money but it's worth checking guides and tutorials for audio mixing, since it's very easy to get wrong. I honestly mean this in a constructive way and don't mean this as an attack. Your ears will be more quickly offended than your eyes when it comes to video content

Honestly it’s just sad at this point, so many people are missing out and I think if they where Gonna rerelease them they would have done it by now so either they’ll do complete doctor boxsets (like seasons 24-26 for McCoy) or we won’t have them. I remember in an interview one of the main people who make these boxsets said if you miss one then you should import them from the US so that kinda confirms there are no plans to rerelease them any time soon 🙄🥺

I haven’t ordered season 24 yet because they probably haven’t even made it yet 😂 I tend to wait a month or two after it’s been told it’s a thing or when we actually know when it’s set to release

I had to pay £280 for season 10

I spent over £200 on these sets just to try to catch up. Season 10 cost me £105 brand new and season 18 cost me about £110 open(my fault for not reading more closely the description on eBay). Season 19 is the only set I don't own at the moment. Looks like I will have to pay at least £120 for an opened copy. But for the moment I will buy the standard re-issue of season 19.

Preorder 2 for £39.99, keep one sell other on ebay for £100 lol theycant release every one because there is some missing episodes!!

Maybe just buy your favourite Doctor on Blu-Ray or favourite era so you don't feel you need to buy it all. We have the dvds to fill in the gaps. We already pay the BBC licence fee and you'd think licence fee holders should have a reduced price after all we've already paid towards the making of the show. Peter Capaldi said Doctor Who is made by all of us and belongs to all of us and we've made it what it is. The BBC should remember that. Great video.

Of course they’re holding out on the Hartnell and Troughton seasons, none of them are complete. They’re all missing at least a couple episodes or serials, so I would HOPE that they would do the other 20 seasons FIRST, because it would really suck if they released a season incomplete only for the tapes to appear a couple years later.

I've personally managed to get a pre-order on each one although I still think they're overpriced tbh. Sometimes they're also not the sturdiest of things either with my season 19 one having the inside leaflet holder bit a bit on the loose side. I do think it's bizzare that there aren't simultaneous releases of the season blu rays as a standard edition as well as a digital itunes release of the season. I think the collection sets would still have the sell out factor because Doctor Who has a passionate fan base who wants the collectable version with the fancy box. If they still wanted to do some gatekeeping still, then they could just not have all the special features which would be bullshit but then they would still have that much higher demand for the collection boxes and at least people can buy classic who in the best quality and not take up giant amounts of shelf space (the main reason I jumped at the season 12 release when this started, i'd only got season 21, 22 and 23 on dvd and that was too much for me) Personally I like that they do come out twice a year as, as you say, they're pretty pricey and that along with the new series steelbooks that are coming out is more than enough for me. I really don't mind it taking ten years or so for them all to come out because it's something to look forward to and it means I'll be able to afford them all providing I don't miss a pre-order which has been so far so good for myself.

The only thing i don't like is the chibnall logo. As someone who stopped watching the show after the moffat era that logo pissed me off. Besides that i like them a lot. Currently have season 8 10 12 14 19. Still want to get season 18 but damn its so expensive on ebay.

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