BBC Studios announced today they plan to debut the second ever season of Doctor Who on Blu-ray! Doctor Who: Season 2 will continue to offer Doctor Who fans the opportunity to build their own Blu-ray home archive, and you can pre-order now!
Across a jam-packed season of 37 episodes, the Doctor (William Hartnell) is joined by faithful companions Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill), Vicki (Maureen
O’Brien) and Steven (Peter Purves). Together they face off against the dreaded Daleks, the
marauding Mechonoids, the ant-like Zarbi and the meddling Monk, while visiting fantastic
alien worlds and turbulent times in the Earth’s history.
The missing two episodes of The Crusade have been reconstructed using off-air photographs
and the original broadcast soundtrack, while remaining episodes have been newly
remastered from the best available sources – these classic adventures have never looked or
sounded so good on home media.
With all episodes newly remastered from the best available sources, this Blu-ray box set also contains extensive and exclusive Special Features including:
- THREE BRAND NEW DOCUMENTARIES: Including an overview of Season 2, Flight Through Eternity,
a look at 1960s collectables in Doctor Who and The Collectors, and a deep dive into the life and career of story editor David Whitaker in Looking For David. - IN CONVERSATION: Two exclusive insightful feature-length interviews, with William Russell and Maureen O’Brien.
- BEHIND THE SOFA: Six new episodes with companions Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Carole Ann Ford, Janet Fielding (Tegan), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Bonnie Langford (Melanie) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).
- EXCLUSIVE AUDIO COMMENTARY: Learn about the recovery of The Lion, a missing episode that was returned in 1999, with three of the heroes responsible for its return.
- CONVENTION FOOTAGE: A rare chance to hear from actors Jacqueline Hill and Adrienne Hill (Katarina) alongside Michael Craze (Ben) and Carole Ann Ford.
- EXCLUSIVE ENHANCED SOUNDTRACK: Watch The Dalek Invasion of Earth with an optional enhanced soundtrack.
- HD PHOTO GALLERIES: Including many previously unseen images.
- INFO TEXT: Behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.
- PDF ARCHIVE: Including scripts, exclusive unseen BBC production files and other rarities
This nine-disc box set also includes hours of special features previously released on DVD including
Documentaries, Featurettes, Audio Commentaries, Overseas Soundtracks and more.
A specially shot announcement trailer has debuted on the Doctor Who YouTube channel, written by new series writer Pete McTighe (Kerblam! and Praxeus) and featuring Maureen O’Brien back as Vicki.
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