Fans will be interested to know that 2Entertain have announced the latest 2009 DVD release schedule.

15th January Edit: “The Keys of Marinus” has also been announced.

• As stated last month, “The E-Space Trilogy” will be released on 26th January.
• This will be followed on 23rd February by the First Doctor classic double pack, “The Rescue and The Romans”.
• Next along on 16th March will be “Attack of the Cybermen” starring the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker.

The remaining announced releases for this year, with currently to be announced release dates, are:

• “Delta and the Bannermen” (Seventh Doctor)
• “Image of the Fendahl” (Fourth Doctor)
• “The Keys of Marinus” (First Doctor)
• “The Deadly Assassin” (Fourth Doctor)
• A “Dalek War” double pack featuring “Frontier in Space” and “Planet of the Daleks” (with recolourised episode 3) both featuring the Third Doctor.
• Finally the epic “War Games”, Patrick Troughton’s final story, is planned to be released this Autumn in a 3 DVD box set jammed packed with extras.

So, what are your thoughts on this year’s DVD schedule? Ecstatic or disappointed? Leave a comment and let us know

Just a quick note to say that the DVD of “Battlefield” is out now.

The Doctor and Ace receive a mysterious distress signal and land in the Earth village of Carbury, where a nuclear convoy has halted. The Doctor’s concern is heightened when knights from another dimension begin to land in the area. Nearby is Lake Voortigen, the mythical resting-place of Excalibur, King Arthur’s mystical sword…

But the lake holds a more sinister secret. A spaceship from the same alien dimension lurks under the lake – but does it really contain Arthur’s corpse? And what is it that the Witch Queen, Morgaine, is really after?

The Doctor’s old friend the Brigadier is sent in to investigate, but the Doctor’s happiness is short-lived. It seems his friend must take on the might of the deadly Destroyer, a horned demon intent on bringing about the end of the world…

The DVD cover for the 19th January release of this year’s Christmas special, “The Next Doctor” has been released by 2 Entertain. The DVD also contains the 2008 Doctor Who Prom and is available for pre-order now!

2 Entertain have released the cover and information about their upcoming box set release, “The E-Space Trilogy“, set for release on 26th January.

Full Circle: The Doctor discovers the TARDIS has fallen into E-Space and landed on the planet Alzarius. Its only inhabitants live on a vast, dilapidated spaceship which they have been attempting to repair for generations in order to return to their home planet. But Mistfall, a legendary time of terror, is coming again to Alzarius, and an eerie menace is rising out of the misty marshes. The Doctor and Romana must solve the riddle of the strange Marshmen if they are to have any chance of returning to their own universe.

State of Decay: Searching for a way out of E-Space, the Doctor and Romana, joined by a young stowaway, land on an Earth-like planet. Here the people live in fear of ‘the Three who Rule’; cruel lords who live in a high tower overlooking their village. Suppressing all learning to keep their subjects ignorant and helpless, what chilling secret are these ruthless monarchs concealing? An ancient evil is rising once again and only the Doctor and Romana can destroy it.

Warriors’ Gate: A strange creature forces its way into the TARDIS steering them to a white void occupied only by the ruins of an old building and a spaceship. This empty space is a gateway to the past and future and the creature responsible for taking them there is Biroc, a Tharil, an enslaved race. The gateway offers the only exit out of E-Sapce, but the void is contracting. Are the Doctor and his friends fated to spend eternity in E-Space? And what final shock revelation awaits the Doctor?

To read the list of extras, click to read more.
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The eagerly anticipated Complete Doctor Who Series 4 DVD box set has been released today. Two retailers in particular are offering a little bit more for your money: Play are offering it with exclusive postcards, whereas HMV are offering a rather nice exclusive box sleeve design.

We have received the covers for the individual DVDs of the upcoming “The Trial of a Time Lord” box set from 2 entertain. These follow the previously released cover image for the box itself, also shown below for completeness.
The Sixth Doctor epic is due for release on 29th September.

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