As we
reported a week and a half ago, Warner Home Video and the BBC are planning a DVD release in North America for
Doctor Who - Story #070: The Time Warrior. This is based on a trailer included on recent releases of
Time-Flight and
Arc of Infinity.
This morning the studios confirmed this by formally announcing the
April 1st release of
Time Warrior, starring Jon Pertwee's as the 3rd Doctor, and introducing Elisabeth Sladen as new companion Sarah Jane Smith. Additionally, they will also be releasing
Doctor Who - Story #081: Planet of Evil, starring Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane.
Planet of Evil is described by Warner's announcement thusly: "
When a distress call draws the Doctor and Sarah Jane to a scientific outpost at the end of the Universe, the Doctor suspects dark planetary forces are behind a series of sinister deaths."
These two releases will come directly on the heels of
the March 4th release of The Complete Davros Collection. That package compiles a number of Dalek-related stories into one set, including
of Doctor Who - Story #104: Destiny of the Daleks and
Doctor Who - Story #152: Remembrance of the Daleks: Special Edition. Both of those will also be available separately on the same date as the
Davros box set.
Each of the April releases are planned to sell separately for $24.98 SRP. In our previous report we described the bonus material expected on
The Time Warrior. The extras on
Planet of Evil are going to include a Commentary Track by actors Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen and Prentis Hancock, and producer Philip Hinchcliffe. Featurettes consist of "A Darker Side" (the making of this serial) and "Planetary Performance" (a look at the production from the actors' point of view). "Studio Scene" will have the only surviving behind-the-scenes footage from the story. And there will be the usual Photo Gallery, Production Notes, CD-ROM material, continuity announcements and repeat trailer. Plus a "coming soon" trailer for a future
Doctor Who DVD release.
Package art is not available yet for these two April 1st releases, but stay tuned and we'll update you as soon as possible.
