Today's Doctor Who DVD Releases

After a long wait, Tom Baker story Terror of the Zygons is finally available on DVD, and so are all six Monster Collection sets.

Monster Collection set contents:
Davros - Genesis of the Daleks, The Stolen Earth & Journey's End
Daleks - The Daleks & Asylum of the Daleks
The Master - Terror of the Autons & The End of Time
Cybermen - The Tomb of the Cybermen, Rise of the Cybermen & The Age of Steel
Silurians - Doctor Who & the Silurians, The Hungry Earth & Cold Blood
Sontarans - The Time Warrior, The Sontaran Stratagem & The Poison Sky



Buy Terror of the Zygons from Amazon here or from the BBC Shop here.
Buy the Monster Collection sets from Amazon here or from the BBC Shop here.

The Light At The End Cover (Standard Edition)

Big Finish have revealed the cover for the standard release of their 50th anniversary audio drama The Light at the End. The story will be written and directed by Nicholas Briggs and will star Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann.

Synopsis:

"November 23rd 1963 proves to be a significant day in the lives of all eight Doctors…
It's the day that Bob Dovie's life is ripped apart…
It's also a day that sets in motion a catastrophic chain of events which forces the first eight incarnations of the Doctor to fight for their very existence. As a mysterious, insidious chaos unfolds within the TARDIS, the barriers of time break apart…
From suburban England through war-torn alien landscapes and into a deadly, artificial dimension, all these Doctors and their companions must struggle against the power of an unfathomable, alien technology.
From the very beginning, it is clear that the Master is somehow involved. By the end, for the Doctors, there may only be darkness."

The Light at the End will be released in November and you can pre-order any of the three versions here.

It's The Invasion Of The Birthdays!

We would like to wish a happy 70th birthday to Sylvester McCoy who played the Seventh Doctor from 1987-89, 51st birthday to Sophie Aldred who played companion Ace from 1987-89 and would-be 80th birthday to Anthony Ainley who played The Master from 1981-89.

Sylvester McCoy starred in the following stories:
Time and the Rani
Paradise Towers
Delta and the Bannermen
Dragonfire
Remembrance of the Daleks
The Happiness Patrol
Silver Nemesis
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Battlefield
Ghost Light
The Curse of Fenric
Survival

Doctor Who: The Movie (first 20 minutes)

Sophie Aldred starred in the following stories:
Dragonfire
Remembrance of the Daleks
The Happiness Patrol
Silver Nemesis
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Battlefield
Ghost Light
The Curse of Fenric
Survival

Anthony Ainley appeared in the following stories:
The Keeper of Traken
Logopolis
Castrovalva
Time-Flight
The King's Demons
The Five Doctors
Planet of Fire
The Mark of the Rani
The Ultimate Foe
Survival

Which of these stories is your favourite?

Featured Villain: Melkur

Melkur was a name given to creatures attracted to the planet Traken and the word literally means "a fly trapped in honey". They have appeared twice - once in The Keeper of Traken and again in Time-Flight.

There were lots of Melkurs on Traken and while most of them decayed without causing much harm, one of them turned out to be the Master's TARDIS, which proved troublesome for the Doctor and his companions and led to the events of the Fourth Doctor's regeneration.

Featured Scene:

Five Classic Doctor Who Villains I Want To See Again

In it's fifty year history, Doctor Who has had hundreds of villains - some appear one hundred times, others appear once and others twice. So today I'm going to tell you the five that I really want to see again!

#5 - The Master
Alright, this one has certainly had his fair share of appearances but it's been four years since we last saw him and while I think John Simm did a great job in Series 3 and The End of Time, I really want to see him with a goatee again!

#4 - The Quarks
These things got two appearances: The Dominators and The War Games but they were only in the latter for about five seconds in part 10. I'm not a huge fan of The Dominators but I really like the design of the Quarks so I think it would be great to see them again in a Twelfth Doctor episode...

#3 - The Sea Devils
The Sea Devils are another monster that only got two appearances: The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep. Like the Silurians, the Sea Devils are fan-favourites and it's a huge shame they didn't return for Series 5.

#2 - Sil / Mentors
And now for yet another monster who appeared twice: Sil! Sil is a money-greedy Mentor from Thoros Beta who first appeared in Vengeance on Varos and later appeared in The Trial of a Time Lord Part 2: Mindwarp. The two stories he appeared in are generally considered to be the best of the Sixth Doctor era so it's a shame that he hasn't been seen since. Oh well, at least he's going to be in a Big Finish trilogy next year...

#1 - The Celestial Toymaker
Another popular villain who only appeared in the almost completely missing First Doctor story The Celestial Toymaker. A second appearance was planned for the cancelled Season 23 in a story called The Nightmare Fair but we got The Trial of a Time Lord instead but on the bright side, Big Finish made an audio version in 2009. His only TV appearance is one of the most popular lost stories and I think it would be great to see him in New Who.

Are there any classic villains that you would like to see again?