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	The Movie


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Starring: Paul McGann, Sylvester McCoy, Daphne Ashbrook & Yee Jee Tso
By: Matthew Jacobs
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Editions: China China (DVD) | UK (DVD) | US (DVD) | Australia (DVD) | UK (Blu-ray) | Germany Germany (limited Blu-ray) | Germany Germany (DVD) | Germany Germany (standard Blu-ray)
Note: Release of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie.

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Edition: China China (DVD)
Released: January 1997
Publisher: Fox Video
Format: 1 x DVD
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Note: Released in Hong Kong only. It's possible this may have been a bootleg rather than an "official" release.
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Edition: UK (DVD)
Released: August 2001
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 1 x DVD
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Matthew Jacob's name is mis-spelt as "Mathew" in the author credits on the back cover of the DVD.
The "music feature" mentioned in the extras includes an isolated music soundtrack, together with four previously unreleased tracks.
In July 2007, this DVD was one of 8 discs re-released in the UK with different cover artwork (in all cases, the discs and their contents were unchanged). The other DVDs which received the same treatment were Spearhead from Space, Genesis of the Daleks, The Hand of Fear, Earthshock, The Five Doctors, Revelation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks.
Cover blurb:
New Years Eve 1999. Earth is about to run out of time...
Returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch enemy, the Master, the TARDIS is forced off course, plunging the Doctor into the middle of a street gang's gun battle in downtown San Francisco.
Critically wounded in the shoot out, the Doctor has to regenerate to save his own life. And he's not the only one — the Master too has a new body with which to wreak havoc, and his ultimate goal is to take the Doctor's own existence.
As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, the Doctor has to stop the Master destroying all life on Earth. But at what cost..?
This story was broadcast on BBC1 on 27th May 1996.
Special Features
Commentary by Geoffrey Sax
On Screen Production Notes
Photo Gallery
Music Feature
Exclusive footage, cast and crew interviews, behind-the-scenes features

Edition: US (DVD)
Title: The Movie: Special Edition
Released: February 2011
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Used: $33.31
New: CDN$ 112.53
Used: CDN$ 86.72
Note: 2-disc edition, with same extras as released in the UK/Australia on the Revisitations 1 box set. This was the first ever commercial release of the Doctor Who movie in the US — it had never been released on VHS in the States due to rights issues (similar issues that prevented a North American DVD release in 2001).
Cover blurb:
The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr. Grace Holloway fights — and fails — to save his life.
Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one — the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of the new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy from destroying all life on Earth?
DVD EXTRAS:
DISC 1:
Audio Commentary 1 by director Geoffrey Sax
Audio Commentary 2 by actors Paul McGann (Doctor 8) and Sylvester McCoy (Doctor 7), moderated by Nicholas Briggs
The Seven Year Hitch A look back at the long quest to return Doctor Who to the screen (54 mins)
The Doctor's Strange Love How fans learned to love Doctor Who — The Movie (17 mins)
Photo Gallery (3 mins)
Music Tracks
PDF materials: Radio Times Listings
Production Notes Subtitle Option
Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
DISC 2:
Behind the Scenes (5 mins)
Electronic Press Kit Short documentary and interview segments from 1996 (15 mins)
Philip Segal's Tour of the Tardis (2 mins)
Alternate Takes (1 min)
Who Peter 1989-2009 Second part of documentary on the relationship of Blue Peter with Doctor Who (26 mins)
VFX Tests June 1994 (1 min)
VFX March 1996 (2 mins)
The Wilderness Years How Doctor Who was kept alive between 1989 and 1996 (23 mins)
Stripped for Action — The Eighth Doctor (19 mins)
Tomorrow's Times — The Eighth Doctor Contemporary press coverage (11 mins)
BBC Trailers (1 min)
Originally transmitted May 14, 1996

Edition: Australia (DVD)
Title: The Movie: Special Edition
Released: March 2011
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x DVD
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Note: 2-disc edition, with same extras as released in the UK/Australia on the Revisitations 1 box set.
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Edition: UK (Blu-ray)
Released: September 2016
Publisher: BBC Video
Format: 2 x Blu-ray
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Note:
Although the movie was mostly filmed on 35mm film and so would be a candidate for a "true" HD release on Blu-ray, the actual film negatives are property of Universal and it is thought to be too difficult & expensive for the BBC to obtain them for such a release. Therefore this Blu-ray has been upscaled from SD.
Full list of extras on the official Doctor Who site — in a nutshell, the extras are the same as the "Revisitations" DVD edition, but with the addition of the 2013 mini-episode The Night of the Doctor.
Cover blurb:
The Doctor is returning home to Gallifrey with the remains of his arch-nemesis, the Master. Forced off course, the TARDIS arrives in San Francisco on New Year's Eve 1999, where the Doctor is critically wounded in a gangland gun battle. At the local hospital, Dr Grace Holloway fights — and fails — to save his life.
Later, in the morgue, the Doctor wakes up a new man. But he is not the only one — the Master has also found himself a new body. As the clock counts down to the start of a new millennium, can the Doctor stop his oldest enemy destroying all life on Earth?
ALSO INCLUDES THE NIGHT OF THE DOCTOR
SPECIAL FEATURES
2 x Audio Commentaries
The Seven Year Hitch
The Doctor's Strange Love
Photo Gallery
Isolated Score
Production Subtitles
Isolated Music Tracks
Paul McGann Audition
EPK Footage
Behind the Scenes
Philip Segal's Tour of the TARDIS
Alternate Takes
BBC Trails
Who Peter 1989-2009
The Wilderness Years
Stripped for Action
Tomorrow's Times
VFX Tests (1994 & 1996)
Originally broadcast on BBC1 on 27th May 1996

Edition: Germany Germany (limited Blu-ray)
Title: Der Film
Released: February 2017
Publisher: Pandastorm
Format: 2 x Blu-ray, 1 x DVD
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Note: Limited edition "mediabook".
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Edition: Germany Germany (DVD)
Title: Der Film
Released: March 2017
Publisher: Pandastorm
Format: 2 x DVD
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Edition: Germany Germany (standard Blu-ray)
Title: Der Film
Released: March 2017
Publisher: Pandastorm
Format: 2 x Blu-ray
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New: 10,49 €
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