List of BBC DVD releases " Doctor Who " has been released by BBC DVD since 1999 , with " K9 and Company " , " Torchwood " and " The Sarah Jane Adventures " also having been released on the DVD format by BBC DVD since their inceptions . Timeline of releases . 1999 . " Doctor Who " was chosen as one of six DVDs released to represent the BBC as a ' test ' of the DVD market by BBC Worldwide . The other titles were " The Black Adder " , " Noddy in Toyland " , " The Planets " , " Persuasion " and Volume I of " The Best of Monty Python ' s Flying Circus " . The title chosen for this test was " The Five Doctors " . This was picked because of it already existing in a " Special Edition " format from the BBC Video release of 1995 . This permitted better use of the DVD format with 5 . 1 surround sound . The Region 1 release of this title featured a commentary not available on the Region 2 and 4 versions , which would later be included on the 2008 re - release . 2000 . " The Five Doctors " was something of a false start . The range kicked off properly a year later with " The Robots of Death " with a different cover art template . Although the menu intro sequence was the same as for " The Five Doctors " , in all other respects the menu system was completely redesigned . It was planned for each disc to feature the story ' s theme music over the menu intro sequence . This was dropped early into 2001 as it was felt that the Howell version of the theme fitted the sequence best and has been used on every release since . 2001 . " Spearhead from Space " was a last minute addition to the schedule and was primarily based on the restoration done for the 1999 repeat broadcast . 2002 . " Pyramids of Mars " was originally to have been the Tom Baker title in the second slot . Issues with contract negotiations led to it being postponed and " The Ark in Space " put in its place . The original plan was to release one title from each Doctor . This was not managed as " The Ark in Space " and " Carnival of Monsters " were slipped into the schedule to avoid two black and white stories being released back to back . This year saw the first major discontinuity between UK ( Region 2 ) and North American ( Region 1 ) DVD releases . A box set of the six stories from the Key to Time season was released in Region 1 years before a similar release in Region 2 . 2003 . For " Doctor Who " s fortieth anniversary , BBC DVD planned to release one title from each Doctor . " The Three Doctors " was originally planned for the first release slot of the year , but was held back for the anniversary month . Most releases included a special music video ; clips from the show were accompanied by the popular cover version of the " Doctor Who " theme music by Orbital . In Region 4 these releases , excluding " The Curse of Fenric " , had an additional slip cover fitted over the cases , which were covered in silver TARDIS roundels and replaced the standard DVD range logo with the Fortieth Anniversary variation . 2004 . " Pyramids of Mars " was released after being voted most wanted DVD release in a 2003 " Doctor Who Magazine " poll and the " Lost in Time " set came about due to the recovery of the previously missing episode " Day of Armageddon " from " The Daleks ' Master Plan " , which occurred in the January of 2004 . The release of Lost in Time marked the first time BBC DVD released a Doctor Who boxset , instead of releasing individual serials . It also marks the first time two different Doctors were released together , without it being a multi - Doctor story . 2005 . From " Revelation of the Daleks " onwards , releases bore the 2 | entertain logo , a DVD release company formed by the BBC and . The release of the Dalek Collector ' s Edition was the first time that 2 | entertain released a DVD collection exclusively to a shop - W H Smith . This was available only in the UK . 2006 . " The Sontaran Experiment " in October 2006 marked the start of more frequent releases . Releases might be " Super Value Editions " , like " The Sontaran Experiment " , with fewer extras . Others were " Special Editions " like the two disc releases of the past . Super Value Editions were abandoned around 2008 . The two missing episodes of " The Invasion " were animated for the story ' s DVD release . " The Mark of the Rani " was a release brought forward to plug a gap created by the delay of " Arc of Infinity " . " The Beginning " featured a reconstruction of the completely missing serial " Marco Polo " . 2007 . The Series Three DVD box set was , in an exclusive release at Amazon . co . uk , made available with the choice of two additional covers as well as the standard cover . " The Complete Davros Collection " DVD box set marked the first example of the range re - visiting an earlier release , with errors on the original " Remembrance of the Daleks " release being corrected and new special features being added for its re - release . 2008 . The 25th Annivesary release of " The Five Doctors " was the second re - release of the series . This made the original 1983 version of the story available on DVD for the first time . The release of " The Invisible Enemy " featured an authoring error on the Region 2 release . A replacement disc could be obtained directly from 2 | entertain and the error was corrected for later pressings . 2009 . The Special Edition release of " Remembrance of the Daleks " , part of the 2007 Davros box set , was released separately this year . This was in addition to the regular releases . The Dalek War box set had been planned as a late December release ; it was brought forward to fill a hole created by the " Torchwood : " " Children of Earth " box set being released closer to the broadcast date . Dalek War also saw the first release of episode 3 of " Planet of the Daleks " in colour through new colourisation techniques . 2010 . The Kamelion Tales DVD box set was originally scheduled for the January 2010 release slot . It was pushed back due to an administrative error . Its replacement , the Peladon Tales box set , had originally been planned for 2008 , but was also held back until this year . Three new special editions of stories released early in the range appeared in Revisitations 1 box set . The rights issues with the 1996 TV movie were cleared and it was released on DVD for the first time in Regions 1 & 4 . A limited edition version of the Series 5 box set , a metal tin ( BBCDVD3344 ) , was released alongside the standard version . 2011 . For 2011 , 2 | entertain switched to unified release dates . Titles were generally released worldwide within a few weeks of each other . New special editions of three previously available stories were released in the Revisitations 2 box set . A new special edition of " Spearhead from Space " was paired with " Terror of the Autons " for the Mannequin Mania boxset . 2012 . The three stories in Revisitations 3 , plus " Vengeance on Varos " and " The Claws of Axos " are new special editions of stories released early in the range . The U . N . I . T Files box contains an alternate colour version of " Invasion of the Dinosaurs " part 1 achieved through new colourisation techniques in addition to the surviving black & white copy . The same techniques enabled the release of " The Ambassadors of Death " in full colour for the first time . Beginning with the Ace Adventures releases would no longer carry the 2 | entertain logo , although it would remain on the reverse side of the sleeve for Region 2 releases . 2013 . This year saw the release of five special editions of previously released titles : " The Aztecs " , " Inferno " , " The Green Death " , " The Ark in Space " and " The Visitation " . The Big Finish Productions webcast version of " Shada " was included on the DVD release of the incomplete television story . The missing episodes of " The Reign of Terror " , " The Tenth Planet " and " The Ice Warriors " were animated for release . The release of " The Aztecs " featured a reconstruction of the three missing episodes of " Galaxy 4 " and the surviving third episode . 2014 . The missing episodes of " The Moonbase " were animated its the release , whilst the missing episode of " The Web of Fear " was included on its release as a reconstruction . 2015 . " The Underwater Menace " had originally been scheduled for 2014 with animated versions of the missing two episodes . It was then cancelled ( confirmation appearing in DWM issue 488 ) before eventually being scheduled for release in late 2015 minus the animated episodes .