Doctor Who: Series 6 part 1- July 19th, part 2- Nov 8, -Reviews- Complete- Nov 22

[detective392]

Doctor Who: Series 6 part 1 will be released on July 19th. Part 2 is expected some time around November. Will be picking up the separate set's as I can afford them when they are released separate instead of a $60 something box set. Can't wait to own this season though as so far it's looking to be my favorite series yet.

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Doctor Who: Series Six Part One Blu-ray

Doctor Who: Series Six Part One Blu-ray Review




Doctor Who: Series Six, Part Two Blu-ray Nov 8

Doctor Who: Series Six, Part Two Blu-ray Review


Doctor Who: The Complete Sixth Series Blu-ray Nov 22

[orimental]

Holy crap at the ending of The Almost People.

[larrythefatcat]

With less than three weeks until the release of the first half of Series 6... I just have to ask: will these episodes be presented in the in the same way for the full series set, or will they be lacking audio tracks and a bunch of special features?

I know no one can answer this right now (either because they're sworn to secrecy or don't have their hands on the set... as I said, it's three weeks... two in the UK) but I'm thinking I'm going to hold off until the holiday season for the full Series 6 set.

The reason I feel that things will be missing is due to the fact that no special features have been listed thus far and the only audio track listed for the Blu-ray set has been DD 5.1. The reason these points concern me is the fact that all of the Doctor Who "volume" releases thus far have only had Dolby Stereo tracks (even the Blu-rays for Series 5) and held back most of the special features for the complete series sets. I would have a little more faith if there would at least be mention of the mini-episodes "Space" and "Time" from Red Nose Day being included in this set. If those aren't included, then I'm afraid I'm just going to have to wait until November...

...thoughts?

[detective392]

Originally Posted by larrythefatcat

With less than three weeks until the release of the first half of Series 6... I just have to ask: will these episodes be presented in the in the same way for the full series set, or will they be lacking audio tracks and a bunch of special features?

I know no one can answer this right now (either because they're sworn to secrecy or don't have their hands on the set... as I said, it's three weeks... two in the UK) but I'm thinking I'm going to hold off until the holiday season for the full Series 6 set.

The reason I feel that things will be missing is due to the fact that no special features have been listed thus far and the only audio track listed for the Blu-ray set has been DD 5.1. The reason these points concern me is the fact that all of the Doctor Who "volume" releases thus far have only had Dolby Stereo tracks (even the Blu-rays for Series 5) and held back most of the special features for the complete series sets. I would have a little more faith if there would at least be mention of the mini-episodes "Space" and "Time" from Red Nose Day being included in this set. If those aren't included, then I'm afraid I'm just going to have to wait until November...

...thoughts?

BBC has said that the complete set will include the Christmas special and some features not available on the single releases. What those are nobody knows right now but I don't believe they will be anything major unless the confidentials are left out of the single releases. Monster Files will be a feature included on the single release though for part 1 not sure about anything else though.

[larrythefatcat]

Originally Posted by detective392

BBC has said that the complete set will include the Christmas special and some features not available on the single releases.

I'm curious as to where you heard that. I'm not surprised, but I can't find any confirmation as to whether or not "A Christmas Carol" will be included with the complete Series 6 set.


As for the "Confidential Cutdowns" they've always been on separate discs from the episodes, so I'm guessing they'll do the same thing and only include them in the complete series set.

At the moment I'm still feeling that if I want to get the best audio quality, the commentaries and all of the applicable featurettes I'm going to have to wait until November.

[EvilGamerX]

Originally Posted by larrythefatcat

I'm curious as to where you heard that. I'm not surprised, but I can't find any confirmation as to whether or not "A Christmas Carol" will be included with the complete Series 6 set.

The Christmas specials in general are usually packaged in the season sets.

Anyways, I plan to wait for the season set.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by larrythefatcat

I'm curious as to where you heard that. I'm not surprised, but I can't find any confirmation as to whether or not "A Christmas Carol" will be included with the complete Series 6 set.


As for the "Confidential Cutdowns" they've always been on separate discs from the episodes, so I'm guessing they'll do the same thing and only include them in the complete series set.

At the moment I'm still feeling that if I want to get the best audio quality, the commentaries and all of the applicable featurettes I'm going to have to wait until November.

"We have already received a lot of queries about the release plans for Doctor Who Season 6, and while we like to keep everyone posted, there are many people involved in these decisions. However, we can confirm (so far) that the much-lauded Christmas Carol special will be included in the deluxe complete series set, though not with all of its extras.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Doctor-...#ixzz1QxlhZ09S

[MarcelS1]

I won't be buying the part 1 & 2, will buy the whole season at once. Can't imagine there will be people who will buy the parts 1&2

[detective392]

Originally Posted by MarcelS1

I won't be buying the part 1 & 2, will buy the whole season at once. Can't imagine there will be people who will buy the parts 1&2

I'll be buying this series in parts . It's just easier financial as it seems the box set's just never go down in price that often or down enough to me. I'll be able to grab both parts for around $20 so that's around $40 for the whole series which I still have yet to see series 5 drop around or below. Not much for special features but for Who I'll just youtube them if they are important enough or something I really want to see and it's not in the singles.

[EvilGamerX]

Are the shorts in the box-sets? Like will "Time" and "Space" be in the season 6 box-set?

(ie: Was Time Crash in the season 4 set?)

Also, do you think seasons 1-4 will ever come out on Blu-ray or am I better off getting the DVDs?

[detective392]

Originally Posted by EvilGamerX

Are the shorts in the box-sets? Like will "Time" and "Space" be in the season 6 box-set?

(ie: Was Time Crash in the season 4 set?)

Also, do you think seasons 1-4 will ever come out on Blu-ray or am I better off getting the DVDs?

Time Crash I believe was on the season 4 set but not 100% sure as I don't own it yet. Only the 2009 specials and upwards were filmed in HD so chances are very very slim we will get anything before that on Blu-ray so you are better off buying them on DVD.

[BluRyan]

I shall be buying Volume 1 and then selling it off before The Complete Season 6 is released. My predictions. Volume 2 will be released November 15th, with The Complete Season 6 released on December 13th in time for Christmas.

I'm just wondering how many discs the whole season will be this time? With the Christmas Special does that mean the BBC will be pushing a 7-disc set on us? I mean, 7 discs, for 14 episodes is more than a little excessive seeing as WB pushes out 22 episodes on 4 discs for most of their shows. Also, if A Christmas Carol gets it's own disc it better have both The Proms and the hour-long confidential! If anything goes missing like the press release says:

Oh, and Deleted Scenes this time please. And Time and Space. And the online prequels. And I'll be happy. Heck, make it a 10-disc set and include the full-length confidentials for once!

[detective392]

Originally Posted by BluRyan

I shall be buying Volume 1 and then selling it off before The Complete Season 6 is released. My predictions. Volume 2 will be released November 15th, with The Complete Season 6 released on December 13th in time for Christmas.

I'm just wondering how many discs the whole season will be this time? With the Christmas Special does that mean the BBC will be pushing a 7-disc set on us? I mean, 7 discs, for 14 episodes is more than a little excessive seeing as WB pushes out 22 episodes on 4 discs for most of their shows. Also, if A Christmas Carol gets it's own disc it better have both The Proms and the hour-long confidential! If anything goes missing like the press release says:

Oh, and Deleted Scenes this time please. And Time and Space. And the online prequels. And I'll be happy. Heck, make it a 10-disc set and include the full-length confidentials for once!

I believe the Christmas special will be on disc 1 with a few episodes and not it's own disc if past seasons are anything to go by.

[BluRyan]

Originally Posted by detective392

I believe the Christmas special will be on disc 1 with a few episodes and not it's own disc if past seasons are anything to go by.

Yeah, but... in the UK (not sure about US) Seasons 3&4 DVD's both had the Christmas special on it's own disc. Although what would be more logical would be:

Disc 1: Christmas + Episodes 1&2
Disc 2: Eps 3-5
Disc 3: Eps 6-7
Disc 4: Eps 8-10
Disc 5: Eps 11-13
Disc 6: Confidential

I wouldn't mind if there were twelve discs though, as long as they are in excellent quality!

[HDMe]

Originally Posted by detective392

I'll be buying this series in parts . It's just easier financial as it seems the box set's just never go down in price that often or down enough to me. I'll be able to grab both parts for around $20 so that's around $40 for the whole series which I still have yet to see series 5 drop around or below. Not much for special features but for Who I'll just youtube them if they are important enough or something I really want to see and it's not in the singles.

I used to get all of my Doctor Who from WBShop, because they used to give WB Insiders a 25% discount... and sometimes even better deals.

I bought the Series 5 Blu-ray for less than $45 from them.

But... that discount is now down to 10%... so I don't know if I will be able to find as good of a deal on Series 6... but still I plan on waiting for the full set and not buying parts.

I started buying parts the year of the specials... bought the first special on DVD, then the next one on Blu... then when they announced the prices of the whole set that year, it only cost a few more dollars to buy the whole set than just to get the remaining 3 specials... so I learned my lesson about buying the partial releases.

[BluRyan]

My set should come tomorrow, in about nine hours. So I'll post pics and hopefully an unboxing video and then tell you guys what it's like.

[troysayshi]

Well I'm going to wait for the complete season before buying this. I hate all this season splitting.
People who buy these split season releases are only encouraging companies to release product this way.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by troysayshi

Well I'm going to wait for the complete season before buying this. I hate all this season splitting.
People who buy these split season releases are only encouraging companies to release product this way.

BBCA are still releasing a complete season set after the season ends so these split seasons are not affecting a complete season set in anyway. You are getting a choice of getting the show on Blu early or just waiting for the season set. It's not one or the other.

[HDMe]

Originally Posted by detective392

BBCA are still releasing a complete season set after the season ends so these split seasons are not affecting a complete season set in anyway. You are getting a choice of getting the show on Blu early or just waiting for the season set. It's not one or the other.

Yeah, that part I like... we have a choice. Most other networks that have gone for split-releases don't necessarily give you another option lately.

With the old SD series... they did cheap out on Doctor Who with the audio... putting 2.0 sound on the early releases BUT putting 5.1 surround on the full season set.

I gather the Blu-ray releases will ultimately be identical, though, so no worries... and you can buy however you want. There were rumors that perhaps some of the extras might be different, but I'm not sure that will turn out to be true.

[MTRodaba2468]

While I may grab the Christmas Carol Blu-Ray to obtain all of its extras, I will wait for the Complete 6th Series set instead of the separate parts...