It's been mooted for a while now that Season 26 was going to be released on Blu-ray this year - and they're just going to manage it. It hits the shops, in the UK at least, on December 23rd - so just in time for Christmas.
This was the final season of the Classic Era of the programme - the last four stories before cancellation. Those stories are: Battlefield, Ghost Light, The Curse of Fenric, and Survival.
The set includes the extended and the special edition versions of Battlefield and The Curse of Fenric as well as the following new extras:
- Comprehensive new interview with Sophie Aldred (companion Ace).
- Documentary about John Nathan-Turner (producer).
- Writers Room feature with Andrew Cartmel (script editor), Ben Aaronovitch, Marc Platt, Ian Briggs and Rona Munro.
- Feature on the creation of the Destroyer from Battlefield, including the actor who portrayed him (Marek Anton) and one of the designer / sculptors (Stephen Mansfield).
- A new making-of documentary for The Curse of Fenric.
- Behind the Sofa. We get McCoy and Aldred, as well as companion actors Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Anneke Wills, and writers Pete McTighe and Joy Wilkinson - who contributed to the Season 10 Behind the Sofa features.
Season 26 is widely regarded as the series when the programme really picked itself up after a period of decline, building on the successes of the 25th anniversary year. Doctor Who was basically getting good again, only to have the rug pulled from under it.
The season has its faults - even its own writer is unhappy with Battlefield - but it is amazing how much better it is than McCoy's first series.
There's a very nice trailer for the box set doing the rounds, which ties in with what The Sarah Jane Adventures said about what eventually happened to Ace - she's seen in the London offices of her 'A Charitable Earth' foundation.
The set is available to pre-order now.
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