8.3 | / 10 |
Users | 5.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
The adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS. Along with a series of companions, the Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help people and right wrongs.
Adventure | 100% |
Sci-Fi | 88% |
Fantasy | 82% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Fourteen-disc set (14 BDs)
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Note: Virtually all of the content in this set has been previously released, so links to reviews of titles included in this package are offered
below. The bulk of this review will concentrate on this set's Bonus Disc, exclusive to this release. That includes the screenshots accompanying this
review. The scores above are for the entire set, however.
Peter Capaldi may be gone, but this handsome new 14 disc set from BBC may help to keep him from being forgotten. While it may seem that Capaldi
spent less time in the role than some of his "siblings", in fact his reign was more or less standard, and in fact longer than some of the other actors
who have taken on the inimitable role of Doctor Who. The perception of
Capaldi as a "short termer" may be due at least in part to the somewhat longer than average runs of relatively recent actors like David Tennant, who
lasted around five years in the role. Capaldi's take on the character was initially met with a bit of skepticism by longtime fans, but he grew into the
role and brought his own enjoyable combination of goofiness and occasionally tartness to his characterization. Now fans of Doctor Who in
general or Peter Capaldi in particular can have all of his Doctor Who work in one nicely packaged set.
For video quality of the various seasons and Christmas specials, along with screenshots from those releases, see the appropriate above linked revews. The two main calling cards for the Bonus Disc are probably the old David Tennant episode that also features Peter Capaldi, as well as the 2017 Comic Con Panel. There are screenshots from both presentations included with this review, but the bottom line is the Tennant episode is an obvious upscale, with a kind of ragged appearance in terms of clarity, but a rather robust looking palette. The HD native Comic Con Panel is about what you would expect, with decent detail levels sometimes kept at literal arm's length due to the camera trying to get as many participants in the frame as possible. While perhaps serving as "also rans" in terms of interest in the supplementary material on the Bonus Disc, both the concert and the reminiscence of Capaldi's time as Doctor Who have probably the best overall video quality on this disc, with excellent sharpness and detail levels, and no hints of compression problems.
For audio quality of the various seasons and Christmas specials, see the appropriate above linked reviews.
For supplemental material included with the various seasons and Christmas specials, see the appropriate above linked revews. The Bonus Disc in this set includes the following material:
This is a very nicely packaged set, but whether or not any individual consumer is going to want to buy it will probably be determined by what if any of the already released product is in their collection already. Get your spreadsheets and calculators out to figure out the ins and outs of that predicament, but know that this is a handsomely packaged set with the same excellent technical merits for the main series and specials. The Bonus Disc exclusive to this set is frankly a little on the "meh" side, but individual offerings on it may appeal to various fans. Recommended.
2005
2005-2006
Remastered
2005
Remastered
2005-2006
Remastered
2006-2007
2007
Remastered
2007-2008
2008
Remastered | The Next Doctor / Planet of the Dead / The Waters of Mars / The End of Time
2008-2010
2009-2010
2009
2009
2010
2010
Remastered
2010-2011
Remastered
2010
2011
2011
2011 Christmas Special
2011
2011-2013
2012
2012 Christmas Special
2012
2013
2013
2014
2014
Keepcase
2014
2014
2014
2015
2015
2015
2016
2017
2017
2017
2017
2018
2018
2019
2020
2021
2021
2022
2022
The Star Beast / Wild Blue Yonder / The Giggle
2023
1977-1978
50th Anniversary Special
2013
2009
10th Anniversary Collector's Edition | Limited
2014
2018
Collector's Edition
2020
2020-2023
1966-1969
2018
40th Anniversary Edition
1982
1977
1999
Ultimate Collector's Edition
2019
2015
Ultimate Collector's Edition
2009
Ultimate Collector's Edition
2017
2005
1983
2002
2016