BBC Home Entertainment has announced the 3-disc Blu-ray release of
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time. Writer Mark Gatiss and director Terry McDonough's 2013 BBC docudrama stars David Bradley as William Hartnell, the actor who portrayed the First Doctor, along with Jessica Raine, Jamie Glover, Sacha Dhawan, Lesley Manville, Jemma Powell, Reece Shearsmith, Mark Eden and Brian Cox. The television film arrives on Blu-ray on May 27th.
Synopsis: Travel back in time to witness the dramatic birth of
Doctor Who. Actor William Hartnell (David Bradley, Walder Frey in
Game of Thrones, Filch from the
Harry Potter films) felt trapped by a succession of tough-guy roles. Wannabe producer Verity Lambert (Jessica Raine,
Call the Midwife) was frustrated by the TV industry's glass ceiling. Both of them were to find unlikely hope and unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday afternoon drama, time travel and monsters. Allied with a brilliant creative team, they went on to introduce the world to the longest running science fiction series ever, currently in its 50th year and counting.
The 3-disc Blu-ray release of
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time includes:
Disc 1: An Adventure in Space and Time Blu-ray
- Feature film presented in 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround
- The Making of An Adventure in Space and Time
- William Hartnell : The Original
- Regeneration: Doctors 1, 2 and 3, Re-cast
- Reconstruction: Four Sequences
- Farewell: David Bradley
- Christmas Greeting: David Bradley
- Titles Sequence
- Deleted Scene: Delia Derbyshire
Disc 2: An Unearthly Child Bonus DVD
- An Unearthly Child (1963): The first Doctor Who serial:
- Episode 1.1: An Unearthly Child
- Episode 1.2: The Cave of Skulls
- Episode 1.3: The Forest of Fear
- Episode 1.4: The Firemaker
- Original Pilot of An Unearthly Child: Shot a month earlier and shelved due to a variety of technical issues, the original pilot episode is also included alongside the four broadcast episodes
Disc 3: An Adventure in Space and Time DVD