Doctor Who: The Complete Series 1-7

Opener: If you ask me, I coudn't wait for this set to be released & have the 1st 4 series' in HD, well upconverted HD, but whatever. I love this series as much as I enjoy Star Trek & I'm a guy who enjoys his Star Trek. Pretty much I'm a Trekkie & a Whovian, have been for several years. I was stoked for this release, hope they'll release the series in separate releases like the Friends season sets on blu-ray & the DVD series sets of Power Rangers. Content review: Now, if you want entertainment at its best, you've come to the right place. Most of Matt Smith's, all of David Tennant's, & some of Chris Eccelston's episodes are truly great & will keep you entertained for hours. Remastering work: It's too bad they didn't shoot the episodes from series' 1-4 on film, or an equivalent for proper HD remastering, but like 'The Next Doctor' episode of the David Tennant specials that looked ok & that episode was upconverted, so you don't have to worry much. I'm hopeful that they'll release the upconverted HD versions of the episodes on iTunes &/or Netflix so people who can't afford this set, will be able watch them that way. I expected the SD produced episodes & such on the discs to look close to the episodes of Sherlock in HD. They look good, they've also remixed the audio for series 2, which I've heard that people have complained about, that the music overlapped the speech to the point where you can barely hear the speech, so much so that it was spoofed on the British comedy show 'Dead Ringers,' so they probably took that into account when remastering the show. The picture isn't 'Star Trek TNG' Blu-Ray level, but it's alright. The episodes of series 1-4 look decent, but not overly fantastic, but there is a level of remastering there, to a degree. Whether, or not it's exactly 1080p HD, is a question, but they were shot at 576i, so they're definitely above 480p, so it has that, but it also looks nice, so don't think it's crap. You'd definitely have to take a lot of things into account when thinking about buying this set, like me, who didn't have the DVDs & thought this was a good bargain for all included. Price: I consider the price fair. $299-$314 for around 3 Doctor's worth of tenure, spread over 7 series' on almost 40 discs, which has episodes, shorts, & other extras from the DVDs, which I'm questioning if the mini-sodes were upconverted too, for series' 1-4's mini-sodes, & an 11th Doctor sonic screwdriver universal remote, which I understand, goes for nearly $100 on its own. As I've read someone type into a review for this set & am repeating cause it's true, each individual series from 1-4 & 7 on DVD, is going for the insanely high prices of $40-$60 & that's just the DVD versions. I could easily understand a new release & on blu-ray, but on DVD!?! Really Amazon!?! Well, at least it's not as bad as BBC America's site. They're selling it for nearly $100, at least for series 2, but I digress. Final thoughts, for now: As far as I can tell, as it says on this page, it has all the shorts, the Doctor Who Confidential episodes from the DVD releases, & most importantly, the episodes from series 1-4, at least. I was kind of hoping they'd release the Dreamland CGI episode from 2009 and The Infinite Quest animated episode, on these too, since there's a bonus disc, or since Blu-Ray discs hold more info than DVDs, they could slot those episodes where they belong, continuity-wise, in between the episodes they take place in, but I guess I was just hoping for something impossible, or at least very unlikely to happen. As I was hoping that since Dreamland hasn't been released anywhere, not even iTunes of all places, or the David Tennant Specials blu-rays in HD, they could've released it for the 1st time anywhere in HD on blu-ray & give us fans &/or collectors extra incentive to buy this set, but I guess BBC was not smart enough to realize the opportunity they had here, but I guess not.. Final Thoughts: It's a pretty good set release of this show. Solid for a collection release before The Day Of The Doctor on November 23. I have no complaints, as I mainly bought this set to get the episodes on disc format, since the DVD season sets are so expensive, so I recommend this set: 1, for people who didn't buy the series sets yet & 2, if you, like me, hate the series 5 & 6, maybe 7 set releases, if it's like those, & want the discs in regular, great blu-ray cases with multiple disc trays, so there's that. Otherwise, I don't think it's going to appeal to you very much. Not much else to say, so thanks for reading, if you did. Oh, & P.S. for anyone living in the U.K. thinking this is unfair that we get this before you, you people have gotten the Regeneration box set & we didn't, so this is ours & we'll enjoy having a leg up over you, so don't spoil it. Thanks for reading if you did, talk to you guys later.

Ok, my order from amazon arrived this afternoon. I was pretty excited to see how series 1-4, originally in SD, now upconverted to HD 1080p would look. I watched half of Ep 1, Rose on Blu ray, then on the original DVD release. It did look better, close ups look the best, detail in faces and hair is much better. Far away shots, not as impressive. I noticed that the small squares you get in the back grounds on the DVDs are gone on the Blu rays. Series 2 looks better then then series 1. Sharper, more HD looking. Once you get to series 3 & 4, the new remastered Blu rays really look pretty amazing for being from SD master. I think the extra 100 or so lines of SD pal resolution really helped bring these new Blu rays to life. Close up and far away shots on series 3 & 4 look pretty great. Series 3 & 4 look the best of the original 4 SD releases. The sound, now 5.1, packs a lot more punch, on all series 1-7 now. Series 5 -7 were already on Blu ray, but now they are in 1080p and in 5.1. Series 5-7 now have fewer disc per series compared to the original Blu ray releases. I read that 1080p takes up less space, I hope that's correct. The last Blu-ray Disc, the new special features disc is ok, It contains the Brit's list Doctor Who Ultimate list of lists, the best of the Christmas specials, & the full 90 minute Doctor Who at the Proms in 5.1 surround. I was hoping for more new stuff, but I am ok with what we got. The box it came in is pretty big. I don't think I'll be storing the Blu rays and remote in it. Just the comic and doctor print. The only thing missing, which is in the David Tennant box set is the 2 animated cartoons. If I find them, I'll update my review. The remote is really cool, it's pretty heavy, about the weight of the sonic screw driver that is available. Overall I'm very happy with with this box set. My main reason for buying I it was the remote and to get series 1-4 in HD on Blu ray and I'm pretty pleased with the results. Update:10-13-13, I am getting a replacement box set shipped. My comic was never cut at the bottom, I was ok with that, I was just going to cut it myself, but, today I took off the outer description cardboard that covers the back and bottom and my box has one torn corner, a good 2" in and another 2" rip in the bottom of the box. With this costing me over $300.00. I decided I wanted one with a good comic and a non torn box.

Seppur in cartone, il cofanetto è bello rigido e molto curato. Lo stesso vale per i singoli bluray, le cui confezioni sono tutte curatissime e con belle immagini di copertina. Sia audio che sottotitoli sono solo in inglese. Serve un po' di tempo per far l'orecchio all'accento londinese se non si è abituati, ma la lingua originale è proprio uno dei dettagli che rendono questo cofanetto davvero degno di merito. Comparti audio e video ineccepibili, e quanto ai contenuti... beh non credo che sia necessario che sia io a dovervi dire quanto sia figa questa serie.

I was at first a little torn on deciding if I should get this blu-ray Doctor Who box set. I have read many mixed reviews but after a while I decided to go ahead and get it. Now firstly, I have read reviews where some customers have stated that the Doctor Who Confidential episodes and the BBC Doctor Who at The Proms from 2008 are not included in this set. Well I can tell you straight up that they are all there in this set. The Confidential episodes are spread out on the discs very much like the original DVD's. The Proms show is in the Special Features section on the David Tennant Specials set so please don't worry about any special features being missed here because they're not missing at all. Now on to the quality. The first 4 series are upscaled to HD so they're an improvement on the DVD quality but not dramatically. The sound quality is better and the music score in the background sounds absolutely amazing during those dramatic scenes, especially if you're using a home theatre system surround sound. Series 5-7 are in full HD although some people have complained that the show seems to have slowed down slightly and is noticeable when watching. I haven't had this issue at all and the picture and sounds is stunning. It may have been that those customers who complained about the show being slowed down slightly in picture may have a lower frame rate in their HD TV's. The set comes packaged in a nice box. I like the design on the box and on the bottom on the base of the box it shows you all what's included in this set. Each series is individually packaged in a multi disc case. The designs on the covers look good, they have made new designed covers for the first 4 series. Again there have been complaints that the use of a retro Doctor Who logo has been used for those 4 series instead if the original logo used for those series. I prefer the retro logo used because I wasn't a fan of the logo used for Eccleston and Tennant. Anyway it's only a logo, the show is still the same great show. People need to stop moaning about silly unimportant things like that. My only disappointment is that maybe they should have waited to release this set once Matt Smith had finished his time on the show. That way they could have included all his Specials and had all of his episodes so that it was complete that way. Other than that I can't complain.

On retrouve l'intégralité des 7 premières saisons, avec des tonnes de bonus et bien sûr tous les épisodes, ce que France Télévisions n'a pas été capable de faire pour ses éditions DVD (notamment l'épisode faisant le lien entre les 2 premières saisons, indispensable à la compréhension). Évidemment c'est en anglais et les seuls sous-titres disponibles sont l'anglais. Mais pour ceux qui se débrouillent dans la langue de Shakespeare, il n'y a pas à hésiter d'autant plus que la série ne sera jamais éditée en blu-ray en France. Il n'y a que des coffret DVD (en carton et qui ferment pas), et à ce jour 2 épisodes n'ont jamais été inclus dans les coffrets (bientôt 3 car je pense que l'épisode liant les saisons 10 et 11 sera également zappé).

Incluye las 7 primeras temporadas de doctor who( audio y subtitulos en inglés ) La caja en la que se encuentran todos los blurays es bastante sólida y esta hecha de un buen material además de tener un diseño genial. Recomendado si no tenéis problemas con el inglés además de que sale más barato que comprar las siete temporadas por separado.

Als mich eine Bekannte auf Doctor Who aufmerksam gemacht hat und ich damit angefangen habe die Serie zu schauen war für mich klar, dass ich mir die Serie auf irgendeinem Medium nach Hause holen werde. Im Normalfall schaue ich Serien weitgehend im englischen Originalton, da ich die meisten Synchronisationen von aktuellen Serien einfach schlecht finde. Gerade bei Serien mit einem gewissen Witz und eigenen Charme kann hier auch viel in der Übersetzung verloren gehen. Als ich dieses Produkt gesehen habe, war für mich klar das diese Box meine Wahl wird. Alle bisherigen 7 Staffeln plus Specials in einer kompakten Box (Material: Pappkarton) Die ersten Staffeln wurden leider noch nicht in Full HD gefilmt, daher wurde hier digital nachgeholfen. Ab Staffel 5 hat man dann ein "echtes" HD-Erlebnis. Für Fans der Serie definitiv zu empfehlen und die Box macht sich in meinem Regal gut neben der Blu-Ray http://www.amazon.de/Doctor-Who-Doktors-Special-Jubil%C3%A4um/dp/B00G75BN58/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1397637016&sr=8-1&keywords=der+tag+des+doktors Eine klare Empfehlung meinerseits :)