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The Caves of Androzani

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Release Details
Release Date 16 Mar 2026
Code BBCBD0639
Format BD50
Discs 1
Episodes 4
Duration 1h 39m 56s
Ratio 4:3
Release ID 3016
Boxset ID 709
Artist Lee Binding
Boxset
Type Season / Series Box Set
Edition Limited Edition
Packaging Collector's Box Set
RRP £57.99
Content
Serial The Caves of Androzani
Season Season 21
Doctor Peter Davison (5th Doctor)
Technical
Title Subtitles Yes
Bonus Feature Subtitles Yes
Subtitles Disc 8
Audio Nav Yes
Audio Nav Voiceover Peter Davison
Audio DTS HD MA 5.1, Dual Mono
Region BD Region B
Booklet Included

31 Bonus Features On This Release

Bonus features for The Caves of Androzani
Bonus Features On Disc 7 Relating To The Caves of Androzani
Audio Commentary

Discussing all episodes

Repeated from 18 June 2001 ↗ ·1h 39m · Audio | Audio Commentary
PDF Materials

Radio Times listings for "The Caves of Androzani", nine pages

Repeated from 4 October 2010 ↗ · Production | Archival Documentation
Isolated Music Score

Watch all episodes with music only

Repeated from 18 June 2001 ↗ ·1h 39m · Audio | Isolated Score
Updated Special Effects

Watch "The Caves of Androzani" with some of the original effects replaced by CGI

New on this release ·4:3 ·1h 39m 56s · Edit | CGI Effects
Making-Of Documentary

Chain Reaction - cast and crew discuss the making of "The Caves of Androzani"

Repeated from 4 October 2010 ↗ ·16:9 ·36m 6s · Documentary | Production
Behind the Sofa

Doctor Who alumni react to classic clips from "The Caves of Androzani"

New on this release ·16:9 ·37m 13s · Feature | Behind the Sofa
Deleted & Extended Scenes

Extended versions of three scenes, including a scene between the mercenaries, from episode 2. Optional commentary with Graeme Harper and Peter Davison available for the mercenaries' scene (the commentary was a separate item on the previous release).

Updated since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·4m 13s · Production | Studio Footage / Location Footage
Behind the Scenes: The Regeneration

How the regeneration was created with optional commentary from Peter Davison, Nicola Bryant, and Graeme Harper (the commentary was a separate item on the previous release).

Repeated from 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·7m 55s · Production | Studio Footage / Location Footage
Behind the Scenes: Sharaz Jek

Christopher Gable discusses Sharaz Jek

Repeated from 18 June 2001 ↗ ·4:3 ·5m 6s · Other | Character Analyses
Come In Number Five

A special retrospective of Peter Davison's tenure as the Fifth Doctor

Repeated from Resurrection of the Daleks · 28 March 2011 ↗ ·16:9 ·56m 29s · Documentary | Retrospective
Tomorrow's Times

Tomorrow's Times: The Fifth Doctor - the papers reaction to Peter Davison's tenure in the TARDIS

Repeated from Resurrection of the Daleks · 28 March 2011 ↗ ·16:9 ·12m 18s · Feature | Tomorrow's Times
Studio Footage

A switched isolated recording of "The Caves of Androzani" on 12 January 1984

New on this release ·4:3 ·1h 10m 6s · Production | Studio Footage / Location Footage
Stripped for Action

Stripped for Action - The Story of Doctor Who Comics - The Fifth Doctor. The Fifth Doctor's comic strip adventures

Repeated from Black Orchid · 14 April 2008 ↗ ·16:9 ·16m 8s · Feature | Stripped For Action
Harty

Peter Davison and Colin Baker appear on The Russell Harty Show in March 1984

Repeated from 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·8m 38s · Other | News / Light Entertainment
Take Two

Excerpt from "Take Two", first broadcast on 27 June 1984

New on this release ·4:3 ·2m 16s · Other | News / Light Entertainment
DVD Easter Egg

Original opening scene - plays the beginning of the first episode as originally transmitted with unstable matte shot

Updated since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·3m 9s · Edit | Original Edit / Version· Production | Easter Egg
BBC Trails & Continuities

Trailers and continuity for "The Caves of Androzani", first broadcast in March 1984

New on this release ·4:3 ·6m 1s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Photo Gallery

Photos from the production of "The Caves of Androzani" set to background sound effects, and presented in high-definition

Updated since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·13m 4s · Production | Gallery / Picture Gallery / Photo Gallery
Coming Soon

Trailer for the release of "The Twin Dilemma"

Repeated from Mawdryn Undead · 10 August 2009 ↗ ·4:3 ·1m 3s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Info Text

Production information and story facts presented via subtitles on all episodes

Updated since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·1h 39m 56s · Production | Episode Information Text
PDF Materials

Set drawings for "The Caves of Androzani", four pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Camera script for "The Caves of Androzani" studio block from 15-17 December 1984, 180 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 1, 62 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 2, 60 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 3, 58 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Rehearsal script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 4, 61 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 1, 58 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 2, 48 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 3, 56 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Transmission camera script for "The Caves of Androzani" Episode 4, 60 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation
PDF Materials

Production documentation for "The Caves of Androzani", 342 pages

New on this release · Production | Archival Documentation

eight Previously Released Bonus Features Not On This Release

Previously released bonus features not on this release
Reversible Cover

Double-sided cover with the original "grey roundels" design on one side, and a version with updated logos and/or design on the other

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ · Other | Physical Material
Coming Soon

Trailer for the release of "The Seeds of Doom"

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·52s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Photo Gallery

Photos from the production of this serial, presented via the DVD menu

Removed since 18 June 2001 ↗ ·4:3 · Production | Gallery / Picture Gallery / Photo Gallery
News

BBC One O'Clock News (28 July 1983) - announcement of Peter Davison's departure; BBC Nine O'Clock News (28 July 1983) - Kate Adie interview with Peter Davison; South East at Six (29 July 1983) - interview with Peter Davison

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·3m 38s · Other | News / Light Entertainment
BBC1 Trailer

Broadcast on BBC1, on 7th March 1984

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·4:3 ·34s · Production | Trails / Continuity
Directing Who: Then & Now with Graeme Harper

Graeme Harper reflects on directing techniques and how they changed between the classic and revived series

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·16:9 ·11m 46s · Production | Director
VAM Commentary

Discussing the extended mercenaries scene

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·2m 30s · Audio | Audio Commentary
VAM Commentary

Discussing the regeneration scene

Removed since 4 October 2010 ↗ ·7m 39s · Audio | Audio Commentary