Box Art & Extras for Doctor Who – The Complete 8th Series US Release

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Say it with me, Kasterborites: “DVDs?!  But Series 8 isn’t even over yet!”  Well, it is hard to think about with the finale still to come.  But, BBC Home Entertainment has just announced that the DVD set of Peter Capaldi’s first series as the Doctor will be released in the USA in just a little over a month (!) on 9 December.  The DVD set will include five discs and be priced at $80.  The Blu-ray set will be four discs for about $100.

TV Shows on DVD reports that the BBC has also finalized the box art and the extras that will be included in the set!  The box art, which can be seen above, features Capaldi and Jenna Coleman in the foreground with the “clocks and cogs” motif in the background (including some familiar Series 8 faces).  Here is what the site had to say about the extras:

“Relive all 12 episodes of this electrifying season, as well as bonus features including EXCLUSIVE footage from the London Premiere Q&A with Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, four EXCLUSIVE episode commentaries, behind-the-scenes footage, a special documentary following Doctor Who: The World Tour, and many more.”

EXCLUSIVE footage from London Post-Premiere Q&A with Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and Steven Moffat
EXCLUSIVE Doctor Who episode commentaries for Into the Dalek, Robot of Sherwood, The Caretaker, and Kill the Moon
Behind-the-Scenes featurettes (12 total)
Doctor Who Exclusive (4 total)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord (special with Fifth Doctor Peter Davison)
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (special with Fifth Doctor Peter Davison)
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest (World Tour Documentary)
Tour of the TARDIS
Doctor Who: Deep Breath Live Pre-Show & After Who Live (hosted by comedian and Doctor Who superfan Chris Hardwick)
FOXES – “Don’t Stop Me Now” (Music video from Mummy on the Orient Express)

Sadly, The Time of the Doctor is not included as one of the extras or included episodes.  That Christmas Special, of course, showed Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor regenerating into Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor in its final moments.  This news will surely disappoint some fans and Capaldi completists, who would like to have all (well, except for that Day of the Doctor angry eyebrows cameo) of the appearances of the newest Doctor included in the set.

Here is what TV Shows on DVD posted about that matter:  “According to the BBC America’s online store, “The Doctor Who Shop,” per their information: “Doctor Who: The Complete Eighth Series will not have 2013′s Christmas Special (The Time of the Doctor). The special is available individually, or as part of The Complete Matt Smith Years Collection Set.” For that matter, the BBC also explains there that “The [the special prequel...shown in cinemas with Vastra, Jenny and Strax] will only be available in the Deep Breath DVD and Blu-ray.,” and thus that prequel will not be found on the Series 8 set, either. We wanted to share this information, so consumers would be aware to not expect those items on the upcoming release.”

Doctor Who: Season 8 is available on DVD, Blu-ray and digitally from Amazon.com and Amazon UK – place your orders in time for Christmas!

So there you have it, Kasterborites!  In about five weeks, you could be holding Series 8 in your hands!  Are you happy with the extras and packaging, or does the exclusion of Time of the Doctor make you want to repeatedly bang your head on a table?

(With thanks to Joe)

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