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Old 18-03-2016, 10:36
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I've been building up a nice Classic Doctor Who DVD collection. I doubt I'll buy every episode in physical form, but I've got a decent number now.

Naturally I want to file them on the shelf in a logical order, and arranging them chronologically (by transmission date) is the obvious way. The problem here is with box sets of unrelated episodes, e.g. Revisitations 3 which has Troughton story, a Pertwee story and a Tom story.

Should I keep this in the original box and place all 3 stories in, for example where Tomb of the Cybermen would go OR discard the box and place the individual episodes where they should go?
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Old 18-03-2016, 10:53
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I've been building up a nice Classic Doctor Who DVD collection. I doubt I'll buy every episode in physical form, but I've got a decent number now.

Naturally I want to file them on the shelf in a logical order, and arranging them chronologically (by transmission date) is the obvious way. The problem here is with box sets of unrelated episodes, e.g. Revisitations 3 which has Troughton story, a Pertwee story and a Tom story.

Should I keep this in the original box and place all 3 stories in, for example where Tomb of the Cybermen would go OR discard the box and place the individual episodes where they should go?
I've ditched the boxes and put all the individual stories where they belong, chronologically. Seemed the most logical way of doing it to me.

Getting really nerdy now - Have you noticed that since the introduction of the Blue/ Purple BBC logo some years ago the DVD covers have been reversible, with the old style logo on the other side. This enables the really anal fan to have all the DVD's looking the same on the shelf. I'm amazed that makers actually took the trouble to do this, (I mean double sided DVD covers must cost more than single sided for a start) but I'm so glad that they did!
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Old 18-03-2016, 11:08
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks like this.
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Old 18-03-2016, 12:15
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I remove all but the earliest chronological story in the boxset from the box, turn the box so the spine of the dvds show and put the stories that come after the first one in there instead.

Eg in my beneath the surface box I will have the silurians, ambassadors of death etc. This way I keep the box but don't ruin the order.
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Old 18-03-2016, 12:57
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So the boxed sets are just packaging together collections of existing single DVD releases in exactly the same cases?

Are there any boxed sets that don't use the original, single release DVD cases and coverss?
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Old 18-03-2016, 12:59
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So the boxed sets are just packaging together collections of existing single DVD releases in exactly the same cases?

Are there any boxed sets that don't use the original, single release DVD cases and coverss?
The Hobbit Extended Edition Trilogy. I was most displeased.
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Old 18-03-2016, 13:06
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I put the set boxes on top of a cupboard and arrange the discs in correct chronological (as transmitted) order on shelves. Eventually I will rewatch the whole lot in order (hopefully when a few more gaps have been filled).

Some of the boxes had weird things like cyberman masks so they wouldn't fit neatly on a shelf anyway.
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Old 18-03-2016, 13:47
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The Hobbit Extended Edition Trilogy. I was most displeased.
Thanks, but I meant Doctor Who DVDs specifically.

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I have that set. On re-viewing recently, the films seemed better than when I saw the theatrical cuts at the cinema. Not so much because they were extended editions - they benefited from watching them fairly close together.

Not even close to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (trology?!) though!
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Old 18-03-2016, 13:53
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Thanks for the replies, I'm glad it's not just me

Good idea davrosdodebird, I hadn't thought of that!

adams66, I never realised that. I'm happy to have different coloured BBC logos on the spines so won't bother reversing them!
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Old 18-03-2016, 13:58
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So the boxed sets are just packaging together collections of existing single DVD releases in exactly the same cases?

Are there any boxed sets that don't use the original, single release DVD cases and coverss?
The Doctor Who box sets tend to be unique, i.e. stories not sold separately

Collections of linked consecutive stories, e.g. Trial of a Timelord
Collections of linked but not consecutive stories, e.g. the Sontaran box set. Some of these may also be sold individually
Collections of good stories with rubbish ones (with a tenuous link) as a means to get people to buy the rubbish story

Finally, you get reissues of existing stories, but in new improved version (remastering, Vidifiring, more extras) e.g. the Revisitations box sets which contain 3 completely unconnected stories
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Old 18-03-2016, 14:01
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So the boxed sets are just packaging together collections of existing single DVD releases in exactly the same cases?

Are there any boxed sets that don't use the original, single release DVD cases and coverss?
In some cases the versions of stories in the Revisitations box sets were never released individually in Region 2.

So the only way to get (for example) the special edition of Tomb of the Cybermen is in the Revisitations 3 Box set.

It's still boxed individually but was never sold individually (in Region 2 anyway).
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Old 18-03-2016, 14:10
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Thanks for the replies, I'm glad it's not just me

Good idea davrosdodebird, I hadn't thought of that!

adams66, I never realised that. I'm happy to have different coloured BBC logos on the spines so won't bother reversing them!
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Old 18-03-2016, 14:20
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Thanks POTD and Corwin.

It helps my OCD tendencies in this area* to know that I could have a uniform collection on my shelves in the future, even though I've bought some individuals and sets already (Revisitations). Other boxed sets I might get are going to be the same.


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Old 18-03-2016, 20:51
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I put the set boxes on top of a cupboard and arrange the discs in correct chronological (as transmitted) order on shelves. Eventually I will rewatch the whole lot in order (hopefully when a few more gaps have been filled).

Some of the boxes had weird things like cyberman masks so they wouldn't fit neatly on a shelf anyway.
That's what I do, with Shada in its intended transmission slot, and Lost in Time shelved in the place of its earliest incomplete story (currently The Crusade, but if The Crusade were ever released complete on DVD, Lost in Time would move to the place of the next (in transmission order) incomplete story). I am also sedulous in reversing the covers where applicable, except in the case of K-9 and Company, which is shelved away from the DW run, next to the Australian K-9 series, One of these days, though, I will probably clear the top of that cupboard - it's hard to imagine there can be any value whatever in keeping the cardboard sleeve from the "Earth Story" set.
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Old 18-03-2016, 21:17
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Thanks for the replies, I'm glad it's not just me

Good idea davrosdodebird, I hadn't thought of that!

adams66, I never realised that. I'm happy to have different coloured BBC logos on the spines so won't bother reversing them!
Are you sure...? I thought that the different logos were OK until someone pointed out that they could be reversed, and thus all the same. I did nothing for a while, thinking that this would be a step too far, but then one Sunday afternoon I just couldn't take it any longer and just had to turn them... My wife thought I was utterly mad. I thought I was utterly correct in doing this. Just wait POTD, one Sunday afternoon, you'll flip, just like I did, and you'll feel compelled to turn all those did covers over...
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Old 18-03-2016, 21:22
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Does anyone else have the Three Doctor's DVD with Bessie? It seemed like a good idea at the time but it takes up so much flipping space on the shelf.

And I'm torn about what to do with the The Robots of Death DVD as well. I see that there are special editions of both of these stories in Revisitations 3. I guess I could buy this and sell Bessie on but my Robots of Death DVD was signed by the great T.Baker himself so I can't very well dispose of that!
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Old 18-03-2016, 23:40
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I've ditched the boxes and put all the individual stories where they belong, chronologically. Seemed the most logical way of doing it to me.
Thats how I do it too
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Old 19-03-2016, 00:10
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One set of DVDs where I REALLY make sure the spines are in order and consistent, are the Series I to VIII Red Dwarf DVDs as they produce a continuous Red Dwarf logo which reaches across all 8 DVDs!

It just looks wrong otherwise!
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Old 19-03-2016, 15:32
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I've been building up a nice Classic Doctor Who DVD collection. I doubt I'll buy every episode in physical form, but I've got a decent number now.

Naturally I want to file them on the shelf in a logical order, and arranging them chronologically (by transmission date) is the obvious way. The problem here is with box sets of unrelated episodes, e.g. Revisitations 3 which has Troughton story, a Pertwee story and a Tom story.

Should I keep this in the original box and place all 3 stories in, for example where Tomb of the Cybermen would go OR discard the box and place the individual episodes where they should go?
All I did was take out the tom and pertwee story and put the next two troughton stories in that box.
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Old 19-03-2016, 18:41
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I have been collecting all of the DVDs and my dilemma is whether or not to do everything chronologically (i.e. interweaving the series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and the official animated Doctor Who stuff in with the main show line), simply keeping them off to the side or (as I have it now) Eccleston, Tennant, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Animated, Smith, Capaldi, etc..
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Old 19-03-2016, 23:20
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All I did was take out the tom and pertwee story and put the next two troughton stories in that box.
So I'm not the only one!!
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Old 20-03-2016, 09:35
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I remove all but the earliest chronological story in the boxset from the box, turn the box so the spine of the dvds show and put the stories that come after the first one in there instead.

Eg in my beneath the surface box I will have the silurians, ambassadors of death etc. This way I keep the box but don't ruin the order.
Exactly. I assumed all collectors would do this (keep the boxes and leave 1 in the box, replacing the other(s) with the next story in chronological order).
The problem I found is once I did this and had the shows I really wanted to have in my collection, I started to look at the gaps.. and now, a few years on I've got the lot (missing episodes aside of course), duds & all!
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Old 20-03-2016, 11:27
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Slightly off topic, but has anyone noticed the lack of secondhand Classic Dr Who era in the likes of CEX in recent months?

It's either the new series or nothing(or the odd one I've already got!)!
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Old 20-03-2016, 11:41
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I have been collecting all of the DVDs and my dilemma is whether or not to do everything chronologically (i.e. interweaving the series of The Sarah Jane Adventures, Torchwood and the official animated Doctor Who stuff in with the main show line), simply keeping them off to the side or (as I have it now) Eccleston, Tennant, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, Animated, Smith, Capaldi, etc..
I shelve my television DVDs alphabetically by title, so SJA and Torchwood are separate from Doctor Who; however, The Infinite Quest and Dreamland are inserted into the main Doctor Who run since they are essentially Doctor Who episodes, with DT as the protagonist. In visual terms, interweaving works well where each story comes in a separate box, but with larger boxed sets the result is a patchwork jumble that is far from pleasing the eye (I speak from experience). If you want an at-a-glance reminder of the chronological interrelationships of the series, there is a lot to be said for maintaining a handlist with transmission dates.
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Old 20-03-2016, 12:08
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I remove all but the earliest chronological story in the boxset from the box, turn the box so the spine of the dvds show and put the stories that come after the first one in there instead.

Eg in my beneath the surface box I will have the silurians, ambassadors of death etc. This way I keep the box but don't ruin the order.
I thought I'd give that a try and see how it looks, but have hit a snag. The earliest story in Revistations 2 is The Seeds of Death, and so the box should be filled up with the DVDs for The War Games and Spearhead from Space, but Spearhead from Space should be the first DVD in the box for Mannequin Mania. Hardly the most pressing problem in the world, but how have people who use this system resolved it?
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