Doctor Who: The Complete History Of The BBC VHS Range

In the 21st century, Whovians across the world are privileged enough to watch the adventures of their favourite travelling Time Lord on a host of streaming platforms, Iplayer, websites, and on other forms of HD content. Not that long ago, Doctor Who fans had to work a great deal harder to enjoy their favourite program. Back during the 60s and 70s, there was no chance of watching any of your favourite programs whenever you wished. Television worked in an entirely different medium. Back then, episodes usually only screened the once. If you missed it, you missed it. Repeat episode screenings were rare, and although fans could read the novelisations of stories, the chance of rewatching episodes whenever you liked on any form of platform was unthinkable.

That all changed with the advent of the revolutionary home media format. The very first story to come out on VHS by the BBC was Revenge Of The Cybermen in 1983. Since then, the home media format of Doctor Who has been one of the most important forms of merchandise to have existed for fans. Video allowed fans to experience stories for the first time and allowed them to watch them essentially whenever they wanted. The range would continue until 2003, and generated one of the longest VHS ranges of any program or series ever. This book takes a fascinating look at the entire history of the VHS range, and one of the most interesting forms of Who media to date.

Over the twenty years the range spanned, the range provided exciting video specials, record-breaking sales, and a lifeline for fans to continue the flame of their favourite series in more ways than one. The successful sales of the videos allowed the show to be kept in the minds of the general public throughout the entire Wilderness years, the gap between the end of the Classic Series from 1989 to the start of the Revived era in 2005. This is the entire history of the BBC Doctor Who VHS range. A CaptainThunderWho Century 22 Production.