Beneath the Surface

In 2006, The Beginning was released on DVD.

It contained the following stories:
 * An Unearthly Child
 * The Daleks
 * The Edge of Destruction

Special features

 * Commentaries (moderated by Gary Russell): Pilot Episode - Verity Lambert & Waris Hussein; Episode 1: An Unearthly Child - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Verity Lambert; Episode 4: The Firemaker - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Waris Hussein; Episode 2: The Survivors - Verity Lambert, Christopher Barry; Episode 4: The Ambush - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Christopher Barry; Episode 7: The Rescue - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Richard Martin
 * Pilot Episode - An unedited 35-minute recording of the entire studio session from September 1963, plus an edited 25-minute version of the Pilot
 * Theme Music Video - The full-length version of the original theme music (mono, stereo or 5.1 sound mixes), coupled with original 1963 title sequence elements
 * Comedy Sketches - Four short sketches, mostly themed around the early years of Doctor Who, including three from Mark Gatiss (The Leagure of Gentlemen) and David Walliams (Little Britain)
 * Photo Galleries
 * Production Subtitles
 * Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
 * Creation of the Daleks - A documentary which looks at the origins and creation of Doctor Who's most feared villains, the Daleks. With contributions from Verity Lambert, Richard Martin, designer Raymond Cusick, sound designer Brian Hodgson, original Dalek voice David Graham, and original Dalek operator Michael Summerton
 * Doctor Who: Origins - A 53-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who. Including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
 * Over the Edge - The cast and crew look back at the production of The Edge of Destruction
 * Inside the Spaceship - A look at the Doctor's time and space ship, the TARDIS
 * Masters of Sound - A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop which created electronic sounds and music during Doctor Who's early years. Features interviews with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire
 * Marco Polo - A 30-minute version of the 'lost' fourth Doctor Who story, created using a recording of the soundtrack, plus off-screen stills and production photographs
 * PDF Documents - A selection of Radio Times billings for the first three stories, plus the full script for An Unearthly Child (DVD-ROM PC/Mac)
 * Arabic Soundtrack - Listen to the final episode of this story dubbed into Arabic

Specifications

 * Subtitles: English SDH
 * Region: 2+4 PAL
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9
 * Running time: 574 mins approx

Special features

 * Commentaries (moderated by Gary Russell): Pilot Episode - Verity Lambert & Waris Hussein; Episode 1: An Unearthly Child - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Verity Lambert; Episode 4: The Firemaker - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Waris Hussein; Episode 2: The Survivors - Verity Lambert, Christopher Barry; Episode 4: The Ambush - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Christopher Barry; Episode 7: The Rescue - William Russell, Carole Ann Ford & Richard Martin
 * Pilot Episode - An unedited 35-minute recording of the entire studio session from September 1963, plus an edited 25-minute version of the Pilot
 * Theme Music Video - The full-length version of the original theme music (mono, stereo or 5.1 sound mixes), coupled with original 1963 title sequence elements
 * Comedy Sketches - Four short sketches, mostly themed around the early years of Doctor Who, including three from Mark Gatiss (The Leagure of Gentlemen) and David Walliams (Little Britain)
 * Photo Galleries
 * Production Subtitles
 * Digitally remastered picture and sound quality
 * Creation of the Daleks - A documentary which looks at the origins and creation of Doctor Who's most feared villains, the Daleks. With contributions from Verity Lambert, Richard Martin, designer Raymond Cusick, sound designer Brian Hodgson, original Dalek voice David Graham, and original Dalek operator Michael Summerton
 * Doctor Who: Origins - A 53-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who. Including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
 * Over the Edge - The cast and crew look back at the production of The Edge of Destruction
 * Inside the Spaceship - A look at the Doctor's time and space ship, the TARDIS
 * Masters of Sound - A look inside the BBC Radiophonic Workshop which created electronic sounds and music during Doctor Who's early years. Features interviews with Dick Mills, Brian Hodgson, Verity Lambert and the late Delia Derbyshire
 * Marco Polo - A 30-minute version of the 'lost' fourth Doctor Who story, created using a recording of the soundtrack, plus off-screen stills and production photographs
 * PDF Documents - A selection of Radio Times billings for the first three stories, plus the full script for An Unearthly Child (DVD-ROM PC/Mac)
 * Arabic Soundtrack - Listen to the final episode of this story dubbed into Arabic

Specifications

 * Subtitles: English SDH
 * Region: 4 PAL
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3, 16:9
 * Running time: 574 mins approx

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Cover blurb
On November 23, 1963, the BBC launched Doctor Who, which became the longest running science fiction series in television history. Five weeks later, a Dalek suction arm was thrust into the final sequence of the cliffhanger ending, and history was made once more. Now fans can revisit the first exciting months of Doctor Who on DVDs with digitally remastered picture and sound quality.

Includes:
 * An Unearthly Child — Two teachers follow a mysterious student home to a police box and the Doctor takes them all on an excursion back to 100,000 BC.


 * The Daleks — The TARDIS lands on the dead planet Skaro, where the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Susan explore a deserted city inhabited by the notorious Daleks!


 * The Edge of Destruction — An explosion aboard the TARDIS triggers irrational feelings of aggression, paranoia and despair.

Special features

 * Audio commentary by producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein, Christopher Barry and Richard Martin, actors Carole Ann Ford and William Russell, moderator Gary Russell
 * Pilot Episode — 40-minute unedited studio recording (including outtakes)
 * Creation of the Daleks
 * Doctor Who: Origins
 * Over the Edge
 * Inside the Spaceship
 * Marco Polo — 30-minute condensed version of lost 7-part story
 * Edge of Destruction Ep 2 Arabic soundtrack
 * Production Note Option
 * Photo Galleries
 * Digitally remastered picture and sound quality

Specifications

 * Subtitles: English
 * Region: 1 NTSC
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3
 * Running time: 311 mins approx

Special features

 * Il tema musicale
 * I maestri del suono
 * Galleria fotografica di "Una ragazza extraterrestre"
 * Una presentazione da paura
 * Una rete di caverne
 * La creazione dei Dalek
 * Dentro l’astronave: La storia del Tardis
 * Galleria fotografica di "I Dalek"
 * I rapitori
 * Lo sketch nel corridoio
 * Episodio pilota della serie "La ragazza extraterrestre"
 * Documentario: "Dr. Who - Le origini"
 * L’episodio perduto "Marco Polo": versione ricostruita con la colonna sonora completa e fotografie di produzione
 * Galleria fotografica di "Sull'orlo della distruzione" e "Marco Polo"

Specifications

 * Subtitles: Italian
 * Region: 2 PAL
 * Aspect ratio: 4:3
 * Running time: 325 mins approx