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 The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was released on VHS cassette by MCA/Universal/CIC Video first as a rental-only tape from '''15 January 1997''', and then a year later was available in shops as a sell-through tape.
-The copyright text on the back covers of the two tape editions is different: the rental tape is dated © 1996 or 1997 and has the catalogue number 1663, while the 'shop' version bears a barcode and is dated © 1998 with catalogue number U401384. The two tapes also have different 'Universal' logos on the front and spines.
+The copyright text on the back covers of the two tape editions is different: the rental tape is © 1997 and has the catalogue number 1663, while the 'shop' version bears a barcode and is dated © 1998 with catalogue number U401384. The two tapes also have different 'Universal' logos on the front and spines.
 The tagline on the video cover reads: '''DER ZEITREISENDE KEHRT ZURÜCK, DOCH DIESES MAL IST ER NICHT ALLEIN!''', which translates as ''"The Time Traveller returns, but this time he is not alone!"''

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 ===DVDs===
-Two companies currently release "Classic" serials (fully dubbed) on DVD and/or Blu-ray in Germany and [[Austria]]. '''Pandastorm''' has the exclusive rights to Tom Baker seasons 12 and 18 only, all the Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy stories, while '''Polyband''' has the rights to the full William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee back-catalogue plus Tom Baker seasons 13-17.
+Two companies currently release "Classic" serials (fully dubbed) on DVD and/or Blu-ray in Germany and [[Austria]]. '''Pandastorm''' has the exclusive rights to Tom Baker seasons 12 and 18 only, all the Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy stories, and the 1996 [[TV Movie]], while '''Polyband''' has the rights to the full William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee back-catalogue plus Tom Baker seasons 13-17.
 From 2014 to 2016, German DVD distributor [http://www.pandastorm.com/overview.php?see=serial&cat=all&genre=all&from=20&order=ABC_ASC Pandastorm Pictures] released boxed sets of the fifth, sixth and seventh Doctors' episodes that had previously aired on RTL and VOX.
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 In late '''July 2023''', '''Pandastorm''' announced that after nine years of producing '''Doctor Who''' on disk, it was suspending all new releases until further notice. Planned titles including [[Revelation of the Daleks]] and [[Time and the Rani]] were being put on hold.  The company stated that the cost of financing newly-dubbed stories, the loss of co-production partners, and the rapid changes in the local DVD market had led to this sad decision. They would however continue to re-evaluate this position, and explore alternative options.
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 ====Dubbing Voices====
 For these new releases, the artists dubbing the lead roles are:
-*The Doctor (Hartnell, Troughton, Baker and Davison) is Michael Schwarzmaier, who had voiced the character for the German TV screenings in the late 80s / early 90s
+*The Doctor (Hartnell, Troughton, Baker and Davison) is '''Michael Schwarzmaier''', who had voiced the character for the German TV screenings in the late 80s / early 90s
 *Susan is voiced by Demet Fey; Ian by Marcus Off; Barbara by Gundi Eberhard
 *Jamie McCrimmon is voiced by David Schulze; Zoe Heriot is voiced by Josephine Schmidt

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 The sequel was repeated on Monday, '''29 May 2023''' from  11.25pm to 1.05am, while the first film wasn't aired again until two days later, in the early morning of Wednesday, '''31 May''' from 2.00 to 3:20am.
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 Three years later, on '''28 May 1968''', the Director of Programming at German television station, '''[[wikipedia:ZDF|Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)]]''', viewed [[The Ice Warriors]].
 The protocol entry of the viewing session is still held on file at ZDF, and says:
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 *'''Das Urteil: Vervoid Terror''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] – Terror of the Vervoids); on Blu-ray Mediabook on 26 August 2022.
 *'''Der Tod auf Leisen Sohlen''' ([[Survival]]); also on Blu-ray Mediabook on 26 August 2022.
-*'''Die Saat des Todes''' ([[The Seeds of Death]]); DVD and Blu0ray (standard definition) from Polyband, in August 2022.
+*'''Die Saat des Todes''' ([[The Seeds of Death]]); DVD and Blu-ray (standard definition) from Polyband, in August 2022.
 *'''Das Urteil: Der schlimmste Feind''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] - The Ultimate Foe); issued as a Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.
 *'''Das Haus der Tausend Schrecken''' ([[Ghost Light]]); also from Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.

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 ===[[Paul McGann stories|PAUL McGANN]]===
 [[File:GermanVHS.JPG|thumb|right|450px|German "shop" edition of the TVM Video]]
-The 1996 [[TV Movie]] has never screened on German television, but it was released on VHS cassette by MCA/Universal/CIC Video first as a rental-only tape from '''15 January 1997''', and then a year later was available in shops as a sell-through.
+The 1996 [[TV Movie]] was released on VHS cassette by MCA/Universal/CIC Video first as a rental-only tape from '''15 January 1997''', and then a year later was available in shops as a sell-through tape.
-The copyright text on the back covers of the two tape editions is different: the rental tape is dated © 1996 or 1997 and has the catalogue number 1663, while the 'shop' version is dated © 1998 with catalogue number U401384. The two tapes also have different 'Universal' logos on the spines.
+The copyright text on the back covers of the two tape editions is different: the rental tape is dated © 1996 or 1997 and has the catalogue number 1663, while the 'shop' version bears a barcode and is dated © 1998 with catalogue number U401384. The two tapes also have different 'Universal' logos on the front and spines.
 The tagline on the video cover reads: '''DER ZEITREISENDE KEHRT ZURÜCK, DOCH DIESES MAL IST ER NICHT ALLEIN!''', which translates as ''"The Time Traveller returns, but this time he is not alone!"''
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 The [[TV Movie]] was shown three times this year – on '''14 March 2023''' (at 8.15pm), '''15 March 2023''' (12.45am) and '''19 March 2023''' (at 3.50am).
-With [[Disney+]] picking up the exclusive rights to '''Doctor Who''' (both classic and new series) in most foreign territories, '''One''' confirmed that these three airings of the [[TV Movie]] were '''the last''' to be aired by the channel.
+With [[Disney+]] picking up the exclusive rights to '''Doctor Who''' (both classic and new series), '''One''' confirmed that these three airings of the [[TV Movie]] were '''the last''' to be aired by the channel…
 ==Amazon Prime==
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 *'''Excaliburs Vermächtnis ''' ([[Battlefield]]); previously part of the Season 26 box set (see above), also released on 18 March 2022 as an individual title by Pandastorm.
 *'''Das Sontaranische Experiment''' ([[The Sontaran Experiment]]) by Pandastorm on 25 March 2022 as a DVD / Blu-ray Mediabook, followed by a standard DVD and Blu-ray on 29 April.
 *'''[[Shada]]'''; a standard DVD and Blu-ray from Polyband on 10 June 2022; this is the animated edition and is fully dubbed.
 *'''Das Urteil: Vervoid Terror''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] – Terror of the Vervoids); on Blu-ray Mediabook on 26 August 2022.
 *'''Der Tod auf Leisen Sohlen''' ([[Survival]]); also on Blu-ray Mediabook on 26 August 2022.
 *'''Das Urteil: Der schlimmste Feind''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] - The Ultimate Foe); issued as a Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.
 *'''Das Haus der Tausend Schrecken''' ([[Ghost Light]]); also from Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.
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 *'''Die Bestimmung der Daleks''' ([[Destiny of the Daleks]]); a special edition Mediabook from Polyband on 30 June 2023.
 *'''Due Seeteufel''' ([[The Sea Devils]]); from Polyband on 13 October 2023.
-*Also announced for '''2023''', but with set release dates not yet confirmed:
+*Also announced, but with set release dates not yet confirmed:
-**'''Die Mutanten''' ([[The Mutants]]); late 2023.
+**'''Die Mutanten''' ([[The Mutants]])
 **Mediabook HD sets of '''Seasons 22 and 24'''.

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 *'''Logopolis'''; released 15 November 2019
 *'''Vier vor Zwölf ''' ([[Four to Doomsday]]); 21 February 2020, Mediabook and 27 March for DVD and Blu-ray (the German title translates as "Four to Twelve", a play on the German expression "Fünf vor Zwölf", which means 'incoming danger'
 *'''Das Grab der Cybermen''' ([[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]); release planned for 28 March 2020, but delayed until 8 May. The Polyband release was a "Limited Special Edition" exclusive through Amazon which includes the complete 4-part serial in a Mediabook with all of the special features from the UK Special Edition release, plus addition goodies such as a magnetic notebook, a signed autograph card from Frazer Hines, a 3D Lenticular Card, a 3-part Post Card set as well as a bow-tie. This exclusive box set was limited to only 333 copies. A standard Mediabook set without any of the above "goodies" was also released (no more than 2500 sets of this story in either presentation were produced)
 [[File:Full Circle German DVD.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Proof cover for the German edition of [[Full Circle]] featured the Cailleach far right!]]
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 *'''Die Arche im Weltraum''' ([[The Ark in Space]]); newly-dubbed edition by Pandastorm on 27 January 2023.
 *'''Die Maschine des Bösen''' ([[The Mind of Evil]]); was the first dubbed Jon Pertwee story from Polyband on DVD and Blu-ray, released on 10 March 2023.
 *'''Delta und die Bannermänner''' ([[Delta and the Bannermen]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook also on 23 May 2023.
-*'''Die Bestimmung der Daleks''' ([[Destiny of the Daleks]]); a special edition Mediabook from Polyband on 30 June 2023
+*'''Revolte auf Varos''' ([[Vengeance on Varos]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook on 26 May 2023.
 *'''Due Seeteufel''' ([[The Sea Devils]]); from Polyband on 13 October 2023.
-A planned Blu-ray "Mediabook" release of all of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] was cancelled in March 2020, with Pandastorm citing disinterest in the product and the production house in Italy shutting due to the Coronavirus pandemic as the chief reasons for the decision.
+In late '''July 2023''', '''Pandastorm''' announced that after nine years of producing '''Doctor Who''' on disk, it was suspending all new releases until further notice. Planned titles including [[Revelation of the Daleks]] and [[Time and the Rani]] were being put on hold.  The company stated that the cost of financing newly-dubbed stories, the loss of co-production partners, and the rapid changes in the local DVD market had led to this sad decision. They would however continue to re-evaluate this position, and explore alternative options.
 *[https://www.pandastorm.com/index.php?s=%22doctor+who%22 Pandastorm DVDs]

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 In the '''2020s''', the series was shown on the station called '''One'''.
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 ==[[Cushing Daleks|Peter Cushing and the Daleks]]==
-Neither of the [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies has ever been exhibited in Germany at the cinema or shown on television.
+Neither of the [[Peter Cushing]] Dalek movies has ever been exhibited in Germany at the cinema. It wasn't until the early 2020s that the films were released on home media formats or shown on television.
-It wasn't until mid-2022 that the films received a commercial release in Germany, with both newly-dubbed features appearing on DVD, Blu-ray and in a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook under StudioCanal's German sub-label '''ArtHaus''':
+The two films received a commercial release in Germany in mid-2022, with both newly-dubbed features appearing on DVD, Blu-ray and in a 4K Ultra HD Steelbook under StudioCanal's German sub-label '''ArtHaus''':
 *'''Dr Who und die Daleks''' – on '''23 June 2022'''
 *'''Dr Who Die Invasion der Daleks auf der Erde 2150 n.Chr''' – on '''21 July 2022'''
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 ===DVDs===
 From 2014 to 2016, German DVD distributor [http://www.pandastorm.com/overview.php?see=serial&cat=all&genre=all&from=20&order=ABC_ASC Pandastorm Pictures] released boxed sets of the fifth, sixth and seventh Doctors' episodes that had previously aired on RTL and VOX.
-The DVDs were produced with the assistance of German fans who were able to supply Pandastorm with off-air recordings of the 1990s German language soundtracks, which the original broadcasters had long since discarded. Audio and subtitles are in both English and German.
+Several of the DVDs were produced with the assistance of German fans who were able to supply Pandastorm with off-air recordings of the 1990s German language soundtracks, which the original broadcasters had long since discarded. Audio and subtitles are in both English and German.
 *'''Die Fünf Doktoren''' ([[The Five Doctors]], 2 discs, release date: 28 August 2015)
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 *'''Die Todesbucht der Wikinger ''' ([[The Curse of Fenric]]); previously part of the Season 26 box set (see above),  also released as an individual title by Pandastorm on 10 December 2021.
 *'''[[Fury from the Deep]]'''; a standard DVD / Blu-ray released on 25 February 2022 from Polyband; this is the animation reconstruction, which was subtitled only.
-*'''Das Netz der Angst''' ([[The Web of Fear]]); was released on 11 March 2022 from Polyband in a limited edition box set with bonus content, including scripts, lenticular postcards and posters. A standard Mediabook edition is due 23 March 2022.
+*'''Das Netz der Angst''' ([[The Web of Fear]]); was released on 11 March 2022 from Polyband in a limited edition box set with bonus content, including scripts, lenticular postcards and posters. A standard Mediabook edition on 23 March 2022.
 *'''Das Urteil: Mindwarp''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] – Mindwarp); previously part of the Season 23 box set (see above), released as a standalone title by Pandastorm on 18 March 2022.
 *'''Excaliburs Vermächtnis ''' ([[Battlefield]]); previously part of the Season 26 box set (see above), also released on 18 March 2022 as an individual title by Pandastorm.
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 *'''Das Urteil: Der schlimmste Feind''' ([[The Trial of a Time Lord]] - The Ultimate Foe); issued as a Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.
 *'''Das Haus der Tausend Schrecken''' ([[Ghost Light]]); also from Pandastorm HD Mediabook on 16 December 2022.
-*'''Die Arche im Weltraum''' ([[The Ark in Space]]); newly-dubbed edition by Pandastorm is due on 27 January 2023.
+*'''Die Arche im Weltraum''' ([[The Ark in Space]]); newly-dubbed edition by Pandastorm on 27 January 2023.
 *'''Die Maschine des Bösen''' ([[The Mind of Evil]]); was the first dubbed Jon Pertwee story from Polyband on DVD and Blu-ray, released on 10 March 2023.
-*Also announced for '''2023''', but with release dates not yet confirmed:
+*Also announced for '''2023''', but with set release dates not yet confirmed:
-**'''Due Seeteufel''' ([[The Sea Devils]]); from Polyband
+**'''Revolte auf Varos''' ([[Vengeance on Varos]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook (was planned for March 2023)
-**'''Revolte auf Varos''' ([[Vengeance on Varos]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook (in March 2023?)
+**'''Delta und die Bannermänner''' ([[Delta and the Bannermen]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook (was planned for March 2023)
-**'''Delta und die Bannermänner''' ([[Delta and the Bannermen]]) from Pandastorm on HD Mediabook (March 2023?)
+**'''Genesis der Daleks''' ([[Genesis of the Daleks]]); by Pandastorm (due in May 2023?) (the voice-dubbings were recorded back in 2018 for an earlier planned release that was cancelled)
-**'''Genesis der Daleks''' ([[Genesis of the Daleks]]); by Pandastorm (in May 2023?) (the voice-dubbings were recorded back in 2018 for an earlier planned release that was abandoned).
+**'''Die Bestimmung der Daleks''' ([[Destiny of the Daleks]]); from Polyband in June 2023
-**Mediabook HD sets of '''Seasons 22 and 24'''.
+**'''Due Seeteufel''' ([[The Sea Devils]]); from Polyband in June 2023
-A planned 2020 Blu-ray "Mediabook" release of all of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] was cancelled in March, with Pandastorm citing disinterest in the product and the production house in Italy shutting due to the Coronavirus pandemic as the chief reasons for the decision.
+A planned Blu-ray "Mediabook" release of all of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]] was cancelled in March 2020, with Pandastorm citing disinterest in the product and the production house in Italy shutting due to the Coronavirus pandemic as the chief reasons for the decision.
 *[https://www.pandastorm.com/index.php?s=%22doctor+who%22 Pandastorm DVDs]
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 And sometime in the late 1970s, a German edition of a certain magazine was published. It retailed for '''DM6'''.
-This publication was also sold in [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]] - it was pre-printed with the pricings '''OS 45''' and '''SFR 6.50'''.
+This publication (No 10) was also sold in [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]] - it was pre-printed with the pricings '''OS 45''' and '''SFR 6.50'''.
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 ===Other===
 [[File:PlaisirMag.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Plaisir magazine]]
-And sometime in the late 1970s, a German edition of a certain magazine was published…
+And sometime in the late 1970s, a German edition of a certain magazine was published. It retailed for '''DM6'''.
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