The Macra Terror

Released 25 March 2019 in the UK, April 2019 in Australia, and 12 November 2019 in the US.

The DVD and Blu-ray releases have the same contents, but the Steelbook Blu-ray edition adds a bonus disc.

Disc 1: Colour version[]

Colour animation (Episodes 1–4) (16x9 | 2019)
Audio commentary — Moderated by Toby Hadoke. (2019)
- Episode 1 - Frazer Hines (Jamie), Maureen Lane (Majorette), and Anthony Gardner (Alvis)
- Episode 2 - Terence Lodge (Medok)
- Episode 3 - John Davies (director)
- Episode 4 - Frazer Hines, Maureen Lane, Anthony Gardner
Episode 1 & 2 reconstructions (4x3 | 1967/2019)
- Optional narration track — Read by Anneke Wills. (2012)
"The Wheel in Space" mini-episode — A ten-minute animated short, built around the lost episode 1 of the 1968 serial. (16x9 | 2019)
Animation test footage — Prior to the project being formally commissioned, this short animation test of a scene from episode 3 was animated by Sun & Moon Studios. (2018)
Animatics — A selection of scenes showing how the new animated production of "The Macra Terror" went from initial storyboards to final animation. Storyboard art by Adrian Salmon. (16x9 | 2019)
Animation gallery — A gallery of artwork from the development, pre-production and animation of the serial, including character art from Martin Geraghty and background paintings from Graham Bleathman, Colin Howard, and Lydia Butz. (16x9 | 2019)
Teaser trailer — Animated by Rob Ritchie. (16x9 | 2018)

Disc 2: Black & white version[]

B&W animation (4x3 | 2019)
Episode 3 & 4 reconstructions (4x3 | 1967/2019)
- Optional narration track — Read by Anneke Wills. (2012)
1992 audio presentation — Narrated by Colin Baker. (audio | 1992)
Surviving footage — The less than two minutes of extant footage from the serial, newly restored. (4x3 | 1967)
Behind the scenes film — In 1967, during pre-production of "The Macra Terror", film cameras visited the visual effects workshop in Uxbridge where work was underway on construction of the Macra props. Special effects props and models from other Doctor Who stories can also be seen in the workshop, including parts of a Cyberman from "The Tenth Planet" (1966) and an aeroplane from "The Faceless Ones" (1967). This footage is accompanied by a new audio commentary track from Doctor Who visual effects designer and BBC visual effects historian, Mike Tucker, explaining some of the effects techniques and props featured in the film. (4x3 | 1967/2019)
Censored scene — A reconstruction of a scene from episode 2 of "The Macra Terror" that was heavily re-edited by censors for the episode's Australian television transmission in November 1967. (4x3 | 1967/2019)
Title sequence — Presented in full, remastered in HD and in a number of alternative versions. (4x3 | 1967)
Photo gallery — Including original design department set photographs and Radio Times publicity images. (16x9 | 1967)
PDF archive — A full set of original camera scripts, studio schedules, floor plans and other materials are available to view by accessing disc 2 via your computer’s DVD- or BD-ROM drive.

Disc 3: Gridlock (Steelbook exclusive)[]

"Gridlock" — The Macra returned to Doctor Who in 2007, in this episode starring David Tennant and written by Russell T. Davies. (16x9 | 2007)
Audio commentary — With Julie Gardner, Travis Oliver, and Marie Jones. (2007)
Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown — Making-of documentary. (2007)

Note: The version of "Gridlock" presented here is presented in its original standard definition, but runs at the correct speed. This is contrast to the version on the "Complete Third Series" and "Complete David Tennant Collection" sets, where the episode was upscaled but slowed to 24 frames per second (with pitch-corrected audio).