Reddit reviews Doctor Who: The Web Planet (Story 13)

There are no "season" sets of classic Who, with two exceptions (seasons 16 and 23). Each season is comprised of stories that are usually 4-6 episodes in length (shortest is 1, longest is 12 unless you consider season 23 to be a single story), so each individual story is roughly movie-length as a whole. Because of this, the DVD releases are generally limited to a single story, sometimes two or three.

Also note that the BBC erased many tapes in the 1970s in order to reuse them/make room in their archives. Because of this, 106 episodes remain lost to this day, and as such there are a few stories from seasons 1-6 that no longer exist. Some DVD releases have animated versions of missing episodes to fill in the gaps.

There are also fan-made reconstructions that you can watch (the audio tracks for every episode exist, so fans have taken those audio tracks and placed still images over them to "reconstruct" the episodes), and the BBC has released the audio tracks as "audiobook" style CDs, with some of the original actors narrating action when there is no dialogue. (There are also some fan-made recons that use these audio tracks instead of, say, Loose Cannon, who uses the original, narration-free tracks, using scrolling text instead where necessary.)

The recons can be a chore to sit through, but if you can do it I recommend it. I did, and while it took me ages to get through the first six seasons, I think it was worth it.

I'm assuming you're in the US - I'm going to link you to Amazon.com listings for each story that has been released (there's only one or two that aren't on DVD yet) - THESE ARE REGION 1 (USA) NTSC RELEASES, NOT REGION 2 (PAL) RELEASES, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL FORMAT OF THE SERIES:

(Also note that if there is an updated "special edition" release of a story, that's the one I'm linking to, as they usually have superior-quality video/audio restorations, particularly in the eras of the first three Doctors.)

The First and Second Doctors

lost stories with no animated DVD release are in italics

Season 1

1. An Unearthly Child ("The Beginning" box set)
   
2. The Daleks (included in "The Beginning" box set with "An Unearthly Child")
   
3. The Edge of Destruction (included in "The Beginning" box set with "An Unearthly Child")
   
4. Marco Polo (story lost)
   
5. The Keys of Marinus
   
6. The Aztecs
   
7. The Sensorites
   
8. The Reign of Terror (a couple episodes missing; animated versions of the missing episodes are included on the DVD)
   
   Season 2
   
   
9. Planet of Giants
   
10. The Dalek Invasion of Earth
    
11. The Rescue
    
12. The Romans (included with "The Rescue")
    
13. The Web Planet
    
14. The Crusade (half of the story is lost; surviving episodes included in "Lost in Time" box set)
    
15. The Space Museum
    
16. The Chase (included with "The Space Museum")
    
17. The Time Meddler
    
    Season 3
    
    
18. Galaxy 4 (story lost; one existing episode included on "Aztecs" SE DVD)
    
19. Mission to the Unknown (episode lost)
    
20. The Myth Makers (story lost)
    
21. The Daleks' Master Plan (story lost; three existing episodes included on "Lost in Time" box set)
    
22. The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve (story lost)
    
23. The Ark
    
24. The Celestial Toymaker (story lost; existing episode included on "Lost in Time" box set)
    
25. The Gunfighters
    
26. The Savages (story lost)
    
27. The War Machines
    
    Season 4
    
    
28. The Smugglers (story lost)
    
29. The Tenth Planet (missing episode animated)
    
30. The Power of the Daleks (story lost)
    
31. The Highlanders (story lost)
    
32. The Underwater Menace (story lost; one existing episode on "Lost in Time" set, one more, recently recovered, has not yet been released)
    
33. The Moonbase (not yet released; missing episodes will be animated)
    
34. The Macra Terror (story lost)
    
35. The Faceless Ones (story lost; existing episodes on "Lost in Time" set)
    
36. The Evil of the Daleks (story lost; existing episodes on "Lost in Time" set)
    
    Season 5
    
    
37. The Tomb of the Cybermen
    
38. The Abominable Snowmen (story lost; existing episodes on "Lost in Time" box set)
    
39. The Ice Warriors (missing episodes animated)
    
40. The Enemy of the World (not yet released; link is to Amazon UK, as a US release has not yet been announced - the UK release will NOT work in a Region 1 player)
    
41. The Web of Fear (not yet released; link is to Amazon UK, as a US release has not yet been announced; one episode still missing - the UK release will NOT work in a Region 1 player; animation not announced)
    
42. Fury from the Deep (story lost)
    
43. The Wheel in Space (story lost; surviving episode on "Lost in Time" box set)
    
    Season 6 (finally, a mostly-surviving Troughton season!)
    
    
44. The Dominators
    
45. The Mind Robber
    
46. The Invasion (missing episodes animated)
    
47. The Krotons
    
48. The Seeds of Death
    
49. The Space Pirates (story lost; surviving episode on "Lost in Time" box set)
    
50. The War Games
    
    Also
    
    

• Lost in Time (Box set comprised of the surviving episodes of otherwise-lost stores from the first six seasons of the show)
  
  And that's the Hartnell and Troughton years for you. Continued in next post with Pertwee and Baker, then in a third with Davison through McGann.
  
  --edit-- Edited to include newly-discovered stories, though US releases aren't yet announced. Also cleaned up some links.

I have purchased a region free DVD player and started buying region 2 DVD's because OH HELLL NO!! Just 54 more and my collection of complete serials is done. I refuse to buy incomplete serials. Not buying underwater menace with it's telesnap crap. When they're animated like Moonbase,reign of terror,ice warriors,the invasion,and tenth planet I will gladly buy them. Those telesnap reconstructions hurt my head, I find them totally unwatchable.

It's on DVD.

> Cheques, Lies, and Videotape

That was a good one. So fascinating! And the BBC is still at it with the classic series at least. Most of the books are out of print, and there are quite a few DVD's that are already out of print in the US. Like The Web Planet. Wow it was only $130 last week!