Other features present on every (or nearly every) DVD include cast and crew commentary, subtitles, production notes, and a photo gallery. With few exceptions (noted below), each of the 'classic series' stories have been carefully restored by the Doctor Who Restoration Team from the best available materials, and are presented as originally broadcast-in episodic format, where applicable. The Region 1 DVDs of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who do not have story numbers, so none are listed here. Because of this, both schemes are identical until the 108th story, The Horns of Nimon, after which they diverge. It differs slightly from that used by Doctor Who Magazine (the source for the Wikipedia list of Doctor Who serials), firstly by including the uncompleted serial Shada, and secondly by counting the four segments of The Trial of a Time Lord as four separate stories. The numbering system follows that used in the 1995 reference work The Discontinuity Guide. The Region 1 classic series DVDs are labelled with story numbers, which are listed below. The only exceptions are Vengeance on Varos, which fixed an error on the Region 2 version in episode 2, and Remembrance of the Daleks, which used the NTSC master due to errors on the UK version and issues about music clearance. The Region 2 discs released up to 2009 have also been dual coded with Region 4, so the two have been identical this practice ceased for new releases in 2010. There are also minor variations having to do with technical glitches that occurred in the Region 2 discs but were corrected in time for the Region 1 release ( The Caves of Androzani, Remembrance of the Daleks, Complete Series Two box set). The Region 1 releases of Robots of Death, The Ark in Space, The Talons of Weng-Chiang, and Pyramids of Mars also include a featurette with the syndicated Time-Life introductions and closings narrated by Howard da Silva. All Region 1 releases prior to September 2005 also included a "Who's Who" feature that identified key cast members and gave brief biographies and filmographies. The Region 1 release of The Five Doctors contains a commentary track featuring Peter Davison and Terrance Dicks not available on the earlier Region 2 release. Aside from differences in the external packaging, special features and commentaries are mostly identical in all versions. Most Doctor Who DVDs have been released first in the United Kingdom with Region 2, and released later in Australia and New Zealand ( Region 4) and in North America ( Region 1).
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