Way back in January, Doctor Who Worldwide explored the troubled history of the Underwater Menace DVD release, from Episode 2‘s discovery in 2011 and the announcement that both the episode in question and Airlock, the missing third episode of Galaxy 4, would be given release dates later that year.

Airlock was released in March 2013 with no word as to when The Underwater Menace could [...]

So long in production it should probably have had a cover that looked like this!

The rocky road of the Underwater Menace DVD seems to have taken another turn as the planned release, which has gotten as far as the preorder stage on Amazon.com, has now seemingly been cancelled tvshowsondvd.com reports.

Doctor Who restoration team member Steve Roberts told the site:

“[Well],we’re the team that remasters the episodes for DVD release [...]

Planet55 Studios, the Australian animation house responsible for recent animated releases such as The Reign of Terror and The Tenth Planet have told Australian parliamentarians they may be forced to move to the UK in order to continue working on future animated releases for the BBC.

Head of studio Austen Atkinson told the Senate Select Committee for the National Broadband Network that the company needs to move about 30 [...]