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==Home media== ===DVD releases=== The ''Count Duckula'' discs are in Region 0, [[PAL format]]. The first series was released on Region 1 DVD on 4 October 2005. Series 2, 3, and 4 have, as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, not been released in North America. A Spanish format for [[Latin America]] was released.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/El-Conde-Patula-Temporada-Completa/dp/B0017RN5NO |title=El Conde Patula – Primera Temporada Completa 4 DVDs Box |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |language=es |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/El-Conde-Patula-Segunda-Temporada/dp/B0036NFT9U |title=El Conde Patula – Segunda Temporada 4DVDs Box |publisher=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] |language=es |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> The entire 65 episodes of the series are set to be released on UK DVD on June 3, 2024. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.laserdisken.dk/html/visvare.dna?vare=1982447083295621 | title=Count Duckula: The Complete Collection (7-disc) (DVD) - Laserdisken.dk - salg af DVD og Blu-ray film }}</ref> This appears to be the first time ever the whole series have been available on English-language DVD's. ====Complete set==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! Region 1 ! Region 2 ! Region 4 |- | ''Count Duckula: The Complete Collection'' | Not yet released in region 1 | 27 October 2008 | 1 May 2013 |} ====Individual series==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Series ! Region 1 ! Region 2 ! Region 4 |- | Series 1 | 4 October 2005<br />(as "The complete first season") | 17 July 2006<br />(as "The complete first series") | 11 October 2007<br />(as "From Duck Til Dawn",<br />containing the first 18 episodes only) |- | Series 2 | Not yet released in region 1 | 26 March 2007<br />(as "The complete second series") | Not yet released in region 4 <br /> but is released via Complete set DVD set |- | Series 3 & 4 | Not yet released in region 1 | 3 September 2007<br />(as "The complete third series") | Not yet released in region 4 <br /> but is released via Complete set DVD set |} ====Individual episodes==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Title ! Region 1 ! Region 2 ! Region 4 |- | ''Count Duckula: Vampire Vacation'' | Not yet released in region 1 | 14 October 2002 | Not yet released in region 4 |- | ''Count Duckula: The Vampire Strikes Back!'' | Not yet released in region 1 | 11 August 2008 | Not yet released in region 4 |} ===VHS releases=== During the show's original run, ''Count Duckula'' episodes were released on numerous VHS titles from Thames Video collection, often in a different sequence than what was shown in the TV. {| class="wikitable" !VHS Title !Release Date !Episodes |- | ''Count Duckula'' (TV8036) | align="center" |7 November 1988 | align="center" |No Sax Please, We're Egyptian, The Mutinous Penguins, One Stormy Night |- | ''Count Duckula: The Vampire Strikes Back!'' (TV8038) | align="center" |7 November 1988 | align="center" |The Vampire Strikes Back!, Hardluck Hotel, Dear Diary |- | ''Count Duckula: A Fright at the Opera'' (TV8045) | align="center" |7 November 1988 | align="center" |A Fright at the Opera, Hunchbudgie of Notre Dame, Dr. Goosewing and Mr Duck |- | ''Count Duckula: Jungle Duck'' (TV8050) | align="center" |24 April 1989 | align="center" |Jungle Duck, Vampire Vacation, Igor's Busy Day |- | ''Count Duckula: Autoduck'' | align="center" |1 May 1989 | align="center" |Autoduck, Rent a Butler, Mobile Home |- | ''Count Duckula: Transylvanian Homesick Blues'' | align="center" |1 May 1989 | align="center" |Transylvanian Homesick Blues, Restoration Comedy, All in a Fog |- | ''Children's Favourites Vol.1'' | align="center" |1 May 1989 | align="center" |The Duck and the Broccoli Stalk (Compilation VHS with ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'') |- | ''Children's Favourites Vol.2'' | align="center" |1 May 1989 | align="center" |Castle Duckula: Open to the Public (Compilation VHS with ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'') |- | ''More Children's Summer Stories'' (TV8062) | align="center" |5 June 1989 | align="center" |Down Under Duckula (Compilation VHS with ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'') |- | ''The Count Duckula Bumper Special'' (TV8079) | align="center" |2 October 1989 | align="center" |Ghostly Gold, Prime Time Duck, The Incredible Shrinking Duck, Ducknapped!, Bloodsucking Bats of the Lower Amazon |- | ''Count Duckula: The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula'' (WP0020) | align="center" |2 October 1989 | align="center" |The Ghost of McCastle McDuckula |- | ''Count Duckula: Mysteries of the Wax Museum'' (TV8083) | align="center" |5 February 1990 | align="center" |Mysteries of the Wax Museum, The Lost Valley, Return of the Curse of the Secret of the Mummy's Tomb Frankenduckula's Monster... |- | ''More Children's Holiday Favourites'' (TV8094) | align="center" |4 June 1990 | align="center" |Beau Duckula (Compilation VHS with ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]'') |- | ''Count Duckula: The Great Ducktective'' (TV8102) | align="center" |10 September 1990 | align="center" |The Great Ducktective, Private Beak, Whodunnit? |- | ''Count Duckula: Bombay Duck'' (TV8103) | align="center" |10 September 1990 | align="center" |Bombay Duck, Mississippi Duck, Mystery Cruise |- | ''Count Duckula: O.O. Duck'' (TV8105) | align="center" |10 September 1990 | align="center" |O.O. Duck, A Mountie Always Gets His Duck!, Manhattan Duck |- | ''Count Duckula: Bumper Special Volume 2'' (TV8113) | align="center" |10 September 1990 | align="center" |Xmas Quacker, Alps a Daisy, Unreal Estate, There Are Werewolves at the Bottom of the Garden, In Arctic Circles |- | ''Children's Picture House'' (NCH3000) | align="center" |1 October 1990 | align="center" |Transylvanian Homesick Blues (Compilation VHS with ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', ''[[Fireman Sam]]'', ''[[Paddington Bear (TV series)|Paddington Bear]]'', and ''[[Barney (British TV series)|Barney]]'') |- | ''Count Duckula: Astro Duck'' (TV8111) | align="center" |1 October 1990 | align="center" |Astro Duck, The Rest is History!, Around the World in a Total Daze!, The Zombie Awakes! |- | ''Count Duckula: Lost City of Atlantis'' (WP0026) | align="center" |1 October 1990 | align="center" |Lost City of Atlantis |- | ''My Little Count Duckula'' (ML0025) | align="center" |1 July 1996 | align="center" |The Great Ducktective |- | ''Cult Kids Classics'' | align="center" |2001 | align="center" | The Ghost of Castle McDuckula (Compilation VHS with ''[[Chorlton and the Wheelies]]'', ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', ''[[Jamie and the Magic Torch]]'', ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', and ''[[Button Moon]]'') |- | ''Cult Kids Classics 2'' | align="center" |5 March 2001 | align="center" |Venice a Duck Not a Duck (Compilation VHS with ''[[Jamie and the Magic Torch]]'', ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', ''[[Chorlton and the Wheelies]]'', ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', and ''[[The Sooty Show]]'') |- | ''I Love Cult Kids'' | align="center" |2002 | align="center" | The Great Ducktective (Compilation VHS with ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', ''[[Chorlton and the Wheelies]]'', ''[[Jamie and the Magic Torch]]'', ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', ''[[Cockleshell Bay]]'', and ''[[Button Moon]]'') |- | ''Classic Kids Collection'' | align="center" |2002 | align="center" | Ducknapped (Compilation VHS with ''[[Chorlton and the Wheelies]]'', ''[[Button Moon]]'', ''[[Jamie and the Magic Torch]]'', ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'', and ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'') |} This{{Which|reason=No table key has been assigned to this notation.|date=June 2023}} VHS title appeared in 1990 but, at the time, the episodes contained were somewhat exclusive to video (the first was not televised until 1991, neither was the latter until 1993). ''Count Duckula'' episodes were also released on special VHS compilations with episodes of other series. In 1989, the episode "Down under Duckula" was released on Thames' VHS title ''More Children's Summer Stories'', with episodes from ''[[Danger Mouse (1981 TV series)|Danger Mouse]]'' and ''[[The Wind in the Willows (TV series)|The Wind in the Willows]]''. In 2001, in the twilight years of VHS, the episodes "The Ghost of Castle McDuckula" and "Venice a Duck, Not a Duck!" were featured on two ''Cult Kids'' collection tapes, with episodes of ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]'', ''[[Chorlton and the Wheelies]]'', ''[[Button Moon]]'', ''[[Jamie and the Magic Torch]]'' and [[The Sooty Show]]. ===Comics=== Between 1988 and 1991 [[Marvel Comics]] distributed 15 issues of ''Count Duckula'' comics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=80901|title = Count Duckula (1989) comic books}}</ref> Count Duckula appeared in North American comics under [[Star Comics]] (an imprint of [[Marvel Comics]]) and introduced an additional difference between this incarnation of Duckula which separated him from his predecessors. Due to ketchup being used in the resurrection ceremony, this version of Duckula has ''ketchup'', rather than blood, flowing through his veins. This was discovered when Duckula was given a blood test in order to get a passport into a fictional country which produced a salad which Duckula was obsessed with getting to eat. In the same issue, Duckula, Nanny, and Igor were photographed as a means of formal ID for said country; however, due to the classic stereotype of vampires not appearing in film, Duckula did not appear in the photo which was taken. Duckula also gained a romantic interest in the Star Comics run; Vanna Von Goosewing, who turned out to be the niece of his long time adversary Dr. Von Goosewing. The attraction was mutual, and the two continued their relationship through the majority of the series after their introduction, though Vanna didn't always appear in every issue of the book.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://comicvine.gamespot.com/count-duckula/4050-4047/object-appearances/4005-7986/ | title=Count Duckula (Volume)}}</ref> In Germany, a separate adaptation was produced under license as ''Graf Duckula'', with script by [[Peter Mennigen]] and artwork by [[Miroslava Pollmer]] and [[Rüdiger Pareike]]. ===Audiobooks=== In the early 1990s at least two episodes were released in audiobook format on cassette tape with accompanying illustrated hardcover book featuring artwork from the original television episodes. They featured the original cast in new performances as they were edited considerably from the original television scripts for a shorter duration, removal of visual gags and the addition of new narration and character exposition where necessary. The "Restoration Comedy" episode was packaged with a small plastic Count Duckula figure in some territories. * No Sax Please, We're Egyptian * Restoration Comedy * The Ghost of Castle McDuckula ===Computer games=== [[Alternative Software]] released a computer game based on ''Count Duckula'' called "No Sax Please, We're Egyptian!". In the game, Igor, Nanny and Count Duckula have decided to search the tomb of the great Pharaoh Upanatem (a pun on "up and at 'em") to find the mystic saxophone. What they do not know is that they have brought along some unwanted guests in the form of the Crow brothers. The game was a basic jump and run platform-type game. At the start, the castle was transported to an ancient pyramid. Then, players had a set amount of time to go through the pyramid, evading the various baddies inside the pyramid, to retrieve the mystic sax before the Count's castle automatically returns to Transylvania, leaving the player stranded in Egypt. The title of the game was a parody on the title of a British comedy play ''[[No Sex Please, We're British]]!''. The game was available for various 8-bit computers such as the [[ZX Spectrum]], [[Commodore 64]], & [[Amstrad CPC]], and was also released as a "Kid's Pack" with other TV shows that Alternative Software turned into games, including ''[[Postman Pat]]'', ''Sooty and Sweep'', ''[[Popeye 2]]'', ''[[The Wombles (1973 TV series)|The Wombles]]'', and ''[[SuperTed]]''. Alternative Software was one of the few software companies of the 1980s that still survives today as an independent software producer. There was also a ''[[Count Duckula 2]]'' sequel in 1992.
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