Classic DVDs - Nearing the End

[Sindatur]

What form will Shada be in? Is it just a DVD release of the Tom Baker narrated VHS for the unfinished parts, or some other version (Animation in full or the missing parts, re-do, etc?)

 

[Allyn Gibson]

What form will Shada be in? Is it just a DVD release of the Tom Baker narrated VHS for the unfinished parts, or some other version (Animation in full or the missing parts, re-do, etc?)

It will likely be the VHS version. It will not be the Ian Levine animated version; 2|Entertain turned it down last week, and the news of that leaked out today.

 

[Sindatur]

What form will Shada be in? Is it just a DVD release of the Tom Baker narrated VHS for the unfinished parts, or some other version (Animation in full or the missing parts, re-do, etc?)

It will likely be the VHS version. It will not be the Ian Levine animated version; 2|Entertain turned it down last week, and the news of that leaked out today.

Alan Levine animated version? Is this an independent reconstruction that 2|Entertain could've bought the rights to and passed? Is there a way to see it or is it a "Bugaboo Version" only some have been able to sample and it reached major heights in the fandom from that small screening?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Pity they turned down Levine's animated version. I would love to have both versions on DVD.

Nonetheless, I'm excited about Shada's release as well as the More Than 30 Years in the TARDIS documentary, which is in itself absolutely wonderful.

 

[Allyn Gibson]

An lan Levine animated version? Is this an independent reconstruction that 2|Entertain could've bought the rights to and passed? Is there a way to see it or is it a "Bugaboo Version" only some have been able to sample and it reached major heights in the fandom from that small screening?

Levine put together an animation that completed the sections of "Shada" that were left unfilmed. He got the cast back together where he could (some, obviously, had passed away, and Tom Baker wasn't interested), and recruited a team of animators. Then he gave it to 2|E as a finished work.

A few people have seen it. Starburst published a long article on it, where it came from, and whether it was any good.

 

[zarkon]

Odd that they haven't asked thetamation to do it. I guess the quantity of needed work is too great to make it feasible to turn a profit.

Glad they're not using Levine's one though, his head's big enough already. The screens I'd seen didn't look very good at all - although the soundtrack would have been awesome.

I have no idea why he'd thought it would ever be accepted though, given the amount of insults he's hurled dan hall & co's way over the years.