These two weren't bad stories. Glad they'll be out soon.
Commetaries for The Sensorites & Colony in Space being recorded today
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Weren't there a couple instances of the dvds with commentaries being released long after the person had passed away? I'm almost sure there was one that came out with Verity Lambert after she had passed, and possibly Anthony Ainley as well.
Weren't there a couple instances of the dvds with commentaries being released long after the person had passed away? I'm almost sure there was one that came out with Verity Lambert after she had passed, and possibly Anthony Ainley as well.
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Yep, and there are a couple with Barry Letts still to be released.
Yep, and there are a couple with Barry Letts still to be released.
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I think they are aiming for 2012/2013.
There's been talk of season box sets but no firm word of plans after they release all the classic stories.
It's not clear what they will do with the remaining incomplete stories like the Tenth Planet as yet.
I think they are aiming for 2012/2013.
There's been talk of season box sets but no firm word of plans after they release all the classic stories.
It's not clear what they will do with the remaining incomplete stories like the Tenth Planet as yet.
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Steve Roberts of the Restoration Team was quoted in the Canadian Doctor Who Information Network newsletter a year or so ago that the DVD releases are scheduled to wrap up around November 2013. Obviously they are starting to reissue older titles, so I imagine that takes into account things like Revisitations. And the latest announcement shows they're doubling up a bit more than usual on releases (including the bizarre pairing of The Awakening and The Gunfighters). So I'd say by 2012 we'll have all the available ones out. I wonder if we'll see a Blu-ray test at some point too: the 1996 TV movie and Spearhead From Space (the only all-film Doctor Who serial) would be the logical choices.
After that, I hope they'll be able to put their efforts towards restoring with animation or something the missing stories (since all the soundtracks still exist). They could issue the fantastic fan-made restorations by Loose Cannon (who also managed to score interviews with cast members who died before 2 Entertain could interview them regarding certain stories, such as Kevin Stoney on Daleks Master Plan), or they could animate them.
I really don't understand (nor, frankly, buy) the argument that it's too expensive to animate - if they're that hard up for cash, you'd have thought 2 Entertain would have simply cancelled future DVD releases. If it cost too much to animate those 2 episodes of The Invasion, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but the accountant in me is suggesting they simply hired a company that charged too much. Ever since I saw the fantastic fan-animated CGI recreation of the Web of Fear trailer (it's on YouTube), and have seen other impressive recreations, I've been convinced that if 2 Entertain put out the call, they'd get someone to animate, say, Tenth Planet, quickly, skilfully, and for a reasonable cost. I mean, if I were an up-and-coming animator, I'd kill to have that sort of project on my showreel.
As for mammoth box set -- well, a few years back Amazon did offer a huge DW collection for about a grand ...
I'm also half-expecting, following the appearance of the incomplete fan film Devious on The War Games set, to see 2 Entertain strike a deal that'll allow DVD distribution of some of the creator-licensed independent films that were made in the 1990s by Reeltime Pictures and BBV, such as Shakedown: Return of the Sonatarans, Downtime (starring Nicholas Courtney, Deborah Watling and Elisabeth Sladen), PROBE (the made-for-video series starring Caroline John as Liz Shaw in a Torchwood/X-Files-type scenario), Wartime with John Levene as Benton, and the Mindgame stories starring Sophie Aldred as Ace. Doctor Who fans had the market cornered on fan films years before Star Trek Phase II came along! Most of these are on DVD if you know where to look, but I was very impressed with these efforts (which involved guys like Nick Briggs and Mark Gatiss before they went on to work for the TV series; a couple were written by Terrance Dicks, for pete's sake) and they deserve wider distribution.
Correct on both, I believe (Ainley's was on The Keeper of Traken, which included a tribute to his memory). There have also been a number of "nick of time" commentaries, where individuals have recorded them, their stories have been released, and they passed away soon after. One example that comes to mind is Graham Crowden on The Horns of Nimon.
Alex
Steve Roberts of the Restoration Team was quoted in the Canadian Doctor Who Information Network newsletter a year or so ago that the DVD releases are scheduled to wrap up around November 2013. Obviously they are starting to reissue older titles, so I imagine that takes into account things like Revisitations. And the latest announcement shows they're doubling up a bit more than usual on releases (including the bizarre pairing of The Awakening and The Gunfighters). So I'd say by 2012 we'll have all the available ones out. I wonder if we'll see a Blu-ray test at some point too: the 1996 TV movie and Spearhead From Space (the only all-film Doctor Who serial) would be the logical choices.
After that, I hope they'll be able to put their efforts towards restoring with animation or something the missing stories (since all the soundtracks still exist). They could issue the fantastic fan-made restorations by Loose Cannon (who also managed to score interviews with cast members who died before 2 Entertain could interview them regarding certain stories, such as Kevin Stoney on Daleks Master Plan), or they could animate them.
I really don't understand (nor, frankly, buy) the argument that it's too expensive to animate - if they're that hard up for cash, you'd have thought 2 Entertain would have simply cancelled future DVD releases. If it cost too much to animate those 2 episodes of The Invasion, maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, but the accountant in me is suggesting they simply hired a company that charged too much. Ever since I saw the fantastic fan-animated CGI recreation of the Web of Fear trailer (it's on YouTube), and have seen other impressive recreations, I've been convinced that if 2 Entertain put out the call, they'd get someone to animate, say, Tenth Planet, quickly, skilfully, and for a reasonable cost. I mean, if I were an up-and-coming animator, I'd kill to have that sort of project on my showreel.
As for mammoth box set -- well, a few years back Amazon did offer a huge DW collection for about a grand ...
I'm also half-expecting, following the appearance of the incomplete fan film Devious on The War Games set, to see 2 Entertain strike a deal that'll allow DVD distribution of some of the creator-licensed independent films that were made in the 1990s by Reeltime Pictures and BBV, such as Shakedown: Return of the Sonatarans, Downtime (starring Nicholas Courtney, Deborah Watling and Elisabeth Sladen), PROBE (the made-for-video series starring Caroline John as Liz Shaw in a Torchwood/X-Files-type scenario), Wartime with John Levene as Benton, and the Mindgame stories starring Sophie Aldred as Ace. Doctor Who fans had the market cornered on fan films years before Star Trek Phase II came along! Most of these are on DVD if you know where to look, but I was very impressed with these efforts (which involved guys like Nick Briggs and Mark Gatiss before they went on to work for the TV series; a couple were written by Terrance Dicks, for pete's sake) and they deserve wider distribution.
Correct on both, I believe (Ainley's was on The Keeper of Traken, which included a tribute to his memory). There have also been a number of "nick of time" commentaries, where individuals have recorded them, their stories have been released, and they passed away soon after. One example that comes to mind is Graham Crowden on The Horns of Nimon.
Alex
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Assuming no delays, as of January 1st, 2012 there will be 19 titles left to release. I doubt they'd do all that in one year.
I think November 2013 as stated above is pretty accurate.
Assuming no delays, as of January 1st, 2012 there will be 19 titles left to release. I doubt they'd do all that in one year.
I think November 2013 as stated above is pretty accurate.
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Keeper Of Traken (and State Of Decay with the late Peter Moffatt) got recorded early (iirc 2003) due to Mathew Waterhouse being in the country, as he's usually in the US.
Likewise as Katy Manning was an Australian resident for many years some of her pivotal stories got recorded, including Daemons & Terror Of The Autons.
As it happens there was another benefit of the Waterhouse commentaries - the stories were a third of a trilogy. All twelve episodes in these sets wouldn't have got commentaries had it not been for four already having been spent on one story.
Since then every episode has got one. Prior to that we had the Beginning set with 6 commentaries covering 14 episodes. It's slighty bizzare the most obscure of episodes have one, yet some pivotal episodes from the first months missed out.
Keeper Of Traken (and State Of Decay with the late Peter Moffatt) got recorded early (iirc 2003) due to Mathew Waterhouse being in the country, as he's usually in the US.
Likewise as Katy Manning was an Australian resident for many years some of her pivotal stories got recorded, including Daemons & Terror Of The Autons.
As it happens there was another benefit of the Waterhouse commentaries - the stories were a third of a trilogy. All twelve episodes in these sets wouldn't have got commentaries had it not been for four already having been spent on one story.
Since then every episode has got one. Prior to that we had the Beginning set with 6 commentaries covering 14 episodes. It's slighty bizzare the most obscure of episodes have one, yet some pivotal episodes from the first months missed out.
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The Sensorites is interesting for a few reasons-mainly that the aliens inspired (and are said to be related to) The Ood.
Colony In Space is sort of one of the lesser Pertwees; although some of the novels would build on the concepts introduced in the serial.
The Sensorites is interesting for a few reasons-mainly that the aliens inspired (and are said to be related to) The Ood.
Colony In Space is sort of one of the lesser Pertwees; although some of the novels would build on the concepts introduced in the serial.
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Was that the story that introduced IMC?
Was that the story that introduced IMC?
