The Curse Of Fatal Death on YouTube
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I saw it for the first time! IT WAS HILARIOUS!
In the higher quality? I've just been looking for a DVD release to no avail.
But to search on Google for "Curse Of Fatal Death" without knowing it's on iTunes, you get over 100,00 hits including a lot of torrent sites.
It's on youtube dozens of times over, but I just wanted to put up a higher quality version for people to see.
edit: Nothing on iTunes itself, but the rednose channel has it on youtube. Wish I had found this before I got a VHS tape and spent time working on it.
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Me too. I loved it.
Rowan Atkinson was amazing as The Doctor, and couldve made a plausible Doctor.
Also, we have two other Doctors the couldve been if they accepted the offers, Hugh Grant and Richard E. Grant.
Besides, gotta love those Dalek Bumps.
The Curse of Fatal Death is pure genius. 'Nuff said.
The Master falling through the trap door is very Python-esque.
Reminds me of the "old man from scene 23" as the bridge keeper getting flung in the pit of eternal peril.
Reminds me of the "old man from scene 23" as the bridge keeper getting flung in the pit of eternal peril.
I'm hoping it will either be included as an extra on a forthcoming release or as a Who release in it's own right one day.
I bought the video ages ago, but nowdays my video player is falling apart.
I could have done without the fart humor, which really seemed to dominate.
Things like the Master talking aloud as he views the Doctor on his control screen, and then having the Doctor say, exasperated, that he can hear him is very funny. Having the Master hit a button, the screen go blank, and then continue to verbalize his plans only to have the Doctor say, still exasperated, that the Master has only shut the monitor off, and audio is still engaged, is delicious.
But I feel the rest of the episode turns from apt parody into short-sighted ridicule; much like a Star Trek make-fun produced by people who never watched the show and think the fans are losers (sorry, I forgot we're dealing with the British. Tossers? Yes, tossers).
Things like the Master talking aloud as he views the Doctor on his control screen, and then having the Doctor say, exasperated, that he can hear him is very funny. Having the Master hit a button, the screen go blank, and then continue to verbalize his plans only to have the Doctor say, still exasperated, that the Master has only shut the monitor off, and audio is still engaged, is delicious.
But I feel the rest of the episode turns from apt parody into short-sighted ridicule; much like a Star Trek make-fun produced by people who never watched the show and think the fans are losers (sorry, I forgot we're dealing with the British. Tossers? Yes, tossers).
^ And I notice, breasts.
They're not breasts, OK? They're Dalek bumps.
They're not breasts, OK? They're Dalek bumps.
Anything with Jonathan Pryce is automatically awesome!
The official VHS release (with other skits featuring Lenny Henry and French and Saunders) is one of the first Doctor Who videos I ever bought. And it is wonderful. A parody written by someone who knew and loved the show, and a great cast -- what's not to like?
Written by a certain fan turned writer turned producer who wrote some of the best stories of the new Doctor Who..
I am surprised they haven't, given Moffat's recent success with the revival, plus the fact the BBC has been doing some promoting on Blackadder of late (issuing the remastered series to DVD, etc). And the fact we've seen Black Orchid and The Sontaran Experiment released on their own indicates BBC Video has no qualms about putting out short-form DVDs. Maybe there's a licensing issue - it seems VHS releases and DVD releases don't always go by the same rules.
Then again, maybe it's felt a DVD release - which presumably would have to have some of its proceeds going to Comic Relief - isn't considered "lucrative" enough for 2 Entertain, considering they won't shell out to animate one episode.
Interesting bit of trivia - apparently some of the TARDIS-related props seen in Fatal Death were built by fans for the Devious fan film, portions of which were recently included on the War Games DVD.
Alex
If the "lack" of size is an issue, perhaps they can do a Comic Relief Doctor Who-related set. A bit repetitive for the newer stuff considering I believe all of those have been included in their respective series sets, but then we can have other stuff like Dimensions in Time out, too.
^IIRC, "Dimensions in Time" is held up by an agreement amongst the actors that they would appear in it without pay only on the condition that it never be released for profit and never be aired on TV beyond its original charity airing. Frankly, I don't think it's any great loss. I recently rewatched "Dimensions in Time" and it's absolute dross. It's even drossier than I expected, lacking any of the care that went into the makings of the other multi-Doctor specials like "The Three Doctors," "The Five Doctors," "The Two Doctors," or even "Time Crash." Not even Tom Baker's half-hearted, phoned-in participation can save it.
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