Your thoughts on the end of the DVD releases in sight

[Zeppster]

I bet there will always be ways to re-release stuff for DW. Especially when you have 32 or 33 seasons to deal with(I've lost count so someone can correct me)

 

[Sindatur]

I bet there will always be ways to re-release stuff for DW. Especially when you have 32 or 33 seasons to deal with(I've lost count so someone can correct me)

Nah, you haven't lost count, 26 Series of Classic Who, and 6 of NuWho (If you count the Tennant Specials year as part of S4), so, you're right on target.

Hopefully they will continue animating the missing stories, though, I've gotta say, I haven't really enjoyed any of the historicals (including the missing ones that I've watched Fan reconstructions of) other than The Aztecs, which is one of my favorite Hartnell stories, and The Romans was pretty funny. So, I'm in no hurry for the missing Historicals, but, the SciFi-ish ones, I anxiously await.
10th Planet - Only missing 1 episode
The Moonbase - only missing 2 episodes (Though the Animated Talking Telesnaps Fan Reconstruction is the next best thing)
The Ice Warriors - only missing 2 episodes (Reconstruction of this one for Episode 2 and 3 is only 17 minutes combined. Is the rest of the Audio lost, as well as the video?)
And all the other stories with more missing episodes.

 

[Mr Awe]

The DVD format isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It was supposed to be replaced by Blu-ray but that simply hasn't happened because it's not practical to release low-resolution shows like DW in the high-def format...
Alex

Blu-ray is a storage medium not an image format. You can put whatever the heck you want to on it.

...(there is only one single story that can be released in high-def from the classic series and that's Spearhead from Space which was shot totally on film).

Uh, being shot on film does not make it automaticaly HD compliant. They used cheap film stock so it's still a low quality picture.

Blowing up 405 line material to 1080 will look a bit iffy. Being natively on film makes Spearhead the best option for a Blu-Ray release as it's not constrained by video line structures.

The idea behind putting SD material on Blu-Ray is not to artificially increase the resolution (e.g. blowing it up) but rather to be able to fit more content on fewer discs.

Mr Awe

 

[Zeppster]

I bet there will always be ways to re-release stuff for DW. Especially when you have 32 or 33 seasons to deal with(I've lost count so someone can correct me)

Nah, you haven't lost count, 26 Series of Classic Who, and 6 of NuWho (If you count the Tennant Specials year as part of S4), so, you're right on target.

Hopefully they will continue animating the missing stories, though, I've gotta say, I haven't really enjoyed any of the historicals (including the missing ones that I've watched Fan reconstructions of) other than The Aztecs, which is one of my favorite Hartnell stories, and The Romans was pretty funny. So, I'm in no hurry for the missing Historicals, but, the SciFi-ish ones, I anxiously await.
10th Planet - Only missing 1 episode
The Moonbase - only missing 2 episodes (Though the Animated Talking Telesnaps Fan Reconstruction is the next best thing)
The Ice Warriors - only missing 2 episodes (Reconstruction of this one for Episode 2 and 3 is only 17 minutes combined. Is the rest of the Audio lost, as well as the video?)
And all the other stories with more missing episodes.

I would also like to see the missing episodes linked with animated episodes or some of them. There's probably some that nobody would really care and the reconstructions already done do those service anyway. But I'm not really gonna hold my breath since we've only really seen one of those so far.

 

[Sindatur]

I bet there will always be ways to re-release stuff for DW. Especially when you have 32 or 33 seasons to deal with(I've lost count so someone can correct me)

Nah, you haven't lost count, 26 Series of Classic Who, and 6 of NuWho (If you count the Tennant Specials year as part of S4), so, you're right on target.

Hopefully they will continue animating the missing stories, though, I've gotta say, I haven't really enjoyed any of the historicals (including the missing ones that I've watched Fan reconstructions of) other than The Aztecs, which is one of my favorite Hartnell stories, and The Romans was pretty funny. So, I'm in no hurry for the missing Historicals, but, the SciFi-ish ones, I anxiously await.
10th Planet - Only missing 1 episode
The Moonbase - only missing 2 episodes (Though the Animated Talking Telesnaps Fan Reconstruction is the next best thing)
The Ice Warriors - only missing 2 episodes (Reconstruction of this one for Episode 2 and 3 is only 17 minutes combined. Is the rest of the Audio lost, as well as the video?)
And all the other stories with more missing episodes.

I would also like to see the missing episodes linked with animated episodes or some of them. There's probably some that nobody would really care and the reconstructions already done do those service anyway. But I'm not really gonna hold my breath since we've only really seen one of those so far.

Well, they're working on Reign of Terror, so that's actually 2 of them.

 

[Candlelight]

The Moonbase - only missing 2 episodes (Though the Animated Talking Telesnaps Fan Reconstruction is the next best thing)

The Moonbase was already released on the Lost in Time set in 2004. The BBC are only considering the four stories which have more than 50% surviving, namely The Reign of Terror, The Tenth Planet, The Ice Warriors & The Invasion.

All audio from all missing episodes exist.

 

[Captain Crow]

Yes Blu-Ray is a storage medium first and foremost but it's associated with HD.

Ignorance shouldn't dictate what should and shouldn't be released on it.

Releasing shows on Blu-Ray as SD is pointless; just stick with DVD!

So shows that will never be up to HD quility should never be released on it. So what happens once DVD goes away? SD contant should never be realeased again? That's rather stupid and narrow-minded.

 

[Mr Pointy Ears]

i just started to get the dvds for the 1st doctor,dont think i will be able to get all of the doctors on dvd in 2 years.

 

[Chaos Descending]

i just started to get the dvds for the 1st doctor,dont think i will be able to get all of the doctors on dvd in 2 years.

All of the existing copies aren't going to disintegrate the second that new releases cease.

 

[Mike Farley]

In two years they'll be done releasing everything they plan to release. They're not going to stop selling the DVDs all together.

 

[zarkon]

Well I guess they have a couple more episodes to release now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111211_01/Missing_Eisodes_ecovered

Announcement next year.

 

[sonak]

what about itunes? Are they planning to release all of classic Who on itunes?

 

[Candlelight]

Well I guess they have a couple more episodes to release now.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_111211_01/Missing_Eisodes_ecovered

Announcement next year.

Lost in Time Vol 2? Or tacked onto any remaining first and second doctor dvds perhaps?

 

[zarkon]

Dan Hall said he's going to have to think about how best to bring it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6dZci_hddo

My hope would be if thetamation's process proves economical, Menace could have a release as an animated recon.

No idea about G4 though. Easiest would be to whack it onto the Shada release I guess.

 

[Crewman47]

I've been renting them just now and I'm only up as far the Pertwee years, adding any new releases for Hartnell and Troughton to my rental list when they get released. At the rate I'm going, by the time I get to the 8th Doctor, there'll be a New Doctor on screen, which is why I'm hoping for a Box Set release for all the currently released DVD's as at the moment I can't afford to pay out around £12 - £14 a serial just now and I don't have the Bandwith to download them.

 

[Zeppster]

There's only a movie for the 8th doctor that wasn't very good. Unless you count the audio stuff done for him.

 

[N-121973]

Holy frak, according to Amazon The Daemons are coming! I was under the impression that gem was not out this year but as the following link implies it will be among a plethora of other releases over the next 13 weeks or so including the Face of Evil.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-...ef=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1324319371&sr=1-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-...ef=sr_1_2?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1324319593&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Sensorites-William-Hartnell/dp/B006H4R9HA/ref=pd_cp_d_h__2

 

[23skidoo]

There's only a movie for the 8th doctor that wasn't very good. Unless you count the audio stuff done for him.

There was also the animated version of Shada starring Paul McGann and Lalla Ward. I think it was supposed to get a DVD release alongside Scream of the Shalka until BBC Video cancelled the Shalka release after the new series was announced and plans for more animated webcasts starring Richard E. Grant as the 9th Doctor were shelved. We haven't seen any confirmed information as to what the upcoming Shada DVD is going to include. Presumably Tom Baker's recorded links from the early 90s will be part of the extra features, but now that 2 Entertain is all chummy with Big Finish (who produced the audio for the McGann version of Shada) I wonder if they might try and sneak the Shada webcast on there, too?

Holy frak, according to Amazon The Daemons are coming! I was under the impression that gem was not out this year but as the following link implies it will be among a plethora of other releases over the next 13 weeks or so including the Face of Evil.

The TARDIS Library website shows a March 26 release in the UK (presumably North America in early April). I agree, I thought Daemons was announced as being pulled from the 2012 schedule, but I guess they changed their minds.

Alex

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Holy frak, according to Amazon The Daemons are coming! I was under the impression that gem was not out this year but as the following link implies it will be among a plethora of other releases over the next 13 weeks or so including the Face of Evil.

And it's about damn time, too. The Face of Evil is one of my favorite serials. Too bad Amazon doesn't show who's on the commentary but hopefully it's at least Tom and Louise.

I'm also looking forward to The Sensorites and hope that both Carole and William are doing the commentary for it.

Presumably Tom Baker's recorded links from the early 90s will be part of the extra features, but now that 2 Entertain is all chummy with Big Finish (who produced the audio for the McGann version of Shada) I wonder if they might try and sneak the Shada webcast on there, too?

I can only hope it is. I love both versions of Shada and I would be very disappointed if they don't include it.

 

[CaptainMatt]

As a fan of both Tom Baker's version (the 1990s rare VHS release) and the Paul McGann webcast, I echo and second that. I also figure once all the available stories are out on DVD they will go and blue ray them. *shudder*