Ambassadors...IN COLOUR...ON DVD!!

[Bernie King]

wipednews.com/

I Saw this on Wiped. Ambassadors IN COLOUR...ON DVD. I must have died and gone to Hendon. Hooray for the Windmill Road gang. What dedication. Cant wait to see it properly restored.

[Deleted]

Don't get too excited yet, Bernie! This story has been reported on elsewhere and said to be full of errors. The team have stated that they are working on the story, yes, but that they don't know as yet if the problems will prove too much. Time will tell...

[felixdembinski]

Well episodes 1,5 and 6 exist in full and quite a lot of episodes 2, 3 and 7 exist, and a lot of the useable colour footage wasn't used becase it was felt that constantly switching from colour to b/w would be distracting.

[Deleted]

Yes, parts of various episodes have been returned to colour (of varying qualities) but it remains to be seen whether the whole story will be possible. That article didn't get the facts right and the DW team were not allowed to correct this before publication. Time will tell.

[John Wall]

It's on Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_of_Death

so it must be true !

[davidthrelfall69]

What is the position re Ambassadors of Death being recolourised. Presume episode 1 is ok as episode 5 and 6 has been re-colourised they don't present a problem. Is episode 4 problematic due to the effect of colour strobing. Do episodes 2, 3 and 7 constitute a problem at all?

[simonashby]

Jan 15, 2011 11:51:45 GMT @davidthrelfall69 said:

What is the position re Ambassadors of Death being recolourised. Presume episode 1 is ok as episode 5 and 6 has been re-colourised they don't present a problem. Is episode 4 problematic due to the effect of colour strobing. Do episodes 2, 3 and 7 constitute a problem at all?

The problems with the off-air tapes shouldn't be an issue anymore.

The remaining episodes contain chromadots, which will lead to restoration.