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Post by richardwoods on Jan 20, 2014 16:35:46 GMT
The following quote is from the Dr Who Worldwide Website which runs counter to what has been reported here.
"There’s been a lot of speculation about Web Of Fear episode 3. When the story was released to iTunes back in October it contained a reconstruction of the missing episode. The forthcoming DVD has been the subject of contentious debate as fans and sources argue over whether that missing episode has been recovered and the possibility that it may be included on the upcoming release.
But sometimes it just pays to ask. Dm16, a poster in this site’s forum, sent an email to bbcshop@bbc.co.uk asking whether Web would contain the reconstruction or be animated. He was rewarded with the following response:
Dear ,
Thanks for your email,
Yes it will be reconstructed using animation.
Kind Regards,
Shortly after dm16 shared this, I came across possible confirmation on tvshowsondvd.com. They ran a story announcing an R1 release date of April 22nd and continued “… the 3rd episode is still missing. As they have in the past, the BBC will likely fill in the gap by re-creating the missing episode using animation, and syncing it to a restored recording of the audio from that episode”
Everything is just speculation at this point, but many of us still have our fingers crossed that Web 3 will be miraculously returned in time."
Interesting eh?
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Post by Richard Bignell on Jan 20, 2014 16:39:35 GMT
The reconstruction released with the rest of the episodes on iTunes was "animated" in that it panned and zoomed across the photographs used.
I doubt the version released on the DVD will be anything more than that.
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Post by John Andersen on Jan 20, 2014 17:17:45 GMT
The following quote is from the Dr Who Worldwide Website which runs counter to what has been reported here. "There’s been a lot of speculation about Web Of Fear episode 3. When the story was released to iTunes back in October it contained a reconstruction of the missing episode. The forthcoming DVD has been the subject of contentious debate as fans and sources argue over whether that missing episode has been recovered and the possibility that it may be included on the upcoming release. But sometimes it just pays to ask. Dm16, a poster in this site’s forum, sent an email to bbcshop@bbc.co.uk asking whether Web would contain the reconstruction or be animated. He was rewarded with the following response: Dear , Thanks for your email, Yes it will be reconstructed using animation. Kind Regards, Shortly after dm16 shared this, I came across possible confirmation on tvshowsondvd.com. They ran a story announcing an R1 release date of April 22nd and continued “… the 3rd episode is still missing. As they have in the past, the BBC will likely fill in the gap by re-creating the missing episode using animation, and syncing it to a restored recording of the audio from that episode” Everything is just speculation at this point, but many of us still have our fingers crossed that Web 3 will be miraculously returned in time." Interesting eh? I wish that were the case. Animation or the real episode would be nice. Unfortunately, New Zealand is already marketing the DVD with only the recon of episode 3 that was on iTunes.  www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Doctor-Who-Web-of-Fear/21956756 |
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Post by richardwoods on Jan 20, 2014 17:30:44 GMT
What a shame, thought it was too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have my favourite Who serial back and available, but it does seem a little sad that the release is just a vid-fired version of the iTunes release. Maybe one for the future eh?
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Post by Michael Grey on Jan 20, 2014 17:33:47 GMT
Dm16 sounds like something out of Planet of the Giants  Quite an interesting response though. I hope it will be animated at some point even if not quite yet. |
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Post by grantgoodman on Jan 20, 2014 17:34:47 GMT
Review copies will be sent out soon enough so we'll find out but I have my doubts.
The pricing is too low to make me think there's an animation and while it's been a few months since the iTunes release it's still probably not enough time to do animation (unless the started animating well before the iTunes release).
Also I feel if it's been animated someone would have made an official announcement.
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Post by Simon Collis on Jan 20, 2014 19:34:06 GMT
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Post by shellyharman67 on Jan 20, 2014 19:49:11 GMT
You would of thought there would of been enough time. Or i would of rather a later date to give it time. Or again ? A special edition later on |
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Post by alf hughes on Jan 20, 2014 19:56:08 GMT
if it wasn`t to be animated then why the delay? surely they could have released it before now and also didn`t it knock back other releases!
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Post by Jeff Haynes on Jan 20, 2014 20:50:12 GMT
This is why the BBC irritates me. Does anyone out there believe that a story missing one episode should be released with a recon? Plus they can NEVER give a straight answer to anything, even the BBC Shop. If the disc has a recon, is the answer at the beginning of the thread correct? A recon with camera movement is NOT animation. You can also bet that if this disc comes out with a recon that a disc with animation is in the future. Sorry, I’m not going to buy it twice, I’ll wait.
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Post by Greg H on Jan 20, 2014 21:00:01 GMT
What a shame, thought it was too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have my favourite Who serial back and available, but it does seem a little sad that the release is just a vid-fired version of the iTunes release. Maybe one for the future eh? Hi Richard! I would be fairly surprised if the BBC would have had sufficient time to arrange for an animation or even a large amount of extras for this release, so my money is going on the vanilla telesnaps recon that we have already seen. I will go out on a limb with my crystal ball and predict that in a couple of years we will get a special edition with an animation and DVD full of extras. I for one can't be sad about ANYTHING to do with the release on DVD of the web of fear  |
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Jan 20, 2014 21:28:15 GMT
A release date of APRIL 22ND?I thought Web was being released in February?So it's release has been put back almost 3 months?Why would that be,if it wasn't going to be animated?Have Worldwide had a change of heart and given in to fan's wishes?They know full well that a tele-snap recon (even if zoomed in or out or panned across) is different to animation!Could this also have anything to do with the proposed television transmission of Web that's been talked about recently ie an animation would be far more interesting to the casual viewer than a dry tele-snap recon?
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Post by John Andersen on Jan 20, 2014 21:40:24 GMT
A release date of APRIL 22ND?I thought Web was being released in February?So it's release has been put back almost 3 months?Why would that be,if it wasn't going to be animated?Have Worldwide had a change of heart and given in to fan's wishes?They know full well that a tele-snap recon (even if zoomed in or out or panned across) is different to animation!Could this also have anything to do with the proposed television transmission of Web that's been talked about recently ie an animation would be far more interesting to the casual viewer than a dry tele-snap recon? April 22 is the Region 1 release date. The Region 2 release date is in February. |
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Post by John Wall on Jan 20, 2014 21:40:45 GMT
I wonder if it's a simple case of one bit of Auntie not talking to another ? Ask the BBC Shop if there's going to be "animation" and they don't know the difference from a telesnap reconstruction ? They just know that the original picture doesn't exist any more and that some sort of replacement/alternative is being provided.
Cock up not conspiracy ?
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Post by richardwoods on Jan 20, 2014 21:41:36 GMT
What a shame, thought it was too good to be true. Don't get me wrong, it's great to have my favourite Who serial back and available, but it does seem a little sad that the release is just a vid-fired version of the iTunes release. Maybe one for the future eh? Hi Richard! I would be fairly surprised if the BBC would have had sufficient time to arrange for an animation or even a large amount of extras for this release, so my money is going on the vanilla telesnaps recon that we have already seen. I will go out on a limb with my crystal ball and predict that in a couple of years we will get a special edition with an animation and DVD full of extras. I for one can't be sad about ANYTHING to do with the release on DVD of the web of fear Hi Greg, Yeah, I know and tbh I agree. I still keep thinking THE WEB OF FEAR... ITS BACK!!!! but I was still hoping that the delay would be for animation. A minor quibble I know but it would have been nice. I just don't like recons, I'm afraid, I would rather have had a recorded link by Frazer or Debbie, but that's just me. |
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Quite an interesting response though. I hope it will be animated at some point even if not quite yet.
