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Post by John W King on Feb 26, 2017 22:26:21 GMT
Nice idea. Love the montage. But it didn't happen. I actually saw the episode when it was first brosdcast. There were most definitely no missing frames. In fact it may have helped because watching it was a bit baffling. Bear in mind none of us knew what was happening. One minute Mondas burnt up.(Incidentally that looked like a polystyrene ball on fire but filmed upside down so the flames burnt down and melting debris dropped upwards). Then we were in the smoke filled Cyber ship and the Doctor says his old body is wearing out. The Tardis in the snowy icy waste is apprached by Polly and Ben. Inside the Tardis and the glass column starts rising up and down. The Doctor lies sprawled in the floor..... It all seemed rushed and confusing. One day that episode and the following 6 WILL be found!
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Post by John W King on Feb 17, 2017 21:51:47 GMT
I'm up to episode 3 of the colour version and to me I find it easier on my ancient eyes to watch than the B and W. Yes, I know. Heresy. I'm happy to haveboth versions to be honest. I quite enjoy watching existing episodes in colour. Let's face it the Hartnell Troughton episodes would have been made in colour if the technology had been in place. I wouldn't be surprised if at some stage in the future all episodes will be colourised to keep modern audiences happy. But now I'll contradict my self and say many of these early stories are more atmospheric in B and W. And some of the Power episodes the colours seem a bit muted. The mid 60s were more garish. Final verdict - more animations please and if possible in colour and B and W to keep everyone happy. Nobody compels you to watch the version you don't like do they?
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Post by John W King on Feb 1, 2017 22:35:25 GMT
So, if I understand this correctly :- 1.A TV screen contains a finite number of pixels. 2.Theoretically there are a huge but still finite combination of pixels. 3.Most of the combinations are random and produce meaningless images to the human brain. 4.However the theory suggests that as well as random some combinations will form meaningful images. 5.The hope is that of those meaningful images should be every frame of each Dr Who episode. (and Crossroads, test card, news etc) 6.The problem is how to extract the images you want. 7. One solution is to use Telesnaps as filters to find similar images.
8. Another solution is to actually find any missing episodes. 9. The theory is just that. It is unlikely to become practical in our life times. I suggest you contemplate, dream and then forget this. File under:- Fun but bonkers
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Post by John W King on Jan 17, 2017 23:11:18 GMT
Power was a Christmas present but I spent two seasonal weeks in France so I am just catching up on it. Very first impressions. Episode 1. The trickiest episode because of the regeneration scenes. Pretty damn good compared against my memories. Nothing jarred significantly as being different to the orginal broadcast although as many, many others have stated - animation does not accurately capture the brilliant subtlety of Troughton's acting. The little dance jig with the recorder seems to me too exagerated. I seem to recall he tapped one foot and then the other rather than "danced". But, hey, I'm nit picking in an otherwise excellent reconstruction. It's by no means perfect but most don't have my memories to compare it against. In someways I prefer the more static telesnap version. Elsewhere I have seen some say they felt the Daleks moved too slowly, as if in treacle. Alas, my memory recalls that that was, in fact, actually how the Daleks did move. At the time of broadcast I felt this made the Daleks less menacing but with hindsight this may have been intentional by the production team to unsettle the viewers. You were meant to think these were NOT the Daleks as you had previously seen them. I've only skipped through the remaining episodes. But overall first impressions - NOT the real POWER but an excellent attempt to reconstruct it. When did you say Masterplan will be ready?
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Post by John W King on Nov 11, 2016 22:22:00 GMT
Alas, I may not see Power Animation until Christmas.... I have strong memories of bits of the story. Having seen the original transmission and I expect there may be bits that may conflict my memories - but my memory probably ain't spot on accurate. I think this animation is an enormous achievement and hopefully is the start of a new phase for Doctor Who. However, 6 episodes in six months. Hm, that leaves 91 episodes to animate. If they started now the earliest we could expect Evil would be June of next year. Or to complete all that is missing might take another 7 to 8 years. Makes you think. and to those who don't like this animation. Think things are not set in stone. There will be great advances in technology that should speed the animation process. To put it in perspective:- 1. Transmitted episodes 2. VHS Tapes 3. Vid fire 4. DVD 5. Restorations 6. Blue Ray it goes on.... so missing episodes:- 1. Transmitted episodes 2. Telesnaps 3. Reconstructions 4. Computer animations. 5. Episode animations 6. Power Animation (Now) 7. Deluxe animation 8. Combined telesnap and animation 9. Total Realistically Animated Stories.....it goes on. It will go on. And in between actual episodes will be recovered and restored. And colourisations of black and white episodes. ?..... so Power of the Daleks is hopefully a stepping stone in completing the Doctor Who Story. The Power of the Doctor!
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Post by John W King on Nov 5, 2016 15:04:36 GMT
It would be amazing to see it in 3D - especially the regeneration !!! (Stop Stop - realms of fantasy) is it true that the DVD of Power will be in colour or is this just a wicked sense of humour? Yours naively....
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Post by John W King on Nov 2, 2016 21:46:12 GMT
I am lucky enough to have good memories of most of the missing stories but not of all the missing episodes. Athough, like all of us, I'd like to see all that's missing in reality or animation there are some stories that may not look good if animated. Virtually every story from Abominable Snowmen to Seeds of Death include the foam affect. I feel these would not translate well as animation. They also had a lot of outside filming giving them a more naturalistic/realistic look. So, although eventually I'd like them animated maybe not immediately. Space Pirates, Savages, Highlanders were slow. To me the immediate stories/episodes to animate have to be 1. Evil of theDaleks 2. Daleks Masterplan 7 to 12 3. 1 to 6. Why? Somehow those dear cuddly Daleks don't look too bad animated. So let's just hope we manage to get beyond Power.
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Post by John W King on Oct 17, 2016 18:39:38 GMT
Bob Monkhouse had a huge video collection. When did he start videoing? (He began audio recording in the stone age or soon after) Domestic video recorders first went on the market using video cassettes in 1975. I got my first one in 1980 in time to record the Five Faces. Still got copies of it.
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Post by John W King on Oct 2, 2016 22:20:20 GMT
A single of the Rat Catchers theme was released as a single with the theme to Weavers Green on the b side.
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Post by John W King on Oct 2, 2016 16:45:12 GMT
I've just received my copy of Terry and June's recently released DVD of Happy Ever After. On the cover it lists disc 7 - series 8 but disc 6 - series 5. I take it this is a typo and that series 6 & 7 are not missing?
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Post by John W King on Oct 1, 2016 22:49:26 GMT
The only episode that really worked and was funny and had even something to say was Goodnight Sweetheart. Why? Because it was the original cast and it actually moved the situation on. It followed on from the original. And it was funny. The rest were slightly interesting to dire. I thought Served was okay and no worse than the recent Dads Army film. Winters Tale does exist and is on DVD albeit in poor quality.
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Post by John W King on Sept 29, 2016 21:04:56 GMT
Evil episode 7 for the magnificent battle of the Daleks Or Master plan episode 12 cos it's one of the few episodes I've never seen!
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Post by John W King on Sept 23, 2016 20:43:57 GMT
I should have said Angleton Advertiser. But you knew that. Predictive text. Pah. Yes Pah.
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Post by John W King on Sept 22, 2016 11:51:42 GMT
The local newspaper was the Anglepoise Advertiser. Another storyline involved the editor recruiting a new young journalist. Was it Jeremy Bulloch? I forgot to mention that the Coopers moved from London to Angleton. Now here's an idea. How about a DVD including all surviving episodes of early BBC soaps - the Newcomers, Compact, the Groves etc. It could be an entertaining DVD. Might not sell bucket loads but I'm sure it could be a steady seller.
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Post by John W King on Sept 21, 2016 12:57:05 GMT
I remember regularly watching the Newcomers but little about it. Was it on Tuesday and Thursday on BBC 1 at 7.00 - 7.30 in the evening? The basic initial premise, I think was that the Cooper family, Maggie Fitzsimmon and Alan Browning (playing husband Ellis) move to the rural village of Angleton. Was he appointed as a manager with a new company? Did they move to a new estate in Angleton. Gran, Gladys Henson had to be encouraged to move with them as well as two children? I remember the editor was Gerald Brooks. I remember Campbell Singer (he'd not long been in Doctor Who. The only episode I can recall was Ellis Cooper having a heart attack roughly after the programme had been on for a year. At the end of the episode Ellis lay on a hospital bed. The camera zoomed in onto the cardiographer showing his heart beat. It stopped. Flattened.... Roll end titles. Next episode lots of tears from wife, Maggie Fitzgibbon. I think soon after she decided to leave Angleton and return to London. A new family moved in. That's my recollection on 430 episodes. I don't recall any merchandise or novelisation. Rather sad really.
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