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Post by John Wall on May 6, 2024 19:08:52 GMT
There are also telesnaps for Wheel that would help an animation.
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Post by John Wall on May 6, 2024 19:01:14 GMT
Ian says that he and his team aren't doing Wheel In Space for "a very special reason". I think that reason is because of the rumor that episodes 4-6 had been found (though the BBC, Philip and Paul have yet to confirm nor deny this), and thus the BBC could be doing an official animation/reconstruction of the remaining missing episodes. Episode 6 exists. We’re missing 1, 2, 4 and 5. It’s certainly possible that one, or more, MEs have turned up. However, it’s also possible that Auntie are animating either the MEs or the whole thing, a partial animation of Episode 1 exists. I’ve previously suggested here that Wheel is an obvious candidate for animation; Cybermen are a “big monster” and don’t have variable facial expressions making them easy, and cheap! A Cybermen story would probably sell well and would also facilitate box sets and, of course, a BluRay release of Season 5.
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Post by John Wall on May 6, 2024 17:31:50 GMT
Possibly that Auntie is animating it.
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Post by John Wall on May 1, 2024 7:11:01 GMT
Let me explain in a kind way to you. The surviving location film was created by transfering footage from the original 35mm color film to 16mm b/w. This was mostly done to make a practice copy, so the editors can know where to cut, so the cut is perfectly done on the now-lost color version. That's why the 16mm inserts still exist, because some editor didn't throw his edit print away. So, it's a 1st gen copy, not 2nd gen. Not sure how you figure out that footage which has been transferred from colour film to black and white film is still 1st gen… I know what you mean. Thinking back to “real” cinema they’d project a print struck from the negative. Was that first generation or was it the negative? Perhaps the negative was Gen Zero?
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Post by John Wall on May 1, 2024 7:02:18 GMT
I hadn't realised that it was the entire series that's on 1Player (for a year). It’s pretty good imho although whoever sang the theme tune isn’t credited. Would have been good to hear Verity talk about it.
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Post by John Wall on Apr 29, 2024 21:55:50 GMT
There are many problems with this episode.
There are two picture standards. The first is the 2” colour VT which was just transferred to 16mm b&w film. The second is the colour location film which was first transferred onto 2” colour VT and then onto 16mm b&w film. It’s worth noting that transfers of location film onto VT could be inconsistent at that time. Consequently it’s not surprising that the exteriors on the DVD are of inferior quality than the surviving b&w print from the location footage, the former is two generations down from the latter - but it has chroma dots.
Anybody wanna buy a lottery ticket?
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Post by John Wall on Apr 28, 2024 17:26:35 GMT
Seems TPTV are showing the 1966 Batman TV series. I have a vague recollection that there were clearance issues, looks like they’re resolved 👍
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Post by John Wall on Apr 27, 2024 22:41:28 GMT
It was shown complete at their St. Albans event recently. It was actually pretty good imho and looked like a promo sponsored by the insurance industry.
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Post by John Wall on Apr 27, 2024 22:38:34 GMT
What’s surprising - or perhaps not! - is how much filmed material the colour episodes currently being shown contains. The locations look to be similar to those from other 70s shows, i.e., what would later become Canary Wharf, etc, so there wasn’t far to travel.
Wa# it, effectively, a film show then?
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Post by John Wall on Apr 27, 2024 22:23:45 GMT
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Post by John Wall on Mar 21, 2024 15:05:24 GMT
I’ve had an email with a piccie of it in my porch, waiting for me to get home!
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Post by John Wall on Mar 21, 2024 8:59:55 GMT
Season 15 arriving today, 21 March.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 14, 2024 8:57:28 GMT
There are, unfortunately, some important omissions. Marco Polo only has six surviving sets and there are none for Space Pirates. Hopefully the next season boxsets or even the upcoming standalone stories iinclude those as well. Er, you can’t do telesnap reconstructions if there aren’t any telesnaps.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 13, 2024 20:08:04 GMT
It's funny while I was copying seasons 2s blu ray pdfs last night and noticed they have nearly all the sets and blow ups for nearly all the stories. There are, unfortunately, some important omissions. Marco Polo only has six surviving sets and there are none for Space Pirates.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 13, 2024 10:56:45 GMT
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