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Post by simonashby on Jan 5, 2014 1:02:02 GMT
Also thanks to the Pertwee years being made in colour, those episodes were prevented of being junked. If they were made in black and white I am sure there would be many of seasons 7 8 9 10 and 11 that would no longer be with us. That's wrong I'm afraid. The fact that they were colour meant nothing at all. The fact you note that IOD 1 was completely missing (until '81 in fact), proves that wrong. It's simply because they were newer and therefore had less time to be completely disposed of by the time the archiving policy changed/came into effect. The Pertwees simply had time on their side. Many Pertwees were missing from the main BBC when the archive was audited in 1978. Foreign stations junked their colour tapes as late as spring '78. It would only have been a matter of time for Enterprises to junk their negs (when sales dried up/rights expired as men tied by Jon), which for many episodes was all that the BBC held at the time/technically today. |
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Post by simonashby on Jan 3, 2014 13:46:00 GMT
EP 2 and 4 are gonna be remastered does this mean they will look better then ever ? Well they're not going to make them look worse are they. ... |
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Post by simonashby on Jan 1, 2014 16:13:19 GMT
Why this wasn't done with the DVD of Invasion of the Dinosaurs I don't know. The cost had gone through the roof. It's all down to cost. The cost of POTD 3 was already pushing it as it was! |
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Post by simonashby on Dec 31, 2013 2:24:29 GMT
I always find asking if something 'should' be done to be an odd way of asking a question. Asking a question like that gives you this definitive response: Should it be done? No. It's not financially viable. It's a waste of money that can be spent elsewhere on something profitable. Opinions don't come into it - that is the case.
But... No problem with them being done as long as they are accompaniments to the original B/W editions. Though I don't think there's any doubt that would not be the case anyway. Obviously would prefer it to be done well, but sadly doing programmes en-masse takes time and it will invariably end up looking like the coloured 'Dream of Genies' and so on that just don't cut it. 'Mind Of Evil' One truly was a one-off. Scheduling multiple episodes to be coloured just wouldn't allow the time to take so much care in the subtlety in tones that the episode enjoys. It took much longer than expected.
Certain parties within the BBC don't seem to be against the idea. After all, a very loose remit was put to Stuart Humpreys by the BBC for An Unearthly Child to be colourised before it was quickly rejected on both man-hours and [thus] cost...
...So regardless of if you like the idea, it isn't going to happen!
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Post by simonashby on Dec 29, 2013 3:05:22 GMT
And I thought the threads about new DW on here were stretching things a tad.
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Post by simonashby on Dec 22, 2013 19:55:21 GMT
It's disappointing - although it doesn't belong here - that no one has mentioned the Steptoe with chroma dots in the documentary  Richard Russell got a credit at the end for the Colour Recovery. Oh, that is interesting! Was it restored footage, or the raw output? |
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Post by simonashby on Dec 14, 2013 19:26:17 GMT
Just watched Enemy of The World for the first time. Out of interest were the end titles remade or restored? For the PATRICK TROUGHTON credits they differ; Episode 1...DR WHO (no credit for the appearance as Salamander) Episode 2...DR WHO SALAMANDER (no forward slash in between) Episode 3...DR WHO SALAMANDER (no forward slash in between) Episode 4...DR WHO/SALAMANDER (with forward slash in between) Episode 5...DR WHO/SALAMANDER (with forward slash in between) Episode 6...DR WHO/SALAMANDER (with forward slash in between) I don't think it has been confirmed anywhere, they usually restore or remake the titles and credits if they can, but obviously this isn't always going to be an option depending on when the credits begin the roll. Always remade where possible. If you look at an unrestored episode, you'll see there's no way they'd made them so clean and stable without just replacing the lot! If there's a tricky shot, then the old captions are either painstakingly painted out or new credits blend in at the soonest possible moment. |
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Post by simonashby on Dec 10, 2013 9:51:34 GMT
What type of prints were sent to Mexico? Suppressed or stored?
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Post by simonashby on Dec 9, 2013 9:39:24 GMT
It's obvious that these covers are simply cobbled together for this respective websites. Both are clearly mockups. How you could think either is genuine if you've ever seen another DW cover, I don't know.
We've seen the official artwork. That is all we're getting - and thank god for that!
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Post by simonashby on Dec 5, 2013 18:03:36 GMT
I prefer Troughton, so I'd like to see Web complete. Though before the recovery of Web, I would have chosen TP 4.
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Post by simonashby on Dec 1, 2013 0:51:36 GMT
This is a sub forum... This should be in the General TV section.
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Post by simonashby on Nov 25, 2013 21:47:01 GMT
I don't know. I'll happily call you crazy though.  |
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Post by simonashby on Nov 22, 2013 16:43:21 GMT
I found this a very enjoyable programme, although the first Dr Who I can remember watching as a child was Planet of the Giants which was a bit later. As an aside, can anyone tell me why Paul McGann is in the Dr Who pantheon (the eighth Doctor), but Peter Cushing isn't? After all, they both only played him in feature length films. Seems a bit inconsistent to me. It's not canon as it is not part of the BBC series. Simple. Same as Niven as Bond. Not part of the EON series. The EON series is by far the most dominant, prolific and influential screen adaptation of Bond and therefore is general considered definitive. Casino Royale (1967) was after all a spoof. I found this a very enjoyable programme, although the first Dr Who I can remember watching as a child was Planet of the Giants which was a bit later. As an aside, can anyone tell me why Paul McGann is in the Dr Who pantheon (the eighth Doctor), but Peter Cushing isn't? After all, they both only played him in feature length films. Seems a bit inconsistent to me. Peter Cushing played William Hartnell playing Dr Who (well... almost) and the films were just bigger budget interpretations of two 1st Doctor stories (and again, almost, the word "interpretation" is used loosely), and as such is not considered a part of the overall 11 / 12 doctor storyline at all, whereas Paul McGann clearly was - even though it was a Movie - as it ties in with McCoy (and now John Hurt) Similarly no one mentions David Niven as James Bond.... This is all nonsense. Have you actually seen the Cushing movies?! For the rest, see my answer above. |
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Post by simonashby on Nov 21, 2013 12:03:23 GMT
When you say production, do you mean the production of content or rather production of the CDs which I think you allude to?
Maybe the physical range has simply run it's course, however the timing ties up if the [mass haul] rumours are correct.
You could argue that the 50th year would be a good time to push all products, including audio CDs. Then again you could argue that it is also a good time to focus on iTunes and such - highlighting where BBC WW wish to go with future content delivery. Who knows?
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Post by simonashby on Nov 21, 2013 10:12:05 GMT
Iirc hasn't Steve R also gone on record to say that he thinks PM may have more than the 11 on which an obvious agreement was made. If someone of Steve's standing says this, I don't think he'd "speculate" publicly on such a matter, and "thinks he has more", really =, "does have more but we will have to wait for them". I don't think Steve could actually come out and say "I know he has more" as it would create uproar, but saying he "thinks he has more" is a subtle way of saying that he actually does. Some people questioned this on GB, accusing him of just what you say here and annoyed him very much. He made it clear that it's just a hunch, and not a hint or anything based on direct fact. Just knowing the wider situation on PM's activities, Steve thinks there might be more. He has made that very clear. |
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Richard Russell got a credit at the end for the Colour Recovery.