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11th Oct 2009, 5:23 PM #1
Mind of Evil - DVDs arriving in the nick of time NOW!
Apparently Dan Hall has said this will be released on DVD sometime next year. Lots of Pertwee next year it seems, doesn't it?
Nothing yet on whether it's going to be fully, partially or not at all recolourised... fingers crossed, eh?
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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11th Oct 2009, 6:02 PM #2Pip Madeley Guest
Given his in-vision comments on the Planet of the Daleks disc, I fear it'll be a black and white release, which would be very disappointing if we're honest.
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11th Oct 2009, 6:32 PM #3
What did he say Pip?
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11th Oct 2009, 7:06 PM #4Close embrace
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This is one of my favourite Third Doctor stories. Dark, gritty and thought provoking. I hope it isn't colourised, as I find b&w to be far more atmospheric.
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11th Oct 2009, 7:34 PM #5Captain Tancredi Guest
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11th Oct 2009, 7:37 PM #6Pip Madeley Guest
"Technology had got to the point where it was affordable to do now - if we had been looking at this five years ago, it would've been too expensive. Now, it's not cheap, but it's becoming more affordable to do, and because there was just the one episode that needed work, it made it even more affordable. I doubt whether we could do it for a whole series, I doubt whether we could even do it for two episodes... "
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11th Oct 2009, 7:43 PM #7Captain Tancredi Guest
I suppose part of the argument is that doing 'Planet' 3 effectively gave them the potential to do the Dalek War set, which in itself has a lot of the ingredients to be a big seller as far as the classic series range is concerned.
From a restoration point of view, I suspect that part of the problem is trying to avoid getting to a situation where the end of the range is made up entirely of the long-term projects like the stories which were last recoloured nearly 20 years ago and the train wreck of 'Ambassadors of Death'. Perhaps part of the thinking is that bringing out a crystal clear b/w 'Mind' next year means that it can be put on a back burner so that whatever the next medium is, by the time they get around to releasing it in another ten years' time the technology will be even better and cost peanuts.
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11th Oct 2009, 7:50 PM #8Pip Madeley Guest
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11th Oct 2009, 7:50 PM #9
I'd still rather wait until it's affordable to release in colour. Then, those who are in the "It's better in black & white" camp can just turn the colour down on their TVs.
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11th Oct 2009, 8:08 PM #10Pip Madeley Guest
Spooky, on the same wavelength there Mr Cox
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11th Oct 2009, 8:31 PM #11
Steve Roberts has said on Roobarbs that this information is mistaken and it's not due out in 2010. It's actually The Time Monster which is supposed to be, apparently.
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11th Oct 2009, 8:34 PM #12"Technology had got to the point where it was affordable to do now - if we had been looking at this five years ago, it would've been too expensive. Now, it's not cheap, but it's becoming more affordable to do, and because there was just the one episode that needed work, it made it even more affordable. I doubt whether we could do it for a whole series, I doubt whether we could even do it for two episodes... "
This is one of my favourite Third Doctor stories. Dark, gritty and thought provoking. I hope it isn't colourised, as I find b&w to be far more atmospheric.
Si.
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11th Oct 2009, 8:35 PM #13Steve Roberts has said on Roobarbs that this information is mistaken and it's not due out in 2010. It's actually The Time Monster which is supposed to be, apparently.
Si.
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11th Oct 2009, 10:11 PM #14Close embrace
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Turn the colour down then
Didn't think of that. But it's academic now.
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12th Oct 2009, 7:17 AM #15
So is that a "yes" to the possible "Myths 'n' Legends 'n' ting" boxset?
For every fail, there is an equal and opposite win.
...Oh, who am I kidding?
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12th Oct 2009, 7:32 AM #16
Yes, it's definately a Yes to the possibility. Possibly.
Si. :mobile
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12th Oct 2009, 9:01 AM #17. Lots of Pertwee next year it seems, doesn't it?
Si xx
well looking at how many stories of his were left for release we could be looking at 3 or 4 pertwees for the next couple of years.
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12th Oct 2009, 9:05 AM #18
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12th Oct 2009, 9:17 AM #19
All good things come to those who wait. Doctor Who fans are never paitent though.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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12th Oct 2009, 12:08 PM #20
Yay I'm looking forward to The Time Monster being released, it's one of my favourite stories
'Steed is one of my most valuable subjects he's too valuable to lose'
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12th Oct 2009, 12:09 PM #21
Not patient? Some of us waited 15 years for it to come back after "Survival"!
Si.
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12th Oct 2009, 2:19 PM #22
And in that 15 years not once did a Doctor Who fan impatiently phone the BBC asking when the show was coming back.
I'm looking forward to The Time Monster too - any excuse for a few drinks!Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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24th Oct 2009, 3:45 PM #23
Some interesting comments about the range taken from an interview with Steve Roberts (in the link below), and the full story (finally!) about the state of Mind Of Evil....
http://www.doctorwhoblog.com/
“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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24th Oct 2009, 5:35 PM #24Pip Madeley Guest
Nice one Steve...
That CR has been used on The Mind of Evil is probably the worst kept secret in Doctor Who today. But Steve finally had permission to give fans the whole story of what was going on with the colour recovery on The Mind of Evil and the answer is more complex.
Yes, they have managed to achieve colour recovery on The Mind of Evil episodes 2-6 (Episode 1 is apparently unrecoverable due to some setting made in original transmission that prevented the chroma information from being recorded). But the result is far from stable. While some scenes, such as one shown to us from Episode 2, are stunning in how well the original colours were able to be recovered, other scenes are much less than satisfactory. We saw a clip from the climax of the story in Episode 6 where the colours bled badly into each other and there was psychadelic strobing effects when characters moved on screen.
So the short story here is: yes, The Mind of Evil is now (mostly) in colour through a process that seemed like science fiction even a year ago. No, it’s not coming out on DVD anytime soon.
Steve Roberts indicated that the story has been pushed back as far as possible to allow for other cost-effective solutions to transpire to stabilize the colour recovery through manual intervention, computer colourization, further enhancements of the Chroma Dot recovery process or some other still-to-be-discovered means. And if nothing can be found it may be released in Black and White. Fans wait and hold their breath until then…
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24th Oct 2009, 7:15 PM #25
At least we know - and it makes a lot of sense (IMHO) to push the release back as far as possible in the schedule. You never know what technological doohicky might be just around the corner.
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