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30th Nov 2010, 8:45 AM #1
Ambassadors OF DEATH coming to DVD in 2012 +Cover added+
Apparently, this month's issue of Wired magazine features an article on the Restoration Team, focussing on their work on Ambassadors of DEATH (in full colour!) which is due to be delivered to the BBC within weeks!
Sounds good to me!
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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30th Nov 2010, 9:06 AM #2
First Shada completed, now Ambassadors of Death in colour! At least some of that is potentially excellent news! [/overqualified]
Though I did love the way it subtly faded from B&W to colour on the VHS release.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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30th Nov 2010, 10:05 AM #3
Brilliant!
I hope they've forked out for some manual recolourisation to top up the Chromadot recovery!
"Ambassadors" in full colour is a very good thing indeed. About time this adventure was liberated from "patchwork quilt" status!
Si.
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30th Nov 2010, 11:00 AM #4
They kept that one quiet, didn't they? Assuming the report is correct.
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30th Nov 2010, 2:12 PM #5
Let's hope it true. It sounds very exciting!
It may even come out before The Mind of Evil, where the chroma dot process has not been very successful, due to producing poor colour signals and Episode One having no chroma dots.
I've heard that Invasion of the Dinosaurs Part One is also problematic due to the quality of the telerecording and that the chroma dots are trapped in the bottom right of the screen (or something like that).
If they can overcome these problems, we could soon have all the Pertwee episodes in colour!
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30th Nov 2010, 2:25 PM #6
Poor Chroma Dots! Trapped, you say? Maybe we ought to be thinking less about our own greedy desire for colour Pertwee episodes and more about the plight of those poor, scared, trapped Chroma Dots.
Si.
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30th Nov 2010, 3:31 PM #7
There are always problems with Mind of Evil, aren't there? Still, it's the one story that I think wouldn't look as good in colour - because of the sickly yellow walls in the prison.
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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30th Nov 2010, 3:34 PM #8
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30th Nov 2010, 3:56 PM #9
I hope I get a free Chroma Dot with my copy of the story. I want to keep it as a pet.
Si.
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1st Dec 2010, 4:40 PM #10
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2nd Dec 2010, 12:01 PM #11
Yes, I think it's very nice in b/w too! I wouldn't say no to a coloured version, though. Very exciting.
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3rd Dec 2010, 12:38 PM #12
Well, turns out it's not weeks away at all, according to Steve Roberts on GallifreyBase:
"I would take certain aspects of that article (such as it being "weeks away" and me being 35(!!!) ) with a huge pinch of salt. They approached me about this months ago and the interview was done over the phone. Wired's policy is not to allow articles to be seen before publication, otherwise I would have pulled them up on the errors. There's nothing new in this story that hasn't been widely reported and discussed on here previously, which boils down to simply this: We are working on 'Ambassadors' and *hope* that it will come out in colour, but there are significant hurdles to overcome and some of those might simply be too high."
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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3rd Dec 2010, 5:52 PM #13
I'm sure though that they put 'weeks' deliberately. Because it sounds like it's near & gets people buying the magazine having heard about the article and being excited. But 'weeks' could be 2 weeks, 22 weeks or 222 weeks from now. Saying weeks is technically true, but unhelpful.
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6th Dec 2010, 12:10 PM #14
TBH, if they are recolourising episodes then I'd expect Invasion of the Dinosaurs, to be released before Ambassadors and Mind of Evil, if I were a betting man I'd put my money on these two stories being amongst the last to be released.
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6th Dec 2010, 12:20 PM #15TBH, if they are recolourising episodes then I'd expect Invasion of the Dinosaurs, to be released before Ambassadors
Si.
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6th Dec 2010, 12:33 PM #16
Yes, I seem to recall that there were not any colour artifacts on IotD 16mm print & as we've heard 1 episode of Mind has some but they are off to 1 corner. (What that means I have no idea as I'm not familiar with how the colour recovery system works).
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10th Dec 2010, 11:07 AM #17
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10th Dec 2010, 11:48 AM #18
That's not the only factor though; a story with one existing black and white episode could have more problems and artifacts requiring correcting than one with four needing recolouring.
That said, the amount left to colour could be a factor if they go down the road, as with Planet, of having the episode manually recoloured in the US to augment the chroma-recovery process. But can they afford that? They only did it with Planet because they didn't know about the chroma-dot recovery. Can they justify a full manual recolourisation if the job is already half/mostly done by CDR?
Si.
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11th Dec 2010, 4:20 AM #19
Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us!Remember, just because Davros is dead doesn't mean the Dalek menace has been contained ......
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11th Jan 2011, 6:29 PM #20
For "obvious" reasons Ambassadors is coming in a boxset with The Sun Makers, called The Solar System. This isn't even this years least obvious boxset.
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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11th Jan 2011, 9:14 PM #21
A very bizarre pairing... but a rather attractive pair nevertheless!
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11th Jan 2011, 9:17 PM #22
A strong representation for Mars and Pluto then. Has the Doctor visited any other planets in the solar system?
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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11th Jan 2011, 9:20 PM #23
Earth!
Si xx
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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11th Jan 2011, 9:36 PM #24
He got his black belt at the Venus dojo.
Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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11th Jan 2011, 10:10 PM #25
anothe baffeling pairing .
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