Thread: The Regeneration Box
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9th Apr 2013, 8:31 AM #1
The Regeneration Box
Coming next month...
Rumour suggests that this will contain all the regeneration stories so far, at least according to this site
So will this be the first available version of The Tenth Planet with the animated episode?
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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9th Apr 2013, 10:39 AM #2
Just for a laugh, maybe it'll be
Bad Wolf-Parting of the Ways- Christmas Invasion
The End of Time - The Eleventh Hour
Bazinga !
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9th Apr 2013, 11:27 PM #3
Steve Roberts confirmed this is a boxset containing:
THE TENTH PLANET
THE WAR GAMES
PLANET OF THE SPIDERS
LOGOPOLIS
THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI
TIME AND THE RANI
THE TV MOVIE
BAD WOLF / THE PARTING OF THE WAYS
THE END OF TIME
all of them vanilla with no extras - The Tenth Planet will have the animated episode 4 months before it's solo release. It's nothing to do with the restoration team and is aimed at the casual fan.
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9th Apr 2013, 11:29 PM #4
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10th Apr 2013, 3:21 AM #5
I think I'll wait until The Tenth Planet gets its solo release...
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10th Apr 2013, 5:37 AM #6
Most of those stories have cliffhanger endings!
Clever bit of marketing. The dedicated fan will buy it for the Tenth Planet cartoon, the casual fan will buy it because it's got David Tennant in it and then they'll be compelled to buy more DVDs because of the cliffhanger factor. Genius.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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10th Apr 2013, 5:53 AM #7
It's nit genius, it's greedy and a cash in.
Also won't a lot of fans who would have bought TTP on release now just download it when one rich fan gets the box set and puts it on Pirate Bay?
Si.
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10th Apr 2013, 10:25 AM #8
It depends on whether you want the extras that come in the stand alone release I guess. This is just a straight release of the episodes involved, no extras at all, aside from the animated episode.
Of course, in the meantime they'll probably find pt 4 anyway and put that on the proper disc
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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10th Apr 2013, 11:40 AM #9
@Si.
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10th Apr 2013, 11:57 AM #10
Steve Roberts on the set:
I can't, because I know very little about it. This is not a Dan Hall / Restoration Team project, it seems to be something 2e marketing have put together. It's definitely NOT aimed at people like you who collect the existing DW DVD range - as far as I'm aware it's just the stories with no extras or anything. I suspect somebody thought it would be a good way to introduce newbies to the range in the anniversary year.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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10th Apr 2013, 8:10 PM #11
Can't really argue with that marketing policy I suppose. DW is the cash cow that keeps on mooing for Auntie Beeb...
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11th Apr 2013, 5:45 AM #12
It's a cash cow, so why not milk it? If this gets people interested in the old series (though quite how a box set containing Time and The Rani & the TV Movie is supposed to do that is a mystery) then all the better.
I'm more ambivalent towards these kind of releases. We're satisfied because we're getting decent old series DVDs, the new series stuff is coming out (although I'd like some more interesting special features) and this might serve as a bridge between the two. Us old series fans are let off from buying it, so it won't cost us a penny.
I'll bet it's a good seller for the range too.Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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11th Apr 2013, 12:22 PM #13
Love Steve Roberts "nothing to do with me. The BBC... well, someone else is doing it. I bet they've no idea it would accidentally tempt people into buying an exclusive, unavailable anywhere-else story at the expense of having to buy an entire box set".
I've no problem with them milking the cash cow. It's a bit devious to stick a highly-anticipated, exclusive, unreleased animation of the most notorious missing episode on an expensive box set though, leaving people to choose between buying 8 stories they already own to get it or waiting 6 months. If it's ready for release, why isn't available generally at the same time? Oh there's an idea. Bet they didn't even think of it!
Si.
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11th Apr 2013, 12:51 PM #14
WHilst I understand the cynicism about this release, and with absolue respect to anyone here who may fall into this bracket, if people can't wait 6 months for the Tenth Planet, then that's a bit, well, sad! And I actually mean 'sad' as in 'unhappy', not 'pathetic'...
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13th Apr 2013, 11:25 AM #15
Oh, I think it's very sad in every sense of the word. I was helping Diddy Doc move house last week.... 200+ boxes of duplicates, variants and more, because some fans just can't bear to be without or to wait.
The BBC, or any producer of collectibles, can't stop producing things for the mass markets because some anoraks can't or won't overcome their own addiction. Especially when the same item is going to be released for the collectors' market in a matter of months anyway.
I've stopped going into HMV or similar stores with one mate of mine who complains every time that he's disgusted that he paid Ł20 for something the day it came out and there it is now for Ł5 or 5 for Ł20. Every time. Stop feckin' buying it on the day it comes out for crying out loud!!!!
Errrr. Hmmm. Rant over. Back on topic.
I think it's potentially a good idea. Especially if releases for the mass market helps fund the fan market for things that don't have mass appeal. It may pay for animating lost stories. Or losing shit stories. Or something.
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13th Apr 2013, 1:01 PM #16
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I really should buy this as it seems tailor made for me.
Sorry for those who have already bought each one, and Mike's story is heartbreaking.
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13th Apr 2013, 10:23 PM #17
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14th Apr 2013, 2:00 PM #18
Mike has already made the point (I think), but this "milking the cash cow" is exactly what's paid for animating missing episodes, and colourising b&w episodes.
I wonder what Baysan Tulu thinks of it?“If my sons did not want wars, there would be none.” - Gutle Schnaper Rothschild
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14th Apr 2013, 9:23 PM #19
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25th Apr 2013, 2:50 PM #20
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25th Apr 2013, 3:46 PM #21
Ooh, tempting...
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25th Apr 2013, 6:13 PM #22
I want one for every room of my house.
Si.
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25th Apr 2013, 6:37 PM #23
Funny that Matt Smith is on the cover given he appears in precisely 1 minute of footage in the boxed set.
Lucky new fans getting to sit through fast paced classics like The War Games and Planet of The Spiders!
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25th Apr 2013, 6:38 PM #24
And also:
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25th Apr 2013, 6:47 PM #25
You never know- they might appreciate the slower pace!
And Colin gets even less screen time in this set than Matt.
It's all very odd and not "iconic" really.
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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