The Doctor Who Thread - Page 759

Susan Foreman · #**7581** 7th March 2018, 04:15 AM

March 7th: Today in WHO-story

Births
1925 - George A. Cooper (Cherub in The Smugglers)
1931 - Brian Hayles (writer of The Celestial Toymaker, The Smugglers, The Ice Warriors, The Seeds of Death, The Curse of Peladon, The Monster of Peladon and the unfinished TV stories-turned-Big Finish audios The Dark Planet, The Queen of Time and Lords of the Red Planet; creator of the Ice Warriors, Alpha Ceturi and the Celestial Toymaker)

1933 - Donald Douglas (Vural in The Sontaran Experiment)
1934 - Gordon Flemyng (director of the movies Dr. Who & the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150AD)
1950 - Judith Lloyd (Teresa in The Talons of Weng-Chiang)
1965 - Victoria Alcock (Angela Whittaker in Planet of the Dead; Big Finish Productions actress - Marion Tudor in Power Play and Winnie O'Connor in the Jago & Litefoot story The Lonely Clock)
1974 - Tobias Menzies (Lieutenant Stepashin in Cold War)

Episodes
1964 - Marco Polo, Episode Three ('Five Hundred Eyes'): 9.4 million viewers
1970 - Doctor Who and the Silurians, Episode Six: 7.2 million viewers
1981 - Logopolis, Part Two: 7.7 million viewers

Releases
1994 - Arc of Infinity and The Colin Baker Years (VHS)

2002 - Issue 315 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini UK)
2005 - The Mind Robber (DVD - region 2)
2011 - Department X and Ghost Train (BBC Audio - Torchwood); Mara Tales (DVD box set - region 2)
2013 - Issue 310 of Doctor Who Adventures (Immediate Media Co.); The Seeds of War and The Scorchies (Big Finish); issue 458 of Doctor Who Magazine (Panini)
2014 - Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 46 (Big Finish)
2017 - Doom Coalition 4 (Big Finish); Supremacy of the Cybermen (Titan Comics)

Behind-the-Scenes
1985 - Recording of the protest/charity single Doctor in Distress took place. With lyrics by Fiachra Trench and Ian Levine, and music by Hans Zimmer, the record featured contributions by Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Nicholas Courtney and Anthony Ainley alongside Earlene Bentley, comedian Faith Brown, Miquel Brown, Warren Cann (Ultravox), Hazell Dean, Floid Pearce (Hot Gossip), Bobby G (Bucks Fizz), Jona Lewie, Phyllis Nelson, Richie Pitts (from the stage musical Starlight Express), John Rocca (Freeez), actress Sally Thomsett, David Van Day (Dollar), Members of Matt Bianco (Basia Trzetrzelewska and Danny White), Members of The Moody Blues (Justin Hayward and John Lodge), Members of Tight Fit (Steven Grant and Julie Harris), Members of Time UK (Rick Buckler [The Jam], Ronnie Ball, Fletcher Christian, Jimmy Richards, Ray Simone and Nick Smith). The song was aimed as a protest against the controversial 18-month hiatus set by Michael Grade (with proceeds going to Cancer Research UK)

1999 - Recording of Big Finish's first Doctor Who audio adventure The Sirens of Time took place
2002 - Recording of Big Finish's Sarah Jane Smith story Comeback took place
2011 - Recording of the Big Finish audio Robophobia took place
2012 - Recording of the Big Finish audio The Uncertainty Principle took place
2013 - Recording of the seventh series of Big Finish's Doctor Who spin-off Jago & Litefoot took place

Mojo · #**7582** 7th March 2018, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by iank

Season 12 Blu ray set confirmed:

Tom Baker's acclaimed first season as the Fourth Doctor, originally aired in 1975/76. With his best friend Sarah Jane Smith and new companion Harry, the Doctor pits his wits against a giant robot, the insect Wirrn, Cybermen, Sontarans and Daleks!

Twenty episodes, specially restored for Blu-Ray and packed with new and old special features. Build your own archive of classic Doctor Who seasons with this six-disc special ‘limited edition packaging’ boxset.

Existing Extras
Existing bonus material from the original DVD’s

Brand New Bonus Features
Brand new one hour candid interview – ‘Tom Baker in conversation’
Behind The Sofa – classic clips from season 12 viewed by Tom Baker, Philip Hinchcliffe, Louise Jameson, Janet Fielding, Sarah Sutton and Sadie Miller.
New making-of documentaries for ‘The Sontaran Experiment’ and ‘Revenge of the Cybermen’
Optional brand new updated special effects for Revenge of the Cybermen
Genesis of the Daleks – omnibus movie version
The Tom Baker Years VHS release on disc for the first time
Production archive material and scripts from the BBC Archives
Some other archive treats to be announced

Looks like a great package. God knows why we have to the shite modern logo smeared all over it, though.

Must admit I'm mighty tempted by this! Maybe depends on the price and some reviews.
I agree it's a stupid idea to put the new logo on the cover. IF the series carries on, this logo will no doubt change again anyway. Why not use the logo from the time of the series? Also, what about possible Hartnell / Troughton seasons with missing episodes. Original soundtracks maybe?

Susan Foreman · #**7583** 7th March 2018, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by iank

Season 12 Blu ray set confirmed:

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Originally Posted by trebor8273

A must have but can see it being expensive.

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Originally Posted by Mojo

Must admit I'm mighty tempted by this! Maybe depends on the price and some reviews

It's up for pre-order on Amazon UK for £39.99

When I looked at it this morning, it was £49.99!

Release date is June 11, 2018

iank · #**7584** 7th March 2018, 08:17 PM

I imagine any 60s seasons will be put off as long as possible to allow for any more possible finds or animations. Season 1, for instance, would only require Marco Polo to be found or animated, season 2 would only require 2 episodes of The Crusade, and season 6 would only require 5 eps of The Space Pirates to be complete.
Seasons 3 to 5 are a bit more of a concern, unless they know something we don't.

trebor8273 · #**7585** 7th March 2018, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

This is a rip off. Just upscale your dvds. It was never filmed in HD.

Are they going to do this with every season? If not it's a waste of time.

New docs on Sontaran Experiment and Revenge of the Cybermen - two of the worst Baker stories.

I can only see this of interest to those who haven't bought the dvds.

Good point, BBC did say none could be mastered to HD apart from spearhead with how it was filmed. So if you have a decent upscaler probably no point to buy.