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31 minutes ago, jrhodes said:

Ah, so it is out this year. I thought I'd seen that was the case somewhere else but then Amazon's dates flummoxed me.

Doubt she'd be bothered by the steelbook so I'll probably get her the regular blu-ray.

Cheers @TheWho87 and @Benji

If you want some other options there is always TheWhoShop

17 minutes ago, GhostMachine said:

Regarding the Children In Need short:

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So now not only did The Doctor (12) save Davros as a kid and give him the inspiration for the Dalek gun and `EXTERMINATE!', but now he named them and gave them the suction cup? Sheesh! 

Also, they're saying Davros has been retconned. But isn't this really just retconning when he created the Daleks? Because wasn't he supposed to have created them after he ended up disfigured? 

 

22 minutes ago, jrhodes said:

I'm not a Doctor Who fan but my wife is and I want to get her the new David Tennant episodes as a late Christmas present.

We're in the US so it looks like I'll need to import it. Just wanted to make sure this is what I should be buying.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Anniversary-Specials-Steelbook/dp/B0CLPJX1PF/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2VRO35JGWR966&keywords=doctor+who&qid=1700508362&sprefix=doctor+who%2Caps%2C469&sr=8-3 

Edit: Just noticed this isn't released until the end of 2024...so a very late Christmas present!

It was announced that should be releasing on December 18th, after the specials air.

EDIT

My bad, it's December 11th.

I can't comment on the audiobook novelisations, I've only ever gone with the narrated soundtracks, which are good enough for me.

1 minute ago, DFF said:

Ah nice one. The BBC upload on the iplayer actually includes stories where they've animated missing episodes, so they have Reign of Terror, for example. 

Not all stories have been animated yet, Loose Cannon was the first to do recreations using the original audio and telesnaps, as long as you don't mind watching a slideshow it's the best option till the BBC get round to fully animating, also they didn't recreate surviving episodes (at the time), so you would need to go back to the iPlayer for those gaps.

I do strongly recommend the BBC animations, they do keep getting better and better, Power and Evil of the Daleks, Fury from the Deep and Macra Terror are all amazing, just need them to hurry up and finish the rest, I really want to see a complete Master Plan or Marco Polo.

3 hours ago, DFF said:

Anyone else been doing a run through of classic who since they arrived on the iplayer? (I also cheated and watched the first story on ITVX)

An Unearthly Child - quite awkward, and the Doc is a bit of a prick tbh. 

The Daleks - a fair step up on the first serial. Interesting to see the very first iteration of such long standing and iconic villains. Main criticism is the pacing - could be tightened.

The Edge of Destruction - a little two part filler ep thats a bit crap tbh. However, its the very first time they hint at the TARDIS having some kind of consciousness, which is kinda cool. 

Then we skip the lost story of Marco Polo to get to The Keys of Marinus. Am a couple of episodes in so far and its probably been my favourite so far. 

If you don't want to skip missing stories, you can find the Loose Cannon reconstructions over on Dailymotion.

Pacing is a key issue for a lot of early Doctor Who, their focus was more to fill episodes rather than the stories, for many you could easilly lose an episode worth of content and you wouldn't lose much, plus they tended to split off the crew and run 2-3 stories within each story, Romans is a good example, they have the Doctor and Vicki go off and Ian and Barbara split up and all three groups have their own stories over the episodes and then get reunited at the end.

While I'm here a couple of other things.

Possible colourisation of The War Games

And my fave nerdy Doctor Who YouTube channel dropped a new video on the cybermen.

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And the first Doctor Who: Unleashed has dropped.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0gpwxtp/doctor-who-unleashed-extras-children-in-need-doctor-who-unleashed

The OG Half-Life is currently free till the 20th.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/

7 hours ago, FrancoMagnicorso said:

If you want to shut down Italian Championship Wrestling but still keep at least one promotion in Italy you could go with IWA (Italian Wrestling Association) or Break Pro Wrestling, both based in Rome and both having shows on a consistent basis (IWA more than Break to be honest)

TBH it's more about cutting a promotion that I feel I'm updating for the sake of updating, the only reason I added them was so there was more than 1 promotion in Europe.

Two Hartnell episodes have been found, with one reported to being a dalek episode, but reading through it seems they are in the hands of former BBC staff collectors, who don't want to give them back since they were not allowed to take them and they risk any repercussions if they were to return them, with calls for an amnesty for anyone who has footage to not be at risk of any issues if they return them.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/11/lost-doctor-who-episodes-found-owner-reluctant-to-hand-them-to-bbc

In relation to the previous post, that story is going to be released on home media in February 2024.

Looks like Channel 5 is going to air one of their Secrets & Scandals episodes on Doctor Who on the day the new series drops.

5 hours ago, Naitch said:

Don't tell him about Young Sheldon...

To be fair, Young Sheldon is a lot better in comparison, a lot of the criticisms of Big Bang Theory such as the laughter track and over use on references as punchlines are absent, it's a proper sitcom, and I would actually recommend watching it. Also if you marathon it, you can catch up in under 3 days.

I TAKE NO RESPONSABILITY IF YOU MAKE THE CHOICE TO WATCH YOUNG SHELTON!!!

Makes sence, the AI is bad a text, come minor PS work could fix it.

2 hours ago, Benji said:

Four of mine. Loved in particular how Dark Carnival came out.

What's the Long one meant to be?

7 hours ago, Benji said:

That's awesome. Any idea what AI he's using for the people?

It's in the AI thread here

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For the logos he has been using https://www.bing.com/create (When you create an image, click on it and you'll have the option to download the larger image)
And for the people he has been using https://dezgo.com/txt2img

If you've seen the AI Image Creation Thread I posted in the graphics section, I mentioned that gazwefc is working on an AI graphics conversion of the C-Verse over on GDS, well he's also converting the C-Verse to PWS and it's just a tiny bit of an upgrade.

11 minutes ago, No1Thuganomic said:

Thanks for the update.

 

At what weight do you make the change from light to middleweight?

Since that tends to be the light/cruiser limit, it's light under 220lbs, middle over 220lbs.

There is going to be a colourised, rescored and edited version of The Daleks to air on November 23rd.

I think that logic can be used for Classic Who in general, although I think the 80's stories do play into the cheesy campness more than usual.

YES! I forget Black Orchid, that's "the other cricket one", although I think the main cast were not fans of it for that same reason, although I will say if you want an Agatha Christie story, Robots of Death is way better, and has one of my fave Doctor Who quotes from D84 "Please do not throw hands at me."

3 minutes ago, Naitch said:

Add Spearhead from Space for the Third, and City of Death and the Talons of Weng-Chiang for the Fourth, and that's a pretty comprehensive list. Each Doctor's first story is always a good way to get a feel for the evolution of both the Doctor's personality and the show itself, although not the best stories besides Troughton and Pertwee.

My hope is that Marco Polo one day gets animated or, even better, rediscovered in some abandoned archive. Those early history-focused serials, with no elements of sci-fi beyond the arrival of the main character, are all super enjoyable!

I'll add them, and that first/last story is good, just as long as you avoid Twin Dilemma and Time and the Rani, I'd even give credit to Robot and Castrovalva, they are not perfect but still good fun.

A colour animated Marco Polo I feel would be one of the few I think would be an improvement on the original, I really wish they would do a pure historical story, I don't think there has been one since Highlanders, it does really play on the whole morality of time travel, if you had the chance to change the past, would you and what damage would that do, it would make a good modern two parter, interestingly that kind of story has been done with The Ark, it's not a stand out story, but it's 2 episodes where they introduce the common cold to a colony ship, then return some point later before they reach their destination to find out that it nearly wiped out the crew and made their servant class (think the ood in NuWho) take over the ship.

5 hours ago, Colly said:

Can anyone recommend (or link to one) a bit of a best of? I'm usually a completist but even I draw the line somewhere...

These would be my recommendations for each Doctor

First Doctor
- The Daleks (Season 1)
- The Aztecs (Season 1)
- The Romans (Season 2)
- The Time Meddler (Season 2)

Second Doctor
- The Tomb of the Cybermen (Season 5)
- The Enemy of the World (Season 5)
- The Web of Fear (Season 5)
- Mind Robber (Season 6)
- The War Games (Season 6)

Third Doctor
- Spearhead from Space (Season 7)
- Inferno (Season 7)
- The Daemons (Season 8 )
- The Sea Devils (Season 9)
- The Green Death  (Season 10)

Fourth Doctor
- Genesis of the Daleks (Season 12)
- Pyramids of Mars (Season 13)
- The Brain of Morbius (Season 13)
- The Robots of Death (Season 14)
- The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Season 14)
- City of Death (Season 17)

Fifth Doctor
- Kinda (Season 19)
- Earthshock (Season 19)
- Snakedance (Season 20)
- Resurrection of the Daleks (Season 21)
- The Caves of Androzani (Season 21)

Sixth Doctor
- Attack of the Cybermen (Season 22)
- Vengeance on Varos (Season 22)
- Revelation of the Daleks (Season 22)

Seventh Doctor
- Remembrance of the Daleks (Season 25)
- The Happiness Patrol (Season 25)
- Ghost Light (Season 26)
- The Curse of Fenric (Season 26)

I'll add these seperatly, but the recent full animations of missing stories are amazing in how they have done them, the two dalek stories are the best of the 60's era, they should be a must watch for anyone.

- The Power of the Daleks (Season 4)
- The Macra Terror (Season 4)
- The Evil of the Daleks (Season 4)
- Fury from the Deep (Season 5)

So I guess this means the plans for different in universe shows are go.

This is also a day after they announce Tales of the TARDIS, a miniseries where old characters are reunited within the Tardis to go over their run.

Just a heads up, next update should be out tomorrow or Thursday.

The worse part was the waiting, they had Flux and the Jodie specials in the bag for a while and took ages to drip feed them out, it seems like the plan is to get back to the old schedule of a series a year with the Christmas specials.

Also The Star Beast airs November 25th, Wild Blue Yonder airs December 2nd, The Giggle airs December 9th, with all the 60th specials will be out on DVD/blu-ray on December 11th.