The 2008 Doctor Who DVD thread (R1 & R2) TV Movie in USA

[Escapay]

I took a gander at a few pages, and most of it seems awfully familiar...since it seems to be taken near-verbatim from the Restoration Team website!

Also "Syfy" (ugh, hate the new name) no longer have the first-run broadcast rights to "Doctor Who". BBC America picked it up for all the post-Series 4 Specials, and likely, any future "Doctor Who" episodes.

albert

[2099net]

Yeah, but its good having the contributors, creatives, stories and subjects all hyperlinked and indexed.

I spent about 40mins just clicking around.


Oh and about those specials on home video in the US...

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx ... 1030bbca01

The BBC will release The Waters of Mars and the two-part finale on DVD and Blu-ray, Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead is already available on DVD and Blu-ray. Releasing on February 2 are:

Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars DVD SRP: $14.98/BD SRP: $19.89

Two-part special (2-disc release) DVD SRP: $24.98 / BD SRP: $29.99

Doctor Who: Specials Collection (5-disc release) DVD SRP: $49.98 / BD SRP: $59.99 - contains The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Waters of Mars and the two-part finale

[Escapay]

Yeah, but its good having the contributors, creatives, stories and subjects all hyperlinked and indexed.

I'm surprised it's not called the TARDIS Index File!

ETA: Never mind...that's what the Doctor Who wikia is called!

Doctor Who: Specials Collection (5-disc release) DVD SRP: $49.98 / BD SRP: $59.99 - contains The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, Waters of Mars and the two-part finale

Ooh yay! I can get them all in early February!

I wonder if they'll be the same discs as the individual releases, or if they'll include stuff like commentaries, trailers, deleted scenes, additional featurettes beyond "Doctor Who Confidential"...

albert

[Escapay]

TVShowsonDVD.com announced that Dalek War will be coming to R1 DVD on March 2, 2010

Yay!



albert

[2099net]

According to Amazon.co.uk, the Specials Box Set will include supplements. Not that surprising when the Xmas 2008 Doctor Who Confidential was recently classified by the BBFC in full - but nice to get some confirmation.

This releases includes all the Doctor Who Specials from 2009 ( The Next Doctor/ Planet of the Dead/ Waters of Mars & Winter Specials).
In special packaging, this box set contains the following special features; Commentary with Cast & Crew, Deleted Scenes, Exclusive David Tennant Video Diary, BBC Proms, Doctor Who Confidential

Now the problem is I'm in the process of closing my Credit Cards before the year end, and will have less money (and convenience) with my spending as a result, and the amount/cost of the Doctor Who DVD releases have gone absolutely crazy in Q1 2010!

[Escapay]

Ooh, yay!

I hope the video diaries are more substansive than the Series Four ones. I'm sure Tennant had his reasons to not film so much for Series Four, but they were really missed, especially after the excellent ones in Series Two and Three.

In Classic Who DVD news, Remembrance of the Daleks: Special Edition is getting released the same day as Dalek War. Also, some extras were passed by BBFC for the Peladon stories and Masque of Mandragora:

The Curse of Peladon (55:02)
-The Peladon Saga, Part One: The Markets and the Miners (23:23)
-Warriors of Mars (14:51)
-Jon and Katy (7:06)
-Storyboard Comparison (2:14)
-Photo Gallery (7:28 )

The Monster of Peladon (55:40)
-The Peladon Saga, Part Two: The Monsters and teh Monarchs (22:06)
-On Target: Terrance Dicks (21:18 )
-"Where Are They Now? ' September 17, 1980 (2:26)
-BBC News: Jon Pertwee Races Lord Montague - May 27, 1973 (0:29)
-Deleted Scene (1:04)
-Photo Gallery (8:17)

The Masque of Mandragora (1:13:49)
-The Secret of the Labyrinth (26:22)
-Bigger on the Inside (18:59)
-Beneath the Masque of "The Masque of Mandragora" (9:37)
-Now & Then: The Locations of The Masque of Mandragora (8:38 )
-Trails & Continuity (2:40)
-Photo Gallery (7:33)

Since Monster of Peladon is 6 episodes, I'm guessing the extras will get their own disc, despite being less than an hour total, like the extras for The Invasion of Time. (but that was done because of the CGI effects...then again, maybe it'll be like Seeds of Death where it *could* fit on one disc, but they separate it anyway. Though I read that Seeds of Death was an accident by the authoring house who thought one of the special features ran 1 hour and not 1 minute)

albert

[2099net]

A quick reminder that today sees the US release of the Doctor Who Specials boxset on DVD and Blu-ray (and indeed, individual DVD releases of Waters of Mars and End of Time 1&2 if you already have the DVDs of the first two).

I've not much to say for myself, but generally the weakest of the bunch (Planet of the Dead) still has a lot to recommend, even if I feel on the whole it slightly misses the mark. The best is probably The Next Doctor which I feel gets better on each viewing.

Of course, being as the last two specials basically kill off David Tennant's 10th Doctor, they had a lot to live up to... and generally succeed. The cliffhanger to End of Time is superb - one of the best of the new revived series, being both campy fun and really quite disturbing at the same time.

But I've said enough. Check out IO9 for their views, some video clips and more
http://io9.com/5457692/doctor-whos-lone ... ing-to-dvd

[2099net]

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TV Movie to be released by 2|entertain in the US! The rights have been negotiated from Universal (who co-produced the TV Movie with the BBC and retained the US rights). It is expected to be released in the next 6-12 months - and will be the "Revisitations" release - with literally HOURS of special features!

http://cdn4.libsyn.com/hooonwho/DH_Excl ... f223132d9b

[Escapay]

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TV Movie to be released by 2|entertain in the US! The rights have been negotiated from Universal (who co-produced the TV Movie with the BBC and retained the US rights). It is expected to be released in the next 6-12 months - and will be the "Revisitations" release - with literally HOURS of special features!

http://cdn4.libsyn.com/hooonwho/DH_Excl ... f223132d9b

YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES!







I've been a BBFC watchdog for DW special features and every time material passes for the TVM, I always felt a pang of sadness as I knew it was something that wouldn't be released in R1. Now I feel pangs of joy! JOY!!!!!

albert

[2099net]

Revisitations boxset artwork
http://twitpic.com/2i577o

The massive 1 indicates more are on the way - regardless of sales of this first set I would say!

[Escapay]

I wonder how many Revisitations sets they have planned. Looking at the early DVDs, the ones that are most certainly getting a re-release are The Tomb of the Cybermen (for VidFIRE), The Robots of Death (new commentary was recorded), and Vengeance on Varos (simply cause I want one).

Others that seem likely too are The Seeds of Death, Spearhead from Space, Carnival of Monsters, and The Ark in Space. And maybe Resurrection of the Daleks (to include the two-part broadcast version?). Pretty much ever DVD afterwards had good features.

What I really want is a Lost in Time Volume 2 that includes The Reign of Terror, The Tenth Planet, The Ice Warriors, and Shada. But I doubt that'll happen unless they had a massive budget that would allow for:
-Restoration of the 11 B&W episodes (or 12 if we include the recon of TP4)
-Restoration of the 1979 Shada footage and the 1992 Tom Baker narration
-Animation of the 5 missing episodes (or by some miracle, finding them...and if that were the case, they'd likely get separate story releases)
-Extras

albert

[Prince Charming 12]

So they are FINALLY releasing the Paul McGann movie from 1996!

Well here is another penny thrown into the wishing well.........I have always been hoping for the complete season sets of the "classic" series. Now how long will this one take?

[yamiiguy]

Any news of a Blu-Ray Revisitations release?

[2099net]

Any news of a Blu-Ray Revisitations release?

There's no point, being as they're all filmed on SD Video (or in the case of the TV Movie, while filmed on film was edited and had effects created for SD transmission).

There is a possibility that Spearhead from Space may be a Blu-ray release in the far future - its the only Classic Doctor Who filmed on film (due to a strike at the time meaning studio filming would be impossible). However, the Restoration Team have stated that there's no plans for such a release at the moment.

[yamiiguy]

I'm not the most intelligent of videophiles. But if they remastered them and released them on Blu-Ray with no compression on the video or audio, wouldn't they look and sound better? Even marginally?

[2099net]

Well, yes. You could have lossless audio and better compression. But I don't think there will be any Blu-rays before the end of 2013 (the 50th Anniversary and when the Classic DVD releases are scheduled to end).

Personally I think they'll just release multiple story collections on Blu-ray discs. Apparently some commentaries are being videoed, so they could release them with PiP Commentaries. But I think when Blu-ray releases happen, the majority of the content will be ported from the DVDs.

[2099net]

The Doctor Who TV Movie Special Edition (part of the Revisitations Box set)

WOW

Just WOW. Undoubtably the best DVD in the range so far. And I've not even looked at everything yet. This is a truly fantastic release with a wide range of supplements covering all bases, and there's literally hours of them.

How some people can complain about the Doctor Who DVD releases still continues to amaze me. This release is a true labour of love, polished to perfection.

(And for the record to some of those nay sayers, I enjoyed all the contextual featurettes on the new 3 disc (3 disc!) Talons and Weng Chiang Special Edition. Long may contextual supplements continue to be included on appropriate releases).

I must say, while watching the the retrospective of the 8th Doctor's comic strip adventures on the TV Movie release, my eyes welled up. Such a fabulous period for the strip; never before or since did it have such a strong identity of its own. And yet it was willing to take elements both from the strip and programme's past and make them it's own. I've already started re-reading my trade paperback collections.

I'm so pleased that the US and Australia will be able to experience this release. Hopefully sooner rather than later given the soon to be implemented unified release schedule.

[2099net]

The DWAS have had a convention, which was attended by Dan Hall of 2|entertain. Here is a reproduction of a post made on GallifreyBase by one of the attendees:

Originally Posted by Andora
Right, my report from Dan Halls appearance at todays convention!

The headlines, as reported above, Day of the Daleks, still being worked upon at the moment, due around this time next year...possibly a bit sooner.

Revisitations 2 will include Carnival of Monsters and Resurrection of the Daleks, plus one other. In total there are 7 Revisitations to come, so three in box set 2, 3 in box set 3, and one other, outside of that. Dan spent some time talking to fans, and I heard him say that the 'odd' title would be revealed in a few months, as it's set for release next year. Speculation on my part, but as he'd just been talking about Terror of the Autons, I imagine an Auton set will appear next year.... Further speculation, if Seeds of Death is, as rumoured, the last story in Revisitations 2, then surely the last box set must consist of Tomb, Robots of Death and Varos..?

The titles in Revisitations 2 are inspired by the themes of the Doctor Who Live Show.

A 'Coming Soon' for Planet of the Spiders exists (although they are done way in advance now, so it's not a sign of an imminent release.) It's done by the guy who did The War Machines one, and is very sad.

The Daemons will be formerly commisioned to enter pre production on Monday, and, also as mentioned above, should see release in around 18 months.

Dan knows the date the range will end. He is going to try his hardest to release all the Pertwees in colour, and 2entertain is still funding work towards this end. He also spends 4 or 5 hours a week working on ways to realise the missing episodes. I asked if there was a danger, if colourisation and animations aren't available by the time the range ends, that the DVD's could end on an anti-climax, but Dan said if the range did end that way, he'd be sure to fill the discs up with some great extras. He wants the last year to be brilliant.

On Invasion of the Dinosaurs, Dan said that he thought it was highly unlikely there would be CGI dinos, but that he couldn't rule it out completely.

Finally, I also managed to chat with Dan after the talk and he told me that Shada is very much on his schedule, and will come out in a boxset with another story.... He couldn't say which of course...

I have to say, he gets a bad press on here from some quarters, but having met Dan, and listened to his talk, he's a top guy. He cares about the range passionately, and he wants to talk to fans and hear what they have to say. I'm strongly reassured about the range after today.

Lots to go on there.

[Escapay]

Interesting. I can't imagine what additional supplements they could add for a Revisitations of "Resurrection of the Daleks" (beyond the original two-part presentation). I'm sure the restoration will be better, though.

I'm anxious for news on how to handle the stories with missing episodes. I don't mind if they're animated episodes or recons, though it would be quite a miracle if Tenth Planet 4 was suddenly discovered.

I wonder what "Shada" will be paired with. Maybe "Nightmare of Eden", simply because it's the same season? Or perhaps the simplistic-flash-animation "Shada" with the Eighth Doctor? That'd be quite fun.

albert

[2099net]

Interesting. I can't imagine what additional supplements they could add for a Revisitations of "Resurrection of the Daleks" (beyond the original two-part presentation). I'm sure the restoration will be better, though.

I expect they could do quite an extensive feature on Warhead (as it was) which was supposed to end the 20th Anniversary year with a Dalek story. I guess it depends how much or Warhead was written and how much of Resurrection was changed.

I think Resurrection is only included due to its 2 episode transmission status, but personally, I don't think its needed. It was only transmitted that way, quite late in the day due to circumstance (the BBC showing the 1984 Olympics). It was made as a 4 parter and that's the original intent. I'm more than happy with a 4 parter on DVD. To me, a 2 part alternative is nothing but a curiosity. Personally, I'd rather have one of the BBC's edited omnibus editions on an upcoming DVD that a 2 part Resurrection.

I think Planet of Spiders was repeated in this way. I'd love for that to be on the Planet of Spiders DVD.

I'm surprised Resurrection is included in the revisitations list, but apparently the Ark in Space isn't at all. Ark is a highly regarded story, from a highly regarded author, rewritten (very loosely) from a script from a celebrated writer of the show's history when what he produced just didn't work. Beyond the obvious improvements to the restoration, there must be lots of good behind the scenes stuff for a series of documentaries and featurettes on the story.

I'm anxious for news on how to handle the stories with missing episodes. I don't mind if they're animated episodes or recons, though it would be quite a miracle if Tenth Planet 4 was suddenly discovered.

I think we're closer to having incomplete stories released than many fans think - especially certain high-profile fans.

Personally, I'd charge a premium for them to help cover costs, bundle 2 or 3 stories in the same package, and add some limited-edition gubbins (a specially commissioned Character Doctor Who Action Figure seems like just the ticket - and an ideal way to get figures for characters and monsters of - shall we say? "limited mainstream appeal") Imagine a Rill action figure?

I wonder what "Shada" will be paired with. Maybe "Nightmare of Eden", simply because it's the same season? Or perhaps the simplistic-flash-animation "Shada" with the Eighth Doctor? That'd be quite fun.

albert

I think the 8th Doctor's Shada web-presentation was with scanned bit-maps, not scanned at a high enough resolution for DVD, so including it would be an additional expense. Although Big Finish did release it as a CD? 2|entertain has worked with Big Finish before, so it could be a possibility as an extra.

Shada is odd - there's no story to pair it with on the face of it. The ideal opportunity being missed when Horns of Nimon was released. If the plan was always to pair it off, you'd think they would have done it with that.

I wonder if it will be paired off with a documentary instead? The 50th Anniversary is coming up, the range is due to end then, and a "50 Years in the TARDIS: Special Edition" or something to cap off the range with Shada would be a fitting end.

Just to add: Apparently the Day of the Daleks Special Edition will be a full Fenric/Battlefield style re-edit. New Dalek voices from Nick Briggs, CGI Daleks (yes, now there will be more than three!). Apparently the changes are too big to present with alternative angles. They've even gone back to the locations to shoot new back-plates for the CGI effects!