Doctor Who — Page 57

Tobar said:

So here’s an update on where I am with Who. I caught up to the series a while back. I have now seen every last existing episode from the very beginning to now.

Season 9 was a real mess. Clara should have departed with Eleven. Way, way, way too much focus was placed on her for far too long.

There were multiple instances where she would have had a perfect exit from the series but he kept bringing her back. Now there’s a diner floating out there in space for some stupid reason.

It’ll be so nice to finally have Moffat out of that chair. He lost his way a while ago. Just PLEASE don’t take Capaldi with him. Man is brilliant as the Doctor but his first two seasons have let him down. He deserves a chance to really shine.

This, +1, Agreed, QFT, etc.

Anyone know if the animated Power of the Daleks reconstruction will be released on DVD in region 1?

It’s playing fairly near here, but I won’t be able to go. I think BBC America is airing part one on Saturday, but that’s all I’ve heard about.

I went to see it last night, but the screening was scuttled for undisclosed technical reasons. I’m sure the Daleks are to blame!

Just watched part one on BBC America, and it seems they will be airing it weekly, which is good news for multiple reasons. The animation was a bit awkward, but the designs were nice. I still can’t find any info on a region 1 release, so I guess there might not be one, at least for a while, which is horribly dissapointing.

It’s going to be a Barnes and Noble exclusive in January.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-doctor-who-the-power-of-the-daleks/30504046?ean=0883929567263

O okay. I was hoping to get it by Christmas, but I guess another month won’t be so bad. Although, does that image say that it has a color animation? I would assume anyone who cares enough to buy it would only care to see it in black and white. I guess I might be wrong about that, but I myself probably wouldn’t watch a color version.

There will be a monochrome and a color version. I may just import the UK release since I have a region free player. Unlike movies, there are no PAL audio speedup issues with tv shows.

Hm. I saw the trailers and dreaded watching the episode. I haven’t watched it, but my DVR is supposed to record all new episodes, so maybe I’ll watch tomorrow. Never watched last year’s special because it didn’t record, was it any good?

So I watched Doctor Mysterio last night after putting it off for a few days. I’m not quite sure how I feel about it. It’s definitely… something.

Watched The Power Of The Daleks animated reconstruction over the weekend, and really enjoyed it. There were some weird issues with the video quality though. Lots of jagged lines on just about everything, and the closing credits look like they’re oscillating. Going frame by frame, some of the text actually gets mangled or vanishes. A poorly done PAL to NTSC conversion? Kind of wishing I’d bought the UK release now. (And there’s no sign of a U.S. Blu Ray version on the horizon either.)

And the “color” version on the second DVD is actually just the B&W version colorized after the fact. The extras really should have been spread out across both discs, as cramming the telesnap recon and the behind the scenes stuff all on the B&W version is probably stretching things to the limit.

I like that all the bonus features are on the B&W disc, that way I never have to look at the disgusting colorized version.

I didn’t experience any of the problems you describe, though I’ve only watched part 1 on the disc so far.

Previous BBC Who releases tended to put lengthy extras on a second disc. (It’s also possible the animation and the telesnap version are easier to compress than a regular restored story, but that’s still nearly five hours in total.) I’m only watching the colorized version with the commentary switched on out of curiosity. The UK version doesn’t seem to have the second color disc at all.
Widescreen seems to go against the grain of recreating a 1960’s tv show, but they don’t have to blend in with any vintage material, unless an 16mm reel or two magically turns up in the near future. 😉

Jaggies don’t seem to be an issue with the partially animated stories I’ve seen, but those are all PAL discs I’ve bought on Ebay.

The telesnap recon suffers from a shockingly low bitrate. (Probably the only way to cram it in on the same disc.) Nearly every fade out/fade in, or dissolve pixilates very badly.