Hey Guys!
I read about this further back on the forums, and wondered if it was finished.
If so, would someone be able to send me a copy?
Please email me at: fanfilmfixes@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks alot,
Dan
I am trying to get ahold of a copy of ADM’s ‘The Clone Wars,’ and the best available copy of ‘The Holiday Special.’
I can pay for postage, or trade, or PIF. Whichever is preferably.
If you can help, please email me at fanfilmfixes@hotmail.co.uk
Thanks,
Dan
Doctor Who: The Trial of a Time Lord - Preservation
Heya!
I really loved making ‘Shada,’ that I have decided to set this project in motion. It wont be ready for about a month, but I thought I would mention it now, and find out who would like a copy.
First, some information about the episode(s):
The Trial of a Time Lord is the name used on screen for all fourteen episodes comprising the 23rd season of the original Doctor Who series. Despite the single name, however, it is actually the linking narrative that holds together the separate serials that comprise the season. The serials are unofficially known as: The Mysterious Planet, Mindwarp, Terror of the Vervoids and The Ultimate Foe. These are NOT official titles!
A synopsis:
The Sixth Doctor is taken out of time, his TARDIS transported to a mysterious space station where it is revealed that his people, the Time Lords, are putting him on trial once again. He is accused of “conduct unbecoming a Time Lord” and transgressing the First Law of Time. The Ultimate Court of Appeal is composed of the High Council of Time Lords, including the Inquisitor (fulfilling the role of adjudicator), and the Valeyard who has raised the charges against the Doctor. Using the evidence presented from the Matrix, which collects data from the various time zones in which a TARDIS lands and records it, three segments of evidence are shown to prove the Doctor’s guilt or otherwise: one from his past, one from his (near) present and one from his own future.
A note on the title:
Although each of the separate segments has been given a name by the fans, based upon working titles, the story is only ever credited on screen as The Trial of a Time Lord. This leads to the single story being 14 episodes long, making it the longest ever Doctor Who story.
I absolutley love this story, while other people I know, hate it. Full credit goes to Simon Holub, for his excellent art work.
The DVD is a single episode. All 14 episodes have been joined together, so that it runs for a total of 351 minutes. This is the version that I like the most, as it really should be viewed in this fashion. A cover preview is below:
So, if you would like to request a copy of The Trial of a Time Lord, then please email me at fanfilmfixes@hotmail.co.uk
Best Regards,
Dan
These are available on VHS, but really, it could be useful to have them on DVD.
The VHS’s will eventually wear out, and we will have lost these well made reconstructions.
I suggest we preserve these amazing episodes.
They have produced:
LC17 Marco Polo
LC12 The Reign of Terror
LC14 The Crusade
LC11 Galaxy 4
LC13 Mission to the Unknown
LC03 The Myth Makers
LC20 The Daleks’ Master Plan
LC16 The Massacre
LC08 The Celestial Toymaker
LC06 The Savages
LC07 The Smugglers
LC04 The Tenth Planet
LC10 The Power of the Daleks
LC09 The Highlanders
LC23 The Underwater Menace
LC18 The Moonbase
LC24 The Macra Terror
LC02 The Faceless Ones
NEW The Abominable Snowmen
LC21 The Ice Warriors
LC15 The Enemy of the World
LC22 Fury from the Deep
LC19 The Invasion
LC05 The Space Pirates
I have not seen all of these, but the ones that I have seen, have been really good.
I have already preserved ‘Mission to the Unknown,’ and I’m hoping that other people can help save some of the others.
Is there anyone around who owns any of these reconstructions, and can help preserve them?
Can someone help?
Best Regards,
Dan
Right, this could be the part where I get into the long complicated discussion about Doctor Who, but I cant be bothered to do that today.
So, let me keep this simple. For the people that don’t know:
Shada was an episode of the classic Doctor Who series. It was an episode that starred Tom Baker as the 4th Doctor. Due to a strike at the BBC, production of this episode was halted, and never completed. Footage from this episode was then used in the 20th anniversary special of the show, ‘The Five Doctors.’ In this episode the 4th Doctor became trapped in time, before being returned to Earth.
Several years later, the episode was released on VHS, along with linking narration from Tom Baker, to explain the bits of missing footage.
You can start to see that this is an odd episode.
Now, several years ago, Shada was remade as a Big Finish audio drama starring Paul McGann as the Doctor. And then this was remade as a BBC animated webcast. The Paul McGann version explained that after the 4th Doctor was returned to Earth in ‘The Five Doctors’ he went on his next adventure, without doing what he originally intended to do on Earth. The 8th Doctor wants to continue that mission.
Neither of these adventures on considered ‘canon.’ And also, neither of these adventures have been released on DVD.
I want to preserve this story. I have put the VHS version on DVD, and I am almost finished converting the Webcast version to DVD. I obviously dont want to charge for this!
I would like this to be done on a PIF format. I shall be giving 3 copies out to people, and then I would like them people to give out three copies to someone else, and so on.
This will come over 2 disks. Disk 1 will contain the original Shada, while Disk 2 will contain the animated version. The whole thing shall come with a reversible DVD cover, so you can choose to display it as a 4th Doctor story, or an 8th Doctor story.
If you want to help PIF, please email me at fanfilmfixes@hotmail.co.uk.
I shall have the covers up in a few days.
Thanks,
Dan
Okay, I’m a big Trekkie! I do alot of these edits myself, and I want to share with everyone the edits I have either found or made.
Please post any others that I have missed, along with details about them.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Kirkless Generations</span>
This is the first Star Trek fan edit I found. Made by CBB Studios if I am not mistaken. This edit involves taking Captain Kirk out of Star Trek: Generations, and turning the story into a feature length episode of The Next Generation. I believe they did this because they think his part in it ruined the film. It lasts about 85 minutes.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - In Thy Image</span>
This is an edit I was searching for for ages! Made by Jack Marshall, the former director of the fan series - Star Trek: New Voyages, this edit made me smile. It was made as a re-edit of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, into the pilot episode of Star Trek: Phase II. The aim for this, was to cut it down, making it more viewable and exciting. It lasts about 63 minutes, like the original pilot episode of Star Trek: The Original Series.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Lost Episode</span>
This is the second edit I found. The most ingenious and hilarious I have ever seen. I’m not exactly sure what to say about it, so I shall quote from their website here.
<div class=“PostQuote”>It was created in 1988* by “borrowing” elements (sound and footage) from all 78 episodes of The Original Series. (And the cartoon series - & the original cast’s non-Star Trek roles.) These were “reassembling” into a new, cautionary episode: How a show can wander off course and get itself canceled. This is a full length spoof of The Original Series. The scenes were completely re-edited into a “new” episode, and then we replaced the dialogue with our own. The sound track was gleaned from original TOS music & sound effects. Here, the Enterprise is still on its way to Babel. This time the Romulans attempt to finish what the Andorians started: To stop Corridon’s admission to the Federation.</div>
It is available to download from their site, or to be sent a copy via the post. It lasts about 77 minutes.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Kirk V Picard</span>
Again, not much to say about this one. Kirk and Picard in a punch up…
Download Here
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Final Battle</span>
I quite like this edit. It shows the original Enterprise and Captain Picards Enterprise in a ship to ship battle. A good laugh, but don’t take it seriously…
Download Here
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Bring Back Kirk</span>
This is an extended trailer, using footage from the tv show, mixed with new CGI footage, to show a way to bring back Captain Kirk. Paramount should defo make this as a full length movie.
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<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Disco McCoy</span>
Again, I shall quote directly from the site that made it.
‘A parody scene with Kirk, showing why McCoy was dressed strangely in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.’
You have to see it to believe it!
Download Here
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Kirk Lives Generations</span>
While searching the net, I found a low quality ending, showing a way Captain Kirk could survive at the end of Star Trek: Generations. So I got my editing tools out, and started crafting the full movie, with a remade ending. Lasts about the same time as the official version of Generations.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Original Series - The Trouble with Tribbles (Extended Cut)</span>
Not much to say about this one. It is ‘The Trouble with Tribbles’ with footage inserted from ‘Trials and Tribbleations,’ to enhance the story, and give it a new sub-plot. Lasts about 65 minutes, and some of my best work.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Next Generation - Pegasus (Extended Cut)</span>
This is ‘The Pegasus’ from The Next Generation, extended with footage from ‘These are the Voyages…’ from Enterprise. I think this was a pretty easy edit. It is really cool to see the switching between Enterprise and TNG footage. Only took a week to make, and lasts about 90 minutes.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Excelsior - Loyalty</span>
This is a fan edit using footage from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, as well as footage from Star Trek Voyager’s ‘Flashback.’
I made this, as I have always been a fan of Sulu, and have hoped for a ‘Sulu’ series for a long time. But we haven’t had one, so I made this. Its more of a collection of scenes than a proper episode. But it does what it was meant to do—satisfy me. Lasts just under 45 minutes.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Original Series - Space Plant</span>
Not one of my best edits. Its Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan into a 45 min episode of TOS. This was a starting point for me. Its nice to see how my skills have evolved.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: The Original Series - Return to Genesis</span>
Same as the above, except for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Again 45 minutes.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - In Thy Image</span>
Pretty simple, Star Trek: The Motion Picture edited down into the Pilot episode of Star Trek Phase II.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - Turn Back Time</span>
Getting sore fingers now with all this typing. But basically this is the end of Trek3 and the beginning of Trek4, into a 45 min episode of Phase II
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - The Voyage Home</span>
Simply the rest of Trek4 into a 45 min episode of Phase II
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - Renegade</span>
Trek5 into a feature length episode of Phase II
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - The Trial of Captain Kirk</span>
Trek6 into The two parter finale of Phase II
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: Phase II - Deadly Time</span>
This is the beginning of Trek7 edited into an episode of Phase II, with clips from past episodes, to extend the story to the required length. This served as a coda to Phase II.
<span class=“Bold”>Star Trek: In a Mirror Mirror Darkly</span>
In a Mirror Darkly (ENT), extended with footage from Mirror Mirror (TOS).
OK, my fingers are tired, so I’m taking a rest. Have I missed any?
Thanks,
Dan
Can someone help me find a DVD cover for ADM’s Star Wars: Episode II.V - The Clone Wars. I have covers for the rest of them, so I am just missing that one.
Thanks,
Dan