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Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited - Watch - 2pm - 12/13 October

richie4evarichie4eva Posts: 217,920
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Hartnell and Troughton will be covered this weekend, followed by Pertwee and Tom Baker next weekend and so on every weekend up to the 50th anniversary

Watch will be taking a look at their various companions and be showing various other Dr Who related programs including Dr Who at the Proms 2010 on Sunday

"The Aztecs" will be shown from the Hartnell era
"Tomb of the Cybermen" from the Troughton era
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    radcliffe95radcliffe95 Posts: 4,086
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    Watch putting the BBC to shame.
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    CD93CD93 Posts: 13,939
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    Watch putting the BBC to shame.

    Putting BBC Worldwide to shame, also? ;)
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    radcliffe95radcliffe95 Posts: 4,086
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    CD93 wrote: »
    Putting BBC Worldwide to shame, also? ;)

    To the layman Watch has absolutely nothing to do with the BBC. This type of programming celebration should be on BBC4, there's simply no excuse - it's not like it shows anything before 7pm:confused:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 825
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    Watch putting the BBC to shame.

    :yawn:

    Whovians are increasingly becoming the most irritating fandom in existence. Whine whine whine. :rolleyes:
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    mrprossermrprosser Posts: 2,283
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    Watch putting the BBC to shame.

    That'll be the same Watch that is owned by UKTV, that is 50% owned by BBC Worldwide, which is 100% owned by the BBC!
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    CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,358
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    Are Watch showing the remastered versions of the stories?
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    2Legit2Quit2Legit2Quit Posts: 4,728
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    it's not like it shows anything before 7pm:confused:

    That's because it shares its transponder with BBC Parliament the same as BBC3 shares with CBeebies.
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    bennythedipbennythedip Posts: 2,347
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    Didn't forget it was on but forgot to to record it. Good excuse to Avoid watching the rest of the run. Most of my viewings of sky channels such as sky1,gold,watch are ruined by the constant longer than ITV/c4/5 adverts which ruin it for me. No big loss.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,043
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    Didnt watchj them either considering id rather buy them on dvd.
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    The_abbottThe_abbott Posts: 26,958
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    I watched the Aztecs. I have the DVD but never got around to watching it again when I got the SE (which I only got to get Galaxy 4 episode 3).
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    Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    I've mentioned this before but I was watching Doctor Who Explained this evening and noticed again that Colin Baker seems to be shaking slightly and seemingly uncontrollably, like a Parkinson's sufferer! Is he unwell?
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    Westy2Westy2 Posts: 14,525
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    That's because it shares its transponder with BBC Parliament the same as BBC3 shares with CBeebies.

    CBBC & BBC Three on one transponder.

    Cbeebies & BBC FOUR on another one.

    Parliament on it's own.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,602
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    mrprosser wrote: »
    That'll be the same Watch that is owned by UKTV, that is 50% owned by BBC Worldwide, which is 100% owned by the BBC!

    Quite and also the Beeb are keeping the anniversary stuff for the right month!
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    2Legit2Quit2Legit2Quit Posts: 4,728
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    Westy2 wrote: »
    CBBC & BBC Three on one transponder.

    Cbeebies & BBC FOUR on another one.

    Parliament on it's own.

    Close enough. The fact is BBC3 and 4 can't start any earlier than they do as they time share with other channels.
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    GARETH197901GARETH197901 Posts: 22,291
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    To the layman Watch has absolutely nothing to do with the BBC. This type of programming celebration should be on BBC4, there's simply no excuse - it's not like it shows anything before 7pm:confused:

    ive known since the late Nineties back when it was UK Gold which at that time was a jointly owned channel with BBC Worldwide and Thames(Then it split into Gold and Watch about 5 years back) and im not exactly involved in the Satellite TV Business
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    ArchiexArchiex Posts: 219
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    I think the BBC missed an oportinuty of running some DR Who classics during the new afternoon lineup on BBC Two - Ie no Cagney and Lacey and instead put up an episode or two of DR who.

    Or at the very least show one full story a week, say Sunday afternoon with a documentary or two leading up to the anniversary. Shame as not only is it great cross promotion but they could have hijacked the channel turning it into BBC Who instead.

    Also would have loved to see a documentary on the recovery of missing episodes leading up to the 50th. Especially as the recovery is a large part of the history of the show itself and has an interest and place in every fans heart.
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    radcliffe95radcliffe95 Posts: 4,086
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    ive known since the late Nineties back when it was UK Gold which at that time was a jointly owned channel with BBC Worldwide and Thames(Then it split into Gold and Watch about 5 years back) and im not exactly involved in the Satellite TV Business

    Well I bet you're in the minority then.

    Geez, I can't believe how many people don't think this type of celebration should be on the Beeb:confused::confused:
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    FluxCapacitorFluxCapacitor Posts: 1,243
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    Archiex wrote: »
    I think the BBC missed an oportinuty of running some DR Who classics during the new afternoon lineup on BBC Two - Ie no Cagney and Lacey and instead put up an episode or two of DR who.

    Or at the very least show one full story a week, say Sunday afternoon with a documentary or two leading up to the anniversary. Shame as not only is it great cross promotion but they could have hijacked the channel turning it into BBC Who instead.

    That's the problem though - why should they "take over" a channel to suh a degree? Yes, it's a huge event for us as fans, but for casual viewers it isn't. They don't want to spend time watching black and white Doctor Who serials on BBC2. Fans who WANT to watch that will more than likely already have the DVDs so the Beeb has nothing to gain by giving over so much airtime to Doctor Who.

    They SHOULD celebrate the 50th, absolutely, and they will. But I think a lot of us fans are slightly disillusioned about the scale with which they can (and should) realistically do that.
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    HestiaHestia Posts: 380
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    CELT1987 wrote: »
    Are Watch showing the remastered versions of the stories?

    Can't see that anyone answered your question: no, they are not the remastered versions being shown. It's amazing to see how much work was done to clean them up to the standard that we are now used to.
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    Muttley76Muttley76 Posts: 97,888
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    Watch putting the BBC to shame.

    Yes because the BBC has only announced a range of specially commissioned content on BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, Radio 1 and Radio 2 to mark the shows anniversary. Hardly bothering at all are they? I mean so many shows in the history of television have had higher profile celebrations.
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    CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,358
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    Hestia wrote: »
    Can't see that anyone answered your question: no, they are not the remastered versions being shown. It's amazing to see how much work was done to clean them up to the standard that we are now used to.
    Looking at the EPG for next Saturday, Spearhead from Space is bring shown in HD on Watch HD. They must have the remastered version.
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    Westy2Westy2 Posts: 14,525
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    Watching the Hartnell doc at the mo.

    Strange seeing the Vidfired clips of stuff I've seen many times as film prints.
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    TributeTribute Posts: 820
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    Muttley76 wrote: »
    Yes because the BBC has only announced a range of specially commissioned content on BBC1, BBC2, BBC3, BBC4, CBBC, Radio 1 and Radio 2 to mark the shows anniversary. Hardly bothering at all are they? I mean so many shows in the history of television have had higher profile celebrations.

    Just out of interest, what are Radio 1 doing? I've not seen anything about that.
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    Muttley76Muttley76 Posts: 97,888
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    Tribute wrote: »
    Just out of interest, what are Radio 1 doing? I've not seen anything about that.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/day-of-the-doctor.html
    Music is a key part of Doctor Who, from the famous theme tune to soaring melodies, but the show has also inspired a whole new phenomenon – Time Lord Rock (TROCK). Radio 1 will look at this genre of music inspired by the Doctor and his journeys through space and time with a 60-minute documentary.

    Looking that up made me realise I left Radio 4 Extra off my initial post.
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    JordanDSJordanDS Posts: 1,833
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    Hestia wrote: »
    Can't see that anyone answered your question: no, they are not the remastered versions being shown. It's amazing to see how much work was done to clean them up to the standard that we are now used to.

    Although they have flagged next weekend's showing of Spearhead From Space as HD, so possibly the same master as the Blu Ray version might be used.
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