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Will the Robot of Sherwood beheading scene be on the S8 DVD in November?
tiggerpooh
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I'm hoping that the BBC re-insert the scene into the episode once the complete Series 8 DVD box-set is released in November.
I would so like to see that.
At the moment, I don't know if anyone else thinks this, but I'm classing it as a deleted scene. One that has been filmed for the story/episode, but is in the end, left out, for whatever reason.
Is there anyone else that is hoping the scene is in the episode on DVD in November?
Also, is there any way online, that I can see the scene? I tried YouTube, but to no avail. :(There are clips saying about the cut, but nothing more.
I would so like to see that.
At the moment, I don't know if anyone else thinks this, but I'm classing it as a deleted scene. One that has been filmed for the story/episode, but is in the end, left out, for whatever reason.
Is there anyone else that is hoping the scene is in the episode on DVD in November?
Also, is there any way online, that I can see the scene? I tried YouTube, but to no avail. :(There are clips saying about the cut, but nothing more.
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Having now seen the clip from the leaked episode (which I cant share a link to as its against forum rules), even though I actually only saw it after the episode aired, I dont quite know what to make of it. Its obviously designed to fit into the episode, but it seemed a bit awkward, maybe because I was watching it separately from the episode I dont know? Clara's reaction is unusual too!
I think it would work OK seeing it as a deleted scene, but it would be even better if they could allow you to play the episode with and without the scene, with the version excluding it as the main version?
What do people think of having two versions of the episode on the disk?
So I would hope its reinstated.
Increasingly it seems like that in the long run the BBC are going to treat that scene as if it never happened.
A particular (part) robot man.
Presumably the sheriff, which I am only guessing based on the fact that no one reacted when he fell into a bath of molten gold, which lets be honest is quite a shocking death. Not to mention the fact that he (it?) had a deactivate device for the robots.
Yes that's right the Sheriff was a robot probably like the ones in deep breath or it seems that way anyway.
Moffat has been clever in expanding the robot story that started life in 'The Girl in the Fireplace', and adding new elements like them trying to reach this Promised Land'/'Heaven' place.
I wonder how many ships there are?
It's also a rather sloppy edit, so I'll be quite disappointed if the scene isn't put back in. The edit is a capitulation to circumstances at this particular time, but those circumstances will not continue forever.
Was that hidden away on BBC 3 late at night though? I would say so, which means after the watershead and so on and so forth!
Doctor Who was shown early evening prime time on a Saturday night before the watershead and so accessible to anyone including kids.
As others have said, it could appear as a "deleted scene".
This.
Also, imagine the backlash in the less BBC-friendly tabloids about "making Doctor Who's young fans pay £40-odd to see the full episode". Not worth the hassle for something that the majority of viewers are almost certainly unaware of anyway.
Stick it on as a deleted scene, maybe have one of the options DVDs sometimes do where you can insert all deleted scenes back in, but don't have it as part of the "real" episode.
But the scene wasn't deleted due to upsetting kids. The scene is quite humorous and was deleted due to events in the news.
I dunno, I thought it was quite 'glib' and Clara's triumphant 'yes!' (iirc) was a bit 'clumsy' full stop.
I thought they did the right thing to cut it (even though it hurt the episode rather).
I do wonder what the BBC would have done if a similar situation had occurred when 'A good Man Goes to War' had been broadcast.
Whole chunks of the episode were about the Headless Monks, and Dorium was actually properly beheaded. They would have had to postpone the entire episode, surely.
Forget the bit about kids then, Doctor Who is on BBC 1 in primetime on Saturday night and Family Guy is on late on BBC 3 on a Monday night there is a big difference in exposure of the two different programs!
The Doctor Who clip would have got a lot of press due to the exposure at that time and that day and on BBC 1, whereas Family Guy wouldnt likely get that being placed where it was.
Thats a good point about 'A Good Man Goes to War' the whole thing wouldnt have followed at all without the headless monks and Dorium's beheading!
TBH though you dont actually see Dorium getting beheaded though!
We're still talking about the Doctor strangling his companion in what, 1984? I reckon we could get another thirty years out of "The Doctor and his companion help Robin Hood slash the head off a famous mythical figure." He recovers, yes, and the Sheriff's not a nice man anyway - but they thought he was human, and Clara just cheers! That's brutal, and even with his edgy new face, I'm certain that's not who this Doctor is.
They should have left Graham Norton's voice on Rose. It's canon