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Old 07-05-2010, 16:17
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They even dropped in the words 'Bad Wolf' written on a wall just to tie in with new Who for those who want it.
It was there but I don't think it was visible on the finished product...
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Old 07-05-2010, 16:18
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I would like the BBC to reconsider the approach of adding annimation into the lost episodes

The Troughton era has many episodes missing in its vaults with audio intact which should be re-released with animated segments and original audio

They did this before and mostly it worked, but stopped due to cost

Come on BBC reconsider this
Totally agree with this. The animated episodes of The Invasion are awesome. Been listening to The Evil Of The Daleks and I'd love them to animate it...
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Old 07-05-2010, 20:44
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I agree, they need to animate 'Evil of the Daleks' IMO.

And some posters are sounding like they think I don't like the classic CGI. IMO; they need more of it in new who. New Who is too fake, but they need to balance them out. EG: Use Models for Spaceships again, and just finish them with CGI, and try to replace the Space shots/Exterior Shots in the classic series with the new designs, but make it the Model/CGI mix thingy. The only bad thing about that is that it means we will get less classic DVDs a year, and it is slightly expensive.
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Old 07-05-2010, 20:50
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The BBC already remaster and give us the choice of classic V remaster

But with bigger cash revenue that dr who now brings in, I would like the BBC to reconsider the approach of adding annimation into the lost episodes

The Troughton era has many episodes missing in its vaults with audio intact which should be re-released with animated segments and original audio

They did this before and mostly it worked, but stopped due to cost

Come on BBC reconsider this
I was hoping the BBC would do this too, I think it would be worth a lot of money to them if they could pull of animating the lost episodes. The Invasion was nothing but a success and as those two episodes were mostly action-driven rather than through dialogue, even narration didn't really give it much clarity previously. At least through animation you get a rough idea of what the original episode was like.
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Old 08-05-2010, 00:28
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When I first watched the Invasion, after a while you stop noticing that it's animated.
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Old 08-05-2010, 08:34
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I agree, they need to animate 'Evil of the Daleks' IMO.

And some posters are sounding like they think I don't like the classic CGI. IMO; they need more of it in new who. New Who is too fake, but they need to balance them out. EG: Use Models for Spaceships again, and just finish them with CGI, and try to replace the Space shots/Exterior Shots in the classic series with the new designs, but make it the Model/CGI mix thingy. The only bad thing about that is that it means we will get less classic DVDs a year, and it is slightly expensive.
But why should they replace the old designs with the new ones? Stuff like the Sontaran ships didn't need re-designing in the first place!
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Old 08-05-2010, 08:36
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I think the old shows have a certain charm about them.

I vote they be left well alone
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Old 08-05-2010, 09:08
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Are you really saying that the CGI Mara isn't a vast improvement on the puppet snake in Kinda? To me, the new effects add to the stories not detract from them, but as daveboy says you've got the option to view the original so everyone's a winner.
To be honest when we first saw Prisoner Zero in it's natural state I thought 'Mara'. The CGI this time round hasn't been that brilliant. I loved the 'new' Gallifrey but then I love the 'old' one as well. Some things work, some don't, but there's still no reason to diss the classic series by judging it by recent standards, like some people for some reason have problems watching monochrome so voluntarily miss out on some of the finest films and TV ever made
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Old 08-05-2010, 09:12
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To be honest when we first saw Prisoner Zero in it's natural state I thought 'Mara'. The CGI this time round hasn't been that brilliant. I loved the 'new' Gallifrey but then I love the 'old' one as well. Some things work, some don't, but there's still no reason to diss the classic series by judging it by recent standards, like some people for some reason have problems watching monochrome so voluntarily miss out on some of the finest films and TV ever made
Quite agree. The important thing should be the quality of the stories not trivial matters like whether it's in colour or black & white or whether it uses CGI or model shots.
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Old 08-05-2010, 11:23
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Do you reckon that the BBC will ever release improved versions of classic episodes?

EG: Changing the exterior shots of the 'Death Zone' in 'The 5 Doctors', to add the orange glow and dome around it, or changing the Dalek Voices/Special effects in from 'The Daleks'-'Remembrance of the Daleks' to be the same as 'Dalek'-'Journeys End'.
I think they should do New Who in the style of Old. That forest in last week's episode would have been much improved if it were some potted palms in Studio TC3.
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:25
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I think the old shows have a certain charm about them.

I vote they be left well alone
I concur.
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:26
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I think they should do New Who in the style of Old. That forest in last week's episode would have been much improved if it were some potted palms in Studio TC3.
I re-watched Planet of Evil not long ago. The jungle set still looks amazing.
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:36
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I did a 'Next Time' trailer for 'Terror of the Zygons' - and added in a new Skarasen. I certainly think this story could do with some updated CGI. It's a brilliant story that is spoilt by one particularly bad special effect.

I also updated the Pertwee/Baker regeneration scene with new music and special effects. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know, but an idea of how a Classic episode would turn out with a modern
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Old 08-05-2010, 12:52
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I did a 'Next Time' trailer for 'Terror of the Zygons' - and added in a new Skarasen. I certainly think this story could do with some updated CGI. It's a brilliant story that is spoilt by one particularly bad special effect.

I also updated the Pertwee/Baker regeneration scene with new music and special effects. Not everyone's cup of tea, I know, but an idea of how a Classic episode would turn out with a modern
No offence, but to me these two clips have just reinforced the impression that this should not be done. The new Skarasen looks great, but the substitution of the old theme for the new just makes me more aware than before of how vastly superior the old theme was (the new one hasn't a fraction of the eerie, dramatic quality of the original), and the music over the admittedly improved regeneration sequence is just cheesy and intrusive (as, indeed, it often is in the new series itself) robbing the scene of some of its dignity. Sometimes, less is more.
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Old 08-05-2010, 13:23
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and the music over the admittedly improved regeneration sequence is just cheesy and intrusive (as, indeed, it often is in the new series itself) robbing the scene of some of its dignity. Sometimes, less is more.
You're not the only person to have said that. It's a real 50/50 split between those who dislike the lack of music over the original scene and think the Murray Gold music is an improvement - and those who felt the lack of music actually gave the original scene some gravitas.
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Old 08-05-2010, 13:37
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You're not the only person to have said that. It's a real 50/50 split between those who dislike the lack of music over the original scene and think the Murray Gold music is an improvement - and those who felt the lack of music actually gave the original scene some gravitas.
Background music seems to be kind of the default option on most TV drama now, and I really wish it wasn't, because a lot of scenes would work far better without it. If the scene is well shot and well acted, you don't need mood music in order to get a reaction to it.
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Old 08-05-2010, 15:59
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The BBC already remaster and give us the choice of classic V remaster

But with bigger cash revenue that dr who now brings in, I would like the BBC to reconsider the approach of adding annimation into the lost episodes

The Troughton era has many episodes missing in its vaults with audio intact which should be re-released with animated segments and original audio

They did this before and mostly it worked, but stopped due to cost

Come on BBC reconsider this
Hartnell too. Every episode exists in audio form, but some Hartnell and Troughton episodes are otherwise lost, and a few of Pertwee's are only in black and white, even though they were all made in colour.
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