The stairs elevating Dalek in Dalek - it looks very, very basic and there's quite a big difference between the physical prop and the CGI model.
Best and Worst Effects in Doctor Who
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Originally Posted by CoalHillJanitor:
“Best - The opening sequence from Trial of a Time Lord
Worst - Tinfoil Vardans in The Invasion of Time”
“Best - The opening sequence from Trial of a Time Lord
Worst - Tinfoil Vardans in The Invasion of Time”
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Yes, I was about to nominate these two effects myself.
Other favourite effects have been the superb model and landscape work of visual effects designer Ian Scoones, his work on City of Death, Frontier in Space, Seeds of Doom, Pyramids of Mars are superb.
I've always had a fondness of the Drashigs rising from the swamps too.
Even the simplest of effects such as a couple of blocks of dry-ice stuck to the bottom of shoes can be spine-chilling as evidence from the black-clad Servitor of Sutekh making his terrifying entrance, scorching the very ground he walks upon.
Dodgy effects rarely bother me....but...two that always stick out in one of my favourite episodes.
The Time Beetle in 'Turn Left' always drags me out of the moment.
There is also a CGI shot of the doomed Titanic mushroom cloud with a bridge/viaduct in the foreground. That shot always makes me grimace.
One I really loved was the trippy entering the Dalek (oo-er) in that Capaldi one where they enter a Dalek (double oo-er)
The Time Beetle in 'Turn Left' always drags me out of the moment.
There is also a CGI shot of the doomed Titanic mushroom cloud with a bridge/viaduct in the foreground. That shot always makes me grimace.
One I really loved was the trippy entering the Dalek (oo-er) in that Capaldi one where they enter a Dalek (double oo-er)
Originally Posted by Dalekbuster523:
“Worst- The Abzorbaloff”
“Worst- The Abzorbaloff”
That's more of a costume rather than a special effect, unless you're talking about the cgi 'absorbing' effects.
I agree with you on the Doctors at the end of DotD, it was a beautiful effect.
Originally Posted by CAMERA OBSCURA:
“Dodgy effects rarely bother me....but...two that always stick out in one of my favourite episodes.
One I really loved was the trippy entering the Dalek (oo-er) in that Capaldi one where they enter a Dalek (double oo-er)”
“Dodgy effects rarely bother me....but...two that always stick out in one of my favourite episodes.
One I really loved was the trippy entering the Dalek (oo-er) in that Capaldi one where they enter a Dalek (double oo-er)”
The entering of the Dalek had a very 1970s vibe to it.
Originally Posted by Daniel Dare:
“That's more of a costume rather than a special effect, unless you're talking about the cgi 'absorbing' effects. .”
“That's more of a costume rather than a special effect, unless you're talking about the cgi 'absorbing' effects. .”
Yes, it was a mixture of CGI and costume.
So as an effect, the CGI then.
Another one I like, the impressive yet short sequence of the Dalek ship's docking chamber connecting to the prison ship holding Davros in Ressurection. The smoothness of the chamber as it slowly glides, the sudden release of air and hydraulic gasses. The panel weathering on the model is also pretty decent looking too.
Another one I like, the impressive yet short sequence of the Dalek ship's docking chamber connecting to the prison ship holding Davros in Ressurection. The smoothness of the chamber as it slowly glides, the sudden release of air and hydraulic gasses. The panel weathering on the model is also pretty decent looking too.
I can cope with most faults - but what bugged me most were the sound-effects in the Tardis!
In Jon and Tom's era - the doors of the Tardis kept varying (if any sound at all) and the scanner-sound was different in Tom's era too compared to Peter's time!.
The Tardis also got smaller as time went on!
In Jon and Tom's era - the doors of the Tardis kept varying (if any sound at all) and the scanner-sound was different in Tom's era too compared to Peter's time!.
The Tardis also got smaller as time went on!
One of the worst effects I can think of, to the point where I couldn't take the scenes where it was shown seriously, was prisoner zero in it's natural form in the eleventh hour. It was just so blatantly a computer image rather than anything resembling realistic looking.
Not really sure about best. As new who goes they are all generally pretty good, apart from the odd occasional slip up like the example above.
Not really sure about best. As new who goes they are all generally pretty good, apart from the odd occasional slip up like the example above.
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