Well said Theophile!
What titles should be animated next?
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Originally Posted by bennythedip:
“I very much doubt me buying the DVD sometimes next year rather than on release day will make a blind bit of difference. If this was produced by the restoration team for us I would think differently. Will there be any extra features? I doubt it. I wouldn't mind betting they forget to put the existing clips on it. Going to wait for feedback before making a decision.”
“I very much doubt me buying the DVD sometimes next year rather than on release day will make a blind bit of difference. If this was produced by the restoration team for us I would think differently. Will there be any extra features? I doubt it. I wouldn't mind betting they forget to put the existing clips on it. Going to wait for feedback before making a decision.”
Although I will go out & buy it anyway, I do agree with your views above around betting they won't also add in the telesnaps as well.
I'd really have liked it if, for every animated episode done where there's also telesnaps available, you can click on whether you watch it with either (animated vs telesnap version). When you watch with the telesnaps and there's a need for added commentary, then this is provided at the bottom of the screen. It wouldn't take a huge amount of extra time & cost to do. Although we've been rather spoilt by the extras and the marvellous restoration work across the early classic series in particular, this is a bit of a gap or oversight methinks with the missing episode releases.
Originally Posted by Theophile:
“DVD sales have saved cancelled shows and have brought them back to the air; as a prime example, look at Family Guy. It had been cancelled, but the DVD sales where so phenomenal that FOX brought the show back and it has been running ever since.”
“DVD sales have saved cancelled shows and have brought them back to the air; as a prime example, look at Family Guy. It had been cancelled, but the DVD sales where so phenomenal that FOX brought the show back and it has been running ever since.”
At the height of the DVD boom in the first half of the last decade...
We're well past that and sales are still declining. Nothing's gonna get commissioned off the back of DVD or download sales alone, particularly not connected with classic Doctor Who - it's just too niche a product.
Sorry if that offends people, but Pertwee and Tom Baker DVDs aren't even on the radar for the vast majority of Doctor Who fans these days, never mind Hartnell and Troughton. For us older fans and a few others, yes. But not for the rest.
If there's to be a follow-up it'll depend on the ratings on BBC America. Compared to a live-action episode of a series the cost to them of the animation will be much lower, particularly as the script and audio are already in place. But if no one watches, no one will want to advertise during a second one. If no one will want to advertise, then BBC America won't commission it.
That'll leave BBC Worldwide out on their own again, and we all saw in 2013/14 what happened there. It wasn't economic to commission more than two episodes for a release and sales of the partially animated DVDs were reportedly below expectations. Of the two animation companies used, one went bust and the other quite sensibly abandoned ship when a commission for a full series came up.
The days of "mates rates" deals for Doctor Who animations are over.
By all means buy the DVDs or downloads if you like the story and want to see the animation, but the only thing buying multiple copies will do is empty your wallet. Personally, I'm waiting for the official press release to see if the rumours of a Blu-ray release in early 2017 are true.
If you want to pretend BBC Worldwide are the same as the Girl Scouts then spend that extra money on another series you like and show that some support as well.
A couple of thousand people buying Power of the Daleks twice is so insignificant in this instance that you may as well just take the money and burn it for all the effect that it'll have.
Some really interesting discussion on here. Thanks guys - you've really given me some food for thought.
Originally Posted by Kieran Seymour:
“At the height of the DVD boom in the first half of the last decade...
We're well past that and sales are still declining. Nothing's gonna get commissioned off the back of DVD or download sales alone, particularly not connected with classic Doctor Who - it's just too niche a product.
Sorry if that offends people, but Pertwee and Tom Baker DVDs aren't even on the radar for the vast majority of Doctor Who fans these days, never mind Hartnell and Troughton. For us older fans and a few others, yes. But not for the rest.
If there's to be a follow-up it'll depend on the ratings on BBC America. Compared to a live-action episode of a series the cost to them of the animation will be much lower, particularly as the script and audio are already in place. But if no one watches, no one will want to advertise during a second one. If no one will want to advertise, then BBC America won't commission it.
That'll leave BBC Worldwide out on their own again, and we all saw in 2013/14 what happened there. It wasn't economic to commission more than two episodes for a release and sales of the partially animated DVDs were reportedly below expectations. Of the two animation companies used, one went bust and the other quite sensibly abandoned ship when a commission for a full series came up.
The days of "mates rates" deals for Doctor Who animations are over.
By all means buy the DVDs or downloads if you like the story and want to see the animation, but the only thing buying multiple copies will do is empty your wallet. Personally, I'm waiting for the official press release to see if the rumours of a Blu-ray release in early 2017 are true.
If you want to pretend BBC Worldwide are the same as the Girl Scouts then spend that extra money on another series you like and show that some support as well.
A couple of thousand people buying Power of the Daleks twice is so insignificant in this instance that you may as well just take the money and burn it for all the effect that it'll have.”
“At the height of the DVD boom in the first half of the last decade...
We're well past that and sales are still declining. Nothing's gonna get commissioned off the back of DVD or download sales alone, particularly not connected with classic Doctor Who - it's just too niche a product.
Sorry if that offends people, but Pertwee and Tom Baker DVDs aren't even on the radar for the vast majority of Doctor Who fans these days, never mind Hartnell and Troughton. For us older fans and a few others, yes. But not for the rest.
If there's to be a follow-up it'll depend on the ratings on BBC America. Compared to a live-action episode of a series the cost to them of the animation will be much lower, particularly as the script and audio are already in place. But if no one watches, no one will want to advertise during a second one. If no one will want to advertise, then BBC America won't commission it.
That'll leave BBC Worldwide out on their own again, and we all saw in 2013/14 what happened there. It wasn't economic to commission more than two episodes for a release and sales of the partially animated DVDs were reportedly below expectations. Of the two animation companies used, one went bust and the other quite sensibly abandoned ship when a commission for a full series came up.
The days of "mates rates" deals for Doctor Who animations are over.
By all means buy the DVDs or downloads if you like the story and want to see the animation, but the only thing buying multiple copies will do is empty your wallet. Personally, I'm waiting for the official press release to see if the rumours of a Blu-ray release in early 2017 are true.
If you want to pretend BBC Worldwide are the same as the Girl Scouts then spend that extra money on another series you like and show that some support as well.
A couple of thousand people buying Power of the Daleks twice is so insignificant in this instance that you may as well just take the money and burn it for all the effect that it'll have.”
Do you have a link to a news report of BBC America commissioning this? When is it going to be shown on BBC America?
Originally Posted by Boz_Lowdownl:
“Do you have a link to a news report of BBC America commissioning this? When is it going to be shown on BBC America?”
“Do you have a link to a news report of BBC America commissioning this? When is it going to be shown on BBC America?”
November 12th.
I don't think we know yet if it'll be one episode a day, all six back-to-back or a compilation.
And it's a joint commission between BBC Worldwide and BBC America. No real surprise there. BBC America seem to be the tail wagging the proverbial dog these days. They're the ones with the money, anyway!
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglopheni...s-back-to-life
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/wor...-of-the-daleks
http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2016/09...916000108.html
So the Yanks get to see this free to air on TV, but we have to buy it!
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“So the Yanks get to see this free to air on TV, but we have to buy it!
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/”
“So the Yanks get to see this free to air on TV, but we have to buy it!
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/”
Surely BBC America is a paid for subscription channel and is not FTA TV.
Originally Posted by Saxon Bury:
“Surely BBC America is a paid for subscription channel and is not FTA TV.”
“Surely BBC America is a paid for subscription channel and is not FTA TV.”
Oh, yeah. I live in Texas and I don't have cable TV (just good old rabbit ears), so I have to buy it as well. LOL!
And I cannot wait for the opportunity to buy it.
Originally Posted by MR_Pitkin:
“So the Yanks get to see this free to air on TV, but we have to buy it!
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/”
“So the Yanks get to see this free to air on TV, but we have to buy it!
http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-...ng-to-cinemas/”
Bbc America put up most of the money. In the uk bbc worldwide (the commercial arm of the bbc) put up the rest. So none of the licence fee was used to male it
Originally Posted by grazey1985:
“Bbc America put up most of the money. In the uk bbc worldwide (the commercial arm of the bbc) put up the rest. So none of the licence fee was used to male it”
“Bbc America put up most of the money. In the uk bbc worldwide (the commercial arm of the bbc) put up the rest. So none of the licence fee was used to male it”
As annoying as that is I understand it. I'll by the DVD anyway at a later date so I will just have to wait. TBH I can't see any of the BBC channels offering to show it
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