Full details of 'War Games' DVD can be found here:-
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id...s-in-july.html
http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id...s-in-july.html
The War Games DVD
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I did a review for Den of Geek here:
http://www.denofgeek.com/Reviews/277...vd_review.html
brilliant set with stunning extras.
http://www.denofgeek.com/Reviews/277...vd_review.html
brilliant set with stunning extras.
I've read it,great review,well balanced!
Just got an email from Sendit,my copy has been despatched.I ordered it a month ago for £12.89,its now their website for £14.89!
Just got an email from Sendit,my copy has been despatched.I ordered it a month ago for £12.89,its now their website for £14.89!
Play have posted mine yesterday. I am so excited as I have never seen it. One of the very few Doctor Who stories that I have missed due to Christmas present incompetence!
Originally Posted by stud u like:
“Play have posted mine yesterday. I am so excited as I have never seen it. One of the very few Doctor Who stories that I have missed due to Christmas present incompetence!”
“Play have posted mine yesterday. I am so excited as I have never seen it. One of the very few Doctor Who stories that I have missed due to Christmas present incompetence!”
I got a dispatch mail from Play a couple of days ago - very excited!
Originally Posted by Eowyn W:
“I got a dispatch mail from Play a couple of days ago - very excited!”
“I got a dispatch mail from Play a couple of days ago - very excited!
”
My copy just arrived - thank you, play.com!
nyingy
Originally Posted by nyingy:
“My copy just arrived - thank you, play.com!
nyingy”
“My copy just arrived - thank you, play.com!
nyingy”
I hoped mine would arrive today too, but no luck...
Originally Posted by Mr Giggles:
“I'm looking forward to seeing how good the restoration is.”
“I'm looking forward to seeing how good the restoration is.”
I think it looks really good - I've tried an episode on my tv and a second episode on my PC: the picture is sharp and clear on both, while the sound is flawless so far...
nyingy
They were helped because when the VHS was released, they didn't realize the BFI had better quality copies of most of the episodes than were in the BBC archive, and the DVD is using the BFI copies.
Originally Posted by JCR:
“They were helped because when the VHS was released, they didn't realize the BFI had better quality copies of most of the episodes than were in the BBC archive, and the DVD is using the BFI copies.”
“They were helped because when the VHS was released, they didn't realize the BFI had better quality copies of most of the episodes than were in the BBC archive, and the DVD is using the BFI copies.”
That's interesting - I didn't know that!
Speaking of the BFI, did anyone else make it to BFI Southbank last night? They showed episodes 2 & 4 of The Moonbase - classic cybermen on the big screen!
This was followed by an episode of a 1970s sci fi soap opera called Moonbase 3, which brought together the talents of many, many Doctor Who personnel - both in front of and behind the camera (e.g. Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts - AND Peter Miles and Michael Wisher!).
All in all, very good fun; and a fab way to kick off a Friday
nyingy
Originally Posted by zorro2566:
“I've read it,great review,well balanced!
Just got an email from Sendit,my copy has been despatched.I ordered it a month ago for £12.89,its now their website for £14.89!”
“I've read it,great review,well balanced!
Just got an email from Sendit,my copy has been despatched.I ordered it a month ago for £12.89,its now their website for £14.89!
”
My copy arrived today,fastest delivery yet from Sendit!
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Speaking of the BFI, did anyone else make it to BFI Southbank last night? They showed episodes 2 & 4 of The Moonbase - classic cybermen on the big screen! This was followed by an episode of a 1970s sci fi soap opera called Moonbase 3, which brought together the talents of many, many Doctor Who personnel - both in front of and behind the camera (e.g. Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts - AND Peter Miles and Michael Wisher!).
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Ooooooooooooooh, I'd have loved that! Listened to/watched Moonbase recently, and it's really excellent. Mrs Chuff has just been listening to the audio book, courtesy of a competition in DWM, and thoroughly enjoyed it and Anneke Wills's range of preposterous accents.
I have Moonbase 3 on video, bought in a charity shop last year. Not seen it yet, but will get round to it one day.
What a treat to see all of that on the big screen!
Speaking of the BFI, did anyone else make it to BFI Southbank last night? They showed episodes 2 & 4 of The Moonbase - classic cybermen on the big screen! This was followed by an episode of a 1970s sci fi soap opera called Moonbase 3, which brought together the talents of many, many Doctor Who personnel - both in front of and behind the camera (e.g. Terrance Dicks and Barry Letts - AND Peter Miles and Michael Wisher!).
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Ooooooooooooooh, I'd have loved that! Listened to/watched Moonbase recently, and it's really excellent. Mrs Chuff has just been listening to the audio book, courtesy of a competition in DWM, and thoroughly enjoyed it and Anneke Wills's range of preposterous accents.
I have Moonbase 3 on video, bought in a charity shop last year. Not seen it yet, but will get round to it one day.
What a treat to see all of that on the big screen!
Originally Posted by zorro2566:
“My copy arrived today,fastest delivery yet from Sendit!”
“My copy arrived today,fastest delivery yet from Sendit!”
Mine has arrived too - all excited!
Important news: the sock puppets are on disc 2. On the subtitle screen highlight info text and press right. Not quite as good as the planet of the dead one, but still laugh out loud funny.
Maybe I was a little hard on it there, 1-8 have great moments, but they're just so contrived to pad it out. And doing stuff like having a Southern US civil war soldier talking with a pretty clear West Indies accent doesn't help (send him back to Eastenders!) I don't recommend trying to watch all 4 hours of it in one go, you'll get bored.
Originally Posted by JCR:
“Well the first 8 episodes aren't great. But the last 2 are excellent and make up for it.”
“Well the first 8 episodes aren't great. But the last 2 are excellent and make up for it.”
Maybe I was a little hard on it there, 1-8 have great moments, but they're just so contrived to pad it out. And doing stuff like having a Southern US civil war soldier talking with a pretty clear West Indies accent doesn't help (send him back to Eastenders!) I don't recommend trying to watch all 4 hours of it in one go, you'll get bored.
Originally Posted by Kaylan:
“To be honest, you only need to watch the first and last episodes.
The rest is all filler!”
“To be honest, you only need to watch the first and last episodes.
The rest is all filler!”
Rubbish - there are some great parts across all the episodes.
Originally Posted by littlepete:
“Rubbish - there are some great parts across all the episodes.”
“Rubbish - there are some great parts across all the episodes.”
In who's opinion?
I have watched it lots of times, and in my opinion you can watch the first and last and not have missed anything vital!
Originally Posted by zorro2566:
“What,10 episodes with the yummy Wendy Padbury,its great for that alone!”
“What,10 episodes with the yummy Wendy Padbury,its great for that alone!
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Amen to that!
Originally Posted by zorro2566:
“What,10 episodes with the yummy Wendy Padbury,its great for that alone!”
“What,10 episodes with the yummy Wendy Padbury,its great for that alone!
”
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Wendy Padbury
Just finished watching this DVD - its amazing how this story stretches out over 10 episodes, but remains interesting with some great characters along the way.
The sets designs of the alien zone are realised brilliantly, I love the vortex design of the wall and the gullotine style door. It was a surprise to see the colour photographs of the sets as in my mind they are always monochrome - so to see the reds and yellows used in the design makes it that little bit more special.
The War Chief - we never really find out much about who he is, other than another renegade Time Lord. Watching the character on screen he reminds me very much of The Master. I wonder Terrance used him as his template for creating The Master a few years later? (IMO it would also be quite credible to say that The War Chief is The Master in an earlier form).
The closing scenes always leave me feeling quite sad - seeing the Doctor spinning off into space is a great end for Patrick. Such a pity that much of his DW work is sadly missing. He was a great Doctor - one of the best ever IMO.
The sets designs of the alien zone are realised brilliantly, I love the vortex design of the wall and the gullotine style door. It was a surprise to see the colour photographs of the sets as in my mind they are always monochrome - so to see the reds and yellows used in the design makes it that little bit more special.
The War Chief - we never really find out much about who he is, other than another renegade Time Lord. Watching the character on screen he reminds me very much of The Master. I wonder Terrance used him as his template for creating The Master a few years later? (IMO it would also be quite credible to say that The War Chief is The Master in an earlier form).
The closing scenes always leave me feeling quite sad - seeing the Doctor spinning off into space is a great end for Patrick. Such a pity that much of his DW work is sadly missing. He was a great Doctor - one of the best ever IMO.
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