Re: "New" Doctor Who on December 23!

On 05/12/2024 12:59, The Last Doctor wrote:

On 05/12/2024 11:45, Blueshirt wrote:

The Doctor wrote:
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In article <viq202$101k3$1@dont-email.me>,
The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:

Hope and trepidation for "The War Games in Colour".

Hope - that the colourisation is sympathetic and there

aren't too many bright blue floors.

Hope - that the story can fit satisfyingly into 90 minutes

(I think 120 might do it, 150 (as two 75s) would be better.
230 minutes down to 90 is drastic cutting -  even the worst
serials didn't have THAT much padding.

Hope - that any found footage (as advertised) is meaningful.

A few seconds of Pat clowning here and there would be
pointless.

Trepidation - that the "new effects" and any visual changes

(to the offered faces, for example) might spoil the charm of
the story or seem out of place.

Trepidation - about the "regeneration scene" from Pat to

Jon. Still, at least that will shut down the "Fugitive
Doctor wasn't before Hartnell" crowd, at least the sane ones.

I wasn't keen on the trailer for "Joy to the World", though.

I hope it's better than it looks like it might be.

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250 minutes the original.

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Yes Dave, we all know that.
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This is a new edited version of "The War Games", in colour...to
sit alongside the original. Not replace it!

 I wrote 230 - Dave thinks he was correcting me and it should be 10x25 (250).
  But I was taking into account the fact that 25 minute run times always come
up a little short as the slot they fit in has to include announcements,
trailers and might have censor cuts - altogether The War Games was just
over 241 minutes of runtime (the Wikipedia entry for the War Games details
that episode by episode).
In addition, there are 9 sets of opening titles, 9 sets of closing titles,
and 9 sections of cliffhanger reprise that can be cut without losing one
second of story footage. I guesstimated the full impact of those at 10
minutes, which might be excessive but not by much.

Usually the reprises were reshot versions of the original and sometimes they didn't even resemble the originals at all so you might actually lose something if you cut them out. No idea if that applies to The War Games.
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