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Post by The Thinker on Apr 27, 2007 14:08:30 GMT -5
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Post by The Valeyard on Apr 28, 2007 0:43:07 GMT -5
Is this an upcoming dvd to be released?
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Post by Massimo on Apr 28, 2007 3:27:23 GMT -5
Yes, for the moment in region 2. Stay tuned for the announcement about region 1 (I'm following announcements for region 2).
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Post by The Valeyard on Apr 28, 2007 23:33:16 GMT -5
I have no idea how regions are numbered and what areas they represent.
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Post by Ice Warrior on Apr 29, 2007 0:53:47 GMT -5
I have no idea how regions are numbered and what areas they represent. I'm sure you will find this page very useful: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd_regionsRegion 4 uses the same cover as region 2 but the North american cover is a cover of it's own. I'm not too fond of the Robot cover, but there are worse ones. |
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Post by The Thinker on Apr 29, 2007 3:29:48 GMT -5
DVD Regions...more hassle than they're worth in my opinion. They we're designed by accountants, not scientists.
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Post by The Valeyard on Apr 29, 2007 12:24:28 GMT -5
A very helpful link-thanks for that icewarrior.
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Post by The Valeyard on May 17, 2007 0:22:09 GMT -5
I see Robot is now available for preorder on Amazon. I assume this means it is now available in Region 1.
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Post by Dominic Smith on May 17, 2007 13:36:17 GMT -5
I see Robot is now available for preorder on Amazon. I assume this means it is now available in Region 1. It's be out on Region 1 on 14th August, 4th June for Region 2 |
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Post by The Valeyard on May 17, 2007 23:35:35 GMT -5
In any case, it will be available this year. I really liked this serial, so i will be glad of that.
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Post by The Valeyard on Aug 2, 2007 0:48:53 GMT -5
I have just preordered Robot, and I will be very interested to watch the Dvd special features.
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Post by matthewsee on Oct 20, 2007 23:23:04 GMT -5
I finished watching Robot Part 1 on the DVD and was quite surprised that Barry Letts was in the commentary as his contribution for it has not been noted on the DVD sleeve.
When the Doctor says that he was the Doctor the genuine article, the DVD notes states the definition for the word "article". I find it curious why the notes included the definition for "article" since it did not explain the difference between a sick bay and infirmary when the Doctor and Harry quibbled on the correct way to refer to the medical room that the Doctor was supposed to be in.
The episode was of course Tom's formal debut as the Doctor and the notes revealed that the episode had ratings of 10.8 million which is almost the same of 10.84 million for Chris Eccleston's debut in Rose.
Since Tom lasted seven seasons as the Doctor we can only hope the 10.84 million ratings for Rose is good indication that the current series as a whole would last seven seasons altogether if not longer.
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Post by matthewsee on Jan 6, 2008 12:44:29 GMT -5
Finished reading the DVD notes for Part 2:
The notes says that Barry Letts had been producer at the start of the Pertwee era. That is not entirely correct as he took over from the second Pertwee story The Silurians. In fact the DVD notes does state, later in the episode, that was the serial that Letts began his tenure as Producer.
The notes also quotes from Robert Holmes in an interview with DWM in which he said that Uncle Terrance had told him about the tradition of the departing script editor writing the first story of the next season. Given what is stated about this so-called tradition, the notes then mention that David Whitaker, Dennis Spooner, Gerry Davis and Derrick Sherwin had written the next story after they had left the post of script editor. It would seem there is a confusion between the departing script editor writing the next season opener and departing script editor writing the next story.
This is because of those four script editors only Gerry Davis wrote the first story of the next season after he left the script editor's job. While David Whitaker and Dennis Spooner did write the next story after leaving the script editor's job neither of their stories began a new season. As to Derrick Sherwin he left as Script Editor to become Producer overseeing Pat Troughton's formal swansong the season 6 closer The War Games, a story which he did not write. The error with Derrick Sherwin may be due to confusion over his capacity in the show as he continued as Producer for just one more serial the season 7 opener the Pertwee debut Spearhead from Space. Sherwin did not write Spearhead from Space but the story which sees the Doctor becoming UNIT's scientific adviser was a set-up that was made by Sherwin when he introduced UNIT in The Invasion in the previous season.
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Post by matthewsee on Feb 22, 2008 23:40:29 GMT -5
In the DVD notes for Robot Part 3 it says that before Tom was cast as the Fourth Doctor, producer Barry Letts had interviewed other potential Fourth Doctor candidates. They included:
Ron Moody
David Warner
Richard Hearne
Graham Crowden
Bernard Cribbins
Michael Bentine
Jim Dale
Fulton Mackay
Of these actors Ron Moody, according to Lis Sladen in the commentary for Ark In Space, later regretted not accepting the part of the Fourth Doctor. Moody semi-rectified this decision when he appeared in the Eighth Doctor Big Finish audio story Other Lives released in December 2005.
David Warner eventually got to play the Doctor albeit a version from an alternate universe in the Doctor Who Unbound audio series from Big Finish. In the lead up to the current TV series Warner was mentioned for consideration for the Doctor but that eventually went to Chris Eccleston.
Graham Crowden did eventually got to appear in Doctor Who alongside the man who got the part of the Fourth Doctor Tom Baker in The Horns of Nimon.
Bernard Cribbins was in the second Dalek movie Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD back in 1966. The movie was based on the second Dalek serial Daleks Invasion of Earth and existed in a seperate continuity from the TV series.
Cribbins finally appeared in TV Who in the current version.
Fulton Mackay had earlier appeared in Doctor Who in the Jon Pertwee serial The Silurians.
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