From Russell T. Davies -
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Space: 1999 Year Two Blu-ray Delay
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| Koenig is not amused! |
Essentially, here's deal: When Network (which does all the production and remastering on the BDs under license with ITV) went to produce the Season One set, they discovered that all of the mag tracks (that make up the audio on the first season episodes) had already been digitized, so the company didn't have to take on the cost of doing it themselves in order to create new 5.1 audio mixes for each episode (in addition to the original mono). However, those tracks haven't been converted yet for Season Two and the high cost of digitizing this material has caused the budget for the BD production to become quite expensive. Network has informed me that they're definitely committed to releasing the season on Blu-ray and they're talking with ITV and New Video about the best way to make it happen affordably while ensuring that the set is of the same high quality as Season One. As with that set, Network will transfer all the episode film elements in full HD for remastering and hopes to find additional film material in the archives as well (outtakes and the like) that they'll also scan in HD for inclusion on the set. Of course, they again plan for the audio to be available in both 5.1 and the original mono. That said, the time needed to work out these details and complete the production properly means that Season Two will likely not street on BD until late next year or early 2014. In any case, rest assured that it's coming... just not right away. Adjust your plans accordingly.
Taken from: http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Space-1999-Season-2-Blu-ray/17503#ixzz26mty9Y20
A Town Called Mercy by @cheezypeas (Spoilers)
Well, after all the hullabaloo surrounding last weeks episode (which
was very much a marmite episode - you either loved or loathed it) we all needed a well deserved break from space and Jurassic creatures.
The wild wild West, guns blazing, high noon standoffs, saloon bars and suspicious locals. This episode had it all with the added addition of a fiery TimeLord, war, regret & guilt. oh and of course a cyborg hell bent on avenging his creator.
How could I forget the transgender horse called Susan? Every Western should have one!
The wild wild West, guns blazing, high noon standoffs, saloon bars and suspicious locals. This episode had it all with the added addition of a fiery TimeLord, war, regret & guilt. oh and of course a cyborg hell bent on avenging his creator.
How could I forget the transgender horse called Susan? Every Western should have one!
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| father Ted's "My Lovely Horse" springs to mind! |
New The Hobbit pictures, plus trailer due this week
Sylvester McCoy, Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman and more pop up in new pictures from The Hobbit...
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| Sylvester McCoy as the wizard Radagast the Brown |
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Black and White: The Mystery Revealed~
Review of the Big Finish-Doctor Who audio:
This story quickly became one of my top favourite Big Finish audios. It is the second story of a trilogy, starting right where Protect and Survive leaves off but there is more to the Doctor and his TARDIS than meets the eye and even more going on behind the scenes. The story brings the Seventh Doctor's current companions, Ace and Hex, face to face with a couple of familiar names from previous audios - Sally Morgan and Lysandra Aristedes. Sally Morgan met the Seventh Doctor in the story House of Blue Fire which featured the mysterious Black TARDIS. Lysandra Aristedes met the Seventh Doctor, along with Ace and Hex, in Project: Destiny which featured the White TARDIS. The Black TARDIS has never been explained even though it was mentioned in three stories, Robophobia, The Doomsday Quatrain and House of Blue Fire. The White TARDIS is explained by the Seventh Doctor in the audio The Angel of Scutari. The Doctor tells Ace that cannon fire activated the TARDIS' Hostile Action Displacement System and must have shattered her corporeal shell with most of it ending up in the Black Sea. He assures Ace that the TARDIS will grow another one with the familiar blue colour. Nothing more is said about it but this event is an important point in Black and White.
There is a lot of action in this fast paced story with many flashbacks of the Doctor travelling with Sally and Lysandra and the big reveal about the TARDIS. It has companions working together and learning about one another, all the while trying to figure out what is happening. The ending is a classic cliffhanger which I recommend listening to a special scene after the closing title sequence. Black TARDIS. White TARDIS. Same TARDIS in different dimensions or something more complicated? A mystery that is revealed in the audio Black and White but leaves you with new questions.
Reviewing A Town Called Mercy (may contain spoilers) by @MantoniaP
Reviewing A Town Called Mercy (may contain spoilers)
by @mantoniap aka Marie Parsons
This is an episode to watch more than once. It is poignant. And alarming. And redemptive.
The Doctor has been running ever since The End of Time, running, faster than ever away from his inner demons. He buried all the Fire, Ice, Rage and self-hatred buried deep within, because, even if his eyes, chin, ears, and hair become new--he still carries all those memories. Little Amelia became Amy, his best friend, and along with Rory, they travel part of their lives with the Doctor (now more than 1200 years old, he says) and part of their lives they stay at home. Waiting months for his visits. The first of the companions to do so.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Doctor Who - A Town Called Mercy (mild spoilers)
Doctor Who – A Town Called Mercy
Review By Ken Parker
Mild Spoilers
The new Doctor Who series has always
been inconsistent when it comes to quality. The ups and downs are
part of the fabric of the series. Sure, many other series follow
suite but not all. Wouldn't it be great to have a bunch of really
good episodes in a row. Well, hopefully A Town Called Mercy will
start a streak of this type of quality. Shaking off last week's
story, we look now to an adventure with the Doctor and the old West.
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