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chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Spearhead has been on the release schedule for about a year.

RBR2 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 17, 2013 18:30

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

mrak wrote:

Ha.

I remember when someone posted on the old Restoration Team forum speculatively asking whether it would ever be worth releasing Spearhead on Blu-Ray/HD format. The answer was a resolute negative, reasoning that the relative clarity of 16mm film was comparable to an SD telly picture and there would be nothing particularly gained from an HD version. Even director Kevin Smith, never one shy to ring a buck out of his own back catalogue, was heard to have baulked at a Blu-Ray release of Clerks, similarly shot on 16mm albeit in monochrome.

The same people who said Who would never be released on DVD because it was too expensive to master.

Robin Of Sherwood is 16mm and looks good on Blu-Ray. HD it isn't but it is a good step up from the previous DVD releases.

Spearheads film stock is some 13 years older than the first series of Sherwood but I reckon it should look reasonably good on Blu-Ray.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Some screen caps of Robin Of Sherwood should give some indication of what 16mm looks like on Blu-Ray:

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Robin-of-Sherwood-Set-1-Blu-ray/21855/#Screenshots

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10174

it's all about the compression artifacts.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/doctorwho/ar ... ry-Special

I guess they were always going to be a part of it but if we really are only going to have one 'episode' with a slightly extended length i'd rather they focused on one thing rather than throw everything and the kitchen sink in

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Fucking Daleks again.

Yawn

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Yeah, but from my understanding of it, some of the Anniversary special takes place during the Time War (hence John Hurt's Doctor) - so the Daleks kind of have to be there for that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

I don't care. Daleks are dull. I know they've tried to make them scarier and more menacing but an enemy that you can gently job away from is not interesting to me.

Yawn

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12339

DavPaz wrote:

I don't care. Daleks are dull. I know they've tried to make them scarier and more menacing but an enemy that you can gently job away from is not interesting to me.

Yawn

"But I'm terrifying!"
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RBR2 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 24, 2013 7:42

BikNorton · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 10174

I think I've always misread UNIT as UINT. Possibly even before I knew what a computers are.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Rumours knocking around that Paul McGann has recorded "something" for the 50th birthday special in the last few weeks.

Interesting that it has happened a while after the main shoot has wrapped, thereby allowing all the Doctors to legitimately deny they had done anything when it was being shot. Then when the fuss has died down, they go and do their bits and they'll be no more questions as they spent all of May saying they hadn't been asked.

Just a Chinny theory.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Rumours knocking around that Paul McGann has recorded "something" for the 50th birthday special in the last few weeks.

Interesting that it has happened a while after the main shoot has wrapped, thereby allowing all the Doctors to legitimately deny they had done anything when it was being shot. Then when the fuss has died down, they go and do their bits and they'll be no more questions as they spent all of May saying they hadn't been asked.

Just a Chinny theory.

There were rumors that there would be a web episode or something similar showing McGann becoming Hurt (as in his regeneration)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

zaphod79 wrote:

Wife in space gets to the end of the classic run (and the TV movie)

http://wifeinspace.com/2013/05/the-tv-movie/

The follow on is now on kickstarter and the plan is to run a blog while they watch all 52 episodes of Blakes 7

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142 ... -and-blake

Currently at £5200 of a £7000 goal with 18 days to go

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

As far as the new doctor: Idris Elba, Paterson Joseph or Cucumberbatch, please. That Grint fella can fuck right off.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Peter Capaldi to be the 12th Doctor?

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

LewieP wrote:

Peter Capaldi to be the 12th Doctor?

I really think he'd make a good Doctor but I'm pretty sure it will be a young relatively unknown British actor (so that also rules out people like Cumberbatch)

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

No way they'd got for anyone older than Tennant now. The US market is too buoyant to risk it with "Ooooh, gross! He's so OLD! Bring back Matt Smith!"

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2013 15:16

DavPaz wrote:

No way they'd got for anyone older than Tennant now. The US market is too buoyant to risk it with "Ooooh, gross! He's so OLD! Bring back Matt Smith!"

House proves otherwise.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16641

Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker as Dr Who would be amazing.

Dr Lave · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5979

Peter Capaldi could be incredible.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

SilentElk wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

No way they'd got for anyone older than Tennant now. The US market is too buoyant to risk it with "Ooooh, gross! He's so OLD! Bring back Matt Smith!"

House proves otherwise.

Ok, but House was never played by a quirky 20-something first was he?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Old blokes are very much in with Hollywood and such right now.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2013 15:25

Is there any reason in the canon why it has to be a white male?

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Grim... wrote:

Is there any reason in the canon why it has to be a white male?

Don't believe so.

I always thought Patterson Joseph would be great as the Doctor.

Sexist though it may be, however, but I'm really not sure about the idea of actually changing the Doctor's gender though.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2013 15:30

I believe there has been reference to a Timelord that changed genders, but it was considered unusual.

Nothing mentioned regarding race, AFAIK.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Zio wrote:

Grim... wrote:

Is there any reason in the canon why it has to be a white male?

Don't believe so.

I always thought Patterson Joseph would be great as the Doctor.

Sexist though it may be, however, but I'm really not sure about the idea of actually changing the Doctor's gender though.

He was one of the names mentioned before Matt Smith , and I agree he would make a really good Doctor.

I don't think they will change from a white male but on screen cannon has mentioned the changing of sex and ethnicity - I'm specifically thinking of The Doctors Wife episode by Gaimen when he mentioned the Corsair (?) who was the person who sent out the cube that the Doctor picked up was mentioned to be male and female at some point.

Of course since its written by Moffat you could also mention The Curse of Fatal Death when we ended with the Doctor as played by Joanna Lumley

** Edit - Didn't realise this has actually been around since Shada **

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Corsair

Quote:

The Corsair was a Time Lord, described by the Eleventh Doctor as "one of the good ones". The Corsair took on different sexes throughout many incarnations. The Doctor noted that when the Corsair was female, "she was a bad girl."

Quote:

The Fourth Doctor once said to Romana that he should meet up with the Corsair sometime; he described the Corsair as both male and female in the same sentence, implying one of his regenerations had already been female.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

Didn't the Doctor once claim to have been a mother?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Joanna Lumley was The Doctor once.

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jul 30, 2013 16:17

DavPaz wrote:

SilentElk wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

No way they'd got for anyone older than Tennant now. The US market is too buoyant to risk it with "Ooooh, gross! He's so OLD! Bring back Matt Smith!"

House proves otherwise.

Ok, but House was never played by a quirky 20-something first was he?

Nor was Doctor Who.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38667

SilentElk wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

SilentElk wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

No way they'd got for anyone older than Tennant now. The US market is too buoyant to risk it with "Ooooh, gross! He's so OLD! Bring back Matt Smith!"

House proves otherwise.

Ok, but House was never played by a quirky 20-something first was he?

Nor was Doctor Who.

Touché

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

zaphod79 wrote:

Wife in space gets to the end of the classic run (and the TV movie)

http://wifeinspace.com/2013/05/the-tv-movie/

The follow on is now on kickstarter and the plan is to run a blog while they watch all 52 episodes of Blakes 7

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142 ... -and-blake

Currently at £5200 of a £7000 goal with 18 days to go

It would take more than 7 grand for me to watch Animals again. Brrrr.

B7 is odd. I can't think of any series that goes from fantastic to shit and back again often in the space of a few minutes so it should at least be entertaining.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

This is happening at this very moment at Big Finish:

Makes you feel old!

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 14:10

I recognise the guy at the back from Law and Order: UK. None of the others, though. Go me!

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22397

I'm going to guess at Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

Trooper wrote:

I'm going to guess at Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.

Correct:

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Trooper wrote:

I'm going to guess at Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.

Correct:

"OK Matthew, we're going to do a publicity photo where we need you to all look serious........"

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 14:25

chinnyhill10 wrote:

Trooper wrote:

I'm going to guess at Adric, Tegan and Nyssa.

Correct:

"OK Matthew, we're going to do a publicity photo where we need you to all look serious........"

What's Tristin doing with those people?

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22397

The only reason I got that, is that is how far i'm up to on the Wife in Space blog. I had no idea these people even existed until today

RBR2 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 31, 2013 18:22

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Looks like we'll find out who the 12th is this weekend

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvan ... unday.html

Quote:

On Thursday, rumours suggested that the actor playing the 12th Doctor Who may be announced this weekend. Now the BBC have confirmed that fans will be able to find out Matt Smith's successor in a live show at 7pm on Sunday.

The next Doctor will be revealed to the nation in a special one-off live television show hosted by Zoe Ball. The actor will then give their first ever interview in front of a live studio audience, the TARDIS and a few Daleks. Previous Doctors and companions will also be present for the announcement, which will take place after feature clips and a potted history of the show's 50 years on British screens.

Matt Smith, who will step down from the role at the end of this year, will speak about what it takes to be the Doctor and showrunner Steven Moffat will explain about what it means to take on one of the biggest roles in TV. Moffat gave little away about the new Doctor, but said: "The decision is made and the time has come to reveal who’s taking over the TARDIS. For the last of the Time Lords, the clock is striking twelve."

Another rumour has been confirmed by the BBC: the fact that the codename Houdini (rather than Whodini) has been used to disguise the casting decisions. Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC drama comissioning said: "Amongst all the speculation and betting, there has been lots of fun and intrigue at work as we've been using the codename Houdini as a decoy! It’s the biggest secret in showbiz."

chinnyhill10 · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 15695

zaphod79 wrote:

Looks like we'll find out who the 12th is this weekend

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvan ... unday.html

I can only assume the spirit of JNT has entered the production team. And it wouldn't be the first time that JNT entered a membk^H^DHdd [no carrier]

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:56

Good work, Chinny.

Morte · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:10

zaphod79 wrote:

Looks like we'll find out who the 12th is this weekend

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvan ... unday.html

Quote:

On Thursday, rumours suggested that the actor playing the 12th Doctor Who may be announced this weekend. Now the BBC have confirmed that fans will be able to find out Matt Smith's successor in a live show at 7pm on Sunday.

The next Doctor will be revealed to the nation in a special one-off live television show hosted by Zoe Ball. The actor will then give their first ever interview in front of a live studio audience, the TARDIS and a few Daleks. Previous Doctors and companions will also be present for the announcement, which will take place after feature clips and a potted history of the show's 50 years on British screens.

Matt Smith, who will step down from the role at the end of this year, will speak about what it takes to be the Doctor and showrunner Steven Moffat will explain about what it means to take on one of the biggest roles in TV. Moffat gave little away about the new Doctor, but said: "The decision is made and the time has come to reveal who’s taking over the TARDIS. For the last of the Time Lords, the clock is striking twelve."

Another rumour has been confirmed by the BBC: the fact that the codename Houdini (rather than Whodini) has been used to disguise the casting decisions. Ben Stephenson, controller of BBC drama comissioning said: "Amongst all the speculation and betting, there has been lots of fun and intrigue at work as we've been using the codename Houdini as a decoy! It’s the biggest secret in showbiz."

Sounds appalling.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:33

It is going to be the Royal Baby.

Kern · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:37

It had better be Zeppo.

myp · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:42

I remember how appalled a lot of people here were when David Tennant and Matt Smith got the job, so I'll probably stay out of this thread for a week or so once the announcement has been made.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

It's been leaked...

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Genuine behind the scenes footage

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Wullie wrote:

It's been leaked...

Radio times page with a letter from that person age 10

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-07-31/doctor-who-read-the-fan-letter-bookies-favourite-peter-capaldi-wrote-to-radio-times-aged-15

Doctor Who: read the fan letter bookies' favourite Peter Capaldi wrote to Radio Times aged 15

If the Thick of It star and avid Who fan really is in the frame to replace Matt Smith, he'll find it very difficult to say no...

Yesterday, Peter Capaldi's name entered the frame as the 2-1 favourite to play the next Doctor, the 12th or possibly 13th Doctor (depending on how we'll factor John Hurt's incarnation into the official sequence).

How likely is such a high-profile casting? Despite Steven Moffat's wish for an older Time Lord, the former The Thick of It star's availability and how much dosh such a top-drawer actor might cost the BBC, the most important factor that could swing it is that – like David Tennant before him – Peter Capaldi is a Doctor Who fan. And I mean a HUGE Doctor Who fan.

He was a key figure in the world of fandom in the 1970s, even pre-dating the formation of DWAS (the Doctor Who Appreciation Society) in 1976. Aged 15, he pinned his colours to the mast in this letter published in Radio Times in February 1974.

http://www.radiotimes.com/uploads/image ... 34582.jpeg

Earlier this year I met Capaldi on the set of An Adventure in Space and Time, the forthcoming drama about Doctor Who's inception. He is friends with Mark Gatiss and had taken time out of his schedule to visit the studios in Wimbledon. We chatted briefly while watching scenes being filmed on, let's just say, a historical setting, and on the lovingly recreated Tardis set. We were both thrilled at what we saw and I could see then that he remains as big a fan today as he was four decades ago.

If Peter Capaldi's name truly is in the frame and he's offered the part, surely he'd find it irresistible.

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