The Only Water in the Forest is a River

It's been a while since I posted anything new here and due to lack of interest, (the most downloads I ever had was twenty) I will probably not continue to create any more fan edits.

My theory about reducing the running time of old Doctor Who episodes and making them as or more entertaining is something I might return to in future but probably not under the Zagreus banner.

I will leave this for a few weeks so please contact me with anything constructive.

The Only Water in the Forest is a River

Genesis of the Daleks

Thought I'd try my hand at editing a classic. I'm sure you are familiar with the original six parter but next time you watch it why not go for my seventy two minute fan edit?

So what's new with this one? I've used a new start and end titles from the Whomix website. Rejigged the ending slightly and trimmed it down to roughly half the original running time. Hope you like it.

Genesis of the Daleks Zagreus F.E.

Colony in Space

Colony in Space is a six part serial from 1971 with a  running time of two and a half hours. It's a fine example of classic Who and the first time the earthbound third Doctor get's the TARDIS to travel to an alien wold. It's very good but six parts might be a bit of a stretch. That's why I have trimmed it down to two episodes slightly both slightly over forty five minutes. Saving an hour of your time.

If that's too much for I suggest you jump in at episode two, when the Master shows up.

Some scenes were too good to lose, so I have included some of the  highlights from the cutting room floor.


Colony in Space - Zagreus Edit - Episode 1
Colony in Space - Zagreus Edit - Episode 2
Discarded Scenes

These files are divx, if you prefer an mp4/H264 I can upload those on request.

Radio interview with Chris Eccleston.

It's a two hour show but not much chat about DW. At the point Mark asks Chris about the show he somehow manages to switch the subject to James Bond of all things.  It's only on iPlayer for three more days but here's a link to an mp3! Thanks to Big Radge Dug for letting me know it was on, would have missed it otherwise.

Inferno

Trying something different now. Instead of a single feature I'm going for episodic approach with this one. It's a work in progress because so far I have only done episode one which is an amalgamation of the original two episodes leading up to the Doctor travelling to the parallel world. The remaining five episodes are probably going to be covered by two episodes so it will be a seven parter down to a three parter if all goes to plan. 

I realise now I forgot to my production ident so I will post another version at some point. Here's the link anyway.

Inferno - Zagreus Edit - Part One

Day of the Daleks Fan Edit

Here is an edited version of this 1972 Pertwee four parter. The running time is reduced by 25 minutes which is pretty good considering how tight it is to begin with. 

The most radical cut it was the doctor and Jo's escape attempt near the end. Sadly we lose the scenes where Jo hits the controller over the head with a vase and then get to ride around on buggies while being chased by Ogrons. Actually, put like that, perhaps losing those scenes wasn't such a great idea.

Anyway. The conversation the Doctor has with the controller was two separate scenes with the escape attempt in the middle of them. Now it plays as one long scene.

Some of the action sequences have been tightened up, especially at the end where the production team infamously had only three daleks at their disposal. The scenes where the Doctor and Jo are tied up by the guerillas has also been altered. 

Let me know what you think over at the forum.

Day of the Daleks Zagreus Edit

Unmade Doctor Who Movie

I thought I would share this with you. It's a substantial article from Doctor Who Monthly about Scratchman, an unmade movie that was doing the rounds. It would have featured the fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry, Auld Horny Heid and probably a few Daleks. It sounds brilliant but sadly it was not to be.  (link is to a pdf document.)

DWM 279 Scratchman Article