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

The Ambassadors of Death.

This was a seven part Pertwee story from 1970, around the time of the first moon landings. There was definitely an attempt at a realistic portrayal of space travel but many of these scenes are terribly dull and have been heavily trimmed.

Liz's escape from Carrington's scientific base, quiclkly foiled by the Bruno Taltallion has been snipped. As have many scenes with Taltallion. Including most of episode five, where Taltallion attempts to blow up the Doctor with a bomb in a suitcase. It didn't really add anything to the story so that was easily trimmed away.

One last thing, for my amusement, I have added a Chet Baker soundtrack to one of the later scenes where the Brig commandeers Bessie to rescue the Doctor and Liz. The track is called Vehicle, I don't know what year it's from.

The Ambassadors of Death - Zagreus Edit

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