This is why I respect the Restoration Team so much. Even comparatively rubbish, not very well-liked stories get as much TLC as the big fan favourites. Nice job as always, Mr M.
Like how when working on _Star Trek: The Original Series'_ DVD releases, the people seem to have given even turkeys like "Spock's Brain" the same TLC as masterpieces like "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Trouble with Tribbles".
During 1986, when American PBS stations were offered the recovered 1960’s stories (like 16 Hartnell, and only 5 Troughton) in “movie-edit”….it was a real twist to go from “the war machines” to “the dominators”. Did not realize that the UK, or Aust’, NZ, or even Canada may not have access to 60’s Who, then. I recorded on the family Beta video. While we had the 5th Doctor stories, just before 1st and 2nd existing…would not get the 6th Doctor until 1987/‘8 when many plot B points were spoiled by DWM. One could tell, in the Sixties movie-edits, change in episodes by quality of the film.
The first time I saw the Dominators was on a tenth generation fan copy, years before it was released on video. By comparison the VHS version was pristine compared to what was available at the time! It was literally like watching the VHS version through a snowstorm. And the audio! Praise be the Restoration Team.
You're one of Doctor Who fandom's greats, Pip. I really mean that. This kind of work is invaluable. It's the kind of thing I can do on paper, and write about, but the way you make these miniature documentaries doing the same thing is astounding. Just great stuff.
I love these kinds of videos, thanks. Looking at the censor clips as presented here, I can see why they were made even if they are a bit tame by today's standards. Teel's cries as he is tortured, and the shot of Balan (I think) staggering around after being shot, and then being shot again, are still a bit brutal!
Like how in one of the censor clips from _The Smugglers,_ the dead man's eyes are staring right at the viewer. And when the bobby gets deleted in part five of _The Invasion,_ you can tell he's suffering as his death comes upon him.
This is the best comparison video you have done in a while, very detailed and enjoyable to watch. The history of the story and it's different surviving prints is a story all of its own. I know it's not a very well loved story and the behind the scenes production issues explain why this is probably so however i did enjoy watching this serial for the first time in 1990 when I purchased the VHS 📼 release.
I love how in-depth these are and as a kid getting the original doctor Who VHS it brings back a lot of good memories. Even though all the VHS are in the loft haha
I'm not sure if it's an underrated story but I understand a lot of fans do not like it. But it's one of my fav classic Doctor Who. I first sew it on the DVD.
That was an excellent in depth video Pip , loved it 👍 I think I’ve mentioned it before but would love to see a comparison done with the Dalek films as they’ve changed a lot from VHS to DVD to the latest Blu Ray in sound and vision
This is why I respect the Restoration Team so much. Even comparatively rubbish, not very well-liked stories get as much TLC as the big fan favourites. Nice job as always, Mr M.
Like how when working on _Star Trek: The Original Series'_ DVD releases, the people seem to have given even turkeys like "Spock's Brain" the same TLC as masterpieces like "The City on the Edge of Forever" and "The Trouble with Tribbles".
Oh, Enid Mawson. If only the BBC had followed what you had done. We would have so many more classics in the archives.
During 1986, when American PBS stations were offered the recovered 1960’s stories (like 16 Hartnell, and only 5 Troughton) in “movie-edit”….it was a real twist to go from “the war machines” to “the dominators”. Did not realize that the UK, or Aust’, NZ, or even Canada may not have access to 60’s Who, then. I recorded on the family Beta video.
While we had the 5th Doctor stories, just before 1st and 2nd existing…would not get the 6th Doctor until 1987/‘8 when many plot B points were spoiled by DWM.
One could tell, in the Sixties movie-edits, change in episodes by quality of the film.
The first time I saw the Dominators was on a tenth generation fan copy, years before it was released on video. By comparison the VHS version was pristine compared to what was available at the time! It was literally like watching the VHS version through a snowstorm. And the audio! Praise be the Restoration Team.
You're one of Doctor Who fandom's greats, Pip. I really mean that. This kind of work is invaluable. It's the kind of thing I can do on paper, and write about, but the way you make these miniature documentaries doing the same thing is astounding. Just great stuff.
Thanks James - coming from you that means a lot! :)
I love these kinds of videos, thanks. Looking at the censor clips as presented here, I can see why they were made even if they are a bit tame by today's standards. Teel's cries as he is tortured, and the shot of Balan (I think) staggering around after being shot, and then being shot again, are still a bit brutal!
Like how in one of the censor clips from _The Smugglers,_ the dead man's eyes are staring right at the viewer.
And when the bobby gets deleted in part five of _The Invasion,_ you can tell he's suffering as his death comes upon him.
This is the best comparison video you have done in a while, very detailed and enjoyable to watch. The history of the story and it's different surviving prints is a story all of its own. I know it's not a very well loved story and the behind the scenes production issues explain why this is probably so however i did enjoy watching this serial for the first time in 1990 when I purchased the VHS 📼 release.
I love how in-depth these are and as a kid getting the original doctor Who VHS it brings back a lot of good memories. Even though all the VHS are in the loft haha
I apologize for the 20 seconds of footage my country cut out at the time :P
Don't apologize. If the cuts had not been made, the BBC would have no actual footage at all from _The Smugglers_ or _The Highlanders._
I'm not sure if it's an underrated story but I understand a lot of fans do not like it. But it's one of my fav classic Doctor Who. I first sew it on the DVD.
This is a very good and in-depth video Pip! 👍🏻
That was really interesting. Great work, Pip.
Coincidentally, Enid Mawson used to live quite close to Madeley Road in Ealing.
That was an excellent in depth video Pip , loved it 👍
I think I’ve mentioned it before but would love to see a comparison done with the Dalek films as they’ve changed a lot from VHS to DVD to the latest Blu Ray in sound and vision
Another great video 😊 really enjoyed getting know a little more about the release and how it survived
Nice video Pip! 👍
This video is much more exciting than the story.
I've heard that Patrick Troughton watched a screening of this story the day he died.
Season Six was also repeated in the Moreton Bay District in 1973. Space Pirates and everything else.
Love this, more please :)
Great vid
Sad trivia but I believe this is the only DW VHS to not list the running time on the back cover (although I believe it should be 120 minutes).
This is the right place for sad trivia. :)
Heresy it may be, but I'd still love to have unrestored version of all B+W 60s DW as a dvd/bluray option.
Wouldn't the frame rate for episode 3 all be the same if it was shot on film?