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Post by The Doctor on Mar 14, 2024 19:47:35 GMT
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Post by legios on Mar 14, 2024 22:05:41 GMT
The delegate for Planet Eden votes Yes. The colourised version is less than half of the content of the serial, and leaves out sufficient elements that it does not represent the story sufficiently to "count" in my view. As well as being a choppily-edited, tooth-grindingly rescored eldritch horror in its own right. A Hartnell run cannot be completed without the seven episodes of the proper version of the transmitted story. If you are happy with missing that bit of material then that is fine, but it doesn't count for the Achievement/Trophy... :-) Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 14, 2024 22:39:51 GMT
I am watching all seven episodes of 'The Daleks' RIGHT NOW.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 14, 2024 22:46:49 GMT
What, all at the same time?
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Post by Shockprowl on Mar 14, 2024 23:38:09 GMT
Roger that, Gentlemen.
It will be done.
Although I've just finished The Key to... I want to say 'Vector Sigma' but I know that's not right.
The Court Room Drama one.
THIS IS VERY GOOD HOOP.
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Post by KnightBeat on Mar 15, 2024 1:28:44 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2024 9:54:50 GMT
What, all at the same time? As well as TIME AND THE RANI. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2024 9:56:37 GMT
Roger that, Gentlemen. It will be done. Although I've just finished The Key to... I want to say 'Vector Sigma' but I know that's not right. The Court Room Drama one. THIS IS VERY GOOD HOOP.YARTEK, LEADER OF THE ALIEN VOORD. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2024 10:01:53 GMT
What, all at the same time? As well as TIME AND THE RANI. -Ralph And THE POWER OF THE DALEKS, SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE, UNDERWORLD, TIME-FLIGHT and ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN. -Ralph |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 15, 2024 11:00:26 GMT
Shockprowl: Ask us about the comic strip with Marinus and the Alien Vrood in
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2024 15:04:43 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 15, 2024 22:07:07 GMT
Hmm. That's not ideal, is it. Later the same day I could cope with, but if two eps drop day one but only one is broadcast terrestrially, the TV broadcasts are always going to be a week behind their online release. Rubbish.
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Post by Llama God on Mar 16, 2024 8:16:01 GMT
Yeah. I can totally understand why they're doing this - if they want a simultaneous worldwide release they *could* drop it online the same time that it airs on the BBC. EXCEPT that Who is famously all over the place depending on what sporting or other events the BBC is airing. So I can understand why they've gone for a fixed time slot. I just wish it wasn't midnight. Especially when they're dropping two episodes first time around - that's going to mean staying up until 0200hrs. 'Sake.
Of course, I "could just stay off the Internet", which is what many will helpfully suggest. Except spoilers for this will be all over everything - not just social media, but suggested Google articles, etc. I kind of need to speak to people and use t'Interwebs as part of my day. It didn't matter so much when we couldn't watch the recent specials live, that was just a couple of hours. But... yeah. I can see why they're doing it. But I don't like it.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 9:38:38 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2024 11:01:20 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 13:08:11 GMT
Yeah. I can totally understand why they're doing this - if they want a simultaneous worldwide release they *could* drop it online the same time that it airs on the BBC. EXCEPT that Who is famously all over the place depending on what sporting or other events the BBC is airing. So I can understand why they've gone for a fixed time slot. I just wish it wasn't midnight. Especially when they're dropping two episodes first time around - that's going to mean staying up until 0200hrs. 'Sake. Of course, I "could just stay off the Internet", which is what many will helpfully suggest. Except spoilers for this will be all over everything - not just social media, but suggested Google articles, etc. I kind of need to speak to people and use t'Interwebs as part of my day. It didn't matter so much when we couldn't watch the recent specials live, that was just a couple of hours. But... yeah. I can see why they're doing it. But I don't like it. Same. I understand but take a dim view of it as the priority is so DW drops at a good evening slot for the US. Makes it look like Disney money counts for more than licencee fee payer's money. Anyway, it'll be midnight showings for me to avoid spoilers. For a UK show I have paid for. Fuck sakes. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 16, 2024 13:22:25 GMT
I'm not going to panic. I haven't found it difficult to avoid spoilers for things like Who; I didn't get to see Ruby Road until a while after the broadcast and knew nothing about it. I didn't see The Giggle live either. I'm so knackered from work on a Friday night that I won't keep awake through a midnight broadcast, so I reckon I'll make it a Saturday night iPlayer treat post zoom call and just stay a day behind.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 13:45:33 GMT
It's still getting BBC1 broadcasts on Saturdays so you could watch it 'live'.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Mar 16, 2024 14:00:58 GMT
With my social media activity basically collapsed down to my Blusky "following" field, and the folk I follow not being the type to engage in spoilers on the first day a thing is going to be available, and also the day being a Saturday and my therefore probably not on social media much until the evening anyway I am not going to worry much about this. I'll likely just take it as an opportunity to move Doctor Who back to a late-afternoon/teatime slot on the Saturday.
I'm not staying up till midnight to watch something just because that is when the BBC puts it on their streaming service. Any more than I am going to spend eight hours of my day watching a Netflix series just because Netflix considers me to have given up if I don't watch the whole series in 24hrs. If they put it on a streaming service then they are putting it on my schedule, not theirs as far as I am concerned.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 16, 2024 14:44:39 GMT
It's still getting BBC1 broadcasts on Saturdays so you could watch it 'live'. -Ralph Yes, but after the first episode, the Saturday night TV broadcast will presumably be a week behind the iPlayer release if they're dropping two episodes day one. I'd always be a week behind the hub discussion then. A day behind is fine, a week is going to be annoying. |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 14:54:08 GMT
IIRC the press release correctly, the first two episodes are on BBC before Eurovision?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 16, 2024 15:23:46 GMT
Oh are they? Back to back? Blimey, that's going some for the beeb. That's going to wreck the weekly call that night!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 16, 2024 16:36:35 GMT
"For those in the UK, for the first time ever, the Doctor will land with two episodes premiering on BBC iPlayer at midnight, before arriving on BBC One later that day right before the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final."
As per the press release.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 16, 2024 17:08:59 GMT
That's got to be something to do with Disney surely. Two eps of Who back to back on prime time BBC1?!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 16, 2024 23:59:18 GMT
S15 BD dispatched!
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Post by KnightBeat on Mar 17, 2024 0:15:21 GMT
The Unearthly Child was repeated a week later as a result of the JFK assassination, wasn't it? Did it run back-to-back with the 2nd episode?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 17, 2024 0:22:08 GMT
Yes
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 17, 2024 10:09:39 GMT
Mine hasn't yet, but then I don't have Prime. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 17, 2024 10:24:26 GMT
Neither do I
It was something of a surprise given it was predicted to be delivered a week Monday
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 17, 2024 11:22:56 GMT
I have switched to waiting for the 'standard editions' of the boxsets. Take up less space and sturdier packaging.
-Ralph
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