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I've been getting excited about all the Doctor Who buzz, special, downloads, DVDs, Radio shows and dramas, so I've been itching to do a Doctor Who based project.
So I hit upon the idea of converting the two 80 minute 1965/66 'Dr Who' films into the TV show.
I'll be editing them as two 3-part serials in B&W (Roughly 25mins per episode) and presented as if they were always just part of the long running TV show (Somewhere between Hartnell and Troughton). Wherever possible I'll be trying to remove non-canonical elements (e.g. human Doctor is eccentric inventor etc) and make the films a little less silly. They will be called:
'Fortress of the Daleks' and 'Invasion of the Daleks'
I got the idea of releasing them the way a TV Who serial would've have been released in the late 60s. So it's my intention to "Premier" each episode via streaming on Vimeo at the same time each week. So you'll have to wait a whole week to see the cliffhanger resolved ;-)! Then after 6 weeks I'll put them all onto a DVD for the usual FE release.
It's my intention to have the first episode ready to "Air" to coincide with either Thursday 20th's Mark Gatiss' 'Adventure in time and space' special or the 'Day of the Doctor' special on Saturday 23rd so you'll be able to watch it as part of the 50th Anniversary festivities. As tomorrow is the 20th and I've still work to do, the 23rd may be more likely . Then the other 5 episodes will follow at the same time, same place and same day after that.
Here is the opening minute of the first episode (An early version of it anyway) as a teaser of what is to come...
Right, I'll collect the episodes as I do them in this first post for ease...
Week 1: The Dead Forest
Week 2: Escape from the City
Week 3: The Neutronic Bomb
Week 4: London 2150 AD
Week 5: The Dalek Mine
https://vimeo.com/82428188[/video]
Week 6: The Battle for Earth
https://vimeo.com/82824575[/video]
(Password to all is: fanedit)
So I hit upon the idea of converting the two 80 minute 1965/66 'Dr Who' films into the TV show.
I'll be editing them as two 3-part serials in B&W (Roughly 25mins per episode) and presented as if they were always just part of the long running TV show (Somewhere between Hartnell and Troughton). Wherever possible I'll be trying to remove non-canonical elements (e.g. human Doctor is eccentric inventor etc) and make the films a little less silly. They will be called:
'Fortress of the Daleks' and 'Invasion of the Daleks'
I got the idea of releasing them the way a TV Who serial would've have been released in the late 60s. So it's my intention to "Premier" each episode via streaming on Vimeo at the same time each week. So you'll have to wait a whole week to see the cliffhanger resolved ;-)! Then after 6 weeks I'll put them all onto a DVD for the usual FE release.
It's my intention to have the first episode ready to "Air" to coincide with either Thursday 20th's Mark Gatiss' 'Adventure in time and space' special or the 'Day of the Doctor' special on Saturday 23rd so you'll be able to watch it as part of the 50th Anniversary festivities. As tomorrow is the 20th and I've still work to do, the 23rd may be more likely . Then the other 5 episodes will follow at the same time, same place and same day after that.
Here is the opening minute of the first episode (An early version of it anyway) as a teaser of what is to come...
Right, I'll collect the episodes as I do them in this first post for ease...
Week 1: The Dead Forest
Week 2: Escape from the City
Week 3: The Neutronic Bomb
Week 4: London 2150 AD
Week 5: The Dalek Mine
https://vimeo.com/82428188[/video]
Week 6: The Battle for Earth
https://vimeo.com/82824575[/video]
(Password to all is: fanedit)