From: wilson@cs.ucf.edu (tom wilson)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: CBS/FOX Videos (updated)
Date: 6 Apr 92 08:36:55 GMT
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Organization: University of Central Florida, Orlando

This evidently didn't go out the first time. I added quite a bit on The
War Games since then.

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I posted this to Canada this time. If Canada does not use NTSC format, or
has a different distributor other than CBS/FOX, someone tell me and I'll limit
to USA in the future.

Thanks to the people who replied last time. If anyone can add anything else,
please e-mail me. Does anyone know if the old releases are planned to be
re-released in episode format? I know I won't buy them as they are.

First some The War Games video comments. I just got it and I've noticed three
problems. (1) the brightness seems to fluctuate between dark and bright. For
the most part the brightness is consistent but in the first few episodes the
change is rather noticeable. It's not too distracting. (2) In episode 7 (24:20
on my tape counter), Carstairs (sp?) says in the presense of the Doctor and the
general with the glasses:
"Yes, this isn't a war. We're not in...on our own planet."
                                  ^ he apparently flubs the line here
On my copy that I taped off TV, there's no problem (other than the actor's
screw up), but on the bought video the audio flickers in and out, so that
it sounds like "--- a war. --- on --- own -lanet."
(3) In episode 9 (46:69 on my counter), after the siren(?) is turned off (after
the security chief is zapped), Zoe says (almost inaudibly):
"I don't understand Doctor. How are we going to get all of these people back
to their own time?"
The Doctor's response is totally inaudible. On my other tape, Zoe's line is
louder and the Doctor's line is:
"Yes.....I've been thinking about that."

Anyone else notice these things, or should I return my copy?

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CBS/FOX Doctor Who video releases

Ep?=episode format, LD?=laser disc
 
Title                        Ep?  LD?   Comments
-------------------------    ---  ---   --------
An Unearthly Child            Y    N
The War Games                 Y    N    2 tapes
The Three Doctors             Y    N
Curse of Fenric               Y    N    Contains extra footage
The Hartnell Years            -    N    Contains: pilot for An Unearthly Child
                                                  The Crusade (3)
                                                  The Celestial Toymaker (4)
                                                  other misc. clips
The Troughton Years           -    N    Contains: The Abominable Snowmen (2)
                                                  The Enemy of the World (3)
                                                  The Space Pirates (2)
 
The Seeds of Death            N    N
Spearhead from Space          ?    N
The Day of the Daleks         ?    Y
The Time Warrior              N    N
Death to the Daleks           ?    N
The Ark in Space              N    N
Revenge of the Cybermen       N    N
Terror of the Zygons          N    N
Pyramids of Mars              N    N
The Brain of Morbius          N    N    edited down to 60 mins
The Deadly Assassin           N    N
The Robots of Death           N    N
The Talons of Weng Chiang     N    N
The Five Doctors              Y    N    There's only 1 episode anyway
                                        one person says there's extra footage,
                                        another says it's been edited

Tom