The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (William Hartnell) stars alongside his travel companions Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Steven (Peter Purves) which sees the TARDIS landing on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which it orbits. Trapped on the planet with them are the Drahvins, a race of warrior women, and the reptilian Rills. The Drahvins want to steal the Rill spaceship to escape the planet’s death throes, and enlist the Doctor’s help, which he is forced to give when Maaga, the cunning Drahvin leader, keeps first Vicki and then later Steven as her hostage. Even though the Doctor is determined to broker a peace deal between the two sides in this conflict and help everyone escape safely, Maaga doesn’t trust him, or the Rills…

The two disc release gives fans the opportunity to enjoy the four new animated episodes of Galaxy 4, in either colour or black and white.

The release will also include:

Remastered Surviving Original Episode 3
Remastered Surviving Clip from Episode 1
Telesnap Reconstructions of Episodes 1,2 and 4.
Audio Commentaries
Making Of Documentary
Finding Galaxy 4 Documentary
Photo Gallery
Production Subtitles

[Demoncrat]

Ghost Light arrived, so that's what I'll be doing tonight.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Ghost Light arrived, so that's what I'll be doing tonight.

I absolutely love Ghost Light. Top five of all time for me.

If you have the same love then you'll need to get the Blu-ray when it's relreleased so you can watch the extended workprint.

Plus the Blu-ray picture quality is, well it's not like watching it through a haze for a start. It's different class altogether. Of all the stories i've seen in upscaled HD Ghost Light is the one that benefited most.

Enjoy.

[Susan Foreman]

'Galaxy 4' pre-order available at Amazon UK for Blu-Ray - £18:99 or DVD - £14:99

Release date: November 8

Mind you, some of the animation looks a bit dodgy!

[iank]

I notice they're not showing the humans.

Still, I'm excited. The idea of a widescreen full colour Hartnell story is quite tantalising.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

'Galaxy 4'
Mind you, some of the animation looks a bit dodgy!

Originally Posted by iank

I notice they're not showing the humans.

Here's an exclusive image of Steven Taylor as voiced by Peter Purves.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #526

Name: James Garbutt [1925 - 2020]
Year(s): 1975
Stories: Genesis Of The Daleks part 2 – Genesis Of The Daleks part 4
Character(s): Ronson

Before Who:
Films: Codename: Portcullis (1969)
Television: The Wednesday Play: Close the Coalhouse Door (1969) / The Borderers [13 episodes as Rab (1970)] / The Troubleshooters: Hey, We've Got a Problem Here (1970) / Joe and the Gladiator [2 episodes as the Storyteller (1971)] The Witch's Daughter [4 episodes as Will Campbell (1971)] / Owen, M.D.: A Country Pursuit (1971) / Play for Today: The Fishing Party* (1972) / Full House [2 episodes, different characters (1972-1973)] / Woodstock [5 episodes as Dr. Rochecliffe (1973)] / The Bellcrest Story: Visiting Customers (1973) / Warship: Hot Pursuit (1973) / The Onedin Line [10 episodes as Robert Onedin (1973-1974)] / Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?: In Harm's Way (1974) / Dial M for Murder: The Vineyard (1974) / Centre Play: God Bless Thee, Jacky Maddison (1974) / Z Cars: Pursuit (1974) / This Week: 1844 (1975) / The Love School: Seeking the Bubbles (1975)

After Who:
Films: Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd (1976), The Thirty Nine Steps (1978), Superman (1978), The Black Velvet Gown (1991), The Girl (1996), King Leek (1997), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Night Flight (2002), Bledlow Ridge: The Outsider (2002)
Television: Kim & Co.: Holiday Haunt (1975) / The Stars Look Down [5 episodes as Hudspeth (1975)] / Second City Firsts: The Healing (1975) / Bill Brand [3 episodes as Hughie Marsden (1976)] / When the Boat Comes In [39 episodes as Bill Seaton (1976-1977)] / Out of the Past: The Fiery Pits (1978) / Prince Regent [2 episodes as Lord Eldon (1979)] / Our John Willie [3 episodes as Mr. Cartwright (1980)] / Can We Get on Now, Please?: What's Your Medicine? (1980) / Play for Today: The Union (1981) / The Brack Report: Chapter 7 (1982) / Juliet Bravo: Off Duty (1983) / One by One: It's All Done with Mirrors (1985) / Ladies in Charge [2 episodes as Joe (1986)] / Floodtide [2 episodes as Ross (1987)] / Brookside (1988) / Rockliffe's Babies: The One That Got Away (1988) / Gems [24 episodes as Tom (1988)] / The Franchise Affair [6 episodes as Mr. Heseltine (1988)] / The Watch House [3 episodes as Arthur (1988)] / Streetwise: Blood Sweat and Tears (1989) / The Manageress [6 episodes as Cedric Deness (1989-1990)] / All Creatures Great and Small [2 episodes as Charlie (1989-1990)] / Spender [2 episodes as George (1992)] / The Bill: Part of the Furniture (1992) / Boon: Blackballed (1992) / Between the Lines: Manoeuvre 11 (1993) / The House of Eliott (1994) / Middlemarch [6 episodes as Dr Wrench (1994)] / Soldier Soldier: Band of Gold (1994) / Harry (1995) / Coronation Street [6 episodes as Wilf Gaskell (1996-1997)] / Casualty: One from the Heart (1998) / Where the Heart Is: Union (1999) / Badger: Under My Skin (1999) / Up Rising: Time (2000)

[Demoncrat]

Yup, Ghost Light was still as bonkers as I remembered

The comm should be fun methinks, so it'll be the doc and that later.
I wonder if Moloko saw this one as I'm sure I saw the singer wearing Light's costume in a video once

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover of Zeta Major. A BBC novel written by Simon Messingham released in 1998 featuring The fifth Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa and is a sequel to the fourth Doctor story Planet of Evil (1975)

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Yup, Ghost Light was still as bonkers as I remembered

The comm should be fun methinks, so it'll be the doc and that later.

From memory, one of the people providing the commentary is the stories writer, Marc Platt, who spends a lot of the time saying he has absolutely no idea what is going on in his adventure!