The Doctor Who Thread

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Master (Anthony Ainley) controlling Kamelion using a psychic link during Planet of Fire (1984)

[Susan Foreman]

Breakdown of the contents of the new 'Celestial Toymaker' Blu-Ray release

DISC ONE: B&W 1.33:1

• Episodes: Animated (Play All - 101:16):
  - Episode One: "The Celestial Toyroom" (25:39)
  - Episode Two: "The Hall of Dolls" (25:43)
  - Episode Three: "The Dancing Floor" (25:03)
  - Episode Four: "The Final Test" (24:51)
• Episodes: Animated with Surviving Episode Four (Play All - 100:25):
  - Episode One: "The Celestial Toyroom" (25:39)
  - Episode Two: "The Hall of Dolls" (25:43)
  - Episode Three: "The Dancing Floor" (25:03)
  - Episode Four: "The Final Test" (24:00)
• Commentary: actor Peter Purves (1, 3-4), camera operator Dudley Darby (2), dancer Delian Lindon (3), make-up assistant Sylvia James (3), animation producer-director David Devjak (4) and moderator Toby Hadoke (1-4) (2024)
• Commentary on Episode Four with actor Peter Purves, camera operator Dudley Darby and moderator Toby Hadoke (2024)
• Information subtitles
• Photographic Reconstruction (with or without narration by Peter Purves):
  - Episode One (24:42)
  - Episode Two (24:48)
  - Episode Three (24:39)

DISC TWO: Colour 1.78:1

• Episodes: Animated (Play All - 101:16):
  - Episode One: "The Celestial Toyroom" (25:39)
  - Episode Two: "The Hall of Dolls" (25:43)
  - Episode Three: "The Dancing Floor" (25:03)
  - Episode Four: "The Final Test" (24:51)
• Commentary by actor Peter Purves (1, 3-4), camera operator Dudley Darby (2), dancer Delian Lindon (3), make-up assistant Sylvia James (3), animation producer-director David Devjak (4) and moderator Toby Hadoke (1-4) (2024)
• Information subtitles
• "Doctor Who: The Collection - Escape Room" 2024 featurette (73:50)
• "Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker - Behind the Scenes" 2024 featurette (10:07)
• "Sylvester McCoy Introduces The Final Test" 1992 introduction (0:58)
• "Carmen Silvera Audio Interview" 1986 audio interview (10:12)
• The Celestial Toymaker Photo Gallery (8:10)

However, as many of us expected, the release has been slightly edited, with the removal of the 'eenie-meany-miney-mo' song due to it 'offensive and dated lyrics' !

It should also be noted that packaging incorrectly states the running time is 92 minutes

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Cybermen search for the Nemesis statue in Silver Nemesis (1988)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The cover art of the forthcoming Big Finish second Doctor audio story Operation Werewolf.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Doctor (Peter Capaldi) addresses both humans and alien monks in The Pyramid at the End of the World (2017)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Dot and Bubble is now in the history books as the lowest viewed story in the shows history with 3.38m after seven days.

Genuinely unfortunate as it's actually really good and comfortably the best episode of this series to date.

Battlefield part one at 3.1m still holds the record as worst viewed but the story average over the 4 episodes is 3.8m.

[iank]

It doesn't really as BattlefieldPt1 didn't get to fiddle the figures with VHS recordings. Like for like, on live viewing, all of this season has lower ratings.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Ian (William Russell) and Susan (Carole Ann Ford) discover what appears to be a rather large box of matches in the 1964 story Planet of Giants.

[Mojo]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Dot and Bubble is now in the history books as the lowest viewed story in the shows history with 3.38m after seven days.

I?m not surprised - it was absolutely dreadful.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Mojo

I?m not surprised - it was absolutely dreadful.

Wait until you see Rogue then.