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I was wondering when the next animation would be announced. I think TS is one of the most underrated stories from this era, and though the animation still seems rather flat and lacking shadow details like TUM did I’ll pick this set up for the improved telesnap reconstruction and VAM - this is a three-disc set so I assume there’ll be more extras than usual.
 
Digging into the Season 7 collection set this evening with Spearhead from Space and its VAM. The transfer is more or less the same as the old release but with some extra cleanup for part four and it looks very nice as the only classic Who serial to be filmed entirely on 16mm film.
 
Doctor Who and the Silurians is another great story, and showcased the impressive colour recovery process that was implemented to restore this story for the boxset.
 
The Ambassadors of Death was another worthy serial from the season, and the colour recovery here is also impressive, as it’s always looked rough on home media excepting episode 1 where the original PAL Tape still exists.
 
Finishing off Season 7 with Inferno, this is really one of the greats, and the strongest in one of the best seasons in all of Who. I still need to watch some of the new VAM but this has been another great boxset to work through.
 
Decided to watch the new animation for The Savages today and thought it was a solid effort and better overall than the previous Underwater Menace effort (character likenesses are still a mixed bag but Dodo/Jackie Lane looked almost spot on) and the story itself has always been one I was fond of.

With talk of any future animations potentially being commissioned in batches and with the intent to fill the gaps left in the remaining 60s collection boxsets leaves me optimistic for the next ones.
 
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Has anyone else noticed that there is a channel called U & Eden, Freeview 57.
It seems they started showing The 3rd Doctor last night.
Spearhead from Space. Tonight was The Silurians.
 
The Third Doctor is my favourite but I've had no desire to buy the Blu-rays as I believe I would never sit down and put them on.
However, put them on TV every night and suddenly I'll sit and watch.
So far I've watched

Spearhead from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno

The fighting Doctor.

Unfortunately, The Terror of the Autons has the arrival of The Master and the replacement of Liz Shaw with Jo Grant.
 
Otomo said:
The Third Doctor is my favourite but I've had no desire to buy the Blu-rays as I believe I would never sit down and put them on.
However, put them on TV every night and suddenly I'll sit and watch.
So far I've watched

Spearhead from Space
The Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno

The fighting Doctor.

Unfortunately, The Terror of the Autons has the arrival of The Master and the replacement of Liz Shaw with Jo Grant.
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awww I love Roger Delgado as The Master, and you are coming up to one of my fav Pertwee stories The Dæmons
 
zappi said:
awww I love Roger Delgado as The Master, and you are coming up to one of my fav Pertwee stories The Dæmons
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I had no issue with The Master originally but as I've got older, having the same bad guy over multiple and consecutive stories doesn't excite me.

And Jo Grant has already got in trouble twice and tried to kill the Doctor.
Mind you, they can't all be Leela and like a good fight to resolve problems. 😀
 
The channel U&Eden had The Mutants on yesterday.
As it started just as I got in from work, I watched all 6 episodes.
Enjoyed it. The Doctor took down a couple of bad guys with some Venusian Karate.
 
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