Originally Posted by Groucho

Is Logopolis Tom Baker's first commentary?

Originally Posted by Panda Phil

Nope. He did one on the recently released Hand of Fear disk.

Originally Posted by taronga

... as well as The Ribos Operation, The Androids of Tara, and The Power of Kroll from the Key to Time set.

Originally Posted by turborobb

isn't there supposed to be alot of deleted scenes from Survival? Maybe they will do a special edition movie like with Curse of Fenric.

Originally Posted by Omega's chicken

Don't know if this has been mentioned anywhere, but I've noticed over on Roobarbs that apparently there are changes planned with the way the classic series is marketed. Anyway, apologies if I've got any of this wrong, but as I understand it the new approach is as follows.

2Entertain seem to want to make the classic releases appeal to fans of the new series more; the commissioning of the extras is now under 2Entertain's purview, although the RT will still be working on some of the features. This possibly boils down to a less "serious" approach and more interactivity (whatever that means).

Originally Posted by Steve Roberts

The bloke in charge is Daniel Hall, our commissioning editor. He's now taken on all the commissioning duties that the RT used to undertake, although he's commissioning features from basically the same group of people plus a couple of new ones. Whereas the contents of a disc were previously completely planned and commissioned from within the RT, from April or thereabouts you'll see a changeover to discs that are planned and commissioned by Dan. It will be interesting to see if people notice a difference... Dan's very keen that the classic series releases should be able to appeal to the new series audience, so I suspect we'll be seeing discs which are a little less earnest, more interactive and more "fun" than those that us old gits in the RT produce.

We're still looking after episode restoration and ensuring that all the disc assets are delivered to the technical standards that we always aspire to.

Dan Hall isn't really a "new broom", he's been our commissioning editor for the last year. However, he's the first CE we've worked to who is actually a Doctor Who fan. Previously we've worked to CE's who have basically given us a budget and told us when to deliver - and in most cases haven't even bothered to watch any of the material that was being put out under their responsibility. Dan is a lovely bloke and very pro-active - and quite rightly has taken the stance that as CE he's ultimately responsible for what goes out. He is, in fact, merely doing the job he's being paid to do rather than let a load of freelancers dictate the package contents. He's a big fan of the work we've done and has gone out of his way to support us and to fight our corner for us. Quite rightly though, he has his own feelings about the direction he feels the discs should be taking. Remember, the classic series releases sell a tiny fraction of the new series releases, so anything that Dan can do to make them more accessible will ultimately be of benefit to everyone.

I think there will be changes, but I'm convinced that the standards will remain as high as ever. Everyone involved is aware that our discs are considered the benchmark that all archive TV releases are measured against and nobody is interested in changing that!

I have every confidence in Dan and the featurette producers to ensure that the hiqh quality of the releases will be upheld. I think we *will* see changes in the overall content of the discs.

Originally Posted by Stradling, Ed

Other than the decision not to tell us when stories are coming out, which I suppose may cause one or two minor problems, there are no discouraging developments really.

The only real differences between the old regime and the new, is that previous commissioners at 2|entertain were not Dr Who fans, so they relied entirely on the RT for guidance as regards what stories should be released, and what features etc. should be commissioned for each release. Daniel is a fan and knows the subject, so although he is still given guidance by the team, the final decision is now his.

The principal personnel dealing with the picture and sound restoration have not changed, probably because it's very specialized and there is likely nobody who could do the job to the same standard. That's not true of feature production, so there will be some new people getting involved in the next year or so.

Originally Posted by dsa_shea

Question about Tom Baker:

Did/does he have herpes? I am watching some of the episodes from the Key To Time boxset and he appears in one episode with a perfectly healed face and in the next episode he has some crustaceans on his lips. I really enjoy him as the doctor but couldn't they (makeup) have done something about this? It's hard to watch the cliffhanger of one episode where his face looks normal and then the beginning of the next episodes and he looks like he has crusted spaghetti sauce on his face.

Originally Posted by boredsilly

question about confidential.

I've watched a few of these episodes and found them really enjoyable. I see they are abbreviated on the dvd season sets. My question is does the editing down hurt the episodes, or are they still pretty sound.

Originally Posted by The Valeyard

He was bitten by a dog before they shot that one. I forgot the whole story but I remember reading about it in one of the Who reference books from the 90s.

Originally Posted by The Valeyard

From Steve Roberts:
OK, even though they haven't issued a press release yet, they've said it's OK to talk about the Survival release in general terms. Which means I still can't say very much, but I can tell you that it's a double-disc release, with around three hours of extra features, including three specially made documentaries as well as off-the-shelf material and even something from JNT's private collection.
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