hughes@godzla.DEC (We HAVE the technology...) (09/20/85)
Before anyone rushes out to buy either of the two existing Dr Who films, be warned! They are terrible. They bear almost no resemblance to the program. As for sets and props. They had a lot more money than the BBC to spend on production. And the existing BBC stuff would have been geared for monochrome (using greens to appear white on the final broadcast and other colour tricks). So the film producers built their own props. The TARDIS looked nothing like the real one inside. They did do a good job of the Daleks however. They shipped one out to Australia for the initial run of the 'Invasion' film and it did look good. The story line of the first film is not too far from the series but the second (title 'Dalek Invasion of Earth:2150 AD or similiar, at least in Australia) bore very little resemblance to and of the TV series. I remember reading in a few places that there was a pilot episode made that was NOT 'The Unearthly Child'. It is not uncommon for pilots to be made that are quite different from the resulting series (e.g. the pilot for Star Trek, later made into 'The Menagerie', the first episode 'Where no man has gone before' and the series all have a very different feel). I don't think the Dr Who pilot has ever been shown and probably does not exist any more. It's only fairly recently that producers have realised the potential value of pilots for popular series. There are a few anthologies of pilots that failed floating around. Lastly, in the earlier series, each episode had its own title, which gives rise rise to some of the confusion. I'm not sure if the early series had story titles. gary
pjk@hou2a.UUCP (P.KEMP) (09/25/85)
> From: hughes@godzla.DEC (gary) > I don't think > the Dr Who pilot has ever been shown and probably does not exist any more. > > gary According to the list in the back of "Doctor Who - A Celebration: TDTTAS," the pilot show (which was never broadcast) still exists. I wonder if the BBC would allow it to be shown at Dr. Who Cons (like Star Trek's "The Cage") or are they afraid of pirated copies escaping? -- Paul Kemp ihnp4!hou2a!pjk President of SPUNT (the Society for the Proper Usage of the Name "TARDIS") "Are you sure this planet is supposed to be here?" The above statements are those of the author only, and are not those of AT&T Bell Laboratories.