• Re: The War Games

    From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Thu Dec 26 12:38:23 2024
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    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vkf2i5$20br7$3@dont-email.me>,
    The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
    On 24/12/2024 10:43, John Hall wrote:
    Last night the BBC showed "The War Games", the final story
    of the second Doctor's tenure which was originally
    broadcast in 1969 (I think). It was on BBC 4, if you are in
    the UK but missed it.
    In its original form it had run to as many as ten episodes,
    but they had cut it down to 90 minutes, so must have left
    out an awful lot. That probably explains why it felt
    confusing and disjointed in places, but I still enjoyed it.
    (I suppose it's also possible that one or two of the
    original episodes might not have survived, which would have
    contributed to the disjointedness.) They also had colorised
    it, and that was very well done.

    All of the original episodes survive.

    [Snip]

    I just stick to the old 10 parter!

    When was the last time you sat through all ten episodes of "The
    War Games" Dave? An approximate year will do...

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  • From The Last Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Thu Dec 26 13:01:45 2024
    On 26/12/2024 12:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vkf2i5$20br7$3@dont-email.me>,
    The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
    On 24/12/2024 10:43, John Hall wrote:
    Last night the BBC showed "The War Games", the final story
    of the second Doctor's tenure which was originally
    broadcast in 1969 (I think). It was on BBC 4, if you are in
    the UK but missed it.
    In its original form it had run to as many as ten episodes,
    but they had cut it down to 90 minutes, so must have left
    out an awful lot. That probably explains why it felt
    confusing and disjointed in places, but I still enjoyed it.
    (I suppose it's also possible that one or two of the
    original episodes might not have survived, which would have
    contributed to the disjointedness.) They also had colorised
    it, and that was very well done.

    All of the original episodes survive.

    [Snip]

    I just stick to the old 10 parter!

    When was the last time you sat through all ten episodes of "The
    War Games" Dave? An approximate year will do...

    Don't know about Dave, I did it in October - I'm on a slow run-through of
    every TV episode (my twice weekly commute involves 4 90 minute train
    journeys, so I get through about 12-16 episodes a week). On 6th January,
    I'll resume my marathon and finish The Mutants, and will probably pause to
    look at this cutdown War Games before facing the horror that is The Time
    Monster.

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    sometimes.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Last Doctor on Thu Dec 26 13:41:22 2024
    The Last Doctor wrote:

    On 26/12/2024 12:38, Blueshirt wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    I just stick to the old 10 parter!

    When was the last time you sat through all ten episodes of
    "The War Games" Dave? An approximate year will do...

    Don't know about Dave, I did it in October - I'm on a slow
    run-through of every TV episode (my twice weekly commute
    involves 4 90 minute train journeys, so I get through about
    12-16 episodes a week). On 6th January, I'll resume my
    marathon and finish The Mutants, and will probably pause to
    look at this cutdown War Games

    I rewatched it all fairly recently in preparation for the edited
    version... over a few days though as it was a bit of a slog.
    "The War Games" was a story that could have benefited with an
    edit, but for me the cut-down version was a bit too cut-down!

    before facing the horror that is The Time Monster.

    Ingrid Pitt and Susan Penhaligon... plus Darth Vader! What is
    there not to like?! :-)

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Thu Dec 26 15:18:12 2024
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    In article <xn0ov0qcb4d7p0u002@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <vkf2i5$20br7$3@dont-email.me>,
    The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
    On 24/12/2024 10:43, John Hall wrote:
    Last night the BBC showed "The War Games", the final story
    of the second Doctor's tenure which was originally
    broadcast in 1969 (I think). It was on BBC 4, if you are in
    the UK but missed it.
    In its original form it had run to as many as ten episodes,
    but they had cut it down to 90 minutes, so must have left
    out an awful lot. That probably explains why it felt
    confusing and disjointed in places, but I still enjoyed it.
    (I suppose it's also possible that one or two of the
    original episodes might not have survived, which would have
    contributed to the disjointedness.) They also had colorised
    it, and that was very well done.

    All of the original episodes survive.

    [Snip]

    I just stick to the old 10 parter!

    When was the last time you sat through all ten episodes of "The
    War Games" Dave? An approximate year will do...

    i have on DVD an can watch whenever I want.

    BTW, do you the balck soldier from the War Games
    ?
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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Thu Dec 26 15:24:06 2024
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    The Doctor wrote:

    In article <xn0ov0qcb4d7p0u002@post.eweka.nl>,
    Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:
    The Doctor wrote:

    I just stick to the old 10 parter!

    When was the last time you sat through all ten episodes of
    "The War Games" Dave? An approximate year will do...

    i have on DVD an can watch whenever I want.

    That doesn't answer the question...

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