Dr. Who classics..............digitalized???

[Dr.Destructo]

I love Dr. Who as millions of others do.
My problem with the early years (lets say 1963 to 1986) is the tech they used in filming.
I'm sure they used what was "state of the art" at the time of filming, but so many enhancements have been made in the world of video technology.

They digitalized Star Trek the original series. I have yet to find a copy of this to watch, but I heard they did a good job at enhancements without really changing the "life" of the original series.

Why can't they do this with the early Dr. Who series'???

I'm not talking about changing anything or adding anything, like they did with the original Star Wars movies.

I'm just talking about cleaning up the sound and the picture. Clear them up and make them into a higher standard of viewing.
I for one, would love this........especially with with the black and white episodes.

Do you think it's blasphamy, or would you like to see a cleaned up version of the early years of Dr. Who before they started using digitalized cameras in the late 80's????

 

[JoeB131]

I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I doubt there's much popular support for it.

The show is a very nitch fanbase, compared to Star Wars or Star Trek.

 

[luiza]

It’s a programme for kids and immature adult kids —— not something to obsess over or admit you watch , if over14 years age , say .

 

[Harry Dresden]

It’s a programme for kids and immature adult kids —— not something to obsess over or admit you watch , if over14 years age , say .

it used to be...now its just another sci-fi show....

 

[g5000]

They did do a good job remastering Star Trek.

I well remember in the old days when they shot the Enterprise moving through space, you could see a white square around the ship. In the modern versions, that's gone.

I wasn't that much into the older Doctor Who shows. But my entire family were into the show from the Ninth Doctor up until the female Doctor.

The show really took a massive politically correct bad turn with the female Doctor. Not just because of the Doctor, but also because it was obvious they took pains to represent every single diversity person they could think of. I made it about two episodes and quit.

It took me a while to warm up to Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor, but I came around to really enjoy his portrayal.

I just said in another topic I'm not much into redheads, but Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) is hawwwwwwwwwt!

 

[JoeB131]

They did do a good job remastering Star Trek.

I well remember in the old days when they shot the Enterprise moving through space, you could see a white square around the ship. In the modern versions, that's gone.

I wasn't that much into the older Doctor Who shows. But my entire family were into the show from the Ninth Doctor up until the female Doctor.

The show really took a massive politically correct bad turn with the female Doctor. Not just because of the Doctor, but also because it was obvious they took pains to represent every single diversity person they could think of. I made it about two episodes and quit.

It took me a while to warm up to Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor, but I came around to really enjoy his portrayal.

I just said in another topic I'm not much into redheads, but Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) is hawwwwwwwwwt!

The problem with Peter Capaldi is that he played a Doctor who was more akin to the Classic Series (Especially Hartnell and Pertwee) when the audience had gotten used to younger, more dynamic actors to play the character. It was also a bit of a shock going from Matt Smith (the youngest actor to play the character) to Capaldi (the oldest since Hartnell himself, although Hartnell looked older than he was.)

There were a whole lot of things they did with Jody Whitaker that alienated the fans. They completely changed the lore (The Doctor was no longer a Time Lord, and now has unlimited regenerations! And there were a bunch of regenerations before Hartnell we never knew about!) They destroyed Galifrey, which completely nullified the Doctor's Heroics in "Day of the Doctor". And, yes, there were a lot of Woke stuff in there that could even gag a liberal. Not to mention an inclusion of a character played by Chris Noth I call "Fake Trump". (Seriously, I watch DW to get away from our horrific reality, I don't need to be reminded of it.)

Ah, but that was nothing compared to where the show went. I can just imagine that someone said, "Hey, we got Ncuti Gatwa, he's black AND Gay!" He's the absolute worst. He's more like Dr. Smith from Lost in Space than Dr. Who. But they've got a shitload of money from Disney to fuck up another beloved IP.