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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Wow - that makes perfect sense, I suppose! That's great, that they were able to reuse them. So you're absolutely right, it's a shame they're not using the newly-created classic series audio descriptions on BD. Especially since the audio navigation menus invite it!

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Yes, that's true! Though The Crusade only used the William Russell narrated soundtrack on the missing episodes 2 and 4, it wasn't an audio option for the extant episodes 1 and 3 despite having been released as a complete audiobook. So they seem to have drawn a line there!

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Are the audio descriptions the same on the 2005+ DVDs and iPlayer? I've not checked but I expected them to be totally separate. No inside knowledge about it, but I imagine the agreements for the iPlayer versions didn't cover BBC Studios releases. And it would just make work for MArk again! 😅

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Re: the audio option, there's almost certainly some timing differences between the actual episodes and the audiobook versions - some sections will have been extended to fit in the narration. The overall running times are notably different! Plus it would make extra work for Mark Ayres to sync them! 🙂

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ohh - I hadn't spotted that! I am sure it's on The Awakening disc simply for space reasons (bit more room to fill) but that typo is fun. I was pleased to see the narrated soundtrack for Warriors of the Deep turn up, I've always thought they should be included if possible! 🎧

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thanks Joe! It's a fun puzzle to put together! Even Doctor Who Magazine have started referencing the source DVDs in their previews now, it's fun to see where everything has been drawn from.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Most exciting! Thanks for capturing the excitement of the moment, Pip

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Congratulations to @filmisfabulous.bsky.social, what wonderful work they do. This dream-come-true Who news is the icing on the cake.

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Exclusive Sue Malden Interview TV Historian Oliver Crocker has interviewed archive legend, Sue Malden, and the resultant article for the Film is Fabulous! website is entitled: ‘The Past, Present and Future of Doctor Who Missing Episodes.’ filmisfabulous.org.uk/exclusive-su...

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

We were missing picture to illustrate our point! Here's the MCMXCVI date

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Ah I see what you mean, looks like our screenshot meant to illustrate that actually shows 1997. Digging out the tape to check.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

How interesting! Can you take a photo?

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

BEYOND excited! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnvm... www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Absolute highlight of the new/revised score! Nudging this bit of Malcolm Clarke around was inspired.

Jo Grant is standing outside a window, miming an escape plan to the Doctor, who is tied-up inside. Now with some very entertaining re-scored music.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Got up early to check this out ASAP, and was delighted with it - what a great edit! It's got a serious, dramatic vibe where the story calls for it, but still allows for Clangers and sandwiches! The TWBTLATS line gave me the shivers. Very excited for tonight!

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Benjamin Cook @benjamincook.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

COMING TOMORROW! 🌊😈 Move over Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw – there’s a new human/Homo Aqua couple in town: Jon Pertwee and… I wanna say Pat Gorman? (CC: @tobyhadoke.bsky.social – he’ll know.) It’s the will-they/won’t-they romance of 2025. Or 1972. Share this poster far and wide. 🙏

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

How intriguing! Would love to know more.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

That would be disappointing. Can you make them but just tell us?

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

This (and the rest of the thread) is such an improvement! I'd thought I must be an idiot for not understanding the original. These are interesting and beautiful, too.

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss. www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...

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A.I. - is it worth it?

YouTube video by Pip Madeley

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Happy Doctor Who: The Collection, Season 13 day! Really looking forward to slow watching this set over the winter. millenniumeffect.co.uk/index.php/th...

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filmisfabulous! @filmisfabulous.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

To donate to 'Film Is Fabulous!', a charitable trust, please follow the link below filmisfabulous.org.uk/the-film-is-...

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Have been looking forward to this book for years. It finally lands! Just waiting for it to cool down and be opened. "...the same elemental excitement children feel when a paper parcel's waiting to be opened up. The longer you wait, the more exciting it gets."

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Really enjoying the Season 7 Blu-ray. I've just discovered Mark Ayres' lovely recreation of the Dudley Simpson UNIT theme from Ambassadors of Death is on the Photo Gallery - such a little thing, but it's made my day

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Benjamin Cook @benjamincook.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"The Daleks in Colour" VHS edition! By the brilliant @ArkyJono over on the X app.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Oh yes, if you're talking about the "From The Vaults" part of the site then everything listed there is direct from our personal collection. I'll send you a message!

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Hi! Bit of both. What in particular are you thinking of?

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Paul MC Smith @wonderfulbooks.co.uk · 08/02/2025

Took some effort (though there wasn't as much chopping around as I feared) but here's how The War Games In Colour compares to the original episodes. With thanks to @benjamincook.bsky.social for encouragement and verification.

Infographic showing how Doctor Who: The War Games was cut down for the colourised omnibus

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Hi @petercrockersvs.bsky.social Do you know if there's a story behind the alternate edit of the Spearhead factory scene with the dolls, seen on the 1988 VHS and some Australian and US broadcasts? youtu.be/moJDWc7C0e0?... It sounds like it's not on the Season 7 Collection...?

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1986.04.05 Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space alternate factory footage (doll's shoes)

YouTube video by ImmenseProfundities

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

AoD7. Bringing an end to this short series of framegrabs from the Dr Who Season 7 Collection Blu-Ray set to be released on March 3rd. I hope people enjoy it. Colour Recovery/Undistortion by Richard Russell.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

AoD6. Very similar CR result to ep 5 so, again, no off-air colour used.

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

It's like waking from a bad dream #DoctorWho

Unrestored 16mm B&W film recording - UK Gold off-air VHS (1995)

1st restoration attempt - BBC VHS release (2002)

2nd restoration attempt - BBC DVD release (2012)

3rd restoration attempt - BBC Blu-ray release (2025)

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

AoD4. Before Colour Recovery this would have been the hardest episode to return to restore as the off-air tape has no coherent or useful colour. We’re fortunate that CR is at the upper end of the spectrum.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

AoD5. The only episode for which the off air recording has relatively good colour throughout. However, the colour recovery result is also above average and with work gives better results

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

AoD3. Historically the most challenging episode as the off-air tape from WNED Buffalo has very little good colour and the colour recovery result was also comparatively poor. A lot of work has been needed to get closer to the quality we like.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

AoD2. The only known off-air recording of this story is generally poor with many sections unusable and ep 2 typifies this. Colour Recovery, while struggling to decode shadow hues consistently, unsurprisingly proved to be better throughout.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Silurians 7. Not a bad off-air recording, but CR also pretty good so gives better colour registration. CR also requires a lot of work to correct hue errors- major and minor - throughput but the end results are worth it to get the episode closer to how it looked in 1970. 1/2

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Silurians 6. A sort of inverse ep 5 in terms of the off-air which starts unusable but improves as it progresses although is never great. Colour Recovery giving better results overall with tighter registration.

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The Millennium Effect @tme1998.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Hi! I don't think I could improve on their research and write up, tbh! There's a bit of a void on the site at the moment when it comes to New Series releases... the steelbooks are documented, but that's it. It would be interesting to cover all the releases in detail one day...

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Silurians 5. The off-air recording starts out poor but watchable, but by the end is unusable so Colour Recovery proved vital on this episode

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Silurians 4. Reasonable colour recovery result so colours tend to have better registration, more detail and the inevitable CR minor hue fluctuations less troublesome than NTSC broadcast and domestic tape issues.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Silurians 3. Unfortunately another Colour Recovery failure, although the subcarrier did facilitate a double undistortion of the film recording. Fortunately the off-air recording which provides the colour, while soft and fuzzy, is not too bad

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Silurians ep 2. Colour recovery worked but with marked random red blotches across the screen which were challenging to manage. Nevertheless, no off-air colour was needed so colour registration is better.

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Peter Crocker @petercrockersvs.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Several people have asked to see more screengrabs from the new restorations on the Dr Who season 7 Bluray collection, so I’ll post some from an episode each day. Here is Silurians ep 1. Colour Recovery did not work so colour is smudgy from the NTSC Betamax off-air tape from 1977.

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