Synopsis:

The two 1965/1966 Peter Cushing 'Dr. Who' films stand apart from the 'Doctor Who' BBC TV show (Of the same period) in several respects. They were in colour, the Doctor was human and the TARDIS was his eccentric "Garden-Shed" invention rather than a time-machine he had stolen from the Timelords. I set out to reverse or omit these elements.

Intentions:

I've converted both films into two 3-part TV serials of roughly 20 minutes an episode. They are in Black & White, are cropped shot-by-shot to a more televisual 16:9, come with new opening & closing credits (Designed to evoke the Hartnell/Troughton era of the TV show), come with vintage-style BBC continuity annoucements (Provided by dangermouse) and feature many sound-effects and pieces of music from the TV show as well as the addition of the TV style Dalek "Negative image" RayGun effects. They have also been edited to improve pace, break them into episodes and create cliffhangers, streamline the story, fix errors, make the tone slightly more serious and to remove the lengthy (And non-caonical) introductions and closing scenes that would be unneccesary in a regular running TV show. Lastly I've included two trailers for other "Lost" Cushing serials (Again voiced by dangermouse).

Change List:

EPISODE 1 - The Dead Forest: - Converted shot by shot to 16:9 ratio. - Processed to look B&W (and a bit televisual). - BBC continuity intro and outro added courtesy of the vocal talents of dangermouse. - Opening TV credits created from a blend of Hartnel, Troughton, 1965 film elements and a few things of my own. - Movie credits and opening scene cut. This removes most of the material contradictig the established Docor Who canon. - Removed references to Barbara being The Doctor's other granddaughter. Barbara and her boyfriend Ian are now restored to being Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton (And are named as such in the credits), two of Susan's schoolteachers. - The Tardis now has the TV hum whenever it is on screen. - Ian's clowning toned down throughout icluding halving the nonsense with the door (He's still a bit of a cowardly twit but much less so) - The Doctor isn't now named as "Dr Who" - Many refrences to The Doctor having a human life and home/laboratory on earth have been cut. - A few minor re-arrangements of scenes. - Any and all refrences and callbacks to the events of the deleted intro have been removed. - Dalek stun gas gun made to look and sound more in line with the TV show with the negative effect and Radiophonic Workshop sound FX (Thanks to all who suggested ideas on that front). - New cliffhanger ending created using music from 'The Sea Devils' and a re-arrangement of shots. - Ending credits created blending the '1970 closing sting and theme' with Hartnell-esque scrolling text. The characters have their proper TV names and the film crew are credited with a couple of nods to the TV show. - Short teaser added for next week's episode (Again thanks to dangermouse). EPISODE 2 - Escape from the City: - Another new BBC continuity intro and outro performed by dangermouse. - Opening of the episode scored with Troughton era intro audio (From 'The Seeds of Death'). - Again recut opening Tardis scene differently from the original and the end of Episode one. - Again added vintage Tardis hum. - Removed more 'Grandaughter' refrences from Barbara. - A couple of un-Doctor-like pessimistic lines removed. - Added humming alien soundFX to oddly soundless interogation-beam scene. - Dalek stun gun sound added again and this time the Death Ray sound too. - Added more negative Dalek gun visFX. - Added strange BBC Radiophonic soundFX to (Again soundless) crawling Dalek hand shot. - New cliffhanger ending created using Dalek vocals from 'The Five Doctors', completely recut shots and one shot borrowed from the end of the movie. - Short teaser added for next week's final episode... 'The Neutronic Bomb' (Again thanks to dangermouse). EPISODE 3 - The Neutronic Bomb: - Another new BBC continuity intro and outro performed by dangermouse. - Opening of the episode scored with Troughton era intro audio (From 'The Seeds of Death'). - Recut Dalek City escape differently to Episode 2 and the original movie. - Again added vintage Tardis hum when needed. - Removed 'false leaving Skaro' scene and used some shot at the end. - Removed wobbly camera cut at 10 minutes in. - Removed bizarre rock climbing transition shot and half of the sequence. - Removed all of the scenes in the caverns (A couple of shots used elsewhere). - Added a 'Wilhelm Scream' to otherwise soundless action... see if you can spot where. - Re-arranged the order of the intercut scenes between The Thals and The Doctor/Susan. - Again added sound to prison-light-beam-thing throughout. - Re-arranged The Doctor's reaction shot at "41". - Removed a shot of a Dalek shooting our heroes at point-blank-range with no effect. - Added numerous Death Ray sounds and negative fades. - Added alot of Dalek chatter to the oddly silent final including "Exterminate, Exterm...", "... annihilate destroy" and "Daleks conquer and...". - Re-arranged sequence of shots in the final battle to he correct way they should have been. Originally The Doctor was trapped in the light ray, then the light ray control was destroyed, then the Doctor is hiding behind a desk, several scenes happen, then the light beam stops working and The Doctor goes and hides under the desk... in short it was a mess. It now all plays in the correct order. - Added timed sound effects to enhance the re-arranged light-beam desruction shots. - Added "Powering down" Dalek death sounds to some shots. - Used some shots from the earlier 'false leaving Skaro' scene to replace the original ending as I felt the former had more genuine emotion and felt more like a typical TV Doctor sign off. - Added extra special extended teaser (Thanks to dangermouse for delivering his superb vocal work on this at a few hours notice!). - Teaser contains footage from 8 different movies including: 'Dr Who and the Daleks', 'Daleks: Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.', 'Fear in the night', 'The Horror of Frankenstein', 'Quatermass and the Pit', 'The Reptile', 'She' and 'The Vengeance of She'. - Yes that is the real Rani! The seductive Kate O'Mara 15 years before.

Additional Notes:

- Converted to B&W - Cropped and reframed shot-by-shot to 16:9 (4:3 was impossible) - 3 Episode structure - New opening and closing credits.

Other Sources:

PRIMARY SOURCE: Dr Who: The Dalek Collection 2-Disc PALDVD SECONDARY SOURCES: Doctor Who DVDs: The Rescue DVD The Seeds Of Death DVD The Power of the Daleks AUDIO Death To The Daleks DVD Day Of The Daleks DVD Genesis Of The Daleks DVD The Five Doctors DVD Spearhead From Space DVD Destiny of the Daleks DVD Hammer Horror DVDs: The Curse of Frankenstein DVD Fear in the Night DVD The Horror of Frankenstein DVD Quatermass and the Pit DVD The Reptile DVD She DVD The Vengeance of She DVD Dracula DVD The Devil Rides Out DVD The Scars of Dracula DVD Various other Sources: Public-domain Audio and Video Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop: Volumes 1&2 CDS Blake's 7: Series 3 DVD The Lair of the White Worm DVD Where Eagles Dare BLURAY 2001: A Space Odyssey BLURAY Odd Man Out BLURAY Seven of One DVD Yes Prime Minister: Series 2 DVD

Special Thanks:

Special thanks to dangermouse for providing the voice of a 1960s BBC continuity announcer to the start and end of each episode. He really set the tone nicely for my edits, thanks so much. Also thanks to SilverWook and MatrixGrindhuse for suggesting sources and ideas. Finally thanks to all the contributers to the thread.