Review: The Daleks in Colour!

[@farfromallover]

[@whoniversityoflore]

I am so touched that you've commented on this review. The production really was the highlight of the anniversary week for me and I look forward to more soon (fingers crossed!) in the future. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Great to see you liked it . I was eight when I watched this over six weeks on our tiny by today's standards b/w tv with a 405 line picture . I've seen a few bits over the years but the colour and definition really brought it to life . Glad you picked up the actors performances , there were a few omissions such as the camera on the prison but I thought they did a good overall job with the editing . It was easily as good as the film version I thought and a great watch on the anniversary .

[@kranser]

They shouldn't have removed the part where the Doctor breaks the Dalek's listening device in their cell - this is an important plot element.

[@StevieWeevie66]

So many things wrong with it (new music at times too intrusive and editing a bit choppy here & there) but thoroughly enjoyable and exciting. Much better than the Peter Cushing movie. The Daleks and William Hartnell on top form. Definitely buying the dvd in Feb. Iconic.

[@xedalpha1]

I swear my retina hurt by the end. Still it was a fun romp

[@jazmorrison9030]

If added all 7 episodes together to colour would be over 3hrs long I felt the way they edited Down to 1hr 15 mins was not long enough colour version

[@jazmorrison9030]

Should made it at Least 2hrs plus long colour version

[@TonyP_Yes-its-Me]

I found it messy, too heavily edited. Also the music was overpowering. Perhaps a longer 2 hour cut might have worked better. The colourisation itself was quite good. I'm not a Doctor Who purist even though I have been a fan for over 50 years, so I am ok for it to be changed for modern audiences. But I did find that this particular attempt was too messy. It was ok as a novelty item, but I would not recommend it as an introduction to other people. I have a friend at work, who's 10-year-old daughter is liking the modern stuff and maybe a little interested in the older stuff. I would maybe point him towards this for her because it is more of a modern take, so perhaps that is the purpose of the program.

[@Futura2500]

It was shredded to bits - I had to explain a lot to people that had never watched it originally or watched the film. terrible hack sorry. The colours were good though

[@chriszone50]

Speak for yourself, this new edit improved the story, definitely enjoyed this version more. The pacing is better, the editing is better, the music made it far more enjoyable and can be considered the definitive version of the story.

[@Trev359]

@Futural2500 Totally agree. The editing was awful. A number of scenes were edited out making the story difficult to understand. Also, the jaunty music ruined the atmosphere. It was a case of a classic ruined.

[@jazmorrison9030]

@@Trev359if full would been over 3 and half hrs long

[@Mark-nh2hs]

The flashbacks were so irritating just shows how you have to destroy something just for the brain dead TikTok Generation who cannot retain information. awful. When I was a youngster I could easily watch a full 6 part episode on VHS with no issue and never found it boring. This is no doubt RTD NuWhoing the classic series and a way of editing out everything which he finds "Problematic" with the classic series to pasify the modern audience and NuWho fans.

[@MrLawrence85]

Have no idea what you were watching but I thought it was awful and disrespected the original source material and production! For starters, it was always going to be difficult cramming 7x 25 minute episodes into 75 minutes. It should have at least been 90 minutes! But the editing for this was just all over the place. The flashbacks were irritating when constantly flitting between scenes to hurry the story along. Key moments were cut out - for example, Ian's argument with the Doctor about the Thals dying for the fluid link (which I think was really important for character development) was completely removed. The colour palette is garish and over the top. And the music - as soon as the disco soundtrack came on for the escape scenes it lost me as an audience. It didn't help either that those scenes themselves were cut to bits and felt very rushed as a result. The edits and the LOUD soundtrack I might add, ruined this modern version. Overall, I appreciate the idea behind the new colourization and edits. But if this is the result then the BBC shouldn't bother with the rest in future.

[@tomsaveryscotlandicproduct8505]

The music score they added in was pretty good