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Old 06-04-2009, 8:55 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Doctor Who in HD

Just noticed that Doctor Who is being shown in HD on Saturday at 6:45pm on BBC-HD.
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Re: Doctor Who in HD

Looking at it I think it's been recorded in HD for a while (I think the BBC have been using HD equipment when available to build up thier HD catalogue).
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Re: Doctor Who in HD

There excuse for lack of HD for Dr Who, whilst Torchwood is in HD, was that they didn't have time and resources to render the effects in HD. So it may have been filmed in HD for some time, but the final programme was still rendered as SD.
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Old 10-04-2009, 7:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Do they still show Blue Peter viewers how to build the spaceships out of old egg cartons? I should imagine the BBC's attempts at special effects will probably look just as amateurish in HD.
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Do they still show Blue Peter viewers how to build the spaceships out of old egg cartons? I should imagine the BBC's attempts at special effects will probably look just as amateurish in HD.


I think the BBC now outsource all visual effects, as we know the department responsible for special and visual effects worked wonders with the budgets they had but were woefully incapable of matching the commerical competition as the demands on the technology/art increased.

I say that but after watching the christmas special with it's quite pathetic effects you may have a point
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Do they still show Blue Peter viewers how to build the spaceships out of old egg cartons? I should imagine the BBC's attempts at special effects will probably look just as amateurish in HD.
I suspect you have not watched Dr Who for a very long time.
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I suspect you have not watched Dr Who for a very long time.
True, I only see bits of it. It is indeed a long time since I was twelve... no egg carton spaceships then?
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OMG

What a show in HD

Michelle Ryan what a babe !


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OMG

What a show in HD

Michelle Ryan what a babe !


I really enjoyed it in upscaled SD. How good was the HD? I'll buy the Blu-Ray when it's released.


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I really enjoyed it in upscaled SD. How good was the HD? I'll buy the Blu-Ray when it's released.


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The PQ was good and the sound was Dolby Digital 5.1 according to my amp, which is pretty unusual for BBC HD programs (I noticed Finding Nemo was also in 5.1 too). I think my son would have still enjoyed it in low quality SD though TBH.
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personally i thought the show could have been better

After all the wait between episodes now you would have thought that they would get better

only my 2cents

but still worth watching

And the next one does look good
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Old 11-04-2009, 7:20 PM   #12 (permalink)
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The PQ was good and the sound was Dolby Digital 5.1 according to my amp, which is pretty unusual for BBC HD programs (I noticed Finding Nemo was also in 5.1 too). I think my son would have still enjoyed it in low quality SD though TBH.

Great to hear. Did they broadcast with a logo/dog?

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I think dr who was upscaled, looking at finding nemo and then the masters, dr who did seem to be lacking. The flying bus looked pathetic, egg boxes and elastic bands may've looked better !
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looked amazing on my kuro

Episode was awful. Characters were so annoying. Effects pathetic

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Re: Doctor Who in HD

Pretty solid live action HD, good effort to make the night scenes look nice and clean ditto for the desert shots, the only weakness really was the CGI which was at a level that shows like SG, Smallville etc would have been embarrassed about 5 years ago perhaps longer.

You really can't compare a $94million dollar CGI movie or live action sport to a modestly budgeted BBC family show in terms of PQ, chalk and cheese spring to mind as we know content has a huge impact on the final HD result.
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