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Doctor Who And The Silurians: Movie Version
Last updated 02 January 2017
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WCET
Featuring: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Caroline John, Fulton Mackay, Peter Miles
UNIT are summoned to Wenley Moor research station which is experiencing mysterious power losses. In the nearby caves, one of the staff has been killed and another sent insane.
Synopsis Source: Doctor Who Guide
Broadcast notes:
Special showing of the colourised version of the story as part of a pledge night for the channel.
Broadcast Source: TWIDW
Report from the This Week in Doctor Who Archive:
Friday 14th August 1998:
WCET 48 in Cincinnati, Ohio begins its pledge offerings this weekend with Doctor Who And The Silurians - recolorized. Steve Roberts of the BBC took a color video recording of a 70s broadcast and transferred the color onto the Black and White master prints. The color looks very good, although it gives the impression that it was filmed in the early 60s instead of the early 70s. The only fault is about two hours in (the end of episode 5) where the color tape was missing a sequence and modern technology was not quite good enough to make up the difference. Still, most impressive. "Silurians" begins at about 11PM Saturday night and runs in movie format until it finishes. Take a 2½ hour story, add pledges, and you'll be up a long time.
WCET 48 in Cincinnati, Ohio begins its pledge offerings this weekend with Doctor Who And The Silurians - recolorized. Steve Roberts of the BBC took a color video recording of a 70s broadcast and transferred the color onto the Black and White master prints. The color looks very good, although it gives the impression that it was filmed in the early 60s instead of the early 70s. The only fault is about two hours in (the end of episode 5) where the color tape was missing a sequence and modern technology was not quite good enough to make up the difference. Still, most impressive. "Silurians" begins at about 11PM Saturday night and runs in movie format until it finishes. Take a 2½ hour story, add pledges, and you'll be up a long time.