2007 Rumoured Releases

[Larry]

I am.



I'm quite looking forward to it, I wonder if they'll 'fix' the look of the tank?

oh yes that tank ---

[Si Hunt]

Robot badly needs lots of extra CGI and model work done. But sadly I doubt they'd be the budget for it right now.

Si.

[Perry Vale]

Don't go putting your vhs copy of Time Meddler* on e-bay just yet, this quote from Steve Roberts on OG......

And I *still* haven't managed it - I've just had to cancel this commentary for the *fourth* time due to one of the contributors having to pull out. We're calling it the cursed commentary now!

*allegedly

[Perry Vale]

Lifted from OG.....

I hope i do not get into trouble for this, if so delete my post, but i can tell you that thanks to one of the actors involved with Timelash answering a question on another site, that a commentary was recorded for this by Nicola Bryant, Colin Baker and Paul Darrow earlier this week.

Cool. Or something.

[SiHart]

Oh my!

Si xx

[Perry Vale]

Indeed.

I, obviously, look forward to it's release, and the humungous amount of humourous, witty "oh my f***ing god they're going to damage the range" type posts/threads on OG.

[Si Hunt]

It's about time they were brave and released a "commonly thought of as a stinker" release. Let's face it, most fans are still going to buy it anyway.

Si.

[Larry]

It's about time they were brave and released a "commonly thought of as a stinker" release. Let's face it, most fans are still going to buy it anyway.

Si.

and at the end of the day all the stories that are considered to be stinkers are going to have to be released sooner or later and I personaly think it's a good idea to release at lease one of them a year.

[Anthony Williams]

I LIKE TIMELASH!

Ant x

[Andrew Curnow]

SO DO I! I've still got the video here (autographed by Colin Baker no less (thanks to Steve Morgan)).

[Wayne]

I LIKE TIMELASH!

Ant x

So why did you duck when i threw the vid across the pub?

[Andrew Curnow]

Perhaps Ant didn't want to risk damaging the valuable video tape with his head?

[Anthony Williams]

So why did you duck when i threw the vid across the pub?

I wasn't there that night!

Ant x

[Wayne]

I wasn't there that night!

Ant x

Oh yes, I vaguely remember now shouting down the phone to you!

[Simon R]

"Timelash" could be made boosted by some sort of "cancellation" era related extras I suppose seeing.

[Pip Madeley]

That's right, put out a bobbins story with extras saying how bobbins Doctor Who was at the time and expect people to buy it.

[Larry]

"Timelash" could be made boosted by some sort of "cancellation" era related extras I suppose seeing.

like just watch this crap story and you'll understand why we cancelled the original season 23.

[Wayne]

That's right, put out a bobbins story with extras saying how bobbins Doctor Who was at the time and expect people to buy it.

I like this word: 'bobbins'. What a curious word!
I've not heard that word for ages, since it was spoken by a guitarist friend of mine called Andy, who i've not seen for a few years.
He's from Manchester, so it must be a local colloquialism.

[Logo Polish]

A special feature about Paul Darrow in general might be fun though.

[Andrew Curnow]

Or 'How to Make Your Own Bandril'? Maybe a piece on the life of HG Wells. Or, which would be really interesting I think, a genuinely sensible documentary exploring fandom's opinion - since, if it is due out, Timelash would be the first release of a story that is (in the majority view) a stinker, it would be fascinating to see just how (a) that opinion has come about; and (b) the position of the fan, being a fan of something he or she dislikes. As long as it wasn't limited to just the usual 'uberfans', but actually took the effort to go to, say, some signings or conventions, to get a real cross-section of real fans, then it could be interesting I think.

[Captain Tancredi]

Maybe a piece on the life of HG Wells.

Which would be interesting, not least because it would show up just how badly-researched the Wells-based parts of the story actually were.

I take the view that anything studio-based with a smallish cast is pretty much destined for a "basic" release. You could put footage of Nicola Bryant showering on there and it'd still be 'Timelash'- no amount of extras will disguise the fact that only dedicated fans are going to buy it.

[Rob McCow]

There's also the argument raised once that most people who aren't Doctor Who fans wouldn't be able to tell that there was any paticular difference in quality between Timelash and Revelation of the Daleks.

I demand a skit on the Borad in the style of Eye on Blatchford, where he is found to be alive and well in the UK, writing popular books about a young wizard and his adventures at a borading school.

[Lissa]

It just needs a little creative marketing.

[Rob McCow]

@ Lissa!

Another marketing gimmick could be a tie-in Karfel Cornetto. You could have the ad campaign slogan "Most people depart ... with ice cream."

[Dave Tudor]

And to grab the new, young teenage girl fans of the series, you could market a range of eye make-up - Timelashes.