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The War Games stands as one of the greatest stories from the entire run of Doctor Who but this version is poor.
The colourisation work is wonderful so it’s a shame they didn’t just apply it to the full ten episodes rather than chopping the story so badly.
The classic era stories build so well and have so much richness to their characters and settings. There are fantastic sub-plots and commentary on real world issues and even the bad ones (not that there were many) have some things to like.
This edition of the war games is made by nu-Who people who have turned it into their typical ADHD garbage where it jumps all over the place with no real sense made of anything
Watching the original, the creepiness of the hypnotic glasses was one of the best parts and that’s ALL missing!
Patrick Troughton is the greatest Doctor in my opinion and deserves much better. The animated stories are much more deserving of your money and time.
Should they colourise any more Troughton, let’s hope they leave the full story intact
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A Classic story for a new generation.
I remember watching the original story over 50 years ago and have just watched the re-edited, colourised version for a totally new audience. Enhanced sound with tight editing that condenses 10 episodes to a 90 minute version. I loved it. It isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Some issues with the editing in my opinion and colourisation is patchy in places although the majority of the drama is alive with colour. It does feel there is still a lot of improvement that can be made to colourise B&W footage in years to come. But this is a minor quibble. Several nice touches such as the TARDIS travelling through Space in the opening scenes. The War Games Space/Time Travel Machines in flight. There is also the moment The War Chief is contentiously alluded to as The Master. It does make sense, as they are both renegades, but have chosen to follow different paths. Of course The War Chief could just as easily be any Timelord who turned bad.In all, it is a joyously colourised Classic Doctor Who story, that moves along at a pace you can easily sit through in one sitting. The original B&W episodes are also available here to watch the full story.I loved it.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2024
I remember watching the original story over 50 years ago and have just watched the re-edited, colourised version for a totally new audience. Enhanced sound with tight editing that condenses 10 episodes to a 90 minute version. I loved it. It isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. Some issues with the editing in my opinion and colourisation is patchy in places although the majority of the drama is alive with colour. It does feel there is still a lot of improvement that can be made to colourise B&W footage in years to come. But this is a minor quibble. Several nice touches such as the TARDIS travelling through Space in the opening scenes. The War Games Space/Time Travel Machines in flight. There is also the moment The War Chief is contentiously alluded to as The Master. It does make sense, as they are both renegades, but have chosen to follow different paths. Of course The War Chief could just as easily be any Timelord who turned bad.
In all, it is a joyously colourised Classic Doctor Who story, that moves along at a pace you can easily sit through in one sitting. The original B&W episodes are also available here to watch the full story.
I loved it.
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- Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 December 2024
