Railways and Dr Who

[Trainguy34]

Set 9110 is now at the EKR with three of the carraiges. Not watched dr who since pre whittaker era, it was not Jodie that put me off. I stopped watching tv around Nov 2019 and i could not stand Bradley Walsh.

Handy on youtube there is short of this scene -

Which one is set 9110?

 

[satisnek]

That's something which seems quite prevalent on lots of the older stuff - presumably something to do with the microphone technology of the day?

Even 15 years later in the 1980s, the wooden floor stomping effect was very noticeable - just watch series one of Auf Wiedershen Pet when they're clomping around in the dormitory hut; the same effect is noticeable.

I do wonder if digitally re-mastering the soundtrack could deal with the issue?

Nothing to do with microphones, just a low-budget TV production Don't forget that the sound you hear on movies (both dialogue and effects) is usually overdubbed.

Yes I could perhaps have been more careful how I phrased the starting post. According to Wikipedia, 97 of the 253 episodes from the Hartnell and Troughton years are still missing, although the audio from all episodes still exists, and many of those episodes have been recreated as animations with the original audio. In fact, episode 3 of Web of Fear is one of them, so what I watched on iPlayer was the entire Web of Fear story, but with episode 3 animated. Not nearly as much fun to watch the animated bit, but not too bad if it's only a single episode.

So I guess in actuality, what's on iPlayer is: All stories from Jon Pertwee onwards (except if I recall correctly, I think one episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs is only available in black and white), and most of the Hartnell/Troughton episodes, with some animated only.

I may well check out this animated episode, although since I don't have a TV licence I don't think I can use iPlayer legitimately! My DVD copy has Episode 3 as a series of 'telesnaps' (stills) - it was released in 2014 after the much-reported 'discovery' of Doctor Who film reels around a decade ago. Being a cheapskate, I didn't buy it at the time but picked it up for a few quid in CeX a little later!

 

[4SubAsociation]

Which one is set 9110?

Class 489 (Formally 414) Gatwick Express Set 9110.

 

[sprunt]

City of Death from 1979 (one of the very few classic stories filmed abroad?)

Yes, there are four in total I think (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) - other than City of Death there's:

• Arc of Infinity in Amsterdam which I think has some trams visible in the background
• Planet of Fire in Lanzarote (no railway)
• The two Doctors in Seville (no railway)

 

[GatwickDepress]

The episode Fear Me opens with shots of Central Trains Turbostars passing, revealing that Dame Kelly Close is not, as the show would have you believe, in East London but probably somewhere around the Cardiff area. Hopefully everyone involved was taken out behind Broadcasting House and summarily shot - a suitable punishment for minor transport-related inconsistencies if this forum is anything to go by.

it is an alternative earth. The traction design tastes have been reversed. Alternative France had Gresley A4's

So the Jocondes became the iconic British locomotive? I'd love to see Hornby try and create a Railroad version of that!