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Please note that this digital teaser trailer is purely to whet your appetite, recons are ONLY available on VHS format. |
BBC
Production Details
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| Production Code: | YY | |
| Original Transmission (UK): | Saturday 08th
March 1969 - Saturday 12th April 1969 |
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| Season: | 6 | |
| Number of Episodes: | 6 | |
| Writers: | Robert Holmes | |
| Producer: | Peter Bryant | |
| Director: | Michael Hart | |
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Loose
Cannon Production Details
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| Production Release Date: | December 2007 | |
| Episode(s) Reconstructed: | Episodes 1,3,4,5,6 | |
| Source Material: | No telesnaps exist for this story | |
| Audio recorded by Richard Landen | ||
| Surviving clips | ||
| Other authentic pictures | ||
| CGI (Computer Generated Images) | ||
| Pictures from other stories / sources | ||
| Specially Created Material | ||
| Tape length required: | UK
/ Australia: E180 USA / Canada: T160 |
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Making the Reconstructions: |
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Bonus
Material
As well as the reconstruction we are able to bring you the following goodies… |
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Celebrity Introduction Dean's usual
networking skills had put us in touch with actor Donald Gee, who had starred
as Major Ian Warne in the serial; Donald was very busy at the time and
we had to wait over a year but he was happy to provide us with an interview
and voiceover and was an interesting guest when we visited him. |
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Production Featurette We also include a mini documentary about the making of The Space Pirates, narrated by Donald Gee. |
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Celebrity Interview Also included
is an interview with actor Donald Gee who shares his memories of his time
as an actor. |
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Celebrity Chat As a bonus
feature we managed to catch a quick chat backstage at the Flight Through
Eternity Event with actor George Layton, who also recounted his memories
of The Space Pirates and his acting career. |
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| Special Note: | ||
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Let's be
clear about this. The BBC have released a wonderful DVD called "Doctor
Who: Lost in Time" which features the surviving episode of this story
lovingly restored. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY we will be issuing copies
of these with the recon, nor (whilst we're at it) will we ever make the
recon episodes available in any format other than VHS. Support The BBC Video Releases. |
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Request
a copy here LOOSE CANNON WILL NOT, AND NEVER WILL, SUPPLY RECONS FOR DOWNLOAD / ON DVD, VCD, HARD DISK OR EVEN IN TICKER TAPE!!!!!! |
| Loose Cannon Says: |
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Following our recent remake of The Myth Makers we realised that the original version of Space Pirates was looking similarly dated, the original relied very heavily on a few repetitive pictures of the Pirates along with screen caps from Episode 2 and full screen text passages. These pictures are now only used in their correct place in Episode 1 and are supplemented throughout the serial with CGI, the recently discovered Episode 1 film inserts, specially created material, 2D animations and many many composites to create a far more polished and accurate production. We are very happy with the new version and think it gives a new lease of life to a much maligned story. Donald Gee, who played Major Warne, certainly thought so and spared us an afternoon to film an interview which accompanies the recon. |
| Synopsis: |
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Far into
the future and far out into the black depths of the galaxy, the TARDIS
materialises. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe discover the space pioneers of
the future, the adventurers and guardians of planets. But lurking also
in the emptiness of space is the evil - the evil of the Space Pirates. |
| Reviews: |
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Review by David Burns
Once again, a beautiful job by the Loose Cannon team. A great improvement
on the original reconstruction, With nice animated model work and clear
pictures. As the credits roll for episode six, I think to myself, "Boy
I can't wait to see the next one." |
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Review by Rob Hansen This is by far the sharpest, crispest Loose Cannon recon I've seen, possibly because it's brand new and all the others I've seen have been dubbed from tapes produced years earlier and presumably run through dubbing machines many times since. Anyway, a top notch recon, which I assume drew heavily on the surviving episode. I'd always heard bad things about this story, and having previously only viewed the surviving episode in isolation I had no reason to think better of it, however this recon is a revelation. I found 'Space Pirates' much better than its reputation, which I'm sure owes a lot to the character of Milo Clancey and his prominence in the surviving episode. Taken in the context of the whole story, however, I found him a lot less grating and actually grew quite fond of him by the end. Yes, writer Robert Holmes would go on to pen more highly regarded stories, but this wasn't at all bad. |
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Review by Brian S Muehl (Toxicspurge) I
found the original LC Recon of The Space Pirates to be wonderful. It was
my first experience with this fantastic Robert Holmes script. However,
many of the pictures were a bit too blurry to be clear. In addition, the
audio was had so much static I had often had difficulty making out the
dialogue. I was thus delighted to see the light-year improvements in the
second version. The picture quality is AMAZING!! The audio is much, much
clearer as well. |
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