ah, thanks!

you go from the show blithely confirming every negative assumption an unsympathetic viewer might have of it as creaky one-dimensional kitsch to just this immediate burst of colour and invention and lived-in, idiosyncratic worldbuilding. Stephen Wyatt just Gets It, man.

as I understand it, that kind of smoothing effect isn't caused by AI upscaling, but digital noise reduction, something that's been done for years to varying degrees that are always a judgement call. the failure mode of AI upscaling is excessive sharpness & false detail, basically the opposite issue.

every time they do a closeup on Hugh Burden's face it's the new best shot in Dr Who

oh, 45 years to the day since the broadcast of part one of The Leisure Hive, how about that

came across as someone with firm, sometimes contentious, views on scriptwriting, but always in the pursuit of uncompromised creative integrity, and with endearing warmth and humour too. an earnest enquiring mind. here's a video of him thinking out loud to a stuffed bear: youtu.be/X7DYJV04-No?...

I've got a joke about The Creature from the Pit but it kinda blows

I've got a joke about Terror of the Autons but Terrance Dicks told it better