The Millennium Effect
@tme1998.bsky.social
The website of Doctor Who-related trivia: computer games, records, fonts... we revelled in the minutae. Active from 1998. Created by Matt Dale.
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Got up early to check this out ASAP, and was delighted with it - what a great edit! It's got a serious, dramatic vibe where the story calls for it, but still allows for Clangers and sandwiches! The TWBTLATS line gave me the shivers. Very excited for tonight!
LIVE NOW on @BBCiPlayer! THE SEA DEVILS – our 90-minute 2025 re-cut, with new music by Lorne Balfe, fresh sound by @markayresrws.bsky.social, and a few surprises. 👀 Perfect Sunday-morning viewing, before its TV debut on BBC Four tonight at 7pm. 🌊😈 GO, GO, GO!!! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Doctor Who (1963–1996) - Season 9: The Sea Devils
A re-edited, feature-length version of the classic 1972 Doctor Who story that introduced audiences to the formidable aquatic species the Sea Devils.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Got up early to check this out ASAP, and was delighted with it - what a great edit! It's got a serious, dramatic vibe where the story calls for it, but still allows for Clangers and sandwiches! The TWBTLATS line gave me the shivers. Very excited for tonight!
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COMING TOMORROW! 🌊😈 Move over Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw – there’s a new human/Homo Aqua couple in town: Jon Pertwee and… I wanna say Pat Gorman? (CC: @tobyhadoke.bsky.social – he’ll know.)
It’s the will-they/won’t-they romance of 2025. Or 1972.
Share this poster far and wide. 🙏
It’s the will-they/won’t-they romance of 2025. Or 1972.
Share this poster far and wide. 🙏
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
COMING TOMORROW! 🌊😈 Move over Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw – there’s a new human/Homo Aqua couple in town: Jon Pertwee and… I wanna say Pat Gorman? (CC: @tobyhadoke.bsky.social – he’ll know.)
It’s the will-they/won’t-they romance of 2025. Or 1972.
Share this poster far and wide. 🙏
It’s the will-they/won’t-they romance of 2025. Or 1972.
Share this poster far and wide. 🙏
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This (and the rest of the thread) is such an improvement! I'd thought I must be an idiot for not understanding the original. These are interesting and beautiful, too.
A better way to show the relation between pairs of numbers is to plot them on a scatter chart. This immediately shows the clusters around 2, 3, 4, 6 episodes that Classic Who stories were mostly produced as, and how this didn’t automatically produce novelisations of the same length.
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This (and the rest of the thread) is such an improvement! I'd thought I must be an idiot for not understanding the original. These are interesting and beautiful, too.
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If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
A.I. - is it worth it?
YouTube video by Pip Madeley
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October 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
Happy Doctor Who: The Collection, Season 13 day!
Really looking forward to slow watching this set over the winter.
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Really looking forward to slow watching this set over the winter.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Happy Doctor Who: The Collection, Season 13 day!
Really looking forward to slow watching this set over the winter.
millenniumeffect.co.uk/index.php/th...
Really looking forward to slow watching this set over the winter.
millenniumeffect.co.uk/index.php/th...
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To donate to 'Film Is Fabulous!', a charitable trust, please follow the link below
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October 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
To donate to 'Film Is Fabulous!', a charitable trust, please follow the link below
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Have been looking forward to this book for years. It finally lands!
Just waiting for it to cool down and be opened.
"...the same elemental excitement children feel when a paper parcel's waiting to be opened up. The longer you wait, the more exciting it gets."
Just waiting for it to cool down and be opened.
"...the same elemental excitement children feel when a paper parcel's waiting to be opened up. The longer you wait, the more exciting it gets."
We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Have been looking forward to this book for years. It finally lands!
Just waiting for it to cool down and be opened.
"...the same elemental excitement children feel when a paper parcel's waiting to be opened up. The longer you wait, the more exciting it gets."
Just waiting for it to cool down and be opened.
"...the same elemental excitement children feel when a paper parcel's waiting to be opened up. The longer you wait, the more exciting it gets."
Really enjoying the Season 7 Blu-ray. I've just discovered Mark Ayres' lovely recreation of the Dudley Simpson UNIT theme from Ambassadors of Death is on the Photo Gallery - such a little thing, but it's made my day
March 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Really enjoying the Season 7 Blu-ray. I've just discovered Mark Ayres' lovely recreation of the Dudley Simpson UNIT theme from Ambassadors of Death is on the Photo Gallery - such a little thing, but it's made my day
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"The Daleks in Colour" VHS edition! By the brilliant @ArkyJono over on the X app.
February 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
"The Daleks in Colour" VHS edition! By the brilliant @ArkyJono over on the X app.
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Took some effort (though there wasn't as much chopping around as I feared) but here's how The War Games In Colour compares to the original episodes. With thanks to @benjamincook.bsky.social for encouragement and verification.
February 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Took some effort (though there wasn't as much chopping around as I feared) but here's how The War Games In Colour compares to the original episodes. With thanks to @benjamincook.bsky.social for encouragement and verification.
Hi @petercrockersvs.bsky.social Do you know if there's a story behind the alternate edit of the Spearhead factory scene with the dolls, seen on the 1988 VHS and some Australian and US broadcasts? youtu.be/moJDWc7C0e0?... It sounds like it's not on the Season 7 Collection...?
1986.04.05 Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space alternate factory footage (doll's shoes)
YouTube video by ImmenseProfundities
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February 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Hi @petercrockersvs.bsky.social Do you know if there's a story behind the alternate edit of the Spearhead factory scene with the dolls, seen on the 1988 VHS and some Australian and US broadcasts? youtu.be/moJDWc7C0e0?... It sounds like it's not on the Season 7 Collection...?
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AoD7. Bringing an end to this short series of framegrabs from the Dr Who Season 7 Collection Blu-Ray set to be released on March 3rd. I hope people enjoy it. Colour Recovery/Undistortion by Richard Russell.
January 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
AoD7. Bringing an end to this short series of framegrabs from the Dr Who Season 7 Collection Blu-Ray set to be released on March 3rd. I hope people enjoy it. Colour Recovery/Undistortion by Richard Russell.
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AoD6. Very similar CR result to ep 5 so, again, no off-air colour used.
January 16, 2025 at 4:23 AM
AoD6. Very similar CR result to ep 5 so, again, no off-air colour used.
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It's like waking from a bad dream #DoctorWho
January 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's like waking from a bad dream #DoctorWho
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AoD4. Before Colour Recovery this would have been the hardest episode to return to restore as the off-air tape has no coherent or useful colour. We’re fortunate that CR is at the upper end of the spectrum.
January 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
AoD4. Before Colour Recovery this would have been the hardest episode to return to restore as the off-air tape has no coherent or useful colour. We’re fortunate that CR is at the upper end of the spectrum.
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AoD5. The only episode for which the off air recording has relatively good colour throughout. However, the colour recovery result is also above average and with work gives better results
January 15, 2025 at 4:32 AM
AoD5. The only episode for which the off air recording has relatively good colour throughout. However, the colour recovery result is also above average and with work gives better results
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AoD3. Historically the most challenging episode as the off-air tape from WNED Buffalo has very little good colour and the colour recovery result was also comparatively poor. A lot of work has been needed to get closer to the quality we like.
January 13, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AoD3. Historically the most challenging episode as the off-air tape from WNED Buffalo has very little good colour and the colour recovery result was also comparatively poor. A lot of work has been needed to get closer to the quality we like.
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AoD2. The only known off-air recording of this story is generally poor with many sections unusable and ep 2 typifies this. Colour Recovery, while struggling to decode shadow hues consistently, unsurprisingly proved to be better throughout.
January 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
AoD2. The only known off-air recording of this story is generally poor with many sections unusable and ep 2 typifies this. Colour Recovery, while struggling to decode shadow hues consistently, unsurprisingly proved to be better throughout.
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Silurians 7. Not a bad off-air recording, but CR also pretty good so gives better colour registration. CR also requires a lot of work to correct hue errors- major and minor - throughput but the end results are worth it to get the episode closer to how it looked in 1970. 1/2
January 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Silurians 7. Not a bad off-air recording, but CR also pretty good so gives better colour registration. CR also requires a lot of work to correct hue errors- major and minor - throughput but the end results are worth it to get the episode closer to how it looked in 1970. 1/2
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Silurians 6. A sort of inverse ep 5 in terms of the off-air which starts unusable but improves as it progresses although is never great. Colour Recovery giving better results overall with tighter registration.
January 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Silurians 6. A sort of inverse ep 5 in terms of the off-air which starts unusable but improves as it progresses although is never great. Colour Recovery giving better results overall with tighter registration.
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Silurians 5. The off-air recording starts out poor but watchable, but by the end is unusable so Colour Recovery proved vital on this episode
January 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Silurians 5. The off-air recording starts out poor but watchable, but by the end is unusable so Colour Recovery proved vital on this episode
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Silurians 4. Reasonable colour recovery result so colours tend to have better registration, more detail and the inevitable CR minor hue fluctuations less troublesome than NTSC broadcast and domestic tape issues.
January 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Silurians 4. Reasonable colour recovery result so colours tend to have better registration, more detail and the inevitable CR minor hue fluctuations less troublesome than NTSC broadcast and domestic tape issues.