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timeflight
Registered: 04/13/06
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| I haven't managed to watch Fires of Pompeii yet, but the latest commentary has just arrived in iTunes and it's only 29 minutes long. How does that work?? |
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Louis
Registered: 01/01/04
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 04:52 PM EDT |
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| [Quote by: timeflight] I haven't managed to watch Fires of Pompeii yet, but the latest commentary has just arrived in iTunes and it's only 29 minutes long. How does that work?? |
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I thought they were no longer able to distribute the commentaries on iTunes. I thought it was streaming commentaries only... unless this has changed again.
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 06:04 PM EDT |
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The 30 minute edit is what is broadcast on BBC 7 on Sunday at 18:30. Last week, the uncut 47 minute version was later replaced by the 30 minute version.
I believe that the midnight repeat is the full length version
I think they are totally confused with this... as am I!!! |
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Louis
Registered: 01/01/04
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 07:08 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: tarashnat] ...
I think they are totally confused with this... as am I!!! |
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I know I am completely confused. So the BBC are showing an edited down version of Doctor Who on BBC 7 each week? What's the point of that... and how can these stories hold up with such massive edits? Why? - is the greater question.
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 08:03 PM EDT |
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BBC 7 is radio. They are broadcasting (not showing) a cut down of the commentary at 1830 after the 1800 Big Finish episode. I think they transmit the full one on the repeat after midnight...
I would assume that the BBC 3 repeats have the full commentary on the Red Button, but someone in the UK would have to confirm this... |
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Louis
Registered: 01/01/04
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 08:43 PM EDT |
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I thought that BBC 7 was radio... but after your posting that they were broadcasting an edited version of the episode... I assumed that perhaps this was a different BBC 7 (on satellite or something) showing them. I didn't know they were cutting them down to audio-only episodes for radio. I knew BBC 7 did the McGann stuff... I hadn't realize they were repackaging their television content for radio as well.
So the commentaries are for the edited down radio version of the episodes.
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Saturday, April 12 2008 @ 08:49 PM EDT |
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No episodes on radio, just the commentaries... |
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timeflight
Registered: 04/13/06
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| Sunday, April 13 2008 @ 10:17 AM EDT |
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| I'm completely baffled by this. I think in the interests of sanity I'll give 'em a miss! |
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silvanthalas
Registered: 07/23/07
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| Monday, April 14 2008 @ 07:19 PM EDT |
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That seems to be rather dumb to give us a 30 minute commentary for a 45 minute episode.  |
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tarashnat
Registered: 08/17/05
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| Tuesday, April 15 2008 @ 03:08 AM EDT |
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| [Quote by: silvanthalas] That seems to be rather dumb to give us a 30 minute commentary for a 45 minute episode. |
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Oh, they recorded a full commentary, they just edited it to fit the 30 minute time slot available on BBC 7.
I read that starting with the next episode, they should be full length, but I'll believe it when I hear it. |
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silvanthalas
Registered: 07/23/07
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| Thursday, April 17 2008 @ 08:11 PM EDT |
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I found the full version of the commentary that somebody recorded on their own and has made available via bittorrent:
* link removed—sorry *
I'm not sure on the sound quality, as I haven't listened to it yet, but it's better than nothing. |
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Abersoch
Registered: 11/27/05
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| Wednesday, April 16 2008 @ 03:38 PM EDT |
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[Quote by: tarashnat] | [Quote by: silvanthalas] That seems to be rather dumb to give us a 30 minute commentary for a 45 minute episode. |
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Oh, they recorded a full commentary, they just edited it to fit the 30 minute time slot available on BBC 7.
I read that starting with the next episode, they should be full length, but I'll believe it when I hear it. |
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Well that was a bit of a 3am idea. Hopefully things will be back to normal next week. |
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