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In article <0001HW.2BC5F96208C79A9A30E89E38F@news.giganews.com>,
Pluted Pup  <plutedpup@outlook.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:23:19 -0700, The Doctor wrote:
>
>> "Doctor Who - The Underwater Menace" is a four-part serial from the Fourth
>> Season of the original series, first broadcast in 1967. The story revolves
>> around the Doctor and his companions landing on the lost underwater city of
>> Atlantis, where they encounter a megalomaniacal scientist intent on raising
>> Atlantis from the depths of the ocean.
>>
>> Episode 1 introduces the intriguing premise of an underwater civilisation,
>> showcasing impressive set design and atmosphere. However, subsequent episodes
>> struggle to maintain momentum, with the plot becoming increasingly convoluted
>> and the pacing uneven.
>>
>> One of the standout elements of "The Underwater Menace" is the memorable
>> performance of Joseph Furst as Professor Zaroff, the deranged scientist
>> determined to conquer the world. Furst brings a charismatic yet sinister
>> presence to the role, elevating the story whenever he appears on screen.
>>
>> Unfortunately, the serial suffers from production limitations, particularly
>> evident in the underwater sequences, which are hampered by primitive special
>> effects. Additionally, the characterisation of the Doctor and his companions
>> feels somewhat underdeveloped, with less focus on their interactions and
>> dynamics compared to other serials.
>>
>> While "The Underwater Menace" has its flaws, including a somewhat lackluster
>> resolution, it still offers moments of entertainment and showcases the
>> creativity of Doctor Who's early years.
>>
>> Episode 1: 6/10
>> Episode 2: 5/10
>> Episode 3: 4/10
>> Episode 4: 5/10
>>
>> Overall Rating: 5/10
>
>What good is this "chatGPT" junk? Stupid "chatGPT" doesn't
>even mention that the first and forth chapter is in telesnaps.
>
>The Underwater Menace is the only presentation I've seen with
>half-way decent telesnaps.They are nearly free of animation,
>if I recall right, they don't zoom in or out, they don't
>scroll, they don't have fade ins or fade outs, etc.
>
>It'd help to have some text to help explain what's going
>on that's not apparent in the dialog. And it should be
>obvious that text shouldn't scroll, especially left to right,
>as producers will evidentially do anything they can to make
>a program harder to view, so when they hear the word "text"
>they immediately think "words are boring, they must be
>animated in some way".
>
>The telesnaps in the Web of Fear episode were terrible, panning,
>scanning, zooming in and out, even oscillating between
>telesnaps during dialog, as if the viewer needs to see a
>picture of the Doctor staring at the camera in order to
>recognize his voice and words, and showing the telesnaps
>out of order.
>
>The telesnaps that came with the American DVDs of Power of
>the Daleks (at that time the BBC refused to issue Blu-Rays
>to Americans, and I didn't yet get a multi-region player)
>had a something called like Small Change presentation of
>the complete telesnaps but it was even worse: they allocated
>less than a megabyte per second which would have enough
>except that Loose Change went and animated the telesnaps!
>Steam bubbles up, the telesnaps move and each scene change
>has a fade-in and fade-out: every animation of the telesnaps
>dissolves into macro-blocks.
>
>The telesnapped Marco Polo is merely an excerpt, not complete,
>and suffers from some animation of the telesnaps.
>
>Telesnaps have a bad reputation, and this is due to
>producers treating them bad. There's no reason that
>the entire collection of black and white Doctor Who
>hasn't been released already on home video, using
>telesnaps of the unavailable episodes.
>
>The Underwater Menace has half-way decent telesnaps.
>Unnecessary animations were done to the titles in
>the beginning of the episodes and it was not necessary to
>animate the end to eliminate the Tardis from the
>picture. The storyline at that point was completely
>clear and if the last real telesnap showed the Tardis,
>so what?
>
>

Does it have access to any telesnaps?
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