Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - New FX

[jnev77]

Fantastic work as always!

[therealKINDLE]

Such good Ideas, & you're very good with Scale. But I wish you had Lucas Film Facilities.. Because It just looks as Bad as the CGI shot in Ark in Space.. Terribly Obvious that it's CGI.

And CGI is so much more Tacky than the Charming & Creative affects they used back then! Take a Lesson from James Rolfe on his Cinemasacre 200 Video.

The Tardis Affect However.. I can't Fault it! And When Seeley looks up into the sky.. Thats not too bad either! Once again, 10/10 for Effort.

[animegirl1136]

the door looks like it would brake at any moment

[SCross440]

Good stuff.

[kratzenbourg]

A remarkable improvement! I'd like to see autons shooting laser beams from their fingers, too.

[jakearoo1jak]

yer, me too. That would be awesome!

[borgduck]

That was fantastic, great stuff!

[RobTFirefly]

Very nice! You've solved what may have been the crappest TARDIS model shot in the entire series. :-D

[cyberleaderjim]

excellent!

[doctorw2]

wow this is great work good job, i think that the bbc should remake all the classic series with the new computer fx and also market it along with the classic series special effects left alone so the viewer has a choice to watch the series as it was and also how it could have been shown today in the 21 first century.

[themindrobber]

I agree. I'm surprised they only ever tried it properly with Ark in Space, but I suppose they have a limited budget for DVD.

[DALEK2626]

@doctorw2 defiantly not, it would ruin the feel of the classics.

[doctorw2]

@DALEK2626 no not if it came with two dvd discs one with the original effects the other disc with the cgi effects the viewer would have a choice.

[DALEK2626]

@doctorw2 true

[OtaKing77077]

OK, coming from someone who hates CG, and hates people messing with the original work (adding all the CG characters into the original Star Wars, for example), I must say that this is extremely nice indeed. The CG doesn't look blatantly obvious, and the way you've used actual footage to integrate it makes the whole effect a hundred times better. Very well done indeed!

[evildonkey]

Some colour/contrast matching, edge wrapping, and a softer image would help it match in better. Earth looked a bit flat, needs another layver for clouds and haze.

[themindrobber]

Thanks for the comments. There is a separate layer for clouds and they move at a different speed to the ground, and there is a haze layer but its not too exaggerated so doesn't show up much at that distance.

[funkchomper]

Very nice! Good job on the updates.

[Carreaux]

Very cool. I'm not one of those who thinks the effects should be left alone, so any work like this is to be applauded. I would, however, point out that the shot of the Earth shows it rotating both far too quickly and, more importantly, in the wrong direction. Given the timeframe of events, it might be as well if the planet wasn't obviously turning at all. That aside, I liked it a lot, especially the shot of the Nestene meteorites deploying into a new formation just before impact.

[themindrobber]

Thanks for the feedback Carreaux. The speed of the rotation is a bit of artistic licence because I wanted to add as much as possible which the original shot didn't have (which was a static photograph). To be completely accurate we shouldn't be able to see stars either due to the expose on the camera. You've got me on the direction of rotation though, I didn't give it any thought! I may have to release a Version 2.0 with that corrected!

[metebelis3]

Very well composed and executed scene! I especially liked the man's point-of-view shot looking up into the sky with the meteorite directly coming towards him. I understand the artistic license with the stars... w/o that Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars, would all be very different shows. Not so sure the Earth needs to rotate, but, that's not to take away from what you've done. It's light years better than the original opening. Really captures a creepy, menacing vibe.

[OtaKing77077]

What I would really like to see would be a re-done version of Ressurection of the Daleks, because (as you probably already know), the BBC 'forgot' to add any laser effects coming from the soldiers' guns for the whole bloody serial! Making it look hilariously bad!

Give it the treatment! You know you want to! ^_^

[TheCastellan]

Same problem with the horrid Silver Nemesis with the Cybermen guns.

[DestroyedWotan]

Nice work