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== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Third Doctor| | * [[Third Doctor|Dr. Who]] - [[Jon Pertwee]] | ||
* [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Caroline John]] | * [[Liz Shaw]] - [[Caroline John]] | ||
* [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]] | * [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] - [[Nicholas Courtney]] | ||
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* The radioactive trefoil symbol is upside-down on all of the isotope canisters. The symbol should properly look like a black capital Y on a yellow background, not the other way round. | * The radioactive trefoil symbol is upside-down on all of the isotope canisters. The symbol should properly look like a black capital Y on a yellow background, not the other way round. | ||
* Taltalian's accent is French in the studio and British on location. | * Taltalian's accent is French in the studio and British on location. | ||
* ''Recovery 7'''s nose changes colour between prop and model shots, with it being red on the model and grey on the prop. | * ''<nowiki>Recovery 7'</nowiki>''s nose changes colour between prop and model shots, with it being red on the model and grey on the prop. | ||
* Quinlan's office safe slips about as the alien tries to open the door. This is caused by the indelicate movements of a person tasked with special effects, who is hidden behind the safe, rigging the explosive effects for the moment the alien blows open the safe. | * Quinlan's office safe slips about as the alien tries to open the door. This is caused by the indelicate movements of a person tasked with special effects, who is hidden behind the safe, rigging the explosive effects for the moment the alien blows open the safe. | ||
* When the capsule is landing, it is moving across the map of the Atlantic far faster than the announcements indicate. | * When the capsule is landing, it is moving across the map of the Atlantic far faster than the announcements indicate. | ||
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Editing for VHS release was completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]] and also contains a black and white trailer before the first episode and restoration techniques after the last episode. | Editing for VHS release was completed by [[Doctor Who Restoration Team]] and also contains a black and white trailer before the first episode and restoration techniques after the last episode. | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton="true" | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
File:The Ambassadors of Death VHS Australian cover.jpg|Australian VHS Cover | File:The Ambassadors of Death VHS Australian cover.jpg|Australian VHS Cover | ||
File:The Ambassadors of Death VHS UK cover.jpg|UK VHS Cover | File:The Ambassadors of Death VHS UK cover.jpg|UK VHS Cover | ||
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=== DVD === | === DVD === | ||
Originally planned for DVD release in 2011 alongside ''[[The Sun Makers]]'', ''Ambassadors'' was delayed due to ongoing re-colourisation issues.<ref>http://twitter.com/classicdw/statuses/30239597128589313</ref> These issues were resolved to the best of the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team|Restoration Team]]'s abilities in November 2011. The serial was released on [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. <ref>http://colourrecovery.wikispaces.com/Processed+programmes</ref> The release is wholly in colour, with no option to see the parts that were monochromatic in the original [[VHS]] release. | Originally planned for DVD release in 2011 alongside ''[[The Sun Makers]]'', ''Ambassadors'' was delayed due to ongoing re-colourisation issues.<ref>http://twitter.com/classicdw/statuses/30239597128589313</ref> These issues were resolved to the best of the [[Doctor Who Restoration Team|Restoration Team]]'s abilities in November 2011. The serial was released on [[1 October (releases)|1 October]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]]. <ref>http://colourrecovery.wikispaces.com/Processed+programmes</ref> The release is wholly in colour, with no option to see the parts that were monochromatic in the original [[VHS]] release. | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton=true> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
File:TheAmbassadorsOfDeathDVDRegion2.jpg|Region 2 DVD cover | File:TheAmbassadorsOfDeathDVDRegion2.jpg|Region 2 DVD cover | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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=== CD === | === CD === | ||
A CD of the original television soundtrack was released. This was an unusual move for [[BBC Audio]], since typically they released soundtracks only for those stories which had [[missing episode]]s. This is one of the very few stories which visually exists in its (near) entirety to also get an audio release. | A CD of the original television soundtrack was released. This was an unusual move for [[BBC Audio]], since typically they released soundtracks only for those stories which had [[missing episode]]s. This is one of the very few stories which visually exists in its (near) entirety to also get an audio release. | ||
<gallery position=center captionalign=center hideaddbutton=true> | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true"> | ||
The-ambassadors-of-death-cd.jpg|CD Release | The-ambassadors-of-death-cd.jpg|CD Release | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
