DEVIOUS - NEWS 

• 28th June 2000 - Much to report! - see the article in 'What's Up Doc?'

• 9th MAY 1999 - SNEEK PREVIEW PHOTOS
  After the video release of the Comic Relief sketch we will be able to release loads of photos and video-grabs onto these pages. Please bear with us while we wait for the video - which does seem to be rather entertaining, judging by what we already know.....
  I'm sure I won't be lynched for letting you see one or two photos in advance - although I shan't be keen if I find them elsewhere on the internet!!

• 9th MAY 1999 - COMIC RELIEF COVERAGE IN SCI-FI MAGAZINES
  The latest issues of TV-Zone and DWM have covered the Comic Relief project. Whereas TV-Zone showed loads of photos featuring the Devious props (the silver daleks), the DWM managed to mention the Devious involvement saying about the console being supplied by us, and that it wasn't meant to be funny! Hmm, let me say a couple of things about that. On the day we did have problems with the console engine, in that it was getting very tired, and so had to be run at the full voltage, which meant it needed all the juice to work, and any lowering of the voltage to slow it down meant it wouldn't run at all - so we were faced with the rather fast movement! With that kind of speed, the centre rotor tended to rock, as it only rests on the central piston - normally we have had no troubles with it.
  * - The people at the BBC felt that it was fine - we did ask about it - and so we do feel a little put out by the intended or otherwise criticism by some fans and the DWM. After all we did spend a couple of weeks preparing the set and props (three daleks, the tardis console, all of the tardis walls), and feel that we have helped the charity and the BBC. Elsewhere on these pages you can find details of the walls construction - two new units were built, and nine sections were transported to Pinewood in all.
  * - Out of interest, the photo in TVZone of the aged master and a dalek was fun to do. Yes - it was me in the dalek! - and yes, the dome does seem to be a bit too much to the right - oh well - I'm sure someone will have something to say about tht too!
  * - The Radio Times photo of Rowan and the dalek also featured a 'Devious' dalek.

• 16th March 1999 - DEVIOUS INVOLVEMENT IN COMIC RELIEF is finally revealed! I have to say that the set construction we've been talking about, and showing photos from, has been for the Comic Relief  Dr Who sketch! (Well, we couldn't say why, could we?). Our great friend Ian Edmond revealed all on the newsgroup this week! Ian is the bearded chap who is exterminated by four daleks during the later parts of our story (photos elsewhere).
  The Tardis walls can now be backlit to great effect - we've tried it out ourselves of course - and the console is now functioning fine (though did wobble a bit too much on t.v. which was odd). The daleks are working again, and so we are well on the way to our next filming anyway. The next set is being constructed very soon in the room you see below, and once properly lit, the confines of the room will disappear - we are only building a "cell-like" room anyway. MORE INFORMATION AND (exclusive) PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT NEW SECTIONS IN THE DEVIOUS PAGES AS AND WHEN I GET TIME!!!

• 1st February 1999 - SET BUILDING RECOMMENCES....Finally, after enough work was done to the roof of the new studio (shed, etc), I have been able to work on some of the set. The main tardis walls are having some modifications; the backs of the roundels are now being removed to allow for backlighting, and the main console is having all its electrics checked out in the next week, and tested accordingly. A quick (poor quality) video scan of the work-in-progress is shown below. More news as it happens!
  

• 11th January 1999 - FAME AT LAST! One of the pictures we sent to the Doctor Who   Monthly has been used to trail the forthcoming article on fan video productions. We at Oblivion DTV / SAD Films are naturally very honoured and proud to have been featured. Naturally we are on tentahooks for February 11th, as I'm sure all the other fan video producers are... 
  

• Being featured in the DWN has spurred us on with the project. For the last month or so, David and myself (Ashley) have been working on the script again. We're still having problems with the main "stand-off" in episode four, even after it's been written over four years! We do tend to rework script just before we film, and the current plan is to complete ALL filming by the summer this year. Maybe that's too ambitious, but if we don't now try and set a target we'll never finish! Now that my studio/shed is nearing completion, the 3rd Tardis Set and sundry corridors can be constructed, whilst David's new shed/studio will be used for the main complex closeups for episodes 4 and 5.

• Meanwhile, the computer generated effects are moving along well - the dalek Lightwave models are improving all the time. Ashley has been building the models taken from measurements of his full-sized props, and they are accurate, and only lack the slats and mesh, although the versions on show at the moment have temporary slats. The textures and colours have yet to be worked on, and so the models you see on these pages are still too clean and crisp and clear, which won't do for video! These pages will feature a section showing the latest versions of these models in the near future, probably after my intended redesign.

• 5th October 1998 - We've submitted a few photos as well as the "Pertwee clip" to the Doctor Who Monthly as they were writing an article on fan films, so you may see some of our work!!!! (hopefully)

• September 1998 - David has now moved house at last, and his new acquisition features a large garage, now known as "Studio B". Surely we'll be filming again soon!

• Summer/Autumn 1998 - I have been hard at work constructing a new shed / studio at the bottom of my garden. Sets will be constructed there, as well as some filming no doubt! Progress on this building is featured in my "SHEDWATCH" page!!!!

• 25th May 1997 - At last some more filming done. Some location work in Sussex, leading to 1 minute or so of footage!!! Not a brilliant day - some re-filming necessary due to a rogue dalek misbehaving.

• A paragraph praising the extract shown at the Convention was written in the Christmas 96 issue of SFX magazine. We were only told about it recently, and are hugely proud and indebted to SFX, who we will write to and thank!!!
  
• The Third and final Tardis Interior set has been started. (it seems that anyone who is anyone in our story has their own Tardis!), although not a great deal done!

• New Prop Weapon completed.

• Second Dalek Voice Unit completed - awaiting final testing. Fifth Dalek prop awaiting completion.

• "Clearvideo" scenes from the film will hopefully be available from this site.