ESE Productions

ESE Productions are a small group of movie fans who work together to change sci-fi movies and television shows. ESE Productions are particulary popular due to their Doctor Who: 8th Doctor Adventures and Doctor Who: Animated Missing Episodes
Changes to Films/TV Shows
The changes that ESE Productions make to their projects can include:
* New Special Effects
* Removal of Old Special Effects
* Addition of Deleted Scenes
* Removal of Scenes
* Changing Titles
* Remixing Incidental Music
Doctor Who ESEs
* The Six Doctors
** The Six Doctors was originally released as "The Five Doctors" in 2008 and was later rereleased in 2009 under its present title. The changes that were made to this edition are listed below:
*** Changes to Eye of Orion Special Effects
*** Changes to Cybermen Weapon Effects
*** Changes to Gallifrey Corridor
*** Changes to The Dark Tower
*** Re-Edited Guest Appearance by David Tennant
*** Re-Edited Starring Role by Tom Baker
* Last of the Time Lords
** This was the first of ESE Productions "mega-episodes" which join multiple episodes into a single story. This story included the following episodes:
*** End of Days
*** Utopia
*** The Sound of Drums
*** Last of the Time Lords
*** Time Crash
*** Voyage of the Damned
* Parting of the Ways
** Another of ESE Productions "mega-episodes". This story included the following episodes:
*** Bad Wolf
*** Parting of the Ways
*** Doctor Who: Children in Need
*** The Christmas Invasion
* Enemy Within
** This story took the original 85 minute Doctor Who TV Movie and removed all references to the Doctor being half human. It also included a special opening sequence starring previous Master actor, Anthony Ainley
8th Doctor Adventures
Due to Paul McGann only have a single television appearance as the Doctor, ESE Productions work to put together some new stories, with a running story arc. These stories have been highly acclaimed by multiple journalists.
* Season 26B
** Pilot Episode - Re-Edited footage from The TV Movie
** Memoirs in Time
** The Cyber Seas of Rhye The Return of the Cybermen in the first of a two part episode; this story featured a union between the Cybermen of the classic series, and them of the revived 2005 series.
** The Cyber Lords of Time The conclusion to the two part story.
** The Nightmare Man The Return of the Master in a complex time travel story featuring David Tennant and John Simm
** Untold Tales This story featured Paul McGann remembering a past adventure, featuring Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Anthony Ainley and the Cybermen
** Shada This three part story combined footage from the original Tom Baker story Shada with specially re-edited footage to allow the two past Doctors to interact.
** Project: Sygnus A four part story which told a possible version of the Time War. Following this story, the Doctor regenerated into Christopher Eccleston.
Reviews
Critics and filmmakers have commented on the original Phantom Edit, in most cases providing the approval and recognition which furthered the fan edit movement.
"Smart editing to say the least." — Kevin Smith, Film Director (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy)
"...Materialized from out of nowhere was a good film that had been hidden inside the disappointing original one." — Daniel Kraus, Salon.com (November 5, 2001)
"[Done by] someone with a gift for editing!" — Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune Film Critic (June 18, 2001)
Attack of the Phantom
The Phantom Editor followed up his edits of Episode I with an edit of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, for the stated purpose of not just providing easy criticism of Episode II, but to do the harder work of demonstrating why he thinks his edit is better.
Called Star Wars Episode II.I: Attack of the Phantom, the DVD contains a re-edited version based on a DVD release of Episode II in surround sound, with a commentary track. At points during the commentary, the viewer has the option to interrupt the movie to view in more detail some of the things that the editor is talking about.

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