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'Devious - Halfway to Oblivion' 

Devious - Halfway to Oblivion is a film currently in production in Sussex. It is based on the BBC TV Series "Doctor Who" and is being made by a group of enthusiastic amateur movie-makers purely for the experience of making a film, and not for financial gain.

Welcome to the "Devious" web site ! Devious the movie has been in production for well over a decade and we know that's an awful long time - but we only work on it occasional weekends and evenings, and we do do everything ourselves. We hope you will enjoy this website which is a celebration and documentation of the project, and the people and the experiences and events we've been involved in. Devious isn't just the movie project - it's a social thing, a group of like-minded people who all like Doctor Who (at varying levels- we're not all pure 'whovians') and have an interest in amateur film-making. We've all got on with our own lives as a priority of course, and when we've met up to further the project many things have happened - the obvious more visible examples being working with Jon Pertwee or the Comic Relief involvement (see elsewhere in the site) - however there are many less tangible things which have led to the Devious Project being such an enjoyable experience over the (many) years!

We may well have some short video clips of unfinished scenes on the site soon, as well as some more new images from the production. If we can give an impression of the fun we've had when working on the project in these images and clips then all the better - as a "homage" or "tribute" to Doctor Who we hope it stands up - in no way have we ever thought of the project as something for any kind of end benefit to ourselves - think of it as a piece of free, public artwork for people to enjoy, albeit by the medium of this website. We've been very lucky in that some clips have been shown at a couple of Dr Who conventions a few years back when we were guests, and also recently in April 2005 on BBC South's South Today (they did a five minute feature on us). You can also find a few unfinished clips (narrated by Harry Enfield) in the documentary on the Comic Relief "Curse of Fatal Death" video.

As for the current state of the project - we've finally just finished all our "live action" filming (March 2005) and are now working on the editing and special effects.  A version of episode 5 has been put together and is being refined at present (Sept 2005). Shown here is a screen-grab from an earlier BBC South Today programme (July 2004) featuring scenes and people involved in the original Dr Who series when filmed in the South of England - the programme utilised our console set, exterior Tardis Police Box and some daleks...

... and here's an adapted version of the same console during our filming this January (2005)...

And here's an arty- farty pic of the dalek control room - don't worry the final version won't have this effect all over it!

 


navigation - you are in: intro

'Devious - Halfway to Oblivion' 

Devious - Halfway to Oblivion is a film currently in production in Sussex. It is based on the BBC TV Series "Doctor Who" and is being made by a group of enthusiastic amateur movie-makers purely for the experience of making a film, and not for financial gain.

Welcome to the "Devious" web site ! Devious the movie has been in production for well over a decade and we know that's an awful long time - but we only work on it occasional weekends and evenings, and we do do everything ourselves. We hope you will enjoy this website which is a celebration and documentation of the project, and the people and the experiences and events we've been involved in. Devious isn't just the movie project - it's a social thing, a group of like-minded people who all like Doctor Who (at varying levels- we're not all pure 'whovians') and have an interest in amateur film-making. We've all got on with our own lives as a priority of course, and when we've met up to further the project many things have happened - the obvious more visible examples being working with Jon Pertwee or the Comic Relief involvement (see elsewhere in the site) - however there are many less tangible things which have led to the Devious Project being such an enjoyable experience over the (many) years!

We may well have some short video clips of unfinished scenes on the site soon, as well as some more new images from the production. If we can give an impression of the fun we've had when working on the project in these images and clips then all the better - as a "homage" or "tribute" to Doctor Who we hope it stands up - in no way have we ever thought of the project as something for any kind of end benefit to ourselves - think of it as a piece of free, public artwork for people to enjoy, albeit by the medium of this website. We've been very lucky in that some clips have been shown at a couple of Dr Who conventions a few years back when we were guests, and also recently in April 2005 on BBC South's South Today (they did a five minute feature on us). You can also find a few unfinished clips (narrated by Harry Enfield) in the documentary on the Comic Relief "Curse of Fatal Death" video.

As for the current state of the project - we've finally just finished all our "live action" filming (March 2005) and are now working on the editing and special effects.  A version of episode 5 has been put together and is being refined at present (Sept 2005). Shown here is a screen-grab from an earlier BBC South Today programme (July 2004) featuring scenes and people involved in the original Dr Who series when filmed in the South of England - the programme utilised our console set, exterior Tardis Police Box and some daleks...

... and here's an adapted version of the same console during our filming this January (2005)...

And here's an arty- farty pic of the dalek control room - don't worry the final version won't have this effect all over it!