Comments on: [Review] ‘Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks’

By: bjwanlund

bjwanlund — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:57:00 +0000

I dunno, I liked it enough. At least the first episode… I am very much a fan of the more limited animation style from the 1960s. Luckily they’re not as bad at reusing backgrounds as Hanna-Barbera were… *Yogi runs past a tree, a rock, and then a tree again*

By: bjwanlund

bjwanlund — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 20:51:00 +0000

As someone who is a) a newer Whovian, b) a longtime animation fan, and c) a fan of Patrick Troughton’s Doctor in particular, I really am enjoying this. The audio is AWESOME, the restoration on the original audio is amazing, and the character designs are (mostly) on point. The only designs that missed the mark were those of Ben and Polly, but it is nice to see more missing episodes animated. Also, as this is the first time I have heard more than just the audio, this was a treat. If they can animate stuff like The Highlanders and the totally missing episodes like this? That would definitely help the audio on so many of these totally-missing stories from the inevitable dragging.

By: Dr. Who fan.

Dr. Who fan. — Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:42:00 +0000

Long time Dr. Who Fan. This really sucked. BBC makes a huge amount of money off of Dr. Who, they could have put a better budget to this. Animation technology exists that this could have been amazing and instead it is absolutely gross.

One may as well just close ones eyes and just listen. Or watch the stills and clips that exist in sequence as the audio plays – it would be better than watching the crappy animation. It was essentially pointless to make such poor animation – if you’re going to do something do it well or not at all.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:53:00 +0000

As a Whovian, I am so happy to see this! I’ve never gone back and watched classic Doctor Who due to the fact that so many episodes are missing. Hopefully BBC does this with other episodes in the future.

By: Jonathan J. North

Jonathan J. North — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:36:00 +0000

In reply to SEjeffries.

I know! It’s hard to believe that people ever thought that way! Even though I’ve known about archive purges for a few years now, it’s no less surprising to me now that anyone ever thought it was a good idea!

And I do appreciate the effort that is being gone to to restore episodes like this. I really hope that this venture is successful enough for the BBC to commission some more.

By: Jonathan J. North

Jonathan J. North — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 02:33:00 +0000

In reply to Remy White. I've never seen Archer, is it good? Yes, there was a lot to chuckle at. I like how random and silly the Doctor could be. He still is at times, Matt Smith was especially that way, but I love seeing that quality in the older episodes too. :)

By: Remy White

Remy White — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 00:22:00 +0000

I watched it and it reminded me of Archer. I enjoyed it and me and my friend giggled a lot over simple things.. like someone asking the Doctor a question and he’d just toot his recorder instead xD

By: SEjeffries

SEjeffries — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 23:09:00 +0000

I find it so hard to believe that so many episodes are missing- Its sad they haven’t recovered the original, but its a nice effort to make up for the loss of it.