BBC Worldwide Confirms Animated Version Of The Power Of The Daleks

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**reds8n**

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/06/bbc-worldwide-confirms-animated-version-of-the-power-of-the-daleks/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

After much speculation — and a curious announcement tease — BBC Worldwide has confirmed it will release an animated version of the missing Doctor Who story The Power of the Daleks in November.

The story, written by David Whitaker and directed by Christopher Barry, featured the first full appearance of Patrick Troughton as the Doctor; although, he isn’t too sure of it himself as the story begins. Soon, the Doctor and his companions Ben and Polly find themselves on the planet Vulcan (no, a different one), where the Time Lord must confront his old enemies, the Daleks. The story aired just the once in 1966 and disappeared into memory when the master recordings were wiped in the late 60s. Audio from the episodes survived and will be utilized in the animated recreation.

The new version has been produced by the team behind the highly successful animation of lost Dad’s Army episode A Stripe For Frazer under the direction of Charles Norton. Comic book artists Martin Geraghty and Adrian Salmon provided character designs.

Norton called the project “the most ambitious Doctor Who archive restoration ever attempted.” Previous animated restorations include missing episodes from classic stories like The Invasion and The Reign of Terror, but The Power of the Daleks represents the first attempt to animate a completely missing story. But it is certainly worthy of the recreation as it represents Troughton’s debut and, it seems, recordings of the six-part story are forever lost to time.

Doctor Who: The Power Of The Daleks will be released on the BBC Store on Saturday, November 5th at 5:50pm to commemorate the to-the-minute fiftieth anniversary of the story’s original airing. It will also be available on DVD on November 21st in the UK.

**Kid_Kyoto**

The whole lost Who thing is really interesting. I'm sure there's other lost shows out there, I think Japan similarly didn't save old shows, but I've never heard of anything quite like the quests and restoration efforts to recover them.

Hmm... I wonder if there isn't a Dr Who story in there where the doctor must traverse time and space to recover lost stories about some benighted world's lord.

**squidhills**

This is the greatest news I've had all year! I absolutely cannot wait for this! If it's anything like the animation on episodes 1 & 3 of "The Invasion" it'll be freaking awesome!

**Orlanth**

It will have to be good to be as awesome as Second Empire, and fans of the fans are making animated versions of the comic faithful to the story right down to the exact imagery and script.