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An '''animated episode''' is a [[missing episode]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' that has been "completed" by use of animation. In several cases, producers of the ''Doctor Who'' [[DVD]] range have commissioned original black-and-white animation, synced to the programme's original audio tracks. | An '''animated episode''' is a [[missing episode]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' that has been "completed" by use of [[animation]]. In several cases, producers of the ''Doctor Who'' [[DVD]] range have commissioned original black-and-white animation, synced to the programme's original audio tracks. | ||
Early commissions served to "complete" serials with only one or two missing episodes, allowing the full serials to be sold as a commercial product. | Early commissions served to "complete" serials with only one or two missing episodes, allowing the full serials to be sold as a commercial product. | ||
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Later, [[BBC Worldwide]] and [[BBC America]] commissioned a full animation of ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' for broadcast and commercial release, beginning the trend of animating whole missing stories going forward. | Later, [[BBC Worldwide]] and [[BBC America]] commissioned a full animation of ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' for broadcast and commercial release, beginning the trend of animating whole missing stories going forward. | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!rowspan=2|Doctor | ! rowspan="2" |Doctor | ||
!rowspan=2|Season | ! rowspan="2" |Season | ||
!rowspan=2|Story | ! rowspan="2" |Story | ||
!rowspan=2|Serial | ! rowspan="2" |Serial | ||
!rowspan=2| | ! rowspan="2" |№ episodes<br />in serial | ||
!rowspan=2| | ! rowspan="2" |№ episodes<br>missing | ||
!rowspan=2|Animator | ! rowspan="2" |№ of animated<br />episodes | ||
!colspan=3|DVD release | ! rowspan="2" |Animator | ||
! colspan="3" |DVD/Blu-Ray release | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Region 2 | !Region 2 | ||
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!Region 4 | !Region 4 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan= | | rowspan="4" align="center" |[[First Doctor|First]] | ||
| align=center|[[Season 1|1]] | | align="center" |[[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|1]] | ||
| align=center|008 | | align="center" |008 | ||
| ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | |''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | ||
| align=center|6 | | align="center" |6 | ||
| align=center|2 (4 and 5) | | colspan="2" align="center" |2 (4 and 5) | ||
| [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] | |[[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] & [[Planet 55]] | ||
| [[28 January (releases)|28 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | |[[28 January (releases)|28 January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]] | ||
| [[12 February (releases)|12 February]] 2013 | |[[12 February (releases)|12 February]] 2013 | ||
| [[6 February (releases)|6 February]] 2013 | |[[6 February (releases)|6 February]] 2013 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| rowspan=" | | rowspan="2" align="center" |[[Season 3 (Doctor Who 1963)|3]] | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |018 | ||
| ''[[ | |''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' | ||
| align=center|4 | | align="center" |4 | ||
| align=center|1 ( | | align="center" |3 (1, 2 and 4) | ||
| [[ | | align="center" |4 (all) | ||
| [[ | |[[Big Finish Creative]] | ||
| [[ | |[[15 November (releases)|15 November]] [[2021 (releases)|2021]] | ||
| [[ | |[[5 April (releases)|5 April]] [[2022 (releases)|2022]] | ||
|[[12 January (releases)|12 January]] 2022 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" |024 | |||
| align=center| | |''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' | ||
| ''[[The | | align="center" |4 | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |3 (1, 2 and 3) | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |4 (all) | ||
| [[ | |[[Shapeshifter Studios]] | ||
| [[ | |[[10 June (releases)|10 June]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]] | ||
| [[ | |[[11 June (releases)|11 June]] 2024 | ||
| [[ | |[[7 August (releases)|7 August]] 2024 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align=center| | | rowspan="7" align="center" |[[Season 4 (Doctor Who 1963)|4]] | ||
| ''[[The | | align="center" |029 | ||
| align=center|4 | |''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |4 | ||
| Planet 55 | | colspan="2" align="center" |1 (4) | ||
| [[ | |Planet 55 | ||
| [[ | |[[14 October (releases)|14 October]] 2013 | ||
| [[ | |[[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2013 | ||
|[[30 October (releases)|30 October]] 2013 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align=center| | | rowspan="11" align="center" |[[Second Doctor|Second]] | ||
| ''[[The | | align="center" |030 | ||
| align=center| | |''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |6 | ||
| [[ | | colspan="2" align="center" |6 (all) | ||
| [[ | |rowspan=2|[[BBC Studios]] | ||
|[[21 November (releases)|21 November]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]] | |||
| [[ | |[[24 January (releases)|24 January]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] | ||
|[[14 December (releases)|14 December]] 2016 | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align=center| | |align="center" |032 | ||
| ''[[The | |''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |4 | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |2 (1 and 4) | ||
| | | align="center" |4 (all) | ||
| | |[[13 November (releases)|13 November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]] | ||
| | |[[9 January (releases)|9 January]] 2024 | ||
| ''TBA'' | |''TBA'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| | |align="center" |033 | ||
|''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' | |||
| ''[[The | | align="center" |4 | ||
| align=center| | | colspan="2" align="center" |2 (1 and 3) | ||
| align=center|2 ( | |Planet 55 | ||
| [[ | |[[20 January (releases)|20 January]] [[2014 (releases)|2014]] | ||
|[[22 January (releases)|22 January]] 2014 | |||
| [[ | |[[11 February (releases)|11 February]] 2014 | ||
| [[ | |||
|- | |- | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |034 | ||
| ''[[ | |''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'' | ||
| align=center| | | align="center" |4 | ||
| align=center| | | colspan="2" align="center" |4 (all) | ||
| | |[[Sun & Moon Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sunandmoonstudios.co.uk/work/doctor-who-the-macra-terror/|title=The Macra Terror – a Doctor Who animated restoration|website=Sun & Moon Studios}}</ref> (with BBC Studios) | ||
| | |[[25 March (releases)|25 March]] [[2019 (releases)|2019]] | ||
| | |[[12 November (releases)|12 November]] 2019 | ||
| | |[[17 April (releases)|17 April]] 2019 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| align=center|[[Season 6|6]] | | align="center" |035 | ||
| align=center|046 | |''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'' | ||
| ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' | | align="center" |6 | ||
| align=center|8 | | align="center" |4 (2, 4, 5 and 6) | ||
| align=center|2 (1 and 4) | | align="center" |6 (all) | ||
| [[Cosgrove Hall | |rowspan=2|BBC Studios | ||
| [[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]] | ||
| [[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |[[6 October (releases)|6 October]] 2020 | ||
| [[3 January (releases)|3 January]] 2007 | |[[8 April (releases)|8 April]] 2020 | ||
|- | |||
| align="center" |036 | |||
|''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' | |||
| align="center" |7 | |||
| align="center" |6 (1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) | |||
| align="center" |7 (all) | |||
|[[27 September (releases)|27 September]] 2021 | |||
|[[16 November (releases)|16 November]] 2021 | |||
|[[10 November (releases)|10 November]] 2021 | |||
|- | |||
| rowspan="4" align="center" |[[Season 5 (Doctor Who 1963)|5]] | |||
| align="center" |038 | |||
|''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' | |||
| align="center" |6 | |||
| align="center" |5 (1, 3, 4 and 5) | |||
| align="center" |6 (all) | |||
|Big Finish Creative | |||
|[[5 September (releases)|5 September]] 2022 | |||
|[[6 December (releases)|6 December]] 2022 | |||
|[[2 November (releases)|2 November]] 2022 | |||
|- | |||
| align="center" |039 | |||
|''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' | |||
| align="center" |6 | |||
| colspan="2" align="center" |2 (2 and 3) | |||
|[[Qurios Entertainment]] | |||
|[[26 August (releases)|26 August]] 2013 | |||
|[[17 September (releases)|17 September]] 2013 | |||
|[[28 August (releases)|28 August]] 2013 | |||
|- | |||
|041 | |||
|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | |||
| align="center" |6 | |||
| colspan="2" align="center" |1 (3) | |||
|[[Shapeshifter Studios]] (with Big Finish Creative & BBC Studios) | |||
|[[16 August (releases)|16 August]] 2021 | |||
|[[1 February (people)|1 February]] 2022 | |||
|[[22 September (releases)|22 September]] 2021 | |||
|- | |||
| align="center" |042 | |||
|''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' | |||
| align="center" |6 | |||
| colspan="2" align="center" |6 (all) | |||
|Big Finish Creative | |||
|[[14 September (releases)|14 September]] 2020 | |||
|[[16 March (releases)|16 March]] 2021 | |||
|[[11 November (releases)|11 November]] 2020 | |||
|- | |||
| align="center" |[[Season 6 (Doctor Who 1963)|6]] | |||
| align="center" |046 | |||
|''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' | |||
| align="center" |8 | |||
| colspan="2" align="center" |2 (1 and 4) | |||
|[[Cosgrove Hall]] | |||
|[[6 November (releases)|6 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|[[6 March (releases)|6 March]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|[[3 January (releases)|3 January]] 2007 | |||
|- | |||
|[[Fourth Doctor|Fourth]] | |||
| align="center" |[[Season 17 (Doctor Who 1963)|17]] | |||
| align="center" |N/A | |||
|''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' | |||
| align="center" |6 | |||
| colspan="2" align="center" |Various scenes | |||
|BBC Studios | |||
|[[24 November (releases)|24 November]] 2017 | |||
|[[4 September (releases)|4 September]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |||
|[[10 January (releases)|10 January]] 2018 | |||
|} | |} | ||
The first such effort, Cosgrove Hall's animation of ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' episodes 1 and 4, was released to DVD alongside the surviving episodes in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. The animation had been paid for by an earlier surplus in the ''Doctor Who'' website budget, allowing it to be used in the DVD release as a test for the concept, at no extra cost. Despite the DVD's success, the sales were not high enough to offset the animation cost for any future collaboration. | The first such effort, Cosgrove Hall's animation of ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' episodes 1 and 4, was released to DVD alongside the surviving episodes in [[November (releases)|November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. The animation had been paid for by an earlier surplus in the ''Doctor Who'' website budget, allowing it to be used in the DVD release as a test for the concept, at no extra cost. Despite the DVD's success, the sales were not high enough to offset the animation cost for any future collaboration. | ||
Eventually other animation studios were commissioned to continue the | Eventually, other animation studios were commissioned to continue the reconstructions. In [[June (releases)|June]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]], [[2 entertain|2|entertain]] announced that the missing episodes 4 and 5 of ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'' would be animated by [[Planet 55|Planet 55 Studios]], using the "Thetamation" process. | ||
The serial was released on DVD in [[January (releases)|January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. Planet 55 would later go on to animate | The serial was released on DVD in [[January (releases)|January]] [[2013 (releases)|2013]]. Planet 55 would later go on to animate episode 4 of ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' (November 2013), and episodes 1 and 3 of ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' (January [[2014 (releases)|2014]]). | ||
In [[August (releases)|August]] 2013, [[BBC Worldwide]] announced that episodes 2 and 3 of ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' would be animated by [[Qurios Entertainment]] for a DVD release later that month. | In [[August (releases)|August]] 2013, [[BBC Worldwide]] announced that episodes 2 and 3 of ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' would be animated by [[Qurios Entertainment]] for a DVD release later that month. | ||
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In [[December (releases)|December]] 2013, 2 Entertain commissioning editor [[Dan Hall]] mentioned that Planet 55 had again been commissioned to complete ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', for what he hoped would be an early 2014 release. However, in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' confirmed that the much-delayed DVD, now scheduled for [[26 October (releases)|26 October]], was instead to contain [[tele-snaps|tele-snap reconstructions]] of the missing episodes 1 and 4. | In [[December (releases)|December]] 2013, 2 Entertain commissioning editor [[Dan Hall]] mentioned that Planet 55 had again been commissioned to complete ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'', for what he hoped would be an early 2014 release. However, in [[September (releases)|September]] [[2015 (releases)|2015]] ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' confirmed that the much-delayed DVD, now scheduled for [[26 October (releases)|26 October]], was instead to contain [[tele-snaps|tele-snap reconstructions]] of the missing episodes 1 and 4. | ||
In September [[2016 (releases)|2016]] it was announced that the completely missing serial ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' would be animated and released via the [[BBC Store]] on [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] 2016, the 50th anniversary of the serial's first broadcast, before it was released on DVD ([[21 November (releases)|21 November]]) and [[Blu-ray]] ([[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]). This | In September [[2016 (releases)|2016]] it was announced that the completely missing serial ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' would be animated and released via the [[BBC Store]] on [[5 November (releases)|5 November]] 2016, the 50th anniversary of the serial's first broadcast, before it was released on DVD ([[21 November (releases)|21 November]]) and [[Blu-ray]] ([[6 February (releases)|6 February]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]). This was the first wholly missing serial to be completely reconstructed using animation. It was also the first animated reconstruction to have a Special Edition release which was released on [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2020 (releases)|2020]]. | ||
In 2017, the unfinished Fourth Doctor serial ''[[Shada (TV story)|Shada]]'' was released with animation of the scenes not yet filmed, using new voice recordings by the original actors. | |||
In [[January (releases)|January]] [[2022]], the future of ''Doctor Who'' animations was left uncertain as [[BBC America]] were said to be withdrawing their funding. This would not affect the one project that was still in production at the time (''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'') but it did leave doubts as to whether any further incomplete serials would be animated.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-animated-episodes-cancelled-newsupdate/</ref> By [[September (releases)|September]] 2022, it was a made final by [[animation director]] [[Gary Russell]] at a [[BFI Southbank|BFI]] Q&A session that "''this [was] it for us''". However, the animations were not officially 'cancelled' as [[BBC Studios]] could be seeking another partner for future productions.<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-animations-hiatus-newsupdate/</ref> | |||
In [[August (releases)|August]] [[2023]], it was announced that ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' would be the next incomplete serial to be animated<ref>https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-underwater-menace-animation-newsupdate/</ref>, suggesting that animations would continue to be produced. | |||
In December 2023, the animated version of [[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|''The Celestial Toymaker'']] was announced.<ref>[https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-features/part-missing-adventure-the-celestial-toymaker-to-be-completed-with-new-animation Part-missing adventure 'The Celestial Toymaker' to be completed with new animation]</ref> | |||
== Unreleased and unofficial animations == | == Unreleased and unofficial animations == | ||
In 2008, after future collaboration with Cosgrove Hall had been rejected due to expense, 2 Entertain was approached by [[David Busch]] of US animation studio [[Titmouse, Inc.]], who offered to do the work more cheaply as a result of the favourable exchange rate between the UK and the US, and put together a test trailer of scenes animated from various missing serials, including ''The Power of the Daleks'', ''The Moonbase'', ''The Macra Terror'', '' | In 2008, after future collaboration with Cosgrove Hall had been rejected due to expense, 2 Entertain was approached by [[David Busch]] of US animation studio [[Titmouse, Inc.]], who offered to do the work more cheaply as a result of the favourable exchange rate between the UK and the US, and put together a test trailer of scenes animated from various missing serials, including ''The Power of the Daleks'', ''The Moonbase'', ''The Macra Terror'', ''The Web of Fear'', and ''Fury from the Deep''. | ||
While 2 Entertain decided not to commission anything from Titmouse, the trailer was eventually seen by [[Ian Levine]], who offered to try and raise the money for a full episode reconstruction to serve as a prototype. | While 2 Entertain decided not to commission anything from Titmouse, the trailer was eventually seen by [[Ian Levine]], who offered to try and raise the money for a full episode reconstruction to serve as a prototype. | ||
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With the advent of ever-more-powerful home computers and more specialist programs for them, many fans are also working on unofficial animations of the missing episodes, and this is widespread with many clips being shown online. | With the advent of ever-more-powerful home computers and more specialist programs for them, many fans are also working on unofficial animations of the missing episodes, and this is widespread with many clips being shown online. | ||
In [[2022 (releases)|2022]], [[Josh Snares]] released a full animated visualisation of the [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish audio story]] ''[[Out of Time (audio story)|Out of Time]]'' on YouTube. To avoid copyright infringement, the soundtrack was not included; instead, fans were invited to download the ''Out of Time'' audio legally and sync it up with Snares's visuals themselves. Although it was not actually an official Big Finish product, Snares's animation was promoted by [[Big Finish Productions]] on Twitter.<ref>[https://twitter.com/bigfinish/status/1512757719236849664 Big Finish Productions on Twitter]</ref> They would later go on to make further animations for ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXAScj2O78w</ref> and ''[[The Brink of Death (audio story)|The Brink of Death]]''<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_syF24kYek</ref>. | |||
In 2023, a 3D animation of the first episode of ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' was posted on YouTube by Dinopuff.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCkftxej5yg</ref> | |||
In 2024, Iz and Steve Skinner released animations of parts 1, 2, 5 and 6 of [[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|''The Wheel in Space'']] to the TardisTimeGirl YouTube channel. 3D models and animation files from the project were used on the official short [[The Wheel in Space: Episode 1 (home video)|animation of Episode 1]], but when the full project was proposed for an official release via the BBC, it was declined.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8SgTDKtmsQ&ab_channel=JoshSnares</ref> | |||
== The Lost TV Episodes == | == The Lost TV Episodes == | ||
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'''Collection One: 1964–65''' | '''Collection One: 1964–65''' | ||
*''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' | |||
*''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | * ''[[Marco Polo (TV story)|Marco Polo]]'' | ||
*''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'' | * ''[[The Reign of Terror (TV story)|The Reign of Terror]]'' | ||
*''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' | * ''[[The Crusade (TV story)|The Crusade]]'' | ||
*''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'' | * ''[[Galaxy 4 (TV story)|Galaxy 4]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'' | |||
'''Collection Two: 1965–66''' | '''Collection Two: 1965–66''' | ||
*"[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]" | |||
*''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' | * "[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]" | ||
*''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'' | * ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'' | ||
*''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' | * ''[[The Massacre (TV story)|The Massacre]]'' | ||
*''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'' | * ''[[The Celestial Toymaker (TV story)|The Celestial Toymaker]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Savages (TV story)|The Savages]]'' | |||
'''Collection Three: 1966–67''' | '''Collection Three: 1966–67''' | ||
*''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'' | |||
*''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' | * ''[[The Smugglers (TV story)|The Smugglers]]'' | ||
*''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' | * ''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' | ||
*''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' | * ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' | ||
*''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' | * ''[[The Highlanders (TV story)|The Highlanders]]'' | ||
*''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' | * ''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Moonbase (TV story)|The Moonbase]]'' | |||
'''Collection Four: 1967''' | '''Collection Four: 1967''' | ||
*''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'' | |||
*''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'' | * ''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'' | ||
*''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' | * ''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'' | ||
*''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' | * ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' | ||
*''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' | * ''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]'' | |||
'''Collection Five: 1967–69''' | '''Collection Five: 1967–69''' | ||
*''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' | |||
*''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | * ''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]'' | ||
*''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' | * ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' | ||
*''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' | * ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' | ||
*''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' | * ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' | ||
*''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' | * ''[[The Invasion (TV story)|The Invasion]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]'' | |||
== Special animation == | == Special animation == | ||
On [[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], for the 25th Anniversary event of [[Missing, Believed Wiped]], a special animation of the currently missing ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' was made. It was neither a reimagination nor an animated restoration of the actual story, but rather a cut-down mini-episode based on the first episode. | On [[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]], for the 25th Anniversary event of [[Missing, Believed Wiped]], a special animation of the currently missing ''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' was made. It was neither a reimagination nor an animated restoration of the actual story, but rather a cut-down mini-episode based on the first episode. It was later included as a bonus feature on the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the [[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-right:0;" | {| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; margin-right:0;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="col" style="width:4%;" | Story | ! scope="col" style="width:4%;" |Story | ||
! scope="col" style="width:27%;" | Title | ! scope="col" style="width:27%;" |Title | ||
! scope="col" style="width: | ! scope="col" style="width:12%;" |Animator | ||
! scope="col" style="width:22%;" |Original airdate | |||
|- | |- | ||
! scope="row" |- | ! scope="row" |- | ||
|''[[The Wheel in Space | |''[[The Wheel in Space: Episode 1 (home video)|The Wheel in Space: Episode 1]]'' | ||
|[[BBC Studios]] | |||
|[[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | |[[15 December (releases)|15 December]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Terminology]] | [[Category:Terminology]] |
Latest revision as of 23:06, 14 December 2024
An animated episode is a missing episode of Doctor Who that has been "completed" by use of animation. In several cases, producers of the Doctor Who DVD range have commissioned original black-and-white animation, synced to the programme's original audio tracks.
Early commissions served to "complete" serials with only one or two missing episodes, allowing the full serials to be sold as a commercial product.
Later, BBC Worldwide and BBC America commissioned a full animation of The Power of the Daleks for broadcast and commercial release, beginning the trend of animating whole missing stories going forward.
The first such effort, Cosgrove Hall's animation of The Invasion episodes 1 and 4, was released to DVD alongside the surviving episodes in November 2006. The animation had been paid for by an earlier surplus in the Doctor Who website budget, allowing it to be used in the DVD release as a test for the concept, at no extra cost. Despite the DVD's success, the sales were not high enough to offset the animation cost for any future collaboration.
Eventually, other animation studios were commissioned to continue the reconstructions. In June 2011, 2|entertain announced that the missing episodes 4 and 5 of The Reign of Terror would be animated by Planet 55 Studios, using the "Thetamation" process.
The serial was released on DVD in January 2013. Planet 55 would later go on to animate episode 4 of The Tenth Planet (November 2013), and episodes 1 and 3 of The Moonbase (January 2014).
In August 2013, BBC Worldwide announced that episodes 2 and 3 of The Ice Warriors would be animated by Qurios Entertainment for a DVD release later that month.
In December 2013, 2 Entertain commissioning editor Dan Hall mentioned that Planet 55 had again been commissioned to complete The Underwater Menace, for what he hoped would be an early 2014 release. However, in September 2015 Doctor Who Magazine confirmed that the much-delayed DVD, now scheduled for 26 October, was instead to contain tele-snap reconstructions of the missing episodes 1 and 4.
In September 2016 it was announced that the completely missing serial The Power of the Daleks would be animated and released via the BBC Store on 5 November 2016, the 50th anniversary of the serial's first broadcast, before it was released on DVD (21 November) and Blu-ray (6 February 2017). This was the first wholly missing serial to be completely reconstructed using animation. It was also the first animated reconstruction to have a Special Edition release which was released on 27 July 2020.
In 2017, the unfinished Fourth Doctor serial Shada was released with animation of the scenes not yet filmed, using new voice recordings by the original actors.
In January 2022, the future of Doctor Who animations was left uncertain as BBC America were said to be withdrawing their funding. This would not affect the one project that was still in production at the time (The Abominable Snowmen) but it did leave doubts as to whether any further incomplete serials would be animated.[2] By September 2022, it was a made final by animation director Gary Russell at a BFI Q&A session that "this [was] it for us". However, the animations were not officially 'cancelled' as BBC Studios could be seeking another partner for future productions.[3]
In August 2023, it was announced that The Underwater Menace would be the next incomplete serial to be animated[4], suggesting that animations would continue to be produced.
In December 2023, the animated version of The Celestial Toymaker was announced.[5]
Unreleased and unofficial animations[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2008, after future collaboration with Cosgrove Hall had been rejected due to expense, 2 Entertain was approached by David Busch of US animation studio Titmouse, Inc., who offered to do the work more cheaply as a result of the favourable exchange rate between the UK and the US, and put together a test trailer of scenes animated from various missing serials, including The Power of the Daleks, The Moonbase, The Macra Terror, The Web of Fear, and Fury from the Deep.
While 2 Entertain decided not to commission anything from Titmouse, the trailer was eventually seen by Ian Levine, who offered to try and raise the money for a full episode reconstruction to serve as a prototype.
The episode chosen was "Mission to the Unknown", as it was a self-contained episode featuring the Daleks with a limited number of characters and sets, thus keeping the budget down.
Although completed, the animated version of Mission to the Unknown has never been officially released, although it has been posted on various video streaming sites.
With the advent of ever-more-powerful home computers and more specialist programs for them, many fans are also working on unofficial animations of the missing episodes, and this is widespread with many clips being shown online.
In 2022, Josh Snares released a full animated visualisation of the Big Finish audio story Out of Time on YouTube. To avoid copyright infringement, the soundtrack was not included; instead, fans were invited to download the Out of Time audio legally and sync it up with Snares's visuals themselves. Although it was not actually an official Big Finish product, Snares's animation was promoted by Big Finish Productions on Twitter.[6] They would later go on to make further animations for The Genocide Machine[7] and The Brink of Death[8].
In 2023, a 3D animation of the first episode of The Celestial Toymaker was posted on YouTube by Dinopuff.[9]
In 2024, Iz and Steve Skinner released animations of parts 1, 2, 5 and 6 of The Wheel in Space to the TardisTimeGirl YouTube channel. 3D models and animation files from the project were used on the official short animation of Episode 1, but when the full project was proposed for an official release via the BBC, it was declined.[10]
The Lost TV Episodes[[edit] | [edit source]]
From 2010 to 2012, five audio box sets were released by BBC Audiobooks. The sets collected the full, unaltered soundtracks to the Doctor Who stories which did not exist in video form up to that point. A small number of the episodes included linked narration, and all of the five sets contained exclusive interviews with former cast members. The first collection was released on 5 August 2010 and the fifth was released on 1 August 2012. BBC Audiobooks – which later became AudioGo – went into administration in 2013 and ceased production officially in 2014.[11]
Collection One: 1964–65
Collection Two: 1965–66
Collection Three: 1966–67
- The Smugglers
- The Tenth Planet
- The Power of the Daleks
- The Highlanders
- The Underwater Menace
- The Moonbase
Collection Four: 1967
Collection Five: 1967–69
- The Enemy of the World
- The Web of Fear
- Fury from the Deep
- The Wheel in Space
- The Invasion
- The Space Pirates
Special animation[[edit] | [edit source]]
On 15 December 2018, for the 25th Anniversary event of Missing, Believed Wiped, a special animation of the currently missing The Wheel in Space was made. It was neither a reimagination nor an animated restoration of the actual story, but rather a cut-down mini-episode based on the first episode. It was later included as a bonus feature on the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the The Macra Terror.
Story | Title | Animator | Original airdate |
---|---|---|---|
- | The Wheel in Space: Episode 1 | BBC Studios | 15 December 2018 |
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ The Macra Terror – a Doctor Who animated restoration.
- ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-animated-episodes-cancelled-newsupdate/
- ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-animations-hiatus-newsupdate/
- ↑ https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-underwater-menace-animation-newsupdate/
- ↑ Part-missing adventure 'The Celestial Toymaker' to be completed with new animation
- ↑ Big Finish Productions on Twitter
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXAScj2O78w
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_syF24kYek
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCkftxej5yg
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8SgTDKtmsQ&ab_channel=JoshSnares
- ↑ AudioGO's BBC titles signed by Random House | The Bookseller (en).