The BBC will re-release 1966 outing “The Power Of The Daleks” this fall, reconstructed as a six-part animated production with original audio and film clips. The master negatives were destroyed in an archive purge in 1974 and the serial arc has always been among the most famous of the lost Doctor Who episodes.
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Last night it was announced that missing 1960s Doctor Who serial Power of the Daleks (destroyed in a BBC archive clearout in the 1970s) was coming back to screens, with the classic adventure set to be recreated in a black-and-white animated special that will be available to buy this November.
Doctor Who is one of the longest running shows on television and unfortunately 97 episodes from the first six years of show’s run has been lost, Season 3 to Season 5 being the worst affected. The restoration will be shown on BBC America November 12 and released on DVD on November 21.
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While classic episodes of Doctor Who are finding a new lease of life, work is now underway on the 10th series of the regenerated show. Some short clips and audio recordings of the saga have been preserved, but the whole story has been missing for almost fifty years now.
Worldwide has announced that a brand new black and white animation based on audio recordings of the programme using the original cast, surviving photographs and film clips will be released 50 years to the minute after its only United Kingdom broadcast on BBC One.
The Charles Norton-led team behind Dad’s Army lost-episode-animation A Stripe For Frazer will produce the animated episodes using character designs from comic book artists Martin Geraghty and Adrian Salmon.
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Recreated Power of the Daleks episodes will be available in the BBC Store beginning November 5, from other digital retailers on November 14, and on DVD in the United Kingdom on November 21.
