{"id":48963,"date":"2016-09-07T12:41:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=48963"},"modified":"2019-03-05T18:05:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T02:05:39","slug":"lost-doctor-who-daleks-story-to-return-in-animated-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/lost-doctor-who-daleks-story-to-return-in-animated-form\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ANIMATE! AN-I-MATE!&#8221; Lost Doctor Who Daleks Story to Return in Animated Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out viewers <em>will<\/em> be getting some new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/doctorwho.asp&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Doctor Who<\/em><\/a> on TV this fall after all!<\/p>\n<p>Well, I say \u201cnew\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<p>A six-part animated reconstruction of the 1966 story \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d will bring everyone\u2019s favorite plunger-wielding pepper pots back just in time for the Doctor&#8217;s\u00a050th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>(Why should <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2016\/09\/06\/history-of-star-trek-toys-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Star Trek<\/em> have all the fifty-year fun<\/a>?)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Ib3IEIT0Yw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Scripted by <em>Doctor Who<\/em> co-creator and first script editor David Whitaker, \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d was the third story of the show\u2019s fourth year. It was already the mutated, murderous aliens\u2019 <em>sixth<\/em> storyline &#8211; true testament to the popularity of writer Terry Nation\u2019s villains.<\/p>\n<p>Even more significantly, the six-part story was the Patrick Troughton\u2019s first full adventure as the Doctor. He\u2019d actually taken over the role from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=DC682378&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">William Hartnell, the First Doctor<\/a>, at the end of the previous storyline, \u201cThe Tenth Planet,\u201d in <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u2019s first \u201cregeneration\u201d sequence (though that term wouldn\u2019t be used to describe the process until \u201cPlanet of the Spiders\u201d in 1974).<\/p>\n<p>As the \u201crenewed\u201d Second Doctor, Troughton fought the good fight against threats and terrors throughout time and space\u2014his musical recorder and (new to the Second Doctor) his sonic screwdriver at the ready &#8211; until 1969\u2019s \u201cThe War Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d is one of ten <em>Doctor Who<\/em> serials missing in their entirety. Its six episodes fell victim, like 253 others, to the BBC\u2019s purge of old film and videotape in the late \u201960s and the \u201970s. With archival storage space and recording media both at a premium, contractual rights expiring, and no reason to think anyone would want to watch the programs again, the Beeb wiped or destroyed material from several of its series.<\/p>\n<p>Many lost <em>Doctor Who<\/em> episodes have since been found, but \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d hasn\u2019t surfaced. Fortunately for posterity, <em>Doctor Who<\/em> fans have been a devoted bunch from the start. Audio for all lost episodes and stories survives because some people recorded it right off the TV.<\/p>\n<p>In the decades since, some audio tracks have been used to \u201cscore\u201d screen captures and production photographs. Others have been used with limited animation to fill in gaps here and there. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/anglophenia\/2016\/09\/bbc-america-brings-destroyed-doctor-who-episodes-back-to-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"broken_link\">The Power of the Daleks<\/a>\u201d is the BBC\u2019s first complete animated lost story.<\/p>\n<p>In the U.S., \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d premieres (again\u2014how very timey-wimey) in its glorious black-and-white cartoon incarnation on Saturday, November 12 on BBC America.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for special <em>Doctor Who<\/em> collectibles while you watch, head over to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/doctorwho.asp&amp;utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Earth <em>Doctor Who<\/em>\u00a0store<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0big enough on the inside to supply all your needs!<\/p>\n<p><em>What are you looking forward to most about \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It turns out viewers will be getting some new Doctor Who on TV this fall after all! Well, I say \u201cnew\u201d\u2026 A six-part animated reconstruction of the 1966 story \u201cThe Power of the Daleks\u201d will bring everyone\u2019s favorite plunger-wielding pepper pots back just in time for the Doctor&#8217;s\u00a050th anniversary. 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