Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Release Date: 12th November 2016 - Australia
(screening for limited time at select cinemas)
Production Companies
BBC
Sharmill Films
Distribution
BBC Worldwide
Genre: Animation
Rating: PG
Runtime: 150 minutes
Plot Summary
The Power of the Daleks is
one of the most celebrated
Doctor Who adventures,
and yet no complete film
recordings are known to
have survived. The master
negatives were destroyed in
an archive purge in 1974.
This brand new animation,
being released 50 years after
its only UK broadcast, is
based on the programme's
original audio recordings,
surviving photographs, and
film clips. The six-part
adventure features the
regeneration - or as it was
then called "renewal" - of
First Doctor, William Hartnell,
into Second Doctor, Patrick
Troughton, and follows the
Time Lord and his
companions Polly and Ben
as they do battle with the
Daleks on the planet Vulcan.
(Source - Sharmill Films)
Plot Summary
The Power of the Daleks isone of the most celebrated
Doctor Who adventures,
and yet no complete film
recordings are known to
have survived. The master
negatives were destroyed in
an archive purge in 1974.
This brand new animation,
being released 50 years after
its only UK broadcast, is
based on the programme's
original audio recordings,
surviving photographs, and
film clips. The six-part
adventure features the
regeneration - or as it wasthen called "renewal" - of
First Doctor, William Hartnell,
into Second Doctor, Patrick
Troughton, and follows the
Time Lord and his
companions Polly and Ben
as they do battle with the
Daleks on the planet Vulcan.
(Source - Sharmill Films)
Voice Cast (all archived recordings)
Patrick Troughton - Second Doctor
Anneke Willis - Polly
Michael Craze - Ben
Bernard Archard - Bragen
Peter Bathurst - Hensell
Robert James - Lesterson
Nicholas Hawtrey - Quinn
Pamela Ann Davy - Janley
Martin King - The Examiner
Edward Kelsey - Resno
Richard Kane - Valmar
Steven Scott - Kebble
Peter Hawkins - Dalek Voices
Crew
Director - Christopher Barry
Creator - Sydney Newman (uncredited)
Daleks Creator - Terry Nation
Writers - David Whitaker and
Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Dennis Spooner (uncredited)
Story Editor - Gerry Davis
Producer/Showrunner (uncredited) - Innes Lloyd
Production Designer - Derek Dodd
Animation Producer - Charles Norton
Character Designers - Martin Geraghty and
Adrian Salmon
Animation Producer - Charles Norton
Character Designers - Martin Geraghty and
Adrian Salmon
Incidental Music - Tristam Cary
Composer: Title Music - Ron Grainer
Review
For years I have been a longtime 'Doctor Who' fan, since as far back as I can remember. I'm more of a fan of Tom Baker's and David Tennant's incarnations of the character than any of the other actors like Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. The recent release of 'THE POWER OF THE DALEKS' - like it's never been seen before, in its full reconstructed animated form. It's the long-lost episode that fully introduced Patrick Troughton as the second incarnation of the Doctor, that went missing and only fragments remained for the reconstruction.
The animation is subtle and has a quality similar to the style used in the animated TV series of 'Archer'. Some parts of it were inconsistent and slow which resulted from its tight budget. The soundtrack that was saved from the recordings of the lost original six part serial was a bit off-sync to the animation which also stood out as a minor misstep.
Overall, this serial hasn't been entirely forgotten to the fans who grown up watching the classic 'Doctor Who' and the lost televised episodes. A must see for all of you 'Dr. Who' fans.
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