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Doctor Who missing adventure ‘The Underwater Menace’ to be animated

The partially-missing Season 4 Doctor Who adventure from 1967, The Underwater Menace, will be animated with four new episodes in colour and high definition, released on DVD and Blu-ray. The original master recordings of all except episodes two and three of The Underwater Menace were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings … >

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New Doctor Who ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ trailer dropped ahead of imminent Blu-ray release

A new trailer has dropped for an animation of The Abominable Snowmen which will be released in on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook in the UK on September 5. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of … >

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Doctor Who Season 22 The Collection Blu-ray announced

The first full season for Colin Baker’s sixth Doctor is the next release to come to Blu-ray with Season 22. All episodes are newly remastered from the best available sources. Across an action-packed season of double-length episodes, Colin Baker’s Doctor and companion Peri (Nicola Bryant) face off against a host of classic monsters and villains, … >

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Big Finish cast Michael Troughton as their Second Doctor

Patrick Troughton’s son will take on his father’s role for a new run of box sets. Doctor Who audio producers Big Finish have taken the step of casting Michael Troughton as the Second Doctor. A successful actor in his own right, Michael Troughton starred in the 1980s/90s political sitcom The New Statesman with Rik Mayall. … >

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Missing Doctor Who story ‘The Abominable Snowmen’ animated for 2022 release

Filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes, The Abominable Snowmen will be released in 2022 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year. The six-part Season 5 second Doctor story The Abominable Snowmen was recreated in animation based on audio recordings of the original episodes. Most of the six-part adventure story was … >

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Doctor Who content wins two Royal Television Society Awards

Two Doctor Who-related productions were nominated for the 2020 Royal Television Society West of England Awards and both won in their categories. The The Doctor Who Cookbook – Revisited by Moon Balloon Productions won for Factual Entertainment and Features. The video cookbook was included in the special features for Doctor Who The Collection Season 23 Blu-ray. … >

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The BBC plans to animate two more missing Doctor Who episodes

According to the Mirror, the BBC has plans to animate two more missing Doctor Who stories from the 1960s featuring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor, The Evil of the Daleks and The Abominable Snowmen. The BBC has previously employed animation to recreate several other lost classic Doctor Who stories which were deleted from the … >

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