Unfortunately, it has not received a proper DVD release with that rediscovered episode made available only on the special edition of The Aztecs. Happily the third episode of Galaxy 4 ‘ Air Lock’ was found in 2011. But let’s break down all the stories individually and assess their suitability for animation. The third season of Doctor Who is heavily hit by missing episodes and currently is untouched by animators. This decision, to animate two episodes or all four, will probably be the biggest contributing factor. The Reign of Terror saw only the missing episodes animated but The Faceless Ones saw all episodes, including those that do exist get animated. The decision to animate or not will also be based on whether all four episodes would require animation for a release.
Unfortunately we can’t change that casting decision but it would be a shame for this story to go incomplete because of it. It could also be a controversial story with actor Bernard Kay in the role of Saladin. The Doctor (William Hartnell) encountered Richard I (Julian Glover) in The Crusade (c) BBC Studios The quality of the audio is also not brilliant and may be another deciding factor against animation.
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However, this story has even more characters than Marco Polo, plus extras, and elaborate costumes to convert into animated form. So in order to complete Season 2 for The Collection range, only two episodes of The Crusade require animation. Following the return of ‘ The Lion‘ in 1999, only Episodes 2 and 4 remain unaccounted for. Much like Marco Polo, The Crusade is the only story from Doctor Who’s second season to be missing from the archive, and only half of it at that. The problem is that it wouldn’t be a simple task to animate. But whilst we all cross our fingers that all seven episodes of Marco Polo are sat on a dusty shelf somewhere in the world, the only option for a release onto DVD and Blu Ray at the moment is through animation. After all, there were more copies of The Roof of the World than other episodes which miraculously do still exist in the archive. So, it is far more likely that episodes of Marco Polo might turn up in a vault than others. Doctor Who: Marco Polo – Marco Polo (Mark Eden), The Doctor (William Hartnell), Susan (Carol Ann Ford), Ian Chesterton (William Russell) (c) BBCĪlso Marco Polo was one of the most widely sold stories to other countries during the 1960’s, along with the rest of Season 1. There are also lots of characters and changes of location, making the animator’s job that little bit harder. Given the decisions to animate in colour as well as black and white, the elaborate colours may complicate matters. However, as we have seen from the behind the scenes colour photographs which do exist, Marco Polo is a colourful tale. The soundtrack was prepared for a recent vinyl record release so that will surely aid any potential animation. It seems like an obvious candidate for completion, especially if there is going to be a Doctor Who: The Collection box set for Season 1.
With the animation of the missing two episodes from The Reign of Terror, Marco Polo remains the only story from the first season of Doctor Who to not have been released in a visual format.
So let’s take a look through the contenders in chronological order. How many episodes are missing? Is there reference material available? How many actors/characters are required? Are there multiple costume changes? How many sets need to be created? What is the quality of the audio soundtrack? How marketable will the story be? Will the Doctor Who: The Collection range be a factor? So what might be animated next? Of course there are a number of factors to consider. With the release of Fury from the Deep the number of animated missing episodes has reached 29 out of 97.
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Now we are getting full missing stories, such as The Power of the Daleks and The Macra Terror. Several stories, such as The Ice Warriors and The Reign of Terror, have now been completed using animation. It was back in 2006 that the missing two episodes of The Invasion were created for DVD release. Animations have therefore been firmly established as the ideal format for bringing missing stories back to life. Missing episodes of Doctor Who have been recreated through animation for several years now. With the release of Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep recreated using animation, let’s look to the future and speculate.
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