Commissioning of Animated Chapters to Replace Lost Doctor Who Episodes For Future DVD Release

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Due to the BBCs policy of wiping episodes of television programmes in decades past to save money and tape, many episodes of Doctor Who were lost. The annoying thing about this is that in its original format, Doctor Who was made up of multi-part stories; having one part missing ruins the whole story. The soundtracks for the episodes still exist, and last year, Cosgrove-Hall, creators of Dangermouse and Count Duckula, were commissioned to create animated versions of the missing episodes of the Patrick Troughton story, The Invasion, for release on DVD. It was an extremely successful and popular experiment; for the first time in decades, fans were able to see this story in its entirety, and many a discussion ensued as to which incomplete story would be next.

However, Daniel Hall, commissioning editor for DVD publisher 2entertain, recently made an announcement on behalf of his company regarding the future of animated episodes of Doctor Who. Speaking on the Restoration Team's Technical Forum, he stated: "After due consideration and for the foreseeable future, we are withdrawing from co-commissioning and co-producing any "classic" Doctor Who animations. I feel our energies will be better spent working on existing stories. With the New Series such a success, and the forthcoming animations for Totally Doctor Who, the BBC is in a far superior position to develop this idea. After all, the original commission of The Invasion came from them."

This petition is to let fans voice their opinion on this matter. I know that many are disappointed and dissatisfied by this decision. One classic story completed by animated episodes every year to two years would be fantastic, and that is what we thought we were going to get. Please sign this petition to show your support for what was, is, and will always be, a brilliant idea.

You also have the option of suggesting a classic story that you would like to see restored in the future should this decision be reversed, or an alternative route found.

Many thanks.

963 Signatures

  • Ian Hewett
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • Matthew Doe
  • Tim Bliss
    • Comments
    • 'Invasion' was excellent. Let's see some more!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Power of The Daleks / The Evil of the Daleks
  • Andy Bliss
    • Comments
    • Give us some more animated classics...please (you know you want to)
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Power of the Daleks (but I'd settle for any of them)
  • shane clamp
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • ice warriers
  • Chris Neufeld
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Dalek's Master Plan
  • matthew king
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • shada
  • Ben Ripley
    • Comments
    • 'The Invasion' was superb. Don't tease us like this and then call it quits. The lost episodes deserve a new audience!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Marco Polo
  • Chris Myers
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • 10th Planet
  • Chris Holmes
  • darren
  • Ruth Walters
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • 10th Planet
  • Emma Middlemiss
  • Ross Guthrie
  • Robert Munro
    • Comments
    • Give Me More!!!!!!!!!!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Tenth Planet
  • Elizabeth Woodburne
  • Rick Milburn
    • Comments
    • Its a shame as I feel your missing out on a great money spinner - and something that would of course be fantastic for us !
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Ice Warriors
  • C. L. B.
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Highlanders
  • Luis-Gabriel Leal
    • Comments
    • Please do not stop animating the lost episodes.
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Celestial Toymaker and why not all of the rest? It would be damn good fun to see an animated Colin Baker or Davros
  • Tim
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Power Of The Daleks
  • Matt Tidby
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • John Campbell Rees
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Tenth Planet
  • David Blewer
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • Nik Brooks
    • Comments
    • There is a market out there for this!! How about some 3D rendered animation?
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Evil of the Daleks (+The Faceless Ones ?)You could even replace the "toy DALEKS" with a more convincing scene.
  • David MacDonald
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Macra Terror or The Tenth Planet
  • Gina Brown
  • J. Dziadek
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Web of Fear
  • Aaron J Climas
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Power of the Daleks.
  • Tobi Eldridge
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Ice Warriors- Seeds of Death
  • David Lipscombe
  • martin perry
  • Russell Parker
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • John Shaw
    • Comments
    • Whether in colour or black and white, it would be great to see missing stories in some visual form again
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • Devin Copeland
  • Michael Wilberforce
    • Comments
    • Surely there could be a way to make more money out of these than by just a DVD release?
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Marco Polo / The Tenth Planet
  • Josiah Rowe
    • Comments
    • I don't care who commissions the animated restorations (it's all internal politics between parts of the BBC and 2|entertain) I'd just love to see these missing stories in visual form! Please don't let "The Invasion" be an anomaly!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Evil of the Daleks
  • Craig bedford
  • M Stone
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Macra Terror
  • Llewellyn Jones
    • Comments
    • Animation is good...
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • Hywel Evans
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Web Of Fear
  • Joni Ratilainen
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Macra Terror
  • Terry Francis
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Crusade
  • PANG B. NG
    • Comments
    • В
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • THE DALEKS MASTERPLAN
  • Mark van Vollenhoven
    • Comments
    • please, please, pretty please.
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • any, just do it.
  • Alex Farley
    • Comments
    • Need more animated Who!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Abominable Snowmen
  • Johnstone
    • Comments
    • We need more cartoon episodes!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Fury from the deep
  • Andrew Sims
    • Comments
    • If you don't want to make any more, you shouldn't have whetted our appetite in the first place
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Fury from the Deep
  • Matt B
    • Comments
    • Please, please in the name of all that is Holy. Keep animating missing episodes. There's a jelly baby in it for you!!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • Evil/Power of the Daleks, Fury from the Deep
  • Nicky
    • Comments
    • Yeah, we need the episodes!
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Tenth Planet
  • David Osbiston
    • The Doctor Who story I would most like to see completed by animated episodes is:
    • The Macra Terror