Tags
2nd Doctor, animated power of the daleks, animated power of the daleks trailer, Anneke Wills, Daleks, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Power of the Daleks, Doctor Who Season Four, Michael Craze, Patrick Troughton, Power of the Daleks, Power of the Daleks animated, regeneration, The Power of the Daleks, Vulcan
The Power of the Daleks Animated Release Confirmed!
We will get our power! We will get out power!
BBC Worldwide has announced that a brand new animated version of the missing Doctor Who story The Power of the Daleks is to be released exclusively via the BBC Store, and then on DVD. This classic six-part adventure from Doctor Who’s Fourth Season, has often been one of the original series’ most celebrated, and was originally broadcast in 1966.
The Power of the Daleks was Patrick Troughton’s first story as the Doctor following the departure of William Hartnell from the lead role during the final episode of The Tenth Planet (1966) – with the first ever regeneration of the Time Lord! Power of the Daleks saw Patrick Troughton’s newly regenerated 2nd incarnation of the Doctor, along with his companions Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills), arrive on the planet Vulcan for an adventure set in a fraught Earth colony where they would confront the Doctor’s ach enemies – the Daleks!
Although sadly The Power of the Daleks, along with many other classic Doctor Who episodes, ended up being junked by the BBC, now this renowned story has now been lovingly reconstructed, produced by the same team behind the successful animation of the lost Dad’s Army Episode: A Stripe For Frazer (released on the BBC Store in February this year), as a brand new six-part black and white animated version, together with an original audio recording, to allow this classic story to be released 50 years to the day after the stories original broadcast.
The producer and director of The Power of the Daleks animated version is Charles Norton, with character designs from acclaimed comic book artists Martin Geraghty and Adrian Salmon. Charles Norton said, “The Power of the Daleks animation is the most ambitious Doctor Who archive restoration ever attempted and we’re all very honoured to be a part of such a an exciting project. Intelligent, suspenseful and magnificently staged, Power of the Daleks is one of the great lost classics of 1960s television and a superb example of the black and white era at its finest.” Paul Hembury, Executive Producer, BBC Worldwide says, “Charles and his team are remarkably talented and passionate about Doctor Who and we are thrilled that fans will soon be able to enjoy this rather sinister but wonderful, classic story.”
Now at long last we will be able to enjoy Power of the Daleks in a format that will be about as close to experiencing the original episodes as possible. It will be great for fans old and new to experience Patrick Troughton’s first story as the Doctor in animated form, it’s a fantastic story, and to see it come to life with animation like this will be amazing!
Check out the trailer for the new Animated version of Power of the Daleks!
Doctor Who: The Power Of The Daleks will be released on BBC Store
on Saturday 5th November 2016 followed by the DVD on Monday 21st November.
- Register your interest in the BBC Store download
- Pre-Order the DVD From Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Power-Daleks-DVD/dp/B01LOC83Y2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1473256207&sr=8-5&keywords=the+power+of+the+daleks+dvd
On Saturday 5th November there will be a special screening of episodes 1-3 of Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks at BFI Southbank, London which will also include a Q&A with Anneke Wills, Charles Norton and Frazer Hines. More information will be available from bfi.org.uk from Monday 19th September.
Images Belong BBC
Sci-Fi Jubilee 
This is AMAZING news (thanks for reporting it Paul), truly exciting. I’ve ‘heard’ Power of the Daleks via the audio recording but to have it brought to life in animation (love what I see from the footage in the trailer) is utterly fantastic and I can’t wait to grab the DVD!
Fingers crossed it sells well enough to warrant further lost episodes getting the same treatment…erm Evil of the Daleks anyone? How about the Daleks’ Masterplan…now that would be ambitious!
You’re welcome. I have The Power of the Daleks on audio CD as well, its a brilliant story in audio as well. It will be awesome to enjoy this new animated version of the story, looks like they’ve done a brilliant job with it. I really hope this does well, maybe other lost Doctor Who stories could then be released in animated form as well. I agree, would love to see Evil of the Daleks or The Dalek Masterplan get animated for a release. Marco Polo and Fury From the Deep would also be good candidates for animation treatment as well. Cheers for commenting. WE WILL GET OUR POWER!!! 🙂
Yeah It’d be awesome if the Beeb could follow this release up with Evil of the Daleks, Dalek and Cyberman stories would be the biggest sellers and would no doubt make other releases viable.
Really cannot wait to get this in November!
I totally agree. So glad they have done this animated version of The Planet of the Daleks. Its such a good story. Fingers crossed it does well – which I’m sure it will – and that maybe they use animation to bring more missing stories to life. There’s so many great missing stories they could do now with animation 🙂
…also just noticed the DVD is cheaper on Amazon (£13.50):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Doctor-Who-Power-Daleks-DVD/dp/B01LOC83Y2/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1473235989&sr=8-3&keywords=power+of+the+daleks+dvd
Cheers! I’ve just changed the link to this, thank you. I’ve pre ordered mine as well! Can’t wait for this DVD of the animated version of The Power of the Daleks 🙂
I’ve heard the audio version and can’t wait to see this! I hope they (BBC or BBCAmerica (or) Both!) would also animate The Tenth Planet. It would be – for lack of a better word – FANTASTIC to see both of these stories back-to-back. 🙂
I love the audio version of Power of the Daleks, the narration is perfect. I like the novelisation as well. I’m very excited by the animated release of Power of the Daleks as well, should be great! The 10th Planet is available on DVD now, and the missing episode 4 has indeed been animated. Its a great dvd, with lots of extra features as well, highly recommend!