Scrooge-3
Joined Nov 1999
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I don't know what audience they were aiming for. There are too many sexual references for youngsters and a too simplistic plot for adults. The animation looks cheap, too. Kevin Conroy and Loren Lester did their usual good voice work, but Melissa Rauch just wasn't up to the task. I don't often walk out of movies, but I left with about 15-20 minutes to go; I just couldn't take it anymore.
Back in the 1960s the BBC erased many of their tapes, never thinking that their programs would be of any interest for future generations. Taking the surviving audio and a few stills from one of these purged shows, this animated version recreates the lost video. But the animators admit that it is only about 50% shot for shot, so we still don't have the true original. But for Doctor Who fans, that might be enough; at least it's more than the nothing they had before.
The animation is very limited - reminiscent of the "motion comics" that were not very successful about 10 years ago. They also chose to do it in black and white instead of color. The original was certainly in black and white, but as long as you're changing things, why not use color (or give the DVD viewer the choice)? The picture sometimes does not sync with the audio, and there is background sound in a number of places that isn't captured by the animation.
The story itself unfolds at a leisurely pace, typical for that era. Modern audiences may not have the patience to sit through the slow parts.
It's nice to have these episodes made more accessible for historical reasons, but I doubt anyone other than older Whovians will get much out of it.
The animation is very limited - reminiscent of the "motion comics" that were not very successful about 10 years ago. They also chose to do it in black and white instead of color. The original was certainly in black and white, but as long as you're changing things, why not use color (or give the DVD viewer the choice)? The picture sometimes does not sync with the audio, and there is background sound in a number of places that isn't captured by the animation.
The story itself unfolds at a leisurely pace, typical for that era. Modern audiences may not have the patience to sit through the slow parts.
It's nice to have these episodes made more accessible for historical reasons, but I doubt anyone other than older Whovians will get much out of it.
