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From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca
In article <10k23d6$254hp$1@dont-email.me>,
Your Name wrote:
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> Animation of The Celestial Toymaker, a Missing Doctor Who Story,
> Added to BBC iPlayer
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> The classic First Doctor (William Hartnell) adventure, The Celestial
> Toymaker, is now available to watch on BBC iPlayer... despite the
> fact that three of the four episodes of Doctor Who are actually
> missing.
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> Okay, so what's actually on the streaming service (included for
> anyone with a TV license) is the four animated episodes, synced with
> the surviving soundtrack, alongside the fourth episode in its
> original black and white.
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> The four episodes were animated for release on DVD and Blu-ray back
> in 2024, but were met with a mixed reaction. Largely because they
> look hideous. It's classed as "experimental", but in reality, the
> animation looks cheap and scary; some have nonetheless praised it,
> so maybe it looks better in reality than the stills and trailer
> footage would have you believe.
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> Either way, you can now test that theory out, for free, via BBC
> iPlayer's "Whoniverse" section, which includes hundreds of Doctor
> Who episodes - like other missing story animations of Galaxy 4,
> The Power of the Daleks, The Reign of Terror, The Tenth Planet,
> The Invasion, The Evil of the Daleks, and The Moonbase (the latter
> is, for my money, the best animation of all; genuinely excellent).
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> The last episode of The Celestial Toymaker does exist, and can be
> watched on iPlayer too; it was found in Australia and returned in
> 1984. That is worth a watch, even if you don't want to check out the
> animated parts.
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> This story will likely be of interest to a fair few folk, considering
> the Toymaker finally came back, to face off against David Tennant's
> Fourteenth Doctor, in The Giggle.
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Part 4 should not be animated!
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