Who else would like to see the lost Doctor Who episodes?

[Hogosha]

Hi, my name is Patrick, and I’m a Whovian. Granted, not the biggest that ever lived, but I do like the Doctor! Like others, the lost episodes have been a sore spot for me, and although I certainly applaud the attempts of fans, many of the reconstructions leave much to be desired. It also seems that the BBC is in no hurry to animate any of the remaining lost episodes outside of “The Invasion”. (Although “The Infinite Quest”, “Dreamland”, and “Scream of the Shalka” were animated standalone stories.)

With all that being said, I thought it would be cool to pick a lost episode, then re-film it using actors in makeup, then rotoscope animate it, using aftereffects (or similar). The sets could be cardboard mockups and enhanced later. This could be merged with the original audio that survives. Obviously these are just the ramblings of a Whovian, but with home computers getting faster, and software getting better (Lightwave) it could be done. Maybe when I retire.

 

[Jodo Kast 3]

I just find it hard to believe that somebody out there never kept copies of those early episodes....Damn them for taping over them!!


I still believe somewhere in the UK, some private collector has copies of all of those early missing episodes.


I would love to finally see them.

JK3 ( A fellow whovian since 1982)

 

[Organic Mechanic]

I'd watch 'em. Though I think it would make more sense to just create animation for the existing audio tracks.

 

[Hogosha]

I'd watch 'em. Though I think it would make more sense to just create animation for the existing audio tracks.

OM, thought you would post:lol. It would make perfect sense to animate them, but to do so in really high quality may or may not be possible on a home computer. You MAY be able to do it in Lightwave. I thought rotoscoping over real footage would allow a very real and natural look, rotobrush seems like it could do it.

I have a friend that has done a LOT of CG work for Hollywood......I keep threatening to kidnap him so he can do this for me.:cool

 

[MPsy]

I would totally love to see the lost episodes!!!

 

[dcarty]

Well, I guess the one shot the Beeb took at animating lost episodes with "The Invasion" proved to be too expensive for them to be interested in any further doings so it would definitely have to be done by a bunch of fans with too much time and too many resources on their hands.

That said the "Re-Cons" done by Loose Canon work pretty well using Tele-snaps.

Loose Cannon Doctor Who Reconstructions

 

[Dave Ward]

I think the website paid to have the episodes animated, and the project sort of took off and 2Entertain released it on dvd instead. I know that 2Entertain would love to animate more episodes but don't have the budget. I would guess that when all the existing stuff is released on dvd they might make it more of a priority...think sales of The Invasion were great for a Who dvd but not so through the roof to guarantee a similar release.

 

[dcarty]

I think the website paid to have the episodes animated, and the project sort of took off and 2Entertain released it on dvd instead. I know that 2Entertain would love to animate more episodes but don't have the budget. I would guess that when all the existing stuff is released on dvd they might make it more of a priority...think sales of The Invasion were great for a Who dvd but not so through the roof to guarantee a similar release.

What he said

 

[Organic Mechanic]

OM, thought you would post:lol. It would make perfect sense to animate them, but to do so in really high quality may or may not be possible on a home computer. You MAY be able to do it in Lightwave. I thought rotoscoping over real footage would allow a very real and natural look, rotobrush seems like it could do it.

I have a friend that has done a LOT of CG work for Hollywood......I keep threatening to kidnap him so he can do this for me.:cool

Am I so predictable? XD

I guess rotoscoping new footage could work. In my opinion however, the new footage would need to be nothing more than body doubling. It would be important to me that it still be Bill and Pat on the screen.