First Looks – Doctor Who – The Invasion

Little Storping-in-the-Swuff =» “The Invasion” Animated Episodes Review

The first “re-constructed” Doctor Who episode for DVD has been released in the UK. “Invasion” starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor battling the Cybermen in London with the first appearance of UNIT. They have combined the original audio track and new animation to re-create the missing episodes. While I have to wait a few months for release in the US, early indications are that the it’s good.

Simon at Little-Storping-In-The-Swuff writes:

(T)he episodes have been reanimated by Cosgrove Hall (who produced the BBCi Doctor Who: The Scream of Shalka serial).

The animation, in black and white, is impressive. It has a different “feel” to the live action episodes, and clearly the animation isn’t photorealistic and doesn’t resemble live action, but whilst it’s two dimensional the images have depth…

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