Doctor Who fans get an extra gift from Santa this year!
Wendy Padbury, Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines
…and I’m not talking about the forthcoming 2024 Christmas Special starring the current Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa!
If Patrick Troughton was your Doctor (he was mine!) this was to be pure nostalgia combined with TV technology at its best! 👍
In 1969, the BBC showed the 10-episode adventure entitled ‘The War Games’. It starred Patrick Troughton in his final outing as our titular hero with Frazer Hines (as Jamie McCrimmon) and Wendy Padbury (as Zoe Heriot) as our heroic trio. It was the last of the Doctor Who series to be transmitted in black and white.
So far so normal.
Rich Tipple
So, why so special? Rich Tipple, a colourisation specialist (and not an advert for Bailey’s!) worked with the BBC, leading the project over the past 12-months to rework the original episodes into a single 90-minute movie AND colourise it all AND upscale it all to HD quality. Rich has a successful track record with all of this, having colourised the original Dalek story back in 2023.
Err, wow! 👍👍
And if that isn’t enough ‘Who newness’, they’ve updated the original special effects, added a new score and are also going to show the regeneration scene – for the very first time – that introduced Jon Pertwee as the new Doctor. It’s all a super-treat (for me anyway!) and I’m really looking forward to watching it – especially to see the brand-new regeneration scene.
A sneak peek of the episode is below!
Pure nostalgia! BBC 4, 9pm, on Monday 23rd December (iPlayer too!!) 😀 with a more thorough review by the Blogtor Who site is HERE.
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