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Published: 2017-04-29 11:30:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 2822; Favourites: 82; Downloads: 15
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When you get to this part of the classic Doctor Who serial "Planet of the Daleks" you never really see the dangerous animals of Spiridon, you only hear their noises and see their glowing eyes. But here's how I imagined some of them.Related content
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Thanks! My childhood mind was boiling with mysterious alien beasties when watching this sequence in the serial. Now I've let them out of my skull!
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If on the third doctor had this kind of a budget! Albeit they were creative with their limited means, but seeing all these creatures would be pretty interesting. Great job filling in the blanks so to speak!
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The fact is, I can't think of an all-bad 3d Doctor adventure; I like them all! What do you think about the special edition versions of old serials, where they've added CGI spaceships, laser effects from guns, etc?
I recently watched the spec ed version of Day of the Daleks, where they've added more Daleks and Ogrons, and lots more explosions and other effects. It did add quite a bit to the visual side of the serial, and therefore also, the drama at the end battle. The producer of this spec ed brought up an interesting point: This is how I remember it as a kid. His mind, as well as the minds of lots of other people, had added those laser beams and extra Daleks, which really weren't there at all in the original version. The spec ed made the serial what it was in his childhood mind, which I think is justifiable.
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Ah, I've noticed this too. I actually just recently saw a revamped version of a game I'd played as a kid and then saw the original and could swear the original never had such primitive graphics. And it's the same with shows. I do like the improved special effects, like how they redid the Enterprise exterior shots in Star Trek TOS while staying true to the episode. They take the same care with adding to Doctor Who as well. Although, I like to think I still have enough of an imagination that my mind can add its own special effects.
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We'll still have the original broadcast versions of old TV shows. If we're displeased with the "improved" versions, we can always go back to those.Β
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KIDS! The horror...the horror.
Dr. Who doesn't float my boat, but this piece does.
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It's too bad the Dr. Who budget didn't cover more than noises and glowing eyes. These creatures would have really amped up the horror. Β
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Still, you have to applaud their inventiveness. They couldn't show the monsters, but they're still there in the dark.
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Oh, you certainly do have to applaud them.Β They made do with what they had and still managed to produce a good show. Β
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When I think of Dr. Who, I think of Jon Pertwee. Excellent job here, you've really captured the feeling of terror well.
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Thank you! Yes, he's one of my favorites too. Almost all of Pertwees stuff is really good.
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You should do your own Doctor Who episode. Personally, I find the mutated biota of Skaro an interesting subject.
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I am going to do an illustration of those Skaro monsters at some point, and I have been toying with the idea of making a Β all-stopmotion YouTube video about Daleks vs mutated monsters on Skaro. I'm a little hesitant, due to BBC copyright issues, but I might go ahead with it eventually.
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Well, wouldn't it fall into fair use?
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Mmm...Don't know actually. But it seems the BBC have been very lenient with fan productions. There are lots of them on YouTube.
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Jon Pertwee is probably my favourite of all the Doctors. Sometimes I wonder what it could have been like if he had been in a more big-budget production, where they could have run wild with the more impressive monster-effects they had perfected, such as the Drashigs. I would really like to see a Corman-ish Bond-movie with fantastical monsters, starring Pertwee.
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Pertwee is certainly the most Bond-like of all the Doctors, mainly working for a defense organisation, being sent as an agent by the Timelords to all corners of the universe, with cars and gadets, etc.
I think we can look back on all eras of Doctor Who and imagine what might've been with bigger budgets. Unfortunately, it'll have to be only in our imaginations.
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