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Part-missing adventure ‘The Celestial Toymaker’ to be completed with new animation

7 December 2023 admin Comments 0 Comment

THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER will be returning as an animation and will be released on DVD and Blu-ray, coming soon. The two-disc set contains the third season story as well as special features. This classic series stars the First Doctor, William Hartnell and companions Peter Purves as Steven Taylor and Jackie Lane as Dodo Chaplet, with Michael Gough as the Toymaker. Fans of Doctor Who have long lamented the loss of the original 1966 master recordings of all except one of THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER. BBC Studios have…

Missing adventure ‘Galaxy Four’ to be animated in 2021

15 September 2021 admin Comments 0 Comment

Galaxy Four, the mostly-missing serial starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor, has been given the animation treatment. It will be released on 15th November 2021 on DVD, Blu-ray and as an exclusive Steelbook this year, filling another gap in missing Doctor Who episodes. Galaxy 4 (alternatively spelled Galaxy Four) is the mostly-missing first serial of the third season of Doctor Who, which originally aired in four weekly episodes from 11th September to 2nd October 1965. Audio-only recordings of all four episodes have…

The Faceless Ones Comes To Bluray in 2020!

4 June 2019 admin Comments 0 Comment

The Gallifreyan Newsroom has learned today that the classic Patrick Troughton story “The Faceless Ones” is currently being animated for a Blu-ray / DVD release, although the exact date of release isn’t known, according to the official BBC YouTube channel it states: “Missing Doctor Who adventure The Faceless Ones is to be animated in 2020” Even without a release date hasn’t detoured some online stores such as Zoom listing it for pre-order. Zoom has stated: “We’re massive Whovians, here at…

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