We Need To Talk About Galaxy 4... | Doctor Who Animation Review

[@JoshSnares]

Divas, I implore you to pay no attention to the piece of glitter above my mouth i was putting up the christmas tree at work, and you know how it is sorry

[@serveaux]

I worked at a craft store years ago and constantly accidentally glitter bombed myself. Total respect ✊

[@JAProductions494]

Oh, I thought it was a bit of snot 😂

[@kryten1016]

In november? You monster!

[@davidaston5773]

I wish most tv exectutives had as much passion and respect for an era that all rights you could judge for being having issues in production and attitudes ie sexist (but even then rarely). What you've done to celebrate 60s Doctor Who is both professional and would make Hartnell and Troughton deeply humbled. Fandom is blessed to have you. Thank you.

[@Poliss95]

I thought you were attempting to imitate The Master. No. Not THAT Master. The other one.

[@stevenricks1703]

The fact that they animated a story as un-looked for as Galaxy 4 gives me hope that they will eventually animate all of the missing episodes.

[@sirwafflegeorge4678]

Just saw this comment after watching Josh's new video

[@SMPandanic]

this aged like milk in a can

[@DoctorJohnSmith9]

We can't hate Josh Snares for the sets when his hair is so fabulous. Critique of a waist coat is the cherry on top. Love these videos!

[@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566]

Secretly, everyone envied Senor Hair.

[@richardbarth918]

Lol his hair does look fabulous.

[@iantaylor3359]

Who notices anything else?

[@spacemanmattscifi]

IIRC this story is notable because it deals with bias based on appearances. The Doctor and crew have to side with the scary aliens for once, because the space Barbie doll hotties are really bad. I like when science fiction deals with problems like bias in this type of allegorical story.

[@carealoo744]

I feel like this story should honestly be remade now. Honestly, I don't think this story is really about judging by appearances. It seems like everyone gives this story credit for that, but in reality, that's not really the case. The way everyone describes it- I thought this story would be The Doctor and co thinking the Dravhins (or however you spell it) were nice only to realize they were wrong and the Rills were the nice ones. But that's not really the case- The Doctor, Steven, and Vicki are all suspicious of the Dravhins from the moment they meet them. Still, I'm glad it's getting the good reception though:)

[@_Remorium]

It is a bit interesting in hindsight due to what happened behind the scenes because of the Drahvins. Originally they were going to be all male, but Verity Lambert changed them all to women, without any alterations to the script besides obvious changes to the pronouns and (I assume) names, leading them to act like a cold, militaristic race instead of landing on tropes normally seen by a race comprised mostly of women. From what I know, something like this was rather rare back then. It's minor, but it's still pretty neat to think about.

[@MrCoolio1]

Fingers crossed more William Hartnell stories come. I need my historical fix!

[@ender7278]

Here's hoping by some miracle they do The Crusade so we can have a complete S2.

[@MrCoolio1]

@@ender7278 fingers crossed 🤞

[@NPS2204]

I am just hoping they will do more William Hartnell stories if this does well.

[@lastofthegrimelords]

God bless if they do The Myth Makers. I love The Myth Makers.

[@zakramsey3508]

@@lastofthegrimelords thank god i'm not the only one

[@elise205]

They could literally make a flash animation and sell it on DVD and I'd buy it. I wouldn't be happy about it, but I'd buy it just because I have a primal urge to watch every episode and then have them all on my shelf in chronological order.

[@KarlWitsman]

"I'm not here to work." My favorite line. I say that too, since I retired.

[@LloydEWatson1983]

Fingers crossed for The Daleks Master Plan and The Celestial Toymaker next year 🤞

[@julieeverett7442]

toymaker, maybe, masterplan,probably not. Do you understand just how big this is and how many of the episodes are missing? It and Marco Polo will probably never be done, though we in Australia really need to storm the ABC to see what they did with THEIR copy!

[@LloydEWatson1983]

@@julieeverett7442 9 out of the 12 episodes are missing from The Daleks Master Plan. All 7 episodes from Evil of the Daleks were animated despite episode 2 still being in the archives. They could release The Daleks Master Plan, even if it means only one lot of animated reconstructions are released in a year or two.

[@themilkman9688]

They could do what they did with the early missing episode animations and the Web Of Fear special edition where they only animate a certain amount of episodes and keep the rest live action

[@themilkman9688]

@@julieeverett7442 they may as well’ve junked it

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

They should use Josh Snares amazing reanimated recons for Daleks Masterplan

[@verdiguy]

Thanks for the comprehensive review Josh, we're still waiting on Evil of the Daleks here in Canada so it may be some months before we get to see this one. Here's hoping they animate the two missing episodes of the Crusades. They did the same thing with the Moonbase so fingers crossed we get to see that one as well.

[@tigerfromlycanlabs3712]

I'm just super happy that they're giving us *something*. I'm so close to having a full DVD collection, now...all I'm missing is the stuff they haven't animated (and FLUX, which isn't out yet...)

[@ksaunders4362]

I mean, the whole story line for Galaxy 4 was, in a nutshell, don't judge anyone by their looks. The Rill are kind of cute, and so are the Chumblies. Josh, don't worry about your set design. The sheet with the round things on it works fine. My copy of Evil of the Daleks arrived today, but Galaxy 4 isn't due out until next year, apparently, so I'll have to wait to see it. 😞

[@Chord_]

"I don't want to work. I'm not here to work. I'm here to hang out. I mean have a laugh." Biggest moods there.

[@frogoat]

I'll be waiting until the Australian release to check out the animation for myself, but it's really refreshing to see mostly positive responses to it. I hope the animation team rolls onto the rest of Season 3. The more Hartnell, the happier I'll be!

[@philliparcher1]

I always enjoy your critique as you are well versed in DW of the 60's so it was a fair assessment . I loved tbe dvd for what it was, and yes while it was a strange choice it is welcomed.

[@justsomethingok4679]

i haven't seen the animation yet, but i'm not surprised that hartnell's movements weren't totally true to his performance. as a troughton fan, i've been bothered by the way they capture him too. i always enjoyed this story for some reason lmao. mostly for the chumblies and the criminally under-used tardis team of vicki and steven

[@FaultyTARDIS]

I am thankful for your videos whenever they pop up, I'm okay with the erratic schedule when it comes to "Josh Snares" content! It's always worth the wait, what's not to love?

[@blueknight07]

The Rill spaceship reminds me of some kind of futuristic supermarket for some reason.

[@chipmunkboy5407]

i love you josh you make me laugh, please don't ever change or let arseholes in life get you down your awesome.

[@dilzaaaa]

Pretty hard to argue with your points. They're all fair and I felt the same way. That being said though, it was still quite marvellous and I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

[@klisher]

That was nice at the end where you was saying you were thankful. I personally appreciate that. All the Best

[@drew_wadd]

“Ultimately it’s up to you to decide whether to buy it”… oh please! My obsessive completionist drive will mean I’ll buy every story released, re-released as “special editions” and, re-re-released as special special editions. What’s that? They’ve released a blu-ray K-9 and Company? Sure, I’ll buy that too!

[@JoshSnares]

I am the same! 😂 The BBC have got me HOOKED. It doesn’t matter if I hate it, I’ll still buy it haha

[@TheLordCrass]

Love you, keep the episodes coming! x

[@davidbaker2138]

@josh don't be stressed or intimidated about uploading content - not every video has to have high production values: have faith in yourself as presenter... We just love to hear your Who thoughts, no matter what (within reason lol) those thoughts are on :-)

[@stonebaxter]

My god. That _hair_ is amazingsauce. Latter-day Capaldi even.

[@furrycaptain]

Yay! I was happy to see the Hartnell animations finally begin, and happy to hear your thoughts, which come from love. (Nice First Doctor pin you're wearing, too!)

[@anthonyrobinson2964]

Nice work as always Josh! appreciate your time and commitment!

[@puddle_puddle]

13:00 And there I was thinking "hey cool that's a pretty neat backdrop". Haha

[@spidercub85]

Galaxy 4 is one of my favorite first doctor stories. It's really all about the chumblies.

[@JoshSnares]

We love the chumblies 😎

[@razerow3391]

you nailed it with talking about the interior and the shadows.

[@benmiller3252]

Here's My Top Picks For The Doctor Who Episodes That Should Get Animated 1. Marco Polo 2. The Daleks Master Plan 3. The Highlanders 4. The Wheel In Space 5. The Celestial Toymaker 6. The Underwater Menace 7. The Massacre Of St Bartholomew's Eve 8. The Smugglers 9. The Crusades 10.: The Myth Makers

[@OxbowisaMstie]

Why isn't The Space Pirates on this list?

[@karenhall4645]

I think every Whovian wants The Daleks Master Plan. I'm on board with your list, except I'd put The Myth Makers higher.

[@benmiller3252]

@@OxbowisaMstie Sorry About It But I'm Giving An Honourable Mention I Forgot To Put It.

[@Sir_Gerald_Nosehairs.]

I wonder if they'll ever do a properly animated version of "Real Time", now that they have the means. Can you imagine the trouble they would have animating Colin Baker and his outfit..?

[@jeanlucharry]

look mum, I made it into a Josh Snares KZbin video

[@JoshSnares]

💕💕💕

[@JohnnyProctor9]

Being a HUGE Hartnell fan, I HAD to buy it...and personally, I thought it was brilliant!

[@darrenhale2351]

The Savages would be a great story to do.

[@oldmediaguy3194]

I can't watch this video yet, but I will after I watch the bluray. Always happy to see Hartnell stories returned, one way or the other.

[@rackstraw]

Even Sutekh needs cushions for his chair.

[@JoshSnares]

I should have listened to Sutekh :(

[@SuperHitman55]

Josh Snares is the type of guy I'd want in my school presentation team. I love your video styles and how informative you are. Keep it up

[@serveaux]

Love the backdrop, great content as always Josh!

[@jaygent2836]

Good to have you back, Josh

[@DEBest95]

Yeah, I totally agree with the Rill ship, I actually prefer the sort of transparency that there was in the original. But hey, I will still pick it up I guess since it has a special place in my heart when it comes to the First Doctor stories ☺️

[@ThatIronsideGuy]

Best ending to a video I've ever seen. Congrats Josh.

[@HippieDalek]

I don't have anything to add to what you said, I just wanted to say that I loved your video :) Hopefully this is the start of the Hartnell animated era.

[@ianwoodall4523]

Such a nice young man.

[@atomcat9000]

They certainly did take inspiration from Star Trek - especially the rock formations, which are based on Vasquez Rocks, which has been heavily used as a location in every Star Trek series.

[@whovian59]

Saving my steelbook for Christmas, but from what I've seen, I'm in complete agreement with you on this release. Not a bad attempt on their part, but could do better? Looking forward to it though. Nice to see you too Josh, as always. XX

[@jerrylipnisky80]

Always fun. Thanks for the video.

[@simes0161]

Always enjoy any Josh Snares video - this was fun :)

[@mjfouldes6822]

Lovely review! Hoping to get the DVD for Xmas! Just watched the Evil one which I really enjoyed. (Also really enjoying the new series as well!) Nice to have a fully animated Hartnell at last! 💜

[@the_flyattractor8656]

Yes. This is Not one of the GREAT and or Classic Dr WHO Stories, but it will always have a Special Place in My WhoFanHeart due to this was one of the first Target Novels I got as a Kid way, Way back in the day. And I just Love Ian Marter's description and little additions to the story. I just can't hate it

[@jamesmcdowell2412]

Good story I hop it's going be on sale in nz soon.

[@robalexander8065]

Great video, Josh. You make some good points. I prefer the animation here to Fury. The alien vistas are superb.

[@dinopuff7354]

sorry to nitpick but i'm just allowing you to make your complaint, theres a point where you critisize william hartnells costume in the animation and mention they couldn't add textures due to animation reasons... that would be true if it wasn't that this is a puppet rig style of animation which means they basically have a set of drawings preprepaired and animate those, so they 100% could have done more textures on the costume and corrected the tie and waistcoat with barely any indent on the cost as its only a small amount of drawings they need to correct compared to both traditional 2d animation where textures would need to be either pasted awkwardly or redrawn for every frame, and 3d animation where it takes a toll on render time. so basically in the future... oh, wait, erm, in the far future when the animations continue... well that may be not right either if the celestial toymaker rumours are true... ok if in whenever amount of time another puppet rig animation shows up and it's lacking on the quality of the costumes drawings... then critisize the hell out of it as that really doesnt take much at all to fix. hmmmm actually just looking at what i've said i just realised something, the animation teams may be dramatically rushed and such, but with exception to sun and moon and planet 55, they never give themselves time for preproduction, since the fix to the costume in this is a part of the preproduction before the animation process, and infact if they start animating before the preproduction then it all falls apart, why thats interesting is because in the web of fear animation they actually mention how an advantage of it was how they could do both animation and preproduction at the same time with how they could change the costumes and lighting without messing up the animation... and its the same with fury from the deep, the arms being the wrong size should have been a quick spot if they had given more time to the preproduction... but instead it seems they just rush head first into the animation without taking the time to actually setup the things that make it look good. whilst sun and moon basically put everything into the preproduction to get such an advanced model set up for the animatiors but yet it allowed them to get up to 90 shots done per week which is insane! no idea why i've just put all this in a comment but hey food for thought right, maybe we've been critisizing the animation studios for the wrong reasons, nitpicking at the details and not the bigger picture that they don't put enough time into getting these models good looking before animating them, anyways yep. love your content... and I hope the celestial toymaker animation isn't a hoax by a random fan since that looks fricken insane, and critisze the animations as much as you like when it comes to puppet rigs. And have a fab day :)

[@toast99bubbles]

Wasn't Galaxy 4 written by a schoolteacher for children? If so, having the Rill's spaceship look like a bland kid's show set works perfectly.

[@garryhedger4066]

Great video dude thanks for your thoughts on this animation

[@Medievalannie]

Now that you mentioned the waistcoat height, I'll never unsee it. Great video, as always!

[@JoshSnares]

I’m sorry for bringing it up! 😂

[@FrankNFurter1000]

My gender is the way in which Josh says 'so'.

[@JoshSnares]

omg

[@swazzlebock]

Nice video. Awesome hair.

[@librarian66]

I'm always up for animated Hartnell stories. I'm not too familiar with this tale but I'll be patiently waiting for "The Daleks Mater Plan" and "The Celestial Toymaker" to get animated some day.

[@dblauveltify]

Miss you! Made my morning

[@owenwildish331]

I do hope all the missing episodes get animated especially the Hartnell era, The Troughton era is almost done now, seasons 3, 4 & 5 seem to be the most badly affected by missing Episodes

[@Ryfangor]

I watched this as the recon available on the aztecs and honestly really enjoyed it. I'd probably like it a little less in its entirety 😅 but still glad that these animations happen to give a visual accompaniment to the full version

[@christopherwilson3754]

"Marco". Bloody. "Polo".

[@1942PANTHERV]

does anyone know when this will be put on dvd..for region 1....??????

[@christopher2cv]

I love your videos! Thank you 😊

[@stephenmccue2793]

Personally, I enjoyed Galaxy 4 a lot.

[@shuckleking5097]

Just watched this for the first time and I really enjoyed it. First time experiencing Galaxy 4 and I really enjoyed, much better than I expected!

[@leejohnstone894]

Richard Hurdall, David Bradley and William Hartnell all play the same first Doctor. And Ethan Peck who plays Spock in Strange New Worlds is playing the same Spock Leonard Nimoy play

[@marky437]

Loving your content and sometimes less is better as you can focus and research deeper into the many Dr Who stories and theories :D

[@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566]

Talk about anything. we'll come back!

[@frankmacaw6717]

i really like galaxy 4

[@TheMameBus]

Don't apologise about your background, hell, it's more accurate to 60s set design as opposed to the animations attempts

[@JoshSnares]

😂😂

[@themirrorsofmymind]

@@JoshSnares It's pretty funny but there were set backgrounds in _"The Aztecs"_ and a few other older stories that were just cloth backdrops. In Patrick Troughton's story _"The Seeds of Death"_ when they're leaving "The TARDIS" there's a wall where the roundels are just a flat wall with *a picture of the roundels* wallpapered onto it. I just thought the background you were using was kind of a throwback to those little background "tricks" they used on the show.

[@TheMelloyMan]

Josh Snares’ Hartnellfication grows sgdhdhf

[@thelandofthebears8170]

Great video

[@oisinjadran]

The front cover of Galaxy 4 has an insanely accurate first doctor even the costume is right but the animation looks so different

[@madladadamclips99]

Great to see you upload

[@Matt-Guest]

Agree with the lighting. Would love to try a fix this in AE

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

Looking at that version of Hartnell, he kinda looks like if the WWE's Undertaker stopped dying his hair and had it trimmed back to shoulder length. Not as muscular or tattooed obviously, but that's the vibe I'm getting from the shape of the head and face.

[@JoshSnares]

omg 💀

[@jamesa.fitzpatrick1566]

"Mum! LIFE is in the details!" "Well you've lost me there, sweetie."

[@leejohnstone894]

We could also have a prequel series set between the TV movie and Night of the Doctor. We see the start of the Time War and the events Leading up to the war

[@JamesBrophy]

Yay, Love your vids.

[@TheCyberman1966]

So here’s how i see it effectively to make 100% accurate it would cost a lot and yes I’m some cases the sets do look cheep however in the long run we get another missing story to add to our shelves woth the rest of what’s left of season 3 so I see it as not as good as fury from the deep but at the same time it could have been worse

[@C_irving96]

A very accurate review. I have to agree with the fact it’s a slow story in whole and not much happens at all. The one thing that interested me most about the story was the follow on to the mission to the unknown. I would love to see that animated but it’s not ideal for a singular release, I would say it would have to be released in a boxset alongside the Daleks master plan, I don’t think there is much chance of seeing that animated any time soon but hopefully it’s in discussion

[@petefischer3820]

Thank you for the video.

[@Darren79]

Very distracted by how awesome your hair looks, Josh.😎

[@leejohnstone894]

You can have a prequel series set between the end of the classic series and the 1996 TV movie. You don't need to bring back Sylvester McCoy when a younger actor can play the Seventh Doctor

[@Doug_in_NC]

You are doing this just to depress those of us on the other side of the pond, right? Evil of the Daleks landed on my doormat today and you guys are 2 animations ahead of us! Seriously though, that was a thoughtful and balanced review, well done! One thing I noticed though was that in the shot after you said there were no shadows you showed a shot with the characters shadowless, but a shadow from the wall of the space ship. Having some things with shadows and not others is much worse than none at all.

[@jbear4433]

I actually really liked your background in this one, definitely no need to apologise there.

[@toonman361]

This was my first exposure to "Galaxy 4" in any fashion. I had never seen the existing videos or recall even seeing clips or screen shots of the serial. It seemed a few simplistic themes run through the story. The writer wants us to question whether beauty equals good and ugly equals bad. The planet blowing up is a set-up to build suspense, like the old countdown timers in action movies. Everything in this serial progresses because doom is imminent. The Rill are terrifying looking. I wonder what kind of evolutionary environment would produce these odd creatures? The ammonia atmosphere was done well and predates that used in Babylon 5 by 30 years. The Chumlies seem incapable of building anything which I overlooked for sake of enjoying the show. Some slim tentacle is not going to be able to build and paint that Rill ship. They were just cute like R2D2. The Drahvins were okay but wearing high heels on a dirt planet surface seems not the best tactical gear. Their ship seemed more like a life pod rather than a full ship. Their guns look somewhat like the ones later used in "The War Games." I may appear to place a lot of hate on this serial but overall, I liked it quite a bit. It was fun and had aspects which made me think.

[@mikeyandwho]

We blumming love your videos wish you did 7 a week ha ! Top 3 Who KZbinrs for us 🥳🌟❤️

[@haileyshannon7548]

It's kind of like the Star Wars special editions and the later movies in that franchise (prequals, Disney) or 2009 Star Trek and it's sequels. Complain about them all you want, but I really think the access to better special effects really helps improve what the original creators were trying to go for, but they didn't have the technology or the budget to make it the first time.

[@peterweeks2066]

Looking forward to watching this. A chumbley is my first ever memory of Dr Who. I was 4, and have been a fan ever since.

[@QueenStodge]

I'm planning to get it for Christmas. I think it'll be nice to it, but whether it's going to be an animated story I'll be watching over and over, probably not

[@strongbow3896]

Why don't they get real and ask you for your input before they start? They ought to have super fans on board.

[@leejohnstone894]

The Time War didn't start simply because the Fourth Doctor refused to destroy the Daleks. That's not how wars starts, you have a series of events which leads up to a war

[@dalekinthewater4708]

Wait you predicted that this would be animated

[@JoshSnares]

I am psychic

[@sumanchakra143]

Happy to see my Concept Art WORK for GALAXY 4 getting RELEASED...HAPPY TO BE PART AS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CONCEPT ARTIST...LOVE U BBC...Happy to Be Part of this Historical Lost Episodes of DOCTOR WHO💖 looking for Fans entertainment💖

[@Pulsarnix]

I'm glad I watched this before buying it. I've read the Target novelisation of it and wasn't that gripped by it, so I might wait for it to come down in price before buying it. Fingers crossed for The Daleks' Master Plan next 🤞.

[@darkmaster83]

Its interestnig this story, I will still add it to my collection, still got evil of the daleks to watch here's hoping BBC Studios animated Dalek Masterplan, boi that is the final Dalek story to be done... and then all Classic Dalek stories are done from start to finished.

[@julieeverett7442]

Masterplan is going to be a monster to animate THIRTEEN episodes with only about three available, what footage are they going to use? Are their pictures or script notes to go off of? And its 5.5 hours long completed, if we get it well have to watch over several days!! Though I think I'd like to see the very first christmas episode!!

[@Pulsarnix]

Josh + Rills = still a better love story than Twilight