We Need to Talk About The Abominable Snowmen | Doctor Who Review

[@whatsup4825]

The wife started watching The Abominable Snowmen animation with me and by episode three asked for a divorce. I blame Gary Russell.

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

I personally liked it. But hey win her back with The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones and Evil of the Daleks!

[@Grayvorn]

Hey, nobody blames my buddy! 😂

[@jozefserf2024]

The Macra Terror is the closest that Doctor Who ever got to George Orwell. Anyway, it's good to have this animation at last.

[@robalexander8065]

A fair and balanced critique, Josh. I enjoyed the animation, although I felt the Doctor's fur coat should have been more bulky. I always thought it was meant to be a subtle nod to the Yeti.

[@lgoamity]

Agreed. Was reminded during Josh's earlier Romana Fashion Video... As I became a fan around the 20th Anniversary... Much of my impressions of the Classic Era, up to 1983, and the "lost" and pre-4th/5th Doctor's stories were based what was Published in the Radio Times DW 20th Anniversary Special Issue... So many of the Pictures published in it are "iconic" (for me anyway)... Including various Color Photos of the early days. Defining how I "see" the characters...

[@Randy_Batswinger]

I thought it was explicit that the coat was yeti-like. I might be misremembering but isn't he mistaken for one? Haven't watched it yet. The memory cheats after all. 😉

[@tmr4342]

@@Randy_Batswinger Yes, you are right. He is mistaken for a Yeti by the Monks as he approaches the monastery.

[@frankshailes3205]

@@Randy_Batswinger Yes, in fact Travers believes the Doctor killed his colleague, though he saw a bulky furry shape in the dark. It's the coat that convinces him.

[@Faction.Paradox]

While Abominable is my favourite art style wise, Macra is hands down the best animated story (in my opinion). I never expected to love it so much, never underestimate psychedelic oppressive crab regimes I guess.

[@Lastclerk3]

The really sad thing for me is Season 1 is only missing 1 story now. Season 2 is missing 1, season 4 is missing 2, season 5 is missing 1 and season 6 is missing 1. We are so close to having entire seasons back and now they stop 😢

[@thatotherguy7357]

And season 3 is completely missing 4 and mostly missing 1. I would say 3 but celestial toymaker and galaxy 4 have or are being animated

[@sadmanadib8536]

Funny thing is this story is very likely to return in the future since this was included in one of the three batches that was sent to Nigeria back in the 70s. It was in the second batch, the same one with the Web of Fear and Enemy of The World, both of which has been found so maybe a closer look or a second search there will reveal where the story is.

[@comedyaddict123]

I don't know if I'd say "Very likely" it's certainly far more likely than something like Feast of Stephen but at this point, 2022 we'll be lucky if we see much more come back ever. Unless you believe the 17 in middle East thing.

[@indigoclubhouse9124]

@@comedyaddict123 as much as I’d love to believe it, it’s just not true is it

[@DemetriusSorvo]

@@comedyaddict123 it is known that there are missing episodes in the hands of private collectors who have chosen not to turn them over. It is very likely these will be returned one day. They are most likely episodes 3, 4 from the Daleks Master plan and episode 4 of the Tenth Planet as those episodes were never officially junked but went missing when borrowed to use for clips on Blue Peter.

[@KraalThal]

@Sadman Adib Wasn't The Wheel in Space included in the batch too? They were the only stories from Season 5 to be sent to Nigeria. Maybe they could check again if it doesn't look like the story will be animated soon unless Phil Morris is hoarding it. (I remember hearing a rumour from years back where he was stopped at customs with two or three episodes of the story.)

[@DemetriusSorvo]

@@KraalThal Because the people working customs are looking for missing Doctor Who episodes. 🙄 Philip Morris isn't hoarding episodes. That's just ridiculous.

[@Randy_Batswinger]

I wish they'd take on 'Marco Polo', but charge more to really go to town on the animation; and make it fluid with a more 'rotoscoped' look like the 70s 'Lord of the Rings' animation. Or crowd fund it. I can dream.🙂

[@devlinasssociatesllc4569]

Agreed, make it incredible like the old animated Lord Of The Rings movie, Marco Polo would be amazing if done in a grand manner. Even forget about the limited sets and make it look amazing

[@Grayvorn]

I wish more were done by Planet 55.

[@cardcaptor_morbius]

Josh Snares while showing shot of the villain literally floating: they really elevated the finale. Nice touch

[@JoshSnares]

I hoped someone would pick up on that haha

[@Ilikemc_donalds]

@@JoshSnares Hi Josh do you think the animations will come back

[@DEBest95]

Since your documentary videos about missing episodes are some of my favourites (would honestly consider them better than some similar ones included on box sets) I would love if the next step, now that we are at a long hiatus in animations) for a documentary on the history of missing Doctor Who episodes being animated.

[@AnotherScifiGuy]

I would enjoy seeing that as well, great idea!

[@HudsonMedia]

I really really hope that RTDs new era and the partnership with BBC and Bad Wolf, now owned by Sony will give the show a reason to animate Doctor Who on a better scale. Because I couldn’t agree more. Might not love all the animation styles, but am I grateful I can now watch these stories? Bloody hell yes. If it wasn’t for the Power of the Daleks animation. It wouldn’t be one of my favourite stories of all time.

[@Kryojenix]

_Owned_ by Sony?! 😲

[@chancetheboy8487]

I am hoping with the Disney + stuff going on, possible Disney could throw in some money to do animations like these. I think it would be neat to see a Disney style Doctor Who Animation.

[@tygravon]

Story wise I like it a bit better than Web of Fear with it's mysterious buildup and the elevating final episode. Helps that I enjoy it being in Tibet and the whole mysticism of it all. Plus I like the characters. Khrisong turning around to help the Doctor (and then getting the stupidest death scene I've ever seen in an episode lol), Travers being as brilliant as ever, and finding Thonmi adorable. The allowance with the animation to see Padmasambhava floating and the cliffhanger with his glowing eyes was so cool. And the freedom to put back in a cut scene. So far I think this, The Invasion still and Evil of the Daleks have the best animations. Wish episode animations would continue, hopefully with Bad Wolf productions because I really want The Massacre, Marco Polo and The Crusades. Since its release I've watched the Abominable Snowmen I few times already

[@suttercane6]

Josh Snares videos are like buses. You wait ages for one and then get three! I love buses. I love Josh more! 😍

[@the_kovic]

Are you saying that the original production casting white actors to play Asian characters was racism and not like practical concerns because it was a show with a tiny budget produced on a short schedule so they couldn't manage to go looking for Asian actors?

[@ChickenEater692]

Two things I loved the most about this new animation: 1: The animators occasionally attempted to mimic Gerald Blake's fluid camera style and obsession with extreme over-the-shoulder shots, and when they didn't/couldn't, they tried other nifty techniques to make the visuals "pop". 2: The "flashbacks" in the last couple of episodes seriously livened up what could have been some very staid and static dialogue scenes. Other than that, I agree with so many of your observations. The colour palette is absolutely gorgeous, and the expanded sets look utterly amazing, while not being as alienating as the ones in Galaxy Four. (I watched the surviving 'Air Lock' with the B&W animation and by Episode 4 I had no idea where any of the characters were!) Animating the characters as actually looking Tibetan was a terrific move - though it's interesting that the animators gave them some fairly unsubtle physical identifiers, as though they were worried "all Tibetans look the same". Much more successful than the Asian background characters in Fury, who were less likely to have been hired for a British project of that sort in 1975.

[@tmr4342]

Revisionism? Rewriting history? What a load of BS. Some people just are not happy unless they are complaining about something. If they had deleted the names of the actors that played the roles, then their bellyaching would have had some merit. But they didn't, so it doesn't.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

yes and tell it to anyone whinning about "cancel culture"

[@buffyslyth1517]

This one had a scooby do vibe for me which was a bit strange but overall, I enjoyed it. As for the importance of these animations, Patrick Troughton is my favourite doctor so these animations have meant so much to me. I was in so much disbelief when Macra Terror came out, I was amazed, it was my favourite doctor but in colour with better camera work and the villain looks so much better. I know some of the remaining missing episodes have their difficulties like the remaining Troughton stories being less popular and some of the Hartnell stories being difficult to animate but I hope we continue to get more than telesnaps representing these missing stories. Also I feel like this is a good time to say I really appreciate this channel for keeping classic doctor who conversations going for young fans like me. the animations have played a part in keeping my passion for classic doctor who alive but this channel has played a big part too.

[@garym6315]

I used to really admire Gary Russell but I think he has a but of a God complex when it comes to his animations. He has been a superfan for at least 50 years right? So he has read every story multiple times, listened to audio multiple times, seen telesnaps multiple times and basically knows these stories inside out. So he approaches the animations with that in mind and tries to create something new... not thinking or caring about those who are NOT familiar with the stories who would like to see it as it was made. He seems to see his modifications as improvements but they really aren't. I cant believe he called out the director for casting white actors in the roles of the monks back in the 1960s and bizarrely thinks that his hand drawn monks will somehow be more faithful to Asian people???

[@steamboatwill3.367]

"it's ok to be racist" ?

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Victoria is wearing the wrong dress at the start of the animation! She is wearing her Fury From The Deep minidress, she should be wearing her Tomb summer frock from the previous episode (see telesnaps)

[@Ningy909]

Pour one out for Wheel in Space, one day you'll get animated too. I hope.

[@contestleader2721]

I can remember back in 2016 when I got Power of the Daleks for christmas and how amazing it was to be able to simply watch a classic Doctor Who story whenever I wanted (this and Enemy of the World were the only doctor who dvds i has for several years after) Despite not knowing the full history behind the story, just seeing a story animated in such a different way to how most other animation studios went about things was incredible It's such a shame now, knowing that we may never see another animation whatsoever but I am thankful that we did get what we got

[@jdzencelowcz]

He shoulda gone with a paler lipstick, I feel his choice clashes with the rest of his face.

[@dalekinthewater4708]

I can't say it either don't worry. Can't spell it either.

[@JAProductions494]

I’m looking forward to the animation I found the recon quote awkward due to the atmosphere which is kinda missing in just pictures so I’m looking forward to properly experiencing the story Skoogy is also amazing

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

To be honest you pronounced "Abominable" totally fine.

[@PirateNovelist]

I’m excited to get my hands on this animation. I have enjoyed every full animation I’ve seen maybe I’m weird haha. The 2nd doctor is my favorite, but I was also happy that the 1st got the this treatment as well!

[@douglasbutler1319]

Apparently I’m weird as well, agree with everything you stated. IMO, Troughton is the best Dr, great to now be able to watch “most” of his run!

[@PirateNovelist]

@@douglasbutler1319 I’m a little sad it’s ending because 1 needed some love too. Though it’s nice to have most of 2 now I agree!

[@the_kovic]

This might be sacrilegious but I would really enjoy cut down versions of these 6+ parters to a 4 parter length because they really tend to drag out a lot

[@adpirtle]

You don't have to watch it all in one go just because it's animated, Josh.

[@JoshSnares]

Must… consume… content! (Also, i didn’t, I had breaks, as I say in the video!)

[@anthonyfrew1571]

If kindly voices are heard - wishing for new animations - if it is clear there is a ready market and a growing one - there may be more animated stories to come

[@shmuelparzal]

All we had for decades was the Target novelisation, and Terrence Dicks's writing was very atmospheric. I'm pleased with how the animation recreated that atmosphere

[@MegaTheExtremist]

well, we also had the audio as well as Loose Cannon's brilliant reconstruction.

[@DrWhoFanJ]

⁠@@MegaTheExtremistNo reconstruction is brilliant, least of all an illegal one.

[@Poliss95]

It's not a bad animation. Worth the money, although I bought the DVD this time instead of the Blu-ray. After the 'Abominable Web of Fear 'animation' all other animations look great. What's become of the character animators from The Moonbase? Have they all died or something, because they really knew how to draw faces? I saw the story when it first came out and I'm still unable to say or write Padmawhatsisname, so you're excused if you can't say it either. 😁He was kept hidden in the original which made the big reveal a big impact. The animators have really made this story have made this a very slow story with periods where the characters take ages to walk down an empty corridor. Something I don't remember from the original. The Yeti control board seems to be lacking in detail. I couldn't tell where the Yeti figurines were supposed to moving from and to. I'm sure they would have used Tibetan actors in 1967 if any were available, but I very much doubt if there was a single one. Racist, sexist, homophobic, bigoted? There was a little in An Unearthly Child where the Doc was talking about Red Indian savages, and in The Talons of Weng-Chiang, but not much elsewhere. People always bring up Toberman as an example, but there were the same type of white characters in the Peladon stories and no one complains about them. I see very little sexism in the classic series. Barbara and Zoë are particularly strong characters. Zoë pushes back against the sexism a lot. The modern writers have inserted sexism where there was none before. A terrible example of it being in Twice Upon a Time. I can't think of any examples of the classics being homophobic. I watch the stories two at a time. Always from 1.00am to 2.00am while chomping on Giant Strawbs,. (My vegetarian jelly baby substitutes). 😁

[@MrAllallalla]

Yeah, this story is really imaginative but also really really slow.

[@jackskellingtonsora]

I'm a New Who fan and, primarily, a Big Finish fan. But I'm watching Classic Doctor Who for the very first time from the start. I'm enjoying it waaaay more than I thought I would. I just watched this one and I loved it. This was a pretty interesting story, different than what came before. The Great Intelligence as an enemy never really impressed me, but it was kind of interesting here. More so than the three episodes it was in new who, at least. I do agree that it drags a bit. It's rare that I think a story deserves more than four episodes, honestly. It usually just ends up being padding. I'm glad that the designs of the monks and Tibet were much more accurate and I liked the design of the older master. I especially liked that climax, which wouldn't have been possible at the time. I feel like this animation gives a "more accurate" version of the story they were trying to tell than live action could have done. I know it exists, obviously, but there should be an official animation of The Web Planet too because that was so bad live action, but I'm sure it would be ok animated. I've really liked the animations for the Second Doctor so far. I love how so far the Second Doctor has very much so been: Doctor Who: The Animated Series because most of season 4 is missing and a lot of season 5. But the animations have been very good. They elevate the material over telesnaps, for sure. I really loved Power of the Daleks, The Macra Terror, The Faceless Ones, The Evil of the Daleks, and now The Abominable Snowman because of the animation. Not so much The Underwater Menace, not a lot to be done about that story.

[@davidmyers5545]

I like the animations but sadly they can't capture Troughton's ability. He was a superb facial actor, he could smile and then it would drop like a stone. He was manipulating the expedition crew in Tomb which wouldn't have been apparent in an animation. Again his treatment of Jamie is harder to follow in the animation

[@fadikhoory5350]

Yay, my favourite 60s companion run is complete.

[@Mark-nh2hs]

Looking at the changed design of Padmasambhava I think they were going for the Tibetan mummy look - that's what it reminds me off. This has always been my fav story of the 2nd Doctor ever since I read the Target novel of it as a child in the late 80s lol. I agree it's a shame the original doesn't exist anymore - well never say never it maybe still out there lol. Maybe one day they may redo the missing adventures using the same CGI they used to bring Peter Cushing back to life as Tarkin in Rogue One.

[@davidpo5517]

I look forward to this one. I actually liked the extra details in the background of Fury from the Deep...it feels like a detailed set where they just have very Doctor Who-type budget characters, and idk, it just fits Edit: I'm still really waiting on "The Highlander" since I've always wanted to see Jamie's intro story done right.

[@jdzencelowcz]

AAAARGH, I'M IN THE STATES & WE GOTTA WAIT TILL DECEMBER!!!! For the disk, I mean.

[@tardisspider7187]

Thank You for all the videos this year, keep on working. I will keep on watching Terry @ Tardis Spider

[@anthonyfrew1571]

I have my copy of The Abominable Snowman - yet to watch it - I hope the animated adventures continue - what a shame never to see the likes of 'The Myth Makers' 'The Highlanders' or even 'Marco Polo' There must be a company willing to invest in Big Finish's and loose cannons'' work - classic adventures in (Should the viewers wish) in fall colour

[@markbelsom3174]

I really enjoyed the Abominable Snowman, thought animation looked really good. just a shame it's the last for now. I was really hoping to get wheel in Space or Daleks Masterplan next.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

The serial slugged on for 5 1/2 episodes, then rushed at the last 5 minutes of episode 6. The Great Intelligence was "destroyed" by breaking their pyramid of sphere things. The animators took creative liberty to add more 3D view than the stage mattes to give the serial more quality

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

I enjoyed the story, I'm glad I now have a complete collection of Great Intelligence stories. When I first watched it it was at the start of a Great Intelligence marathon. I found watching 2 six part stories, three modern episodes and a direct-to-video film easy. Honestly I prefer longer stories as it gives the plot time to develop and characters to be fleshed out more. But in terms of the racial controversy I am mixed, namely due to the fact instead of white actors playing characters who should be Asian it's now white actors voicing characters who are Asian. It seems to be trying to fix a controversy by making another one. I agree with Phadmasambhava's redesign looking silly especially his mouth design but that said he does look more like how a three hundred year old human would probably look. As much as I love the references to the other Great Intelligence stories the Globe kind of confused me, I thought it was just a background extra. It makes me wonder what the original globe was in the story, was it just another control sphere or something else? 13:29 Planet 55? Don't you mean The Tenth Planet?😆

[@chrisdavie8163]

I think this should have been one of many cut down animations that could have been made to allow other missing stories to be animated, but that's my singular unpopular opinion. But hey, here it is and I can't say I really wanted to see it before this release nor do I feel any more positive about it now I've watched it. It's a meh story, but set in a lovely location story wise. Troughton doesn't seem on form for some reason. I really don't like nor care about "The Great Intelligence" either as it's just a bit naff to me, even the whole "mysteriousness" (try saying that 5 times quickly when you've had a few!). Representation doesn't bother me, but it makes sense to make the actual Tibetan characters actual Tibetans since that's what they are supposed to be in the story...even if they do all have BBC English accents!

[@bl4ckbird]

Excellent review - really detailed and clear with some great advice for viewing it. You always do such a good and fair job of reviewing these. I laughed out loud when you said you would be okay with getting attacked by a Yeti because they're cuddly! :)

[@StreetFreak9000]

Really detailed? The B/W version, the most accurate version, wasn’t even mentioned!

[@DrWhoFanJ]

@@StreetFreak9000 The B&W animation is not the most accurate, though. Colour animation Telesnap reconstruction . . . . . . . … B&W animation

[@johntaylor6345]

I had not seen the story before but i loved it. I watched first in black and white then I watched it in colour on Blu Ray. A lot of hard work had gone in to making this which I appreciate but I think that actual black and white photos of Troughton and Hines etc would be better than the cartoon look.

[@HowardMay-u2z]

Yet another great review Josh !! 😊😊totally agree with your opinions 😊such a great shame only 1 episode exists in the archives 😢

[@frankshailes3205]

Luckily animations are restarting, I think - with Underwater Menace?

[@jdzencelowcz]

Disney is adding its name to the ring, can U imagine them doing a line drawing/CGI version of some of these eps??

[@thesoundofmuseic127]

I don't think revisionism is the right term for the character designs changing personally, I find issue with it as the voices are still of white actors. so its not like its made better, its just hiding that the original actors weren't asian more and basically "yellow facing" with animation.

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

Padmasambhava will make or break this production for people.

[@AvengerVincent]

I'm hoping if the rumors are true about the Toymaker returning, then someone at the beeb will commission an animation for The Celestial Toymaker. We're closer than ever of getting animations of Season 3 serials and tbh I never thought we'd get the Troughon Dalek serials animated.

[@peterdixon7734]

Josh does very charismatic videos and should find more interests to cover. (I am a terrible sycophant.)

[@AJCool-wi6gh]

@Josh Snares , do a reconstruction of katarinas death , like do the whole thing make sure it ends with showing Katrina in space , try best as u could.

[@johnpanter9714]

If the Yeti ever come back let's hope they don't fuck it up the way they did with the Sea Devils. Legend of the Sea Devils was a disgrace!

[@Poliss95]

They already ruined The Great Intelligence. Did you miss that story?

[@2012gallina]

In the cold light of day the reality is that all these animations have been threadbare and about 20 years out of date

[@Kidred-ys2vp]

I hope this the abominable snowman may be the last animated Doctor who episode. But I hope they do more in the future like Marco Polo and underwater menace. What two stories that you would like to see them do in the future. Also I do think underwater menace is criminally underrated.

[@alexlazebat839]

and the next thing filmed in snowdonia a few months after with thomini was carry on up the Khyber with wales doubling for india

[@miely0847]

I bought it and hope if someone has the episodes they have a heart and release it. I loved this serial and would love to see it in Black and White.

[@Gothic55]

I love this particular story I think that this animation is great - very sad that the animation programme is currently paused.

[@vampiresquid2635]

i enjoy your skog, i wish we had skogs in america bc i had to get a knockoff lmao

[@camb3049]

Where did you get that pillow?? I love it :) (the select audio one :p)

[@himynameisben95]

Three Josh videos in recent memory? They're serving

[@JoshSnares]

Im disappearing now for quite some time, sorry!

[@Gzeebo]

Heya! The level of effort, commitment and detail in your work is mind-blowing. "TheAlgorithm" only just now decided I might enjoy this content. They weren't wrong! Massive life-long fan of Doctor Who since the 70s. One thing I have to say, as a West Australian, your pronunciation of "Polo" and "Abominable" hits weirdly...

[@JAProductions494]

15:04 I saw that Josh!

[@kazuki6887]

yes very nice but I want to see Marco Polo in animation I hope that one day they bring it

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Still would like The Crusade from the Season 2 boxset out on SD-DVD. Two surviving eps and two eps of telesnaps, same as The Underwater Menace.

[@gingerladyaubern]

I liked it in truth and for once I actually loved the coloured animation, it gave it a whole new perspective. The extra's were great in particular 'Troughton in Tibet' and Frazer Hines personal video footage. The animation itself may divide opinion, but given we only have Ep 2 saved for real, I am happy with the animated results that have been made. Thank goodness for telesnaps too!

[@Joey15811]

I always found it one of the hardest recon stories to get into and therefore found it dull.

[@macra_]

Great hearing your thoughts on it! I was one of the people that were able to see it at the BFI before release and it definitely felt like it went on a bit longer than it should!

[@JoshSnares]

Would have been tough for a cinema screening!

[@srstriker6420]

@@JoshSnares I don’t know if is it just me or does the yetis look like Xemnu the Living Hulk and do you think it would be fitting for the Bill Bixby series?

[@crustychris2]

Thanks for the video josh, excellent as always

[@paulgould9946]

Thank you for letting me know that its made by the people that did Fury from the deep and galaxy 4 and due to this I will give it a miss I'll stick with my still photo's version thank you as the animated series have not lived up to expectations and they should have just left them as missing as in my book it kills doctor who more than the modern episode's do as I stopped watching when mat Smith tuck over its a dead franchise and should be left alone before it gets made wears as they have forgotten what it's meant to be time Travelers so why always silly monsters why not go back and at least make more back into time story's with some history in it like the old one's before over the top silly aliens in them get back to the roots of when who was good

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Stop spouting utter gibberish.

[@Gibbypg]

Skoogy is my g. Absolute legend.

[@garybryant1501]

The Yeti look better in the Black and White version

[@tom2point0]

Someday I’ll see all of the animations. I’m waiting for The Collection sets to come out. Looking forward to Hartnell’s.

[@Phantasm57]

i get that the episodes were done in more segments back then but how is it that for instance with the abomidable snowmen 1 or 2 segments survived while others didnt? i realize BBC didnt preserve things back then how they do now but werent the episodes archived together ? at least thats what one might think or they would come across as being incomplete

[@DrWhoFanJ]

Nope. Each episode would always be considered its own thing and stored independently. Not all episodes that we have were found at the BBC, either. Many are from abroad, and some are even from private collectors!

[@ParakoEPC]

1966: Flying Beastie! 2022: GREAT BIG HAIRY BEASTIE!! How times change.

[@DrBagPhD]

Oh my god the mouth on the 300 year old dude xD

[@altyfc2010]

So sad they have stopped doing them

[@jaded6530]

Still bitter we only got one proper Hartnell animation

[@peterd788]

This is the first story I can remember seeing live when I was 5.

[@gingerladyaubern]

Exactly the same for me

[@mjanovec]

Even though I personally prefer the recons, it’s a shame they didn’t carry the animation program forward to fill in a few more gaps. Most surprising was the lack of a Wheel in Space animation, which would not only complete Season 5, but also because it’s a Cybermen story… which makes it more suited to animation. I am confident that animations will eventually be prepared for the remaining stories. It’s just a question of whether they will be official efforts or fan-made efforts. In some respects, I think fans might do a better job as they can devote more time to their work, without worrying about a deadline or budget. Time isn’t measured in dollars/pounds when it’s a labor of love.

[@Wizardman384]

The perfect animation in my eyes is Macra Terror; I think they got a perfect balance of honouring the original episode whilst bringing it to the 21st century. My problem with these new big finish animations is the 3D assets mixed with the 2D characters. It’s just too jarring for me - those hyper realistic surroundings with the simplistic character designs is too distracting!

[@billsilver6429]

Hi Josh. Hi Scoogy. Thanks for the review.

[@genehughes7191]

Where is the animated Highlanders?

[@bucktv254]

Gotta wait till December here in the States!

[@JohnCallaghanMusic]

Nice review! I enjoyed the animation very much, although I'd have liked more close-ups rather than static long shots (and I acknowledge the creators are doing their best). I'm all for a complete rework with them. They *aren't* the original footage, so why create a half-baked ersatz version? Fans who are interested in the TV history can enjoy the telesnaps. The animations are an *addition* to those, not a replacement, and a chance to give 50-year-old recordings a new life.

[@horrorstew3577]

Can U make another audio animation ???

[@Poliss95]

Oh, and Josh. Remember that Honorable Sarah Jill Ward couldn't pronounce Sarah, so she ended up as Lalla. 😁

[@MrRatherDashing]

Just commenting in order to support a fellow former speech therapy...student, patient? Also, congrats for having an incredible sweater.

[@robsferatu]

I was at the BFI screening of this, and Gary Russell said they changed Padmasambhava into an older, more decrepit looking character, so he looks over 300. And the animators were told not to look at Episode 2 before animating it, so it looks different.

[@smithpm81]

i love your reviews, thank you

[@adrianschannel5643]

Loved this vid josh. I mainly comment because I know it helps channels. Your content is always so well crafted and you seem to care so much. Keep keeping on. Watched this as soon as it came out, grew up on legends of this series. My brother who is three years older than me would tell me about the Yeti. I was born in 65 so am too young to remember it. Weirdly, my first ever memory was of the end episode 3 of the Invasion, with the cyberman bursting out of its casing. It had such an effect on me, that it made me a lifelong Doctor Who fan. Imagine your first conscious though in the world being terrified by a Cyberman as you hid behind the sofa. I distinctly remember that our family and many others turned off the room lights to watch TV in the evenings. This was quite traditional in the 60s, TV had only been a thing for about 10 years or so by then, and it was a hang over from the 60s. So watching TV back than was like watching a movie at a cinema there was that same kind of hush. It made Doctor Who much more scary and I remember the dull lighting had so much more effect in the dark and it is still the best way to watch these vintage TV shows from the 60s. I love them so much because I have that sense of missing out and hearing about them from older family members, my only experience of these episodes growing up was reading the novelizations. It is insane that they were publishing books about these episodes, whilst at the same time systematically destroying the originals. Just criminal cultural vandalism. They knew what they were doing was morally wrong and they still did it anyway.

[@victorraulsantivanezrodriguez]

12:48 que le de dislike dice...

[@leebennett1821]

The Phenomenally Slow man

[@Erikjust]

As for Doctor Who being sexist, homophobic etc etc. One thing we should be VERY careful about less we find ourselves judged by the same standard. Is to put today's cultural standards on yesterdays culture. When the first Doctor threatened Susan with a good old fashion smack bottom, if she didn´t behave, well that was standard back then. That was how you raised your kids, and Doctor Who reflected that. But at the same time (and this was one of my problems with the 12th Doctor´s last episode) was that they put 60s standard into a 2020 show, where it most CERTAINLY didn´t fit. No if the William Hartnell had been born in modern days time and had played his iconic role today he wouldn´t have threatened Susan with a smack bottom or said the Tardis needed a woman to clean it. That wouldn´t even have entered his mind. So in that regard i think going forward Doctor Who if bringing back any more classic doctor´s they should look to Cobra Kai, for how to honor the legacy.

[@Poliss95]

The character of Susan, the Doctor's granddaughter, was supposed to be a lot younger than Carole Ann Ford who played her. The cultural standard in the USA hasn't moved on at all if the posts on the Fox 'News' website are anything to go by. There are still in favour of smacking their children and want teachers to do it in schools too. As for Polly cleaning the Tardis in Twice upon a Time. There was never anything so blatantly sexist in classic Who. Just the opposite. There was a lot of pushing back against it. Take The Invasion for example where Zoë and Isobel push back strongly against the sexism of the Brig and Jamie.

[@bananasaregood8655]

The animation was good. But sometimes i actually prefer the telesnap reconstructions. I like seeing stills from the actual episodes with the audio. The telesnaps on the bluray didnt have writing at the bottom telling you what was happening tho, and it had some god awful cgi moments which were horrendous to say the least. One scene i remember from the telesnaps when the doctor is surrounded by yeti wanting the control sphere, he rolls it down a hill and the yeti chase after it. But in the animation he simply throws it into a group of approaching yeti :( I did like the inclusion of the giant snow globe control from the 2013 christmas special 'the snowmen' they added in with animation.

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

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[@Kryojenix]

Jay Bay Hiffy hasn't delivered mine yet. I refuse to talk about it while it's got liver in it!!!

[@mjfouldes6822]

Lovely review and I was happy to see a new video from you! I enjoyed this release - it was beautifully done.