I suspect they were recalling Medok's interrogation/brainwashing. But the animation...
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Unlikely, just because of the number of episodes that have to be done (Masterplan does have a big name monster, but is still 13 or 10 episodes with a high price tag).
Four partners slightly more likely, particularly if templates for the regulars already exist.
My fingers are crossed that your sources are correct!
Well, looks like we're getting more one way or another; Ian Levine's put it on his FB group that he's looking for amateur fan animators to recruit "Because I want to be sure (the episodes) all do get animated in my lifetime." He claims he's got two parts of Masterplan in production.
You'd think Levine would have learned his lesson after BBC ignored his animated Shada.
What am I saying? Of course Levine will never any lesson.
What am I saying? Of course Levine will never any lesson.
Oh, he learned a lesson all right. The lesson he thinks he learned: "Don't wait on, or rely on, the BBC to animate these episodes because they're taking too long and they'll always screw it up with their penny-pinching."
He just turned 70 the other week, and The Invasion was animated in 2006. He clearly doesn't think he has another seventeen years to wait for them to finish up, if they even bother to at all.
He just turned 70 the other week, and The Invasion was animated in 2006. He clearly doesn't think he has another seventeen years to wait for them to finish up, if they even bother to at all.
Can't recall, maybe Gary Russell at a con. Or someone.
It was first reported in the Mirror, in an article written by Nicola Methven. I call out Nicola specifically, as she has quite a good track record for getting these things right (a few of the other animations were initially revealed in articles written by Nicola).
Hope springs eternal.
However, any fan who has followed the so called Missing Episodes Saga has learned to temper their expectations by now I think.
Some say his clip is better than the official version. Freeze frame at 0:32 and then compare to the shown thumbnail below:
IMHO, both have more ups and downs than the central time rotor column...
Levene's is not better. His version doesn't even have Tom Baker for a start.
It's automatically not better since it's Ian Levene.
That said, I have a soft spot for the Big Finish flash animation with Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor filling in the role of the story (with Lalla and John!) from years ago.
That said, I have a soft spot for the Big Finish flash animation with Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor filling in the role of the story (with Lalla and John!) from years ago.
There is no perfect version of Shada. My favourite is somewhere between the original VHS release with script-book, or Robert's novelisation. But there is no 'ideal' way to see it.
I've never seen the most recent animated version, but I heard it's quite good.
I've never seen the most recent animated version, but I heard it's quite good.
The novelization is probably my favorite version of Shada.
Honestly, I prefer a lot Levine's choices as they're decidedly closer to how the lost serial would've been realized at the time. I also like a lot of the direction as it makes the whole feel like an animated Pennant Roberts serial, rather than an interpretation. I also simply prefer the models of the animation to the overall cartoony look of Norton's. And Lalla Ward is better in the Levine version, too.
But there's no denying that the fluent movement and dynamic feel that the Norton animation exudes is more preferable. And the villain is slightly more menacing in the serial, though not quite consistently as a result.
But there's no denying that the fluent movement and dynamic feel that the Norton animation exudes is more preferable. And the villain is slightly more menacing in the serial, though not quite consistently as a result.
Masterplan at least can be split into two six-episode volumes/separate releases, so it's doable (more so if you simply skip 'The Feast of Steven'). It's the two historicals bookending it ('The Myth Makers' and 'The Massacre') that you're really going to have a problem with.
Nice idea, but would anyone buy part one unless part two was guaranteed to follow? So still lots of money up front.
That's my favourite.
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