It's being reported by The Mirror (and backed up by the Radio Times) that 'Evil of the Daleks' and 'The Abominable Snowmen' are next up on the animation schedule.
To be honest they are the most obvious ones to be next, so even if it's just a shot in the dark, I'd still say there's a good chance of seeing them next year.
Mostly exciting. But it also confirms the chances of the actual telerecordings surviving being pretty much nil at this point.
It is great to see seasons 4 and 5 revitalized; "The Macra Terror" knowingly takes some liberties but they're done thoughtfully. A clip of "Wheel in Space" that was done was utterly fantastic.
Am hoping Underwater Menace and Highlanders both get done to complete an actual season 4 blu-ray set, though Highlanders will likely not be done due to complex costuming that's difficult to do in animation proper or given any justice.
I've always loved The Abominable Snowman, even if just from a rough fan reconstruction so I'm thrilled it's finally getting the animation treatment.
It's a decent psuedohistorical, and the animation could do it some justice. Like with "Macra".
Conversely, I've never been all that keen on Evil of the Daleks like so many other people have been. Perhaps with the animation, I can be pulled into the story better than a rough fan reconstruction did.
Now imagine if Evil of the Daleks had actually remained the "end" of the Daleks...
(I know, I know...)
"Evil"'s existing episode is fun to watch. But the story is ultimately as interesting as it is overly simplistic, not to mention being overly long. David Whittaker has some snappy dialogue and keeps the Daleks scheming, but the story isn't as good as the previous ones he wrote or edited.
"Evil" is closer to an early example of "big epic season finale" and the plot holes take away from that. OMGz, the Daleks will conquer the history of Earth! So all they do is use their time machine to go back to prehistoric days, zap the primordial ooze, and they're done. Or they could be more complex and send squads to every century of recorded history, where the Dalek from 50BC can later on have tea when the Dalek from 1666AD stops by except, oops, there's no great fire of London since the Daleks snuffed it centuries earlier (along with the Battle of Hastings and everything else)... or their emperor was a total nut since the plan to change history just isn't going to work.
Jon Pertwee hated the Daleks, so it's amazing he was convinced to do "The Day of the Daleks" and it's massive army of... the three Dalek props that were still usable at that point.
