I have to admit, the
BBC's record of commissioning animated reconstructions for Doctor Who
is mixed, to say the least. Unpopular opinion time: I actually think
The Reign of Terror had the
best animation of the bunch. Yes, the ultra-modern editing style with
its jump cuts and changes in camera angle stood out like a sore thumb
against the surviving episodes but the basic style was solid.
Judging
by the two released screenshots, though, Power of the
Daleks will probably have a
simpler style more like The Ice Warriors.
Which, you know, makes sense from a cost point of view, there are six
whole episodes to animate.
Plus,
I don't want to prejudge it too hard on the basis of two screenshots.
For one thing, stills of animation never look as good as they do in
motion. For another, I am not going to look a gift horse like this in
the mouth. I love the Loose Cannon photo recons but there is
something a little off-putting about watching a two and a half hour
slideshow and anything that gets more Troughton on my DVD shelf gets
the benefit of the doubt from me.
Even
if their version of Troughton looks a bit creepy its not like its the
worst artistic
representation of the Second Doctor ever...
… as you can see.
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