Despite our speculation and doubts on the podcast about the missing episodes of The Ice Warriors being animated, BBC announced otherwise.
That’s right. Missing episodes 2 and 3 will be animated, by a different studio than the one who did Reign of Terror and who will be doing the Tenth Planet.
The animation company Qurios Entertainment has worked on the Nick Frost sci-fi sitcom Hyperdrive doing visual effects and titles for Doctor Who DVD extra series Who Peter.
According to doctorwho.tv:
“We’ve been discussing the various ways Qurios could reconstruct these episodes for over three years” said Dan Hall, Managing Director of Pup Ltd Media Consultancy, producer of the DVD. “So it’s really, really satisfying to finally see them animated. Qurios have a great track record in excellent and innovative animations”.
When asked about using a different animation studio to previous releases, Hall replied, “Doctor Who has had many different visual styles thanks to changing directors, designers and production methods. We wanted to mirror this in our choice of animation partners”.
Below is an animation preview. Enjoy!
