Extremely dated animation, bad writing, and so far with ep1, really bad story.
I could see Doctor Who superfans maybe getting something out of this, but the rest of us are going to be turned off by it.
The animation is the only new thing. The soundtrack and dialogue are from 1966, because that is all that they could recover. So they took the original shot-for-shot (what they could recover), and animated it into a horrible washed out silvery cartoon.
shareIt's not actually Shot for shot.
Most of it has been reframed to limit the animation and get the thing finished on time and on budget, the old trick of people bobbing along from the waste up rather than animating a wide shot for example.
I'd like to know what the budget was before i criticize too much, They said it was less per episode than the Dad's army soundtrack they also animated.
I know the Budget for the animated episodes of the invasion was originally put aside for the doctor who website budget, which would have been a tiny amount, a few thousand at the very most, so if it was £3000 for 6 episodes the cheapness is understandable.
You have it ass backwards. If it was L3000 for 6 episodes, then they should not have done it. Basically they released a soundtrack to a story arc and they might as well have filmed puppies running around. It is unwatchable, so the only benefit is to listen to it as if it were on radio.
shareYou can buy the soundtrack on cd, you've been able to for years... NoBody is stopping you doing that.
You can also watch the fan telephoto reconstructions from the 90's legally for free. Mission to the unknown and Shada had money raised by fans to animate too, so you can find them for free.
You get the new telephoto reconstruction on the DVD too, if you'd rather watch with still photos.
I'm guessing You've seen the other animated reconstructions and knew what this was, there have been 6 done over they years through 2 entertain (The dvd People), but only BBC america is stupid enough to air something that was made to fill in episode gaps as a fully animated series.
I think BBC America are at fault here they've clearly aired something claiming it to be a fully animated thing when it's really not, it's more of a limited animation Storyboard.
The crusade is good as it gives you the missing episode Audio, with a photo or two AND / or a choice of having Ian Chesterton telling you what happens in the missing parts of the story, rather than animate the missing bits.
It's not actually Shot for shot.
Most of it has been reframed to limit the animation and get the thing finished on time and on budget, the old trick of people bobbing along from the waste up rather than animating a wide shot for example.
I'd like to know what the budget was before i criticize too much, They said it was less per episode than the Dad's army soundtrack they also animated.
I know the Budget for the animated episodes of the invasion was originally put aside for the doctor who website budget, which would have been a tiny amount, a few thousand at the very most, so if it was £3000 for 6 episodes the cheapness is understandable.
I wish they could afford it for Doctor Who though.
Doctor who has always been on the short end of the BBc's money.
The animation is less well-made than the old and still-creepy works of British Flash animator David Firth.
"Socks" is so delightfully WTF.