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Post by medicusitic on Dec 1, 2023 20:19:24 GMT
We all know about the Doctor Who animations of missing episodes that stared with the Invasion, but why haven't we seen original animations starring the classic doctors? In 2003 the BBC did Scream of the Shalka so its a realistic proposal (not to mention the 6th Doctor and 8th Doctor webcasts). They was even a two different animations during the 10th doctor era. We all know a 4th Doctor story would be a best seller if they made one, and unlike the missing episode animations they could tailor the story to the medium. They did Shada in 2017 so its clearly possible and they have to know that stuff sells. Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Colin Baker, McCoy, and McGann have done many big finish stories so doing voice work for an animated movie/episodes wouldn't be difficult. All the surviving actors for the classic (real) doctor are quite elderly so there isn't much more time to do something like this. They could finish the 6th doctor's arc and show us Mel's origin. They could make the lost season 23 or make season 27. Given how they are putting 12 million dollars towards a single episode of the Disney version they can certainly afford to at least do a few original animations. They probably would sell more than the missing episode animations because they are new plenty, the audience for missing episode animations have probably already seen the reconstruction and listened to the soundtrack. You can also be far more picky when it comes to re-creation. This is money on the table they could find an animation company and give them the same license big finish has, or just hire on the company they are using for current missing episode animations have them make stories for doctors 4-7. Is there a reason this has yet to be done? They did tales of the tardis so they have to know the demand for classic (real) doctors.
No offense to Big Finish, but if you look at the price for some of the animations especially the regular DVD it is about half the price of new big finish releases. Even if you buy older stories which are cheaper, they still aren't that much cheaper than the animations. The animations are just a far better value prospect and probably more profitable.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2023 20:52:27 GMT
Because as Bernard said, no one is watching these for the animation quality; it's because they're all we have in terms of missing episodes, and even that doesn't have a sensational demand, let alone brand new stories.
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Post by medicusitic on Dec 1, 2023 21:27:13 GMT
Because as Bernard said, no one is watching these for the animation quality; it's because they're all we have in terms of missing episodes, and even that doesn't have a sensational demand, let alone brand new stories. Big Finish has been able to sustain itself, since the 90s, on Doctor Who projects. I understand an audio story is cheaper to produce than animation, but the market for visual stories exceeds audio stories. I cant find sales number for the Shada animation, but I would wager it sold better than the other missing episode animations. They made Class and Torchwood both of which are spinoffs so they should have a smaller audience than the main show. Making an original animation should have a far greater demand than Class, Torchwood, or the Sarah Jane adventures. The did tales of the tardis and colorized the daleks which both streamed for free.
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Post by iank on Dec 1, 2023 22:00:26 GMT
They can barely manage one a year as it is, that's why. If they could I've no doubt they'd be churning them out.
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Post by medicusitic on Dec 13, 2023 8:51:34 GMT
They can barely manage one a year as it is, that's why. If they could I've no doubt they'd be churning them out. They out source these to the cheapest companies which then in turn out source them to Poland/India hard to understand why they can't do more. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2023 10:46:37 GMT
Idk, they're quite frankly appalling and the only reason anyone buys them is so they can "watch" the missing episodes, there's an inherent intrigue there. Standalone stories animated like this would be a complete joke.
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Post by iank on Dec 13, 2023 21:08:47 GMT
As is always the case with being a Who fan these days, we get the bottom of the barrel.
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Post by UncleDeadly on Dec 13, 2023 22:23:13 GMT
They can barely manage one a year as it is, that's why. If they could I've no doubt they'd be churning them out. They out source these to the cheapest companies which then in turn out source them to Poland/India hard to understand why they can't do more. Because they're cheap f*cking c*nts who view Doctor Who fans as a bunch of f*ckwits to be exploited. Basically. |
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Post by cyberhat on Dec 14, 2023 2:50:56 GMT
When all the animations are complete, this will be done, guaranteed. In fact, Josh Snare has done some already
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Post by rushy on Dec 14, 2023 3:34:37 GMT
clever of him not to include the audio
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2023 3:42:22 GMT
When all the animations are complete, this will be done, guaranteed. In fact, Josh Snare has done some already These are actually better-looking than the official BBC ones lol. It embraces the fact that it's a cartoon rather than trying to hopelessly reconstruct the facial expressions of real life actors with inadequate technology. |
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Post by iank on Dec 14, 2023 3:59:33 GMT
I couldn't stand either of them.
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Post by cyberhat on Dec 14, 2023 4:24:22 GMT
clever of him not to include the audio Legal would be the word I'd go for |
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Post by rushy on Dec 14, 2023 4:34:36 GMT
clever of him not to include the audio Legal would be the word I'd go for I mean, true, but there's several Big Finish audios on Youtube that have been there for years |
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