[arista]

[Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor (centre)
and his companions, Jamie (Frazer Hines)
and Zoe (Wendy Padbury)]


[The last black and white Doctor Who
adventure to be broadcast on TV has
been remade in colour.
The War Games, a 1969 10-episode epic,
was the swansong for Patrick Troughton
as the Second Doctor.

The show has been turned into a
90-minute film colourised by a team-led
by fan Rich Tipple from Saltdean, near Brighton,
and will be screened on BBC4HD
and BBC iPlayer on Monday.]

[Mr Tipple, who also worked
on the colourisation of the original Dalek
story in 2023, said: "I was beyond excited
to be given the opportunity to bring this
story back to life for a modern audience."
The War Games marked the end of an
era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton)
and his companions Jamie (Frazer Hines)
and Zoe (Wendy Padbury).

The trio land in a battlefield that appears
to be a World War One military zone.
But all is not as it seems.

Russell T Davies, Doctor Who showrunner,
said: "From the day I arrived back
on Doctor Who,
this was the plan - to colourise old
stories and bring them back to life.
"It looks so vivid and new."]


It took them 12 months to do this.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5639r46rlo

[Kate!]

Oh wow, thanks Arista. Lovely. X

[Oliver_W]

Oh nice!

I like War Games, but there's a lot of filler, doubling back, and tail-chasing. I've often thought it would benefit from a "movie edit."

[Zizu]

I only ever watched the first ‘ Dr Who ‘ .. I just couldn’t cope with them changing the actor

[Crimson Dynamo]

Patrick will be turning in his grave about the woke garbage spewed out nowadays

[Crimson Dynamo]

I'm watching now