Remaking classic Dr Who that were wiped

high speed

24-02-2006

Now A for Andomeda is being remade by BBC 4 and Quatermas was remade last year. I see they are looking for ideas what to make after A for andromeda. How about Classic wiped Dr Who.
I would go for Power of the Daleks and Evil of the Daleks.
Any other you would want brought back that this is only way we would see classics?
With computer graphics now could be a winner. Show when new series Dr who off air between series

Flat_Eric

24-02-2006

"Fury From The Deep" would have to be a prime candidate.

And what about some long-lost historical stories like "The Smugglers" or "The Massacre Of St. Bartholemew's Eve"?!

They'd have to remain very true to the original stories though - no point in trying to "sex them up" to make them all "modern and relevant", otherwise they'd no longer be the classic stories would they?!

Of course, occasional "lost" episodes of "Who" and other classic shows still occasionally turn up. So Sod's Law would probably dictate that if they ever did remake a classic lost "Who" story, the originals would turn up 6 months later having been buried for nearly 40 years under a pile of old gro-bags in someone's recently-deceased Uncle's allotment shed.

Colebox

24-02-2006

Awwww High Speed, you double posted!!!!

I answered your question here:
http://forum.digitalspy.co.uk/board/...d.php?t=347351

Quote:
“As nice as it sounds, the problem is here is that you would in effect be making different versions of the same programme at the same time. I don't believe that this would work.

For example: will the new version of an older classic feature the current Doctor, David Tennant, or would it be done with a Troughton look-alike?

Added to this that a BBC4 production would no-where near get the budget that BBC1's Doctor Who would get, therefore it won't be able to afford to do something like Power or Evil of the Daleks.

Personally, I would like them to stick to making newer versions of other lost sci-fi classics like Nigel Kneale's The Road or some the supernatural anthology series' episodes that have been lost.

Mind you, when (or if) the new Doctor Who comes to an end, it would be an interesting way of keeping Doctor Who on our screens in some form or other.”

Weierstrass

24-02-2006

Originally Posted by Colebox:
“Added to this that a BBC4 production would no-where near get the budget that BBC1's Doctor Who would get, therefore it won't be able to afford to do something like Power or Evil of the Daleks.
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They could do it on the cheap to reflect the original 60s look.

Eaglestriker

24-02-2006

They could do what James Bond is doing with Casino Royale - get the current version of the Doctor (aka David Tennant) and remake old classic episodes, and they dont nessescarily have to apply to serious continuity - like the Big Finish Doctor Who stories - they remade Shada with Paul Mcgann, and the story was intended for Tom Baker's Doctor, but due to budget reasons, couldn't be possible.

Mulett

24-02-2006

Quite interesting to see how any classic story would be re-made today as a stand alone movie.

Pyramids of Mars, for instance. Great stand alone story. Who'd be The Doctor, who'd be Sarah Jane, who'd play the villian . . any changes that would be made to accomodate a big movie budget?

Might happen. You never know.

liquidJP

24-02-2006

If they did it, they should do it as they did for Quatermass and broadcast it live, it may need a bit of minor script editing, but it could give it quite an edgy feel.

Also mebe just a one-off special treat!

Colebox

24-02-2006

Hmmm, some good points raised, but in all honestly if more telly-fantasy is going to be made, I would rather it were something else other than Doctor Who; I love Doctor Who, but Doctor Who is being made at the moment, so to just make more of the same would be a waste of opportunity to explore new telly-fantasy avenues.

There are quite a few other series that can have the re-make treatment, or indeed make television versions of classic sci-fi novels by John Wyndham or H.G. Wells, that have never been given a proper treatment. Actually, last year's BBC4 docu-drama about the life of John Wydham did half make The Midwich Cuckoos.

BBC4 seems to be enthusiastic at least and I am really pleased about that, but last year had more than one delve into telly-fantasy; add to The Quatermass Experiment, MR James' A View From A Hill, which was the return of the A Ghost Story For Christmas strand.

chrisfass

24-02-2006

I dont see anything wrong with new episodes taking influence from the missing stories, and exploring some of the same themes, but I dont think they should remake the entire stories and simply substitute the characters.

I quite like the idea of the missing stories being animated, as some of them still exist in audio format. I'm not talking about your bog standard cartoon, but something closer to anime, and that way you can keep the likeness of the orginal actors, bt animated in a modern, edgy and creative way. Any thoughts on this?

Colebox

24-02-2006

Originally Posted by chrisfass:
“I dont see anything wrong with new episodes taking influence from the missing stories, and exploring some of the same themes, but I dont think they should remake the entire stories and simply substitute the characters.

I quite like the idea of the missing stories being animated, as some of them still exist in audio format. I'm not talking about your bog standard cartoon, but something closer to anime, and that way you can keep the likeness of the orginal actors, bt animated in a modern, edgy and creative way. Any thoughts on this?”

What if Cosgrove Hall did them in the manner of Scream Of The Shalka; I know that this wasn't to everyone's cup of tea, but I felt it was quite effective in style.