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Circuit Breaker - The Black Archive Files: What's the deal?

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I often talk about how much care and attention to detail goes into the Classic Series releases to convince us fans to shell out on something a lot of us have already bought at least two or three times. Then comes along a random release out of the blue that makes you ask who does this appeal to? But some unexpected new bonus material alongside some unusual and rare episode variants perhaps gives enough value to justify buying.    Circuit Breaker is the latest multi-platform event from BBC Studios, following on from Time Lord Victorious (2020) and Doom’s Day (2023). This time focusing on the mysterious Fugitive Doctor as played by Jo Martin, who has refreshingly been heavily involved with the entire range. I’ve personally not been following the story that closely, but the premise involves the Doctor teaming up with Osgood who is now working in the Black Archive as objects from the Doctor’s personal timeline have gone missing. This new Blu-ray release features 10 Doctor Who stori...

Doctor Who and the Animation Dillema

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  With the UK release of Fury from the Deep, 29 out of all 97 missing episodes have been animated, meaning we are just 3 episodes away from having a third of Doctor Who’s lost history being able to be viewed in this form.   This is an incredible achievement.   Who could have thought 15   years ago we would be able to watch 10 stories on DVD from Troughton’s first two seasons, experience the exits of Ben; Polly and Victoria, watch the end of the Hartnell era and the beginning of Troughton’s time. These pieces of Doctor Who history are slowly (but surely) being filled in, allowing fans old and new to experience these stories in a new, and engaging visual way, something that is much harder to do with soundtracks and reconstructions.    The number of stories from the Troughton era released on DVD vs the number released on VHS (orphaned episodes aside) Every animation to date has its fans and critics.   Some people prefer sticking rigidly to what was inte...