Doctor Who episodes seemingly lost to time after being junked by the BBC are finding a new lease of life, with animated visuals being set to the surviving soundtracks.

The latest reconstruction of a missing story is 'The Macra Terror' – out on DVD and Blu-ray from Monday (March 25), the four-part story pits Patrick Troughton's second Doctor against a race of crab-like aliens.

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But could we ever see all-new original Doctor Who animations, either as specials or as a series? Charles Norton, the animation producer/director behind the reconstructions, had this question put to him at a press launch for 'The Macra Terror' and his response should prove interesting to fans...

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"BBC Studios is very well aware that there is a demand, that there is a constant interest in the archive series, and they're constantly looking at doing things to promote that and continue to exploit it," Norton said.

"As a part of that, there's an awful lot of brainstorming that goes on, and essentially pretty much any question you could ask [in terms] of 'Have they thought about doing this?' the answer is probably yes. At some point, it's probably been discussed.

"Every story, every possible permutation of what you might do has been discussed, and nine times out of 10, the answer comes back, 'We can't really do that – it's not practical'. But they're constantly looking at ways of doing different things.

"That [original animations] is an idea that has been discussed. But it's nothing that's being worked on at the moment."

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Doctor Who original animations wouldn't be an entirely new idea, with David Tennant lending his voice to The Infinite Quest in 2007 and Dreamland in 2009, while Richard E Grant played a new incarnation of the Doctor in 2003's Scream of the Shalka.

Jodie Whittaker is also set to reprise her role for an interactive VR special titled Doctor Who: The Runaway, where fans will be able to board the TARDIS for an all-new adventure through time and space.

Fingers crossed for more cartoon capers in the future...

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror will be out on DVD and Blu-ray from March 25.



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