Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour resurrects a classic with speed, colour, and a brand new energy for a new audience. Editor Benjamin Cook and lead colourisation artist Rich Tipple discuss how they brought the Second Doctor's final adventure to modern audiences with 'The War Games in Colour' The War Games in Colour debuted on BBC iPlayer and BBC Four in December 2024, and now fans can bring home the special colourised edit of the Second Doctor 's finale in a collectible physical release. We spoke.
Originally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), following him and his companions Zoe and Jamie as. The War Games in Colour was a colourised 90-minute re-cut and updated edition of The War Games, the seventh and final serial of season 6 of Doctor Who. Among the changes made to the story, such as having the black and white story now be in colour and combining all ten parts into one single episode with updated music and effects, The War Games in Colour very notably replaced the sketches of.
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 War Games in Colour: Directed by David Maloney.
With Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Wendy Padbury, David Savile. The Doctor and friends arrive on an unnamed planet. First believing to be in World War I, they realize it's one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have taken many of human soldiers to create an army to conquer the galaxy.
Amazon.com: Doctor Who: The War Games in Colour (Blu-ray): Patrick Troughton, Wendy Padbury, Frazer Hines: Movies & TVOriginally aired in 1969, The War Games marked the end of an era for the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton), following him and his companions Zoe and Jamie as they land in a battlefield that appears to be a World War I military zone. A producer, director and colouriser, and (most importantly) a Doctor Who fan, Rich, 35, has previously worked with the BBC to reconstruct damaged colour for their release of Jon Pertwee's series. When the Tardis lands in the horrors of World War I, The Doctor uncovers a threat spanning galaxies and history itself.
But this time, saving the day might doom The Doctor forever. A year on from the colourised version of The Daleks, released to tie in with Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, comes The War Games in Colour, another root.