As part of its celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, the BBC commissioned a feature-length version of one of the most important stories in the show’s history, in full colour with a Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Kevin Hilton talks to the sound designer and colourisation artists who worked on The Daleks in Colour.
Doctor Who is all about the past, the present and the future. For the past 60 years, the BBC science fiction series has followed the Doctor’s adventures through time and space, celebrating that milestone at the end of last year with three specials featuring one of the most popular recent Doctor and companion combinations - David Tennant and Catherine Tate - and also introducing the latest actor to take on the role, Ncuti Gatwa, ahead of his first full episode on Christmas Day.
The 60th-anniversary celebrations looked back to Doctor Who’s beginnings in 1963 with a feature-length, colourised version of the second serial to be broadcast, which is now available on Blu-ray Disc (BD) in Dolby Atmos immersive audio. The Daleks is famous for both introducing the fascistic mutants-in-a-can as enemies of the Doctor and cementing the popularity of the show with its young - and later cultish - audience...
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