The final black and white Physician Who journey to be broadcast on TV has been remade in color.
The Struggle Video games, a 1969 10-episode epic, was the swansong for Patrick Troughton because the Second Physician.
The present has been became a 90-minute movie colourised by a workforce led by fan Wealthy Tipple from Saltdean, close to Brighton, and will likely be screened on BBC 4 and BBC iPlayer on Monday.
Mr Tipple, who additionally labored on the colourisation of the unique Dalek story in 2023, stated: “I used to be past excited to be given the chance to deliver this story again to life for a contemporary viewers.”
The Struggle Video games marked the top of an period for the Second Physician (Patrick Troughton) and his companions Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury).
The trio land in a battlefield that seems to be a World Struggle One army zone. However all will not be because it appears.
Russell T Davies, Physician Who showrunner, stated: “From the day I arrived again on Physician Who, this was the plan – to colourise outdated tales and convey them again to life.
“It seems so vivid and new.”
Lead colourisation artist Wealthy Tipple and his workforce spent 12 months engaged on the venture.
He stated: “Some individuals discover black and white a barrier to observe.
“Making this in color is an opportunity to open it as much as a complete new viewers who can now recognize how good the Sixties golden period of Physician Who was.”
The Struggle Video games was filmed extensively in East Sussex areas together with Brighton, Cuckmere and Birling Hole.
Mr Tipple stated: “It was a pleasure to work on one thing that had such superb hyperlinks to the place I am from.
“It was magic to have the ability to flip areas that I am so acquainted with into vibrant color.”
The episode will function the Second Physician’s never-before-seen regeneration into the Third Physician (Jon Pertwee), alongside recovered footage not seen because the authentic broadcast.
The Struggle Video games airs on Monday at 21:00 GMT on BBC 4 and on BBC iPlayer.