The Power of the Daleks
Well, I finally got to see Power of the Daleks on blu-ray, opting for the colour version, which I feel, hid a multitude of the animation's sins, helping to disguise the jerkiness of movement of a lot of it, although the Dalek animations and movements are superb.
It is good that we finally are able to "watch" Troughton's debut and be able to put it on our shelves at long last. It doesn't matter to me quite so much now that they should find the actual film cans themselves and that's all thanks to this release.
It is a shame that they had to rush the animation though, resulting in some substandard animation throughout.
Hopefully the next release will not have some oppressive deadline hanging over it and we can get to see a superb recreation of another lost adventure.
Troughton is great in it from the get go, finding his way and deliberately taking it too far performance wise, in order to reel it back in as further stories came along.
Which brings me to Troughton himself. He is now, without doubt, my favourite Doctor of all.
If I had to compare him to anybody, it would be Columbo. Nobody takes him seriously, but he is, in fact, the brightest person in the room and is plotting and scheming silently to defeat the bad guys. while they disregard him as a threat, owing to his shambolic appearance and his pretending to be dimmer than he is.
Here's to more lost treasures returning to the archives, either as animations or vinegar stained cans!