Following the immensely positive reaction to BBC Four’s remaking of the lost 1957 Hancock’s Half Hour episode The New Neighbour, which stars Kevin McNally as the Lad Himself, we asked our followers whether they’d ever consider accepting similar remakes of the missing episodes from Doctor Who‘s history.
The reaction was generally positive from fans, with many saying the approach is something they’d be keen to see.
@DrWhoWorldwide I've long thought this would be an excellent approach
— Far from all over (@farfromallover) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide Yes. Often wished that was something the current production could affordable do.
— Andrew Ellard (@ellardent) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide Yes, if cast chosen with care. After all, I love Sherlock Holmes and there have been superb 'remakes' of those many times
— Jason Lacey (@JaseLacey) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide I'd like to see it done once before I'd say "no" for sure.
— Eric Pavlat (@EricPavlat) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide If they were remakes, I'd want them pretty faithful. You could then do new stories in between and get experimental.
— Benjamin Elliott (@bfelliott) September 10, 2016
@farfromallover @DrWhoWorldwide Definitely. With Hancock though let's get the remaining "lost" radio ones done then TV-"The Horror Serial"?
— Adrian Last (@LeffeAt49DS) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide In a word, YES.
— Dan Bishop (@iwritesf) September 9, 2016
Many readers were keen to see David Bradley, star of 2013’s An Adventure in Space and Time, return to the fold as the First Doctor in particular.
@DrWhoWorldwide get David Bradley and the other AAISAT cast to do it and you're on!
— atruedrwhofan (@atruedrwhofan) September 9, 2016
@ellardent @DrWhoWorldwide Wish they would - David Bradley's Hartnell was fab.
— Kippy Woo (@TygerWhoCame2T) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide why not - just look how good David Bradley was in An Adventure in Time & Space. The recreated scenes in that were amazing.
— Alex Storer (@theLightDreams) September 9, 2016
Other’s however weren’t so positive, preferring animation or extra money for the Ongoing Series.
@DrWhoWorldwide I might if the original soundtracks were missing as well as the images, but we've got them so let's animate them! {:^)
— Simon (@HungryHatter) September 9, 2016
@DrWhoWorldwide NO
give the money to the current series
They need it more— Iain Thomas MacLean (@iainmaclean97) September 9, 2016
Personally not interested. https://t.co/5FS4G4m34b
— Diamanda Hagan (@Diamandahagan) September 9, 2016
For our own take, we’d love to see remakes of the lost classics but would hope they would remain faithful to the original episodes in terms of both script and set design, should they ever happen. The recent success of the Star Trek franchise, where iconic characters such as William Shatner’s Captain Kirk and Leonard Nimoy’s Mr Spock have been recast has shown appetite is there, but for us they maybe shy too far away from the original source material, the BBC’s recent Lost Sitcoms being far closer to what we’d like to see.
But if it came to having a choice between animation or remakes, it’d be a much more difficult choice to make… why not let us know your thoughts on social media or via the comments?
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