Doctor Who Re-Imagined in Kick-Ass Anime Form

[Tom Goldman]

Doctor Who Re-Imagined in Kick-Ass Anime Form


Doctor Who's creators probably never conceived that their character would be animated in Japanese style.

This clip of Doctor Who in anime form is not an official creation, it's a fan project, but it still has given me new reason to live. This is Paul "Otaking" Johnson's third released clip of his attempts to animate the Doctor, and it looks great.

Doctor Who is a series almost too complicated and long-running to explain, with over 700 episodes under its belt, but it basically follows a man named the Doctor as he goes on wacky adventures throughout space and time. He is the last of the Time Lords, with his space-time vehicle of choice being the TARDIS, a police box that is way bigger inside than it appears from the outside.

Doctor Who was first shown on television in the 1960s, with its current-running BBC revival starting in 2005. Doctor Who has been able to last so long partially due to the the Doctor's trait of full-body regeneration when he dies, allowing for an easy switch in the actor that plays him. The Doctor will be regenerating for a tenth time in 2010, though Time Lords are said to only be able to regenerate a total of twelve times.

This clip features the third doctor, here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Pertwee].

The bottom line is that I would throw my money at any company that actually chose to put out a Doctor Who anime. It could even run longer than DragonBall Z.


(Via: Japanator [http://www.japanator.com/doctor-who-anime-project-continues-11884.phtml])

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[Nazrel]

They're supposed to say delete not destroy.

 

[Flamezdudes]

I just died a little inside. Why..would..ANYONE want to ruin Doctor Who?

 

[sirdanrhodes]

I can safely say, without a doubt, that was shit!

 

[Gingerman]

Good lord that was terrible, its like someone skinned alive doctor who and wore the remains in some attempt to trick us. I think I'm going to need to have a little lie down now...

 

[Jedamethis]

Do not want.
Doesn't look nice

 

[ma55ter_fett]

Um, I didn't care for it, the interior of the space shit was so cultered that you couldn't tell what where the cybermen were, it was very visually distracting. Also the animation of the various characters was very very stiff, the cybermen stood in one place too long without animation and then when they were animated only one arm moved.

I know its a fan project and it is far better than I could ever do, but still, I didn't care for it.

 

[D_987]

It's certainly top quality animation, when there is any animation,...that's really the only compliment I can give.

The art style is terrible, the concept seems rather stupid (an anime doctor who? Why anime anyway, look at how many frames per second were used). Of course, combining anime wth doctor who is bound to get you some fans, what with the two groups being stereotypical fanatics on the subject.

 

[wildpeaks]

the concept seems rather stupid (an anime doctor who?

The BBC made some nice ones using the audio books (8th doctor ftw ^^)

 

[Gigaguy64]

For a FAN Project, that was awesome!
Id watch it.
This Dr.Who looked awesome, if its possable to make him even more awesome.
(the chick at 00:22 needs more clothes though, it looked cold.)

 

[Firia]

Nah, not my cup of tea. To testosterony.

 

[Catchy Slogan]

I don't think it worked all too well.

 

[Tom Goldman]

wow hate. For a fan project i think this is welll done. As for why a Doctor Who anime would be a good idea, I think it would work to bring the series to life a little bit. Even the effects in the current version are somewhat hokey. Sure Doctor Who is not about effects but I enjoyed watching the these Cybermen that actually have a range of motion, rather than the basically cardboard cutouts of the old days. A Doctor Who anything could be great if done faithfully, that's my view, because I love the character so much.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

yeah sorry that's really bad, just wait till Root sees it, tho he probly has and is trying to articulate a post that won't get him perma-banned

i think the biggest thing is they missed is who and what the Doctor is. also only in the new series is he the last of the time lords, in the original series there's a ton of them

 

[DarkLordofDevon]

They're supposed to say delete not destroy.

Depends which era. The delete catch phrase is a new series addition. Back in Pertwee/Baker times they didn't say that.

 

[savandicus]

At first i thought it could be good and then i realised it isnt good.

Atall.

Even a little bit.

O wells.

 

[Fenixius]

Gah, you guys give much hate. There are flaws, yes, but a professionally written and animated Doctor Who anime would be just excellent.

And given that this guy is working alone on this, it's pretty goddamn impressive.

 

[orangebandguy]

In the quiet words of the virgin Mary. "Come again?"

Well as fan based projects go it's Ok I guess.

Oh Wow I've Gone Gonzo.

 

[Eldarion]

WoW fanboy hate.

An anime based on doctor who would be fantastic. Don't let haters here tell you otherwise.+

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

No, just no. I do not like.