Doctor Who: The Invasion Animation Comparison

In 2006, The Invasion had its missing episodes animated for its DVD release, before then it had only been represented in its complete form unofficially thanks to the efforts of the Loose Cannon team. The 1993 VHS release of the story contained Nicholas Courtney recapping the events of the missing episodes directly to the camera, while also included on the DVD as an extra it is not included in this comparison for sake of ease.

For the DVD release, some slight changes had to be made to the version that Cosgrove Hall had originally delivered to producer James Goss. Although the episodes had been animated with careful reference to the camera scripts, surrounding episodes and the original soundtrack, the animators had allowed themselves a certain amount of freedom to do things which would not necessarily have been possible with real cameras or set design in the sixties. A good example of this was seen in episode four, where Vaughn's face was seen 'Big Brother' style, projected on huge circular screens around the factory complex. Although touches like this were visually impressive and gave the production a sense of scale that the original could only dream of, 2|entertain felt that the DVD should represent as closely as possible the intent of the original production. Cosgrove Hall was re-commissioned in mid-2006 to revisit the project and make a small number of changes to accommodate 2|entertain's request.

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