RELEASED: Monday, November 21
A double treat for Whovians this Christmas
on ABC and iview


ABC is excited to announce the Doctor Who Christmas special The Return of
Doctor Mysterio and the animated series Doctor Who: The Power of the
Daleks will be fast-tracked to ABC iview on Boxing Day morning, immediately
after the BBC's broadcast of the Christmas special, plus The Return of Doctor
Mysterio will screen on ABC and ABC ME at 7.30pm.
Written by Steven Moffat, The Return of Doctor Mysterio sees the Doctor
team up with an investigative journalist, played by Charity Wakefield (Wolf
Hall[i], [i]The Player) and a superhero to save New York from a deadly alien
threat.
The one-hour special also features Matt Lucas as Nardole, Justin Chatwin as
Grant (the superhero), Adetomiwa Edun (Lucifer), Aleksandar Jovanovic and
Logan Hoffman.
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks animated series is one of the most
celebrated Doctor Who adventures, and yet no complete film recordings are
known to have survived. The master negatives were destroyed in an archive
purge in 1974. This brand new animation, being released 50 years after its
only UK broadcast, is based on the program's original audio recordings,
surviving photographs, and film clips. The six-part adventure features the
regeneration - or as it was then called ''renewal'' - of First Doctor, William
Hartnell, into Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, and follows the Time Lord
and his companions Polly (Anneke Wills) and Ben (Michael Craze) as they do
battle with the Daleks on the planet Vulcan.
Power of the Daleks was brought to life using modern animation techniques
and was produced and directed by Charles Norton, with character designs
from acclaimed comic book artists Martin Geraghty and Adrian Salmon.