Altered Vistas
- Fan Made Doctor Who Productions
 Altered Vistas
Productions are fan endeavours produced for love, not money. The
fans behind this venture are devoted to creating animated amateur
films about Doctor Who and his adversaries.
Altered Vistas
is an amateur production company dedicated to creating Doctor
Who-related features. However, unlike other fan organisations
dedicated to creating additional adventures for the good
Doctor, Altered Vistas is dedicated to adapting and bringing
to life stories that already exist on the fringes of Who-lore.
That covers a broad spectrum of stories, and they are hoping
to adapt for the screen as many of them as they can using
animated CGI, 2D Flash animations, stills taken from
3D models and special effects. All brought to life with specially
recorded soundtracks which include sound effects, purpose-written
incidental and theme music and using the voices of the best
actors that Altered Vistas can find.
Altered Vistas provide a free service for fans in a VCD format
only (which is compatible with most modern DVD players). They
do not release anything in a DVD format as they have no desire
to step on the BBC's toes.
Because they are free all you need to do is send a blank CD
and p&p to a dubsite. They will copy the story for you
and then return the CD to you as a VCD.
A list of stories
released so far can be found below. To read what others think
of these stories and for a list of dubsites please visit the Altered
Vistas Website. |
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On 23rd January 1965, the Daleks
made their first appearance in their own full colour comic strip
on the back page of the lavish new children's weekly comic TV
Century 21. Written largely by David Whitaker, who was the series'
original script editor, and illustrated by such legendary comic
strip artists as Richard Jennings, Ron Turner and Eric Eden, this
popular one-page strip ran for 104 instalments.
These strips have
been reprinted many times in Dalek Annuals and other Doctor Who-related
books, plus Doctor Who Weekly, Doctor
Who Monthly and Doctor Who Classic Comics, as well
as being issued complete and in colour as a special edition magazine.
Now, for
the first time, they are brought to life thanks to Altered
Vistas.
Because of the difference between a comic strip and a video
feature, a certain amount of adaptation is inevitable. Altered
Vistas are attempting to make the adaptations as sympathetic to
the source material as possible,
expanding the original story only in the name of atmosphere, deeper
characterisation and the occasional crowd-pleasing reference or
in-joke.
If the strip contradicts information contained in the television
series then that contradiction remains and no attempt has
been made to reconcile the two... Equally, no matter how bad, embarrassing
or unDalek-like a line of dialogue may be, it remains as it featured
in the original strip. Added to this, Altered Vistas have tried,
wherever possible, to base animations and stills on the key frames
from the original strip and
base all designs on the images seen in those panels. The aim is
to bring these strips to life, not change them into something else. |
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| The Latest Release: |
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| The Dalek
Chronicles |
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Title/Details |
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| AV18 |
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Legacy of
Yesteryear |
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Frozen in ice for thousands of years,
three humanoid Daleks are about to awaken... to
find their planet of Skaro ruled by Yarvelling’s
inventions. But these original Daleks guard a secret,
one that must never fall into the hands of their
cybernetic descendants... |
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Bonus Features: Blue Radioactive
Planet, Cardiff Exhibition 2007, Doctor Who Is Gonna
Fix It, Give-A-Show Part 1. |
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| Previous Releases: |
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| The Dalek
Chronicles |
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Part |
Title/Details |
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| AV01 |
1 |
Genesis of Evil |
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The the first story of The Dalek
Chronicles details
the creation of the Dalek race - a creation very
different from the one shown in the TV series!
"Genesis of Evil" charts the destruction of the original
humanoid Dalek race and the rise to power
of the Dalek war machines after a devastating nuclear
catastrophe. Zolfian and Yarvelling are the last two
surviving humanoid Daleks intent on seeing their species
survive no matter what the terrible cost. |
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Bonus Feature: I’m Gonna Spend
My Christmas with a Dalek. |
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| AV04 |
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Power Play |
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When an alien spaceship lands on
Skaro, carrying alien slave traders arrive on Skaro,
the Daleks have their sites set on the traders'
spaceship. With rebellion brewing amongst the slaves
and the Emperor plotting behind the scenes, can
anything stop the Daleks from mastering the secrets
of space flight and conquering the galaxy? |
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Bonus Feature: Dalek Cutaway (anatomy
of a Dalek). |
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| AV02 |
3 |
Duel of the Daleks |
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One of the best strips in the series!
Zeg is a lowly Dalek worker in the inventions factory,
until his casing is transformed into an
almost indestructible alloy. Filled with a sense
of his own power, he challenges the Emperor's authority.
The only solution is to pit Zeg's strength against
the Emperor's brains in a deadly duel out in the
wastelands of Skaro. |
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Bonus Feature: The Making Of Duel
of the Daleks. |
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| AV03 |
4 |
The Amaryll
Challenge |
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The Daleks first journey into space
and their first landing on a new world. Unfortunately,
they don't impress the local intelligent plant life
of the planet Alvega quite as they had hoped.
Due to the extensive adaptation required, particularly
on the first strip of this story, this production
comes in at nearly fifty minutes long, by far
the lengthiest of the Chronicles so far.
Because of this, Altered Vistas decided to make it into two episodes
of roughly the same length, with a cliff-hanger
ending to add to the suspense. |
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| AV06 |
5 |
The Pentaray
Factor |
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The Daleks land on the peaceful
planet of Solturis declaring peace and friendship.
It's an unlikely claim, but the locals have no reason
to disbelieve - apart from old Lurr, who has seen
a vision of the future showing destruction and slavery
beneath the Daleks. But who will listen to his claims? |
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Bonus Features: I Am The Doctor,
Jon Pertwee Tribute, Altered Vistas Trailer. |
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| AV05 |
6 |
Plague of
Death |
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The Daleks, on returning to Skaro,
succumb to a deadly cloud of rust that threatens
to destroy their entire race, but their solution
only
makes it
worse!
Not one of the better known stories in the sequence, and possibly one of the
most underrated, this tale introduces us to the Dalek hoverbouts and shows us
more of the Black Dalek, who was first introduced in "Duel of the Daleks". |
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| AV07 |
7 |
The Menace
of the Monstrons |
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The Monstrons arrive on Skaro intent
on enslaving or destroying the Daleks - and with
their deadly
Engibrain robots, how can they fail to wipe the
Daleks from the face of the planet?
This strip marked the last full outing for strip
artist Richard Jennings who was replaced by
Ron Turner part way through the next strip "Eve
of the War".
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Bonus Feature: Eve of the War trailer. |
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8 |
Eve of the
War |
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As the Dalek Empire expands, the
Daleks come up against a race of deadly robots intent
on halting
their progress: the Mechanoids! The Mechanoids
are content to study the reactions of these strange
new creatures, but the Daleks force a more aggressive
response and the battle lines are soon drawn between
the two species... |
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Bonus Features: A pictorial tribute
to Richard Jennings, Mechanoids! In-depth documentary
about the Mechanoids. |
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| AV10 |
9 |
The Archives
of Phryne |
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As the
Daleks search for new weapons to defeat the Mechanoids,
they happen upon a lone satellite hanging
in the void. The Saucer Commander is suspicious and
soon realises that the rest of the solar system is
hidden by an invisible barrier. And the inhabitants
of the planet Phryne have good reason to hide from
the Daleks: they carry the secrets and histories of
one hundred planets, knowledge that the Daleks would
wipe out a world to obtain. |
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Bonus Feature: Who’s Who video. |
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| AV13 |
10 |
Rogue Planet |
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With war between the Daleks and the Mechanoids looking
ever more likely, the Daleks encounter a new threat
to their safety as a rogue planet is formed deep in
space. The new world, which the Daleks christen Skardel
is soon heading straight for Skaro, and it seems that
nothing can stop it. If it strikes, then all life
on Skaro will be obliterated, but can the Emperor
devise a plan to turn this situation to the Daleks
advantage in their ongoing
war with the Mechanoids?
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Bonus Features: An Interview With
The Dalek, Rogue’s Gallery, Impasse Trailer. |
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| AV14 |
11 |
Empasse |
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As war between the Daleks and the
Mechanoids draws ever closer, a third party decides
to take matters
into their own hands. The Zerovians dispatch robot
agent 2K first to Skaro and then to Mechanus to
stop the war at any cost. But is a robot enough
to outwit the might of both the Daleks and the Mechanoids?
And can he prevent a terrifying war in space that
could destroy millions of innocent lives? |
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Bonus Features: Cadet Sweet Cigarette
Cards Story 1, A Word from Skaro,
The Dalek Stripper. |
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| AV15 |
12 |
The Terrorkon
Harvest |
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The Terrorkons - ferocious reptilian
predators that live in the Lake of Mutations. They
provide
a natural defence barrier for the Dalek City. But
when one of their number steals a Dalek missile,
the survival of the Dalek race is suddenly plunged
into jeopardy. |
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Bonus Features: Cadet Sweet Cigarette
Cards Story 2,
Virtual Blackpool Exhibition 1982. |
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| AV18 |
13 |
Legacy of
Yesteryear  |
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Frozen in ice for thousands of years,
three humanoid Daleks are about to awaken... to
find their planet
of Skaro ruled by Yarvelling’s inventions.
But these original Daleks guard a secret, one that
must never fall into the hands of their cybernetic
descendants... |
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Bonus Features: Blue Radioactive
Planet, Cardiff Exhibition 2007, Doctor Who Is Gonna
Fix It, Give-A-Show Part 1. |
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| Other Releases |
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Title/Details |
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| AV08 |
Children of the Revolution |
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The poll-topping Doctor Who Magazine comic
strip, written by Scott Gray and illustrated by
Lee Sullivan, gets an Altered Vistas makeover
in this ambitious
adaptation. It comes with a wealth
of extras, many of them kindly provided by Lee Sullivan
himself.
This story comes in six episodes on
two discs.
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Bonus Features: Creating Revolution, Sullivan’s
Revolution, A Brief History of the Daleks in the
Comics, Brighton Exhibition 2005, Blackpool Exhibition
2005, Eve of the War Trailer. |
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| AV11 |
Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer |
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Available
from Altered Vistas is a full adaptation of the
classic Doctor Who Weekly comic strip Abslom
Daak - Dalek Killer. This strip tells the story of
a convicted murderer sent to the planet Mazam to kill
as many Daleks as he can before the Daleks exterminate
him. However, things do not go according to plan when
Daak is forced to team up with Princess Taiyin...
This story is accompanied by a documentary all
about Daak’s
twenty-six year career and a video for the single
by the Slaves of Kane. |
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Bonus Features: Dalek Killer: A Daakumentary,
Theme from Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer. |
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| AV12 |
Black Legacy |
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Aailable from Altered Vistas
is a full adaptation of the classic Doctor Who
Weekly comic strip
featuring the Cybermen.
When the Cybermen arrive
on Goth, desolate homeworld of the once mighty Deathsmiths
of Goth, they want
only to find weapons to make them the mightiest
force in the galaxy. But Goth is not quite the
dead world they expected, and something evil and
unstoppable lurks nearby, something with the power
to drive the Cybermen mad with nightmares and
visions, and reduce their metal skins to rust.
As Commander Maxel’s forces dwindle, he
must face the unknown horror and stop it once
and for all.
Also on the disc is a complete pictorial
history of the Cybermen in comic strips and a
short film
by Steve Herbert about the Doctor Who event held
at Wookey Hole - location for "Revenge of the
Cybermen" - in June 2005. |
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Bonus Features: Cyber-Image, Wookey Hole 2005. |
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| AV16 |
Curse of the Daleks |
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"The Curse of the Daleks" is an ambitious full-length
adaptation of the first Doctor Who-related stage
play, which ran at Wyndham’s Theatre, London,
from 21 December 1965 to Saturday 15 January 1966.
Fifty years after the deactivation of the Daleks, a spaceship
from Earth is forced to land on Skaro
following an act of sabotage... but who aboard
the ship would want to come to Skaro and for what
terrible purpose?
This story comes on two discs. |
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Bonus Features: Curse Cubed, Desert Island Discs
- William Hartnell, Origins of Curse. |
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| AV17 |
Doctor Who and the Invasion
from Space |
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"Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space" was
a World Distributor story published in a single
volume
in
1966. It has often been referred to as the first
Missing Adventure, and sees the First
Doctor accompanied
unwillingly on his travels in TARDIS by the Mortimers,
a peasant family from the time of the Great Fire
of London.
When Altered Vistas suggested to Jonathan Redwood
that it might be fun to record him in character as
the
First Doctor
reading this story, they originally envisaged it
as a bonus feature for another disc. Little did they
realise just how long it would take to read aloud
or what a fine performance he would deliver, and it
quickly became apparent that what Altered Vistas had
was something much more special than a bonus to be
tucked away under
another title.
Altered Vistas expanded their plans for presenting
the story from having the narration accompanied by
the
illustrations from the original book to having the
narration accompanied by CGI images with a few animated
inserts to help bring the whole thing to life as
a sort of moving picture book.
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Bonus Features: Doctor Who and the Invasion from
Space - Original Images |
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| Music |
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| AVA01 |
Mutant - The Music of Empire
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AV's first audio release features incidental music
and themes from the first half of The Dalek Chronicles,
as well as Children of the Revolution and original
compositions. |
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Running Time: 60 minutes |
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Vortex - The Music of Empire
639 Volume 2 |
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AV's second audio release features incidental
music and themes from many more of The Dalek Chronicles,
as well as Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer, Black Legacy
and original compositions. |
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Running Time: 68 minutes |
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For
more information, details of future projects, release
dates and a list of dubsites please visit the Altered
Vistas Website.
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| Altered Vistas
Productions are fan endeavours produced for love, not money.
No profit has been made, or will be made, from the creation
or distribution of their films (in fact, quite the reverse).
All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. Altered
Vistas Productions are in no way a substitute for official BBC
Doctor Who merchandising. |
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