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* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: The name of the titular Macra is pronounced as /ˈmækrə/ ("MAK-ra") in the show, but some fans say /ˈmɑːkrə/ ("MAHK-ra") instead.
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* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: The name of the titular Macra "Macra" is pronounced as /ˈmækrə/ ("MAK-ra") in the show, but some fans say /ˈmɑːkrə/ ("MAHK-ra") instead.
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* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: The name of the titular Macra is pronounced as /ˈmækrə/ ("MAK-ra") in the show, but some fans say /ˈmɑːkrə/ ("MAHK-ra") instead.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The Doctor brags about short-circuiting the mind-control system with an ordinary screwdriver. [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E6FuryFromTheDeep It would take a year,]] but he would eventually up his game.
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episodes frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the 1992 Colin Baker and 2012 Creator/AnnekeWills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episodes frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the 1992 Colin Baker Creator/ColinBaker and 2012 Creator/AnnekeWills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episodes frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the '92 Colin Baker and 2012 Anneke Wills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episodes frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the '92 1992 Colin Baker and 2012 Anneke Wills Creator/AnnekeWills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the '92 Colin Baker and 2012 Anneke Wills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode episodes frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the '92 Colin Baker and 2012 Anneke Wills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
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* NarmCharm: One older viewer who ''actually saw'' the original story on its one and only airing pointed out that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying. This is corroborated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7k6lgKCLk a piece of surviving footage]] that shows Ben and Polly being attacked by a Macra, where it indeed is hidden mostly in shadow and looks surprisingly convincing for a prop that could only do so much as shimmy along the floor.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[https://whobackwhen.com/wp-content/uploads/the-macra-terror-doctor-who-drwho-whobackwhen.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the actual episode reportedly made the prop work surprisingly well by [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkfOGg77YiY/WiMfD1I9U0I/AAAAAAAAWiw/YcDWFiH2wogMoLAY7T_aCNG4Zipy-yYlACLcBGAs/s1600/macra9.jpg obscuring it behind dark lighting and smoke,]] and the animated release's creative liberties allow the Macra to look even more menacing.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[https://whobackwhen.com/wp-content/uploads/the-macra-terror-doctor-who-drwho-whobackwhen.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the actual episode reportedly made the prop work surprisingly well by [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkfOGg77YiY/WiMfD1I9U0I/AAAAAAAAWiw/YcDWFiH2wogMoLAY7T_aCNG4Zipy-yYlACLcBGAs/s1600/macra9.jpg obscuring it behind dark lighting and smoke,]] and the animated release's creative liberties allow the Macra to look even more menacing.
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* NarmCharm: One older viewer who ''actually saw'' the original story on its one and only airing pointed out that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, televised story, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying. This is corroborated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7k6lgKCLk a piece of surviving footage]] that shows Ben and Polly being attacked by a Macra, where it indeed is hidden mostly in shadow and looks surprisingly convincing for a prop that could only do so much as shimmy along the floor.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While thisepisode story is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[https://whobackwhen.com/wp-content/uploads/the-macra-terror-doctor-who-drwho-whobackwhen.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the actual episode televised episodes reportedly made the prop work surprisingly well by [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkfOGg77YiY/WiMfD1I9U0I/AAAAAAAAWiw/YcDWFiH2wogMoLAY7T_aCNG4Zipy-yYlACLcBGAs/s1600/macra9.jpg obscuring it behind dark lighting and smoke,]] and the animated release's creative liberties allow the Macra to look even more menacing.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version, most infamously the gag where the Doctor is forced through a "Rough and Tumble" machine that tidies up his hair and clothes, only to walk back through it in reverse when he doesn't like how it makes him look, foreshadowing his rebellion against the colony authorities. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists.
** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version, most infamously the gag where the Doctor is forced through a "Rough and Tumble" machine that tidies up his hair and clothes, only to walk back through it in reverse when he doesn't like how it makes him look, foreshadowing his rebellion against the colony authorities. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists.
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** The animated recreation was controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
original. (The Blu-Ray release contains the animated serial in a black-and-white version, and the telesnap reconstruction with both the '92 Colin Baker and 2012 Anneke Wills narrations - including scenes cut from the animation - for the purists, however.)
** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version, most infamously the gag where the Doctor is forced through a "Rough and Tumble" machine that tidies up his hair and clothes, only to walk back through it in reverse when he doesn't like how it makes him look, foreshadowing his rebellion against the colony authorities. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists. (Cutting the scene was unfortunately necessary. As with cutting the cast's costume changes, the expense of creating a second animation model was too great.)
** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version, most infamously the gag where the Doctor is forced through a "Rough and Tumble" machine that tidies up his hair and clothes, only to walk back through it in reverse when he doesn't like how it makes him look, foreshadowing his rebellion against the colony authorities. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists. (Cutting the scene was unfortunately necessary. As with cutting the cast's costume changes, the expense of creating a second animation model was too great.)
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* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, a minority of fans complained about liberties taken with the source material in the animation. Everyon likes the idea of the Doctor fighting a 60's TV equivalent of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' (minus the omnipresence of EveryoneHasLotsOfSex) though.
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* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, a minority of fans complained about liberties taken with the source material in the animation. Everyon Everyone likes the idea of the Doctor fighting a 60's TV equivalent of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' (minus the omnipresence of EveryoneHasLotsOfSex) though.
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** The animated recreation was controversial, controversial in some quarters, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame, frame-by-frame[[note]]Mostly because they ''couldn't'' - the audio contained long stretches of what they described as "bump bump scrape scrape" with no context given in the telesnaps, and serial director John Davies was well-known for going off-script and reworking things - especially action - in camera, so the shooting script was known to be very inaccurate[[/note]], but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Some Most praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
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* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting a 60's TV equivalent of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' (minus the omnipresence of EveryoneHasLotsOfSex, of course).
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* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the a minority of fans often complain complained about liberties taken with the source material, but like material in the animation. Everyon likes the idea of the Doctor fighting a 60's TV equivalent of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' (minus the omnipresence of EveryoneHasLotsOfSex, of course).EveryoneHasLotsOfSex) though.
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** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting ''Brave New World''.
* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting ''Brave New World''.
* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
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** Even moreso that some scenes that were not recreated for the animated version.version, most infamously the gag where the Doctor is forced through a "Rough and Tumble" machine that tidies up his hair and clothes, only to walk back through it in reverse when he doesn't like how it makes him look, foreshadowing his rebellion against the colony authorities. Some would say that the scenes aren't necessary, while others felt like the scenes make it feel not completed for anybody who are completionists.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting''Brave New World''.
a 60's TV equivalent of ''Literature/BraveNewWorld'' (minus the omnipresence of EveryoneHasLotsOfSex, of course).
* NarmCharm: One older viewer whoACTUALLY saw ''actually saw'' the original story on its first one and only airing pointed out that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
terrifying. This is corroborated by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7k6lgKCLk a piece of surviving footage]] that shows Ben and Polly being attacked by a Macra, where it indeed is hidden mostly in shadow and looks surprisingly convincing for a prop that could only do so much as shimmy along the floor.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that[[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.[[https://whobackwhen.com/wp-content/uploads/the-macra-terror-doctor-who-drwho-whobackwhen.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the actual episode reportedly made the prop work surprisingly well by [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XkfOGg77YiY/WiMfD1I9U0I/AAAAAAAAWiw/YcDWFiH2wogMoLAY7T_aCNG4Zipy-yYlACLcBGAs/s1600/macra9.jpg obscuring it behind dark lighting and smoke,]] and the animated release allows them release's creative liberties allow the Macra to look a bit even more terrifying.
menacing.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting
* NarmCharm: One older viewer who
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that
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* BrokenBase: The animated recreation was controversial, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame, but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Some praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
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** The animated recreation was controversial, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame, but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Some praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
** The animated recreation was controversial, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame, but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Some praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
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* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
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* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that that that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.terrifying.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The animated version wasn’t as well received as previous versions, as fans think too many liberties were taken with the animation, ruining the feel.
** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The animated version wasn’t as well received as previous versions, as fans think too many liberties were taken with the animation, ruining the feel.
** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].
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* BrokenBase: The animated recreation was controversial, as the animators decided to try to not merely recreate the original episode frame-by-frame, but to re-imagine certain scenes as they might have been done had the technology and budget existed at the time. Some praise the result as adding to the danger and atmosphere of the story, as well as taking advantage of a new medium, but others believe that the changes ruin the feel of the original.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting ''Brave New World''.
* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit moreterrifying.
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The animated version wasn’t as well received as previous versions, as fans think too many liberties were taken with the animation, ruining the feel.
** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].terrifying.
* CriticalDissonance: Many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]]. Meanwhile, the fans often complain about liberties taken with the source material, but like the idea of the Doctor fighting ''Brave New World''.
* NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that that the Macra prop only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
* {{Sequelitis}}: The animated version wasn’t as well received as previous versions, as fans think too many liberties were taken with the animation, ruining the feel.
** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].
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** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].
** CriticalDissonance: On the other hand, many professional critics praised the ambitious and technically-improved animation (especially for the scarier Macra and an even better interpretation of Creator/PatrickTroughton) while noting the story was relatively humdrum and not really a forgotten classic like [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E4TheEnemyOfTheWorld "The Enemy Of The World"]].
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** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.terrifying.
* Sequelitis: The animated version wasn’t as well received as previous versions, as fans think too many liberties were taken with the animation, ruining the feel.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
** NarmCharm: One viewer who ACTUALLY saw the original story on its first airing pointed out that it only looks terrible due to the photo being out in the open, with a lot of bright light. In the episode, it’s in a dark studio, surrounded by gas, making it (to him) utterly terrifying.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]]. Fortunately the animated release allows them to look a bit more terrifying.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: The Macra. The prop cost £500 (a record amount of money spent on a prop at that time - the equivalent of about £8000 today) and was heavily promoted as the biggest monster yet. While this episode is lost, lost (and how several scenes were actually executed remains a mystery as you can't tell from the soundtrack), production stills reveal that [[http://www.kasterborous.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/dw50revmacra1.jpg there's more to making a convincing monster than just spending lots of money on it]].
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