James

Here’s a new attempt to reconstitute that holy grail of missing #DoctorWho photos - the sole ‘narrative’ shot (that we know of) from The Edge of Destruction. Jacqueline Hill, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford and William Hartnell cower from the melted Westminster Abbey Skeleton Clock on the TARDIS set in Lime Grove D on Friday 17th January 1964. The picture was printed just once - in the Radio Times on the week of transmission. It’s basically just a load of halftone dots, but stacking multiple scans from different copies helps a bit. After that it’s just endless Photoshop toil. I know it’s not perfect, but at least it looks a bit more like an actual photo now. The halftone wasn’t particularly flattering to the cast’s faces, but I’ve tried to stay as true to the original expressions as I could without making them all look like literal monsters! Oh and I coloured it in as well, natch.

Because I’m nice (and was bored) I’ve remade Zagreus for you. I tried to keep as close to the original as I could manage (it’s all the same photos, only better), even though it pains the me of today as the layout isn’t all that good. But you now have a more colourful, modern version, plus one where I tried very hard to match the original. There’s also versions of both with the text and logos overlaid. Make sure to load them all in 4K before you save ‘em. Hope you like them. Don’t say I never do anything nice for you!