Welcome to Altered Vistas

  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 our 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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Last update: 15 June 2011

Welcome to the Altered Vistas website, which is devoted to creating animated amateur films about Doctor Who and his adversaries.
We've got lots of exciting projects lined up through the coming years. Please read all about them,
perhaps consider getting involved, or at the very least write a review to let us know what you think.
For more information about what we are and what we do, see the pages under the heading
About Us.

   Latest News: 15 June 2011

 LATEST AV NEWS!

Exterminations in the sun...

This is just a small update to let you know what’s going on with Altered Vistas since the completion of the Dalek Chronicles earlier this year. As promised (mainly to ourselves), we did take a few months away from the intensive task of animating but, contrary to what the above image may suggest, we’ve been - unfortunately (but in a good, happy, productive way) - far from idle!

Altered Vistas currently have several projects at the scripting stage (though none that we are so entirely delighted with that we want to commence work immediately), but work commitments (those pesky things that you get paid for) have unfortunately but inevitably taken priority. Very happily, most of these work commissions have arisen directly from animation work for Altered Vistas, so it has been - and will hopefully continue to be - a real springboard for not just myself but the talented people who have helped and supported AV through the years.

As always the wonderful and tireless AV dubbers continue to create copies of all our productions (bar one) for anyone and everyone who wants them, no matter where those people are in the world. I thank them one and all for making Altered Vistas what it is. Check them out here.

Our forum also offers a small but friendly community where we like to discuss all things Doctor Who-related without any fear of being harassed, harangued or harried. We can all accept people liking/not liking what we personally like, so the atmosphere is chilled and family friendly. Why not come and join us for some relaxed and friendly chat?

The site has a host of new updates to the In the Comics sections spanning many different eras, including additional information, new images, IDW reprints and the latest on Torchwood comic strips. This increasingly popular area of the site is something I’m very proud of as a resource for Doctor Who comic lovers and I hope you enjoy it even if you never order even one of our productions!

So that’s it for now, but please pop back again soon when we hope to be able to update you further with news of our latest production, or - at the very least - some new and exciting developments to the site! And, as always, you can send your thoughts, comments and reviews to empire639@msn.com.

 THE DALEK CHRONICLES - COMPLETE AT LAST!!!

The Dalek Chronicles

The final Dalek Chronicle Episode Sixteen The Road to Conflict (AV24) is now available to order for only the price of a blank CD and return postage and packaging from all our usual dubsites around the world.

Adapted from the concluding adventure in the original run of comic strips that ran in TV Century 21 back in 1965 - 1966, this fully animated CGI adventure sees the Daleks finally discovering the location of the planet Earth!

But that’s not all for this exciting conclusion to the series, as the disc is also jam-packed with special bonus features:

Commentary track recorded by Stuart Palmer and Road to Conflict cast member Bryan McCormack (Captain Fleet), complete with absurdly detailed production notes about the making of the film.

Invasion Earth - The Road to Conflict may conclude the original comic strip run, but where was it heading? Does it tie into the then recently released film adaptation Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 AD? Do the Dalek Chronicles act as a prequel to the invasion of the Solar System depicted in The Dalek Book? Is the Doctor Who Magazine strip Return of the Elders the true heir to the Dalek Chronicles throne? With fully animated dramatic excerpts, we take a look at all the possibilities in this in-depth documentary narrated by none other than Captain Fleet (AKA Bryan McCormack).

Sixteen Things The Dalek Chronicles Taught Me About Life - A light-hearted look back at the sixteen stories that make up The Dalek Chronicles and the wholesome moral messages they have to offer us. I live my life by them. Promise.

 

As always, covers for both DVD and CD style cases are available for download, along with a snazzy label for the disc, so The Road to Conflict can sit proudly on your shelf as the final chapter in the set.

 

As the culmination of over five years work, we hope you enjoy this final production in The Dalek Chronicles series and very much look forward to hearing your comments at the usual address: empire639@msn.com.

 MASSIVE SITE UPDATE!

As is traditional in these parts, the release of a new production heralds a massive update to the site. This time round we have a clip from the new production on the Theatre Page plus new Wallpapers celebrating not only The Road to Conflict but also the complete run of The Dalek Chronicles. We have a new gallery showcasing our latest production, the final batch of entries in our now fully-comprehensive Chronicles Encyclopedia and a selection of new reviews for some of our recent titles, plus updates to pages such as Who’s Who and Future Projects.

However, by far the biggest change is the addition to the site is a massive four new articles detailing the comic strip exploits of the Tenth Doctor. Covering all of his comic strips in Doctor Who Magazine, Doctor Who Adventures, Doctor Who Battles in Time and IDW’s Doctor Who title, not to mention annuals and storybooks, this frankly enormous series of articles is illustrated with almost six hundred covers and examples of artwork from the strips.

All of the other articles in the series have been updated and cross-referenced too giving you hopefully the single-most comprehensive guide to the world of Doctor Who comics anywhere on the Internet.

Happy 2011 from AV!

You can access the full set of articles by clicking on the images below, or go see the comic strip Timeline, or see the Comic Strip Index.

First DoctorSecond DoctorThird DoctorFourth DoctorFifth DoctorSixth DoctorSeventh DoctorEighth DoctorNinth DoctorTenth DoctorDoctorless

 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

Jon Pertwee
Tom Baker

Although The Dalek Chronicles have now concluded with The Road to Conflict (see above) we here at Altered Vistas are already looking to the future and considering a wealth of classic Doctor Who comic strips that we would just love to adapt into animated features.

Of course, having already adapted many of the best Doctorless comic strips, this means our future is somewhat dependent on finding people, be they enthusiastic amateur actors or professional actors who fancy a challenge, who can do convincing impersonations of some of the Doctors.

We would be particularly interested in hearing from anyone who can do a good impersonation of Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison or Colin Baker.

Equally, we would love to hear from anyone who sounds like Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright or Susan.

All the lines would be recorded by you, in the comfort of your own home (see this page for guidance on the technical side of recording, but believe us - if you are able to sound like one of these Doctors we will definitely work with you to improve the quality of your recordings if it is needed), so no problems with travel, technicalities or time-tabling. Every actor who makes it through to the finished soundtrack will receive a free copy of the production and an entry on our Who’s Who page.

So if you think you might have what it takes (think of this as the Doctor Who equivalent of The X-Factor - without the public humiliation) then please record a few lines of dialogue as the character in either MP3 or WAV format and send the file to our usual address: empire639@msn.com remembering to place the word AUDITION in the subject line. You can also contact us through our friendly forum here.

The future of Altered Vistas is in your hands...

Peter Davison
Colin Baker

THAT’S ALL, FOLKS!

We hope you enjoy this site and the steadily increasing number of productions that are available. Your comments, suggestions and reviews are, as always, extremely welcome (more than that, they're essential to our continued existence), and you can send them to: empire639@msn.com. We're always keen to offer the best that we possibly can.

Best Wishes,

Stuart

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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 our 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.
Support the BBC releases.