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We have all the voice recordings, feed that into AI along with the extant episodes and it should be able to regenerate (geddit?) the missing episodes.

waltbosz 7mo ago
Feels a bit like Jurassic Park
- BurningFrog 7mo ago
  The risk of the episodes going wild and kill lawyers seems minimal though.
  - panzagl 7mo ago
    Risk or benefit?
  - razingeden 7mo ago
    Then what is AI even good for? :(
benj111 7mo ago
From a utilitarian pov yes. But that's completely missing the artistic point. Why shoot a film when you could just feed the script into an AI?
- mrlonglong 7mo ago
  It could recreate missing episodes using the extant episodes. That's something worthwhile doing until someone finds them. It's not creating a complete new series.
  - tracker1 7mo ago
    Even if it's motion comic level animation, it'd still be nice to see combined with the audio recordings.
  - Mordisquitos 7mo ago
    People want to find the missing episodes because of their historical value as actual human artistic creations, and not because they want to watch a thing that looks like an old missing episode. There would be as much value in an "AI-recreated" missing episode as there would be in taking the audio of a modern episode and using AI to create a new video track for it.
    - zamadatix 7mo ago
      > People want to find the missing episodes because... Speak for yourself!
  - LM358 7mo ago
    Sorry, no, that is absolutely not something worthwhile spending energy on
skerit 7mo ago
Do we also have stills of all the episodes? Or only audio?
- TetOn 7mo ago
  There are production stills that are used like a slide show and combined with the recorded audio. Certain episodes have been reconstructed using animation such that the basic scene blocking and events are played out alongside the recorded audio.
HughParry 7mo ago
Somebody spent a small fortune trying this a while ago with disliked results https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/entertainment/ailing-doctor-who-superfan-spends-fortune-to-recreate-97-lost-episodes-to-see-complete-series-before-he-dies/ https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/entertainment/ailing-doctor-wh...
- zamadatix 7mo ago
  They seem to have been pleased with the results: > “It has to be worth it for the pleasure it’s brought me to see them,” Levine said. “Doctor Who runs all night in my bedroom, complete, nothing missing.”
  - HughParry 7mo ago
    Ah I mean others disliked the results. Make up your own mind I suppose, I doubt you will find them rewarding: https://youtu.be/rQabMPpdQnk?si=Fm9Yqj7EwAjYp5np https://youtu.be/rQabMPpdQnk?si=Fm9Yqj7EwAjYp5np
    - zamadatix 7mo ago
      Well heck - many don't even like the originals at all :p. On the contrary I found these much more enjoyable than the audio and stills! Of course I'd prefer more of the original copies be found... but for now the AI ones fill the gaps in my collection instead of the audio reconstructions.
- mapontosevenths 7mo ago
  They animated a lot of the missing pieces of the missing episode Shada with excellent results. If AI could do something of similar quality that would be wonderful.

waltbosz 7mo ago

Feels a bit like Jurassic Park

BurningFrog 7mo ago
The risk of the episodes going wild and kill lawyers seems minimal though.
- panzagl 7mo ago
  Risk or benefit?
- razingeden 7mo ago
  Then what is AI even good for? :(

benj111 7mo ago

From a utilitarian pov yes. But that's completely missing the artistic point. Why shoot a film when you could just feed the script into an AI?

mrlonglong 7mo ago
It could recreate missing episodes using the extant episodes. That's something worthwhile doing until someone finds them. It's not creating a complete new series.
- tracker1 7mo ago
  Even if it's motion comic level animation, it'd still be nice to see combined with the audio recordings.
- Mordisquitos 7mo ago
  People want to find the missing episodes because of their historical value as actual human artistic creations, and not because they want to watch a thing that looks like an old missing episode. There would be as much value in an "AI-recreated" missing episode as there would be in taking the audio of a modern episode and using AI to create a new video track for it.
  - zamadatix 7mo ago
    > People want to find the missing episodes because... Speak for yourself!
- LM358 7mo ago
  Sorry, no, that is absolutely not something worthwhile spending energy on

skerit 7mo ago

Do we also have stills of all the episodes? Or only audio?

TetOn 7mo ago
There are production stills that are used like a slide show and combined with the recorded audio. Certain episodes have been reconstructed using animation such that the basic scene blocking and events are played out alongside the recorded audio.

HughParry 7mo ago

Somebody spent a small fortune trying this a while ago with disliked results https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/entertainment/ailing-doctor-who-superfan-spends-fortune-to-recreate-97-lost-episodes-to-see-complete-series-before-he-dies/ https://nypost.com/2025/04/13/entertainment/ailing-doctor-wh...

zamadatix 7mo ago
They seem to have been pleased with the results: > “It has to be worth it for the pleasure it’s brought me to see them,” Levine said. “Doctor Who runs all night in my bedroom, complete, nothing missing.”
- HughParry 7mo ago
  Ah I mean others disliked the results. Make up your own mind I suppose, I doubt you will find them rewarding: https://youtu.be/rQabMPpdQnk?si=Fm9Yqj7EwAjYp5np https://youtu.be/rQabMPpdQnk?si=Fm9Yqj7EwAjYp5np
  - zamadatix 7mo ago
    Well heck - many don't even like the originals at all :p. On the contrary I found these much more enjoyable than the audio and stills! Of course I'd prefer more of the original copies be found... but for now the AI ones fill the gaps in my collection instead of the audio reconstructions.
mapontosevenths 7mo ago
They animated a lot of the missing pieces of the missing episode Shada with excellent results. If AI could do something of similar quality that would be wonderful.