Doctor and Martha move into yet another dimension – animation

RUSSELL T Davies had added another successful spin-off to the Doctor Who franchise with a children’s cartoon.
The Swansea-born writer has been overseeing scripts for the 13-part animated adventures based on the Doctor’s adventures.
Screened on children’s channel CBBC as part of the Totally Doctor Who show the new spin-off is proving very successful.
The show is being produced by a team of Manchester animators who have been behind cartoon successes like Count Duckula.
Illustrators are working flat out to complete Infinite Quest, the 13-part animated adventure based around the Doctor’s escapades.
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Each of the three-minute-long programmes is voiced by the same actors who star in the TV series, including David Tennant, who plays the Doctor, and Freema Agyeman, who plays his sidekick Martha.
Firestep Productions – based in Newton Street, in Manchester’s Northern Quarter – received the original commission to produce and animate the series, while neighbouring firm Kilogramme was asked for computer-generated imagery.
One of Firestep’s managing directors, Steve Maher, was pleased to be given the chance to create a successful spin-off for the popular sci-fi programme. He said, “It has been very important for us to maintain the feel of the live action series, while making the most of the possibilities afforded by animations.
“Russell T Davies has overseen the script for this and we’ve also liaised closely with the team in Cardiff who film the programmes.
“It’s also been an honour to help create new baddies, like Baltazar, for the Doctor to face.”
The fourth programme in the series has now been screened and the team are putting the finishing touches to the final three episodes, which will be broadcast in the summer.
Many of the animators who have worked on Infinite Quest used to work for Cosgrove Hall productions, the company responsible for animated children’s TV classics such as Dangermouse, Wind In The Willows and Count Duckula.
Infinite Quest is broadcast on CBBC at 5pm each Friday.