Doctor Who: Lost classic Fury from the Deep animation announced for 2020!

Another lost Doctor Who story is going to be given the animated treatment – this time Fury from the Deep, due for release in 2020!

Next year, following the success of The Macra Terror, fans can look forward to an animated release of another lost Patrick Troughton story, The Faceless Ones. We’ve known about this one for some time, but last weekend, as well as revealing more details about the upcoming animation, another animated release for a lost Troughton story was announced for next year!

Fury from the Deep is a bit of a key story in two ways. First, it features the first ever appearance of the much-loved gadget, the Sonic Screwdriver. Second, it’s also the exit story for Second Doctor companion Victoria Waterfield, played by Deborah Watling.

However, like far too many Troughton stories, very little survives of Fury from the Deep. Not a single episode of the six-part serial survives in full, with just a couple of clips existing thanks to Australian censors cutting the clips before they were broadcast.

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A surprisingly creepy monster

Regarding the story itself, Fury from the Deep is an interesting one, due to its rather unique monster: intelligent seaweed. I’m not even joking, and what’s perhaps even more surprising is that, in some ways, the monster is surprisingly effective.

The fact that the seaweed can possess others quite possibly helps. One of the original surviving clips features the possessed Mr Oak and Mr Quill attacking someone by breathing out toxic gas. It’s a simple clip, and yet somehow, it’s genuinely creepy.

One thing that Fury from the Deep has going it for it at least is sound. Not only is the music by Dudley Simpson extremely effective at building up tension. But the seaweed itself is made fantastically creepy by the heartbeat noise it makes. Considering that one of the key ways to experience this lost story was just through the surviving soundtrack, it’s helped to make the sound of the story standout even more on its own terms.

Will the creepiness of the story remain effective with the new visuals? It’s hard to say, although I’m certainly looking forward to finding out when Fury from the Deep is released next year.

Are you a fan of Fury from the Deep? Are you glad that it’s finally being animated? What other stories would you like to see given an animated release? Let us know in the comments below.