Regarding Doctor Who animation...

Good evening, one and all.
Some of you may have been wondering where a certain fan-animated 13 minute animation disappeared to. Or how come all of a certain BBC-related sci-fi show artwork that I’ve drawn over the years has vanished from my gallery.

The short answer is, I am now contracted to work with Theta-Sigma, in partnership with Big Finish, on some secret BBC animation projects for 2entertain. This is very exciting news and, though I can’t say anything about it, there is an absolutely top class team assembled, and the recreation of some extremely long awaited lost stories is now going to become a reality for a very large number of people who’ve been waiting for them for many, many years. I can't give anything away, but look for the news updates at twitter.com/classicdw

I really should have checked in advance, but in “going pro,” my contract is a retroactive one and essentially means that, as I am working in a professional capacity on a BBC-owned show, I can’t talk about or display any artwork, details, fan-based work etc that have anything to do with that show or its copyrights. And so it all had to go, I’m afraid. All the Dalek art from the gallery and videos from Youtube and whatnot. Sadly, the "I did all that stuff before I started this project" excuse doesn't work. Non-disclosure and copyright  agreements are frighteningly binding things and can result in mighty lawsuits the likes of which Odin himself could not imagine! Again, completely my fault for not making sure what could stay and what would have to go upon taking the job, and I’m sorry for those who didn’t get to see the finished fan animation, for those who kindly lent their voice talents and translation skills to the project, etc. Four years of my liiiife ~

Well, we live and learn. However, those four years of work have led to official employment and, as a result, a lot of people will now get to see some of the lost stories they’ve been waiting for since the 1960s. So there is a certain balancing payoff!

Regarding the aforementioned official animation I am working on, I can’t really say anything, so please don’t ask! Heheh. Not even what software I’m using to work, how my workspace is set up, or even how I communicate with the rest of the artists!
I can say, though, that I am only a small part of a dedicated team, and thus the art style, direction, number of frames of animation, animation technique and camera angles etc are not dictated by me. SO... don’t go expecting Itano-style three hundred missiles doing an aerodynamic flight through the sky, or hundreds of people being mowed down in floods of animated blood! Or random Japanese characters popping up out of nowhere and doing Cowboy Bebop-style gunplay. These things are not within my control, alas (and I bet a lot of people are glad about that! I'd probably have had William Hartnell smacking the daylights out of a whole French legion with his walking stick on top of the Eiffel tower by moonlight...). There are budgets and strict deadlines to keep to, so I can’t take four years to animate a girl walking across a room this time around.
Fortunately for your eyes, however, the folks in charge of the visual design know what they’re doing, and have been doing it very successfully for a long time. So with the combination of www.2entertain.co.uk/ , www.theta-sigma.com/ and www.bigfinish.com/ , I think you can rest assured that the ladies and gentlemen in charge know exactly what they’re doing and shall bring you a feast for the eyes.
I’m glad to be along for the ride.