| The following article is written from an Out of Universe perspective. |
Doctor Who: Chapter One - Remastered was a remastered version of Seasons 1-6 of Doctor Who.
Originally, airing on UPN from 23 November 1999, each story was edited into an omnibus episode lasting for usually for 60 minutes (for a 4-part story) or two episodes lasting 45 minutes (for a 6 or 7-part story). Each episode of the series was remastered into full colour, with further picture and sound restoration, as well as additional CGI effects, in some circumstances.
For missing episodes, the decision was made to animate the stories, again in an omnibus format. For stories which had some surviving and some missing episodes, the decision was made to use animation and live-action footage, cutting between each as necessary, many members of the viewing-audience found this method, quite famously, very jarring and disorientating.
The first missing episode animation, Marco Polo, wasn't completed in time for its transmission date, and was subsequently aired, after the rest of Season 1.
The BBC started airing the remastered editions on BBC Two, the following April, however, instead of airing the omnibus editions, the BBC aired the full cuts of nearly-all surviving episodes, with BBC Worldwide funding the remastering of the portions of the episodes which Paramount had cut out.
For missing episodes, the BBC mostly used the omnibus editions that UPN had aired, but for The Tenth Planet Part Four and The Invasion: Part One and Part Four, BBC Worldwide funded full animations of these episodes.
Omnibus Episodes
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# |
Title | Length | Format | UPN Premiere Date(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Unearthly Child | 60 minutes | Live-Action | 23 November 1999 |
| 2 | The Daleks | 45 minutes | Live-Action | 30 November 1999 |
| 3 | 45 minutes | Live-Action | 7 December 1999 | |
| 4 | The Edge of Destruction | 45 minutes | Live-Action | 14 December 1999 |
| 5 | The Keys of Marinus | 45 minutes | Live-Action | 28 December 1999 |
| 6 | 30 minutes | Live-Action | 4 January 2000 | |
| 7 | The Aztecs | 60 minutes | Live-Action | 11 January 2000 |
| 8 | The Sensorites | 45 minutes | Live-Action | 18 January 2000 |
| 9 | 30 minutes | Live-Action | 25 January 2000 | |
| 10 | The Reign of Terror | 60 minutes | Partially Animated | 1 February 2000 |
| 11 | Marco Polo | 60 minutes | Animated | 21 March 2000 |