Doctor Who: First show featuring Daleks to be broadcast in colour

The Daleks in Colour is being broadcast on Thursday as part of Doctor Who's 60th anniversary

One of the first ever Doctor Who programmes will be broadcast in colour for the first time on Thursday.

Titled The Daleks, it introduces the cult TV show's most famous enemies and was first screened in 1963.

The show has been colourised by a team led by fan Rich Tipple from Brighton to mark the show's 60th anniversary.

Mr Tipple, who was lead colourisation artist on the project, said it was a "huge honour" and a "personal dream come true".

The 75-minute "blockbuster edit", will feature a new music score by composer Mark Ayres from Hastings.

It took Rich Tipple and his team around a year to turn the 60s story into colour

Phil Collinson, Doctor Who executive producer, said it had been an "absolute pleasure" to "breathe new life" into the series.

"The original is a masterpiece of 1960s television drama and this new version stands on the shoulders of the pioneering spirit of 1960s Doctor Who," Mr Collinson said.

Doctor Who was first broadcast on 23 November 1963 and starred William Hartnell as The Doctor, a time-travelling alien.

Speaking of the phone call asking him to work on the project, Mr Tipple said he "thought it was a wind up at first."

It was an "enormous responsibility" to work with "television heritage", Mr Tipple said.

"You have to approach it with the respect it needs, but make it work for a 21st Century audience," he added.

The Daleks in Colour will be on BBC Four on Thursday at 19:30 GMT and on iPlayer.

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