10 Dumbest Doctor Who Controversies

When it was announced that 1963's The Daleks would be colourised and edited down to 75 minutes, Doctor Who fandom was characteristically calm, collected, and open-minded.

Of course it wasn't.

Benjamin Cook's frenetically-edited version of the debut Dalek serial was not without its problems. Firstly, we already kind of have a 75-minute, full-colour version of The Daleks, it's just that it stars Peter Cushing and Roy Castle instead of William Hartnell and William Russell.

It also had an over-reliance on flashbacks to things we'd just seen several minutes ago to smooth over difficult transitions. But ultimately, it's not replacing the original – if fans still want to watch the broadcast version of The Daleks, they can do so on physical media or iPlayer.

And yet, in some of the internet's darker corners, old-school fans began voicing concerns that these new whizz-bang colourised re-edits would eventually replace the real deal.

Quite how that would work is anyone's guess. But needless to say, if you see Russell T Davies marching up your driveway with a bin liner, it might be wise to hide your DVD of The Daleks.