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Doctor Who - The Runaway

Synopsis

You've been in a collision. You wake inside the Tardis. The Doctor introduces you to the person, or thing, you collided with. He's a strange and magnificent ball of living energy called Volta.
Official Selection Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2019 - VR Works Competition

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 mins 52 secs
Format: VR (Virtual Reality)
Director: Mathias Chelebourg
Producer: BBC, Passion Animation Studios
Screenwriter: Victoria Asare-Archer
Composer: Segun Akinola
Principal cast: Jodie Whittaker, Richard Elfyn

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, France co-production

Zillah Watson

BBC VR Hub
6th Floor
BBC New Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA

Katie Grayson

Passion Animation Studios
Passion Pictures
County House
33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN

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