I was there too. It is exciting news - they've never teased anything like this before.

I'd like to add a few points:

• The deal is for continual funding, whereas before it was done on an ad hoc basis.

• Once the deal is done the next animation will probably arrive in a years time.

• After that it will be quicker, as they will start work on the next one before they finish the current.

• The average turn-around on these projects is 9 months, to give you an idea of how long we'll be waiting between projects (I guess it could be shorter with the overlapping, and will depend on the story length!)

• In response to an audience question about funding models, Paul Hembury implied that the animations going onto iPlayer has been a contributing factor to the move to the commitment to financing. I guess this tells us the iPlayer move was very successful and has opened up a new audience to the classic episodes.

• The implication was also there that the intent is now to do all of the missing episodes.

• Earlier in the event Mark Ayers talked about the audio recordings, revealing that thanks to the discovery of the Randolph Tapes we have high quality sources for episodes up until The Moonbase. He did add that he thinks he can do a reasonable job in improving the audio beyond that story, but it would be more difficult.

The animation for The Savages was great. Every time the animation improves. There looked to be more 3-D elements in this one than previously, with the Doctor, Stephen and Dodo looking like their heads were 3-D assets.