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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' is ''made'' of this trope. A lot of fans found it very jarring when the new series premiered and the spaceships and aliens actually ''looked'' like spaceships and aliens, and none of the props were made out of egg cartons and bubble wrap any more.

** Happened quite a few times in the classic series as well. Particularly noticeable in the last four seasons, which featured a large advance in effects from the previous couple of seasons (a lot of which is still convincing today) and some early CGI. The bump may have been even more noticeable had the budget not been slashed following the 18-month hiatus.

*** It happened more times than that as well - the production team was often able to experiment with some fairly early stuff, but tended to overuse it. What seems now to be a [[Special Effects Failure]] was occasionally a [[Special Effects Evolution]] at the time, such as the massive use of unnecessary CSO during the early seventies.

*** It happened more times than that as well - the production team was often able to experiment with some fairly early stuff, but tended to overuse it. What seems now to be a [[Special Effects Failure]] was occasionally a Special Effects Evolution at the time, such as the massive use of unnecessary CSO during the early seventies.

** The new series has a subtle, but visible evolution continually across the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctor's eras.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'', as mentioned above.