SuperTed creator Mike Young is planning to revive the animated series.
He is developing 26 half-hour episodes which he will present to broadcasters at TV trade fairs later this year.
If the project is commissioned then it is expected that SuperTed will return to screens in 2016.
Young told Radio Times: "InSuperTed, we had a gun-slinging cowboy, a flamboyantly gay skeleton and a fat guy who had jokes made about his weight. And all these things you just wouldn't do today. But you can still write the show in a funny, entertaining way."
SuperTed originally ran for three series between 1983 and 1985, with Derek Griffiths, Jon Pertwee and Melvyn Hayes voicing the three main characters.
The show was briefly revived in America by Hanna Barbera in 1989.
Young added: "We have got to be careful. So often things they re-make come out very slick. I won't mention any names but many of the stop-frame series have been re-made in the UK with less than fantastic results.
"They sometimes lose the charm of the original production. That's what we have got to watch out for, to maintain what the original shows had and that's easier said than done."
He is developing 26 half-hour episodes which he will present to broadcasters at TV trade fairs later this year.
If the project is commissioned then it is expected that SuperTed will return to screens in 2016.
Young told Radio Times: "InSuperTed, we had a gun-slinging cowboy, a flamboyantly gay skeleton and a fat guy who had jokes made about his weight. And all these things you just wouldn't do today. But you can still write the show in a funny, entertaining way."
SuperTed originally ran for three series between 1983 and 1985, with Derek Griffiths, Jon Pertwee and Melvyn Hayes voicing the three main characters.
The show was briefly revived in America by Hanna Barbera in 1989.
Young added: "We have got to be careful. So often things they re-make come out very slick. I won't mention any names but many of the stop-frame series have been re-made in the UK with less than fantastic results.
"They sometimes lose the charm of the original production. That's what we have got to watch out for, to maintain what the original shows had and that's easier said than done."