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Post by shellyharman67 on Apr 3, 2015 6:00:24 GMT
It was really nice of you to shared this with us, actually. Given recent history this little piece of information carries with it more hope and value than any number of missing episode leads. Richard We also found 2 hartnells in 84 i think. This Richard i think answers the question of how, and why. Others might not agree. But when you talk to someone who's family have lived there for generations, you feel like you understand why they do what they do ! Maybe if money was not the issue in this country we might not be on this site now. What they have is so precious to them And seeing as Nigeria has been so rich in the last 30 years for missing episodes i am a firm believer that they exist due to the culture of preservation
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Post by RWels on Apr 3, 2015 7:43:04 GMT
The system of the bicycle chain may have something to do with it as well...
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Post by shellyharman67 on Apr 3, 2015 10:46:39 GMT
The system of the bicycle chain may have something to do with it as well... Yes. But that was the last bus top ! Should of left there. But it is custom not to be wasteful. My friends aunt worked in what we would call a book library, and it was the same there. Nothing gets junked !!! I truly believe this policy saved them
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Post by RWels on Apr 3, 2015 11:20:57 GMT
The same idea was once suggested for South Africa where it was thought that many prints might have gone illegally - not specifically DW, but UK TV in general.
That other end of the line, Australia / NZ, also yielded a lot of film and TV programs over the years!
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Post by shellyharman67 on Apr 3, 2015 11:29:15 GMT
The same idea was once suggested for South Africa where it was thought that many prints might have gone illegally - not specifically DW, but UK TV in general. That other end of the line, Australia / NZ, also yielded a lot of film and TV programs over the years! We must all be very grateful all these countries did what they did. Or we might be loads of dvds shorter on our shelves
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 3, 2015 11:52:30 GMT
The same idea was once suggested for South Africa where it was thought that many prints might have gone illegally - not specifically DW, but UK TV in general. That other end of the line, Australia / NZ, also yielded a lot of film and TV programs over the years! Yup, that's right, the additional thing of interesting SA was the fact that a major pre video market for rental Films of UK TV series existed in the 60's and early 70's before TV arrived. Will track down the old thread.
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 3, 2015 11:54:30 GMT
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 19, 2015 17:22:52 GMT
Richard, I don't suppose you've held on to any video tape recordings of an old BBC show called Dr Who with titles like Power of the Daleks or The Abominable Snowmen? Would you mind taking a look through your cupboards just in case? If only... You have to remember that 45 years ago life in nigeria was very lets preserve everything. Even still today they hoard stuff. You have to be Nigerian to understand this ! And all of us now are very grateful for it Maybe if we cared that much we would not be talking here now lol. If, and only if there is some truth about the reported screening of Yeti episodes in Cinemas in Nigeria in the early 80's, (surely the Jos finds make this seem a more reasonable story now?), then, bearing in mind the cultural imperative to hoard away stuff in Nigeria there is surely some hope that Episode 3 of Web and further Episodes of Snowmen have been stored away somewhere and are waiting to be found? Let's hope so anyway.
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Post by Nicholas Fitzpatrick on Apr 19, 2015 22:33:14 GMT
If, and only if there is some truth about the reported screening of Yeti episodes in Cinemas in Nigeria in the early 80's, (surely the Jos finds make this seem a more reasonable story now?) I think it would make it more reasonable. With 11 of the 24 episodes purchased by a TV station in Jos, found in that same facility in Jos, it does make you wonder where the other 13 episodes went. That Abominable ended up in a cinema somewhere may explain why it wasn't where one would have expected it (with Web, Enemy, and Wheel). I've heard the cinema rumour before, but not recently. Was there any timeframe or location attached to this?
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 20, 2015 10:26:25 GMT
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Post by Nicholas Fitzpatrick on Apr 20, 2015 17:37:58 GMT
Lagos for sure? Nothing mentioned in that thread.
Lagos to Jos is about 1,000 km. Hardly seems probable, particularly if it was Web. I hadn't realised the rumour was so vague. Nigeria is a big country - about 5 times bigger than the UK. Sigh ...
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Post by richardwoods on Apr 20, 2015 18:08:10 GMT
No, Lagos and the date was just from memory which as we all know can flatter to deceive! Perhaps someone else can remember the details of the rumour in more detail. Just had a look in Wiped and Mr Molesworth says "credible reports ..... of episodes of a Patrick Troughton Yeti Story being screened ....(using a 16mm projector).... in Africa in the mid-1970's", so only limited info there I'm afraid.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Apr 20, 2015 19:01:19 GMT
Its a story that is remarkable considering climate and internal problems. I just hope the other 2 are somewhere as well, if not already found !
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Post by Richard Marple on Apr 21, 2015 15:26:09 GMT
I remember in one of Peter Haining's books mentioning Nigerian TV stations operating from very basic facilities.
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Post by shellyharman67 on Apr 22, 2015 6:39:10 GMT
I remember in one of Peter Haining's books mentioning Nigerian TV stations operating from very basic facilities. Thats very true Richard. Remember 40 years ago it was like going back in time pretty much. Basic way of life we in the west could never understand i guess. TV in those days must of been very weird to a nation that survived very differently to rich nations. These are the things that i believe saved them. Listening to the lady who worked in a library, it is crystal clear that those who have little in life are taught to preserve everything. Thats the culture, and i am very thankful for it
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