Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Oct 13, 2016 10:03:51 GMT
It seems to be the season for asking these sort of questions however I'm quite intrigued by the statement "expect the unexpected".
Although the obvious answer might be either Mission to the Unknown or Feast of Steven, I think it's quite possible that by some strange quirk of fate these two might turn up one day.
Discounting those two in any case, I would personally be very surprised if I ever get to see any episode from Fury from the Deep, unfortunately as it's one of my favourite stories.
So that's my answer: any episode from Fury from the Deep.
Richard
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Post by Alan Hayes on Oct 13, 2016 10:30:17 GMT
Aside from the obvious two that you mention, Richard, I'd say the missing-in-actions from Series 6, since the series was selling less well by then. I think those two Invasion episodes are not high on my list of expected recoveries, so I'll go with those.
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Post by thomgray on Oct 13, 2016 11:35:03 GMT
My least expected episode would be the 'fourth' episode of Planet of the Giants, or possibly the first version of the Daleks that had to be remounted. Unexpected, but not my preferred choice of missing episode!
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Post by jacksully on Oct 13, 2016 11:36:24 GMT
I dont expect to see any of power turn up.
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Post by Dylan Heath on Oct 13, 2016 14:06:30 GMT
Well The Feast Of Steven of course! They never made an Australian copy of it so it's doubtful to exist. There is the tiniest smidgen of hope as it is thought that the Master Plan episodes may not be the Australian prints and could just be "Off The Shelf" copies which means that they have done a Feast Of Steven copy...but they probably would have found it by now realistically if they had. The other hope is that someone with an early home video recorder taped it but considering the only "recovery" we've had that way was a futher copy of Space Pirates 2, this also seem improbable.
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Post by Richard Develyn on Oct 13, 2016 15:54:00 GMT
Well The Feast Of Steven of course! They never made an Australian copy of it so it's doubtful to exist. There is the tiniest smidgen of hope as it is thought that the Master Plan episodes may not be the Australian prints and could just be "Off The Shelf" copies which means that they have done a Feast Of Steven copy...but they probably would have found it by now realistically if they had. The other hope is that someone with an early home video recorder taped it but considering the only "recovery" we've had that way was a futher copy of Space Pirates 2, this also seem improbable. I said Feast of Steven doesn't count :-) Actually, being weird and unique, it wouldn't surprise me if it had somehow survived. It may never have ended up with the normal pile of Masterplan episodes when they were junked. It's also so particularly odd that someone might have taken it home as an oddity knowing that it wouldn't be missed. All guesswork by me, of course. Richard
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Post by scotttelfer on Oct 13, 2016 15:55:22 GMT
Well The Feast Of Steven of course! They never made an Australian copy of it so it's doubtful to exist. There is the tiniest smidgen of hope as it is thought that the Master Plan episodes may not be the Australian prints and could just be "Off The Shelf" copies which means that they have done a Feast Of Steven copy...but they probably would have found it by now realistically if they had. The other hope is that someone with an early home video recorder taped it but considering the only "recovery" we've had that way was a futher copy of Space Pirates 2, this also seem improbable. An off the shelf copy wpuld suggest a copy was made in error, as Enterprises had refused to make a copy of the episode. The only way I could see that happening is if a second copy of Master Plan had been made and Feast was accidentally included. As vague as the cut off for stored field being brought in is, Master Plan definitely pushing it.
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Post by Dylan Heath on Oct 13, 2016 18:18:06 GMT
Well The Feast Of Steven of course! They never made an Australian copy of it so it's doubtful to exist. There is the tiniest smidgen of hope as it is thought that the Master Plan episodes may not be the Australian prints and could just be "Off The Shelf" copies which means that they have done a Feast Of Steven copy...but they probably would have found it by now realistically if they had. The other hope is that someone with an early home video recorder taped it but considering the only "recovery" we've had that way was a futher copy of Space Pirates 2, this also seem improbable. An off the shelf copy wpuld suggest a copy was made in error, as Enterprises had refused to make a copy of the episode. The only way I could see that happening is if a second copy of Master Plan had been made and Feast was accidentally included. As vague as the cut off for stored field being brought in is, Master Plan definitely pushing it. I agree, that's why I'd be bloody surprised!
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Post by Dylan Heath on Oct 13, 2016 18:19:53 GMT
Well The Feast Of Steven of course! They never made an Australian copy of it so it's doubtful to exist. There is the tiniest smidgen of hope as it is thought that the Master Plan episodes may not be the Australian prints and could just be "Off The Shelf" copies which means that they have done a Feast Of Steven copy...but they probably would have found it by now realistically if they had. The other hope is that someone with an early home video recorder taped it but considering the only "recovery" we've had that way was a futher copy of Space Pirates 2, this also seem improbable. I said Feast of Steven doesn't count :-) Actually, being weird and unique, it wouldn't surprise me if it had somehow survived. It may never have ended up with the normal pile of Masterplan episodes when they were junked. It's also so particularly odd that someone might have taken it home as an oddity knowing that it wouldn't be missed. All guesswork by me, of course. Richard Whoops, well basically Tenth Planet part 4 and Power as they only had 2 copies made!
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Post by Nicholas Fitzpatrick on Oct 13, 2016 18:37:45 GMT
Whoops, well basically Tenth Planet part 4 and Power as they only had 2 copies made! Only 2 copies sold. Might mean there were more copies than usual floating around London to go walkies. The least unlikely episodes for me, other than Feast, would be the original Planet of the Giants part 4 (along with the original 3). If the original negative and cutting room floor remains were still around, I think they'd have come to light in the 1970s or 1980s.
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Post by Alan Hayes on Oct 13, 2016 19:03:55 GMT
Whoops, well basically Tenth Planet part 4 and Power as they only had 2 copies made! As Nicholas has said, two copies sold doesn't mean two copies made. If that was the case, the Avengers episodes that have been recovered from Series 1 (Hot Snow, Girl on the Trapeze, The Frighteners and now Tunnel of Fear) would not survive as there were no sales of that year's episodes.
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Post by Dylan Heath on Oct 13, 2016 20:01:09 GMT
Whoops, well basically Tenth Planet part 4 and Power as they only had 2 copies made! As Nicholas has said, two copies sold doesn't mean two copies made. If that was the case, the Avengers episodes that have been recovered from Series 1 (Hot Snow, Girl on the Trapeze, The Frighteners and now Tunnel of Fear) would not survive as there were no sales of that year's episodes. Yeah sold is what I meant, I'm fair sure the copies of 1 to 3 that we have aren't the ones sold but I'm uncertain of that. Still unlikely.
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Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Oct 13, 2016 21:48:08 GMT
Whoops, well basically Tenth Planet part 4 and Power as they only had 2 copies made! Only 2 copies sold. Might mean there were more copies than usual floating around London to go walkies. The least unlikely episodes for me, other than Feast, would be the original Planet of the Giants part 4 (along with the original 3). If the original negative and cutting room floor remains were still around, I think they'd have come to light in the 1970s or 1980s. Ok, so I should probably have said transmitted episode in my original post :-) Fair point about Planet of the Giants part 4, but how about bona-fide missing episode? Richard
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Post by Robert Lia on Oct 13, 2016 22:32:30 GMT
For me the ones I know least about so I would say I would be tickled to death to see any episodes of The Space Pirates returned
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Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Oct 14, 2016 9:12:19 GMT
Aside from the obvious two that you mention, Richard, I'd say the missing-in-actions from Series 6, since the series was selling less well by then. I think those two Invasion episodes are not high on my list of expected recoveries, so I'll go with those. The funny thing about Space Pirates is that it appears to have been transmitted at a time when home video recording was just about possible. At least, I've never heard of anything earlier, so I think the possibility of its recovery is raised by that factor. As for Invasion 1 & 4, I'm not sure I've ever understood why those two particular episodes are missing. Do we know? Richard
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