Technical questions related to the 1992 Tenth Planet hoax

[George D]

What else was there in the collection that was missing and needed?

If things were playing originally I'm curious if the restoring of his original machine caused the tapes not to play any more.

Jun 8, 2018 20:03:04 GMT Richard Bignell said:

Jun 8, 2018 16:38:57 GMT George D said:

Them how come we couldn't play them?

If you're taking about "computer tape" being used to record video, then you're referring to the gentleman that Steve Roberts, Paul Vanezis and Mark Ayres visited in 1998 (as he's the only person known to have done this) who had taped and kept a number of Doctor Who episodes, including the Space Pirates #2.

The simple answer is that they could play the tape on the gentleman's machine while they were there and get get both image and audio. The playback was poor for the quick viewing, but it was thought that the image quality could have been improved had they actually found anyhting that was missing.

What makes you think they couldn't play the tapes?

[Richard Bignell]

Jun 9, 2018 13:29:06 GMT George D said:

What else was there in the collection that was missing and needed?

Nothing, as far as I'm aware.