Returning missing film??

[Daniel O'Brien]

Just another hoax, I fear. I'm immediately suspicious of any postings like this - 'I've found a missing 'Who' episode; what should I do with it etc...'. 'Day of Armageddon' came back to the BBC without any fanfare or internet speculation.

[LanceM]

It is good to be cautious of brand new posters who claim to have a missing episode. However, sometimes they are genuine. All I would recommend is that these sort of leads be pursued with care. On this lead the poster had listed his personal e-mail address on his member profile. I had contacted the Restoration team on that, and they conformed that they have received no such message ! I just wish it had been true, would love to see a complete episode of Marco Polo returned, however unlikely that may be. It is odd that it was sold to so many nations, and we have yet to find a single episode abroad,there may be hope, however it may more than likely originate from a foreign TV archive. Time will tell, again we have to wait and see what happens.

Cheers, Lance.

[Richard Bignell]

lancem said:

It is good to be cautious of brand new posters who claim to have a missing episode. However, sometimes they are genuine.

Sometimes?

I can't recall a single occurrence of anyone who has come online and claimed to have a missing episode of DW and it's turned out to be true.

Richard

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...And heres me thinking the age of the hoaxer had gone.......It seems I was wrong.......

[Daniel O'Brien]

lancem said:

I just wish it had been true, would love to see a complete episode of Marco Polo returned, however unlikely that may be. It is odd that it was sold to so many nations, and we have yet to find a single episode abroad,there may be hope, however it may more than likely originate from a foreign TV archive. Time will tell, again we have to wait and see what happens.

Cheers, Lance.

As I recall, most of Hartnell's first two seasons survive intact because of a late overseas sale in the early 1970s (obvious exceptions being 'The Reign of Terror' and 'The Crusade'). If 'Marco Polo' wasn't part of this sale, all known prints would have been junked sometime between 1972 and 1974. It doesn't matter how many copies were made. Once they were regarded as surplus to requirements, there was no reason to keep them. Or perhaps the last copies were chucked the day before Ian Levine turned up to save 'The Daleks'. Whatever the case, I hold out little hope of any 'Marco Polo' episodes being recovered.

[LanceM]

Genuine meaning, some sort of truth behind thier story, not meaning they have a lost DW episode. Sorry, that did sound a little confusing.

Lance.

[Jon Preddle]

dobrien said:

As I recall, most of Hartnell's first two seasons survive intact because of a late overseas sale in the early 1970s (obvious exceptions being 'The Reign of Terror' and 'The Crusade'). If 'Marco Polo' wasn't part of this sale, all known prints would have been junked sometime between 1972 and 1974. It doesn't matter how many copies were made. Once they were regarded as surplus to requirements, there was no reason to keep them. Or perhaps the last copies were chucked the day before Ian Levine turned up to save 'The Daleks'. Whatever the case, I hold out little hope of any 'Marco Polo' episodes being recovered.

IIRC, it was in issue 2 of Nothing at the End of the Lane, that it was suggested many of the surviving prints from season one and two were returned from Algeria, who had purchased all stories up to The Rescue - with the exception of Marco and Reign - in mid-1973...

Jon Preddle

[Daniel O'Brien]

lancem said:

Genuine meaning, some sort of truth behind thier story, not meaning they have a lost DW episode. Sorry, that did sound a little confusing.

Lance.

Not sure what you mean by 'some sort of truth'. Suggestions for new places to look are one thing, but if someone claims to have a missing 'Who' episode, either they are telling the truth or they are lying.

[Damian Morse]

jpreddle said:

IIRC, it was in issue 2 of Nothing at the End of the Lane, that it was suggested many of the surviving prints from season one and two were returned from Algeria, who had purchased all stories up to The Rescue - with the exception of Marco and Reign - in mid-1973...

Jon Preddle

I thought - the first two seasons that existed at BBC Enterprises were negatives from which prints were struck - and the negatives only existed because of a late sale to Algeria. - negatives wouldn't of been returned from Algeria.

[Andrew Martin]

The negatives wouldn't have been sent to Algeria but they might have existed at BBC Enterprises, and not been junked, because they were needed to make the Algerian prints...

[William Martin]

were dr who prints ever produced with subtitles?

[Greg H]

Iver really never thought about that one. Interesting idea, I suspect if they were ever shown on tv in a deaf edition it would be a well known fact, I dont think a great deal was done for the deaf community back in the 60s compared to now.
I kinda doubt it, but it would be great if extra prints had been struck for some deaf school or something.

[Andrew Martin]

Deaf viewers were catered for by the production of synopses of programmes which the BBC sent out - you can see small adverts for these in 1960s editions of Radio Times.

[Mark Brown]

andrewmartin said:

Deaf viewers were catered for by the production of synopses of programmes which the BBC sent out - you can see small adverts for these in 1960s editions of Radio Times.