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Post by John Wall on Mar 1, 2009 10:32:25 GMT
Although I'm not a great fan of the "Stun" they have a large readership. If they'd run a "campaign" asking their readers to look in their attics, cellars, etc for cans of film, reels of tape, obsolete video cassettes, etc something might turn up. Speaking of things turning up, have you heard anything official about DWO's missing episode campaign? They were as evasive about this subject as they were about answering questions about their Web of Fear report. Nothing.
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Post by Simon Winters on Apr 24, 2009 10:21:34 GMT
Actually, there may be some good news on possible ZBC archive finds. Zimbabwe now has a new MDC Minister for 'Education, Sport, Arts & Culture', the human rights lawyer David Coltart. Obviously, his over-riding priority is getting the country's education system back on track, but he might be tempted to help people get access to ZBC archives in the future. He has a website: www.davidcoltart.com and he does reply to email messages.
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Post by Simon Winters on Apr 24, 2009 10:31:10 GMT
Forgot to add.... this politician does appear from time to time as a guest on BBC2 Newsnight, so he clearly has contacts at the BBC.
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Post by Paul Ryan on Apr 27, 2009 4:22:59 GMT
Well, its worth a shot. Who wants to take a punt at it?
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Post by Simon Winters on Apr 27, 2009 10:48:55 GMT
I think that someone should only contact him now if they have the funds and the determination to actually go and visit the ZBC archives. I'm sure he could and would help get the permission needed, but there is no point in bothering him at this stage if you can't actually get over there.
I mainly added this posting for the benefit of those fans who are prepered to go the extra mile!
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Post by Richard Tipple on Nov 21, 2017 8:37:55 GMT
Now I think we can all agree there is probably nothing in Zimbabwe for us Doctor Who fans. The story that started this thread was, I believe, a flippant comment on Gallifrey Base taken to the press..
We know Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) bought the standard package of stories from GROUPs A, B and C of the William Hartnell era. From a missing episode perspective this will have included Marco Polo, and the two missing instalments of The Reign of Terror. Now it looks as though Zimbabwe sent its prints by air to Zambia, but I can't find a date for this. It's also hinted that Zimbabwe may have continued to screen Doctor Who after December '66.
So it's probably a lost cause, but I do wonder if regime change in Zimbabwe might free up their archive to being catalogued?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2017 22:31:29 GMT
Well, its worth a shot. Who wants to take a punt at it? Isn't e-mailing or cold calling a TV station supposed to be the most unhelpful way of finding out what's in the archives? I could be wrong, but thought we had gone over this before on other threads how this method of contact can hinder those who are already involved in boots-on-the-ground work.
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Post by RWels on Nov 22, 2017 11:39:08 GMT
Now I think we can all agree there is probably nothing in Zimbabwe for us Doctor Who fans. The story that started this thread was, I believe, a flippant comment on Gallifrey Base taken to the press.. We know Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) bought the standard package of stories from GROUPs A, B and C of the William Hartnell era. From a missing episode perspective this will have included Marco Polo, and the two missing instalments of The Reign of Terror. Now it looks as though Zimbabwe sent its prints by air to Zambia, but I can't find a date for this. It's also hinted that Zimbabwe may have continued to screen Doctor Who after December '66. So it's probably a lost cause, but I do wonder if regime change in Zimbabwe might free up their archive to being catalogued? There was no Zimbabwe before 1980, in 1966 it would have been Rhodesia . The Rhodesian Government was chased out of the now Zimbabwe and with the new order wanting to escape it's colonial roots cans marked 'The British Broadcasting Co' were probably like a red rag to a bull and pretty unlikely they would have survived ..but you never know. Hmn... but that would have been true for most of Africa. On the list of symbols to burn, flags are probably #1; but in that race, BBC film cans on some obscure shelf somewhere will probably come in last. So some nonwho finds might not be completely impossible.
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Post by richardwoods on Nov 22, 2017 18:24:27 GMT
Oh dear, I knew that I shouldn't have made a wise crack about this! I just couldn't help myself. 😂
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Post by lousingh on Nov 22, 2017 20:05:12 GMT
Now I think we can all agree there is probably nothing in Zimbabwe for us Doctor Who fans. The story that started this thread was, I believe, a flippant comment on Gallifrey Base taken to the press.. We know Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) bought the standard package of stories from GROUPs A, B and C of the William Hartnell era. From a missing episode perspective this will have included Marco Polo, and the two missing instalments of The Reign of Terror. Now it looks as though Zimbabwe sent its prints by air to Zambia, but I can't find a date for this. It's also hinted that Zimbabwe may have continued to screen Doctor Who after December '66. So it's probably a lost cause, but I do wonder if regime change in Zimbabwe might free up their archive to being catalogued? That might explain something: When Bob Rich bought the Bedlington Terriers in 2010, the BBC were in Buffalo interviewing fans at their games and at the Buffalo Bisons Baseball games that fortnight. The BBC cameraman and interviewer saw my wife's Bedlington Terriers Jersey with my Doctor Who shirt and Tie-Dyed turban and asked, after a few questions, if we had heard the rumours that Mugabe was holding missing episodes hostage. Of course, I had heard the rumour. When the visit was broadcast a couple of months later on the BBC World Service, the stories went, in order: 1. News from Zimbabwe about Mugabe; 2. What I think was a passing mention of the missing episodes he apparently had claimed to have (I was falling asleep at 1am, so it was a bit foggy); 3. A chuckle that even Doctor Who fans in the US had heard the rumour, such as fan of the Buffalo Bisons; 4. And that was the segue to Bob Rich having bought the Bedlington Terriers. Would that have been the original source? I have to admit, that was the most peculiar set of circumstances that ever resulted in a Doctor Who discussion.
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Post by Richard Tipple on Nov 22, 2017 21:28:24 GMT
Now I think we can all agree there is probably nothing in Zimbabwe for us Doctor Who fans. The story that started this thread was, I believe, a flippant comment on Gallifrey Base taken to the press.. We know Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe) bought the standard package of stories from GROUPs A, B and C of the William Hartnell era. From a missing episode perspective this will have included Marco Polo, and the two missing instalments of The Reign of Terror. Now it looks as though Zimbabwe sent its prints by air to Zambia, but I can't find a date for this. It's also hinted that Zimbabwe may have continued to screen Doctor Who after December '66. So it's probably a lost cause, but I do wonder if regime change in Zimbabwe might free up their archive to being catalogued? There was no Zimbabwe before 1980, in 1966 it would have been Rhodesia . The Rhodesian Government was chased out of the now Zimbabwe and with the new order wanting to escape it's colonial roots cans marked 'The British Broadcasting Co' were probably like a red rag to a bull and pretty unlikely they would have survived ..but you never know. In my post I clearly stated "We know Rhodesia (Now Zimbabwe).."
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