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Post by Greg H on Jun 8, 2011 7:07:35 GMT
Do we have many potential hopes left of a recovery in Africa? Hi Greg, I know it's frustrating not having a full list of material, but there really isn't anything to say at the moment. We are in contact with all of the archives we want to be in contact with but that is a lot of archive and associated bureaucracy we are having to deal with. The best thing is to let us get on with it and await a final report. For obvious reasons I don't want to discuss ongoing discussions publicly. Regards, Paul Interesting! So I presume wheels are in motion with the trickier archives as well. Good stuff. I greatly look forward to the report when it arrives and again, thanks for all the hard work
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Post by Douglas Wulf on Jun 8, 2011 17:14:47 GMT
I don't know what the BBC has planned, but my own hope would be the following ...
1. Take one last good look worldwide (to the extent that such a search is feasible) for missing episodes of '60s Doctor Who and other lost BBC films as well. There is at least a chance that if a search is performed, something might be found, and any find would be sensational.
2. Once it is determined that additional lost episodes cannot be located through normal channels (setting aside mislabeled film cans, films in attics, and other other situations that are mostly impossible to check), it would be splendid one day to be able to view the remaining 104 (of 108) missing episodes also in animated form in a style roughly uniform to the Invasion (and, presumably, Reign of Terror). There is such an interest in animated versions, that I think it may very well come about eventually at some point in the future, but this may not happen quickly due to the costs involved. However, just as the full value of the original episodes (VHS and DVD release) was not realized when they were discarded, the long-term financial return on animated versions of the missing episodes created now might be greater than is presently understood. Yes, there are the immediate profits from the initial DVD sales, but there could also be season sets on DVD, Blu-ray re-releases, downloads, etc. etc. perhaps in the future. It could make good financial sense to have the entire classic series back in one visual format or another.
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Post by Ross Mann on Jun 17, 2011 15:12:21 GMT
Hi all, new to this forum been an avid fan for years down here in Australia (much to the annoyance of the mrs. lol) great to see this search is being done, just wondering if a similar search has been done down here (apart from the censored clips of course) as I have read in the past that multiple copies of prints were struck for viewing around the country before the days of satellite transmissions. Apparently the ABC are in the process of converting their various archive holdings to a digital medium, could the Beeb possibly be of any assistance to this?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2011 20:21:16 GMT
I would have never imagined that something like Dr Who could be found in Africa. I can’t imagine what it feels like to go all that way and find something which has been missing for so long. It’s certainly a job I would like. Good luck in your search!
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Post by LanceM on Jul 2, 2011 6:09:18 GMT
Dodging bullets, red tape, oh yeah, fun times there to be shure. Don't think there is one of us who would not like trawling for lost TV.Am ever so greatfull for those who work tiresly here in chasing up leads like this. Thank you very much for all the effort and work being made here in regards.
Cheers,Lance.
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Post by Rob Moss on Jul 2, 2011 11:36:35 GMT
I would have never imagined that something like Dr Who could be found in Africa. I can’t imagine what it feels like to go all that way and find something which has been missing for so long. It’s certainly a job I would like. Good luck in your search! You are aware that several missing Hartnell episodes were found in Nigeria in the 1980s, I presume..?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2011 12:55:20 GMT
No, I was not aware TV shows were sent to Africa in the 70's.
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Post by Richard Bignell on Jul 2, 2011 14:18:21 GMT
Many of the African countries were big purchasers of BBC programmes, including Doctor Who.
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Post by dennywilson on Jul 7, 2011 1:35:59 GMT
Hi all, new to this forum been an avid fan for years down here in Australia (much to the annoyance of the mrs. lol) great to see this search is being done, just wondering if a similar search has been done down here (apart from the censored clips of course) as I have read in the past that multiple copies of prints were struck for viewing around the country before the days of satellite transmissions. Apparently the ABC are in the process of converting their various archive holdings to a digital medium, could the Beeb possibly be of any assistance to this? Australia and NZ has been picked through with a fine tooth comb - everything is account for - either being sent off to other countries or destroyed.
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Post by dennywilson on Jul 7, 2011 1:45:00 GMT
You are aware that several missing Hartnell episodes were found in Nigeria in the 1980s, I presume..? But what happened to the Troughton episodes in the last sale to Nigeria that information seems sparse on in 1974 - has any new info turned up? gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/Nigeria#UNKNOWN_.281974.3F.29
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Post by Anthony Clark on Jul 8, 2011 19:34:46 GMT
I wonder if there’s joined-up thinking going on. Has it been confirmed that the trail of The Reign of Terror episodes is stone cold dead, do you think? You’d have to hope so given the work on animating them. It would be a right pain in the arse if they turned up after they’d been recreated in Flash.
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Post by adriane17 on Jul 25, 2011 18:06:50 GMT
How would it be "a right pain in the *rse" if the two missing episodes of The Reign Of Terror turned up? It'd be the perfect reason to do another The Five Doctors!
Seriously I'd far rather the incomplete stories are completed rather than wait to see if the lost episodes turn up. Bit like waiting for Godot now...
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Post by dennywilson on Jul 29, 2011 1:01:13 GMT
You are aware that several missing Hartnell episodes were found in Nigeria in the 1980s, I presume..? But what happened to the Troughton episodes in the last sale to Nigeria that information seems sparse on in 1974 - has any new info turned up? gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/Nigeria#UNKNOWN_.281974.3F.29Anyone? Any info on this?
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Post by Paul Vanezis on Aug 7, 2011 23:46:39 GMT
I think the general consensus is that anything left in Nigeria would have been found in 1984 when Ian Levine did his search.
Paul
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Post by vernon roberts on Aug 18, 2011 7:28:36 GMT
any news on any leads or finds?
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