Post by Andrew Dunn on Dec 19, 2011 18:06:52 GMT
Hi everyone, first time posting, I've been following this forum as a guest for a year or so and the recent finds of the Galaxy 4 & Under Water Menace episodes have raised my interest enough to register.
Apologies if this idea has been discussed before but I've been trying to think of ways to broaden the awareness of missing TV material in general and of course Doctor Who in particular to the public at large, last night I was watching the Antiques Road Show on BBC 1 and suddenly remembered that the production team usually feature a short piece from one of the experts being asked what they would most like to see found or brought to the show.
The show often features a wide variety of items from 17th century furniture to old toys and pop culture items and the finding of an old Doctor Who TV episode would perhaps qualify for inclusion, correct me if I'm wrong but I think this would give the BBC a chance to feature a request for anyone amongst the general viewing public and collectors alike who thinks they may have lost TV material to come forward and get in touch. This request would be within the context of the programme and not at the expense of crucial air time between other programming.
The Antiques Road Show is a popular TV program has been getting around six million viewers per week and I would venture to suggest gets a slightly different demographic than Doctor Who & many other cult TV shows so may be watched by people who have no idea about missing achieve TV material.
This could result in a lot of people contacting the BBC with information on material that is NOT missing but you would have to accept that on the basis that one major find would make the exercise justifiable.
Perhaps if the right person (Ralph Montagu/Paul Vanezis?) were to approach the shows producer maybe something could be arranged?
Anyway just an idea!
Apologies if this idea has been discussed before but I've been trying to think of ways to broaden the awareness of missing TV material in general and of course Doctor Who in particular to the public at large, last night I was watching the Antiques Road Show on BBC 1 and suddenly remembered that the production team usually feature a short piece from one of the experts being asked what they would most like to see found or brought to the show.
The show often features a wide variety of items from 17th century furniture to old toys and pop culture items and the finding of an old Doctor Who TV episode would perhaps qualify for inclusion, correct me if I'm wrong but I think this would give the BBC a chance to feature a request for anyone amongst the general viewing public and collectors alike who thinks they may have lost TV material to come forward and get in touch. This request would be within the context of the programme and not at the expense of crucial air time between other programming.
The Antiques Road Show is a popular TV program has been getting around six million viewers per week and I would venture to suggest gets a slightly different demographic than Doctor Who & many other cult TV shows so may be watched by people who have no idea about missing achieve TV material.
This could result in a lot of people contacting the BBC with information on material that is NOT missing but you would have to accept that on the basis that one major find would make the exercise justifiable.
Perhaps if the right person (Ralph Montagu/Paul Vanezis?) were to approach the shows producer maybe something could be arranged?
Anyway just an idea!