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Post by Daniel Smith on Feb 8, 2012 15:56:33 GMT
Fascinating article about 60s sales in the new DWM today, thanks to Richard Molesworth. Pertwee era is covered next issue. It's great to see DWM supporting an 'old school' Who topic too. Big up to Tom Spilsbury and the team.
Couple of questions raised via the recently found Clearance History sheets. Without having my copy of Wiped to hand, is anyone able to confirm whether there were 'new' leads on this document that weren't previously known, i.e. other countries sales? And presumably the researcher boffins are on the case already if so?
Ta
Dan
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Post by Greg H on Feb 8, 2012 16:10:04 GMT
I don't know the specific document you refer to, but if it is something that has been publicly announced you can bet money on the relevant people already being on the case.
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Post by David Cann on Feb 8, 2012 18:01:11 GMT
Yeah, great issue; thanks to all contributors  It also says in the Gallifrey Guardian that the two newly found episodes will not be out in 2012, but are on their schedule. It also looks like they will be released separately, not as a boxed set as speculation has been suggesting ("there's one release that hasn't been announced yet that will provide a home for one of them"). It looks like Reign of Terror will be complete by the end of the year too...  And there's a colourised pic of that story included. They say they are 'working on' The Ambassadors od Death and The Mind of Evil. |
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Post by John Green on Feb 8, 2012 18:43:18 GMT
Could it be a complete Troughton boxed set,with Underwater Menace as one of the incentives?
Just a thought.
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Post by Simeon Carter on Feb 8, 2012 18:44:54 GMT
What about UWM being included with 'The Tenth Planet'? They are both next to each other in existing episodes.
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Post by Jon Preddle on Feb 8, 2012 19:58:15 GMT
Couple of questions raised via the recently found Clearance History sheets. Without having my copy of Wiped to hand, is anyone able to confirm whether there were 'new' leads on this document that weren't previously known, i.e. other countries sales? All the countries identified on these clearance sheets are also named in other paperwork, so there are none that were not already known about. The sheets provide for the first time them listed all in the one place. |
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Post by Brad Phipps on Feb 9, 2012 8:03:40 GMT
What about UWM being included with 'The Tenth Planet'? They are both next to each other in existing episodes. I'd prefer to keep them with the same Doctor, so Airlock with The Tenth Planet and TUM2 with The Ice Warriors. That way both incomplete stories get a boost for incentives (although The Tenth Planet probably doesn't need any). |
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Post by Jon Preddle on Feb 9, 2012 18:13:49 GMT
That way both incomplete stories get a boost for incentives (although The Tenth Planet probably doesn't need any). If it was to be used as a sales incentive, I'd think it far more logical to put TUM 2 on with the much unloved "The Krotons". |
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Post by John Green on Feb 9, 2012 18:25:37 GMT
They could always release the Galaxy 4 episode on a large 'Fatal Females' boxed set,with the Rani stories,and Planet of the Spiders!
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Feb 9, 2012 19:22:53 GMT
I got the issue today but surely listing all the TV stations who bought this, that or the other and showing a handy atlas is a sort of over-kill and a bit dry,as well as being a blind alley.Richard Molesworth in WIPED comes to the conclusion at the end of the book that the only probable resting place of missing episodes is foreign TV stations but surely the recent discovery of 2 episodes from a private collector debunks that theory, so his conclusion is wrong.Most TV stations have been exhaustively researched and have been found to contain nothing.So the few scant discoveries still to be made will be from private collectors who don't know what they have or were (are) hiding them deliberately.Still you never know...
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Post by Richard Bignell on Feb 9, 2012 19:41:37 GMT
Richard Molesworth in WIPED comes to the conclusion at the end of the book that the only probable resting place of missing episodes is foreign TV stations but surely the recent discovery of 2 episodes from a private collector debunks that theory, so his conclusion is wrong. Do bear in mind that Richard wrote the book about three years ago when a lot of the current investigative work into the overseas archives was only just beginning. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. |
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Feb 9, 2012 19:46:33 GMT
So true Richard.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Feb 9, 2012 19:59:26 GMT
By the way,I absolutely love The Krotons.I wore out my VHS copy and had to buy another one.I'm being serious!I can't wait for the DVD to come out.
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Post by Brad Phipps on Feb 9, 2012 21:04:06 GMT
Richard Molesworth in WIPED comes to the conclusion at the end of the book that the only probable resting place of missing episodes is foreign TV stations but surely the recent discovery of 2 episodes from a private collector debunks that theory, so his conclusion is wrong. Even with his excellent research I would still doubt that conclusion. I much rather think private collectors is the way to go. In the last 20 years we've had only four missing episodes turn up, and all from collectors. |
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Post by paulwhitewick on Feb 9, 2012 22:03:10 GMT
Really enjoyed the article. (although it'll probably take another two or three reads to sink in.) Can I ask, when were the travel documents discovered? Do we have a date? Thanks. Paul.
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It also says in the Gallifrey Guardian that the two newly found episodes will not be out in 2012, but are on their schedule. It also looks like they will be released separately, not as a boxed set as speculation has been suggesting ("there's one release that hasn't been announced yet that will provide a home for one of them"). It looks like Reign of Terror will be complete by the end of the year too... 
And there's a colourised pic of that story included. They say they are 'working on' The Ambassadors od Death and The Mind of Evil.
