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Post by Jon Preddle on Feb 17, 2012 16:34:02 GMT
I thought the reason it survived was that the bulk of Seasons One and Two had arrived back at BBC Enterprises and, in line with policy at the time, was sitting there awaiting junking, when Ian Levine happened upon them. Not sure from which country those episodes had been returned, but presumably one that hadn't wanted Marco Polo, Reign of Terror, etc. See previous. And it wasn't a case of they "hadn't wanted" those serials, more that they weren't on offer to them. All English speaking countries that bought season one, got Marco. (Cyrus also got Reign, but did not screen it.) It was only Spanish and Arabic countries to which the historicals were not on offer. It's all summarised here: gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/William_Hartnell_stories#So_who_bailed_on_Who_first.3F
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Post by erikborja on Feb 17, 2012 21:16:47 GMT
Wait I have to ask something. What I heard was that when enterprise was checked that The Romans and The Gunfighters was still there so did the rights not expire yet?
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Post by Jon Preddle on Feb 18, 2012 0:41:27 GMT
Wait I have to ask something. What I heard was that when enterprise was checked that The Romans and The Gunfighters was still there so did the rights not expire yet? The rights had expired, but by 1978, the BBC just hadn't got round to junking the negs.
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Post by George D on Feb 18, 2012 8:14:37 GMT
I guess they were more anxious about junking marco polo than the gunfighters.
Perhaps it was because the stations already bought marco that they felt they got a satisfortory run out of them whereas the others hadnt sold much yet.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Feb 18, 2012 19:23:50 GMT
The LOOSE CANNON reconstruction of Marco Polo is excellent.It has a pre-filmed sequences of actor Mark Eden as Marco Polo introducing and closing the story and a few sequences in-between.This is well worth finding.The BBC audio soundtrack is superb also.By the way,the Loose Cannon recon is non-profit making,all you do is supply the video-tape.I don't know if they still do these as it was a couple of years ago.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Feb 19, 2012 12:16:12 GMT
You can find all the Loose Cannon reconstructions on YouTube these days...
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Post by John Green on Feb 19, 2012 12:23:25 GMT
Do the Youtube Cannons include all the extras,which I think included interviews?
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Post by George D on Feb 19, 2012 13:12:27 GMT
there are some on youtube. some arent.i actually found a better marco polo a while back than the LC one.
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Post by alexwdmn on Feb 19, 2012 15:53:09 GMT
Not sure why people are so convinced Marco Polo was destroyed in Sierra Leone? Wasn't their print sent on to Ethiopia in 1971, and then returned to the BBC in April 1972? That's what Wikipedia seems to imply anyway.
P.S. Had a moment of excitement today when I saw a 16mm reel of "Marco Polo" on eBay; but it turned out to be the 1962 film version :-(
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Post by Brad Phipps on Feb 19, 2012 20:04:35 GMT
Not sure why people are so convinced Marco Polo was destroyed in Sierra Leone? Wasn't their print sent on to Ethiopia in 1971, and then returned to the BBC in April 1972? That's what Wikipedia seems to imply anyway. Ignore Wikipedia.
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