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Post by John Andersen on Nov 12, 2012 17:56:37 GMT
Privately e-mail a person like Paul Vanezis, Ash Stewart, or another member of the restoration team who have experience with episode hunting, and let them handle it as they see fit.
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Post by Richard Tipple on Nov 12, 2012 19:52:54 GMT
Don't post it for everyone to see at a forum or a newsgroup. Privately e-mail a person like Paul Vanezis, Ash Stewart, or another member of the restoration team who have experience with episode hunting, and let them handle it as they see fit. Posting rumors and the titles of episodes can possibly make things worse by generating unwanted publicity for those currently chasing down leads in the field. It can also have the potential to make people very angry if the leads or rumors turn out to be false. You should have to agree to this upon registration IMO. |
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Post by John Wall on Nov 12, 2012 20:38:11 GMT
To me there are two types of "rumour". The first is the "my uncle Fred has a pile of missing Dr Who in his attic". The second is the recent Ice Warriors in Germany thread. The former should be deleted instantly and the originator told to produce some hard evidence. The latter is worthwhile as it's just providing an avenue to explore without making any claims and gives the opportunity for various other people to try and fill in gaps. That's actually the sort of thing that this MB is for imho.
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Nov 12, 2012 21:15:07 GMT
This is a forum not a court of law. Hoaxes and rumours are part of the process. Without them, this forum would be a lot less interesting and most of the time, quieter than a mouse in hibernation.
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Post by Mark Vanderlinde-Abernathy on Nov 12, 2012 22:18:36 GMT
Sometimes being a little liberal with allowing people to post leads/stories is important. An individual who sees Daleks 7 in a shop, but thinks it isn't missing, would never tell his story on a forum that has strict rules about what you can and can not say. In the end he would never be told that a Stored Field version of that episode is sought.
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Post by Rob Moss on Nov 12, 2012 22:54:02 GMT
I quite agree, Mark. I think people should be encouraged to take serious leads directly to Paul or someone else, but the minute you start being too proscriptive about who can post what, you begin to alienate the "casual" posts such as the Daleks print int he charity shop mentioned above. The last thing you want is for someone to genuinely turn up with a copy of Fury from the Deep and be put off from posting here.
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Post by Brad Phipps on Nov 13, 2012 6:14:18 GMT
Funnily enough I just heard a brand new rumour concerning episodes in my home city - from a guy that owns a Dalek!
Am slowly getting around to following it up.
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Post by Mark Vanderlinde-Abernathy on Nov 13, 2012 7:31:22 GMT
Can't trust a guy with a Dalek these days. Did you see Asylum of the Dalek? Dude could be a Dalek spy in disguise! In all seriousness, good luck  |
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Post by Brad Phipps on Nov 14, 2012 6:07:30 GMT
Something about episodes recorded in the seventies and passed down to her son, now this Dalek guy is trying to negotiate with the son. No idea how far through it is, I heard that rumour second hand.
Must be 8mm off air, can't see anyone in my home town affording one of them thar fancy video recordin' boxes.
Could be wrong.
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Post by George D on Nov 14, 2012 12:50:33 GMT
Good luck. if its real, it will probably be things recorded off air in the late 70s, but always is worth following up on |
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Post by John Andersen on Nov 14, 2012 17:55:02 GMT
Something about episodes recorded in the seventies and passed down to her son, now this Dalek guy is trying to negotiate with the son. No idea how far through it is, I heard that rumour second hand. Must be 8mm off air, can't see anyone in my home town affording one of them thar fancy video recordin' boxes. Could be wrong. I looked at the New Zealand transmission dates. The last month they showed any missing Troughton episodes were in September of 1971. |
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Post by Bobby Clark (synthpopalooza) on Nov 14, 2012 18:15:21 GMT
In fact, no Troughton's were re-aired in NZ until 2000 ... "The Dominators" in particular, which aired the same time I was in NZ. |
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Nov 14, 2012 19:56:12 GMT
I looked at the New Zealand transmission dates. The last month they showed any missing Troughton episodes were in September of 1971. 1970 or 1971 would count as "during the Seventies" as far as i'm aware! |
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Post by John Andersen on Nov 14, 2012 20:19:55 GMT
I looked at the New Zealand transmission dates. The last month they showed any missing Troughton episodes were in September of 1971. 1970 or 1971 would count as "during the Seventies" as far as i'm aware! That is true, but were there many VCR's available to the general public in New Zealand at the time the episodes were shown? Were they affordable enough for people to buy video tapes to record and keep their favorite programs? |
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Post by Bobby Clark (synthpopalooza) on Nov 14, 2012 20:26:11 GMT
I would guess that formats like VHS would have caught on in the late 70's - early 80's. Betamax, earlier than that. Of course it's always likely that there would have been Shibaden or other reel to reel video recorders available in the early 70's, but not likely affordable by the average person. Doesn't mean it's impossible tho: The guy in the UK who had the poor quality recording of Space Pirates 2 and the Apollo moon landing, for example. For definite, the last chance for missing Troughton would have been 1971. Pertwees were shown later, but these were likely the B&W prints the BBC struck for overseas sales.
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