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Post by Rowan Abblitt on Mar 31, 2013 0:31:28 GMT
Thank you!!!!!!!!!! I've been wondering about that for over half my life ;D
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Post by grantgoodman on Mar 31, 2013 0:42:36 GMT
I think as long as Doctor Who is on air or on the pop culture radar those missing episodes will have significant value. I feel like interest in Lost Episodes is more of a niche thing but I think every find will generate enough attention.
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 31, 2013 7:52:58 GMT
Another thing to consider is that people are still searching for missing silent films still. Just look at the impact of the rediscovery of the full Metropolis print in Argentina and the early Hitchcock film the other year. So I would say with the following Dr Who has, interest in the missing episodes in 100 years time plus is very likely at this rate it will probably still be on!
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Post by Greg H on Mar 31, 2013 8:01:05 GMT
I reckon the first 30 years of cinema had a wider fan base than who though, well loved as it is! Silent film remains something of a minority interest. I used to watch them when they still showed them on telly, I don't honestly know any young people who have seen one, let alone are enthusiastic about them.
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Post by stevehoare61 on Mar 31, 2013 8:45:49 GMT
Interest will never wane while there are fans of the series, and age is totally irrelevant here or while there are Collectors. People have always collected something, some more so than others and vintage TV will always be there.The problem with Doctor Who is that time is against us and the BBCs half hearted approach to this in the past, but thank god for the people we have have amongst us that have searched and searched and brought these things back home.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Mar 31, 2013 10:07:32 GMT
Philip,the Krotons is NOT crap!It is one of the best Dr Who adventures ever made-I loved it when it was shown on 1981 as part of TFFODW,I wore out my VHS copies and it still filled me with joy and satisfaction when I bought it on DVD recently-easily one of the best stories to be released.It also echoes the future of Dr Who in my opinion with wonderful dialogue by Bob Holmes.When some of my classmates who weren't Dr Who fans watched it in 1981,from that one story they said that Troughton was their favourite Dr!I know some fans would love to swap that for Marco Polo in the archives but I absolutely love it.Will people stop knocking the Krotons!I thank you.
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Mar 31, 2013 10:26:46 GMT
Philip,the Krotons is NOT crap!It is one of the best Dr Who adventures ever made-I loved it when it was shown on 1981 as part of TFFODW,I wore out my VHS copies and it still filled me with joy and satisfaction when I bought it on DVD recently-easily one of the best stories to be released.It also echoes the future of Dr Who in my opinion with wonderful dialogue by Bob Holmes.When some of my classmates who weren't Dr Who fans watched it in 1981,from that one story they said that Troughton was their favourite Dr!I know some fans would love to swap that for Marco Polo in the archives but I absolutely love it.Will people stop knocking the Krotons!I thank you. Quite right Jaz. There are too few Troughton episodes for people to moan about the existing ones!
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Mar 31, 2013 10:48:26 GMT
There's definitely no waning of interest right now. DWO announced the BBC have a big announcement about Classic Who and have refused to deny it's missing episodes related. Some of the "experts" have come on GB and not debunked it. DWO have also refused to debunk it either. I'm not sure it means it's definitely missing episode related but it seems to be a possibility at the moment. Is it common sense thrown out the window to believe it could be another find?
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Post by Jason berg on Mar 31, 2013 10:52:58 GMT
If they had found episodes with any luck it would be whole story's
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Post by Richard Tipple on Mar 31, 2013 11:09:43 GMT
There's definitely no waning of interest right now. DWO announced the BBC have a big announcement about Classic Who and have refused to deny it's missing episodes related. Some of the "experts" have come on GB and not debunked it. DWO have also refused to debunk it either. I'm not sure it means it's definitely missing episode related but it seems to be a possibility at the moment. Is it common sense thrown out the window to believe it could be another find? Can't see anything on DWO, and it's probably nothing more than a DVD release. If the BBC had to dismiss every missing episode rumour they'd never get anything done, so don't read into that. When Paul says we've found something, I'll believe it. Until then it's really not worth bothering with.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Mar 31, 2013 11:14:11 GMT
Hopefully the announcement will be a 3D,colourized version of the Krotons....!
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Post by Charles Daniels on Mar 31, 2013 11:24:38 GMT
In time, in your opinion, particularly in the light of: a) Viewers of the original series ageing out b) Animation of missing episodes c) The production of more and more episodes of the new series Just an easter poll, but interested to know what people think. Richard Might be a mixed bag. For instance I could imagine someone buying an animated DVD for a story they wouldn't have otherwise ever bothered with because it wasn't complete, and having it click in their heads "HANG ON A MINUTE, this story is really rather good. I wonder if I could find the originals?"
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Mar 31, 2013 11:27:13 GMT
There's definitely no waning of interest right now. DWO announced the BBC have a big announcement about Classic Who and have refused to deny it's missing episodes related. Some of the "experts" have come on GB and not debunked it. DWO have also refused to debunk it either. I'm not sure it means it's definitely missing episode related but it seems to be a possibility at the moment. Is it common sense thrown out the window to believe it could be another find? Can't see anything on DWO, and it's probably nothing more than a DVD release. If the BBC had to dismiss every missing episode rumour they'd never get anything done, so don't read into that. When Paul says we've found something, I'll believe it. Until then it's really not worth bothering with. It was first reported on their Twitter feed and DWO (assuming it's not a fake account!) said this at 11.05am today: "As we said there IS a big announcement due from the BBC. We were told it was initially due to be yesterday (and no - not just the 50th news). Clearly they have decided to hold it back for a day or, possible more. Believe what you want, but do you really think we would put the reputation of our site on the line if we were'nt so sure this time round? We're not going to piss anyone off at the BBC by blurting this news out until they have made their 'official' announcement on the matter first. Just a little more patience guys..." Read into that what you will! The "if we were'nt (sic) so sure this time round?" must be referring to The Web of Fear debacle years ago.
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Post by Charles Daniels on Mar 31, 2013 11:30:48 GMT
NO. As long as there are Doctor Who fanatics, there will always be interest. There are fanatics and there are Doctor Who fanatics who want to know who dusted the Time Space Visualiser, who stirred the BBC tea clockwise, and who swept the floor after the shooting of scene 4 in episode 5 of "The War Games." My research shows that it was Emily Danson of Chepstow, Theresa May of Glasgow, and Ted Baker of Shoreditch. From interviews I gather the tea was rather weak, and disappointing, but otherwise well stirred. Ted's sweeping was half hearted at best, as you can easily telly from episode 5, being barely cleaner than what you can observe in episode 4. As for the Emily's work on the set during The Chase -- never heard a complaint. Still trying to track down the junior lighting assistant on The Savages. I'm hoping he can shed some...well...light, on things.
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Post by Charles Daniels on Mar 31, 2013 11:37:59 GMT
I reckon the first 30 years of cinema had a wider fan base than who though, well loved as it is! Silent film remains something of a minority interest. I used to watch them when they still showed them on telly, I don't honestly know any young people who have seen one, let alone are enthusiastic about them. My background is probably significantly different here - as a native Californian, but silent film continues to have a relevancy in California. They are still aired on television, speciality networks of course, and students at university can chose to study cinema history, and silent films are a major component of that.
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