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Post by Richard Tipple on Mar 31, 2013 11:43:32 GMT
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. Well that is certainly interesting. I'm hoping it's not the build up to a particularly mean April Fools! Perhaps a certain poster has finally had his sock draw raided!
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Post by Greg H on Mar 31, 2013 12:05:08 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. Quite so. There is still an interest in Silent Cinema and I am a great fan personally. In the UK though I think interest has greatly diminished; I clearly recall silent films being very much regularly shown on mainstream terrestrial television as recently as the late 80s but I do not see any trace of them at all now. Whilst I may regard Murnau and Lang as seminal in the extreme none of the younger film fans/ students I know personally express any interest in their work, which leaves me to conclude that on my part of the planet at least interest in Silent era cinema has become much more marginal and will probably ebb away to a very specialist interest.
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Post by Greg H on Mar 31, 2013 12:08:54 GMT
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. Might that not just be the news that some bloke called Tennant will be reprising his role as chief gurner? I did read something about that recently I think.
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Post by stevehoare61 on Mar 31, 2013 12:10:21 GMT
Well Daniels post is certainly intriguing, and Ive always been a little suspicious about the Web of Fear debacle , considering that the Xmas special re-introduced the Great Inteligence and then last night, there they are again...it must be very confusing for the youngsters who havent the memories we old farts have...lets hope it is something very exciting and special, and not a cruel April Fools,....Personally Id like to slice these pranksters balls off, but thats just me,( grin).
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Post by Charles Daniels on Mar 31, 2013 12:24:30 GMT
Well that is certainly interesting. I'm hoping it's not the build up to a particularly mean April Fools! Precisely. I don't follow or go to DWO, mostly because of the Web hoax some time ago. So... what's a deal? Does anyone still see them as a potential legitimate news source, or is it just a shady operation? I'm genuinely asking this question as I know very little about DWO.
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Post by Daniel Hornby on Mar 31, 2013 12:34:28 GMT
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. Might that not just be the news that some bloke called Tennant will be reprising his role as chief gurner? I did read something about that recently I think. Sorry Greg, DWO confirmed it is NOT the Tennant story, it is much bigger than that apparently. It is nothing 50th anniversary related according to their Twitter feed and the post they put up on Gallifrey Base yesterday and at 11am today. They said it is BIG news. Well given that the BBC said the hugely exciting news was a new Cyberman story, I won't get all my hopes up just yet. But as I said Richard Bignell was spotted on GB yesterday and didn't immediately debunk it. Perhaps he's stopped what he feels is wasting his time responding to a load of tosh!
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Post by Greg H on Mar 31, 2013 12:45:42 GMT
Well, as ever I will remain optimistic at all times but believe nothing until there is an official announcement. I suppose my personal unrealistic wish for the 50th would be a nice bundle of odd Troughton episodes from the stories that don't have any episodes at all, but the likelyhood of anything remotely like that happening is close to zero in reality
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Post by John Wall on Mar 31, 2013 12:45:42 GMT
Never believe something until it's been officially denied
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Post by John Andersen on Mar 31, 2013 16:28:58 GMT
Might that not just be the news that some bloke called Tennant will be reprising his role as chief gurner? I did read something about that recently I think. Sorry Greg, DWO confirmed it is NOT the Tennant story, it is much bigger than that apparently. It is nothing 50th anniversary related according to their Twitter feed and the post they put up on Gallifrey Base yesterday and at 11am today. They said it is BIG news. The only thing that sucked worse than DWO's Web of Fear report was their claim to start a missing episode hunt that would be bigger and better than ever before. What exactly did they do? What happened to it? Were there any updates? From my perspective, it looks like DWO was just paying lip service to turn down the heat from angry fans in 2007. Hopefully the Radio Times episode hunt will actually find something.
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Post by John Andersen on Mar 31, 2013 16:33:33 GMT
Well that is certainly interesting. I'm hoping it's not the build up to a particularly mean April Fools! Precisely. I don't follow or go to DWO, mostly because of the Web hoax some time ago. So... what's a deal? Does anyone still see them as a potential legitimate news source, or is it just a shady operation? It depends on what they are saying. If they are talking about DVD releases, then maybe. If they are talking about missing episodes, no, not without additional confirmations from multiple websites.
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Post by Jason berg on Mar 31, 2013 16:40:00 GMT
I looked on dwo twitter feed and couldn't find any comments at all. And people would twitter a lot if it was mentioned as they do ;D
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Post by John Andersen on Mar 31, 2013 16:45:58 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? There have been so many rumors about lost episodes, I've lost count of how many I have heard in the last year. I guess there is a chance that something might have been found, but it is also very possible that some people are just mistaken, or maybe some of the rumors are starting because of hoaxes. I just hope these unofficial announcements about future announcements don't jeopardize ongoing investigations for missing material.
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Post by Rob Moss on Mar 31, 2013 17:14:37 GMT
As usual, the promise of "some news" leads fans to automatically assume a missing episode recovery. Always seeing patterns that aren't there...
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Post by Greg H on Mar 31, 2013 17:23:44 GMT
^Quite so Rob. Unless I see it in a BBC press release (reports of tenth planet 4 in the early 90s outstanding) I treat it as an example of creative writing or at best speculation. Fandom would be well served to adopt a similar attitude, but it won't happen in a million years.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 31, 2013 17:38:18 GMT
Are all the cast for the drama/documentary to mark the 50th anniversary known ?
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