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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 17:22:20 GMT
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Post by Paul McDermott on Jun 19, 2013 17:29:53 GMT
Abdominal? Not very PC, taking pot shots at the poor Yeti for being chunky! Thanks for the link, a good read but seems like nothing more than a bit of feel good press coverage in the anniversary year. Not really a scoop the Beeb wants them back, just as all we do. Actually having them back - well, that's another story! Anybody got the number for The Metropolitan? They're bound to have a crack journo to put on the scent!
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Jun 19, 2013 17:42:44 GMT
The RADIO TIMES.COM website goes into a little more detail about Philip Morris and certainly scuppers the rumours by talking to a BBC spokesperson.Pants it is then!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 17:44:01 GMT
Abdominal? Not very PC, taking pot shots at the poor Yeti for being chunky! Thanks for the link, a good read but seems like nothing more than a bit of feel good press coverage in the anniversary year. Not really a scoop the Beeb wants them back, just as all we do. Actually having them back - well, that's another story! Anybody got the number for The Metropolitan? They're bound to have a crack journo to put on the scent! Your welcome Paul for the link
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 17:56:45 GMT
I notice Ian Levine has gone quiet on twitter now.... either he has found out that he's been had a second time and is quietly putting it to rest or he's become part of the cover up the BBC might be perpetrating?
I think its one of two things either this is all a big hoax or the BBC has been negotiating for the return of episodes but isn't admitting it in case it all falls through in which case they'll just dismiss it all as a hoax.
Or the BBC could just be waiting to November to properly reveal it but that seems too straightforward to me and I think there are other more complex and clandestine reasons why the BBC aren't admitting anything and I think there is a good chance this story will eventually disappear not because it wasn't real but because the desired outcome wasn't achieved.
I'm beginning to think something has definitely gone on here beside mere wild rumours but I still don't think it will come to anything.
Something has gone on behind the scenes which we will probably never know about.
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Post by Paul McDermott on Jun 19, 2013 18:11:46 GMT
It is useless to speculate in the absence of data.
All we know is all we know now and all we know now is there is no proven scoop, haul or discovery.
Tomorrow, the planet could be creamed by a rogue comet.
Or we could be shown authoritative proof of an unprecedented return of priceless cultural heritage.
Or both. Or neither. But right now, we can't be sure what tomorrow will bring.
As that fondly remembered fellow in the baggy pants put it:
"Our lives are different to anybody else's. There's nobody in the Universe that can do what we're doing!" Uncertainty is good, I think!
I think there's plenty of excitement on plain old real Earth without having to conjure up kinds that cause headaches and disappointment for others.
I'm looking forward to Spearhead in HD, and the other classic releases in the months ahead.
Even if Marco Polo and all the others suddenly appear with a wheezing groaning noise, over breakfast, that will remain true.
And for me, that's good enough. I never lost what I didn't have to begin with, and I think that's true for many of us who missed the original 60s broadcasts.
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Post by Tony Ingram on Jun 19, 2013 19:39:41 GMT
The RADIO TIMES.COM website goes into a little more detail about Philip Morris and certainly scuppers the rumours by talking to a BBC spokesperson.Pants it is then! The Radio Times spoke to a BBC spokesperson who basically said "I cannot confirm anything as I do not know anything". Hardly conclusive.
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Post by Martin Kinsella on Jun 19, 2013 20:18:42 GMT
The RADIO TIMES.COM website goes into a little more detail about Philip Morris and certainly scuppers the rumours by talking to a BBC spokesperson.Pants it is then! It totally holes it below the waterline. As does the other statements from those who would be in the know today.
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Post by Martin Kinsella on Jun 19, 2013 20:24:41 GMT
Abdominal? Not very PC, taking pot shots at the poor Yeti for being chunky! Thanks for the link, a good read but seems like nothing more than a bit of feel good press coverage in the anniversary year. Not really a scoop the Beeb wants them back, just as all we do. Actually having them back - well, that's another story! Anybody got the number for The Metropolitan? They're bound to have a crack journo to put on the scent! We all want them back. Problem is people convince themselves they are coming back when the facts state otherwise.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2013 20:25:26 GMT
The RADIO TIMES.COM website goes into a little more detail about Philip Morris and certainly scuppers the rumours by talking to a BBC spokesperson.Pants it is then! It totally holes it below the waterline. As does the other statements from those who would be in the know today. I'd be prepared to dismiss it all as a cruel joke as well but only a few hours ago Ian Levine seemed sure the rumour was genuine and even said he'd seen proof? So where does all that come from? Okay he's gone silent on the issue now is he quietly backtracking? I don't know about all this before I didn't take it seriously now I'm not sure if something has gone on but whatever it is I doubt we'll ever get the facts (if there are any) and I expect this rumour to eventually disappear to never be mentioned again by the key players.
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Post by Tony Ingram on Jun 19, 2013 20:54:28 GMT
The RADIO TIMES.COM website goes into a little more detail about Philip Morris and certainly scuppers the rumours by talking to a BBC spokesperson.Pants it is then! It totally holes it below the waterline. As does the other statements from those who would be in the know today. As opposed to the bloke you reckoned was in the know two days ago?
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Post by Martin Kinsella on Jun 19, 2013 21:44:39 GMT
It totally holes it below the waterline. As does the other statements from those who would be in the know today. As opposed to the bloke you reckoned was in the know two days ago? But his volte face is based purely on a so-called invitation to ship that could easily be faked. It is bunk. I wish it was not. Paul, and other sources, were emphatic today.
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Post by Lee Bagnall on Jun 19, 2013 21:56:11 GMT
Gathering what I can from the various reports and postings, both here and elsewhere, these films haven't gone to the BBC but to another outfit. So the BBC can very easily deny them with a straight face because they don't have them. The RT can say they're not working on them, because if the BBC haven't got them, they don't have access. Paul can be totally honest and say that he hasn't seen them. Perfect plausible deniability all round.
Because until these alleged containers have been thoroughly checked, for condition and viability, then catalogued, and the material returned to the BBC, I doubt we'll get any official announcement. And whatever's happening that day, it'll be headline news.
I'm just wondering if these recent Sky at Night returns were just tasters, a proof that this guy does indeed have a cache of episodes.
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Post by Martin Kinsella on Jun 19, 2013 22:08:36 GMT
Gathering what I can from the various reports and postings, both here and elsewhere, these films haven't gone to the BBC but to another outfit. So the BBC can very easily deny them with a straight face because they don't have them. The RT can say they're not working on them, because if the BBC haven't got them, they don't have access. Paul can be totally honest and say that he hasn't seen them. Perfect plausible deniability all round. Because until these alleged containers have been thoroughly checked, for condition and viability, then catalogued, and the material returned to the BBC, I doubt we'll get any official announcement. And whatever's happening that day, it'll be headline news. I'm just wondering if these recent Sky at Night returns were just tasters, a proof that this guy does indeed have a cache of episodes. The official beeb sources could not be more emphatic. Nothing has been returned, nothing is going to be returned. Negotitations are not ongoing. I do ot see what more they can say.
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Post by Lee Bagnall on Jun 19, 2013 22:15:34 GMT
Martin, like most fans I've become hardened to rumours over the years and yes, I am skeptical about this rumour but there are too many people saying things, too many little coded nods and winks here and there. A lot of rumours and most of them seem to click together.
Something is going on. Whether you believe it or not is up to you, but please, act like an adult and accept that people will have a different attitude to you.
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