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Post by John Wall on Feb 26, 2014 19:57:25 GMT
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Post by simonashby on Feb 26, 2014 20:16:29 GMT
Expect the unexpected? So to all these Ominrumour people expecting 90+ episodes to turn up... There you have it! He really doesn't have anything else! But really, things like this, straight form the horses mouth as it were, I'm slowly beginning to expect him to turn something else up from DW. I can't see why he'd break the silence and let this article go out if he weren't onto something (whatever that may be).
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Post by shellyharman67 on Feb 26, 2014 20:16:43 GMT
Its like he wants the rumours going on and on with comments like that !
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Post by shellyharman67 on Feb 26, 2014 20:18:22 GMT
Expect the unexpected? So to all these Ominrumour people expecting 90+ episodes to turn up... There you have it! He really doesn't have anything else! But really, things like this, straight form the horses mouth as it were, I'm slowly beginning to expect him to turn something else up from DW. I can't see why he'd break the silence and let this article go out if he weren't onto something (whatever that may be). That just fuels the fire does it not ? What he said !
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Richard Develyn
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Post by Richard Develyn on Feb 26, 2014 20:47:03 GMT
How to unexpect the expected (an aside to break the rumour mill up a bit)
The headmaster of a school one Monday morning told his pupils that this week there would be a fire drill, that it would happen precisely at 12 noon, and that it would be a surprise.
The pupils reasoned like this:
"It can't possibly be Friday, because if by Friday morning we've not had the fire drill then everyone will be expecting it that lunchtime, so it couldn't possibly be a surprise.
By the same token, now that we've discounted Friday, it cannot be Thursday, because if we hadn't had it by Thursday morning, knowing that it cannot possibly happen on Friday morning, we would all be expecting it on that lunchtime, so it wouldn't be a surprise then either.
And, well, similarly, now that we know it can't be Thursday or Friday, we must discount Wednesday too using the same argument.
And Tuesday too.
Which just leaves Monday. But since Monday is the only day that this fire drill can take place, we're all going to be expecting it this lunchtime too, so we're not going to be surprised.
The whole thing's just not possible."
Having reasoned this way, when the fire drill went off on the Wednesday - everyone was surprised.
Richard
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Post by David Buck on Feb 26, 2014 20:56:32 GMT
Well - it does seem to confirm something that I thought was one of the less likely parts of the rumours - that TIEA are somehow getting into the transfer of material for domestic clients - and I find that very odd because there's only a small community of people who work with things like shibaden & philips transfers - So I'd expect this to be more widely known - and who's material are they converting - it's not something they've advertised. One possible issue with that of course is that if you are doing obsolete domestic video tranfers as a business - you don't get a say in what happens to the footage - That's why a lot of this has in the past been done by enthusiasts for free for a copy of the footage.
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Post by John Green on Feb 26, 2014 21:10:25 GMT
How to unexpect the expected (an aside to break the rumour mill up a bit)The headmaster of a school one Monday morning told his pupils that this week there would be a fire drill, that it would happen precisely at 12 noon, and that it would be a surprise. The pupils reasoned like this: "It can't possibly be Friday, because if by Friday morning we've not had the fire drill then everyone will be expecting it that lunchtime, so it couldn't possibly be a surprise. By the same token, now that we've discounted Friday, it cannot be Thursday, because if we hadn't had it by Thursday morning, knowing that it cannot possibly happen on Friday morning, we would all be expecting it on that lunchtime, so it wouldn't be a surprise then either. And, well, similarly, now that we know it can't be Thursday or Friday, we must discount Wednesday too using the same argument. And Tuesday too. Which just leaves Monday. But since Monday is the only day that this fire drill can take place, we're all going to be expecting it this lunchtime too, so we're not going to be surprised. The whole thing's just not possible." Having reasoned this way, when the fire drill went off on the Wednesday - everyone was surprised. Richard There's a better-Doctor Who accredited!-bit of logic: Two people know the truth about discoveries.One of them always tells the truth,and...Um.Perhaps we'd better not go on that route!
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Post by shellyharman67 on Feb 26, 2014 21:13:40 GMT
How to unexpect the expected (an aside to break the rumour mill up a bit)The headmaster of a school one Monday morning told his pupils that this week there would be a fire drill, that it would happen precisely at 12 noon, and that it would be a surprise. The pupils reasoned like this: "It can't possibly be Friday, because if by Friday morning we've not had the fire drill then everyone will be expecting it that lunchtime, so it couldn't possibly be a surprise. By the same token, now that we've discounted Friday, it cannot be Thursday, because if we hadn't had it by Thursday morning, knowing that it cannot possibly happen on Friday morning, we would all be expecting it on that lunchtime, so it wouldn't be a surprise then either. And, well, similarly, now that we know it can't be Thursday or Friday, we must discount Wednesday too using the same argument. And Tuesday too. Which just leaves Monday. But since Monday is the only day that this fire drill can take place, we're all going to be expecting it this lunchtime too, so we're not going to be surprised. The whole thing's just not possible." Having reasoned this way, when the fire drill went off on the Wednesday - everyone was surprised. Richard There's a better-Doctor Who accredited!-bit of logic: Two people know the truth about discoveries.One of them always tells the truth,and...Um.Perhaps we'd better not go on that route! Dont know what you mean John
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Post by Robert Lia on Feb 26, 2014 21:47:58 GMT
Expewct the Unexpected in my humble opinion means that if any more Doctor Who turns up it is unexpected! The Rumoroligists must be having quite an afternoon / evening trying to put "there" spin on the Radio Times article. Still it goes to show they are not just looking for Doctor Who but are transfering tapes for these far flung countrys that are of no interst to the most of us. So if more Doctor Who turns up its "Unexpected"!
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Post by Simon Collis on Feb 26, 2014 22:04:31 GMT
It's a PR piece for the Web Of Fear DVD, of course. Nothing else than that, IMHO. /edit: A good read though, well spotted and thanks for the link!
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Post by Paul McDermott on Feb 26, 2014 23:51:01 GMT
Expewct the Unexpected in my humble opinion means that if any more Doctor Who turns up it is unexpected! The Rumoroligists must be having quite an afternoon / evening trying to put "there" spin on the Radio Times article. Still it goes to show they are not just looking for Doctor Who but are transfering tapes for these far flung countrys that are of no interst to the most of us. So if more Doctor Who turns up its "Unexpected"! One might ask to whom the "unexpected" should be "expected" (this century's "Stay Tuned", perhaps?) I wonder? Not the "all rumours are true" bunch, they seem to expect everything, loudly. Steve Roberts, maybe? Although a bit dressed up by others in certain quarters elsewhere, his comments about Marco Polo (reasonable and hopeful as they may be, and wholly his own personal and unabashedly unsubstantiated view) might have been given a subtle thumbs down. If Phil's talking about himself, maybe his appraisal of the odds - despite his incredible finds earlier and the intriguing new leads uncovered in recent times - is worth taking on board. Did he expect to really find Enemy and Web? In a form that was sufficiently well preserved to allow us to see them? He followed a smart line of inquiry and it eventually paid off, malaria aside. There was some luck involved, too - we remember the damage to one of the film cans. And the absence of Web 3 could have been more the rule than the exception. Happily, it wasn't. Last I recall, Paul V said new lines of inquiry are being followed up on the back of those finds. Who knows if they will, have or didn't pay off. Ditto the hunt in other regions. "Expect the unexpected" might just be another way of saying, "you can be lucky in this job". And that's true enough - both good and bad. What that means for the return of new material to the Archives - Who and other stuff, just as lost and just as eagerly sought and sadly missed, is anyone's guess. There's ongoing searches, and Phil's seen us right before. With a bit of luck, he'd love to do so again - and until there's news, all we can do is wait and cross our fingers, patiently. (Just like Radio Times reminding us that they helped with the return of The Underwater Menace ep 2, which not a few of us are still waiting to see since it was found in 2011...) My guess is that the terms of the interview - such as it was - probably had a clear understanding about what wouldn't be discussed directly. Reasons for that are mundane, really. The bit about video is indeed an interesting and surely not accidental nugget. As much as in October, I really am looking forward to one day understanding all of this a lot better than I can now! And the bit about South America - was there much British telly sold there? I thought not, but perhaps he refers to his cultural preservation work in that respect. But seriously? Phil hasn't watched Web Of Fear?! I thought I was slow in watching it, only got done with it this week, but I don't feel so bad now. Still, no one would begrudge him a few hours off to give it a watch. Hope he gets to do that, soon!
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Post by Robert Lia on Feb 27, 2014 0:04:18 GMT
I still haven't watched The Web of Fear, granted I did not order the I Tunes release and the DVD is in route from London.
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Post by John Green on Feb 27, 2014 0:04:24 GMT
But did the Radio Times have anything to do with UM and G4 turning up? I thought it was more a chance chat between chums in a cafe.
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Post by Paul McDermott on Feb 27, 2014 0:13:51 GMT
But did the Radio Times have anything to do with UM and G4 turning up? I thought it was more a chance chat between chums in a cafe. I am uncertain, John - I just read this bit and got that impression:
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Post by Robert Lia on Feb 27, 2014 0:14:54 GMT
I don't remember reading any where that Radio Times was involved with those two episodes, I only remember that the Restoration Team was involved although I cant remember off the top of my head the details, one came back and then a little while later a second print was returned
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