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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Feb 20, 2009 14:36:37 GMT
Well I'm bound to say that you have not improved your chances of winning by highlighting the auction on this of all forums Jeremy!
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Oct 10, 2008 16:35:56 GMT
And here's one you missed earlier.......................... cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220288576252Betamax Video Tapes There are approximately 160 of these plus 2 cleaning tapes. Subjects range from Dr. Who, , operas, classic films and documentaries., photograph only shows a selection. Collection in person or purchaser to arrange courier. Payment on collection accepted. Please note that the majority of these are home recordings.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Feb 11, 2007 17:44:26 GMT
Andy Henderson said on Feb 4, 2007, 1:03pm "As with other professions, archivists aren't generally obliged to answer public queries. Doctor Who fans (or indeed anyone with a vague query) shouldn't morally be phoning up archives or writing to them.
If they have a genuine concern, they should contact someone on this forum. Otherwise, they waste time for those working in archives, to the detriment of everyone.
I can think of one person (not in the UK) who wil happily tell any film fan, the shortest possible answer to get them off thge phone and on with his real job. He doesn't want pestered with petty queries. Archives aren't a public information service, unless you are doing official business with them. "
I have to agree with everything Andy said. There are far too many self appointed experts on this subject now who are clearly hindering the search for lost programmes. People who think that by posting on forums like this umpteen times a day and by starting new threads that they can be considered an authority on the state of archive television. Although I have had a interest in this subject for the last 25 years or so I would never describe myself as an "episode hunter" as many claim to be. Whilst I may have in the past contacted film dealers and the like I would never dream of approaching an overseas television company. I do wish people would leave such contact to people who really do know what they are doing and have the authority to do so in an official capacity. With the arrival of the internet it is now all too easy to bombard television companies with entire lists of missing Dr Who episodes. These people do more harm than good and I dread to think the reaction of some foreign archivist when yet another message fills their inbox containing those dreaded words "Doctor Who." I gather from another forum that Matt101 has in his own inimitable style contacted Singapore television. Don't you think people - with authorisation from the BBC - haven't already done so Matt? No disrespect but please leave this type of thing to others with far more experience in the field. I have also noticed a trend for people to update ongoing searches online. Let me tell you no-one has ever turned up anything by going public before a recovery - succesful returns have been negotiated in private and not by people coming on boards like this trying to be a hero. Take the recent Shibaden tape recently sold on eBay. Had it not been promoted on this forum I am sure it would have gone for much less than the final bid in excess of £100. Unfortunately Colin Young had to (and yes he had a choice) pay that sum in spite of the fact he was clearly the best person to recover the tape as he was in a position to have it viewed within a couple of days. I have always been of the belief it is only a matter of time before a missing Dr Who episode turns up on eBay but I dread the consequences. No doubt the seller would be bombarded with questions, requests for private viewings, DVD copies, photographs of the projected image, etc, not to mention abusive messages accusing him of selfish profiteering. In this scenario it may well be the listing would mysteriously disapear amid rumours of a sale to a private buyer. As Andy henderson says there are people on this board who are more than capable of answering questions regarding archlive holdings without individuals pestering tv companies. A contributor to the Missing TV General forum on here spoke recently of having tried unsuccesfully for the information he requires with Granada for six months. Has it not occured he may be becoming a nusiance? I have even seen offers on boards such as this to physically check a television companies holdings - as if they are likely to let a bunch of anoraks loose in their film library! Someone even suggested it should be ilegal for a tv company to refuse to take a copy of a recovered programme. Yes I can see it now. Turn up with a film can and a couple of police officers with the threat "if you do not copy this print you will be taken into custody." Such postings I am afraid do leave me shaking my head in disbelief. It may come as a shock but not all tv companies even in this country are comitted to recovering lost material. If I ever have any archive queries I always address them to contacts I have who work in television or people who have a respected knowledge of the subject rather than wasting the time professional people.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jan 30, 2007 19:20:44 GMT
"and have a friend who can view the contents. "
Perhaps you can enlighten us to the tape format then. There is a suspicion this is an audio recording.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Jun 16, 2006 10:41:27 GMT
To a certain extent the identity of missing episodes which may or may not exists in private hands is completely irelevant. I would rather not know if say "Evil of the Daleks" was being hoarded if there was no possibility of a return and lets face it is entirely up to the individual who may have saved the episodes from destruction what exactly they do with them. However for what it is worth a friend of mine contacted some film dealers around ten or twelve years ago regarding 16mm Dr Who prints. One of them claimed to have had a handul in the past but could not be specific other than that one episode featured Yeti. Apparently the dealer further stated at that time such prints were becoming increasingly rarer. Also one collector who has returned missing material told me personally that he only just missed out on a couple of Dr Who insert reels at a film fair in the 1980s one of which apparently featured Daleks.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Oct 21, 2006 18:50:36 GMT
Yes I can confirm the omitted season one episode "Other Side of the Fence" is included but no other extras like the "Xmas Night With The Stars" sketch from 1964 or the radio series. The original series now occupies two discs which gives the boxed set a total of six discs. The "Whatever Happened To...." discs are as recently released.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Oct 20, 2006 22:17:33 GMT
No disrespect James but did you really have to tell him he was sitting on a "goldmine"?
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Apr 4, 2008 11:34:16 GMT
And as logos go the ITV4 one is hardly noticeable - sure someone will still moan about it though!
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Feb 23, 2008 10:49:30 GMT
"it would appear he enjoyed the idea of dropping a bombshell on this site and then 'doing a runner'. sad "
And you can be pretty sure he is having a chuckle to himself that this post has been revived! The best thing to do with these hoaxers is to ignore them COMPLETELY then they would find no outlet for their silly games. The only way these pranksters are going to go away is if no-one responds to them.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Mar 5, 2007 19:28:20 GMT
"The trouble is you often can't know what's going to last and what isn't until it's too late"
Which is why you should always keep a back up copy on S-VHS of anything important
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