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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 12:05:20 GMT
What would door-to-door knocking achieve in terms of finding missing Doctor Who episodes?
Jehovah's Witnesses take to the streets in pairs of door knockers, or bell ringers, and regardless of whether people are narked-off or not by their "do you believe in heaven?" questions, the results of their door-to-door evangelism cannot be denied:
- from The Fastest-Growing Religion in the World, by Quackenbush, 1st November 1964.
If we each targeted a street in our area, and knocked on each door to ask the inhabitant, "Sir, do you posses any missing episodes of Doctor Who, per chance?" the likely the answer would be, "No, I do not". However, if this 'missionary work' led us to one particular house where, for example, The Daleks Masterplan: Volcano just happened to reside in an attic, and the old boy who answered was more than accommodating, would this be worth the outreach?
And if the knocking did yield fruit, could this campaign not be conducted in the streets of Hong Kong and Singapore, for example?
Your thoughts please...
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Post by Kev Hunter on Mar 5, 2017 12:20:41 GMT
Hmm.. just say (for the sake of pure fantasy) that one such inhabitant said "Actually I do - but you're not having it / them, and nor is anyone else." Would the door knocker then just go "Ok, well thanks for the info", and leave the householder alone from that moment? I doubt it. So would anyone actually admit to possessing anything that they have for their own (albeit selfish) enjoyment and run the risk of being pestered for the rest of their life?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 12:30:00 GMT
If they did admit to having an episode but refused to hand it over, then probably the best method would be to politely leave it at that. Obviously it wouldn't achieve anything to pester people further. Of course, one could try to strike up a genuine friendship with the owner. The softly, softly approach maybe. Even then they may not wish to part with it.
It's possible that there is the odd citizen out there who doesn't realise exactly what that old 16mm episode of Doctor Who actually is in their loft, and probably assumes it's just part and parcel of a long-running show. That would be one objective of a door knocking campaign, to locate those unaware of the treasure they posses.
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Post by Simon B Kelly on Mar 5, 2017 12:58:36 GMT
The trouble is the majority of homes you visit these days might not even know what a film print looks like (or what it's for) so you'd probably have to carry with you a 16mm film can and a roll of film to explain what you're actually looking for!
Otherwise they might not realise that the 16mm print of The Daleks Masterplan: Volcano that's sitting in their attic is actually a telerecording that could be projected onto a screen and/or digitized into a download for them to buy from iTunes/BBC Store.
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Post by Alan Jeffries on Mar 5, 2017 13:28:50 GMT
Hate to say it. Personally I think that is a bonkers idea and is straw clutching at the most desperate level. I would love more Who to return, but the best bet is for it to be left to people like Phil Morris and other bodies to do the great things they do.
But, as I say, is just my own opinion.
Alan
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Post by Dan S on Mar 5, 2017 13:49:54 GMT
What would door-to-door knocking achieve in terms of finding missing Doctor Who episodes? It'd probably achieve a nice stay at the local lunatic asylum.
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Post by martinjwills on Mar 5, 2017 14:11:57 GMT
Its a waste of time for us to do anything like this, and gets in the way of other searches that stand a better chance. The BBC Treasure Hunt did recover a few things including 2 missing episodes of Dads Army.
If the person showed you a missing episode, you saw the leader and a few first frames, but said it would not be returned, but was in good hands, I would prefer it to be announced as exists, but not in the archive, hopefully at a later date, or a copy of it done, and given back to the owner of the telerecording, so at least there is a fresh copy and not one 50 years old, and now 2 or 3 of that episode.
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Post by RWels on Mar 5, 2017 14:56:39 GMT
What would door-to-door knocking achieve in terms of finding missing Doctor Who episodes? It'd probably achieve a nice stay at the local lunatic asylum. An early Buster Keaton comedy and some other silent films were apparently recovered from a Norwegian mental hospital in the past. So this campaign might still achieve its purpose even from inside an institution. It's a darn nuisance opening cans and checking frames with a straightjacket on, though. Edit: And no, before anyone asks, I am NOT speaking from experience.
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Post by andrewfrostick on Mar 5, 2017 16:02:22 GMT
As there is often talk about the US possibly showing Pertwee or earlier, I'd invite those guys from 'American Pickers' to go a-hunting. Those guys manage to trawl through no end of great locations, and looking at some of those old barns crammed with all sorts of stuff I genuinely would not be surprised if DMP or POTD aren't tucked away on the backseat of a rusty Cadillac in Hicksville!
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Post by ianphillips on Mar 5, 2017 16:28:17 GMT
As there is often talk about the US possibly showing Pertwee or earlier, I'd invite those guys from 'American Pickers' to go a-hunting. Those guys manage to trawl through no end of great locations, and looking at some of those old barns crammed with all sorts of stuff I genuinely would not be surprised if DMP or POTD aren't tucked away on the backseat of a rusty Cadillac in Hicksville! Whenever I watch that show I keep my eyes peeled for that exact reason.
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Post by simonashby on Mar 5, 2017 21:28:15 GMT
Delusional at best. Sorry.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Mar 6, 2017 11:06:40 GMT
This thread has just made me check the calendar in case I had overslept and woken up on April 1st!
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Post by Dylan Heath on Mar 6, 2017 17:19:34 GMT
Looking for a needle in a haystack doesn't even cover how extremely hard, not to mention unlikely something like this would be to succeed. Even if you came across a house with someone who has one, they might not tell you, nor know, nor want to hand it over. There's far too many variables involved to make this even remotely feasible and honestly it's the most extreme desperation and clutching at straws I've ever seen from the Doctor Who community in regards to missing episodes.
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Post by richardwoods on Mar 6, 2017 18:24:44 GMT
Not recommended in the US, you might get shot!
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Post by John Wall on Mar 6, 2017 18:51:15 GMT
Looking for a needle in a haystack doesn't even cover how extremely hard, not to mention unlikely something like this would be to succeed. Even if you came across a house with someone who has one, they might not tell you, nor know, nor want to hand it over. There's far too many variables involved to make this even remotely feasible and honestly it's the most extreme desperation and clutching at straws I've ever seen from the Doctor Who community in regards to missing episodes. In terms of needles and haystacks consider Macra Terror in New Zealand.
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