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Post by robkeeley on Sept 25, 2024 19:51:20 GMT
I have been re-reading the first edition of Richard Molesworth's book Wiped! and it states (p. 209) that in the early Eighties, Film Print Examiner Ian Sheward witnessed the destruction of a batch of Doctor Who 16mm prints that had recently been returned from an overseas broadcaster, in defiance of Sue Malden's instructions. Do we know which episodes this was and from which broadcaster? Thanks
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Post by johngrundy on Sept 25, 2024 20:43:08 GMT
Singapore?
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Post by seanmartindill2 on Sept 27, 2024 1:51:03 GMT
No Singapore either sent it's copies to Nigeria over 73 or 74, or depending on the stories returned it's season 3 stories by at least 73, and the rest, TP and Troughton by by early 74.
I think the assumption that these were Pertwee black and white
By 1981, the only countries where for some reason prints were not returned in 74/75 were these
Ethiopia, no confirmation of what happened to theirs if not sent back after transmission
Kenya
Thailand
Mexico but they had nothing that was not in library
We know good reasons why Cyprus, Nigeria and Tomb in HK were missed
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Post by seanmartindill2 on Sept 27, 2024 1:54:33 GMT
Oh and Uganda, and those were likely shared with Kenya, and Mauritius which likely shared those with those two or Zambia
Could have been one of these stations but definitely not Singapore
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Post by robkeeley on Sept 27, 2024 19:34:17 GMT
Thanks for the info. If they were Pertwee black and white copies it lessens the offence somewhat, as they already had a complete set of these from seasons 7-10 by the early 80s, as well as some just returned in colour. The book implies they were missing episodes that would otherwise have been saved.
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Post by sonnybh on Sept 27, 2024 20:33:41 GMT
One of the many DWM features on archive holdings mentions some surviving B/W filmed inserts were junked as late as the early 1980s.
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Post by seanmartindill2 on Sept 27, 2024 23:44:14 GMT
The book does not apply that whatsoever. The individual saw prints being destroyed, it has really been confirmed they were Pertwee
I don't know the dates but Kenya has stated it made a call to the BBC about old prints of various programmes, at the latest 1986...
This is different from the 1997 call. That set was apparently season 1 and 2 past the Rescue, Kenya only bought up to The Rescue
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Post by George D on Sept 28, 2024 13:42:16 GMT
Whatever was destroyed I haven't heard them saying what it was or who it was.
I'm thinking it's something that might be too painful to know
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Post by robkeeley on Sept 28, 2024 16:35:43 GMT
One of the many DWM features on archive holdings mentions some surviving B/W filmed inserts were junked as late as the early 1980s. That story was debunked in Wiped! I think - someone had seen a printout of data from years earlier and the inserts could have been junked years before. |
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Post by sonnybh on Sept 28, 2024 20:49:39 GMT
One of the many DWM features on archive holdings mentions some surviving B/W filmed inserts were junked as late as the early 1980s. That story was debunked in Wiped! I think - someone had seen a printout of data from years earlier and the inserts could have been junked years before.
OK I wasn't sure what the situation was.
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