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Post by John G on Feb 21, 2005 10:14:22 GMT
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Post by Richard Bignell on Feb 21, 2005 17:14:06 GMT
It's one of a number of pirate prints that were made during the 1980's by someone who "borrowed" the episodes out of the BBC F&VT Archive. Many of the 16mm DW film prints that appear on eBay originate from this source as do the 8mm downprints of the same episodes.
Richard
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Post by Shane Anderson on Feb 21, 2005 18:00:38 GMT
Still, I'm glad that this auction has turned up on several boards. It's good to know that items like this aren't going unnoticed, just in case something more rare or missing turns up someday.
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Post by Nigel Bland on Feb 22, 2005 10:31:22 GMT
It's one of a number of pirate prints that were made during the 1980's by someone who "borrowed" the episodes out of the BBC F&VT Archive. Pity no-one did that before the mass junkings! |
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Post by Stephen Neve on Feb 22, 2005 13:20:07 GMT
A SCRATCH free crisp clear copy of Invasion 6, yeah right! The quality of this episode ain't that good on video.
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Post by James Phillips on Feb 22, 2005 20:55:50 GMT
A SCRATCH free crisp clear copy of Invasion 6, yeah right! The quality of this episode ain't that good on video. Have you seen The Seeds of Death..? Or The Moonbase: 4..? |
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Post by Stephen Neve on Feb 23, 2005 10:09:43 GMT
Yeah! but those are all nicely cleaned up and restored for the DVD releases. Invasion however has not been relased and this copy of ebay is one of a number of pirate copies struck from the the BBC'S copies in the 80's. Its gonna have all the same dirt and scratches as the vid release, unless the BBC hold a scatch free copy which I am not aware of.
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Feb 23, 2005 10:23:33 GMT
...this copy of ebay is one of a number of pirate copies struck from the the BBC'S copies in the 80's. My goodness Steven, I think that's the first time I've ever seen you agree with Richard Bignall on anything  Regards, Stuart |
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Post by C Jordan on Feb 23, 2005 10:26:21 GMT
How do we know for sure that it IS a pirated copy?
It seems that everyone is just making the assumption that it must be without verifying the facts.
Has Richard actually seen this print ? Has he confirmed from the seller that it was a pirated copy ?
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Post by Steven Sigel on Feb 23, 2005 13:22:47 GMT
Er, I've seen the original 16mm print of "Moonbase 4" and it looks mighty nice even before the restoration for DVD...
While there is a slim chance that the "Invasion" print is not one of the dupes - it's very unlikely that it's another original print. There were probably more prints struck of the dupe than there ever were of the original, and most of the originals were destoryed..... So I think RIchard's assumption is a good one.
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Post by Stephen Neve on Feb 24, 2005 10:19:28 GMT
My goodness Steven, I think that's the first time I've ever seen you agree with Richard Bignall on anything Regards, Stuart I already knew about it anyway. |
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Post by Stephen Neve on Feb 24, 2005 10:21:46 GMT
Is it 16mm or 8mm?
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Post by LanceM on Feb 24, 2005 23:47:47 GMT
16mm I believe.
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Feb 25, 2005 10:51:30 GMT
I already knew about it anyway. Well, yes - that's why I said that you agreed  I wasn't suggesting you were copying him or anything Regards Stuart |
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Post by James Phillips on Feb 25, 2005 12:26:30 GMT
Er, I've seen the original 16mm print of "Moonbase 4" and it looks mighty nice even before the restoration for DVD... You miss my point - the original VHS release of The Moonbase: 4 used a crappy viewing print, which was clearly not the best source print. It's therefore reasonable to think that the best print of The Invasion: 6 could be better than what appeared on the VHS release of that story. |
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