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Post by peterjjd on Feb 25, 2005 23:35:05 GMT
Is it true that when the BBC burned episodes, they burned them rangonely and did not know what was in untill 1978?
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Post by Nigel Bland on Feb 26, 2005 11:17:03 GMT
Well, records were made of which episodes were destroyed at any given time - so they obviously knew which episodes they were destroying - but it wasn't until 1978 that all the existing paperwork was examined to get an overview of what was destroyed.
However, the order does seem a little strange - almost all Troughton DW was destroyed by 1978 but a large proportion of Hartnell still existed.
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Post by LanceM on Feb 27, 2005 20:27:26 GMT
Possibly the employees who were involved in destroying the episodes had an preference for Hartnell episodes rather than Troughton episodes, (just kidding of course ).
AND THE SEARCH CONTINUES !
Lance.
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Post by Richard Bignell on Feb 27, 2005 22:19:36 GMT
However, the order does seem a little strange - almost all Troughton DW was destroyed by 1978 but a large proportion of Hartnell still existed. It's understood that a large amount of the Hartnell episodes probably came back, en masse, from Algeria in the late 70's. Richard |
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Post by Wright Blan on Feb 28, 2005 4:19:54 GMT
It's understood that a large amount of the Hartnell episodes probably came back, en masse, from Algeria in the late 70's. Richard Hmmmm...Algeria, you say? Any chance there might be a stray episode still remaining down there? Perhaps hidden away in some forgotten part of a young prince's casbah? Mabye in the back of some forsaken cafe in Casablanca? Behind the old piano? (Sorry, I got carried away) |
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Feb 28, 2005 9:42:21 GMT
It's understood that a large amount of the Hartnell episodes probably came back, en masse, from Algeria in the late 70's. Richard So does that mean the BBC destroyed some Hartnell prints twice, or that the returned Algerian prints make up the bulk of the surviving Hartnell? Regards Stuart |
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Post by Dale Rumbold on Feb 28, 2005 10:35:10 GMT
Mabye in the back of some forsaken cafe in Casablanca? Behind the old piano? My own geography is bad, but isn't Casablanca in Morocco? |
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Post by AndySC on Feb 28, 2005 10:50:26 GMT
From what I recall, the vast majority of the Hartnell episodes (mostly from the first two season) were found in an old BBC Enterprises vault, or in Enterprises somewhere. Presumably, these were unsold sales prints, but why there be the odd gap of a story or episodes, is anybody guess. But strangely, that always appears to be the case. Oh and hi all.  |
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Post by Ash Stewart on Feb 28, 2005 13:29:08 GMT
ISTR it being said that the Hartnells in the Enterprises vault tallied with the list of stories that Mexico bought, and that they were being kept there until their contract to broadcast them ran out in case they needed to be sent a duplicate print in the event of damage.
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Post by Greg Floyd on Mar 2, 2005 18:55:54 GMT
could the same tyhing of happened with the Troughton episodes somewhere? Could they be sitting in a foreign television vault somewhere? But I fear that this is highly unlikely
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Post by LanceM on Mar 5, 2005 23:28:02 GMT
I sincerely doubt that the BBC will physically view the contents of every single tin of film that they posess. So unless there is another fluke ( The Space Pirates inserts found in the Dad's Army can ) then this method of episode recovery is pointless, if it will never happen then why dont we just move on to another worthwhile subject.
Thanks,Lance.
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