Just A Thought

[Dalek Fan]

Hi There

Just a thought that me and a few friends had recently,
we talked about the possibility of.........
the original transmissions still floating around in space.
I just wondered what all you fans think of this.
I know it sounds science fiction but what if these original transmissions were floating in space, and we could one day create a receiver to pick up these original transmissions once again.
Just to re-iterate - IT IS JUST A THOUGHT
Regards

[Dale Rumbold]

I mentioned this a few months back : it would require a stellar object that acted as a reflector in order for the signal to bounce back to earth, and technology in advance of today's to pick out such a weak signal. I believe that this WILL happen eventually, but not in my lifetime.

[ethantyler]

This thread reminds me of the Futurama episode When Aliens Attack. In 1999, Fry accidentally knocks Fox off the air; in 3000, one thousand light years away from Earth, aliens are watching Single Female Lawyer (the programme being broadcast in 1999 when Fry knocked Fox off the air) and get annoyed when it cuts out, so they invade Earth. However, all the videotapes of Single Female Lawyer were destroyed during the Second Coming of Jesus. ;D

Do the transmissions of missing Doctor Who episodes exists forty light years away...?

Seriously though, it's never going to happen in our lifetimes and, even when it does, missing Doctor Who episodes won't be getting priority - I imagine it will be an expensive proceedure.

[Brian D not logged in]

Since the transmissions have had about a forty light year start on us, and nothing can travel faster than light, the physics makes this a bit tricky. A better bet might be that aliens with video recorders - hopefully not using an incompatible format - have recorded Patrick Troughton for us. But would they send their tapes back to the BBC anyway, knowing its lack of gratitude?

[ethantyler]

Brian said:

Since the transmissions have had about a forty light year start on us, and nothing can travel faster than light, the physics makes this a bit tricky. A better bet might be that aliens with video recorders - hopefully not using an incompatible format - have recorded Patrick Troughton for us. But would they send their tapes back to the BBC anyway, knowing its lack of gratitude?

I can just imagine the aliens writing letters of complaint to the BBC for their racist portrayl of other lifeforms, implying they are all monsterous in appearance and evil in morality.

[David Zientara]

Brian said:

Since the transmissions have had about a forty light year start on us, and nothing can travel faster than light, the physics makes this a bit tricky. A better bet might be that aliens with video recorders - hopefully not using an incompatible format - have recorded Patrick Troughton for us. But would they send their tapes back to the BBC anyway, knowing its lack of gratitude?

They would probably have a hard time getting reimbursed for shipping - witness what happened with the guy who lent the BBC his print of "The Lion" for copying.

[William Martin]

have you any idea how much the postage is from Ursa Minor?

[Ash Stewart]

And do you know how long the post would take to get here from Ursa Minor?

At least three million years.

Still; that's about average for second class post...

[William Martin]

ash said:

And do you know how long the post would take to get here from Ursa Minor?

At least three million years.

Still; that's about average for second class post...

3000000 years + the standard 48 hour delay, post man turning up at 4 in the afternoon and putting all the letters for the street in the first house he comes to not the mention all the cosmic radiation, and the bbc would probably take legal action against them anyway.

[sam]

Hey, I think it could happen. I remember watching a program about these massive satalite dishes who picked up a mysterious signals from space some time in the seventies. I wonder if they tried sticking them through a tv?

[Steven Sigel]

They would probably have a hard time getting reimbursed for shipping - witness what happened with the guy who lent the BBC his print of "The Lion" for copying.

What happened to him? I've lent the BBC about 8 or 9 prints and they've always covered the shipping costs...

[ethantyler]

stevens said:

What happened to him? I've lent the BBC about 8 or 9 prints and they've always covered the shipping costs...

From the Doctor Who Gateway:

The story of The Lion's dramatic rescue did not end, however, with its discovery. That was just the beginning, as Scoones discovered once attempts were made to transfer the film print from New Zealand to the BBC. "I'd always believed that the BBC would be prepared and set up to smoothly handle the recovery of missing episodes, but the reality is surprisingly different. I spoke at length in an article for The Disused Yeti over the problems I had with receiving reimbursement for mailing costs and the debacle over the crediting of the people involved in the find. I was for a time very pissed off about the whole thing; not so much for myself, but for my friend Neil Lambess, who actually tracked down the episode in the first place, and received negligible recognition. His name appears nowhere on the UK packaging or credits of the video." And what was the BBC's response when Grenville announced his intention to auction the print off? "Incredibly, the BBC threatened legal action over his ownership of the print - how's that going to encourage people to come forward with missing episode prints? Sheer incompetence, really." The BBC later reversed course regarding its threatened legal action, but the damage had perhaps already been done.

[William Martin]

sam said:

Hey, I think it could happen. I remember watching a program about these massive satalite dishes who picked up a mysterious signals from space some time in the seventies. I wonder if they tried sticking them through a tv?

WOW?

[Ash Stewart]

william said:

WOW?

I should expect that's the one.

That's the closest they've found to a meanigful signal, isn't it?

[William Martin]

yep then they closed down the telescope and the project.