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Post by Rodney James on Jul 14, 2006 9:14:07 GMT
Back in the 80's I remember some guy I knew telling me that he had once worked for tv in Melbourne, Australia. Apparently there was this man called "Sharp" who had told him that he used to smuggle out film prints. "Sharp" (son't know his Christian name) was apparently a big Who fan. I'm not sure when this would have begun. My frined said he had visited Sharp's house, and was shocked to see something like 80 film prints stolen from the the tv station. Anyone in Oz who might be able to go on this (allegedly not very large or helpful) info may have better luck......
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Post by Ash Stewart on Jul 14, 2006 11:29:45 GMT
Interesting.
Any chance you could email me?
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Post by Steven Sigel on Jul 14, 2006 13:00:06 GMT
If they came from an independant station, there wouldn't be any Dr. Who -- those were run by the ABC.
Most of the TV shows (not ABC) in Australia were distributed by APS (The Australian Program Service) -- most of their prints (when they shut down in the early to mid 90s) were sold off and they're now in the hands of collectors. (We're talking thousands and thousands of prints)
What "Sharp" probably had were some APS prints.
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Post by Matthew K Sharp on Jul 15, 2006 11:04:14 GMT
Ooh, how fascinating. What a shame it isn't me. I'll check my garage anyway, though....  |
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Post by Martin Dunne on Jul 16, 2006 12:19:42 GMT
If they came from an independant station, there wouldn't be any Dr. Who -- those were run by the ABC. Most of the TV shows (not ABC) in Australia were distributed by APS (The Australian Program Service) -- most of their prints (when they shut down in the early to mid 90s) were sold off and they're now in the hands of collectors. (We're talking thousands and thousands of prints) What "Sharp" probably had were some APS prints. This is really very interesting--can you tell us more about the APS? |
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Post by dudleysmith on Jul 16, 2006 12:30:52 GMT
Maybe this guy has some missing episodes stashed ... www.voiceofevil.comhe appears to be from Australia and the episode he created seems to demonstrate a great deal of knowledge on the series .. ... or are we clutching at straws ? ;D |
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Post by Steven Sigel on Jul 16, 2006 13:07:21 GMT
If they came from an independant station, there wouldn't be any Dr. Who -- those were run by the ABC. Most of the TV shows (not ABC) in Australia were distributed by APS (The Australian Program Service) -- most of their prints (when they shut down in the early to mid 90s) were sold off and they're now in the hands of collectors. (We're talking thousands and thousands of prints) What "Sharp" probably had were some APS prints. This is really very interesting--can you tell us more about the APS? There's really nothing else to tell -- it was a film distribution company for TV, and all of it's films got either sold off or destroyed. The missing episodes of "Terry Scott On ..." that I found a few years ago had APS leaders on them. |
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Post by William Martin on Jul 24, 2006 13:30:55 GMT
Maybe this guy has some missing episodes stashed ... www.voiceofevil.comhe appears to be from Australia and the episode he created seems to demonstrate a great deal of knowledge on the series .. ... or are we clutching at straws ? ;D I think straws are all we have left, It's a lead and all leads should be followed, if it results in only one episode being returned it's worth it |
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Post by LanceM on Jul 28, 2006 6:01:02 GMT
I agree with William on this one.
Lance.
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Post by Ash Stewart on Jul 30, 2006 15:57:10 GMT
I can see nothing on that Voice of Evil site to suggest that the site owner has missing episodes.
Further, if merely having:
...is an indicator that someone might have missing episodes... well, as stated; straw clutcing, really, isn't it...?
By that argument Andrew Pixley, who is one of the (if not the) most knowledgeable person with regard to Dr Whi, just must have missing epsiodes...
(Note: Andrew Pixley does not have missing epsiodes. Wouldn't want to start a rumour...)
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Post by anthony on Jul 31, 2006 13:59:47 GMT
:)too late
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Post by William Martin on Aug 2, 2006 15:55:04 GMT
as lance says, it is worth a go perhaps he may have some leads, he almost certainly hasn't but perhaps we can get him interested in doing some incvestigation of his own.
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Post by Ash Stewart on Aug 4, 2006 13:33:27 GMT
You might as well ask the same of every person who runs a Dr Who website.
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Post by anthony on Aug 4, 2006 14:43:41 GMT
You're right, we shouldn't bother
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Post by dudleysmith on Aug 8, 2006 9:31:32 GMT
;D Well... actually the reason I drew attention to "The Voice Of Evil" is because the site originates in AUSTRALIA  www.voiceofevil.com....and this particular thread topic is about Australian leads .. So to ask EVERY web-site owner (including those NOT originating from Australia) would be off the topic of this thread   ;D Another good reason I mentioned the site is because the episode was damned entertaining .. although not classified as "missing" it certainly is an episode unseen on T.V before |
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