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Post by Rowan Abblitt on Nov 21, 2013 11:06:17 GMT
A few months back I remember a thread discussing the BBC ending the production of their missing episode audio range. If a 'haul' of episodes have been recovered, it might offer an explanation as to why. I do understand, however, that downloads are far more popular now, and that they may have cancel the production of their hard copy range for that reason. It's still an interesting idea though (just for the record, I don't really believe the rumours; I just though this might be an interesting topic for discussion  ). |
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Post by johnforbes on Nov 21, 2013 11:54:48 GMT
Anything is possible.
There is a rumour that BFI found TP4 and were surprised the BBC were still going to put it out with an animated ep instead. However, this is not without precedent as iirc, when Tomb of Cybermen was founda nd rush released, they still had to release the audio version they had already planned (and recoreded ?)before the discovery was made, due to contractual obligations.
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Post by Rob Moss on Nov 21, 2013 12:00:04 GMT
A few months back I remember a thread discussing the BBC ending the production of their missing episode audio range. If a 'haul' of episodes have been recovered, it might offer an explanation as to why. A more plausible explanation is that all the missing stories had already been released on CD! If they abandoned plans to rerelease them, it's far more likely that they weren't expecting them to sell, I'd have said! |
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Post by simonashby on Nov 21, 2013 12:03:23 GMT
When you say production, do you mean the production of content or rather production of the CDs which I think you allude to?
Maybe the physical range has simply run it's course, however the timing ties up if the [mass haul] rumours are correct.
You could argue that the 50th year would be a good time to push all products, including audio CDs. Then again you could argue that it is also a good time to focus on iTunes and such - highlighting where BBC WW wish to go with future content delivery. Who knows?
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Post by Richard Bignell on Nov 21, 2013 12:07:04 GMT
A few months back I remember a thread discussing the BBC ending the production of their missing episode audio range. If a 'haul' of episodes have been recovered, it might offer an explanation as to why. The missing episodes range ended because they'd released them all. They then went on to release existing stories (recently four Fourth Doctor titles) and were shortly going to be doing 'The Web Planet', but with the collapse of AudioGO, that won't happen now. |
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Post by Rob Briant on Nov 21, 2013 12:57:24 GMT
A few months back I remember a thread discussing the BBC ending the production of their missing episode audio range. If a 'haul' of episodes have been recovered, it might offer an explanation as to why. The missing episodes range ended because they'd released them all. They then went on to release existing stories (recently four Fourth Doctor titles) and were shortly going to be doing 'The Web Planet', but with the collapse of AudioGO, that won't happen now. What do you mean AudioGO collapsed? The website is still going right? |
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Post by Richard Bignell on Nov 21, 2013 13:13:55 GMT
AudioGO went into administration at the end of October and all staff have been made redundant.
The website is still up, but I don't think you can buy anything from there. Customers who have bought downloads still need to be able to access them, which is probably why it's still there.
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Post by Rob Briant on Nov 21, 2013 13:29:52 GMT
AudioGO went into administration at the end of October and all staff have been made redundant. The website is still up, but I don't think you can buy anything from there. Customers who have bought downloads still need to be able to access them, which is probably why it's still there. Is there anywhere that you can legally download Doctor Who MP3's anymore? I don't really like Physical Media much these days and I refuse to use iTunes. Are the BBC going to set up their own equivalent site? |
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Post by Michael D. Kimpton on Nov 21, 2013 13:31:11 GMT
While I do believe that some Hartnells were put aside in favour of giving Troughton some exposure in October, I highly doubt there's going to be a massive haul. If anything, I believe what Hartnells could have been found are any of the missing episodes from the first 2 seasons, anything else, while a bonus, is unlikely in my eyes. I don't believe in a massive haul, but I DO believe in SOMETHING, no matter how small.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 21, 2013 13:32:08 GMT
AudioGO went into administration at the end of October and all staff have been made redundant. The website is still up, but I don't think you can buy anything from there. Customers who have bought downloads still need to be able to access them, which is probably why it's still there. What the hell happened there Richard???Were they not selling enough copies,was it a case of bad management?Interesting to know why a company which was trading with such vigour just a few months ago,suddenly went into administration.It's tempting and at the same time nonsense to think that they knew they would no longer sell any more missing soundtracks due to the fact that the majority may no longer be missing!Sad to hear the bad news though.  |
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Post by Richard Bignell on Nov 21, 2013 13:50:52 GMT
The business was doing very well apparently, but there have been reports of what are called "significant accounting issues" that ultimately led to its downfall.
What happens now is anyone's guess.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Nov 21, 2013 13:56:46 GMT
The business was doing very well apparently, but there have been reports of what are called "significant accounting issues" that ultimately led to its downfall. What happens now is anyone's guess. Oh God,that means someone's been creaming off the profits into their own pocket...!  |
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Post by Mark P on Nov 21, 2013 20:36:10 GMT
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Post by Mark P on Nov 21, 2013 21:04:12 GMT
With all the recovery rumours I have been holding off buying these and with the demise of AudioGo I assume someone else will take them on...if they are still needed of course!
"Doctor Who": The Lost TV Episodes Collection 1 (1964-1965) - "Marco Polo", "The Reign of Terror", "The Crusade", "Galaxy 4", and "The Myth Makers".
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection 2 (1965-1966) - "The Daleks' Master Plan", "The Massacre", "The Celestial Toymaker", and "The Savages".
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection 3 (1966-1967) - 'The Smugglers', 'The Tenth Planet', 'The Power of the Daleks', 'The Highlanders', 'The Underwater Menace' and 'The Moonbase'.
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection 4 (1967) - ‘The Macra Terror’ (remastered with a brand new linking narration by Anneke Wills), ‘The Faceless Ones’, ‘Evil of the Daleks’, ‘The Abominable Snowmen’, and ‘The Ice Warriors’.
Doctor Who: The Lost TV Episodes Collection 5 (1967-1969) - "The Enemy of the World; The Web of Fear; Fury from the Deep; The Wheel in Space; The Invasion", and "The Space Pirates."
Doctor Who: The TV Episodes Collection 6 - does not feature any 'lost' episodes.
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Post by Rowan Abblitt on Nov 21, 2013 21:26:04 GMT
When you say production, do you mean the production of content or rather production of the CDs which I think you allude to? |
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Unless of course I completely misunderstood the discussion, in which case I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time.