Was anything shown at MBW?

[Greg H]

I guess there will be some discussion of this shortly. If it doesn't warrant a new thread, please merge it with something existing or delete as you will

So, for the bods who have made it along this year, has a plethora of missing who been announced or is it all scheduled material?

[Will Weller]

I'm hoping that something was shown, however trying not to get too excited. We probably won't know an till tomorrow now anyway.

[John Andersen]

Dec 21, 2013 15:34:11 GMT Greg H said:

I guess there will be some discussion of this shortly. If it doesn't warrant a new thread, please merge it with something existing or delete as you will

So, for the bods who have made it along this year, has a plethora of missing who been announced or is it all scheduled material?

I don't think they would announce it at this time. That would take attention away from the Christmas episode.

[scotttelfer]

Dec 21, 2013 16:22:47 GMT John Andersen said:

Dec 21, 2013 15:34:11 GMT Greg H said:

I guess there will be some discussion of this shortly. If it doesn't warrant a new thread, please merge it with something existing or delete as you will

So, for the bods who have made it along this year, has a plethora of missing who been announced or is it all scheduled material?

I don't think they would announce it at this time. That would take attention away from the Christmas episode.

A far more sensible solution would be that if they had a reasonably sized haul of episodes (perhaps the same size as the last one or slightly smaller) then they wouldn't have had enough time to restore them yet.

[Alex Weidmann]

We should know in 34 minutes when session 2 starts!

[John Wall]

Just finished first session. According to those on the film it seems that Philip Morris has brought hundreds/thousands of programmes back but nobody knows any details. Will take a long time to sort out/restore. Appears he was given an official letter of credentials by BBC and BFI - who are the archivists for ITV. Looking for anything/everything.

[John Green]

Dec 21, 2013 17:31:32 GMT John Wall said:

Just finished first session. According to those on the film it seems that Philip Morris has brought hundreds/thousands of programmes back but nobody knows any details. Will take a long time to sort out/restore. Appears he was given an official letter of credentials by BBC and BFI - who are the archivists for ITV. Looking for anything/everything.

Ooooooo.

When can we start saying "Well done,Phil Morris?"

Mind,you,it means a lot of work for a lot of people.doesn't it Paul? Paul? Funny.Anyone seen Paul?

[Alex Weidmann]

Session 2 should've started by now. Let's hope they'll give us something more specific!

[RossL]

Dec 21, 2013 16:20:16 GMT Will Weller said:

I'm hoping that something was shown, however trying not to get too excited. We probably won't know an till tomorrow now anyway.

IF anything is announced then what what with mobile phones, tablets etc you can guarantee we will find out this evening.....

[Rich Hughes]

Dick Fiddy of the BFI has confirmed that over 10,000 film cans have been returned from Zambia ykes! plus these are not 'cultural heritage' items, I guess this means that they are not films that TIE are restoring/stabalising for another broadcaster, but returned British programs

[Alex Weidmann]

The fact they're from Zambia is exciting, because as I recall it's one of the few countries to have bought all the Troughton episodes!!!

[Michael D. Kimpton]

Dec 21, 2013 18:14:14 GMT Alex Weidmann said:

The fact they're from Zambia is exciting, because as I recall it's one of the few countries to have bought all the Troughton episodes!!!

According to Wiped, the first edition anyway, they were sent all but the following:

Mission to the Unknown
The Daleks' Master Plan
The Tenth Planet
The Power of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks
Fury from the Deep
The Wheel in Space
The Invasion.


Anything else is possible now.....

[Alex Weidmann]

Yes you're right: I was just about to correct myself, but you beat me to it!

[edhipkiss]

Dec 21, 2013 17:31:32 GMT John Wall said:

Just finished first session. According to those on the film it seems that Philip Morris has brought hundreds/thousands of programmes back but nobody knows any details. Will take a long time to sort out/restore. Appears he was given an official letter of credentials by BBC and BFI - who are the archivists for ITV. Looking for anything/everything.

I think that adequately explains the source of the omni-rumour. And the delay in announcing what has been recovered (Who and non-Who).

As those of us with level heads who are happy to wait and see have said all along, it's going to take time to sort out what's there and what's in usable condition. Just chill - it will happen when things are ready.

I think this also proves it's not some big conspiracy to hold stuff back and announce recovered Doctor Who in batches of 2 (the persistent "Marco Polo" and "The Massacre" are next to be announced as found and being released rumour for example). They'll simply be announced as things get confirmed and cleaned up accordingly. There may be more Who, then nothing for a while, simply because other TV cans get looked at first while the rest of the Who stuff (if any) is being looked at. Especially if the haul is being split between the BBC and BFI. That's 2 companies working at different speeds, potentially with announcements overlapping.

One thing I THINK we can safely say is Web 3 is not amongst the haul unless it was recovered much later or has been mis-labelled. Doesn't make sense to make 5/6ths available knowing there are 1000s of cans still to check unless you're reasonably sure it's not in any of them.

All speculation of course. Just my reading of the situation based on John's confirmation there is a haul containing no-one-knows-what!

[Rich Hughes]

Just checked the sales in WIPED, most of the 2nd doctor stories were sold to Zambia, but sadly not The Power of The Daleks, Evil of The Daleks, Fury From The Deep and The Invasion