Showing posts with label classic series. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classic series. Show all posts
Missing Episodes - Latest
Although not the rumoured 106 episodes, a substantial 9 episodes of Patrick Troughton's era have been found.
Episodes 1,2,4,5 & 6 of The Enemy of the World being returned, completing this story. While episodes 2,4,5 & 6 of The Web of Fear have also surfaced, leaving episode 3 the only missing episode from this adventure.
That now leaves 97 episodes missing from the archive.
All the episodes have been remastered and including a reconstructed episode 3 for The Web of Fear and are now available for download on iTunes
These stories are to be released on to DVD, below are the exclusive BBC Shop versions with slipcases.
Episodes 1,2,4,5 & 6 of The Enemy of the World being returned, completing this story. While episodes 2,4,5 & 6 of The Web of Fear have also surfaced, leaving episode 3 the only missing episode from this adventure.
That now leaves 97 episodes missing from the archive.
All the episodes have been remastered and including a reconstructed episode 3 for The Web of Fear and are now available for download on iTunes
These stories are to be released on to DVD, below are the exclusive BBC Shop versions with slipcases.
Amazon Uk The Enemy of the World (25th Nov 2013) & The Web of Fear (24th Feb 2014) available for pre-order.
Missing Episodes - Update
It is being rumoured that an announcement on the recently found episodes from the classic series, will be made tomorrow afternoon.
Missing Episodes - Confirmed
BBC News have confirmed that a number of once thought missing episodes of Doctor Who have been found.
Entertainment reporter Lizo Mzimba says:
A number of early episodes of Doctor Who, which were believed to have been permanently lost, have been returned to the BBC.
BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press conference in London later this week.
It follows weeks of speculation that some lost episodes had been located.
Details of how fans will be able to watch the recovered episodes are also expected to be revealed later this week.
Entertainment reporter Lizo Mzimba says:
A number of early episodes of Doctor Who, which were believed to have been permanently lost, have been returned to the BBC.
BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press conference in London later this week.
It follows weeks of speculation that some lost episodes had been located.
Details of how fans will be able to watch the recovered episodes are also expected to be revealed later this week.
Lost Episodes Found.
It is being reported that 106 missing episodes from the classic series have been found in Ethiopia. A formal announcement is expected soon.
2 Classic Episodes Found
Two episodes from the classic series, previously lost, have been returned to the BBC Archive & Restoration team.
These are Episode 3 of the Hartnell adventure Galaxy Four.
And Episode 2 of Troughton's The Underwater Menace.
Restoration Team Member Ralph Montagu told the Radio Times:
I occasionally meet up with a group of film collectors and retired TV engineers at a café in Hampshire. A few months ago I spoke to Terry Burnett, who used to be an engineer at TVS [the former ITV franchise based in Southampton]. Somehow Doctor Who was mentioned in passing, and Terry said, ‘Oh, actually I think I’ve got an old episode. I thought it was bound to be something we’ve got already,” says Ralph. “I tried not to get too excited, but he came back the next day and brought this spool with him.
It had no label, so I had a look at the film leader and it said ‘Air Lock’. I thought, ‘What’s that?’ I checked online and saw that Air Lock was an episode of Galaxy 4 - a missing Hartnell serial. So then I got very excited.(meeting with Terry a couple of weeks later) And he said, ‘Guess what I’ve got.’ It was another episode of Doctor Who! Again not labelled on the can, but it turned out to be The Underwater Menace part two.”
You can read the article here.
A list of remaining missing episodes can be found here.
These are Episode 3 of the Hartnell adventure Galaxy Four.
And Episode 2 of Troughton's The Underwater Menace.
Restoration Team Member Ralph Montagu told the Radio Times:
I occasionally meet up with a group of film collectors and retired TV engineers at a café in Hampshire. A few months ago I spoke to Terry Burnett, who used to be an engineer at TVS [the former ITV franchise based in Southampton]. Somehow Doctor Who was mentioned in passing, and Terry said, ‘Oh, actually I think I’ve got an old episode. I thought it was bound to be something we’ve got already,” says Ralph. “I tried not to get too excited, but he came back the next day and brought this spool with him.
It had no label, so I had a look at the film leader and it said ‘Air Lock’. I thought, ‘What’s that?’ I checked online and saw that Air Lock was an episode of Galaxy 4 - a missing Hartnell serial. So then I got very excited.(meeting with Terry a couple of weeks later) And he said, ‘Guess what I’ve got.’ It was another episode of Doctor Who! Again not labelled on the can, but it turned out to be The Underwater Menace part two.”
You can read the article here.
A list of remaining missing episodes can be found here.
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