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One of my absolute favorite texts on Doctor Who is Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes by Richard Molesworth. In it Molesworth goes through great lengths to address, dissect, and illuminate the phenomenon of Doctor Who's missing episodes. There really is no rhyme or reason as to why certain episodes are missing, but there are factors that may have resulted in certain eras (particularly the late 60s) suffering the worst. Videotape was frequently reused by the BBC to save money, tapes were not saved unless a request was made (it was not standard practice to save anything), and Terry Nation's push in the UK and US to have a Dalek franchise all contributed in one way or another into the retention of Doctor Who's stories. This seems strange to us, as we now live in a media-dominated age where nearly anything we want is at our disposal digitally.
At this year's The 24 Hours of Gallifrey One a panel was dedicated to the stories missing from Doctor Who's back catalogue. The three panelists that participated were Steve Roberts (of the Classic DW Restoration Team), Jon Preddle (co-founder of BroaDWcast), and Steve Manfred (cataloger of North American DW VHS and DVD releases). The conversation ranged from stories about recovered episodes, folks out and about in Africa trying to find more (and where all those lovely rumors of a stock-pile of DW episodes stem), as well as the history of overseas sales and distribution.
I made a rough recording of the panel using the SuperNote app on my iPad. The sound is not high quality but is definitely understandable and worth a listen. (Warning: file size is 54mb, may be slow to load.)
[audio=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20936055/Gally2013-EdgeofDestruction.mp3]
I love panels that are the perfect balance of informative and entertaining. And my oh my do I hope the rumors are true…
Wiped![/caption]One of my absolute favorite texts on Doctor Who is Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes by Richard Molesworth. In it Molesworth goes through great lengths to address, dissect, and illuminate the phenomenon of Doctor Who's missing episodes. There really is no rhyme or reason as to why certain episodes are missing, but there are factors that may have resulted in certain eras (particularly the late 60s) suffering the worst. Videotape was frequently reused by the BBC to save money, tapes were not saved unless a request was made (it was not standard practice to save anything), and Terry Nation's push in the UK and US to have a Dalek franchise all contributed in one way or another into the retention of Doctor Who's stories. This seems strange to us, as we now live in a media-dominated age where nearly anything we want is at our disposal digitally.
At this year's The 24 Hours of Gallifrey One a panel was dedicated to the stories missing from Doctor Who's back catalogue. The three panelists that participated were Steve Roberts (of the Classic DW Restoration Team), Jon Preddle (co-founder of BroaDWcast), and Steve Manfred (cataloger of North American DW VHS and DVD releases). The conversation ranged from stories about recovered episodes, folks out and about in Africa trying to find more (and where all those lovely rumors of a stock-pile of DW episodes stem), as well as the history of overseas sales and distribution.
I made a rough recording of the panel using the SuperNote app on my iPad. The sound is not high quality but is definitely understandable and worth a listen. (Warning: file size is 54mb, may be slow to load.)
[audio=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20936055/Gally2013-EdgeofDestruction.mp3]
I love panels that are the perfect balance of informative and entertaining. And my oh my do I hope the rumors are true…
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