Wiped Episode Discoveries

[Solariabsg25]

Anyway, there are reactions against every new Doctor -- even from the Doctor himself. "Oh, he's too old! Well, he's too fat, isn't he? No, he's too thin! That one's too young! Oh, now, that won't do at all. It's ridiculous!" But usually the proof is in the tasting and the new Doctor wins most of the audience over, or brings in new fans to replace the old.

"Oh, so you're my replacements. A dandy and a clown!"

Levine definitely hates what he doesn't regard as Pure Who. However, his hatred of The Heretics won't interfere with his willingness to hand over any lost episode that get's into his hands to the BBC so they can lovingly restore it for DVD.

 

[David cgc]

The Moff's grooming people for 5 years now wasn't enough?! Anyone paying attention would have been shocked if the new Doctor was male.

I don't know, a lot of people seemed to put all their credence on what Moffat said in interviews and convention appearances about it not being the right time for a female Doctor, over all the groundwork he laid onscreen in his era practically from minute one ("I'm a girl!"). In retrospect, those were probably cases where he didn't want to step on the incumbent Doctor, since he was in charge. I don't think any amount of progressive cred would counter the strangeness of his coming out at a con saying "Yes, I think the time has long since come for a female Doctor. And we've got some great stuff planned for the next series, starring the conspicuously male Peter Capaldi as the Doctor, because he's great, too. Just not as great as the next Doctor, who will probably be a woman, because we're overdue."

 

[Relayer1]

Levine's on The One Show !

 

[mos6507]

probably be a woman, because we're overdue."

That's the problem. Treating casting Dr. Who like waiting for society to elect a female president. There's no law that says the character must tick every box and cycle through every gender and ethnicity.

 

[Relayer1]

Levine's on The One Show !

False alarm - talking about his family tree...nothing Who related.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Would've been a false alarm either way because it's Ian Levine.

 

[Steve Roby]

That's the problem. Treating casting Dr. Who like waiting for society to elect a female president. There's no law that says the character must tick every box and cycle through every gender and ethnicity.

There's no law that fans have to whine and bitch whenever one thing changes after 54 years, either.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Every time i see this threads title on the front page i rush in hoping. lol

 

[The Nth Doctor]

You and me both. And this time it's your fault!

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^Ha, i never thought of that. lol

And i just did it again. lol

 

[Tomalak]

I can confirm that the 97 wiped episodes remain wiped.

 

[Nightowl1701]

I just think he's a bit of an arsehole basically.

Though apparently he refused to hand over anything else until Moffat was gone, such was Phil's hatred of his brand of Who.

Perhaps now he'll open the floodgates and we'll all be watching Marco Polo by Christmas? Or perhaps he's one of the Whittaker-haters and he's destroyed everything he found in a fit of pique?

For whatever it's worth, Morris seems to be just fine with Whittaker's casting. "Well done, BBC," he said on Twitter a few months ago. "Exactly the change Sidney Newman wanted to make in the 1980s. It's brave, it's fresh, just as the first regeneration was."

He also posted a month ago: "'The darkest hour' is just before the dawn." To which responders bluntly told him to put up or shut up.

 

[Relayer1]

Every time i see this threads title on the front page i rush in hoping. lol

My fault this time !

Not really doing the Who community thing, I just thought I'd bump the thread to see if there was any gossip floating around the Whosphere.

No new rumours ?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

My fault this time !

Not really doing the Who community thing, I just thought I'd bump the thread to see if there was any gossip floating around the Whosphere.

No new rumours ?

There's a rumor floating around that the Doctor is going to be a woman. I'm skeptical.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

My fault this time !

Not really doing the Who community thing, I just thought I'd bump the thread to see if there was any gossip floating around the Whosphere.

No new rumours ?

See's thread on front page and runs in, here we go, another one found, or a lot found in some old shed in Wales.......can't wait.................foiled again.

 

[Nightowl1701]

BBC floated a survey asking people if they wanted more animated missing episodes, with or without surviving live-action episodes. There's a special edition DVD of 'Enemy of the World' coming soon, with whispers of another title soon to be announced. Other than that, nothing.

If I were a betting man, I'd have Marco Polo, The Crusade and the first half of The Dalek Masterplan at the top of the list to animate next - with or without Philip Morris.

 

[Relayer1]

See's thread on front page and runs in, here we go, another one found, or a lot found in some old shed in Wales.......can't wait.................foiled again.

Approach this thread with both caution and scepticism at all times...

 

[Mr Awe]

If I were a betting man, I'd have Marco Polo, The Crusade and the first half of The Dalek Masterplan at the top of the list to animate next - with or without Philip Morris.

Historicals might not sell well enough to justify the expense. Maybe the Evil of the Daleks?

 

[Turtletrekker]

If I were a betting man, I'd have Marco Polo,

I seem to recall reading an article and posting a link in one of the threads that the biggest issue in animating Marco Polo is that there are multiple changes in costume for all characters. Not only does that mean more necessary design and production time and budget, it also creates more potential production errors. There were only two costume changes of note in "Power of the Daleks", and they both ended up as continuity errors in the animation. One isn't so bad, but the other is actually even glaring pointed out in the dialogue and is even worse in color.

 

[Nightowl1701]

By itself, Marco Polo should be a strong seller; A complete story featuring the original '63 cast, back after nearly 55 years? Curiosity alone would propel sales. But if it's not enough by itself, it would certainly be worth it as the last needed piece to complete "Doctor Who: William Hartnell - The Complete First Season" Blu-ray.

At any rate, most everyone in the DW episode-hunting circles seem to be in agreement: Morris has found more episodes ('The Web of Fear' Part 3 is a certainty, if the collector who has it can be sufficiently rewarded); It may not be most of them (certainly not 90), but a sizable chunk of the remaining gap; It's a matter of when, not if, he will choose to release them.

Given the dramatic story of the heroic measures being taken to rescue an extremely damaged episode of Morecambe and Wise Morris found in Nigeria, the long delay may have more to do with getting the film back up to watchable quality than anything else. If that can't be done, then the surviving images can be used as a guide for the animated version.