The issue with Doctor Who is that the BBC didn't think the series had any long term viability, so their SOP at the time was to wipe the tapes for reuse after the show aired. In many cases, the only reason we still have copies of the early episodes is thanks to copies sent overseas for air. So it's not that we have them & we're just hoarding them - in many cases, the episodes just physically don't exist anywhere anymore.
On Sep 30, 12:22 am, Ed Dravecky <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Library of Congress is giving to the British Film Institute over > > 68 kinescopes and tapes of various BBC programmes that had been > > destroyed in their home country, including televersions of classic > > plays, that aired in the U.S. over NET, the tape/film network > > predecessor to PBS: > > Please let this include some of the lost "Doctor Who" episodes. The > article doesn't give a complete list and what they do list seems like > such a mixed bag that it's possible. These things turn up one or two > at a time every six months or so and we're due. > > -- > Ed Dravecky IIIhttp://www.fencon.org/ -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
