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Two Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found

Posted by samzenpus on from the forgot-them-in-the-tardis dept.

First time accepted submitter crow writes "Two episodes of Doctor Who from the 1960s, thought to have been destroyed in the 1970s, have been found. Both were in the hands of a private collector who didn't know what he had. Like most episodes of the time, these were half-hour shows, part of a four-part story, and portions of both stories are still missing."

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  1. Ironically, by newsman220 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're still going to need a TARDIS to put the whole series together.

    1. Re:Ironically, by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny

      That might still be difficult, there's a metric ton of retconning in that series.

      To survive Dr. Who fandom, one must not only successfully disconnect from reality, but from time itself.

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    2. Re:Ironically, by ubrgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

      > Of course, the signal's probably degraded too far for it to be recognizable.

      Yeah, 'cause that's the only problem with the plan ... ;)

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    3. Re:Ironically, by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 5, Funny

      People assume that fandoms are a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff.

      Duh.

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  2. Other missing material by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Theres a list of missing episodes on this website but it hasn't yet been updated to include the new discoveries. With the finding of "The Underwater Menace" part 2, we now have a new "earliest surviving episode to feature Patrick Troughton." Hopefully the BBC can do their usual magic to restore these episode...there are apparently bits missing.

  3. Re:collecting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You're not supposed to buy the whole thing! You pick a favorite doctor, buy that doctor's seasons, and simply pretend the rest don't exist!

  4. If you think DRM is bad... by itsdapead · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know, if the FTL neutrinos are real, then there is every possibility that the episodes are on their way to a rescue point in the future right now.

    Look, you might think the copy protection on Blu Ray is a pain, but wait until you get a load of the confusingly-named Hyperspatial Digital Causality Protection that the unelected cartel of the Time Lords require on any temporally displaced media. I mean, one can downgrade your nice 1080p to standard def, but that's not as bad as the headache you get when the real HDCP cuts in and makes you never have been going to see the video you just watched.

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