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Dr Who Detective Philip Morris Hints At More Rediscovered Episodes

Posted by timothy on from the if-that-is-his-real-name dept.

BigBadBus writes: In late 2013, Philip Morris announced that he had found 9 missing episodes of 1960s Dr.Who, which completed the 1968 story "Enemy of the World" and most of "The Web of Fear." He has now gone on record to talk about the only episode of these stories that he didn't find — namely part 3 of "Web of Fear" and teases of more episode finds to come. Episodes keep trickling out of the past, it seems; we've mentioned a few small finds in 2004 and 2011, too.

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  1. A list of missing episodes by BigBadBus · · Score: 5, Informative

    As the submitter of this article, I thought readers might like to see a list of missing and recovered episodes, all from the first 6 years on my website

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    1. Re:A list of missing episodes by BigBadBus · · Score: 2

      Unfortunately the episodes were destroyed or lost before 1978 so its unlikely they'd be on any recent website.

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    2. Re:A list of missing episodes by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

      Can I ask where the idea that he has "teased more episodes to come" comes from? Because it doesn't seem to be borne out by anything in the article. Even inferring that he's hopeful he might find more seems a bit of a stretch to me.

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    3. Re: A list of missing episodes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, then we only need to find a website made before 1978. Shouldn't be that hard.

    4. Re:A list of missing episodes by lgw · · Score: 5, Informative

      Doctor Who not Dr. Who

      Sheesh, if we're going to indulge in fan-wankery, let's at least do it right. "Dr. Who" was used in the title of the first of the two non-canon 60s Movies with Peter Cushing (I rather like them, and the colorful Daleks, but fans at the time weren't happy with the adaptation), and has never been used since. Everywhere else, it's always spelled out, never abbreviated.

      Nice to see more of the early works recovered. I'd especially love to see more of the second Doctor (Patrick Troughton). Troughton had a unique take on the character, and so little of his work survived.

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    5. Re:A list of missing episodes by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

      The character is called "Dr Who" not "Doctor Who."

      He's credited as Dr Who, sometimes. He's never called Doctor Who.

      Err, except in that one episode where he was...

      Anyway, point being, the name of the series has always been "Doctor Who," never "Dr Who."

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    6. Re:A list of missing episodes by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

      Somewhere around Matt Smith's tenure, the show's logo were the letters "DRWHO" bent into the shape of a perspective view of a Tardis.

      It's TARDIS, and no, it was the letters "DW", with "Doctor" to the left and "Who" to the right.

      As David Tennant, he identified himself as "Doctor Smith"

      Pretty sure 10 never did that...

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  2. Didn't get them from the space? by martiniturbide · · Score: 2

    http://www.rimmell.com/bbc/new...

  3. My nerdrage says: it's "Doctor Who" by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

    Dr Who Detective Philip Morris Hints At More Rediscovered Episodes

    It's called "Doctor Who." It's never been called Dr Who.

    And that's not just nerdly outrage talking. Dr Who is someone else entirely. Sort of.

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  4. Surprised "The Power of the Daleks" was lost by Theovon · · Score: 2

    I will swear to you up and down that when I was a kid in Tampa, FL, I saw the full episode of "The Power of the Daleks" (first episode of the second doctor). But when I found it again a few years ago, there were only telesnaps. I'm willing to believe that my memory is faulty. But the thing is, the episode plot was totally familiar to me, and I recognized scenes. Also, I would be surprised if any PBS station (either WEDU or WUSF there) would play telesnap episodes.

    1. Re:Surprised "The Power of the Daleks" was lost by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 2

      I will swear to you up and down that when I was a kid in Tampa, FL.

      Yeah, and loads of people swear that Luke threw the grappling hook tw-

      I'm willing to believe that my memory is faulty.

      Aw. Spoilsport.

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