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106 to go!
Dec. 11th, 2011 05:10 pmTwo classic episodes of Doctor Who have been found! Missing for over forty years, dudes, now back in the archives! MY JOY IS VAST. And it really doesn't *properly* matter to me what they are since it's SIXTIES WHO I HAVE NEVER SEEN and never thought I'd have a chance to see, and now they've been found again and it's BRILLIANT, but leaving that aside, obv the very best thing to find is any of Marco Polo, which they're not, BUT NEVER MIND.
The finds:
- Galaxy Four, episode 3: Excellent. Now people of the modern age can enjoy an episode of arguably the worst Doctor Who story ever made. Hurrah! It's Hartnell, Steven and Vicki, and I really am looking forward to seeing it, but on a wish list of finds, I confess this would be terribly near the bottom. Y'know how sometimes classic Who is headdeskingly sexist and sometimes heartwarmingly progressive? Galaxy 4 is very, very much not the latter.
- Underwater Menace, episode 2: THIS IS MARVELLOUS. Not only do I love and adore Underwater Menace OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO ITS QUALITY but A TROUGHTON EP! And now the earliest existing Troughton ep! And more Ben and Polly! MOAR ZAROFF! Properly, genuinely thrilled about this. MAYBE IT WILL MEAN FISH PEOPLE ACTION FIGURES.
So, yes, well done, searchers of archives and ancient tapes and things, well done, and much thanks. All kinds of fannish giddy now.
ETA: Article in the Radio Times talking about how they were found.
ETA2: The Beeb have put up two galleries of images from the recovered eps!
ETA3: Clips are up at the offical website, don't know if they're region-locked, so also on YouTube here and here.
The finds:
- Galaxy Four, episode 3: Excellent. Now people of the modern age can enjoy an episode of arguably the worst Doctor Who story ever made. Hurrah! It's Hartnell, Steven and Vicki, and I really am looking forward to seeing it, but on a wish list of finds, I confess this would be terribly near the bottom. Y'know how sometimes classic Who is headdeskingly sexist and sometimes heartwarmingly progressive? Galaxy 4 is very, very much not the latter.
- Underwater Menace, episode 2: THIS IS MARVELLOUS. Not only do I love and adore Underwater Menace OUT OF ALL PROPORTION TO ITS QUALITY but A TROUGHTON EP! And now the earliest existing Troughton ep! And more Ben and Polly! MOAR ZAROFF! Properly, genuinely thrilled about this. MAYBE IT WILL MEAN FISH PEOPLE ACTION FIGURES.
So, yes, well done, searchers of archives and ancient tapes and things, well done, and much thanks. All kinds of fannish giddy now.
ETA: Article in the Radio Times talking about how they were found.
ETA2: The Beeb have put up two galleries of images from the recovered eps!
ETA3: Clips are up at the offical website, don't know if they're region-locked, so also on YouTube here and here.
