From The Telegraph... would be good if more were found.
Doctor Who tapes 'missing in Thailand'
Nine missing episodes of Doctor Who have been tracked down to Thailand. The BBC wiped dozens of episodes of the sci-fi serial during the 1960s and 1970s to make space in its archives.
However, some tapes thought lost forever have turned up in different corners of the world, having been shipped there by the BBC for broadcast on foreign television networks.
Researcher Damian Finucane claims to have traced nine early episodes to Thailand, including the seven-part Journey To Cathay serial in which the time-travelling Doctor joined Marco Polo on the Silk Route. They were sent for broadcast on the country's now-defunct Channel 4 in 1967.
Mr Finucane is offering a cash reward to anyone who knows the whereabouts of the missing tapes. "Records show that nine episodes from Doctor Who were shipped to Bangkok, and now we're looking for anybody who has any information about it," he told the Bangkok Post.
"There are at least a few thousand episodes of Doctor Who, but we are still missing 108 of them and nine may still survive in Thailand. We're looking all over the place to recover what we can.
"We don't mind if you have them on VHS or on film, and we don't care if it has been dubbed into Thai. We just need to find them. Doctor Who has great historical and cultural value - the missing episodes are a lost heritage."
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14 comments:
It’s tempting to ask what on earth they were doing in Thailand, but …
Either way, if they get found, that’s a good thing.
Just as a point, a friend of mine has suggested that, in thew case of missing episodes, why not have them animated?
Blimmin' exciting!!!
Wouldn't it be exciting; no thats not the word. It would be fantastic to find them, an era which has been wrongly wiped to be restored for new and old fans to see.
Marvellous!
Tapes WOO HOO!!!!.
Thailand makes sense. The complete Troughton "Tomb of the Cybermen" was found in '92 in Hong Kong.
How you know tomb of the cybermen was found in 92 in hong kong anonymous
Because it says that on the back of the video case, you idiot.
Oh!!! i get it tomb of the cybermen was found in 92 in hong kong.
if it video case so anonymous you shall respect to anyone by not calling them idiot that will be bad post sucker just joking
if it video case so anonymous you shall respect to anyone by not calling them idiot that will be bad post sucker just joking
Doctor who fan you can do this oh sorry i was talk to myserlf.
Anyway You can listen to Doctor who tapes on radio.
"Doctor who spammer you can do this oh sorry i was talk to myserlf."
You're weird.
How can you listen to Doctor Who tapes on the radio ?
anonymous stop calling me a doctor who spammer or I had to destroy you.
Well you may listen to tapes on radio
You can buy Doctor who tapes at Doctor who shop.
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