Two Long-Lost Episodes of 'Doctor Who' Found (nbcnewyork.com)
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- News link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/03/14/0048239/two-long-lost-episodes-of-doctor-who-found
- Source link: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/two-long-lost-episodes-doctor-who-found/6476277/
> Two new episodes of Doctor Who that were previously lost [2]have been found . The original Doctor Who episodes were wiped or deleted by the BBC because they were not aware of the future use of re-runs of these shows. Ninety-five of the 253 episodes from the program's first six years are currently missing. How many more episodes are out there waiting to be rediscovered?
"The main broadcasters in the UK in the 1960s, 70s, up to the 80s really, junked quite a lot of content," said Justin Smith, a cinema professor at England's De Montfort University and film archivist. "In some ways finding missing 'Doctor Whos' is the holy grail" of classic TV discoveries, Smith said.
The two episodes were "The Nightmare Begins" and "Devil's Planet," both of which aired during the show's third series in 1965. It features William Hartnell as the Doctor in a story involving archvillains the Daleks -- pepperpot-shaped metal aggressors whose favorite word is "Exterminate!" Smith said that for fans of the show, "it's got it all, it really has. It is intergalactic, it's got some great performances. It stands up really, really well."
[1] https://slashdot.org/~tsuliga
[2] https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/two-long-lost-episodes-doctor-who-found/6476277/
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Do not feed the troll.
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It is a children's program made for children.
Just like Heavy Metal music, Pokemon and Star Wars 1-3.
Some adults cannot handle that.
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Your view of it probably has a bit to do with you age. When it come out in the 1960's it was probably the first Sci-Fi that had an alien that didn't look like a guy in a rubber suit, or a guy in a robot suit. In that sense the Daleks were pretty novel. Of course all the other Dr Who aliens did look like a guy dressed up. In today's context it is not the revolution it was 6 decades ago, but the stories do have style to them that long time viewers appreciate.
And were else would you get this classic dia
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By making him a Nigerian clown nancy boy. Instead of Dr Who being a show aimed at entertaining boys, it became a show following the woke BBC's foul agenda: To pervert boys (and girls, too) into being childless, fat, alphabet-crowd perverts, who will live meaningless, emtpy, depressing lives. Screaming at right-wingers, rather like those Score-5 woke childless retards, here on Slashdot, who have multiple accounts to scam undeserved karma.
I concur!
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"To pervert boys (and girls, too) into being childless, fat, alphabet-crowd perverts, who will live meaningless, [empty], depressing lives."
You just described the President without ever using the word diaper. Good for you!
At last (Score:3)
It seems like so long since we had some good news. Finally we have Daleks in the news instead of AI or politics.
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I guess if you can't have Weeping Angels nor Silents, Daleks are the next best thing.