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lance lunchmeat said on December 12th, 2011 at 12:09 am

I’ll just leave this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgMM1eJCvB4

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You want to post a link, or some details, or something of that nature? That is traditional in the blogging form.

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Hey, never say die. After all, the longest known print of Metropolis was found 81 years after the film’s release.

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That intro theme sounds like a crossbreed of the ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Prisoner’ themes conceived on a pile of synthesizers.

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A friend of mine used to do volunteer work for Kentucky Educational Television. When KET wanted to show all the then available _Dr. Who_ episodes about twenty-five years ago, they had trouble convincing the BBC they knew what they were talking about.

The conversation went approximately like this:

“You know that would include stuff which isn’t with Tom Baker, right?”

“That’s right. We want all of it.”

“But there’s hundreds of non-Baker episodes!”

“Exactly. We want all of it.”

“But… Why?!”

Rinse, lather, repeat for every layer of BBC management.

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That, of course, should be “Lather, rinse, repeat.”

I really shouldn’t post first thing in the morning.

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The episodes found were one episode of Galaxy Four and one episode of The Underwater Menace

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Trek’s only been cancelled three times (TOS twice and Enterprise). TNG, DS9 and Voyager all ran the full length they were supoposed to.

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For another guy doing the “I will rewatch and critique all of Dr. Who” (plus he’s also dipping into TV Comics, books, and other media), check out Tardis Eruditorium.

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@BringTheNoise: I’d say that any series no longer on the air was canceled. Some series are canceled for different reasons (actors want to move on, budgets become prohibitive, et cetera) but shows that are not running are not running because the production company has decided not to renew them. That’s the definition of “cancellation”, regardless of the reasons.

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That’s the definition of “cancellation”, regardless of the reasons

By that logic, Preacher and The Sandman were also “cancelled”.

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All I can say is this: I hope the guy gets his two life-sized Daleks.

After all, Blue Peter promised…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes#Continuing_search

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DistantFred said on December 13th, 2011 at 4:00 am

The spottiness of the early Who video archives is a great counter argument to all the people complaining that a possible Doctor Who movie wouldn’t be starring the current TV Doctor, and be in continuity with the current series.

A feature film series is a PERFECT way to condense, clean up and retell the old stories in a form accessable to modern audiences. If the movie is about the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara, and closer to the original series than the old Cushing movies, then why not be happy at the idea?

That a 50 year old series, with much of it’s early content destroyed, and a lead character who has been recasted for the screen no less than 13 times, could not possibly support a film series concurrent to a television series is laughable.

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Disagree about “Tomb of the Cybermen.” The story was what it was for its time and budget (nobody will notice if we run the film backward!) However, it revealed why Jamie, in his time, was considered to be the best Doctor Who companion, until he was dethroned by Sarah Jane Smith. “Tomb” contained some classic Hynes/Troughton shenanigans and classic Jamie!smartmouth, and was enough to convert me instantly to Jamie fandom. “Tomb” will always be worth it for that.

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FeepingCreature said on December 13th, 2011 at 2:30 pm

Technically, “rinse, lather, repeat” and “lather, rinse, repeat” converge on the same result.

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Eric S. Smith said on December 27th, 2011 at 3:56 pm

what would be the baseline for fans of most other science-fiction/fantasy show, “Have you seen every episode?”, is considered to be the mark of utter devotion to Doctor Who fans.

And that’s not just because there’s a lot of it: it’s because a lot of it is stunningly dull. Seriously, if you’ve sat through all available episodes, nothing short of Tarkovsky’s Solaris has even a chance of defeating you.

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I came back to this article today to celebrate. 9 more found, 97 to go!

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