Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Special Edition - Film Collectors

09/16/23 • 101 min

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast

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It’s a SPECIAL EDITION of The Missing Episodes Podcast.

Since private collector Terry Burnett returned two episodes in 2011 and the announcement in 2013 of nine episodes found in Nigeria, to date, no further missing episodes have been returned, despite the fact that episodes are known to exist in private hands. So, as they’re the most viable option for further Doctor Who missing episode returns in the future, it’s time to talk film collectors.

TV producer and missing episodes expert Paul Vanezis, along with well-connected and established film collectors John Clancy and John Franklin join Tim for a frank and colourful discussion on the hobby of film collecting and the film collecting community.

What is film collecting? Why do people collect film? Is there much interest in TV on film and how much of it is about? How did material make its way from copyright holders into collections? What is the size and state of film collecting today as a hobby? What are attitudes like about secrecy? Are film collectors deliberately hoarding missing episodes? The truth is probably more complicated than you think...

We learn that many collections are tragically ending up in landfill on a regular basis, so what can be done about that? One solution, being worked on by the panel, is to hold a film collectors’ event and we get to learn all about October’s “Film is Fabulous” and what that might reveal...

With enormous thanks John and John for taking the time to talk to a Doctor Who fan and indeed to Paul for making this happen.

Check out John Clancy’s home cinema here, on his channel “Movie Collector”: HOME CINEMA TOUR 2023 - 4K, 35mm Super 8 & THX Sound - YouTube

Noel Pratt’s astounding home cinema can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbwkRnlumA&

And the last BFCC event can be viewed here (look out for a familiar face!): 35MM, 4K & SUPER 8 IN ONE SHOW: THE BRITISH FILM COLLECTORS CONVENTION 2023 - YouTube

Tim is on Twitter Tim - Missing Episodes Podcast (@drwhopodcasters) / X (twitter.com), and please do come and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drwhoandthepodcasters

Executive Producers: Bedwyr Gullidge, Phil Mitchell and Rich Tipple.

Thanks to Harry Whitley on the piano! Harry Whitley Music (@Harrymusicmusic) / X (twitter.com)

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It’s a SPECIAL EDITION of The Missing Episodes Podcast.

With enormous thanks John and John for taking the time to talk to a Doctor Who fan and indeed to Paul for making this happen.

Check out John Clancy’s home cinema here, on his channel “Movie Collector”: HOME CINEMA TOUR 2023 - 4K, 35mm Super 8 & THX Sound - YouTube

Noel Pratt’s astounding home cinema can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbwkRnlumA&

And the last BFCC event can be viewed here (look out for a familiar face!): 35MM, 4K & SUPER 8 IN ONE SHOW: THE BRITISH FILM COLLECTORS CONVENTION 2023 - YouTube

Tim is on Twitter Tim - Missing Episodes Podcast (@drwhopodcasters) / X (twitter.com), and please do come and like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/drwhoandthepodcasters

Executive Producers: Bedwyr Gullidge, Phil Mitchell and Rich Tipple.

Thanks to Harry Whitley on the piano! Harry Whitley Music (@Harrymusicmusic) / X (twitter.com)

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 14 - The Smugglers

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It’s episode 14 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! The first story of season 4 sees the Lloyd/Davis soft reboot continue, with a trip to 19th Century Cornwall.

Brian Hayles returns to write the first truly generic historical, which see groovy new companions Ben and Polly embark on their first adventure in time and space.

What more do you need in a 19th Century historical romp than pirates vs smugglers vs revenue men?

Tim is joined by colouriser Rich Tipple https://www.itsfarfrombeingallover.co... and researcher Rhys Williams (Doctor Who Magazine) who are all more accepting of the concept of time travel than Ben.

Together they tackle the questions of why The Smugglers tends to slip from fans’ minds, what The Smugglers might have looked like and how successful (or otherwise) it was. Then it’s off on the usual world tour, as we look at where The Smugglers sold, what the Aussie and New Zealand censors thought and what the chances are of ever seeing some more of it are.

So grab a Smallbeer from the fridge, lay down on a comfortable Gurney, and join us as we crack Deadman’s secret key and take a long, hard look at The Smugglers!

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Doctor Who: The Missing Episodes Podcast - Episode 15 - The Tenth Planet

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We’re back just and in time to see off the First Doctor. Yes, it’s episode 15 of The Missing Episodes Podcast! The second story of season 4 sees not only the end of the wonderful Hartnell era, but the introduction of a foe that will be back for decades to come: The Cybermen.

Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis get their first co-writing credit and riff on a truly terrifying theme: what happens if you replace increasing amounts of a person with spare parts? What becomes of their soul?

Tim is joined by content creator and camera-script investigator, David Gillespie-Pratt, and we have a very welcome return for vintage TV expert and curator of “From the Archive”, Greg Bakun.

Thankfully the team are less care-free than the Cybermen and have greater detective skills that the world’s scientists (which isn’t difficult in this one) as they delve into the story’s successes and failures. Then it’s off on the usual world tour, as we look at what happened to the film prints of The Tenth Planet and what the chances are of ever seeing some more of it!

So put on your best snow cap, keep Geneva on hold and join us as we take a very deep dive into The Tenth Planet.

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