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Those rumours again

You know those rumours about missing DW episodes that just won't quite die? They've returned again and this time various sources are claiming that tomorrow the BBC are going to announce missing Patrick Troughton stories to be available digitally this week. (And that there may also be more found.)

At least this time, there's a deadline. We don't hear anything tomorrow, obviously it's just more rumour-mongering, but if we do...

*tries very hard not to think about that and get my hopes up for no reason*

ETA: Of course, now they're saying "end of the week" instead... *eyes rumours darkly*

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Deadlines been moved to Thursday in this game of ever-shifting goal posts (source). If I had to put money on this I'd guess they'd found something but it's more likely to be a couple of episodes rather than a vast missing episode mountain of some description.

Thanks! I was being too lazy to link to

who_at_50 on the LJ side, but they have all the links so far there, which is what I'm following. I saw some stuff on Tumblr yesterday, but I tend to resolutely ignore Tumblr!

If it's a vast missing mountain, it's one of various things, not just DW. Who knows? I just wish it'd either die a final and painful death or they'd actually confirm it. And I wouldn't care if they didn't say what it was, if they want to keep things up their sleeve, just, "Yes, there is something - stay tuned!" would be nice.

Ah well. Probably all pipe dreams again... :-/

I think, at this stage, there's likely to be a something (I'd wager at least a tenner on it), just because with a rumour as specific as a press conference on Thursday (now being reported in the Guardian as well), you'd expect them to deny at least that fact if it wasn't true.

In the era of black and white telly we were told that a present we'd earned:
That someone had found all the stories, including the ones that were burned.
And then when it all came to nothing, we tore out our hair from the stress;
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Don't trust the tabloid press."

:-)

It's like the Rapture. It's always coming tomorrow.

It's getting ridiculous - if there's nothing, what IS all this? And if there's something, then can't they at least just say "Yes, there's something! Stay tuned for more!"

:-/

Exasperating, isn't it! I couldn't resist looking at Ian Levine's Twitter account yesterday, and he was up and down like a yo-yo. Watching him swearing it's true, then swearing it isn't, is almost more fun than the possibility of new episodes. ;)

Some more Troughton would be great, wouldn't it. I do prefer Hartnell (especially the Ian and Barbara era), but poor old Trout got hit so hard by the deletions. It would be nice to think that a bit more of his work had been recovered. I remember, so many years ago, being given the Target novelisation of "Fury From The Deep", and loving it to pieces. Finding out that it was missing some years later really stung! It would be so nice to have something more from that era...

*sigh*

Must. Not. Get. Hopes. Up. :)

It keeps getting very hard to ignore it and, exactly, it's one of those things it's too cruel to hope might be true if it isn't, so... if the BBC have something, can't they stop the nonsense and say they have something? If they want to preserve mystery and not say what it is or how much, I don't care. But why they think making us worry about it all year is a nice anniversary present, I don't know.

Or maybe it was specifically meant for you, so you could get enjoyment from Ian Levine's Twitter?

Anyway, let's try not to hope too hard and cross our fingers that there's at least five lost minutes returned for all of this.

If rumour is to be believed, it's the missing bits of "Enemy Of The World" and "Web Of Fear". The latter would be especially nice, I must say, since it's the Brig's first appearance (still a Colonel then of course!). And sort of Benton's first appearance, although he was being a Yeti then, which is a bit anti-social.

Still, we'll have to wait and see...

The rumour going round seems to be that plus at least one Hartnell episode. But I think for now, I shall tell myself it is one episode of something hated by all and avoid any disappointment.

I shall now go distract myself with Yuletide - that should do it. :-)

Just give me Evil of the Daleks and Marco Polo, that's all I ask for... *hopes in the knowledge that my hopes will all be crushed*

The persistence of these rumours is pretty damn hilarious though, whether or not they turn out to be true.

I'm annoyed, actually - if they're true, it would have been pretty simple, to at some point say, "Yes, we've found something - stay tuned for more news!"

But anyway, it's all probably rubbish again. *sighsighsigh*

If I wasn't laughing I'd be crying. Probably.

*pets* Let us hope there is something in it (but not too hard for fear of the heartbreak).

*Clings* Now BBC News says it's real. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE.

*twirls you happily* If the BBC say they've found something, all we have to do now is wait and see what on earth it is. And, frankly, as long as there's at least one more episode of DW in the world, I don't really care. More of Galaxy 4 and The Underwater Menace? Why not?

:-D

Ye-es, but I'm still trying not to get my hopes up for something AMAZING. Like Marco Polo. Or The Highlanders. Or just more Ben and Polly. >3>

Right now I'll just... concetrate on signing up for Yuletide. Which is hard enough as it is.

Tell yourself it will be some more of The Space Pirates and, yep, use Yuletide as a distraction. Yuletide is very good for that. I'm still trying to work out my Yuletide letter, too.

:-)

*Twitch* ... at least I will know exactly how people felt when the recovered episode of Galaxy 4 was announced.

And I literally spent hours today just trying to find stuff to request and offer, to my emotional anguish. "What I want to read" "what I feel comfortable writing/requesting" and "what is available" seem to intersect waaay too rarely considering more than a thousand fandoms are available... I'll leave the letter for the weekend.

(I could've just stocked up on Doctor Who spin-offs, but I'm weird about Yuletide in that I try to get away from my main fandoms that one time of the year... so no SJA or Big Finish for me. Unless other people write for them, of course.)

at least I will know exactly how people felt when the recovered episode of Galaxy 4 was announced.

That one came out of the blue - and when I saw it go up on my flist, I honestly thought it was just a joke, because of the pairing of two such traditionally unloved serials (like a Good news! Bad news! joke). And then it was real!

One of the most exciting things about that, though, was that several articles at the time sounded as if they were on the trail of something else and feeling hopeful about finding it - and given these latest rumours have been growing for 2 years, maybe we're about to find out exactly what that was now?

And I can understand not wanting your usual fandoms for Yuletide. It's nice to have them in there, but it is fun to play with things you would never otherwise ask for. I'm requesting Jago & Litefoot, though, but there's simply nothing for it in the fandom - I think the only thing there is was written by me, which is no use from my point of view! But, yes, I doubt I'll offer SJA, and the others I'm not up to date with canon for anyway. Good luck with it!

Well, the Beep's not been all that great on the Classic front, so at least this would give it some attention.

I'm just hoping there is some truth in it!

*headdesk* To quote you, "This is the stupidest rumor that ever existed. Why does it exist?"

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Yes! Either it's untrue, in which case it's stupid and cruel, or it's true, in which case it shouldn't be a rumour, BBC, it should be an announcement, even if only a coy and mysterious one!!!

Not that I'm an impatient, demanding fan or anything...

This whole roundabout is absolutely insane, has been for months. I dread to think what's going on behind the scenes, but there's definitely something in the wind! Just hope it's all over soon, for everyones' sakes. I mean, I guess there must be reasons for the prolonged silence and can imagine various possibilities, but since the cat is very much out of the bag and making a mess already, it seems pointless to try to hide it any more.

Oh, you have a Camber wick Green LoM icon! That's beautiful! ♥

but since the cat is very much out of the bag and making a mess already, it seems pointless to try to hide it any more.

Exactly - unless it really is all some sort of mistake over the fact the BBC are offering b&w episodes digitally for the anniverary, but not new ones. I understand a while back there might have been some very good reasons for silence, but if there's any truth in them being restored enough to be available, they could at least say that, yes, they have something and put us out of the misery of trying hard not to believe any of it just in case...

Ah, well, fingers crossed for some good news and not disappointment!!

Thanks - once upon a time I used to like experimenting with icon-making - I'm much lazier now!

I've seen so many theories doing the rounds over the last few days, weeks and months, I don't know what to believe any more. One thing that has been mentioned is that if new/lost episodes are back and being made available digitally, they may not have been retored, merely scanned to allow us to see them as is before the no doubt lengthy restoration process begins. Could be something in that, or it could just be more wishful thinking!

If they've found Marco Polo, Web of Fear, Power of the Daleks...I may just start screaming.

But I can't bring myself to be optimistic yet. I want to believe! I'm just not sure I dare...

But I can't bring myself to be optimistic yet. I want to believe! I'm just not sure I dare...

I know, I feel pretty much the same, although slightly more optimistic this time. *crosses fingers and concentrates on Yuletide instead*

Dude, dude! Have you seen?!?!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24448063

No, I hadn't! And YES!!!!! *does happy dance of happiness*

See? That's all I was asking for, BBC.

*dances with you*

Gallifrey Base are still not allowing any discussion of the news until the formal announcement later in the week. But it looks to be pretty safely in the bag now, surely!

Yes, and I assume by screening that there's probably a BFI Missing Believed Wiped event coming up? Which, if they've really found other things as well, could be very interesting.

Still, for the moment, I shall merely assume that we have an extra episode of The Space Pirates. (Which would be cool, actually, because more Two, Zoe & Jamie, and also... is Madeline Issigri's hair really metal?)

Yes indeedy, there is another MBW coming up - I've seen it mentioned on the GB forums. So...well, at this point, I daresay we'll find out for sure sooner rather than later! Apparently there may also be a splash in the next DW magazine, which comes out on 17th Oct.

GB are now allowing celebrations ahead of the formal announcement. Something is definitely in the bag - we just have to wait and find out what!

*nods* I shall fill my head with Yuletide to distract myself!

OMG OMG OMG It's reeeeeeeaaaaallllll!!!

*flails insanely*

*flails back at you*

I KNOW!!! How can it be true? After twenty years, how, how... who cares? It's marvellous!!

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