Those rumours again

[thisbluespirit]

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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[purplecat]

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.

I think our copybooks need a new heading.

[john_amend_all]

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."

[rahirah]

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

[swordznsorcery.livejournal.com]

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. :)

[clocketpatch]

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.

[taiyou_to_tsuki.livejournal.com]

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

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

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

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

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

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

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.

[lolmac]

OMG OMG OMG It's reeeeeeeaaaaallllll!!!

*flails insanely*