Doctor Who: Yeti classic among episodes found in Nigeria

[dipsydoodle]

Nine missing episodes of 1960s Doctor Who have been found at a TV station in Nigeria, including most of the classic story The Web of Fear.

The black and white story sees Patrick Troughton's second Doctor battle robot yeti in the London Underground.

Also recovered is a complete version of Troughton's six-part story The Enemy of the World.

It is thought to be the largest haul of missing episodes recovered in the last three decades.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24467337

[blueridge3210]

1. Sounds like fun! (nt)

[LTR]

2. That's a pretty big find

The BBC has been on a mission to recovery lost episodes from the 60s, a time when they didn't save episodes in their archives. So far, they've recovered episodes from various stations and networks around the world, and also from private owner's collections.

[dipsydoodle]

3. They're from a time

when the only means of keeping a copy of a tv broadcast was using 8mm film.

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

4. The "Omnirumour" was true.

Fans have been speculating wildly for months about recovered episodes. At one point the majority had decided that 90 episodes of 106 had been found. I had decided they were all bonkers and nothing had been recovered at all. Usually when the fans go berserk like that, there turns out to be nothing behind it. I'm happily surprised that some have been found after all. Yay!

Still, I'm not extremely thrilled by the serials which have been returned. Any Troughton material will be good, but I would have hoped for the recovery of episodes from some of the flashier stories, maybe completion of The Ice Warriors, The Tenth Planet, or The Invasion. I guess the vanilla ice cream cone is better than no ice cream at all, but I would have preferred chocolate. Sigh.

We're never gonna see the rest of Dalek Master Plan, or Wheel in Space.