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Time Hoard: Missing episodes of Doctor Who from 1960s found gathering dust in cupboard in Nigeria
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 20:16 EST, 10 October 2013 | (Daily Mail Reporter)

Posted on 10/10/2013 10:23:23 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who which have not been seen since the 1960s have been recovered after they were tracked down to a store room in Nigeria, gathering dust.

The discovery will cause much excitement for devotees of the long-running series, for which there are dozens of missing episodes dating back to its early years

The previously lost nine shows were among 11 traced to a television relay station and the find brings back to life an entire six-episode story, while another is almost complete.

The newly found programs—which introduce the character of Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, better known to audiences as The Brigadier—will be available on iTunes from today and will later come out on DVD. …

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bbc; brigadier; doctorwho; drwho; lethbridgestewart; lostepisodes; nigeria; sciencefiction; scifi; seconddoctor; uk
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1 posted on 10/10/2013 10:23:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Bump


2 posted on 10/10/2013 10:25:40 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Olog-hai

Dr. Who?


3 posted on 10/10/2013 10:37:05 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Up yours NSA !)
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To: Dogbert41

“Dr. Who?”

Exactly!


4 posted on 10/10/2013 10:50:44 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Genius at Large)
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To: Olog-hai
Now, about those missing Apollo 11 tapes ...
5 posted on 10/10/2013 10:57:38 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Olog-hai

Dr. who??


6 posted on 10/10/2013 11:35:20 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (A pox on the House of Apple and the ios7 horse they rode in on.)
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To: Olog-hai

They found them together with all of those extra “Super Bowl Champions - Buffalo Bills” t-shirts and caps...


7 posted on 10/10/2013 11:54:04 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Impeach We Much!)
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To: Olog-hai
Who Hate! Why Are Doctor Who Fans Hating Each Other?
8 posted on 10/11/2013 12:01:41 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Olog-hai
Real Whovians Cast 141:Lost Episodes Announced!
Streamed live on Oct 9, 2013
9 posted on 10/11/2013 12:28:56 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Dogbert41; Conservative4Ever

Who dat?

10 posted on 10/11/2013 12:28:57 AM PDT by BlueDragon
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To: Olog-hai
"Dear Sir or Madame,

I am the sole heir and executor of a trust which contained 9 lost episodes of the television program "Dr. Who" and 10 million U.S. dollars..."

11 posted on 10/11/2013 12:49:20 AM PDT by Squeako (The radicals are the wolves. The moderates are the wolves in sheep's clothing.)
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12 posted on 10/11/2013 12:53:01 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Conservative4Ever

I got caught up that show in the 1980s. “Campy” would describe it.


13 posted on 10/11/2013 1:07:52 AM PDT by Does so (Soon, we'll be looking like Detroit.)
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To: Olog-hai

If only they would find the missing Johnny Carson episodes.

They were lost when the studios taped over old shows with new ones to save money.


14 posted on 10/11/2013 3:28:51 AM PDT by cicero2k
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To: Perdogg

Not a dr fan. But youse guys are.


15 posted on 10/11/2013 3:31:08 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Fai Mao

Who gets the money?

Every dollar of it.

Who.

Why not he earned it.

Who

Yes. Sometimes his wife picks it up

Who’s wife

Yes


16 posted on 10/11/2013 3:35:21 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: cynwoody

They’re obviously looking in the wrong places for those tapes.

They should start in Hollywood.


17 posted on 10/11/2013 3:36:17 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Olog-hai; KevinDavis; Perdogg; martin_fierro

Wow.


18 posted on 10/11/2013 4:22:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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To: Olog-hai

Interesting, I had just read about those episodes a few months ago..


19 posted on 10/11/2013 5:00:36 AM PDT by Paradox (Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
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To: Olog-hai

Sounds like a scam......


20 posted on 10/11/2013 6:10:03 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Actually, they lie when it suits them! The crooked MS media must be defeated any way it can be done!)
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