Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in the
BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching, there
are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at why, how
and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those
missing bits of
history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick >Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >restored.
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Missing Doctor Who
4:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
6:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
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Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching, >there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick >Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same
gaps in the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who.
On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:07:32 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same
gaps in the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who.
No big secret about the reason. They were recorded on videotape, and >videotape was very expensive at the time, so they had to reuse (and
wipe old programs), rather than buy more.
It wasnrCOt even good-quality video, since the Brits were still using
their 405-line pre-war TV system at the time. Best described as
rCLmurkyrCY.
Compare programs shot on film, like rCLDanger ManrCY from even earlier, >1959/1960. We have all the episodes preserved today, and even though >theyrCOre black-and-white, they still look very good.
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching, >there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick >Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >>the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching,
there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >>why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >>missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick >>Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >>restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >>31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >>38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black & white >Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount of that missing >material either back again or replaced with very reasonable animated >facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
In article <113fdl5$3dmnh$8@dont-email.me>, weberm@polaris.net says...
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >>the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching,
there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >>why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >>missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick >>Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >>restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >>31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >>38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black & white >Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount of that missing >material either back again or replaced with very reasonable animated >facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
1932948313@qq.com says...
Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >>>the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching,
there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >>>why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >>>missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick
Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon >Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >>>restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >>>31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >>>38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black & white >>Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount of that missing >>material either back again or replaced with very reasonable animated >>facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
And now we live in a time where almost all missing episodes could
potentially be
recovered
1932948313@qq.com says...
Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >>> the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of searching,
there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at >>> why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those >>> missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick
Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been
restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >>> 31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >>> 38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black & white >> Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount of that missing >> material either back again or replaced with very reasonable animated
facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
And now we live in a time where almost all missing episodes could potentially be
recovered
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black
& white Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount
of that missing material either back again or replaced with very
reasonable animated facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
On 2026-07-26 17:41:07 +0000, john said:
1932948313@qq.com says...
Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same gaps in >>>> the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who. After nearly 50 years of >searching,
there are still many episodes from the 1960s completely missing. We look at
why, how and when, why things turned around and the search to recover those
missing bits of history.
There nearly 100 missing episodes, all from the William Hartnell and Patrick
Troughton eras from the 1960s, though many of colour Episodes of Jon >Pertwee's
era have also been affected. We'll also look at how these have now been >>>> restored.
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Missing Doctor Who
04:05 Ephemeral Entertainment and Recording
06:35 How an episode of Doctor Who made it to a Videotape Master
11:20 How the episodes then went missing
14:13 The Pivot
19:40 The Recovery Begins
25:15 Reconstructing, Animating, and a Blind Alley
27:31 Finding Clips, Inserts, Bits and Bobs, Better Copies, Full Episodes >>>> 31:49 Colour
34:12 The Numbers, The Frame Rates, The Resolutions, The Bells, Esmeralda! >>>> 38:12 Bringing back the 70s in Full Colour!
43:00 Summary
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes
#doctorwho #doctorwhobbc #missingepisodes #daleks
https://youtu.be/BetlKuRHBS4?si=p8LomGTomQxY9aHJ
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black & white >>> Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount of that missing >>> material either back again or replaced with very reasonable animated
facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
And now we live in a time where almost all missing episodes could
potentially be
recovered
Techncially all the episodes could supposedly be recreated by useless
AI ... as long as you don't mind the characters changing in various
frames to having things like six fingers, three legs, two heads, merged >heads, no nose, etc. :-p
On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:34:04 -0400, 1932948313 wrote:
In my lifetime I've gone from a basic acceptance that most of black
& white Doctor Who was gone forever, to having a substantial amount
of that missing material either back again or replaced with very
reasonable animated facsimiles. It is frankly astonishing.
IrCOm waiting for the call to go out, to those who saw the actual episodes
on TV back in the day, to volunteer to have their brains scanned and
whatever memories they have of those programs extracted and combined.
Assuming that different people remember different things (which seems >entirely likely), perhaps you could reconstruct entire episodes,
formerly considered lost, this way.
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same
gaps in the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who.
On Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:07:32 -0400, Ubiquitous wrote:
Stam Fine Reviews nothing, but instead looks at why there are same
gaps in the BBC's archive holdings of Doctor Who.
No big secret about the reason. They were recorded on videotape, and >videotape was very expensive at the time, so they had to reuse (and
wipe old programs), rather than buy more.
It wasnAt even good-quality video, since the Brits were still using
their 405-line pre-war TV system at the time. Best described as
omurkyo.
Compare programs shot on film, like oDanger Mano from even earlier, >1959/1960. We have all the episodes preserved today, and even though
theyAre black-and-white, they still look very good.
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