Missing Dr Who episode found in New Zealand
- Publication: Evening Echo
- Date: 1999-01-14
- Author: Martin Claffey
- Page: 16
- Language: English
A MISSING episode of the TV classic Dr Who has been found in Auckland. New Zealand.
The episode had been one of 110 (now 109) of the long-running science-fiction classic which have been lost. since the show was cancelled by the BBC in the 1970s.
In total, about 470 episodes were made about the doctor, who time-travelled in the Tardis.
New Zealand Dr Who Fan Club president Paul Scoones said that the find the first reported in seven years was "the ultimate dream of any Dr Who fan. It's been like having a book with missing chapters."
The black-and-white 16mm movie film features the first doctor, William Hartnell, and was the first in a series of four entitled The Crusade.
The film surfaced last week after Scoones and a fellow fan, Neil Lambess, heard of its possible existence by word of
mouth. Bruce Grenville had bought the film at a collectors' fair about six months ago and had been showing it as part of his mobile movie screening-business, Sedang Cinema.
Scoones said archive records showed that the film was sent. to the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1967. What happened to it after that is a mystery.
"It means there could be more in New Zealand. and people are completely unaware of what they have."
Video
The film is now with the BBC in London where it will be restored, copied and released on video.
The BBC has sought to get all episodes back since the advent of video.
Grenville gets to keep the original print, which he hopes to screen in Auckland before selling it at auction.
Caption: Sylvester McCoy (left) and Colin Baker (right) have both played Dr Who. A missing episode has been found.
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