Nearly All Lost Episodes 'Possibly' Returned

[Rassilon]

I seriously hope this isn't a hoax:


"Of the one hundred and six missing episodes, they comprise ninety of them. The only ones not included are nine episodes of The Dalek Master Plan, plus Mission To The Unknown, two episodes of The Invasion, two episodes of The Ice Warriors, and two episodes of The Wheel In Space."

That's effectively a near-complete Hartnell and Troughton run.


LINK:
www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06/18/the-doctor-who-missing-episodes-rumour-gains-a-little-more-weight-three-tons-worth/

[misterharry]

Unfortunately, this is looking like a hoax or at best an incorrect rumour that has got out of control.

TIEA, the company at the centre of these rumours, has posted the following on their Facebook page this morning:

"A BRIEF STATEMENT .
T.I.E.A DOES NOT HOLD ANY MISSING EPISODES OF THE LONG RUNNING DR WHO SERIES. THE ORIGINAL VIDEO TAPES WERE WIPED SUBSEQUENT FILM COPIES WERE EITHER RETURNED TO THE BBC AND SENT TO LANDFILL ODD FRAGMENTS HAVE SURFACED TWO EPISODES ON 16MM FILM BUT THATS IT. THE PROGRAMMES IN QUESTION LIKE MANY OTHERS WERE DESTROYED AS THEY HAD NO FURTHER COMMERCIAL VALUE .THEY ARE NOT MISSING BUT DESTROYED THE END.I am sorry if this upsets some people but these are the facts.I have also become aware of the tracking of some of our clients shipments these are local cultural materials sent to us for migration to a modern format as the playback equipment in the country of origin no longer exists and as such is the best road to preserve international cultural heritage .I will be making no more statements on this subject.Philip MORRIS Executive director T.i.e.a"


And, after tweeting only a couple of days ago that he had seen evidence to convince him that the rumours were true, Ian Levine has tweeted: "Deeply sick, distressed, disheartened, all hopes dashed, all joy gone from the world. That's it. DO NOT ASK ME TO SAY ANOTHER WORD"

[rulandor]

Arrgh.

Not surprising though, as statements of insiders (in the context auf DVD special features) always said that the material was destroyed, not lost.

It would have been so nice to e. g. watch Marco Polo from the first doctor's adventures.