Category Archives: Doctor Who
COLLECTOR TAKES THE MISSING MICKEY: WEEKLY ROUND-UP
PRESENTING some stories of interest from the past week . . . Herefordshire firm’s lost Mickey Mouse prototype film auctioned: A lost Disney cartoon featuring what is thought to be the prototype Mickey Mouse character has been sold in the … Continue reading
Filed under Animation, Doctor Who, Early Audio Recordings, Restoration, Weekly Round-Up
New Doctor Who Recon Trailer For Wheel In Space
A NEW CGI trailer for classic Doctor Who story The Wheel in Space has become an internet hit. The clip imagines what the sixties adventure would have looked like if made by Alien director Ridley Scott. Lasting two minutes, the … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Recons, Science Fiction, YouTube
Doctor Who Story The Ambassadors Of Death Restored Back To Colour
CLASSIC DOCTOR WHO adventure The Ambassadors of Death is set to be seen in colour for the first time in 40 years. Restoration experts are in the final stages of converting all seven episodes back from black and white, and … Continue reading
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Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes
A NEW book examining how episodes of Doctor Who came to go missing, and then turn up again, is released this September. Wiped! Doctor Who’s Missing Episodes is written by Doctor Who Restoration Team member Richard Molesworth and published by … Continue reading
Filed under Books, Doctor Who, Releases
Weekly Round-up – 02/05/10
FRAGMENTS OF HOLLYWOOD SNIPPETS from missing silent-era movies were screened as part of the first TCM Film Festival, held in Hollywood, last Sunday (April 25). The program “Fragments (1916 – 1929)” featured a rare collection of scenes, reels and segments … Continue reading
Filed under Cinema, Clips, Doctor Who, Other Media, Screenings, Television, Websites, Weekly Round-Up
New Feature Posted
FAN-MADE reconstructions of missing episodes of Doctor Who are getting ever more watchable and sophisticated. Wiped shines the spotlight on one such recon, of the end scene of ‘Power of the Daleks’ episode five, and speaks to the talent behind … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Features, Video
Doctor Who Documentary
BBC Radio 4 is giving Doctor Who fans and missing episode enthusiasts in general a special Christmas treat on Boxing Day. The station is airing Doctor Who: The Lost Episodes in its regular Archive On 4 spot this Saturday, December … Continue reading
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The Reign Of Error
A WORDPRESS neighbour of wipednews.com has helped restore the correct audio to a brief clip from one of the missing episodes of Doctor Who. Blogger Rumpio came to realize the fragment of grainy b&w footage – part of a 15-minute … Continue reading
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Amateur Animation Takes TARDIS Crew Back To The Moon
If you judge aesthetically, it’s pretty shoddy, but regardless of the quality, one YouTuber’s admirable attempt to animate a whole missing episode of Doctor Who is worthy in two respects. Firstly, Martin Scotchmore’s amateur recreation of “The Moonbase” episode one … Continue reading
Filed under Doctor Who, Opinion
Loose Cannon Recon Feature Up Now
I’ve just added a feature looking at the brilliant work of Loose Cannon Productions, which makes highly-regarded reconstructions of missing 1960s Doctor Who stories. Their latest release, “The Evil of the Daleks”, is available now and is definitely worth checking … Continue reading
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