Back from the Vortex
Jan. 15th, 2004 05:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
addersljThe numerous Dr Who fans who read this journal will be delighted to hear that a missing episode has resurfaced.
Back in the last 60s, the BBC wiped many of its archive tapes and re-used them, on the basis that TV was essentially an ephemeral medium and that what was coming next was more interesting to people than what they'd already seen.
In retrospect, this seems like a gross act of cultural vandalism and a financial disaster in this age of DVD releases. Still, lost episodes of several shows find their way slowly back to the archives from a variety of sources. Personally, I find Dr Who very hard to watch now. I don't think it's aged well. Many people will be pleased by a glimpse at the Daleks' Masterplan, though.
Back in the last 60s, the BBC wiped many of its archive tapes and re-used them, on the basis that TV was essentially an ephemeral medium and that what was coming next was more interesting to people than what they'd already seen.
In retrospect, this seems like a gross act of cultural vandalism and a financial disaster in this age of DVD releases. Still, lost episodes of several shows find their way slowly back to the archives from a variety of sources. Personally, I find Dr Who very hard to watch now. I don't think it's aged well. Many people will be pleased by a glimpse at the Daleks' Masterplan, though.
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Date: 2004-01-15 11:48 am (UTC)Heh. Dr. Who is Cheesy^3. It makes original Star Trek look positively Shakespearian. The world's crappiest special effects and critter-makeup didn't help of course. But the writing and acting could be pretty atrocious too.
However, it was and is an inherently, inalienably, utterly cool concept, which is why it deserves to live eternally. Time-traveling alien with no real name that's ever given out and geeky costume = eternal cool. It's just that simple. :-)
That and Tom Baker was adorable.