Evil of the Daleks Episode 4.2

[THE4thTARDIS]

why dont the bbc just animate these episodes like they did for the invasion

[MyWilliam1996]

@THE4thTARDIS I think It's because it takes alot of time, and is rather costly

[SWiNETHEA]

Does anyone know why the beeb wiped the tapes, but kept stills of every shot? Hows that work?

[Gutpunchtaker]

From what I recall it was a fire that wiped out the films. The audio here comes from tape recordings someone made and photographs were stored elsewhere.

[glenrea]

@Gutpunchtaker the video recordings were transferred to film so the video tape could be re-used. It was very expensive back then so the beeb wanted to get their money's worth.

The telecine recordings were sold around the world, but as the BBC was only allowed 1 showing and 1 repeat, they were not deemed commercially viable to keep, so when sold other countries, it was either "destroy on site & send certificate" or send back to be destroyed. Normally by bonfire, so partly correct!

[glenrea]

@Gutpunchtaker As for the stills, pass how they got saved. They may even be from off-air recordings ie people setting up a cine camera pointing at their telly!

[THE4thTARDIS]

i thought they wiped the tapes so that they could be reused for other episodes

[Changeling9au]

"....but kept stills of every shot?"

Apparently, there was a guy called John Cura who took lots of photos of the 1960s Dr.Who sets.

watch?v=mygSwf2cHYo

Good to see that *someone* at the BBC was actually using their brain!

[dafunkeymonkey]

Hahaha, the conversation at 1:00. The Dalek sounds like it says "Oh baby".

It's another case of sexual air supply.

[MarkVA71]

Great reconstruction!

[fonz02152001]

This is wonderful to be able to watch. Could you reconstruct some of the other missing eps? Like maybe the only Christmas Special done in the Classic Series, Episode 7 of The Daleks Masterplan entitled "The Feast of Steven"?

[montypython203]

Brilliant!