Web of Fear found? No.

[Larry]

Is the discussion still "on-going"? I thought I read that Sue Malden from the BBC archives had been assured it was all local government film, and there was no chance of any DW being amongst it?

the thread on O.G is now a few pages back and I'm not sure if that latest ingo has been posted on it yet.

[Lord President]

It would be fantastic it it where true, but I have learned to be skeptical about such things!

[Larry]

It would be fantastic it it where true, but I have learned to be skeptical about such things!

I think I'd be more inclined to say that I've become cynical about these rumours.

[Ralph]

I've still to watch the recon Wayne sent me...

[Larry]

The DWO team, have really stuck their necks out for this and are staking their reputation on it for that you can only but respect them for taking this risk knowing the huge back lash they face if it turns out to be a hoax

[Jonno]

I can't say I respect them - on the contrary, I wish they'd never reported it as they temporarily raised my hopes the other day. I'd rather not have known about it in the first place.

[Pip Madeley]

Why can't they wait till it's found and then report that? False hope sucks.

[Paul Hayes]

On various other forums, the webmaster of DWO keeps insisting that if they hadn't reported it and it had turned out to be true, then they would have gotten many many angry e-mails from readers. The logic of this argument utterly baffles me - how would anybody know you'd had an inkling of it unless you told them? And surely those who thought about it at all if you did tell them would respect you more for awaiting confirmation?

[Pip Madeley]

how would anybody know you'd had an inkling of it unless you told them?

But surely that's only about them trying to gain "cool points" because they knew first?

I'd rather remain blissfully unaware (and avoid the disappointment of several hoaxes) until the BBC announced an episode had been recovered.

[P-Bal]

But to be fair Seb has said it's unconfirmed, and a rumour, but one which he has a firm belief in. He's a good guy and wouldn't make this stuff up just for the fun or publicity.

[Larry]

well I guess we'll all just have to be patient and see how this develops, but it it dose turn out to be hoax O.G is going to go into melt down with all the angry and abusive posts directed at DWO some thing tht I hope dose not happen.

[Pip Madeley]

Paul Vanezis doesn't believe it:

Paul Vanezis
Re: Did the baked Peladon quad get replayed?
Sun Sep 09 2007 18:19:40

Hello John.

Yes, I will have to check, but I believe that the transfer has now been done.

I'll check with WMR next time I'm in the office. I've been away filming, hence not chasing this up and only just hearing about that 'Web of Fear' nonsense.

Regards,

Paul

[Larry]

Paul Vanezis doesn't believe it:

er who's Paul Vanezis ?

[Pip Madeley]

Founding member of the Restoration Team:

Paul Vanezis

[Perry Vale]

er who's Paul Vanezis ?

He's the RT person who knows most about missing episodes, having spent a few years contacting foreign tv stations/archives etc.....

[Milky Tears]

I never trust anyone named Sebastian.

















They all look shady!

[Larry]

He's the RT person who knows most about missing episodes, having spent a few years contacting foreign tv stations/archives etc.....

the problem is nobody seems to know anything If this turns out to be true and some episodes are found I can only assume that the lack of info may well be down to seb of DWO, may be speaking to a private collector or some one acting on behalf of a collector.

[Rob McCow]

Ah, the mythical world of private collectors.

[Dirk Gently]

There's nothing mythical about my privates!

[P-Bal]

Nothing private about them either.

[Rob McCow]

But I'm assured that although they were presumed lost in the '60's, they have actually passed through many hands since then.

[Dirk Gently]

Has this been proved a hoax yet? Or is it just going to go away & nothing will be known either way?

[Paul Monk]

What your privates? Or are we talking about Web of Fear again

[Larry]

Has this been proved a hoax yet? Or is it just going to go away & nothing will be known either way?

still has not been confirmed or denied

[Fatso the wombat]

still has not been confirmed or denied

The trouble is that sometimes there can be no official denial of a rumour, as there is nothing that can be investigated. What we are going from here is a report on a website that a source claims that episodes of Web have been returned. There is no trail to investigate as DWO are protecting their source's details, and the source has not made themselves know to anyone else.

I could give you a list as long as my arm, written in 8 pt text, of rumours that have never been officially debunked due to the sparse nature of information relating to the rumour.

Really, I do hope this is one of those rare beasts; a rumour with basis in truth. But I fear it won't be.