Wiped! The Story behind Doctor Who's Missing Episodes

[SiHart]

From: http://www.telos.co.uk/

"We will shortly be adding to the site... details of a new book all about the destruction and recovery of Doctor Who episodes from the sixties and seventies. This title, called Wiped! is written by Richard Molesworth, one of the Doctor Who Restoration Team, and lifts the lid on all the rumours and misinformation about this topic. Not to be missed".

Sound good doesn't it?

Si xx

[Rob McCow]

Yes! Another fact book for the shelf!

We might not get the Waterhouse autobiog but I think this might be worth a punt.

[Lissa]

Be warned - the book does contain extensive interviews with Ian Levine so it won't be suitable for anyone with a pomposity allergy.

[Jon Masters]

Be warned - the book does contain extensive interviews with Ian Levine so it won't be suitable for anyone with a pomposity allergy.

Surely the entire book should be about him ?

[Stuart Wallis]

Be warned - the book does contain extensive interviews with Ian Levine so it won't be suitable for anyone with a pomposity allergy.

I had a feeling he might have summat to do with it!

[Awesome Wells]

Molesworth, plugging himself* on Levine's forum, says:

No more rumours, no more misinformation, no more fan gossip. The truth about Doctor Who's missing episodes can now be told in full!

I hope that doesn't mean those elements of the story are missing - otherwise this book will be as dull as David Brunt's non-existent book "The Book Of The Book of Doctor Who Lists Lists".


*Steady on.

[Stuart Wallis]

Molesworth, plugging himself*
*Steady on.

A good trick if you know how it's done!

[SiHart]

Apparently this book is upsetting Mr Levine a bit as it's contradicting all his carefully honed stories of how he personally saved episodes of the show. There's been much said on Gallifrey Base about it, and he's adamant lots of things are WRONG- especially how ABC in Australia happened to have a colour 625 VT of Frontier in Space after he bought copies of the B&W prints from the BBC.

I'm looking forward to this immensely!

Si xx

[Lissa]

I have this image of the final Molesworth-Levine confrontation being like the last act of a bad whodunnit and Levine will get so wound up by Molesworth that he'll blurt out "That can't have happened because I've got all twelve episodes of the Dalek Masterplan and put 5 and 10 in the basement myself..."

[SiHart]

@ Lissa.

We can only hope that's true!

Si xx

[Stuart Wallis]

A naff whodunnit degenerating into an appalling Macbeth if Ian really gets going.

[SiHart]

"Richard Molesworth has created the ultimate account of the search for the missing Doctor Who episodes. I wholeheartedly endorse his book, and believe every Doctor fan everywhere owes themselves the privilege of reading it.
Not only the best book on the subject, but probably the best Doctor Who book EVER"
IAN LEVINE - OCTOBER 2010

And you know what, after spending much of the weekend escaping from other things by reading this book I can't find myself disagreeing with him. The level of research that's gone into this book is astonishing and really if you have any interest in the how Doctor Who came to lose so many episodes then this is the book for you. Brilliant stuff.

Si xx