The Day of the Doctor UK Cinema Screenings

Today, BBC Worldwide announced details of the UK Cinema Screenings for Day of the Doctor. A total of 216 UK cinemas will be screening the 75 minute episode. The press release reads

In addition to the global TV broadcast, hundreds of cinemas in the UK and around the world are also confirming their plans to screen the hotly anticipated special episode simultaneously in full 3D, giving fans another unique opportunity to be part of a truly global celebration for the iconic British drama series. 216 VUE, Cineworld, Odeon, BFI and Picturehouse cinemas in the UK and Ireland have already confirmed their participation, with tickets for the anniversary screening set to go on sale this Friday October 25th at 9am.

On top of that cinemas in Germany, Russia, America and Canada will also be screening the episode as well as the 75 countries which will get a simultaneous TV airing. A total of 400 cinemas around the world will be showing the episode. This is fantastic as it means more people can get to enjoy this event television than ever before.

The Doctor Who Celebration which is being held over in London that weekend have yet to announce whether or not they will be screening the episode. I know I for one am rather annoyed with this. Up to now, I havn't really minded the lack of details and information that they have been giving but now with one month to go and the cinema tickets going on sale on Friday, I think they really need to get a move on and announce some details.

9 Classic Episodes Returned!

Sadly due to the cost of tape in the 60's/70's, Episodes of BBC tv shows were wiped so to make room for more programs. Due to Doctor Who being sold abroad by BBC enterprises, many episodes of the show have been tracked down, Today the BBC have announced that 9 more episodes have been found at a television relay station in Nigeria. The Enemy of the World episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 + 6 and The Web of Fear episodes 2, 4, 5 and + 6 have been returned to the BBC 46 years after they aired on TV. That means we now have the complete story of The Enemy of the World and all but episode 3 of The Web of Fear.

Philip Morris, who found the episodes, said

I remember wiping the dust off the masking tape on the canisters and my heart missed a beat as I saw the words Doctor Who. When I read the story code, I realised I’d found something pretty special.

Fiona Eastwood, director of consumer products at BBC Worldwide, said

We are thrilled with the recent discovery of The Web Of Fear and The Enemy Of The World and we’re very happy to be launching re-mastered versions of these treasured episodes to fans as we celebrate the 50th year of Doctor Who.

These stories are the perfect present for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. The Enemy of the World is the second complete story we have of Victoria after Tomb of the Cybermen and The Web of Fear marks the first outing of the popular character, Brigadier, then Colonel, Lethbridge-Stewart.We now down from 106 missing episodes, to 97. There are rumours that more episodes have been recovered but only time will tell the truth.

The Episodes will be available on iTunes now with The Enemy of the World out on DVD on November 22nd with Web of Fear following in Early 2014. The missing episode 3 of The Web of Fear has been recreated using 37 still images and the original episode soundtrack for the iTunes release.

The Enemy of the World - Buy now on iTunes
The Web of Fear - Buy now on iTunes

I would like to pass on a big fan to Phillip Morris and whoever else was involved in the recovery of these episodes. Thank you so much for a fantastic 50th Anniversary Present

Doctor Who - Missing Episodes Reveal 2013

The rumour that some new Missing Episodes of Doctor had been found has been circulating around the internet for the majority of the year. The news came to the forefront on Sunday when the Sunday People published a story that "that 106 BBC programs have been unearthed featuring the first two doctors." This artical was very suspicious though since 106 episode are currently missing from the archives and it would be close to impossible that all of the missing episode had been recovered.
Later that day though, the Radio Times published that "missing episodes of Doctor Who will be made available for sale to the public this Wednesday" and that there would be a press conference on the Tuesday. This added a lot of credit to that some missing episodes had been found. But it still was not definite news since the BBC had yet to give an official comment.
The next day the Radio Times tweaked the aritcal stating that the press conference had been pushed back to "later this week". The Guardian then picked up the story stating that the press conference was to be hold on Thursday. There was still a big doubt in the air since the BBC were staying quiet on the matter. Yesterday, the BBC News picked up on the news with Lizo backing up that missing episodes were due to be announced this week. With the BBC News also picking, this pretty much confirmed that missing episodes had been found.
Today, a notice appeared on the official website of Deborah Watling (who played the 2nd Doctors companion Victoria) stating that "Deborah, along with Frazer Hines, will be helping the BBC to launch the newly found Dr.Who episodes this Thurs (10/10/13), betwwen 3.30pm and 7.00pm approx." Although the press conference is taking place tomorrow afternoon, The Telegraph have tweeted saying we will not get to hear which episode have been discovered until Friday. It is looking like a midnight embargo however so there is not much of a delay to wait.
It is currently rumoured that the episodes that have been found are The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear, however Marco Polo, The Savages and The Ice Warriors have also been mentioned. We will have to wait until Friday to find out for definite which episode have been found. After months of speculation, it is nice to finally have some firm news. I for one cannot wait to hear some official news when it is released and find out what has indeed been found.