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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 25, 2024 11:44:37 GMT -5
The Man From UNCLE had a tie-in magazine?! Wow. I need to see these. The magazine industry is in decline no doubt; here I think the only 2 tie-in magazines left are published by Titan: Star Trek Magazine and Star Wars Insider. Years ago, there were tie-in mags for Lost, Smallville, Alias, Prison Break, etc. Curiously, it seemed that only soaps and sci-fi/fantasy had tie-in magazines; something eternally popular, such as the detective genre, didn’t seem to get such things, at least not over here. Does this mean fans of sci-fi and fantasy read more? I did like some of those magazines, though, although one could not afford every issue. Here’s an example:  EDIT: Just remembered that Panini publish Doctor Who Magazine, although with a cover price of £7.99, and annual subscription rates of £100+, I’m not sure how long that will continue…  They were story magazines, featuring prose adventures of the character, much like the book tie-in series. I recently got digital copies of these. You can read them on the Internet Archive. The novel series was pretty good, especially the ones from David McDaniel. His "The Dagger Affair," features Napoleon & Ilya teaming up with THRUSH to fight a rival organization, DAGGER; and, reveals the full name of THRUSH (Technological Hierarchy for Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity) and that it grew out of Professor Moriarty's criminal empire. |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 28, 2024 11:20:28 GMT -5
Tonight, on Talking Pictures, Z-Cars is going to air; it’s a police show about a force in the north of England. Running from 1962 to 1978, 801 episodes were produced, but 462 are missing. I’ve wanted to see this for years. I hope it lives up to my expectations. EDIT: The British Film Institute has a piece about the show: www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473009/index.html |
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Post by berkley on Sept 28, 2024 16:56:10 GMT -5
Tonight, on Talking Pictures, Z-Cars is going to air; it’s a police show about a force in the north of England. Running from 1962 to 1978, 801 episodes were produced, but 462 are missing. I’ve wanted to see this for years. I hope it lives up to my expectations. EDIT: The British Film Institute has a piece about the show: www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473009/index.htmlI've been curious about this show too since becoming aware of it for the first time only a few years ago. Good to hear there are at least some episodes surviving. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 28, 2024 18:07:59 GMT -5
Tonight, on Talking Pictures, Z-Cars is going to air; it’s a police show about a force in the north of England. Running from 1962 to 1978, 801 episodes were produced, but 462 are missing. I’ve wanted to see this for years. I hope it lives up to my expectations. EDIT: The British Film Institute has a piece about the show: www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473009/index.htmlI wonder how many UK shows have been lost due to lack of genuine interest in preservation. Doctor Who is an obvious one, thankfully a lot of the episodes have been recovered in some form or another, sometimes just the audio |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 28, 2024 18:34:20 GMT -5
Tonight, on Talking Pictures, Z-Cars is going to air; it’s a police show about a force in the north of England. Running from 1962 to 1978, 801 episodes were produced, but 462 are missing. I’ve wanted to see this for years. I hope it lives up to my expectations. EDIT: The British Film Institute has a piece about the show: www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/473009/index.htmlI wonder how many UK shows have been lost due to lack of genuine interest in preservation. Doctor Who is an obvious one, thankfully a lot of the episodes have been recovered in some form or another, sometimes just the audio Very true. I wonder, are there many lost episodes of American shows? |
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Post by Batflunkie on Sept 28, 2024 19:15:45 GMT -5
I wonder how many UK shows have been lost due to lack of genuine interest in preservation. Doctor Who is an obvious one, thankfully a lot of the episodes have been recovered in some form or another, sometimes just the audio Very true. I wonder, are there many lost episodes of American shows? One that comes to mind is "Black Bart", a tv adaptation of Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" film. Apparently there were multiple seasons made, but only the pilot has been released publicly. If I recall correctly, Warner Bros did this as a way to hold onto the rights to the film as a way to produce a possible sequel. |
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Post by berkley on Sept 28, 2024 19:32:44 GMT -5
Old sports broadcasts of various kinds are a great loss, IMO. I'd love to see some old complete games from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, especially in hockey and rugby, but even in some sports I'm less interested in like CFL and NFL football. Actually there are some hockey games available on youtube but not many, as far as I've been able to find.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2024 20:55:00 GMT -5
Old sports broadcasts of various kinds are a great loss, IMO. I'd love to see some old complete games from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, especially in hockey and rugby, but even in some sports I'm less interested in like CFL and NFL football. Actually there are some hockey games available on youtube but not many, as far as I've been able to find. I actively preserve 70’s baseball and hockey full game broadcasts as I’m able to find them, and burn them all to DVD. I also have grabbed any official release I can get, like my Canada Cup 76 DVD set that has 6 games on it. Another set I have documents the WHA and includes a full game of the Jets vs the Aeros. I also have the official full 1975, 1977 plus ALCS game 5, and 1979 World Series sets on DVD. I have a few 70’s Steelers Super Bowls, oh, and some 70’s Wimbledon for tennis. Among other stuff, but again I’ve tried to get anything ripped off of YouTube I’ve been able to find. Honestly, I pretty much prefer these old broadcasts to modern sports these days (though it’s still fun to take my son to games in person sometimes just for the experience). Come to think of it, I’m already “in 1976” tonight as I’m watching a KISS concert from that year at Cobo Hall in Detroit as I type this. Concert’s almost over, think I’ll head over to that Canada Cup and watch Canada vs Sweden! |
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Post by berkley on Sept 28, 2024 22:19:15 GMT -5
Old sports broadcasts of various kinds are a great loss, IMO. I'd love to see some old complete games from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, especially in hockey and rugby, but even in some sports I'm less interested in like CFL and NFL football. Actually there are some hockey games available on youtube but not many, as far as I've been able to find. I actively preserve 70’s baseball and hockey full game broadcasts as I’m able to find them, and burn them all to DVD. I also have grabbed any official release I can get, like my Canada Cup 76 DVD set that has 6 games on it. Another set I have documents the WHA and includes a full game of the Jets vs the Aeros. I also have the official full 1975, 1977 plus ALCS game 5, and 1979 World Series sets on DVD. I have a few 70’s Steelers Super Bowls, oh, and some 70’s Wimbledon for tennis. Among other stuff, but again I’ve tried to get anything ripped off of YouTube I’ve been able to find. Honestly, I pretty much prefer these old broadcasts to modern sports these days (though it’s still fun to take my son to games in person sometimes just for the experience). Come to think of it, I’m already “in 1976” tonight as I’m watching a KISS concert from that year at Cobo Hall in Detroit as I type this. Concert’s almost over, think I’ll head over to that Canada Cup and watch Canada vs Sweden!
That's great, I like doing that too - immersing oneself in a certain year or era by watching sports, tv shows, movies, reading books, comics, listening to music all from the same period. Good idea to preserve them in some form, as there's no knowing how long they'll be available online.
I do have the Canada Cup 76 dvd set and also the 1974 series with the WHA players, which I have never seen.
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Post by commond on Sept 28, 2024 22:28:22 GMT -5
Old sports broadcasts of various kinds are a great loss, IMO. I'd love to see some old complete games from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, especially in hockey and rugby, but even in some sports I'm less interested in like CFL and NFL football. Actually there are some hockey games available on youtube but not many, as far as I've been able to find. Have you seen this channel? www.youtube.com/@aboriginalbrotha9947/videos |
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Post by berkley on Sept 28, 2024 22:45:13 GMT -5
Old sports broadcasts of various kinds are a great loss, IMO. I'd love to see some old complete games from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, especially in hockey and rugby, but even in some sports I'm less interested in like CFL and NFL football. Actually there are some hockey games available on youtube but not many, as far as I've been able to find. Have you seen this channel? No I have not - that's fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for, thanks very much.
I did watch a Lions vs All-Blacks match from the early 90s a few months ago and it was so much fun. It was from the years when I was first getting into rugby but I don't think I caught this particular tour at the time, though I recognised a lot of the players on both sides. One of the biggest differences that I had forgotten about was how different the scrums were then - much less controlled, with the opposing front rows often lined up askew and at a much greater distance than now - it was really wild to see at times.
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Post by commond on Sept 29, 2024 1:50:31 GMT -5
Have you seen this channel? No I have not - that's fantastic, just the kind of thing I'm looking for, thanks very much.
I did watch a Lions vs All-Blacks match from the early 90s a few months ago and it was so much fun. It was from the years when I was first getting into rugby but I don't think I caught this particular tour at the time, though I recognised a lot of the players on both sides. One of the biggest differences that I had forgotten about was how different the scrums were then - much less controlled, with the opposing front rows often lined up askew and at a much greater distance than now - it was really wild to see at times.
Check out the playlists. The channel has links to other vintage footage, though some of the older stuff is incomplete. We had a special rugby channel in NZ that showed old games and DVD sets when they were a thing. There used to be guys who sold old footage of matches, but I don't know if they're still around. |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 29, 2024 4:56:47 GMT -5
I just wish someone could find that Wembley Stadium match that serial liar Hulk Hogan claims to have been involved in. What a find that would be…
Presuming Wikipedia is accurate, there are 22 missing episodes of The Avengers (and 1 incomplete). And as far as Doctor Who is concerned, 97 of 253 episodes from the programme's first six years are missing, meaning 26 serials are incomplete.
Never say never, but I fear some may be lost forever…
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Post by codystarbuck on Sept 29, 2024 19:57:26 GMT -5
I just wish someone could find that Wembley Stadium match that serial liar Hulk Hogan claims to have been involved in. What a find that would be… Presuming Wikipedia is accurate, there are 22 missing episodes of The Avengers (and 1 incomplete). And as far as Doctor Who is concerned, 97 of 253 episodes from the programme's first six years are missing, meaning 26 serials are incomplete. Never say never, but I fear some may be lost forever… The Avengers are all but one of the Ian Hendry years (or 1 1/3, as the first act or half exists for the first episode, as well as one complete episode). Doctor Who, I think, is missing more from Patrick Troughton than William Hartnell, from what I recall, from listings, especially his first season. It's been ten years since any episodes turned up (from Nigeria); but, there is strong belief that there are copies of most in the hands of private collectors, who are afraid to come forward, for fear of losing them. It's possible that more might come; but, I wouldn't bet an as big a haul as the Nigerian find (and one in Hong Kong, in the 90s, which turned up Tomb of the Cybermen). |
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Post by driver1980 on Sept 30, 2024 4:13:48 GMT -5
I just wish someone could find that Wembley Stadium match that serial liar Hulk Hogan claims to have been involved in. What a find that would be… Presuming Wikipedia is accurate, there are 22 missing episodes of The Avengers (and 1 incomplete). And as far as Doctor Who is concerned, 97 of 253 episodes from the programme's first six years are missing, meaning 26 serials are incomplete. Never say never, but I fear some may be lost forever… The Avengers are all but one of the Ian Hendry years (or 1 1/3, as the first act or half exists for the first episode, as well as one complete episode). Doctor Who, I think, is missing more from Patrick Troughton than William Hartnell, from what I recall, from listings, especially his first season. It's been ten years since any episodes turned up (from Nigeria); but, there is strong belief that there are copies of most in the hands of private collectors, who are afraid to come forward, for fear of losing them. It's possible that more might come; but, I wouldn't bet an as big a haul as the Nigerian find (and one in Hong Kong, in the 90s, which turned up Tomb of the Cybermen). I believe you’re right about the Troughton Era having more missing episodes. Classic Who is available on BBC iPlayer, but I’ve been able to see very little of the Troughton Era as, quite honestly, I do not have any interest in watching incomplete serials, including those which have been “completed” via audio recordings, telesnaps and animated reconstructions. It’s frustrating because I’d love to see the Yeti storyline in full because it features the debut of Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart (although he was a colonel in that serial). The one I’d really like to see is the First Doctor’s Marco Polo. I might be sounding like a pedant but I don’t want to listen to the surviving audio recordings. I hope that one turns up. Incidentally, episodes of Dad’s Army are missing. I own the available episodes on DVD. Be nice to see the missing episodes found, but I’m not sure the BBC is as committed to finding those as they are for Doctor Who. |
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