Old clips needed

To any one reading this blog-site, this is an appeal!

The BBC Restoration Team are seeking help in finding lost episodes or clips from old episodes of Doctor Who.

Sadly, over 100 episodes of the original 700+ episodes of the classic series are missing, however, over the years some have been returned to the BBC (found in car boot sales, Church Halls, Nigeria television stations just to name three). It wasn't only Dr Who where the films were destroyed. In the days before DVD, videos and all that complicated stuff, whole films of old television programmes, like 'Steptoe and Son', 'Morecambe and Wise', 'Quattermass' and old news programmes were junked to make way for newer material of the time.

Now with DVDs being really popular of old tv shows from the 50s, 60s and 70s it is hoped that people may be able to give or lend their copies over to the BBC or ITV, to be cleaned up and made available again. Even lost clips will count. To see these lost moments again, cleaned up and digitally restored is amazing.

Now, if you have episode four of 1966's 'The Tenth Planet' or the colour edition of part three of 1973's 'Planet of the Daleks' do let the team know at www.restoration-team.co.uk.

This may all sound sad, but remember when as a child you were offered the chance of going into a sweet shop and promised to have everything, only to have a bubble gum or sherbot drops and how disappointed you were, that's what it is like, but as an adult.

Many thanks in advance.