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My brother has been re-tweeting internet rumours about this all week so I do hope for his sake that they're good ones ...

Mol

I've got my fingers crossed that it'll be 'The Power of the Daleks' or 'The Evil of the Daleks'. As they've said 'Episodes' I'm assuming that it is odd ones here and there, not a complete story.

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http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/bbc-confirms-9-lost-troughton-episodes-recovered-53718.htm

"The Enemy of the World" and "The Web of Fear", it seems.

Patrick Troughton's always good - I must admit I prefer him over William Hartnell. And 9 episodes, almost 2 whole stories, just in time for the 50th Anniversary. Brilliant.

I do wonder how long they've known about this, as they've already announced that 'The Enemy of the World' will be out on DVD on the 25th November, all polished up. Did it influence the inclusion of the Great Intelligence as this year's recurring baddy?

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It does seem a startling coincidence, doesn't it? Or maybe Moffat just wanted to return to some old villains that hadn't been used in a long while, and this is just fortuitous.

Hard to say, really.


Geggs

I would imagine they wanted to get the restoration out of the way before they made the announcement... it'd be a bit rubbish if they trumpeted about finding the episodes back whenever they were actually found, only to discover they were too degraded to save.

If you want to see someone get really unnecessarily angry about the Beeb not telling us about it straight away check Ian Levine's Twitter feed. That man needs to chill out.

An interview with the man who found 'em:

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/10/11/doctor-who-missing-episodes-interview-with-episode-hunter-philip-morris/

Still no indication of *when* he found 'em, mind.

Is there a cinema screening of 'The Day of The Doctor" near you?

http://www.doctorwho.tv/watch-the-day-of-the-doctor/


Geggs

Excellent, there's one at the Odeon Printworks. I am so there!

Oooo... cinema screenings...
Urgh... 3D cinema screenings...

Indeed, but I am very much willing to put up with that on this occasion.

'Thank you for your booking online and we hope you enjoy "Dr Who 3d".

Your online booking has been successful and your tickets have been booked at:..."

OMGOMGOMGOMG... *squeeeee*

Doctor Who was meant to be viewed on a telly.

Apparently it is being broadcast to 75 countries simultaneously. I still think that's impressive.

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Have you seen the mini-episode "The Night of the Doctor"?

I won't give away what happens in it, but you really do want to see it if you haven't yet.

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2013/11/14/the-night-of-the-doctor-is-here/


Geggs

Yes. It's only about 7 minutes long, so you have no excuses.

I'm not entirely sure it was very clear about the reasons for what happens in it, though. I sort of get the impression there was a lot of water under the bridge leading up to it that we're not seeing, because if his decision just comes out of nowhere, that seems pretty out-of-character to me no matter how convincing she was.

I also thought it was a 'last straw' moment. He looked tired.

What I was most surprised about was when he came on screen Mr Vip said "That's the new doctor!" and I replied, "No, it's Paul McGann." I still have no idea how I knew that.

I only knew it because I'd seen some of the Facebook fan-pages posting up links to articles about him coming back. I didn't read any of them, but the titles were enough: one had a quote from Moffat saying McGann was "ridiculously excited" to be coming back.

It was good to see him given a proper send off... of sorts. Welcome back into The Cannon, light the fuse.... *woosh*

I heard speculation, that they might pull a Sarah Jane - the adventures of the somethingth Dr..... probable nonsense.


Meanwhile tickets booked to see Day of The Doctor on the Big Screen (I don't have a telly)

I managed to just about see it on my home PC, which struggled like anything – brought back memories of McGann's 'Shada' – only to see it on the BBC Red Button on Saturday, when I was able to see it in its full glory. It seems very much a tease – yes, there was a Time War that was destroying everything, but we don't learn anything more about it.

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