Missing episode hunter
Philip Morris, who was responsible for
last year's discovery of 9 previously missing episodes from
The Enemy of the World and
The Web of Fear at a Nigerian television station, has today declined to confirm whether or not he has found any further episodes of
Doctor Who.
Morris has been taking part in an online question-and-answer session at the
Doctor Who Missing Episodes Discussion Group on Facebook. Since 9pm UK time, Morris has been answering questions submitted by members of the group earlier in the day.
Asked to say whether or not he had found any further episodes, Morris told the group:
A tricky one to answer
And fans will just want a yes or no haven't you or have you. But it's complex all I can say is the wind is blowing the right way be patient. I don't wish to jeopardise the ongoing project in any way .And feel the fans of all lost tv will be very happy with the outcome.
Morris told the group of the dangers inherent in searching unstable areas of the world for vintage television programmes, including encounters with bandits and armed militia and narrowly being missed by a mortar shell in Syria. But he said he had also been inspired by countries such as India, and Ethiopia, which are "nations of very innovative people who find the most amazing ways of doing things with little funding".
Morris defended the statement issued last year, before the return of
The Web of Fear and
Enemy of the World, which declared the episodes "all gone"
It was a statement of fact. All the original video recordings were wiped, all the known negatives were junked and all out of contract film copies sent to landfill. They are the facts sadly. However moving on from that you have non returned prints audition films. And things which people thankfully thought to take home.
Morris said that the two stories he would most like to see returned are
The Tenth Planet, Episode 4 and
Power of the Daleks, as these are such key episodes.
However he said fans should not expect any news in the near future.
There are no announcements in the pipeline at present.It can sometimes be the wrong thing with ongoing work and investigation. An example would be during the last announcement I was in a very hostile part of the world and suddenly I was everywhere on tv my anonymity was compromised. Which made the team a target .So we must plan these things carefully for the greater good of the project and the safety of the personnel involved.
BBC Worldwide has previously stated to
Doctor Who Magazine earlier this year that "BBC Worldwide does not have any of the 97 missing episodes of
Doctor Who, and none of them have been - or are being - restored for release... We're aware of these rumours, and are keen to set the record straight... as we don't want fans' hopes to be falsely raised."
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