"Is it necessary to keep it secret?" Yes, for the restoration work. No, for the episodes being found. Once it's safely in the BBC's hands, we ought to be told asap. The excuse about the BFI and Airlock is a case in point. Thousands of people were kept in the dark for the sake of some 300 people - an ego trip. If the BBC have a problem with theft in their premises, that's entirely another matter.
As a fan, I would love to know when episodes are returned. But it can create problems, especially as the news of a recovery has the potential to hinder other recoveries that are also being worked on. If a television station learns that the the episodes they hold can be sold to private collectors for a good deal of money, they are less likely to return them for free to the BBC. Case in point was the third episode of Web of Fear, which was part of the discovery that Phil Morris made in Nigeria. But by the time he had secured the permission to return the episodes, one had gone missing... and was presumed to have been sold to a private collector.
I find the details of the restoration process absolutely fascinating.
I own all the Restoration DVDs and they all did amazing work on them.
Met PV once. Thoroughly nice chap.
Interesting video. Thank you for posting.
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"Is it necessary to keep it secret?" Yes, for the restoration work. No, for the episodes being found. Once it's safely in the BBC's hands, we ought to be told asap. The excuse about the BFI and Airlock is a case in point. Thousands of people were kept in the dark for the sake of some 300 people - an ego trip. If the BBC have a problem with theft in their premises, that's entirely another matter.
As a fan, I would love to know when episodes are returned. But it can create problems, especially as the news of a recovery has the potential to hinder other recoveries that are also being worked on. If a television station learns that the the episodes they hold can be sold to private collectors for a good deal of money, they are less likely to return them for free to the BBC. Case in point was the third episode of Web of Fear, which was part of the discovery that Phil Morris made in Nigeria. But by the time he had secured the permission to return the episodes, one had gone missing... and was presumed to have been sold to a private collector.