Beans are evil! (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/23/08 | Reply
As a former card-carrying member of the Official Doctor Who Fanclub, I am outraged. I'm also aware that this sort of thing happens, leaving the world a little more empty. *sigh*
Neko Kouhai (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
T_T
Apparently this happens to a lot of TV shows (and especially anime) in Japan too. They just tape over them and reused the tapes. >.> I guess that's what they mean by the economic side of this. ._.
Those were the days before VHS tapes. After a first broadcast, a repeat, and overseas broadcast sales, they didn't think there was any market for them anymore. So due to this shortsightedness, rather than store them someplace else, they just burned them. And they did that to many other programs as well.
The thing I don't get is that it says they only removed for economic and space saving reasons. I'm sure there could have been other places to store them. They could have sent them to my mom. *laughs* Shoot they didn't have to destroy them.
KitsuneTsuki
Beans are evil! (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/23/08 | Reply
As a former card-carrying member of the Official Doctor Who Fanclub, I am outraged. I'm also aware that this sort of thing happens, leaving the world a little more empty. *sigh*
I think I need some sleep...
Beans are evil. Bad, bad beans.
mewmewpudding
Otaku Eternal | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
Wikipedia is love.
Though it sucks that those episodes will always be missing... D:
Miss Anonymous
Vagrant AI (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
I'm amused by how fans of the series actually have audio recordings of those early episodes.
Geek Mission... Accomplished!
*pie'd*
Raina
Neko Kouhai (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
T_T
Apparently this happens to a lot of TV shows (and especially anime) in Japan too. They just tape over them and reused the tapes. >.> I guess that's what they mean by the economic side of this. ._.
We need the TARDIS to recover the lost tapes. DX
Love Bug =X3
TimeChaser
Madman With a Box (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
@xaos:
Those were the days before VHS tapes. After a first broadcast, a repeat, and overseas broadcast sales, they didn't think there was any market for them anymore. So due to this shortsightedness, rather than store them someplace else, they just burned them. And they did that to many other programs as well.
Bazinga!
xaos
Burning Spirit (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
The thing I don't get is that it says they only removed for economic and space saving reasons.
I'm sure there could have been other places to store them. They could have sent them to my mom. *laughs* Shoot they didn't have to destroy them.
MaiMaiChan
Senior Otaku+ | Posted 11/22/08 | Reply
... EXTREME SAD FACE. D=