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Oct. 11th, 2013 09:48 am
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I have been catching the bus to and from work for a week now and have already ascertained that the #61 bus is ALWAYS overcrowded. Ah, the joys of commuting!

But the trials and tribulations of bus travel aside, today is a happy day because, after months of rabid speculation, the BBC have finally, officially confirmed that lost episodes of Doctor Who have been found! One complete serial and one almost complete serial, both from season 5 - one of the hardest hit by the burnination policy of the 1970s.

More details here and here - it's an absolutely fascinating story, the outcome of a physical search that's been going on for a number of years, with a big find rumoured for about two years now. The rumour went viral within the Doctor Who fandom back in the summer and the speculation since then has been fevered, to say the least. But now we have The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear back in the fold and available for digital download immediately, with DVDs to be released in November and February - the number of missing episodes now down from 106 to 97. Awesomesauce!

No doubt there's a lot we still don't know about this find and what's been going on behind the scenes, but for now let's just be happy that we get to see two more adventures with the Second Doctor, Jamie and Victoria! Enemy of the World is one of my favourite novelisations and Web of Fear features the very first appearance of the Brigadier - before he was promoted to Brigadier and put in charge of UNIT. Baby Brigadier, Yeti and evil doppelgangers - what's not to love about that?!

In Other News, my Poppy cat managed to escape from the new flat the other night. It was my fault completely. I'd opened a window, just a crack, but I knew she was a flight risk (she's been stir crazy ever since we moved) and I knew she knows how windows work. So she got out, knocking a windowbox off the sill in the process (she's a very clumsy cat) and disappeared off into the gathering gloom of evening. I panicked and spent half an hour calling her and jingling a little bell that she usually responds to, fretting that she'd be lost in an unfamiliar neighbourhood. Then finally I heard crashing in the apple tree in next door's garden, and at last Poppy came flinging herself out of the tree, closely followed by a big unneutered ginger tom - which ran when it saw me. But Poppy was in such a state that she ran straight past the wide open back door and tried to get back in through the window, which I'd closed - she hurled herself at the window and bounced off into my plant pots again, squishing a rather fragile fuchsia in the process, which I'm not happy about. I had to call her and physically shepherd her through the door, she was freaking out so much.

So should I be impressed by her ability to memorise her route back the way she got out, or despair at her brainlessness in running straight past the open door to try to get back in through a closed window?

Finally, just to spam your f-lists even more, here are some pretty pics of Poppy and Alfie helping me pack for the move.
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Date: 2013-10-11 10:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] llywela13.livejournal.com
The crazy thing is that Alfie, who has been free to roam all his life, is completely laid back about being kept in, while Poppy, who has been a house cat before, is stir crazy! Such different temperaments - they get freaked by such different things!

And, um, yes. I shall certainly be spending a good chunk of the weekend having me a rediscovered episodes viewing party! I know it doesn't mean much to most of my flisties out there who can't stand the thought of black and white 1960s TV, but it's such a huge deal - the biggest single find in Doctor Who history. Season 5 saw seven adventures, 40 episodes in total, but at the end of the 1970s only three of those 40 episodes existed in the archives. Today, following this find, we now have 22 out of 40 episodes from season 5 - two complete serials, one missing only one episode, and one missing two episodes that have been reconstructed with animation. And it isn't just great for the fans to get to see those early adventures finally - it's so touching for the actors, as well, to have their work recovered. For Deb Watling, who played Victoria, especially - her father guest starred in Web of Fear, so how amazing must it have been for her to get to see him on screen at the press conference yesterday!

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