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Graham Strong (1949- 2018), Saviour of Missing Doctor Who Soundtracks

Graham Strong (1949- 2018), Saviour of Missing Doctor Who Soundtracks

It’s with great sadness that we report the passing of Graham Strong, to whom Doctor Who fans owe so much more than most realise.

As a 14 year old, Strong used a domestic reel-to-reel, quarter-inch tape to begin recording the audio of Doctor Who – so whenever you enjoy a soundtrack of stories like The Smugglers, The Macra Terror, and The Wheel in Space, you’ve got Graham to thank. That’s because,…

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Doctor Who Missing Episodes: Are There Any Positives?

#DoctorWho Missing Episodes: Are There Any Positives?

There is no doubt that, in Doctor Who terms, the wiping of a huge swathe of episodes has been a bit of a disaster, but I don’t want to go into a post mortem about the actual episode wiping, except that I’m one who understands why it happened. It’s very easy to apply today’s standards retrospectively, but all decisions are made for the reasons for the time they were made. Let’s leave that there. 

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High Quality Audio Reels of Missing Doctor Who Serials Found!

High Quality Audio Reels of Missing #DoctorWho Serials Found - and we've got @kaleidoscopetv to thank! #MissingEpisodes

Audio recordings of missing Doctor Who episodes have been found, many of which are an improvement on what’s previously been available.

The discovery comes from Kaleidoscope, a non-profit organisation specialising in finding missing TV shows; these audio reels had been passed on to one of the company’s volunteers, Robert Wyn (who typically works with glass photo negatives). Kaleidoscope’s Chris…

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Graham Strong, the man responsible for the survival of many high-quality audio recordings of missing Doctor Who episodes, has died at the age of 69. via /r/doctorwho https://ift.tt/2rRZRmh

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"How Do Missing Episode Soundtracks Exist?" Audio Recordings Archived for Safekeeping

“How Do Missing Episode Soundtracks Exist?” Audio Recordings Archived for Safekeeping

If the name Mark Ayres is in your head recently, it might be because you know him for composing the incidental music for the “I swear this is the final version” of Shada released in 2017. What you might not know him for is working with the Doctor Who Restoration Team on remastering soundtracks for DVD and CD releases of missing stories. If you’ve listened to any recons of Second Doctor stories…

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