By Ken Parker
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| philip morris @archives1963 |
10 - Don’t lose faith
– I know that over the past year I have ridden the roller coaster ride of this
rumor with some dark times where I almost gave up on the idea. Most people on the forums seem to have gotten
sick of waiting and talking about it as I have but there has to be something to
Morris’s tweets, Robert’s comments about "Marco Polo" and the ever evolving rumor
reports. Just because one part of the
rumor (an Easter announcement for example) didn’t happen doesn’t mean the whole
thing is bogus. Until Morris comes out and says that his search yielded no more
finds other than what was released in October of 2013, there is hope for more.
9 - Don’t think this
is a Hoax - There is really no way that someone could have planned this
whole hoax out. I said this back in June
of 2013. The rumor details are too
detailed and have changed. Someone would
have to be a diabolical genius to have concocted the entire thing and
infiltrated so many sources and elements of this entire thing.
Now with that said, yes, part of this can be and has been a
hoax. Several times people have been
caught making things up and attempted to get to the rumor reporters. I think the rumor as it was presented back in
the summer and fall of 2013 was as pure and real as we have heard and since then
so much has gone on with more finds (The potentially fake Ian Levine find of no
missing episodes and finding "The Tenth Planet" in the BBC archive and Eddie’s
film can) that mis-information is certainly a strong possibility right now.
8 - Don’t read Gallifrey Base’s Missing Episode
thread – first off, it seems to be closed more often than not. Also the discussions are usually criticisms
and attacks with the naysayers attacking the rumor reporters and the supporters
attacking the naysayers. It used to be
a good place to read about the rumor but most of the rumor reporters have
jumped ship for other forums.
7 - Don’t look at
your watch – this could be a while.
Not days or weeks but months or years.
Perhaps we would be better off not expecting anything and just being
surprised.
6 - Don’t listen to
the Restoration Team – Now this might be unfair but they have always run
interference on this rumor since day one.
They have denied things that have come true and have rubbed our noses in
it from time to time. They go into hibernation for a time only to come out and
dash our hopes for no reason we feel is reasonable. We don’t know the whole story but there are
not many stories out there that can justify this game we have played for a year
or more now. There is also a chance that
the RT is not doing the restoration for some reason and if that is true, then
there is another reason not to listen to them.
Once releases start coming out again, we can forgive them and cuddle up
with them once again.
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| Russell and Ford recording commentary for Marco Polo.. or not |
5 - Don’t get mad if we never see DVD extras for any
new releases again – some rumors support the fact that extras like
commentaries are or have been done for upcoming special editions but the facts
are that the two found stories were released on ITunes and DVD and made boat
loads of money without the extras.
Nothing would be better than to hear commentaries on "Marco Polo" and "Evil
of the Daleks" but it may not happen.
4 - Don’t listen to
everything you see or read on the internet – obviously there is a lot of
conjecture, theories and misinformation going around and someday an article
will be posted (remember the Mirror article?) that will be the preview to what
is to become. Everyone wants to grasp
onto that one clue or tidbit that ends up being the avalanche of information. Finding a spot for "Marco Polo" on the BBC Shop
website or hearing a celeb hinting at something could end up being a piece of
the puzzle but so much of the internet is just not true – good luck figuring
out which one is which.
3 -Don’t read
novelizations of missing episodes – I really can’t understand this. Believing that more “Marco Polo” could be on
its way to us, why would anyone read the book?
I did back in June but I was having one of my lost faith moments when
someone from the Restoration Team crushed my hope in the rumor with some key
words of discouragement. I would love to
see these episodes fresh without a novelization just read or the audio heard
again or the reconstruction seen. To
each his or her own I guess but I really enjoyed “The Enemy of the World” and
was surprised by the story, having read the novelization many years earlier.
2 - Blink… Whatever
you do, Blink – Along the lines of watch watching, it seems that as soon as
we let our guard down, concentrate on something else or steer in another
direction, that is when something happens.
Maybe if we step away from the rumor for a bit, it will come true.
1.
Don’t
bother looking for number 10 as I couldn’t think of any more.
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