The Web of Fear found? - updated
News Updated: 7/9/2007
As we have previously stated, we do not usually report rumours of this scale, and we certainly would not report a rumour like this without having some belief / evidence of its veracity.
DWO ran a news item yesterday detailing that we believe there to be some truth in the rumour that The Web of Fear has been found. Today, we are still standing by that statement. We are not confirming or denying the rumour, merely stating our position in regards to reporting the item.
As providers of one of the leading online Doctor Who news sources, it is sometimes difficult to judge exactly what to report on. We thought about keeping the news to ourselves, but then we wouldn't be providing you with the service we set out to provide you all those years ago. DWO is first and foremost a Doctor Who News and Information site.
As fans ourselves, we understand how frustrating it is to hear a report of a missing episode and find out it isn't true, and we obviously wouldn't want to be perpetrators of such reports.
If the rumour indeed turns out to be true, we're not the sort of site to say 'we told you so', we're just genuinely pleased that a part of Doctor Who history will have been returned. If however it turns out to be false, then it will of course be a shame, but once again we would like to make it clear that at no point have we said it is 100% confirmed. As fans you have a right to hear the news stories we believe are credible and worthy of a mention.
We now ask fans to be patient and wait for an official confirmation / denial
Regardless of how the rumour turns out, DWO are in the planning stages of a massive missing episode hunt campaign. We feel that through all of the positive messages and support we have had so far, that we can pull the online communities, as well as contacts we have made over the past 11 years together and try to help locate some of the missing Doctor Who stories.
We understand there have been previous attempts to do this, and in some cases this has proven to be extremely successful, so we're going to use our online presence, resources and status in a massive campaign which you will see in print and online media over the coming weeks and months.
If you feel you can help in any way, pleas email us at:
missingepisodes@drwho-online.co.uk.