'Genesis' and 'Remembrance' are pretty much mandatory from the Classic series — at least until they turn 'Power' or 'Evil' or 'Masterplan' up. (And they may very well have, if you believe the message boards.) From NuWho: 'Dalek' and 'Asylum' stand above the rest. 'Victory' tried (and lifted bits from 'Power'…

Update: According a Missing Episodes Facebook feed I follow, the BBC has declined to confirm a 2014 release date for 'The Underwater Menace,' which was known to be on the Reconstruction Team's 'to-do' list. A BBC Enterprises type allegedly said (rather cryptically) to check back after April. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks. Yeah, well, Mrs. WiHi is less in awe, let's put it that way, LOL. I'm an old 'Who' geek from WAAAAAAY back, and have really enjoyed the heights the new series has taken it to (even if I loathed 'The Name Of The Doctor' for all its missed opportunities and feel that Clara, the character, has been a botched try,…

All I've seen of 'Masterplan' are the 3 episodes on the 'Lost In Time' DVD set, and it was interesting — but, like a lot of those '60s 'Who' snippets, hard to really properly gauge out of context. Never say never, but it's safe to say that the one episode of '60s 'Who' that will probably NEVER be seen again is 'The…

Molesworth: Yep, although I haven't — full disclosure — actually read it. I did pick up the DWM piece he did in Jan. or Feb. 2012 on the missing '60s eps, and it's superb; there's a great infographic in there as well as to what was sold abroad where and when. The Dalek stories that everybody wants the most to see got…

There's a lot of message board smoke going around about 'Marco Polo' being found, and in the re-mastering process as well. Some have even said 'Power' has been recovered, too, or at least recovered in a complete enough form to be sell-able, which would be f—king incredible. Especially, if you read Molesworth's…

Seconded. Dave T has about a tenth of the range /chops of Matt Smith (and maybe a 50th of Eccleston's), and spent most of his tenure chewing up scenery while channeling his inner Tom B. (Especially the times he went 'Welllllllll,' with the same tilt of the head), but the man has … presence. Leading-man presence. He…

So I'm not the only one who finds it a fascinating "coincidence" that now, in the 50th anniversary of the show and the supply of KNOWN surviving stories for the DVD line running out at the start of 2014, formerly "missing" serials have turned up, and turned up in sell-able, remastered, awesome bunches? :)

As someone who jumped on the "Enemy" bandwagon late, gotta say: I'm absolutely stoked that people seem to be stunned/thrilled by it. I'd snatched up every Troughton-era BBC CD soundtrack I could find a few years ago and found it to be a story — literally, sight unseen — that stuck out as smart, interesting, clever and…

Buzz was spot-on. 'Enemy' and 'Web' dropped on iTunes tonight (Ep 3 of 'Web' is a stills reconstruction, mind you), with a DVD release of 'Enemy' slated for later this fall and a DVD release of 'Web' slated for first quarter of 2014. Now this is all beyond awesome and we should be beyond grateful, but there are still…

Some publication called the Northern Echo went live with it an hour ago (ish), then took the story down a short while later. It's Google cache-able. As of Thursday afternoon (in the U.S.), the word is NINE new episodes — all five lost eps of 'The Enemy of the World' were returned, completing the story, and that four…

Recovery rumor update: On Tuesday night, Deb Watling (who played Victoria Waterfield) announced on her web page (or someone did it for her) that she and Frazer Hines (Jamie) would be attending a presser in London on Thursday. Today (Wednesday) Anneke Willis (Polly) tweeted a blurb about attending a secret screening.…

"PACKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!"

WOOOOOOOoooooooooooo…(runs into the next room, arms raised)….

That's so likely, so conceivable, it hurts.

Mrs. WiHi knows I'm a sick Troughton fanboy, and Mrs. WiHi puts up with it. Upon my orgasmic sharing of the aforementioned Radio Times piece, she replied, "If that's the case, why wouldn't iTunes announce it? And don't they usually do new releases on Tuesdays?" Fair points, both. Big, big, BIG rollouts, especially on…

What, no 'The Dominators?' A serial that even the eternal trouper, Pat Troughton, visibly just throws his hands up and seems to want the hell out of? (Hat-tip to Sandifer for that last line, by the way.)

Hey, now. I've avoided the reality genre like the plague, but I stumbled onto this show during a series of reruns in the spring of '13, and was completely and utterly hooked (much to the chagrin of Mrs. WiHi). Highly recommended for muscle-car, Hot Wheels, or Tex-Mex enthusiasts — of course,  if you don't fall into…

Hey, now. I've avoided the reality genre like the plague, but I stumbled onto this show during a series of reruns in the spring of '13, and was completely and utterly hooked (much to the chagrin of Mrs. WiHi). Highly recommended for muscle-car, Hot Wheels, or Tex-Mex enthusiasts — of course,  if you don't fall into…

The finale of 'Extras' was about as sweet and sentimental as a hanging. Which was a pity, too, as the show had been, hands-down, my favorite Gervais/Merchant project, right up until that point. I like dark as much as the next guy, but Christ, that was MOROSE.