{"id":3458,"date":"2012-06-28T16:32:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T22:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2012-06-28T16:32:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T22:32:17","slug":"old-doctor-who-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"Old Doctor Who Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rare behind-the-scenes footage from Doctor Who has been discovered and will be screened for the first time in decades by Kaleidoscope the voluntary, non profit-making group devoted to the appreciation and research of vintage television.<\/p>\n

Chris Perry of Kaleidoscope said: \u201cA Whole Scene Going is an exciting TV find.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Doctor Who fans there\u2019s a fascinating glimpse into the making of feature film Dalek Invasion of Earth: 2150 A.D., showing Peter Cushing as the Doctor on the set along with director Gordon Flemyng and lots of Daleks.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor music lovers there are priceless performances by classic British beat band the Spencer Davis Group as well as American singer\/songwriter Judy Collins.<\/p>\n

\u201cSixties pop shows were routinely shown live or wiped after transmission so it\u2019s great to find one that slipped past the eraser\u2019s magnet!\u201d<\/p>\n

The brief clip shows movie Doctor Peter Cushing preparing to battle arch foe the Daleks during the making of an early big-screen adaptation of the long-running sci-fi series.<\/p>\n

The precious black and white footage, taken on the set of cult sixties film Dalek Invasion of Earth: 2150 A.D., also captures director Gordon Flemyng \u2014 father of film star Jason \u2014 behind camera as he talks with stunt-men and plans out the movie\u2019s climatic final scenes.<\/p>\n

The material is the first to be uncovered documenting the 1966 film and forms part of a \u2018lost\u2019 TV show found recently in the possession of a collector living in Wales.<\/p>\n

Though the BBC wiped the master-tape of A Whole Scene Going, a copy of the magazine show \u2014 also featuring an interview with Flemyng and musical performances by the Spencer Davis Group \u2014 was made and found its way on to the collector\u2019s circuit.<\/p>\n

Classic TV organisation Kaleidoscope, which recovered the unique 16mm film print in conjunction with the Tim Disney Archive, said the find will \u201cdelight\u201d Doctor Who and vintage music fans alike.<\/p>\n

Tim Disney of the TDA said: \u201cHow this print came into existence or found it\u2019s way to a Welsh village, we\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, one theory is that it could have been film recorded by BBC Wales from the network feed down the line from London for transmission at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Whole Scene Going was a short-lived TV teen culture show hosted by Wendy Varnels and Barry Fantoni.<\/p>\n

The recovered edition, from March \u201966, captures Flemyng at Shepperton Studios while directing an action-packed finale involving Horror icon Cushing and an army of Robomen thwarting a Dalek plan to drop a giant bomb into the Earth\u2019s core.<\/p>\n

Cushing played the Timelord \u2014 currently portrayed on TV by Matt Smith \u2014 in two Flemyng-directed films during the height of \u201cDalekmania\u201d, also starring in 1964\u2032s box-office hit Doctor Who and the Daleks.<\/p>\n

Interspersed with the footage is an interview with Flemyng \u2014 who died in 1995, aged 61 \u2014 revealing that he preferred making \u201centertainment pictures\u201d as opposed to more high-brow films, but \u201cdidn\u2019t take them any less seriously\u201d.<\/p>\n

The emergence of A Whole Scene Going has also got music fans excited with the discovery of a rare interview with the Spencer Davis Group, who also perform chart-topping single \u201cSomebody Help Me Now\u201d in the studio.<\/p>\n

Kaleidoscope and the TDA \u2014 who bought the film print privately from the collector \u2014 are currently in the process of returning a digital copy to the BBC Archive.<\/p>\n

Eager fans will get the chance to see the recovered footage for the first time in more than four decades at Kaleidoscope\u2019s next screening event, taking place in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on Saturday, June 9.<\/p>\n

Tim Disney of the TDA added: \u201cDr Who was not the primary draw for us in recovering this programme, but the content of the programme as a whole \u2014 the exciting period of popular culture it reflects and it\u2019s place in the history of British television.<\/p>\n

\u201cThankfully, after the collector discovered he had a unique TV recording he was keen to ensure it would be returned to the BBC archives, turning down silly money offers to deal instead with Kaleidoscope and the TDA.\u201d