Doctor Who s08

[Cyberman]

[Kitan Etos]

I watched the special, and it was pretty good.

Honestly, though, I just followed the storyline without worrying about seeking plot holes.

By the way, I think I might be watching the classic version of the show. I hope it stands up to my scrutinization of ancient works. Just as I find classic literature dreadfully boring, I am afraid I might feel the same in regards to the the original show.

Edit:
I am only ten minutes into the first episode, An Unearthly Child, and I am already hooked.

[Aractus]

[Kitan Etos]

I am guessing that Marco Polo: The Roof of the World is a lost episode, because all I have is the audio accompanied by still pictures.

Kind of annoying and difficult to follow.

[My imaginary friend is GOD]

I was just happy to catch a glimpse of David Tennant's Doctor once again. He was being quite naughty for a Time Lord, wasn't he, time-traveling to romance Queen Elizabeth. I wonder how soon that was after he said goodbye to Rose. Ah, and seeing the fez on three Doctors. I have to say 11 wears it best.

[Aractus]

I am guessing that Marco Polo: The Roof of the World is a lost episode, because all I have is the audio accompanied by still pictures.

Kind of annoying and difficult to follow.

Yes, the actor's guild compelled them to erase all tapes - or have them certified as destructed, the only reason why any of the early episodes exist is because they were transferred to film (which of course meant 50i > 25p), this allowed it to be sold internationally because 1. film was much cheaper than videotapes which were extremely expensive, and 2. the film would be put through a telecine to produce 50i or 60i as needed by international standards. There are NO videotapes from the Hartnell era because all were blanked and used again for other episodes or other shows (video tape was expensive, and under their contract with the actor's guild they had to destroy episodes after transmission). After the film was shipped internationally it too had to be certified as destroyed - thank goodness they did a bad job of this which is why so many episodes have survived (way more than other series at the time).

Marco Polo was never sold outside of the UK, no one wanted to pay for a 7 part episode, as such as far as it is known it was never transferred from video to film, and so it's impossible to recover it.

Remarkably, audio exists for all episodes (including missing episodes).