I remember seeing my very first video recorder (and video recordings!) in 1976. The father of one of my school friends bought what must have been a 1501. I remember it having very big cassettes that cost about £40 each! The first video recordings I ever saw were Thunderbirds and The Six Million Dollar Man, both of which were being shown on Yorkshire TV at that time! What memories!
about early video recorders there was in 1964 a phillips & petro scott 1 inch recorder. it cost the equivalent of 40,000 dollars back then, no DR WHO but 2 TILL DEATH US DO PART eps were found on this format. and then in 1967-1971 was the cheaper reel to reel video recorders that cost the equivalent of 4000 dollars. you could not just walk into the shops and buy them but if you had the funds you could have bought direct from manufacturer. pity Ian did not get one of these as we would have alot more missing DR WHO episodes complete if he did.
@@type40doctorwho yes Dan look them up and you will see. there are some working models on you tube videos even of the 40grand one and even magazine adverts for usa machines as well about taping the moon landing if you had one of these machines back then in 1969
He probably didn’t know he could get one back then plus he has mentioned before with Troughton’s last season he lost interest in Doctor Who for a while and only got back into it with the war games so I think he may have missed seeing some lost Patrick Troughton stories when they were first broadcast like space pirates or the 2 missing episodes of the invasion.
Many people needed attenuators fitted when Channel 5 began. There was a brief, nation-wide industry popped up in 1997 of thousands of people visiting people's homes to fit these!
Solid fan of doctor who that cares about other fans of doctor who and strives to fill in the gaps of the missing episodes with his awesome ai regenerated episodes.
I remember seeing my very first video recorder (and video recordings!) in 1976. The father of one of my school friends bought what must have been a 1501. I remember it having very big cassettes that cost about £40 each! The first video recordings I ever saw were Thunderbirds and The Six Million Dollar Man, both of which were being shown on Yorkshire TV at that time! What memories!
I remember being blown away when I first saw a VHS working it's magic!
Real Doctor Who fans should be eternally grateful to Ian for his commitment to the program over the years. Absolutely incredible fella.
Thanks for watching!
about early video recorders there was in 1964 a phillips & petro scott 1 inch recorder. it cost the equivalent of 40,000 dollars back then, no DR WHO but 2 TILL DEATH US DO PART eps were found on this format. and then in 1967-1971 was the cheaper reel to reel video recorders that cost the equivalent of 4000 dollars. you could not just walk into the shops and buy them but if you had the funds you could have bought direct from manufacturer. pity Ian did not get one of these as we would have alot more missing DR WHO episodes complete if he did.
Thanks for this George! I had no idea such machines had existed.
@@type40doctorwho yes Dan look them up and you will see. there are some working models on you tube videos even of the 40grand one and even magazine adverts for usa machines as well about taping the moon landing if you had one of these machines back then in 1969
He probably didn’t know he could get one back then plus he has mentioned before with Troughton’s last season he lost interest in Doctor Who for a while and only got back into it with the war games so I think he may have missed seeing some lost Patrick Troughton stories when they were first broadcast like space pirates or the 2 missing episodes of the invasion.
Many people needed attenuators fitted when Channel 5 began.
There was a brief, nation-wide industry popped up in 1997 of thousands of people visiting people's homes to fit these!
I remember, yes.
Solid fan of doctor who that cares about other fans of doctor who and strives to fill in the gaps of the missing episodes with his awesome ai regenerated episodes.
Absolutely. And he'll be back for a further chat, very soon.
I am proud to say I've paid my dues. His stuff is worth every penny. I used to make it. I've tried remaking it. I know how hard it is.
Your perspective on this is pretty unique too!!