I hear that an episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs was junked in mistake for a Troughton episode. Is this true and if so, how did the mistake arise?
This fan rumour has circulated for many years, and it alleges that the colour transmission tape of Invasion of the Dinosaurs episode one was accidentally wiped whilst the season six Cybermen story The Invasion was being junked. It is propagated by those who assume that all videotapes and film recordings were held in one library at the BBC. By studying the dates of tape wiping and the dates of the films being junked and by bearing in mind the roles of the three separate departments involved (see Introduction) we can attempt to determine whether the rumour is true or not. Invasion of the Dinosaurs episode one went out with an on-screen title of Invasion (presumably to avoid giving away the presence of the dinosaurs) in January 1974. In August of that same year, the original 2-inch PAL transmission tape was wiped or destroyed. BBC Enterprises never held copies of any of The Invasion episodes on videotape, even during the original telerecording process (as the telerecordings would have bee
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