Monday 22 February 2010

"The Vortex" Promo (1996)

Greetings readers! It's the weekly WhoGold update, and this week's clip is something of a curiosity...



This is an extended promo for 'The Vortex', the Sunday morning strand UK Gold created in 1996 for their repeats of classic BBC sci-fi drama, including The Tripods, Blake's Seven and of course, Doctor Who. As you will see, the picture quality isn't great; it comes from a VHS tape full of clips that a fan friend of mine made for me back in 1999... if you're reading this Stuart Hargreaves, thanks! You'll see many clips from that tape over the next few months...

Now, it's interesting to note there's a short clip from episode one of 'The Ambassadors of Death' in there...

Why is this interesting, you ask? Well, whenever UK Gold broadcast the story, the first episode was always shown in black and white! The 'Ambassadors' clip, and many of the other Who clips, all originate from the 1992 BBC2 documentary 'Resistance Is Useless', sections of which UK Gold occasionally showed to fill gaps between programmes.

Finally, does anyone have any idea who provided the voiceover for this trailer? I'm assuming they were putting on that awful American accent! Answers on a postcard please...

... but before you go... AN APPEAL!

Did you record the Doctor Who repeats on UK Gold back in the Nineties? Do you still have the tapes? If so, we need you! We're always looking to unearth forgotten trailers or continuity, so please leave a message in the Comments section and perhaps we can work out a way to get them out to a wider audience!

Bye for now!

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