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Submission + - Man Who Found Missing Dr Who Episodes Teases "More To Come" (bleedingcool.com)

Submitted by BigBadBus on Saturday September 26, 2015 @01:11PM

BigBadBus writes: In late 2013, Philip Morris announced that he had found 9 missing episodes of 1960s Dr.Who, which completed the 1968 story "Enemy of the World" and most of "The Web of Fear." He has now gone on record to talk about the only episode of these stories that he didn't find — namely part 3 of "Web of Fear" and teases of more episode finds to come.

Submission + - BBC Unveil Newly Discovered Dr.Who episodes (bbc.co.uk) 1

Submitted by BigBadBus on Thursday October 10, 2013 @07:30PM

BigBadBus writes: Putting paid to months of speculation, the BBC announced at a press conference today that it had recovered 9 previously lost episodes of Dr.Who, from the Patrick Troughton era (1966-69). The episodes complete "The Enemy of the World" and almost complete "The Web of Fear" (leaving one episode outstanding). The episodes were found in a relay station in Nigeria by Phillip Morris; previously Nigeria had been checked and had returned 6 lost episodes in 1984. The episodes are now available from UK and US iTune stores and can be for pre-ordered from Amazon.co.uk

Submission + - WW2 carrier pigeon and undecoded message found in chimney (bbc.co.uk)

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BigBadBus

on Friday November 02, 2012 @09:20AM

BigBadBus writes: "The BBC is reporting that the remains of a World War 2 carrier pigeon were found during renovation of a chimney in England. What is interesting is that the pigeon's remains still had its message attached to the leg ring; even more interesting, this is the first recorded instance of a code being used rather than plain text. The successor to WW2 code-breaking HQ Bletchley Park, the GCHQ, is trying to decipher this unique code. Maybe a slashdot reader can beat them to it?"

Submission + - Tsunami spotted on the surface of the sun (bbc.co.uk)

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BigBadBus

on Wednesday April 02, 2008 @09:04AM

BigBadBus writes: "The BBC are reporting that NASA's twin spacecraft designed to obtain stereo images of the Sun have recorded the first Solar Tsunami. The feature includes a fasincating movie of the images captured."

Submission + - Tunguska Impact Crater "Found" (bbc.co.uk)

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BigBadBus

on Tuesday June 26, 2007 @07:45AM

BigBadBus writes: "An Italian Team is claiming to have found the impact crater resulting from the 1908 Tunguska impact. From the BBC website:
A University of Bologna team says a lake near the epicentre of the blast may be occupying a crater hollowed out by a chunk of rock that hit the ground. Lake Cheko — though shallow — fits the proportions of a small, bowl-shaped impact crater, say the Italy-based scientists. Their investigation of the lake bottom's geology reveals a funnel-like shape not seen in neighbouring lakes. In addition, a geophysics survey of the lake bed has turned up an unusual feature about 10m down which could either be compacted lake sediments or a buried fragment of space rock."
Of course, this is highly controversial, but its a hell of a lot better than the gas eruption theory mentioned in one of Arthur C.Clarke's "Mysterious World" books."

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