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Sunday Trending Topics: Lost Spidey, Found Doctor Who

Published Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:24:20 -0600

Last updated Mon, 12 Dec 2011 01:24:35 -0600

The idea that there are over 100 "lost" classic Doctor Who episodes, and that every few years one or two of them are found, has always fascinated me. It's been seven years between this new find and the previous one, apparently, and hardcore Doctor Who fans are beginning to give up hope that many more will be found. But finding two at once just goes to show that you never know what might happen in this global video treasure hunt.

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

Fanboy Rampage: JMS Vs Steve Wacker (UPDATE – Now With Added Waid And Slott)

Joe Michael Straczynski posted on an open Facebook page, a link to the image above with the words

Numbercrunching Those Amazing Spider-Man Statistics

So, one of the bigger stories this weekend has been the little spat between Joe Michael Straczynski and Steve Wacker on Facebook,that seems to have spilled over into a few places. Where JMS seemed to claim that his Spider-Man comics sold better than current Spider-Man comics, Steve Wacker went to bat for his team, using a bat made out of web fluid, that kind of tools that Spider-Man used to make.

And Finally… Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Nose

Cowabunga, dude.

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

Will Christopher Nolan Have To Fix The Dark Knight Rises Prologue Before Releasing The Full Film?

Warner Bros. have premiered the first six minutes or so of The Dark Knight Rises while Chris Nolan is still in the process of editing the remainder of the movie.

Five Thoughts Each About The Two Newly Found Doctor Who Episodes

The big news today in Doctor Who is that two previously missing episodes have been found – Part Three of the Season Three opener Galaxy Four, starring William Hartnell, and Part Two of Patrick Troughton's third story, The Underwater Menace. The former had no surviving episodes, whereas the latter had its third episode, which was, until today, the earliest existing episode of Patrick Troughton.

Pegg And Wright Have Drafted Their Shaun And Fuzz Follow-Up, Plan To Shoot Next Year

Presumably still going under the working title of The World's End, and definitely still being referred to as the third part of The Three Flavours Trilogy, the next film from co-writer Simon Pegg and writer-director Edgar Wright has been floating on the collective wishlist of movie fandom for some years now.