they're a library. this is what they do: preserve stuff for future generations to look at! youtube is a business: they're trying to sell ads. they want to make money off your content, and if keeping it online conflicts with that goal, they'll stop hosting it.
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And Doctor Who is actually better than most shows of that era! Z-Cars, a police drama from 1962-1978, is missing entire seasons. Gone. Some of the first work of Brian Blessed! All thrown out.
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This wasn't the BBC being uncaring, or malicious, but their job was not to preserve old material. And after a point they couldn't make money off this stuff, and it cost money to preserve it. So it ended up in the trash. It's useless, it takes up space, throw out it, right?
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Then suddenly everyone has a home video player and suddenly there's massive demand for back episodes of TV shows. Whoops.
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And to their credit: The BBC is now doing a much better job with this. Not only are they keeping old shows for the obvious reason of selling DVDs, but they recognize that they have to preserve their history, so that's now a goal they work on. they have a division and everything.
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Anyway, this has entered the ramble zone. My point: Check out Rhys' stuff, and give them some dollars on patreon. And don't trust companies to keep your stuff. Keep it locally or make sure the internet archive has a copy.
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Thats upsetting because I was planning to eventually go back and watch the show from the beginning.
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