It’s time to celebrate. The penultimate serial of Season Six, The Space Pirates, is the very last missing Doctor Who story. Only episode two is held in the BBC Archives and the reason for its retention was that it was the first episode recorded on 35mm film.  For that reason it was considered to be of archival importance. For the purposes of this marathon I viewed Loose Cannon’s reconstructions of episodes one, three, four, five and six. Unfortunately these reconstructions feature a very muddy fan recorded soundtrack and contain no telesnaps. There is absolutely no visual record of the character Dom Issigri, who was played by Edmond Knight.  Accordingly Loose Cannon had to “invent” a visual representation for that character.

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 1 Part 1

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 1 Part 2

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 3 Part 1

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 3 Part 2

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 4 Part 1

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 4 Part 2

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 5 Part 1

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 5 Part 2

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 6 Part 1

Loose Cannon’s The Space Pirates, Episode 6 Part 2