In the early days of television, the means of making recordings of television programmes were limited and programmes were, in the main, transmitted live. This began to change as techniques for recording programmes onto film (telerecording) and, later, videotape were developed in the 1950s.[6] Even after the technology for recording programmes had become the norm, it was a common practice, due to a combination of the costs of storage and restrictions on broadcasting repeats, for UK broadcasters to wipe programmes after transmission.[7] As a result, John Cura's tele-snaps are often the only surviving record of many lost programmes from the early years of television.
Tele-snaps have been used to reconstruct lost television shows by marrying up the tele-snaps with audio recordings of missing shows to create a slide-show backed by the programme's soundtrack. Most notably, this technique has been employed, on an amateur, not-for-profit basis, by some enthusiasts of the British science fiction series Doctor Who, which has over one hundred missing episodes.[8][9] Some professional reconstructions using tele-snaps have also been created including:
* A brief (fifteen minutes) reconstruction of episodes two and three of the Doctor Who serial “The Ice Warriors” for its VHS videotape release in 1998.[10]
* A full reconstruction of the final episode of the Doctor Who serial “The Tenth Planet” for its VHS videotape release in 2000.[11]
* A condensed (30 minutes) reconstruction of the seven part Doctor Who serial “Marco Polo” for the DVD release, “The Beginning”, in 2006.[12]
* A full reconstruction of the Doctor Who serial “The Power of the Daleks” for the MP3 CD release of that story in 2005.[13]
* A condensed reconstruction of the missing episodes of the 1961 science fiction serial A for Andromeda for its DVD release in 2006. Since no soundtrack for the missing episodes of this serial exists, this reconstruction is backed by music used in the serial with on-screen captions employed to narrate the story.
Tele-snaps have been used to reconstruct lost television shows by marrying up the tele-snaps with audio recordings of missing shows to create a slide-show backed by the programme's soundtrack. Most notably, this technique has been employed, on an amateur, not-for-profit basis, by some enthusiasts of the British science fiction series Doctor Who, which has over one hundred missing episodes.[8][9] Some professional reconstructions using tele-snaps have also been created including:
* A brief (fifteen minutes) reconstruction of episodes two and three of the Doctor Who serial “The Ice Warriors” for its VHS videotape release in 1998.[10]
* A full reconstruction of the final episode of the Doctor Who serial “The Tenth Planet” for its VHS videotape release in 2000.[11]
* A condensed (30 minutes) reconstruction of the seven part Doctor Who serial “Marco Polo” for the DVD release, “The Beginning”, in 2006.[12]
* A full reconstruction of the Doctor Who serial “The Power of the Daleks” for the MP3 CD release of that story in 2005.[13]
* A condensed reconstruction of the missing episodes of the 1961 science fiction serial A for Andromeda for its DVD release in 2006. Since no soundtrack for the missing episodes of this serial exists, this reconstruction is backed by music used in the serial with on-screen captions employed to narrate the story.
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