Philip Morris (archivist)

Philip Morris
Born Philip Morris
Nationality English
Occupation Media Recovery Specialist
Organization Television International Enterprises Archive
Known for Hostage, Television International Enterprises Archive, Doctor Who
Website http://www.tiea.co.uk/

Philip Morris is an English former oil rig worker and media recovery specialist. He is best known for being held hostage in 2006 by Nigerian kidnappers and founding Television International Enterprises Archive (TIEA).

Hostage

Prior to being taken hostage, Philip Morris worked on rigs for twenty years all over the world including Africa and the Americas.[1] While working on the rig Bulford Dolphin in 2006 as a crane operator, Morris was taken hostage along with eight others (Six British, One American, One Canadian).[1][2] He was held hostage for four days in the jungle village of Bilabre, Nigeria. The Nigerian government negotiated the hostages release and paid a $200,000 ransom.[1] Instead of returning to his job seven weeks after being released, he sought counseling for Posttraumatic stress disorder.[1][3] Morris was later charged by police with "assault and criminal damage" after an incident with his former girlfriend at her home.[3][4] The charges were dropped six months later.[3] He would not return to Nigeria and revived a settlement from his employer due to being taken hostage.[3]

Television International Enterprises Archive (TIEA)

Morris founded the Television International Enterprises Archive, a company that searches for lost television.[5] His biggest recovery has been nine Doctor Who missing episodes found in Nigeria, from the serials The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear featuring Patrick Troughton.[5][6][7] TIEA and Morris were working on Project Genesis, cataloging materials with the Nigerian Television Authority, when the episodes were discovered in a Jos television relay station.[8][9][10][11] The episodes were in good condition considering the environmental conditions and civil unrest, and lost for decades prior to their recovery.[10][11][12] Morris's work requires bodyguards due to the danger involved and he tries to work anonymously, but was in a troubled region during the announcement of the recovered Doctor Who episodes, causing security issues.[5][7] He has also successfully recovered content from The Basil Brush Show and The Sky at Night.[5][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Why I must return to living hell on oil rig". Liverpool Echo. July 19, 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oil rig hostage home from Nigeria". BBC. June 7, 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Kidnap victim Philip Morr". Champion (Sefton & West Lancashire). February 15, 2007. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Rig hostage on assault charge". Liverpool Echo. August 17, 2006. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Sweet, Matthew (December 4, 2013). "Searching for television's missing gems: Doctor Who, Woody Allen, Ridley Scott and Dennis Potter". The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  6. ↑ Southall, J.R. (February 28, 2014). "Doctor Who - Update on the Missing Episodes". Starburst Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  7. 1 2 Jefferies, Mark (July 22, 2014). "Doctor Who missing episodes: Recovery expert hints more lost episodes set to be returned". Mirror. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  8. 1 2 Mulkern, Patrick (February 26, 2014). "Doctor Who episode hunter Philip Morris on the search for lost tapes: "Expect the unexpected"". RadioTimes. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Enemy of the World & The Web of Fear - Found!!". Doctor Who Magazine. October 11, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Lost episodes found after a century". eNews Channel Africa. October 11, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Doctor Who: Lost episodes Enemy Of The World and Web of Fear discovered". The Independent. October 11, 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  12. ↑ Jefferies, Mark (October 11, 2013). "Doctor Who 'lost episodes' found with The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear available on iTunes". Mirror. Retrieved 19 April 2015.

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