Super 8mm Films
Year: 1977
Original Price: Full film: £133.00 (8 reels), £16.00 (1 reel)
2 Reels, Abridged film, Colour/Sound: £16.00 each reel
2 Reels, Abridged film, Black & White/Silent: £6.00 each reel
Note: The prices relate to both films, Doctor Who and the Daleks and Daleks: Invasion Earth 2160AD
Back in the days of yore when men were men and video had not been thought of, a system of home entertainment grew up called 'Home Movies'. For a vast sum of money, your father could take 3 minutes or so of film of you on your hols, or in the garden which, when developed, could be shown again and again in the comfort of your own home.
Premise number 1: You would want to watch the films again and again.
Premise number 2: You had the skills of a qualified film editor to repair and reconstruct precious moments that had been ground into so much plastic by the projector.
The two Dalek films of the 60's were available on the Super 8mm system. For an incredibly large sum of money you could own all eight reels of the films, but if you were a cheapskate then you could settle for just one small reel in black and white, without sound. Most people thought that there was little point as the films were rubbish anyway.