"Tenth Planet"", Episode 4 and ""The Web of Fear"" Episode 3), other stories are lost altogether. Patrick Troughton's era as the Second Doctor is particularly affected; of the fourteen stories comprising his first two seasons, only ""The Tomb of the Cybermen"" and ""The Enemy of the World"" are complete, and these only exist due to telerecordings later returned from Hong Kong and Nigeria, respectively. All stories starring Jon Pertwee as the Third Doctor are complete, though many episodes no longer survive on their original videotapes and were only available from black-and-white overseas prints upon recovery; these episodes have subsequently been"
"Doctor Who missing episodes Many portions of the long-running British science-fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"" are no longer held by the BBC. Between 1967 and 1978 the BBC routinely deleted archive programmes, for various practical reasons (lack of space, scarcity of materials, a lack of rebroadcast rights). As a result of the cull, 97 of 253 episodes from the programme's first six years are currently missing, primarily from seasons 3 through 5, leaving 26 serials incomplete. Many more were considered lost until recovered from various sources, mostly overseas broadcasters. ""Doctor Who"" is not unique in its losses, as many broadcasters"
"Lost in Time (Doctor Who) Doctor Who – Lost in Time is a BBC three-disc boxset DVD released in 2004. It is a collection of restored ""Doctor Who"" episodes and clips from stories that are incomplete or missing from the Corporation's archives. There were, at the time of release, 108 missing episodes, all from the black-and-white 1960s era. Although the search goes on (and eleven complete episodes, plus some clips, have been recovered since the release) many or all of these episodes may be lost forever – hence this collection's title. The Region 2 and Region 4 releases are a"
"with the show's 50th anniversary. The ""Radio Times"" issued its own list of missing episodes. The magazine has also set up an email address specifically for ""Doctor Who"" missing episodes that the public can use to contact it if they have any information. Compared with other BBC series broadcast in the 1960s, ""Doctor Who"" is well-represented in surviving episodes. Of the 253 episodes broadcast during the 1960s, 156 still exist – mainly due to copies produced for overseas sales. For example, Seasons 1 and 2, the most widely sold abroad of the 1960s era, are missing only 9 and 2"
"Film Library at the time held only 47 episodes of 1960s ""Doctor Who""; they had once held 53, but six episodes had either been junked or gone missing. Junkings at BBC Enterprises, however, continued until the intervention of Ian Levine, a record producer and fan of the programme. Following the transfer of episodes still held by Enterprises, there were 152 episodes of ""Doctor Who"" no longer held by the BBC, although subsequent efforts have reduced that number to 97. Arguably the most sought-after lost episode is Episode 4 of the final William Hartnell serial, ""The Tenth Planet"", which ends with"
"this story to survive in the BBC archives. On 11 October 2013, the BBC announced that the remaining five episodes had been recovered from a television relay station storage room in Nigeria following search efforts by Television International Enterprises Archive and Philip Morris, making the serial complete in the BBC television archives for the first time since the mass junkings of ""Doctor Who"" episodes between 1972 and 1978. It was subsequently released at iTunes. It is also the second Season 5 serial to be found in its entirety. Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling did not appear in episode 4, as"
"2 (preserved as a 35 mm film telerecording), are missing from the BBC archives. Pre-filmed inserts from Episode 1 also exist, as well as the audio soundtrack for all episodes. Episode 6 of the story is chronologically the final missing episode of ""Doctor Who"". In 1998, Episode 2 of this story (the single episode already held in the BBC archives) was discovered in the collection of an amateur video enthusiast. The episode is the earliest known existing off-air domestic videotape recording of an episode of ""Doctor Who"". This is the final story which is considered to have episodes missing due"
"10 (""Escape Switch"") were returned in 1983 in circumstances which remain unclear. Episode 2 (""Day of Armageddon"") was returned to the BBC in early 2004 by Francis Watson, a former BBC engineer. Since this was one of only two Hartnell stories that were never screened outside of the UK (the other being ""Mission to the Unknown""), the recovery of the missing episodes from overseas sources remains unlikely. For more information, see ""Doctor Who"" missing episodes. Various clips from Episodes 1, 3, and 4 also survive: The serial was adapted as a charity stage production in October 2007 by Interalia Theatre"
"2011, after a chance encounter with Doctor Who Restoration Team member Ralph Montagu, Burnett returned the episodes to the BBC. ""The Daleks' Master Plan"" never was sold abroad; only Australia requested viewing copies (excepting Episode 7, ""The Feast of Steven""), and eventually declined to purchase the serial. The fate of these viewing prints is currently unknown. Nevertheless, three out of the serial's twelve episodes have been recovered. 16 mm copies of episodes 5 and 10 were returned to the BBC in 1983. Episode 2 was returned in 2004 by former BBC engineer Francis Watson. He had come across the film"
"on the DVD), ""The Ice Warriors"" (a condensed version, on the VHS release and as an extra on the DVD) and ""The Web of Fear"" (the still missing episode three, on iTunes and the DVD) – as well as being produced unofficially by fans. Lost in Time (Doctor Who) Doctor Who – Lost in Time is a BBC three-disc boxset DVD released in 2004. It is a collection of restored ""Doctor Who"" episodes and clips from stories that are incomplete or missing from the Corporation's archives. There were, at the time of release, 108 missing episodes, all from the black-and-white"
"video tape and film libraries were either destroyed, wiped, or suffered from poor storage which led to severe deterioration from broadcast quality. This included many old episodes of ""Doctor Who"", mostly stories featuring the first two Doctors: William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton. In all, 97 of 253 episodes produced during the first six years of the programme are not held in the BBC's archives (most notably seasons 3, 4, & 5, from which 79 episodes are missing). In 1972, almost all episodes then made were known to exist at the BBC, while by 1978 the practice of wiping tapes and"
"The Beginning"" on 30 January 2006, using telesnaps, photographs, and the off-air soundtrack recording. The telesnaps were also published in a ""Doctor Who Magazine"" special edition, ""The Missing Episodes – The First Doctor"", in March 2013. Marco Polo (Doctor Who) Marco Polo is the completely missing fourth serial of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 22 February to 4 April 1964. It was written by John Lucarotti and directed by Waris Hussein; John Crockett directed the fourth episode. The story is set in China in the"
"The Crusade (Doctor Who) The Crusade is the half-missing sixth serial of the second season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 March to 17 April 1965. The story is set near Jerusalem, in Palestine, during the Third Crusade. Only two of the four episodes are held in the BBC archives; two remain missing. It is the only serial in Season 2 to contain missing episodes. The TARDIS materialises in 12th century Palestine, during the time of the Third Crusade. When the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, and Vicki emerge,"
"set release ""Lost in Time"". A reconstruction has been made with telesnaps, production stills and the complete soundtrack. The Savages (Doctor Who) The Savages is the completely missing eighth serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 May to 18 June 1966. This serial marks the final appearance of Peter Purves as companion Steven Taylor. Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived. The TARDIS materialises on a distant planet in"
"Marco Polo (Doctor Who) Marco Polo is the completely missing fourth serial of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". It was first broadcast on BBC TV in seven weekly parts from 22 February to 4 April 1964. It was written by John Lucarotti and directed by Waris Hussein; John Crockett directed the fourth episode. The story is set in China in the year 1289, where the Doctor (William Hartnell), his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford), and her teachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill) meet the Venetian merchant-explorer Marco Polo (Mark Eden) and Mongolian"
"prints of the show held by collectors, as one known set of original 35mm negatives were destroyed in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The rest of the series can be released on DVD if and when possible missing segments that may be with film collectors can be scanned and remastered for preservation. Also Dr Who film researcher Philip Morris has been working with Peter Greenwood of Chertok company in recent years to try and recover the missing episodes with several close calls but no true results as yet According to ""The Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang"", ""My Living Doll"""
"The Faceless Ones The Faceless Ones is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. The story concerns a race of identity-stealing aliens known as the Chameleons. It sees the departure of Michael Craze and Anneke Wills as the Doctor's companions Ben Jackson and Polly. Only two of the six episodes are held in the BBC archives; four remain missing. The TARDIS materializes on the runway of Gatwick Airport. The Doctor, Ben, Polly and Jamie"
"had been found in a Nigerian television relay station in Jos. Six of the eleven films discovered were the six-part serial ""The Enemy of the World"" (1968), from which all but the third episode had been missing. The remaining films were from another six-part serial, ""The Web of Fear"" (1968), and included the previously missing episodes 2, 4, 5, and 6. Episode 3 of ""The Web of Fear"" is still missing. The Doctor was initially shrouded in mystery. In the programme's early days, the character was an eccentric alien traveller of great intelligence who battled injustice while exploring time and"
"in the BBC archive, with four (""The Smugglers"", ""The Power of the Daleks"", ""The Highlanders"" and ""The Macra Terror"") each having all of their episodes missing; of the total of 43 episodes between Episode 1 of ""The Smugglers"" and Episode 7 of ""The Evil of the Daleks"", only 10 are currently in the BBC archive. The most complete serial of the season, ""The Tenth Planet"", is missing only its last episode; both this and the season's other Cyberman story, ""The Moonbase"", as well as ""The Power of the Daleks"", have had their missing elements recreated with animated episodes using the"
"The Savages (Doctor Who) The Savages is the completely missing eighth serial of the third season in the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 28 May to 18 June 1966. This serial marks the final appearance of Peter Purves as companion Steven Taylor. Although audio recordings, still photographs, and clips of the story exist, no episodes of this serial are known to have survived. The TARDIS materialises on a distant planet in the far future. The Doctor, Steven and Dodo find the planet inhabited by both an advanced, idyllic civilisation"
"near Circular Quay, Sydney; the first ""Doctor Who"" scene shot in Australia. Since some states differed in their school holiday dates, the ABC had no alternative but to have multiple copies of some of the early 16mm format episodes for different states. Hence it was hoped by fans in the 1990s that copies of episodes deemed lost by the BBC might yet be found in Australia, having been mis-shelved in the various state based offices of the ABC. The agreement with the BBC required that all such episodes should be destroyed or returned, although it is known that some were"
"in Time"" DVD. The Abominable Snowmen The Abominable Snowmen is the mostly missing second serial of the fifth season of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which originally aired in six weekly parts from 30 September to 4 November 1967. The story is notable for the introduction of recurring foes, the Yeti. Only one of the six episodes is held in the BBC archives; five remain missing. Professor Edward Travers, an anthropologist and explorer, is awoken from his sleep when he hears the screams of his companion. He is horrified to see a lumbering, hairy creature standing over"
"BBC Newsreel item about a Viking recreation on the south coast of England. In the remastered DVD version this footage is restored from the original film, and the complete item appears on the DVD extras. Episodes 1, 3, and 4 were reported missing from the BBC Film and Videotape Library following an audit in 1978 (see ""Doctor Who"" missing episodes). Edited telerecordings of all four episodes were returned to the BBC from Nigeria in 1985, and complete copies of episodes 1 and 3 were returned in 1992. A short sequence from episode 4, depicting an act of violence, remains missing"
"1994, each missing ""Doctor Who"" serial was novelized and published by Target Books. Richard Molesworth's ""Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes"" (Telos Publishing, 2010) explores in detail the paper trail and recovery efforts surrounding the hunt for missing episodes. A revised edition was published in March 2013. Doctor Who missing episodes Many portions of the long-running British science-fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"" are no longer held by the BBC. Between 1967 and 1978 the BBC routinely deleted archive programmes, for various practical reasons (lack of space, scarcity of materials, a lack of rebroadcast rights). As a result of the cull, 97"
"releases). The 1998 documentary ""The Missing Years"" is included on disc 3. It details the loss and recovery of 1960s episodes and is presented by Frazer Hines and Deborah Watling. It features the longest extant clip from an otherwise-missing ""Doctor Who"" episode – over six minutes of Episode 1 of ""Galaxy 4""; a version of ""The Final End"" recreating the climax of ""The Evil of the Daleks""; fan Ian Levine stating that he believes there will never be fewer than 110 missing episodes, then begging to be proven wrong (which he later was: there are 97 episodes missing); and a"
"new viewers to watch. ""The Empty Child"" and ""The Doctor Dances"" won the 2006 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form). The Doctor Dances ""The Doctor Dances"" is the tenth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast on BBC One on 28 May 2005. It is the second of a two-part story, following the broadcast of ""The Empty Child"" on 21 May. The episode is set in London in 1941. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), his travelling companion Rose Tyler (Billie"
"misses the point entirely and thinks that spotted dick is an illness. All 8 Series have been released on DVD region code 2 by 2|entertain. All eight series have also been released in region 4. A Complete Series Collection Box Set containing all 8 series of the show was released on 4 October 2010. Master copies of the fourth and sixth episodes of series one ('A Star is Born' and 'It's a Wise Child') were lost after first broadcast and have not been recovered. VHS copies recorded at home by a viewer in Australia were found in 1988. They are"
"the final episodes of ""Doctor Who"" to be released on VHS by BBC Worldwide. Episode 1 and the surviving clips were released on DVD in the United Kingdom in November 2004 in the three-disc ""Lost in Time"" set. On 11 October 2013, the newly recovered episodes were released on iTunes along with the original episode 1 and a reconstruction of episode 3 from telephotos and the original soundtrack. This version was also made available on Virgin Media's on demand service, together with numerous other stories, as part of the show's 50th anniversary commemoration. A DVD of the story was released"
"Underworld (Doctor Who) Underworld is the fifth serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 7–28 January 1978. In the serial, the crew of an alien Minyan spaceship go on a hundred-thousand-year quest in search of a ship containing a genetic bank that would restore the Minyans' species. In the history of the Time Lords, their involvement with the Minyans of Minyos is regarded as a disaster. The Minyans looked on them as gods but, having learnt much from their science, later expelled"
"Mission to the Unknown ""Mission to the Unknown"", sometimes known as ""Dalek Cutaway"" and also ""Dalek Cutaway-Mission to the Unknown"", is a missing episode of the third season of the British science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"", first broadcast on 9 October 1965. The sole standalone episode of the show's original run (apart from the 1983 feature-length anniversary special ""The Five Doctors"", which was later shown in a multi-episode form) it serves as an introduction to the 12-part story ""The Daleks' Master Plan"". It is also notable for the complete absence of the regular cast, including the Doctor (although William"
"the BBC by a private collector in May 1982, and the first three episodes were located in Cyprus in late 1984; the fourth and fifth episodes remain missing, existing only as off-air recordings from 1964. The existing episodes were screened as part of the National Film Theatre's Bastille Day schedule on 14 July 1999, with links between the episodes by Ford. The assassination of John F. Kennedy the day preceding the launch of ""Doctor Who"" overshadowed the first episode; as a result, it was repeated a week later, on 30 November, preceding the second episode. The first episode was watched"
"remains incomplete, as two episodes remain missing. Only one of the 13 episodes of the third (and final) BBC TV series (1963) currently exists - “Baby Dolls”, which was confirmed to have been unearthed by Philip Morris of TIEA and returned to the BBC in 2018. The 8 (out of the 10) existing episodes of the first series (broadcast in 1961) were released on DVD (DD Home Entertainment) in March 2006, followed by the 11 existing episodes of the second series (broadcast in 1962), released on DVD 7 months later in October 2006. A Box Set consisting all the remaining"
"original prints of the serial were wiped by BBC Enterprises in 1972. The sixth episode was returned to the BBC by a private collector in May 1982, and the first three episodes were located in Cyprus in late 1984; the fourth and fifth episodes remain missing, existing only as off-air recordings from 1964. The existing episodes were screened as part of the National Film Theatre's Bastille Day schedule on 14 July 1999, with links between the episodes by Carole Ann Ford. The serial was criticised for its historical inaccuracy. MMG Oborski, secretary of the Napoleon I Society, wrote that the"