Missing Doctor Who episodes found?

Doctor Who is one of the most popular science fiction programs ever. Even with Star Trek in the cinemas and more Star Wars movies on the way, Doctor Who still rules the TV screens.  The most imaginative and ambitious series of its kind created in 1963, Doctor Who is more of a national treasure than anything else. In the 1960’s, Doctor Who was an experimental project, attracting a family audience with imaginative scripts, a groundbreaking signature theme and stories that were equal parts science fiction, drama and horror with a touch of something else too. Over the years the appeal and approach has shifted but the popularity has, if anything, grown.

When Doctor Who gained prominence in its 20th anniversary and repeats were screened, it became clear that many of the previous stories were incomplete. To make room in the archives and for legal reasons, film cans of negatives had been burnt. Thought lost forever, fans decided to accept the possibility that there were many adventures that would forever remain unseen by younger viewers.

In 1991, Tomb of the Cybermen was discovered in its entirety. After that, all bets were off. Since then, more missing episodes and clips have turned up but there are many gaps remaining in the archives.

Dance in the streets, raise a glass, hoot and holler… an announcement regarding missing Doctor Who episodes is on the way.

Via Kasterborous:
Last November we became aware of the possibility that lost episodes of Doctor Who had been uncovered. Today the first website to publicly break the news was Bleeding Cool.

Now, you don’t simply announce that lost episodes from the 1960s have “turned up”. Other websites have done this in the past and been rightly ridiculed for it.

We’re not yet certain which episodes have been uncovered or where, but Bleeding Cool mentions both The Tenth Planet and The Daleks’ Master Plan – which isn’t quite what we’ve herd but is welcome nevertheless.

How this pans will prove interesting in Doctor Who‘s 50th anniversary year – it’s just a shame that yet another major leak has occurred…

Via RadioTimes:

• 50 Doctor Who stories were made in the 1960s

• Almost every story was a serial comprised of multiple episodes: four, six, seven etc

• Some stories are now entirely missing. Others are incomplete, ie odd episodes are missing.

• 253 individual episodes were transmitted

• 106 episodes are currently known to be missing from the BBC archive

• 44 from William Hartnell’s era as the first Doctor

• 62 from Patrick Troughton’s era as the second Doctor

These are the missing episodes that the BBC and Who fans hope to trace…

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FIRST DOCTOR: WILLIAM HARTNELL

D Marco Polo (seven episodes: all missing)

1: The Roof of the World (22/02/1964)

2: The Singing Sands (29/02/1964)

3: Five Hundred Eyes (07/03/1964)

4: The Wall of Lies (14/03/1964)

5: Rider from Shang-Tu (21/03/1964)

6: Mighty Kublai Khan (28/03/1964)

7: Assassin at Peking (04/04/1964)

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H The Reign of Terror (six episodes: two missing)

4: The Tyrant of France (29/08/1964)

5: A Bargain of Necessity (05/09/1964)

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P The Crusade (four episodes: two missing)

2: The Knight of Jaffa (03/04/1965)

4: The Warlords (17/04/1965)

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T Galaxy 4 (four episodes: three missing)

1: Four Hundred Dawns (11/09/1965)

2: Trap of Steel (18/09/1965)

4: The Exploding Planet (02/10/1965)

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T/A Mission to the Unknown (one episode: missing)

1: Mission to the Unknown (09/10/1965)

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U The Myth Makers (four episodes: all missing)

1: Temple of Secrets (16/10/1965)

2: Small Prophet, Quick Return (23/10/1965)

3: Death of a Spy (30/10/1965)

4: Horse of Destruction (06/11/1965)

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V The Daleks’ Master Plan (12 episodes: nine missing)

1: The Nightmare Begins (13/11/1965)

3: Devil’s Planet (27/11/1965)

4: The Traitors (04/12/1965)

6: Coronas of the Sun (18/12/1965)

7: The Feast of Steven (25/12/1965)

8: Volcano (01/01/1966)

9: Golden Death (08/01/1966)

11: The Abandoned Planet (22/01/1966)

12: Destruction of Time (29/01/1966)

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W The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve (four episodes: all missing)

1: War of God (05/02/1966)

2: The Sea Beggar (12/02/1966)

3: Priest of Death (19/02/1966)

4: Bell of Doom (26/02/1966)

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Y The Celestial Toymaker (four episodes: three missing)

1: The Celestial Toyroom (02/04/1966)

2: The Hall of Dolls (09/04/1966)

3: The Dancing Floor (16/04/1966)

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AA The Savages (four episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (28/05/1966)

Episode 2 (04/06/1966)

Episode 3 (11/06/1966)

Episode 4 (18/06/1966)

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CC The Smugglers (four episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (10/09/1966)

Episode 2 (17/09/1966)

Episode 3 (24/09/1966)

Episode 4 (01/10/1966)

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DD The Tenth Planet (four episodes: one missing)

Episode 4 (29/10/1966)

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SECOND DOCTOR: PATRICK TROUGHTON

EE The Power of the Daleks
(six episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (05/11/1966)

Episode 2 (12/11/1966)

Episode 3 (19/11/1966)

Episode 4 (26/11/1966)

Episode 5 (03/12/1966)

Episode 6 (10/12/1966)

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FF The Highlanders (four episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (17/12/1966)

Episode 2 (24/12/1966)

Episode 3 (31/12/1966)

Episode 4 (07/01/1967)

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GG The Underwater Menace (four episodes: two missing)

Episode 1 (14/01/1967)

Episode 4 (04/02/1967)

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HH The Moonbase (four episodes: two missing)

Episode 1 (11/02/1967)

Episode 3 (25/02/1967)

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JJ The Macra Terror (four episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (11/03/1967)

Episode 2 (18/03/1967)

Episode 3 (25/03/1967)

Episode 4 (01/04/1967)

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KK The Faceless Ones (six episodes: four missing)

Episode 2 (15/04/1967)

Episode 4 (29/04/1967)

Episode 5 (06/05/1967)

Episode 6 (13/05/1967)

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LL The Evil of the Daleks (seven episodes: six missing)

Episode 1 (20/05/1967)

Episode 3 (03/06/1967)

Episode 4 (10/06/1967)

Episode 5 (17/06/1967)

Episode 6 (24/06/1967)

Episode 7 (01/07/1967)

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NN The Abominable Snowmen (six episodes: five missing)

Episode 1 (30/09/1967)

Episode 3 (14/10/1967)

Episode 4 (21/10/1967)

Episode 5 (28/10/1967)

Episode 6 (04/11/1967)

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OO The Ice Warriors (six episodes: two missing)

Episode 2 (18/11/1967)

Episode 3 (25/11/1967)

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PP The Enemy of the World (six episodes: five missing)

Episode 1 (23/12/1967)

Episode 2 (30/12/1967)

Episode 4 (13/01/1968)

Episode 5 (20/01/1968)

Episode 6 (27/01/1968)

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QQ The Web of Fear (six episodes: five missing)

Episode 2 (10/02/1968)

Episode 3 (17/02/1968)

Episode 4 (24/02/1968)

Episode 5 (02/03/1968)

Episode 6 (09/03/1968

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RR Fury from the Deep (six episodes: all missing)

Episode 1 (16/03/1968)

Episode 2 (23/03/1968)

Episode 3 (30/03/1968)

Episode 4 (06/04/1968)

Episode 5 (13/04/1968)

Episode 6 (20/04/1968)

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SS The Wheel in Space (six episodes: four missing)

Episode 1 (27/04/1968)

Episode 2 (04/05/1968)

Episode 4 (18/05/1968)

Episode 5 (25/05/1968)

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VV The Invasion (eight episodes: two missing)

Episode 1 (02/11/1968)

Episode 4 (23/11/1968)

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YY
The Space Pirates (six episodes: five missing)

Episode 1 (08/03/1969)

Episode 3 (22/03/1969)

Episode 4 (29/03/1969)

Episode 5 (05/04/1969)

Episode 6 (12/04/1969)