Doctor Who - Missing in Action

This now infamous mini documentary accompanied Planet Of The Daleks Episode 3 on its BBC 1 tranmission in 1993 to explain why certain episodes no longer existed in the archive or only in Black and White. The documentary is shunned by Dr Who fans as it was edited in a style that made the contributors appear a little overly obsessive about their quest for the return of missing material.

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• Ian
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[TashkentFox]

I think that maybe around 50 to 60% of the missing episodes do still exist in one form or another, most of them are probably buried somewhere in the television archives of foreign countries such as Zimbabwe, which broadcast all 7 episodes of Marco Polo as recently as 1975.

[regentv980]

BBC are pathetic,making good telly then erased!

[TheExtermewolfy108]

I rember when the SUN was giving out these old dr who episodes like in CD covers like, Daleks master plan episode 1, faceless ones episode 1, and spearhead in space episode 1. But I dont have them anymore :( Ive been looking for ages for them no episodes found

[MrSpidron]

There is a guy in Preston called Darren who Im told has one missing episoe. Some people tell me its Invasion 1 with no sound and others tell me it's Space Pirates. I was given his number by the guy in the sci-fi shop in Blackpool who said Darren took a film reel to him and tried to sell it him. He turned it down! I have called the number but he says he has nothing and hangs up. if you want to try its 07425 426715.

[TsoLan1]

LOL I can understand Ian Levine's anger but I do find it fucking hilarious watching him clench his fists and getting angry. It's funny coz his face dosen't look even slightly angry. What would he do in a fight anyway? Sit on Roger K Barrett? He was actually proved wrong about no more episodes turning up. In a documentary that was shown many many years ago he said no more would turn up. Well...

[KeyToTime]

Well the only Episode out their that really dose not exist it Episode 7 of the daleks master plan as it was a Christmas episode it was deemed un-sellable at the time and a 16mm tr wasn’t even made and the original videotape was wiped leavening no copies whatsoever. I think there are others out there still to find but most likely there in the hands of collectors who won’t give them to the BBC.

[Loverboy19691]

I recently saw a documentry about bob monkhouse, he had quite a large collection of video archive stored in his garden shed, episodes from shows thought long since lost from the bbc that he worked on, he once worked with william hartnell! Maybe he had some lost episodes of Doctor who, you just never know, anyone else thought that?

[TsoLan1]

Well two episodes have been found, but let's face it four episodes since the year 1993 is not brilliant. I think it's going to be a long slow process in finding all there is to find. Maybe one day the BBC will hold the entire 60's doctor who in their archives, albeit about half of the episodes animated. I doubt they r all gunna turn up.

You can't really blame the BBC guys. Go back to 2000 and tell people what we have now, they'd sneer at you. No one back then foresaw what we have today.

[WhoColor]

Good news; two missing episodes have been found! (Galaxy Four episode 3 and the Underwater Menace episode 2)

[champthom]

If I had a TARDIS, probably the first thing I'd do is get the missing episodes from the BBC. Plus, me taking them from the BBC archives would explain why they're missing in the first place so it'd be a self fulfilling paradox.

[CrusherX1000]

I go and revive the episodes with a TARDIS!!!!!!!

[kaw203]

I have seen this dozens of times and it makes me more angry everytime