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LOST AND FOUND EPISODES OF "DOCTOR WHO"

Updated September 1994 No. 10

This is presented in six sections:

I. The Originally Lost Episodes

II. The Recovery of Episodes

III. Other Recoveries

IV. Redundant But Significant Recoveries

V. Rumours of Recovered Episodes

VI. Discovered But Not Recovered

Contributors:

(1) Chris Whitehead (chrisw-at-calgary.hp.com)

(2) Paul Lee (pl100-at-tower.york.ac.uk)

(3) Steve Phillips (eec-at-portia.umds.ac.uk)

(4) Ryan K. Johnson -no email address available

(5) Lorna Payne (SLL28-at-cc.usu.edu)

(6) Loyd Bulmur (loyd.bulmur-at-canrem.com)

(7) Jon Lange (jlange-at-patsy.seattle.wa.us)

(8) Chris Heer (root-at-isis.isisph.com)

(9) Jesse Smith (JDS97-at-uno.cc.geneseo.edu)

(10) Mike Teague (etlmwte-at-etlxdmx.ericsson.se)

(11) Matthew Moring (MattMoring-at-aol.com)

Note: Throughout this , the contributor of a given piece of information will be indicated by a (#) placed beside the given piece of information, where "#" is the number of the contributor.

Sources:

(s1) Doctor Who: A Celebration by Peter Haining

(s2) Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years by Peter Haining

(s3) Friends of "Doctor Who" Newsletter (Spring 1992)

(s4) Doctor Who: The Key to Time by Peter Haining

(s5) Doctor Who: the Handbook: the Fourth Doctor by Howe-Stammers-Walker

I. THE ORIGINALLY LOST EPISODES (between 1973 and 1977)

The following information was obtained from a number of sources, not the least of which are the two anniversary books by Peter Haining, entitled Doctor Who: A Celebration and Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years. The following information may be and probably is incomplete. However, it should give the reader a good idea of what has been lost and how much of it has since been recovered. Any episodes not listed below, despite having once been lost, have obviously been recovered; or, they would have otherwise been brought to the attention of the author of this posting in other sources. In other words, if the episode is still lost, it is included in the following listing.

The Tom Baker story, "Shada," may sometimes listed in publications as missing; and, the 1985-86 season from the Colin Baker era is often referred to as the "missing season." None of these stories were ever lost from the BBC archives. "Shada" was never completed due to a strike at the BBC; but, all of the footage from this story still exists at the BBC. And, this footage was tied together with narrations by Tom Baker in 1992. The 1985 - 86 season was never produced; so, no footage ever existed. But, the stories which were intended to be produced that season are available in paperback. Thus, none of these stories are listed below.

Note: The production codes were not used in the following listing. To allow everyone to see which stories were missing and where they belonged in the general listing of all stories, they were numbered according to their original broadcast order.

Different sources on the Net are in disagreement about which two episodes of the "The Ice Warriors" are still missing. Jon Lange reports that parts four and five are definitely not missing, meaning that the missing episodes are actually parts two and three. (7)

No original videotape recordings of the Hartnell and Troughton episodes exist. All of those two inch tapes were telecined to black and white film for foreign TV stations, which used that format instead of videotape. Shortly after their transmission by the BBC, the tapes were wiped. (2)

These are the missing episodes...

The 1st Doctor, William Hartnell

Story no. Story Title (# episodes) lost by '77 since '77 Audio

4 Marco Polo (7) 1-7 Yes

8 Reign of Terror (6) 1-6 1-3, 6 Yes

14 The Crusade (4) 1-2, 4 Yes

17 The Time Meddler (4) 1,3-4 1,3-4

18 Galaxy 4 (4) 1-4 Yes

19 Mission Unknown (1) 1 Yes

20 The Myth Makers (4) 1-4 Yes

21 Dalek Masterplan (12) 1-12 5, 10 Yes

22 The Massacre (4) 1-4 Yes

24 Celestial Toymaker (4) 1-4 4 Yes

27 The War Machines (4) 1-4 1-4

28 The Smugglers (4) 1-4 Yes

29 The Tenth Planet (4)4 Yes

The 2nd Doctor, Patrick Troughton

30 Power of the Daleks (6) 1-6 Yes

31 The Highlanders (4) 1-4 Yes

32 Underwater Menace (4) 1-2, 4 Yes

33 The Moonbase (4) 1, 3 Yes

34 The Macra Terror (4) 1-4 Yes

35 The Faceless Ones (6) 2-6 3 Yes

36 Evil of the Daleks (7) 1-7 2 Yes

37 Tomb of Cybermen (4) 1-4 1-4 Yes

38 Abominable Snowman 1-6 2 Yes

39 Ice Warriors (6) 1-6 1, 4-6 Yes

40 Enemy of the World (6) 1-2, 4-6 Yes

41 Web of Fear (6) 1-6 1 Yes

42 Fury from the Deep (6) 1-6 Yes

43 Wheel in Space (6) 1-5 3 Yes

46 The Invasion (8) 1, 4 Yes

49 The Space Pirates (6) 1, 3-6 Yes

The 3rd Doctor: Jon Pertwee

71 Inv. Dinosaurs (6) 1 1 (b/w)

Colour episodes only

52 The Silurians (7) 1-7

53 Ambassadors Death (7) 2-7

54 Inferno (7) 1-7 1-7

55 Terror of Autons (4) 1-4

56 Mind of Evil (6) 1-6

57 Claws of Axos (4) 2-3 2-3

58 Colony in Space (6) 1-6 1-6

59 Daemons (5) 1-3, 5

61 Curse of Peladon (4) 1-4 1-4

62 The Sea Devils (6) 1-3 1-3

63 The Mutants (6) 1-2 1-2

64 The Time Monster (6) 1-6 1-6

67 Frontier in Space (6) 1-3, 6 1-3, 6

68 Planet of the Daleks (6) 3

72 Death to the Daleks (4) 1 1

It seems apparent from the information above that only an average of 30.3% of all lost "Doctor Who" episodes have since been recovered between 1977 and 1993. It can be assumed that all of the more obvious locations (TV stations/networks that borrowed copies of episodes from the BBC) have already been searched; so, the rate of recovery will likely decrease over the coming years.

Out of all of the stories for which episodes have been recovered, the following stories are the only ones to have been fully restored (some of these are imperfect in that they contain edits; but, they are otherwise complete. See section II).

The Time Meddler

The War Machines

The Tomb of the Cybermen

Invasion of the Dinosaurs

And, the following are the only Jon Pertwee stories that have been restored to colour (not through the miracle of colourization):

Inferno

(2) The Claws of Axos

(2) Colony in Space

(2) The Curse of Peladon

(2) The Sea Devils

(2) The Mutants

(2) The Time Monster

Frontier in Space

In addition, the following Pertwee episodes have been restored to colour since 1992 by superimposing the colour signals from betamax recordings (which were made at the request of Ian Levine and his friends) and the luminance signals from the Betacam videotape copies, which were made from black and white film prints already available at the BBC archives. A computer system permitted these two signals to be mated perfectly by digitizing the black and white image and allowing it to be twisted and manipulated until it matched the colour signal. (2) This was necessary due to the slight and almost unnoticeable distortion of the images in the black and white film prints, which were made by aiming a movie camera at a television screen. (s2) (2) The black and white episodes were transferred from film to videotape through a process called "wet-gate" to insure the best possible quality before mating luminance signals with the colour signals. (3)

Doctor Who and the Silurians (parts 1-7)

The Ambassadors of Death (parts 5 and 6)

Terror of the Autons (parts 1-4)

The Daemons (parts 1-3,5)

Note: The success of the restoration of color to parts 5 and 6 of "The Ambassadors of Death" is questionable. (3)

It would seem unlikely that the bulk of the "Doctor Who" stories missing from the BBC archives will ever be recovered. And for those that will be recovered, it will probably occur over the next few decades. However, we can always keep our fingers crossed and hope for future "happy accidents."

II. THE RECOVERY OF EPISODES

The purpose of this section of the posting is to provide descriptions of when and where various "Doctor Who" episodes were recovered (and to provide the name of the person responsible for the recovery, if at all possible). Once again, much of this information is probably incomplete. If all information about an episode's recovery is unknown, the time period during which it was recovered is provided (with as much accuracy as my sources permit).

Some of the discoveries noted in this list may seem redundant (ex: if part 1 of "Death to the Daleks" was discovered in Canada in 1980/81, then why does it matter that it was discovered in England in 1992). The reason is that PAL master tapes are preferrable to NTSC master tapes; since, all colour "Doctor Who" stories were originally taped in the PAL TV system. Picture quality in NTSC, although good, degrades somewhat during the PAL to NTSC conversion process. Conversion back to PAL degrades the quality further. Otherwise, all truly redundant discoveries have been eliminated whenever possible.

Except where indicated, the following information was retrieved from or pieced together from information in the Peter Haining books: Doctor Who: A Celebration and Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years.

Stories (Episodes) Description

Most of William Hartnell's discovered in the back of the vault at the BBC

first two seasons*: Enterprises by Sue Malden (late 1970's)

(including the original

version of "An Unearthly Child")*

The War Machines (part 2): (2) rescued by a fan in Australia from a rubbish

bin at ABC TV (Australia and permitted BBC to

copy it (2) (1978/9)

The Dominators (part 3)**: returned from storage at

The War Games

(parts 1, 3-4, 6-7, and 10)**: British Film Institute (2) (1979)

The Web of Fear (part 1): returned from overseas (2) (1979?)

The Curse of Peladon (NTSC) (all): discovered at TV Ontario, Canada (1980)

The Time Monster (NTSC) (all):

The Wheel in Space (part 6)*: discovered in slash/print form by Sue Malden at

BBC (before March 1983)

The Claws of Axos (NTSC) (pt 1-3) (2) found in Canada (2) (1980/81)

The Mutants (NTSC) (parts 1 and 2): (2) found in Canada (3) (1980)

Death to the Daleks (NTSC) (part 1) (2) found in Canada (2) (1980/81?)

The Abominable Snowman (part 2): (2) recovered from a British film collector (3) by

Roger Stevens (2) (late 1981)

The Faceless Ones (unedited) (pt 1)*: (3) discovered to have never been lost by the BBC,

but not until after an edited copy had been

recovered from overseas (after or during late

1981)

The Reign of Terror (part 6): (2) returned from a British film collector after

negotiations with fan, Bruce Campbell (2) (spring

1982)

Time Meddler (unedited) (pts 1 3): (2) recovered by fan, Ian Levine (2) (1982)

Invasion of Dinosaurs (b/w) (pt 1): recovered from British collector of 16mm film

(3) by Roger Stevens (2) (early 1983)

Colony in Space (NTSC) (all): (2) found in Canada (2) (early 1983)

The Sea Devils (NTSC) (parts 1-5): (2) found in Canada (2) (early 1983)

The Ice Warriors (parts 1 and 4-6): (2) found in a disused cupboard in Villiers House

(BBC Enterprises "old" home) (after March 1983)

The Daleks' Masterplan (pts 5 10): (s2) discovered in the (5) basement of the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Clapham,

South London England (summer 1983)

Inferno (NTSC) (all): (2) Canada (2) (shortly before Christmas 1983)

The Time Monster (PAL) (part 6): (2) found in Australia (2) (1984)

Frontier in Space (PAL) (pt 1-3 6): (3) found at ABC TV (Australia) (2) (1984)

Frontier in Space (PAL) (pt 4 5): (2) found at ABC TV (Australia) (2) (1984)

Frontier in Space (PAL) (3 pt) (pt 6): (2) found at ABC TV (Australia) (2) (1984)

The Wheel in Space (part 3): (2) returned by a fan living near Portsmouth (3)

returned by David Stead (3) (spring 1984)

The Celestial Toymaker (n) (pt 4): (2) found in the vaults of ABC TV (Australia)

(2) (early 1984)

The Time Meddler (e) (pt 1, 3, 4): discovered at Nigerian

The War Machines (e) (pt 3 and 4): TV stations

The War Machines (e?) (part 1):'(2) (spring 1984)

The Reign of Terror (parts 1-3): (s2) BBC recovered from a company in Crete (2) a

Cypriot TV station (October 1984)

The Faceless Ones (e) (part 3): (3) returned by Saeed Marham

The Evil of the Daleks (part 2): (2) a film collector from Oxfordshire, England

after purchasing them at a car boot sale in

Buckinghamshire (s2) (association with Brighton

Cinema Club?) (2) (April 1987)

The Tomb of the Cybermen (e?) (all): (2) discovered at Asia TV in Hong Kong (2)

(December 1991)

Death to the Daleks (PAL) (part 1): (2) found at BBC Pebble Mill in Birmingham,

England (2) (1992)

Notes:

(n) The "Next Episode" caption has been altered or deleted.

(e) These episodes have a large number of splices or edits. Although these episodes have been recovered, it would be preferrable to find unspliced replacements in the future.

(e?) These episodes may possibly have a large number of splices or edits.

* These episodes were not actually lost, just misplaced at the BBC archives

** These episodes were not lost; because, the BBC had given the two Doctor Who" stories to the British Film Institute for safe keeping.

Notes: Although Peter Haining's twenty-fifth anniversary book gives credit to Bob Monkhouse for playing a role in the recovery of episodes, two sources on the Net have informed me that much of the credit goes to Ian Levine and that Bob Monkhouse's role was minimal. (2) In fact, Steve Phillips says that Bob Monkhouse's contribution was "nothing at all." (3) To be more specific, Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years described Bob Monkhouse as having served as an advisor, who helped episode hunters by providing the names and addresses of suggested contacts.

According to Paul Lee, none of the "Doctor Who" episodes that are now in the BBC archives are in slash/print form as was reported by Peter Haining in Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years. (2) A copy of The Wheel in Space" part 6 in its final form (not slash/print) is available on the BBC video, "Cybermen: the Early Years."

Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years mistakenly referred to the site of the recovery of "The Daleks' Masterplan" parts 5 and 10 as being the "Mormon Unification Church temple" in Clapham, South London. It should be noted here that all of the original videotape copies of "Doctor Who" held by the BBC archives were in the PAL format, not NTSC. Any NTSC recordings which the BBC now possesses were brought in from Canadian television stations to replace the lost PAL recordings. (2)

Along with the recoveries noted in this section, other episodes were recovered as well. However, those other episodes were already in the BBC archives at that time. (3)

For more information regarding the details on which sections of certain episodes are missing (edited out), check Steve Phillips' clips listing (see Recommendations section at the end of this).

Many thanks to Paul Lee and Steve Phillips for supplying updated information for this section.

III. OTHER RECOVERIES

The following recoveries only resulted in returning duplicates of stories that already existed at the BBC archives.

The purpose of including this section is to make the posting more complete and to provide source for people with information on recoveries; so, they can compare to determine whether the episodes were actually discovered or whether mere duplicates of existing episodes were recovered.

The Space Museum (part 1): (3) returned by Roger Stevens

The Moonbase (part 4): (3) (late 1981)

The Faceless Ones (part 1): (2) returned by ABC-TV in Australia (re-edited

for Australian television) (2) (late 1981)

The Time Meddler (part 2): (3) (Autumn 1984)

An Unearthly Child (parts 1-4): (3) (late 1984)

The Aztecs (parts 1-4): (3) returned from Cyprus Television

The Sensorites (parts 1-6): (3) (December 1984)

Tomb of the Cybermen (parts 1-4): (1) returned by a fan shortly after the discovery at

Hong Kong TV (copy in bad condition) (1) (1992)

Note: Paul Lee believes that no redundant "Tomb of the Cybermen" was ever recovered. (2)

IV. REDUNDANT BUT SIGNIFICANT RECOVERIES

Often, the BBC recovered episodes which it already possessed in its holdings. However, some of the episodes the BBC already held were re-edited versions for television stations/networks outside of Great Britain. Thus, the recovery of original versions of these stories was significant.

The Web Planet (parts 1 and 6): (2) returned from Nigerian TV station (2) (spring

1984)

These recoveries were significant; because, the versions held in the BBC archives had been re-edited for African and Arab television. The recovery of these episodes restored the story to its original form. In the re-edited versions, part 1 lacked the reprise from "The Romans"; and, part six ended with "Next episode "The Space Museum"" not "Next episode "The Lion""

V. RUMOURS OF RECOVERED EPISODES

The purpose of this section of the posting is to list some of the more common rumours about the recovery of lost episodes and to hopefully defuse the false rumours.

Stories (Episodes) Description

Power of the Daleks (part 4): an Australian claimed to have it (1979) -" owner" lied and stole BBC videotapes received in exchange for episode

The Hidden Planet: Unscreened footage from this unfinished Malcolm Hulke story starring Hartnell as "the Doctor" has been discovered and will be combined with new Peter Davison footage in a new story, "The Phoenix Rises." (April 1, 1983) -an elaborate April Fool's joke by writer, Richard Landen, of "Doctor Who Monthly"

The Savages: FDW reported rumour that episodes were in Australia (May 13, 1992) -Ryan K. Johnson said rumour was false (January 28, 1993)

The Tenth Planet (part 4): rumour of recovery was reported over Internet and in FDW newsletter (November 1992) - Ryan K. Johnson said rumour was false (January 28, 1993)

Death to the Daleks (PAL) (part 1): found at ABC TV (Australia) in 1992 (April/May 1993) - erroneous reports in DWM

Power of the Daleks (part 2): Australian rumour claims that Steve Phillips possesses a copy of the episode but with poor quality (November 25, 1993) - Steve Phillips reports that this rumour is false

The Invasion (part 1): Australian rumour claims that Steve Phillips possesses a copy of the episode (November 25, 1993) - Steve Phillips reports that this rumour is false

In April 1993, there was a rumor that the BBC had found "something" and was supposedly rushing it onto video in time for the 30th anniversary. In a related rumour from that time, a June 1993 video release was expected to contain an advertisement for another video that would "blow everyone's socks off." However, this information was never confirmed as of the time this article's most recent update. New information about this recovery is welcomed. (the original rumours were supplied by Chris Whitehead) (1). Chris Heer (8) reports that nothing was rushed to video for the 30th anniversary

VI. DISCOVERED BUT NOT RECOVERED

The purpose of this section is to list information about episodes that supposedly exist but have not been returned to the BBC archives.

Note: The purpose of this section is NOT to spread unfounded rumours; so, readers are encouraged to treat any unverified information as such. In other words, be responsible; and, do not repeatedly harrass anyone suspected of possessing lost episodes. In addition, be fairly certain of the foundation of any rumor that is submitted.

The Daleks' Masterplan (part 7):

Douglas Camfield reportedly gave this to William Hartnell as a Christmas present. After Hartnell's death, the BBC archives was said to have contacted his wife about the reel; but, she could not find it. (1)

The Tenth Planet (part 4):

A BBC employee reportedly "borrowed" this episode from the archives. The BBC was said to have known who he was and was suppose to have attempted a recovery in early 1993. However, the "copy" that was returned to the BBC was reported as being a blank; and, the employee was said to have sold the actual episode to an unnamed collector for 5000 pounds. (1)

Power of the Daleks (part 2):

This episode is said to be in the hands of an English collector, who will not return it nor reveal its existence. However, the private collector was said to have relented and to have shown the episode to a few people. (1)

Power of the Daleks (part 1):

This episode is said to exist in the UK; and the asking price is said to be £15500 (28000 dollars) (2).

The Web of Fear (all):

The May 13, 1988 edition of "Movie Collectors World" was reported to have contained a classified ad placed by Bruce Mai of Webster Groves, MO. In the ad, Mr. Mai reportedly offered to trade a complete "Web of Fear" in exchange for a complete color "Mind of Evil." An exchange of letters was said to have disclosed that Mr. Mai did not have that item; but, that he was acting as a go-between for someone in the UK who was willing to enter into such a trade. Mr. Mai was reported to have not disclosed the name/address of the person in the UK. (6)

The Highlanders (parts 2 and 4):

These were mentioned in a "Doctor Who" episode guide by Lee Booth. No details were provided.

The Ice Warriors (part 3):

The rumour of the existence of this episode was mentioned in a "Doctor Who" episode guide by Lee Booth. No details were provided.

The Mind of Evil (NTSC) (all):

The story was said to have been aired by WNED in Buffalo, NY in the mid-1980's and was distributed by Time-Life, Inc. Loyd Bulmur doesn't recall whether the episodes were in colour or in black and white. However, he obtained some hard-to-find colour copies of "Doctor Who and the Silurians", "Terror of the Autons," "The Ambassadors of Death," and "The Daemons" from an Australian video trading group in the late 1980's. These recordings were in PAL; but, they must have been in NTSC at one point; because, Loyd reports that all of the recordings had the logo to WNED channel 17. Therefore, these recordings may have been originally obtained from WNED at the same time "The Mind of Evil" was aired. (7) Furthermore, this story was among the thirteen Pertwee stories distributed by Time-Life before 1977. (s5) This is not to imply that the colour "The Mind of Evil" necessarily resides in the WNED vaults; but, this means that the story may still exist and that WNED might be a good place to start looking.

Jesse Smith (9) remembers seeing "The Mind of Evil" on WNED in Buffalo, New York in the 1980's and believes it was in colour. However, Jesse remembers "Doctor Who and the Silurians" and "The Ambassadors of Death" were shown in black and white, which raises the question of how the Australian video trading group obtained the colour copies of those stories.

Marco Polo (all):

Mike Teague emphasizes that this is purely rumour. Ian Levine was rumored to have possessed this story at one time and was said to have offered Carol Ann Ford the opportunity to view it. However, Carol Ann Ford has since denied that there is any truth to this. (10)

The Daleks' Master Plan (part 4):

This was reported to have been "borrowed" from the BBC along with three other episodes, including "The Tenth Planet" part 4. Thus, the episode most likely exists somewhere. (11)

Note: To anyone possessing copies of lost "Doctor Who" episodes: At least as early as February 1984, the BBC declared an amnesty on any copies of episodes of "Doctor Who" that may be in private hands and would like to merely borrow them to make copies. (s4)

If a missing episode is located, check the Monthly "Doctor Who FAQ" posting for the name/address/phone number of the BBC official in charge of the recovery of lost episodes.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

This article was first posted in late April 1993. I am hoping that it will be a welcome addition to the other "Doctor Who" postings on the Net. It will be updated whenever new developments occur or more up-to-date information becomes available.

I would like to thank Jason Miller for his assistance and words of encouragement when I started this article.

In future editions of this , I plan to tweak it and to tighten it up in any way possible. As with anything, there's always room for improvement.

I have attempted to include any information that I consider to be relevent. I realize that including sources has made this listing more complicated to decipher; but, I believe that it is important to allow the reader to be able to verify any information.

In this edition, I would like to note the passing of Peter Cushing, the first (and so far, only) movie Doctor.

Paul Lee reports that Chris Whitehead is no longer available on the Net.

My apologies for information not included here. There is a lot to go through. Thanks for all the contributions.

I'm glad to know that Mike Frisbee of Iowa Public TV found the information I sent to him to be both useful and interesting.

If you do have new information, please include the source for verification. I want to make certain that the info is correct before including it here (not that I don't trust anyone). In this way, anyone who reads this article can determine the trustworthiness of the information based on his/her judgements.